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@catogrande said in British Politics:
That would appeal to the no-nonsense attitude of our cousins from the other side of the Tamar.
Our local MP grew up in Cornwall, had a succession of jobs as a receptionist, looks like a middle-aged Essex girl, speaks her mind, has a daughter serving in the Royal Navy, gives the finger to hecklers at election meetings and gets pissed in the HoC. She lost her husband in a fishing accident and when she campaigns for marine safety, people listen - she's had two Bills on marine safety passed into law.
She's very popular - can't think why.
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Starmer having said yesterday that he would take full responsibility for Labour's electoral setbacks has now decided Deputy heads must roll.
Angela Rayner sacked as Labour Chair, but Starmer can't sack her as Labour Deputy Leader.
Lisa Nandy tipped for demotion from Labour Foreign Affairs position.
Not a clever move to demote your only two prominent Shadow Cabinet members from the North of England when you're struggling to connect with voters in the North of England.
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@sparky said in British Politics:
Lisa Nandy tipped for demotion from Labour Foreign Affairs position.
Unbelievable. Nandy is one of the few Labour MPs who looks and sounds normal and is an effective shadow minister
EDIT: Being reported that Jon Ashworth, the shadow health secretary is also facing the sack. WTF? Either Starmer is playing 4D chess or he's panicking.
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@victor-meldrew said in British Politics:
@sparky said in British Politics:
Lisa Nandy tipped for demotion from Labour Foreign Affairs position.
Unbelievable. Nandy is one of the few Labour MPs who looks and sounds normal and is an effective shadow minister
EDIT: Being reported that Jon Ashworth, the shadow health secretary is also facing the sack. WTF? Either Starmer is playing 4D chess or he's panicking.
Nandy is a very good minister, even if I don't support her politics. Likewise, Ashworth is one of the few otheres whose made a favourable impression. WTF, indeed!
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@majorrage said in British Politics:
Owen Jones is losing his shit over this.
That shite-hawk has an endless supply. Sadly.
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@mikethesnow said in British Politics:
@victor-meldrew said in British Politics:
This has to be the coolest (or weirdest) political campaign video I've ever seen. Great name too..
(Was 50/50 putting it in this thread or the Stupid Shit You See on the Internet" one)
WT actual F
Tiger won his seat and is now a Councillor.
This is very good news for makers of extremely weird campaign videos.
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@sparky said in British Politics:
Khan won in London by about 10% in the end, not that impressive when you consider the Conservative Party pulled funds from their candidate.
If ever the divide between London & the rest of the country needed a statement, the result of this election was it.
Khan, is quite easily, the worst politician I've ever known. He does not stand for one single thing that the rest of the country does. He wants London to be torn of all it's history, replaced with a new far-left narrative. He is a complete, and utter disgrace who, in my view, has been elected on the back of the left-wing hipsters voting for a Muslim to prove how progressive they are.
I've not been into the city for over a year now, and I've missed it. But today, I feel in no hurry to get back, ever.
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S’funny but a bit sad too. What’re your thoughts on full devolution, independence etc.? Wales as well as Scotland.
My feeling is that we are stronger together. Simplistic maybe but I’m half a bottle of Fitou in and can’t be arsed to be deeper.
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@catogrande said in Political Memes (memes only):
S’funny but a bit sad too. What’re your thoughts on full devolution, independence etc.? Wales as well as Scotland.
My feeling is that we are stronger together. Simplistic maybe but I’m half a bottle of Fitou in and can’t be arsed to be deeper.
No thanks.
Wales part of UK and Europe is my preferred choice.
Europe has gone.
Thankfully the recent Welsh elections have shown there's no appetite for independence beyond the Senedd and Social Media Echo chamber.
Plaid Cymru (party for independence) made no inroads into Labour's stranglehold.
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Similar for me. England part of the UK and in Europe, though the latter view has been tested sorely through the EU handling of the pandemic and in particular the vaccine rollout. As you say though, Europe is gone for us, can't see any way back in my lifetime and we just need to get on with it.
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I see the elephant in the room has not been mentioned yet again. It will be interesting to see how this gets reported going forward.
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@catogrande said in British Politics:
I see the elephant in the room has not been mentioned yet again. It will be interesting to see how this gets reported going forward.
Why do they all have such racist names?
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Good to see Plod going after these sort of bastards, whoever they are, and the victims getting justice.
And on the plus side, the days of the media like the BBC and Guardian failing to investigate or reports on allegation of organised sex abuse as it might be "Islamaphobic", or the police knowing it was going on but destroying incriminating evidence for "community relations", seem to be a thing of the past.
EDIT: Read Jayne Senior's book (the woman who exposed the Rotherham scandal) a year or so ago. It made me physically sick.
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@victor-meldrew said in British Politics:
Good to see Plod going after these sort of bastards, whoever they are, and the victims getting justice.
And on the plus side, the days of the media like the BBC and Guardian failing to investigate or reports on allegation of organised sex abuse as it might be "Islamaphobic", or the police knowing it was going on but destroying incriminating evidence for "community relations", seem to be a thing of the past.
EDIT: Read Jayne Senior's book (the woman who exposed the Rotherham scandal) a year or so ago. It made me physically sick.
Not sure if I should take that as a recommendation or not. Probably not. Not sure I want to be educated that much.
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