Cont: General UK politics [2]

[Andy_Ross]

Apparently Boris has gone to Scotland.
That's a 10% boost for independence then.

 

[GlennB]

Apparently Boris has gone to Scotland.

High-viz jacket and hard hat, no doubt?

 

[Andy_Ross]

High-viz jacket and hard hat, no doubt?

Multiple colours in multiple locations.

 

[dudalb]

Hey, you can do it in Monopoly.

Unless you use the "Maximum PUnishment" house rule.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Have we heard anything from The Taxpayer's Alliance on the £4.79bn the government wrote off?

It seems like the sort of thing an actual alliance of taxpayers would be angry about.

 

[Darat]

Have we heard anything from The Taxpayer's Alliance on the £4.79bn the government wrote off?

It seems like the sort of thing an actual alliance of taxpayers would be angry about.

Send them a message and tell them one of those fraudsters was an illegal immigrant and they'll be all over it.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Priti Patel plans shake-up to prevent police and crime commissioners dropping constables for political or personal reasons.

They don't have that power anyway, but she knows that.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Boris visited Cumberland yesterday according to his ‘Cumbrian’ MPs.
Maybe that’s why their constituents didn’t see sight nor sound of him.
Cumberland hasn’t existed as a county since 1974.
Nothing says levelling up like not knowing what county you represent.

 

[Filippo Lippi]

Have we heard anything from The Taxpayer's Alliance on the £4.79bn the government wrote off?

It seems like the sort of thing an actual alliance of taxpayers would be angry about.

The TPA are inside Downing Street now

 

[Mojo]

Boris visited Cumberland yesterday according to his ‘Cumbrian’ MPs.
Maybe that’s why their constituents didn’t see sight nor sound of him.
Cumberland hasn’t existed as a county since 1974.
Nothing says levelling up like not knowing what county you represent.

Do you have a link for that? All I’m finding is reports of him visiting the Cumberland Infirmary, which still exists.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Do you have a link for that? All I’m finding is reports of him visiting the Cumberland Infirmary, which still exists.

I can only find one of the tweets now.
Like all these things, live feeds have rolled on.
It's not worth a lot of time to search any further.

Mark Jenkinson MP tweeted
@markjenkinsonmp
Great to welcome the Prime Minister @BorisJohnson, Minister @willquince and neighbouring colleagues @John4Carlisle, @simonfell and Trudy Harrison to Workington and various visits and events around Cumberland today

 

[Andy_Ross]

Richard Tice Leader of the Reform Party Tweeted
@TiceRichard·1h
Colder & poorer: pensioners terrified in Erdington of huge gas bills. Only using 2 hours per day, half last year yet ever higher bills.
People want cheap British gas, shale gas, not Putins gas nor Macrons electricity.

Amazing how all the grifters suddenly started loving fracking.

 

[The Don]

Richard Tice Leader of the Reform Party Tweeted
@TiceRichard·1h
Colder & poorer: pensioners terrified in Erdington of huge gas bills. Only using 2 hours per day, half last year yet ever higher bills.
People want cheap British gas, shale gas, not Putins gas nor Macrons electricity.

Amazing how all the grifters suddenly started loving fracking.

Will the UK track enough to change the global gas wholesale price ? Nope

 

[Andy_Ross]

Schools in England are being reminded to teach sensitive issues in a non-biased way, under new guidance.

It aims to help teachers cover complex topics, such as the history of the British Empire or the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, without pushing one political view over another.
There is also a warning against teachers expressing their own views.
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi says no subject should be off limits, but teaching must be impartial.
It comes after a row over children at a Nottingham primary school who were encouraged to write a letter criticising the prime minister.

The promotion of partisan political views in class is unlawful under the 1996 Education Act.
This means that where teachers present controversial political views in a lesson, they must offer a balanced overview of opposing views.
The Political Impartiality in Schools guidance, published by the Department for Education on Thursday, asks schools to think carefully when planning lessons and choosing class materials.
It draws a distinction between subject areas which may be part of teaching, such as racism or colonialism, and promoting support for campaigning groups, such as Black Lives Matter.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-60405521

 

[Andy_Ross]

Matt Hancock tweets
@MattHancock
It is vital the UK becomes home to new innovations, like fintech and crypto currencies.

 

[The Don]

Matt Hancock tweets
@MattHancock
It is vital the UK becomes home to new innovations, like fintech and crypto currencies.

How else will the UK continue to be a global centre for money laundering ?

I know that the government is trying to roll back as much financial services legislation as possible so that the City becomes the Wild West but in a crowded global market for money laundering services, the UK needs to stand out.

I'd be interested to know the extent that crypto-currencies actually help the countries in which they're based. I thought that the whole idea of crypto was that it was stateless and anonymous.

 

[The Don]

The promotion of partisan political views in class is unlawful under the 1996 Education Act.
This means that where teachers present controversial political views in a lesson, they must offer a balanced overview of opposing views.

Channelling Jimmy Carr...

That Hitler chap caused WWII and was responsible for the Holocaust but OTOH, you've got to agree with his views on Pikeys

The right wing are always suspicious of learning in general and teachers in particular. How can you reliably keep the lower orders in their place if they manage to acquire an education ?

 

[Lothian]

How else will the UK continue to be a global centre for money laundering ?

I know that the government is trying to roll back as much financial services legislation as possible so that the City becomes the Wild West but in a crowded global market for money laundering services, the UK needs to stand out.

I'd be interested to know the extent that crypto-currencies actually help the countries in which they're based. I thought that the whole idea of crypto was that it was stateless and anonymous.

Well exactly. At the moment it is far to easy to see that government contracts are handed out to mates. Crypto payments should make dodgy dealing far harder to uncover.

 

[Darat]

Channelling Jimmy Carr...

That Hitler chap caused WWII and was responsible for the Holocaust but OTOH, you've got to agree with his views on Pikeys

The right wing are always suspicious of learning in general and teachers in particular. How can you reliably keep the lower orders in their place if they manage to acquire the wrong an education ?

FTFY

 

[jimbob]

Well exactly. At the moment it is far to easy to see that government contracts are handed out to mates. Crypto payments should make dodgy dealing far harder to uncover.

Good point