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@pakman said in British Politics:
My take is that SKS realises there is no way to be effective opposition with such a large majority, and is keeping his powder dry until closer to next election. Lisa Nandy is certainly feisty, and would have a lot of support if SKS were to get bored and move on.
Seems to me the problem for Labour is the split between Corbynite loons and rich, metropolitan elites epitomised by Starmer with the sensible MPs caught in the middle. Nandy was exposed last week supporting a call for the British Army to be replaced with a “gender-balanced human security force”, calling the idea "inspirational", yet she's seen as being a sensible, solid MP.
Starmer has a difficult job with his party but his constant flip-flopping on Europe, school closure/opening and BLM isn't helping him. I've found him really unimpressive recently, have doubts about his judgement and think his approach to Brexit & Covid will come back to haunt him.
The big plus in UK politics, for me, is that the seats in deprived areas of the UK are now up for grabs and won't be ignored or taken for granted as in the past. A real good thing.
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@MajorRage said in British Politics:
Well, the heavy hitters getting involved now. Real real pressure on EU with their new vaccine rules. St Jacindahas called them wrong.
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@MajorRage aka don't be a dick, and the EU is very much being a dick about this.
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@Paekakboyz said in British Politics:
@MajorRage aka don't be a dick, and the EU is very much being a dick about this.
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@MajorRage I saw that earlier and my first thought was "about bloody time". Second thought was "I wonder what sparked this off"? It would be just the sort of thing that would get Boris going so maybe it is his initiative.
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Jesus fucking christ
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Think it's been bubbling away for sometime and now the light at the Covid tunnel is visible, they've decided to take some action.As @Catogrande sez, about bloody time.
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Changed my mind about Rees-Mogg after catching a TV programme with him and Labour's Jess Philips (who I thought was a shouty air-head) a few months back.
Neither take themselves too seriously and both came across as funny, warm and human - unlike so many robotic MP's
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@Victor-Meldrew said in British Politics:
Changed my mind about Rees-Mogg after catching a TV programme with him and Labour's Jess Philips (who I thought was a shouty air-head) a few months back.
Neither take themselves too seriously and both came across as funny, warm and human - unlike so many robotic MP's
Good for him (and her) but there appears to be far more pressing things to discuss than breakfast cereals ffs
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@Victor-Meldrew said in British Politics:
Changed my mind about Rees-Mogg after catching a TV programme with him and Labour's Jess Philips (who I thought was a shouty air-head) a few months back.
Neither take themselves too seriously and both came across as funny, warm and human - unlike so many robotic MP's
Yeah, he’s incredible smart. But also pompous and arrogant.
Weet bix in the commons tho? Seriously???
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Man alive. It continues.
So this morning, Hancock went on GMB. He's been smashed recently in the media for
- He apparently broke some law where he didn't file receipt for govt expenditure within an expected timeframe.
- Going on Marr and stating that the country never had a national PPE shortage because of all the hard work his team did.
Now obviously, the shouty bullshit media are jumping out saying this is bullshit because there were plenty of places using bin liners etc etc ... He's being accused of being a liar, grotesque, disingenuous etc etc. Not all of that seems fair to me. Here are the facts.
- Hancock did break a law requiring to submit the receipts within 30 days. He was 2 weeks late which he claims was due to the additional workload of first and foremost securing PPE.
- Hancock claims there was no National shortage of PPE may well be correct, although there definitely was shortage at spots throughout the country. I remember the army was brought in to resolve this.
The presentation of the whole fiasco has been nothing short of appalling. I actually buy point 1, and think Hancock is being screwed over here (and Starmer I think agrees going on his response). But the second point is just a PR fuck up. Hancock should have first and foremost been open and apologetic about the distribution of PPE resource (although personally I blame this a tier beneath him) & then gone on the offensive about the hard work done to secure the required PPE.
I needn't expand on whose the ringleader of all the bullshit ...
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