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I thought that the "forty new hospitals" thing was four actual new hospitals, about ten hospital enlargements and about 26 remedial works to existing hospitals to stop them falling down. And the second and third categories were already approved Continued from...

Most of the ones that were implemented as UK legislation will have been Statutory Instruments made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 so won’t generally have needed a vote. And EU regulations generally had direct effect without needing national implementation. continued...

Interesting first hand accounts but this caught my eye “….. I’m desperate for the Met to regain its reputation as one of the most trustworthy forces in the world…..” When was that halcyon time? The Met was corrupt top to bottom in the 60s, 70s and into 80s, then we got institutional racism...

Like the Title says, what is the UKian perspective regarding the difficulties apparently being experienced by EU citizens, being held in Detention etc?

Should we keep the Lords or replace them with an elected senate ?

Starting this thread as there are quite few policies and stuff happening that aren’t just Covid politics or Brexit. One I want to raise is the rail system. The UK government has now extended “support” for the rail operators to 18 months in total: Rail franchises axed as help for train firms...

Despite having a huge majority, despite it being something that has been attacked from all parties, despite there being no political advantage Johnson went ahead with a vote about how harrassment and so on in the commons is to be handled. And lost...

Abortion rate in England and Wales hits five-year high https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/17/abortion-rate-england-and-wales-five-year-high The headline is the slight increase in overall numbers but I think the changing in patterns is the more interesting information. So older women...

Andrew Sabisky, appointed, it seems, by Dominic Cummings. Some of Sabisky's stated views: “...“One way to get around the problems of unplanned pregnancies, creating a permanent underclass, would be to legally enforce universal uptake of long-term contraception at the onset of puberty,” "...

The UK government is proposing to use government money to bail out a failing regional airline Flybe. They're also proposing to review air duty - which if they get rid of it would be a clear reversal of ecological policy. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51117885 Flybe's competitors aren't...

This most recent article about labour sent me into a spiral of questions appropriate for its own thread. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/26/brexit-shutting-down-parliament-gravest-abuse-of-power-in-living-memory-legal-advice I get that the queen gets to decree prorogue and the...

Was thinking about what else Johnson could come up with as his bribes for when the next GE is called. Given the news today I reckon it's going to be cancellation of HS2 and the third runway at Heathrow. Anyone else want to bet on what else ?

So the UK state-sponsored "Integrity Initiative" has been caught spreading disinformation about Corbyn and others, insinuating that they work as tools for the leader of the free world, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.

This is a little disturbing considering the recent murders in Pittsburgh. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/u-k-labour-party-anti-semitism-hate-crimes-investigation-1.4888813

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/05/26/right-wing-activist-tommy-robinson-reportedly-jailed-after-filming-outside-child-grooming-trial.html

The report into the decades of abuse in a school has been released https://www.iicsa.org.uk/news/independent-inquiry-publishes-rochdale-report Makes it clear the various reports were absolutely correct, confirming decades long rumours. Many people knew of this abuse, I heard rumours of Smith’s...

It appears the youthful side of the party is even more bonkers than Corbyn and McDonnell. From article: Young Labour demanded the UK ditch the military alliance after voting to support a motion called “support Corbyn and internationalism, oppose Trump and NATO”. The motion said: “From Guyana...

For the benefit of non-UK posters, the story of baby Charlie Gard has been a regular but increasingly weary feature of the news here for the last nine months or so. Born with mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome, he has been subject to a protracted legal battle between the parents - who want to...

Hopefully this is a sign of things to come: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40412343 An 8% raise won't bring benefits to where they would have been if they been raised in line with inflation over the "austerity" years but it will be a start.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/15/jeremy-corbyn-empty-homes-owned-rich-should-requisitioned-grenfell/ Jeremy Corbyn has called for the empty homes of rich people in Kensington to be seized for Grenfell Tower residents who have been made homeless by the fire.

This could alternatively be in Non-US Politics or Economics, Business and Finance - Mods feel free to move as required. There is a suspicion that the super rich (both individuals and companies) manage to get away with a lot when it comes to taxation. This is vehemently denied by the tax...

Sod that! it's not very British. Who decides what's in the oath? What about all the people already in jobs? would they have to say it? Would they be fired if they didn't? Would it include a signed decleration? He can stuff his oath.

Farage says he wants to be 'bridge' between UK and Trump and the UK 'Revolution' isn't over. From the tone of his interview it seems he is expecting UKIP to do a 'Trump' at the next election. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38355108

For most of my career, I have been a regular user of Britain's railways and in particular the line from Bristol and South Wales to London. Over the last 30 years I have seen prices rise far more quickly than inflation, levels of customer service fall and journey times increase. Back in the late...

Dunno about the absolute truth of "First", but go Scotland!! linky Here's hoping the UK gov refrains from pumping insane amounts of £££ into the horrific white elephant of the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant and supports initiatives like this one.

This is a split thread from the Brexit-focused Now What? thread. I don't like the way the junior doctors are new being provoked into going private, or encouraged to emigrate, by the government causing NHS strikes. It's not good human relations. The same sort of thing happened a few years ago...

BBC News: Half of UK cash in black market or overseas, says Bank "At least half of all UK banknotes in circulation are held overseas or used in the black market, a Bank of England report suggests. The Bank, which is the main issuer of banknotes in the UK, said only about a quarter of cash in...

I'm a true lover of history and one of the things I really hate is to see history twisted for modern religious, political or ideological reasons. There are unfortunately many examples of this and I think I speak for all here when I say Holocaust denial is one of the very,very,VERY worse. Should...

As someone who grew up in the countryside I am well aware that for various reasons some species of animals need their numbers curbed. I,along with most, have no problem with this. Its simple reality. British fox"hunting"(nothing of the sort of course)as carried out by well heeled,idiotically...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/britain-is-too-tolerant-and-should-interfere-more-in-peoples-lives-says-david-cameron-10246517.html Given his wording it seems like David Cameron himself should himself learn to respect the rule of law.