uk politics

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.

150 councils are holding elections throughout England and Tyrone in NI. First results expected at midnight. There is a live update here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-43543775 Any thoughts?

..but only for a couple of weeks so I can take a turn as party leader and pad my CV. :D http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43098646

Corbyn appears to be parodying himself: "Labour will buy every homeless person in the UK a house if the party is elected, Jeremy Corbyn has announced.* He also highlighted plans to allow councils to take over properties that have been left "deliberately" empty in order to house people who are...

Damian Green is a senior Conservative MP and as First Secretary of State is Theresa May's second in command. In 2008 his office was raided and his PCs inspected as part of a police investigation into government leaks. It is alleged that thousands of legal porn images were found on the computer...

So, 22,000 people tracked the aeroplane bringing UK Cabinet Minister Priti Patel back from Africa to face Prime Minister Theresa May at Downing Street. OJ Bronco-style tv news helicopters are tracking her black limo on its way from Heathrow to Central London. The real question is, if PM...

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...

Should Theresa May suspend an MP for employing this durable colloquialism? How will ISF treat this thread? I hope it is OK here, I have always been fascinated by the censorship of Mark Twain. In New Zealand pakeha means white grub I believe. It is always important to examine our own ways of...

How do you think Tony Blair will be looked on by historians? Personally, he will be thought of as a disaster and as a more polarising figure than Thatcher.

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.

Shame to see Tim Farron step down as party leader, despite winning a further four seats for the Lib Dems. He came across well in the TV debates, making quips about Theresa May's absence, for example. He cited as a reason he had to handle suspicions about his Christian faith, but said he would...

So, how long WILL Theresa May last as Prime Minister?

We'll know for certain in a few days time, so here is your chance to make a public prediction. The poll is public, so we can see see who voted for what, and it is one vote each. As an aside, it'd be interesting to have your predictions for the Lib Dem result. I reckon they'll be down to 4 or 5 MPs.

The 91-year-old queen visited hospitals yesterday to try to cheer up injured survivors of the Manchester bombing. She is universally admired and respected for the way she's conducted herself all her life, including 65+ years as queen. Various royal scandals and silliness over the decades have...

BBC News: General election 2017 - Corbyn pressed over IRA comments "Jeremy Corbyn has refused to single out the IRA for condemnation when pressed over his past campaigning activities. The Labour leader said "all bombing is wrong", as he was repeatedly asked to condemn the IRA alone for its...

It seems that a new leadership contest is inevitable after the election and the scuttlebutt seems to be that Yvette Cooper is the name in the ring. Not someone I know a great deal about but she seems to be fairly run of the mill in terms of her voting record etc. A fairly sensible middle of...

Today I used my democratic mandate and cast my vote in the local elections. With nearly 5,000 councilors being elected throughout England, Scotland and Wales, it'll be an early indication of possible success and failure. At least I was spared the agony of deciding who to vote for. I've...

Refuse to believe that it is simply a hostile media. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

IMO Tony Blair was an effective politician who managed to reverse some of the worst effects of 18 years of Tory government. The biggest failure of his government was his blind following of George W Bush into Iraq. It now seems that Boris Johnson is sending clear messages that we're willing to...

May has called for a general election, if she gets the votes it will be in June. At the end of this year many of us will be able to reminisce about when there used to be something called "an opposition".

Backbench MP for several decades, at times a thorn in the side of both his own and opposing parties, though highly respected by many of different political persuasions. Poser of the West Lothan Question (on what rôle Scots MPs ought to have following devolution), tenacious in demanding answers...

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

The UK government has taken the "interesting" step of saying that the Foreign Secretary's comments regarding a foreign power do not represent "the government's position". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38248316 Regardless of the rightness or wrongness of his comments regarding Saudi...

UKIP leader Diane James is standing down from the role 18 days after she was elected. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37558485

Of Osborne: “Welfare for Osborne was just a bottomless pit of savings, and it didn’t really matter what the human consequences were, because focus groups had shown that the voters they wanted to appeal to were very anti-welfare, and therefore there was almost no limit to those anti-welfare...

I almost choked on my afternoon coffee when I read that ! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/37086680 I hope that Bettridge's law of headlines applies. Can't fault the PM on her choice of destination. :jaw-dropp I really hope nothing "interesting" happens on his watch.

The new PM Teresa May has made it clear she will be invoking Article 50 at the moment, primarily due to SNP demands and the Scottish remain vote. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-36819182 "Mrs May also said she would not trigger article 50 - the formal process of the UK...

It certainly looks like it. After he sacked Hilary Benn his Shadow Cabinet are queueing up to resign. live updates I wonder who'll be next, given Labour's election system? A Blairite 'suit' wouldn't go down well with the punters but maybe vote-fatigue will kick in. Maybe Benn himself? He made...