UK Politics Thread

[Jimbuna]

All leaders have their sycophants unfortunately.

[STEED]

The starting pistol has been fired the bunting is going up and STEED is already naffed off. Yes I am and first too naff me off is SKY News calling it the brexit election....No No No No!

It's a general election for crying out loud.

There is no thing as a brexit or extinction or housing or green or what ever, it's a general election and my complaint will soon be on it's way for the good it will do.

[Jimbuna]

A UK cabinet minister has resigned over claims he knew about a former aide's role in the "sabotage" of a rape trial.

Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns denied knowing Tory assembly candidate Ross England made claims about the victim's sexual history in an April 2018 trial.

But BBC Wales discovered Mr Cairns was emailed about it in August 2018 - four months before Mr England was chosen as Vale of Glamorgan candidate.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-50302173

Another one bites the dust.

[STEED]

Just be reading my local rag on line and came across a poll that was conducted it would seem my area could swap. The cons hold it at the moment but the poll put lab way out in front followed by the libs and way down in third place the cons.

My area in most part has been tory until the blare years when lab won two in a row before going back to tory.

[Jimbuna]

Three Labour MPs - including Jeremy Corbyn ally Chris Williamson - have been banned from standing for the party by its National Executive Committee.

Derby North MP Mr Williamson was suspended in an anti-Semitism row.

Jarrow MP Stephen Hepburn was being investigated over a sexual harassment claim - denied by him - while Roger Godsiff was facing a reselection battle in Birmingham Hall Green.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50319044

Stephen is a former associate of mine, someone I have met and drank with on numerous occasions in Parliament.

[mapuc]

Please enlighten me

On Corbyn aka Steptoe's standpoint in the Brexit question ?

Heard and saw some British woman in our news at noon saying that Corbyn is the one you should pick if you want a brexit.

Markus

[STEED]

Originally Posted by mapuc

Please enlighten me

On Corbyn aka Steptoe's standpoint in the Brexit question ?

Heard and saw some British woman in our news at noon saying that Corbyn is the one you should pick if you want a brexit.

Markus

What is Labour's Brexit plan?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-45640548

Kick the can down the road because we are a bunch of morons.

[Skybird]

The brutality by which Labour accepts to hold a whole continent as hostage for another half or full year or longer, for its creeping onto power, is breathtaking. But who said the EU would be willing to renegotiate the Brexit deal a third time?

[mapuc]

I'm pretty sure it didn't came as a surprise for you British people when your former Speaker Bercow openly spoke against this Brexit calling the worse thing since WWII.

It is his right now he ain't the speaker anymore.

Markus

[STEED]

Originally Posted by mapuc

I'm pretty sure it didn't came as a surprise for you British people when your former Speaker Bercow openly spoke against this Brexit calling the worse thing since WWII.

It is his right now he ain't the speaker anymore.

Markus

Typical he could not keep his clap shut for a week. He had to mouth off as fast as he could and this is just the start. No doubt there will be a book out before this time next year.

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Skybird

But who said the EU would be willing to renegotiate the Brexit deal a third time?

I bet in front of the camara they will throw a major tantrum and behind closed doors how long would you like? A year or how about five better still never ending talks.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Skybird

The brutality by which Labour accepts to hold a whole continent as hostage for another half or full year or longer, for its creeping onto power, is breathtaking. But who said the EU would be willing to renegotiate the Brexit deal a third time?

Steptoe was on tv yesterday claiming he had spoken to EU leaders and they had agreed to reopen negotiations. No evidence of that of course but this is Steptoe making himself popular with the electorate or so he believes.

[Jimbuna]

Labour voters should support Boris Johnson in the general election, former Labour MP Ian Austin has said.

The former minister resigned from the party in February, accusing leader Jeremy Corbyn of failing to tackle anti-Semitism.

Mr Austin, MP for Dudley North, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that Mr Corbyn was "completely unfit" to be PM.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50330007

[Jimbuna]

Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson has announced he is stepping down from his role after the general election, and will not be standing as an MP.

Mr Watson said it was for "personal not political" reasons and was the the right time for a change.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-pol...-deputy-leader

Tom was the last person I voted for in the leadership election and despite what he is saying publicly a great many people believe the real reason is because he has found himself marginalised and under attack from Momentum.

[Jimbuna]

Details have been released of the 60 seats in which Liberal Democrats, Greens and Plaid Cymru will stand down candidates in a “Remain Alliance“ to maximise the chances of electing anti-Brexit MPs in the 12 December general election.

List is in link below.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/brexi...id=mailsignout

I can't see it making much difference to the overall election result other than potentially giving the smaller parties a few more seats.