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  1. Gulliver Foyle

    Cont: General UK Politics IV - Rishi reprise

    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...
  2. Mojo

    Cont: General UK Politics III - Dumb and Dumber

    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...
  3. Darat

    Cont: General UK politics [2]

    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...
  4. GlennB

    The Boris Johnson ousting prediction thread

    The date of 'ousting' includes plain resignation or the announcement of the start of Tory voting for his successor. Maybe keep your predictions to a half of a single month, though it's more a bit of fun (if anything in his administration can be described as 'fun') than an actual competition*...
  5. catsmate

    Female Doctor Who responsible for young male criminality

    So says Nick Fletcher (wiki) a UKian Conservative politician. At least until the response forced a desperate back-peddling where he contradicted his earlier assertions and said he "in no way linked Dr Who [sic] being a female to crime being committed by men". Fletcher was speaking at a debate...
  6. Airfix

    Elections are not won by despising voters

    After 11 years in the wilderness Labour should be doing a hell of a lot better than this. There's been like 130,000 deaths from Covid because the government's response to a pandemic was botched, how the hell has Labour lost Hartlepool ? The same contempt for voters seems to exist that has...
  7. Airfix

    The Lords

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

    Britain's next PM

    Can't see how Boris will recover from the mishandling of Covid. When he steps down, or if there's a leadership challenge forcing him to, who do you reckon will take over from him ? Sunak ? Too close perhaps ? Raab ? Mogg ? Too slimy, but he's kept his head down this last 12 months.
  9. Darat

    General UK politics

    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...
  10. Darat

    Chris Grayling derails

    This really couldn't have happened to anyone else.... He failed to become the chair! https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jul/15/chris-grayling-fails-to-become-intelligence-and-security-chair "....Conservative colleague Julian Lewis secures votes of opposition MPs in humiliation for PM’s...
  11. Darat

    Johnson government loses commons vote

    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...
  12. Andy_Ross

    Tory Minister resigns Over 'Attempt To Intimidate Member Of The Public’

    Conor Burns has resigned as trade minister after the standards watchdog said he should be receive a seven-day suspension from the Commons for attempting to intimidate a member of the public...
  13. P.J. Denyer

    Sir Kier Starmer Elected Labour Leader

    Just over 56% of the vote on first choices alone.
  14. Darat

    Changes to pattern of abortions in the UK

    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...
  15. GlennB

    10 Downing St.'s latest advisor -

    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,” "...
  16. The Don

    UK Government - Bailing out an airline

    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...
  17. Darat

    Next Labour Leader

    Couple of names are starting to appear. Keir Starmer seems ready to throw his hat into the ring. I think he could be a good leader, he is a good communicator, and intelligent.
  18. The Don

    UK - December 2019 General Election

    Thought we should have a thread about this. Seems that the Conservative Manifesto is being written by: According to the Grauniad. If there was any doubt about what is likely to happen in the (IMO almost certain) event of a Conservative majority.
  19. B

    5 starting questions about prorogation

    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...
  20. Darat

    General election bribes

    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 ?
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