uk politics

The topic of this thread is not the referendum (plenty of threads to talk about that) but what folk think will be the outcome of the likes of Cameron's resignation. On the Tory side I can't see there being any leadership candidate that isn't much to the right of Cameron and Osborne so I can see...

In a speech outside 10 Downing Street he said: "The British people have voted to leave the EU and their will must be respected. The will of the British people is an instruction that must be delivered. There can be no doubt about the result. Across the world people have been watching the...

To get it out of the way: Yes, Empress I, not that old German hag on the island gave him that title which is legit all over my Empire which spans several dimensions and some square meters of this one. So he is running for mayor as I've just heard on counterpunch radio to my astonishment, and...

Been reading a really interesting bit of research on the last general election here in the UK. http://www.ippr.org/juncture/learning-the-right-lessons-from-labours-2015-defeat It looks at many of the different factors that determined the eventual votes, obviously a bit of hindsight creeps into...

He won, will politics be at all different now? I'm interested to see his first PM questions. Will he fail like Cameron did in making it anything but a Punch and Judy show. I read he wants to make it more inclusive of back benchers and the public, he has apparently already emailed many of...

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...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11741659/Jeremy-Corbyn-set-to-win-Labour-leadership-shock-poll-reveals.html " The latest polling, seen by the New Statesman, puts Mr Corbyn ahead once second preference votes have been taken into account. Andy Burnham is said to be winning in...

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...

BBC One of the more interesting politicians of the last 30 years, in my view.

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.

In light of recent events...:boxedin:

We are in interesting times but for David Cameron's party with his increased majority, no coalition partner to keep them in check and for their party no change in Scotland.(They had 1 seat before the election in Scotland and have 1 seat after the election). I am wondering how he will balance...

With Cameron carrying out his best Michael Corleone impression and eliminating his rivals during a celebration, who will be the next Labour leader? The early frontrunner Burnham would probably be popular with those who want a 'story' for their leader. Working class, fairly likeable, he'd...

What does everyone think of the UK Green Party's pledge to reduce copyright to 14 years? Is this even possible, while remaining a member of the EU? There are currently international agreements in place regarding length of copyright, and there's certainly EU Directive 2006/116/EC, which covers...

Guardian article Allegedly, Shapps has been using a wiki sock to improve his wiki entry and, er, "modify" those of political opponents, including some Tory colleagues. Shome mishtake? How quickly dare the Tories divest themselves of this twat liability?

... from a key backer of the UK’s leading climate sceptic lobby group. Unbelievable. Guardian report

Anyone watching this? It's an absolute riot.

Hot on the heels of Labour's outrage over David Cameron saying that he'd serve a full second term if elected (but wouldn't seek a third term), the conservatives have claimed that Labour would raise taxes by £3,028 a household. This claim, like so many from all sides, does not stand up to...

I'm no fan of David Cameron or the party of which he is the leader but IMO this is a case of making political mountains out of molehills of the worst kind. One of the stories doing the rounds at the moment in the UK is Labour claiming that David Cameron is arrogant for stating that, should he...

Short version: UKIP host an event and someone pays the £900 bill. Next day the UKIP MEP asks for a receipt for several times that amount so they can "repatriate the money from Europe". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-31976343 This news will likely make no difference to the UKIP core...

For the first time in my life I am likely to vote Conservative in the forthcoming election, mainly to bolster the centre right vote against the extreme right of UKIP. My constituency has no chance of going to Labour or the Lib Dems (who normally get my vote), so I am almost certain to vote...

Ukip have their first MP. BBC Douglas Carswell, Conservative defector, won Clacton easily last night. They also came damned close in Lancashire. Along with topping the popular vote in the European elections recently, this is a huge breakthrough for them, and a nightmare for the Conservatives...

For those outside the U.K. David Tredinnick is a Member of Parliament, and is on the House of Commons Science and technology Committee, incredibly on both counts! Perturbed I was to see the following piece on the BBC website today. Sadly they have given space to the uberprat to promote his...

I'm amazed there isn't a thread on this already. The most severe reshuffle for quite some time surely deserves some comment. I am particularly disappointed to lose William Hague from the Foreign Office. I think he has been a great Foreign Secretary, in a long line of really high calibre Foreign...

The UK is going to implement emergency legislation to allow police and security services to access telephone and internet records. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28237111 The usual canard of "protecting us from terrorists" is being used to justify this and to justify the fact that...

Freely admitted upfront, I have only a cursory knowledge of UK politics. So, I really don't know the nuances of Paul Weston, and whether Brits consider him a qualified and serious candidate with a meaningful shot at the election, or nothing more than a rabble-rousing wedge candidate. Here's the...

I have long thought UKIP would eventually fall apart, its only effective member is Nigel Farage who does a good job of acting as the man of the people, he is far from that, private school educated ex banker failed conservative parliamentary candidate, take him out the equation and you see them...

You might expect it from the Tories but: The last Labour leadership challenge was a battle between brothers. The shadow chancellor is married to the shadow home secretary – a former leadership candidate wedded to a future one. The deputy leader is married to the shadow minister for communities...

Okay, Margaret Thatcher's regime was before my time. I know that she supported deregulation, battled unions, and privatised state-owned compaies. So she died a year ago today. Here and there, I see conversations about here, and I am struck by the following: people either mindlessly worship her...

Didn't see a thread on this. The leaders of the two UK parties jostling for third place had a debate on the EU. Farage is anti-EU and wants out, Clegg is pro-EU and wants to stay in. Any thoughts? i6hy8KyedJA