UK Politics Thread

[Jimbuna]

What you need to know about Rebecca Long-Bailey
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-pol...ca-long-bailey

[Jimbuna]

What you need to know about Lisa Nandy
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-pol...out-lisa-nandy

[Jimbuna]

What you need to know about Keir Starmer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-pol...t-keir-starmer

[Moonlight]

Do the Labour Party think that one of those light weights could ever win a general election, they've all gone bloody mad.

[Jimbuna]

^ Agreed and if I was a gambling man I'd put my money on Starmer.

[Jimbuna]

Ministers from the EU are meeting to approve their mandate for post-Brexit trade talks with the UK.

The document approved by the EU General Affairs Council on Tuesday morning will be the basis for future negotiations, to be carried out by Michel Barnier.

It says that EU standards should serve as "a reference point" in any future trade deal.

Meanwhile, UK ministers will also meet at No 10 to discuss the government's opening stance for negotiations.

The final agreement is due to be published online and presented in Parliament on Thursday.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51623444

[Jimbuna]

Emergency terror law clears parliamentary hurdles

Emergency legislation to block the automatic release of people convicted of terror offences is set to become law after being approved by the Lords.

The Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Bill - which was passed by MPs earlier this month - was drawn up following an attack in south London.

The attacker, Sudesh Amman, had recently been freed from prison.

The government had wanted to pass the bill before 28 February when the next terror offender is due for release.

Sunderland shopkeeper Mohammed Zahir Khan, 42, had been set to be freed after serving half of his sentence for encouraging terrorism.

The government's emergency measures, which required backing from Parliament, would postpone his release until the Parole Board has given its approval.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51623028

One of the rare examples showing our politicians can be quick and efficient when needs be.

[Catfish]

Just saw a video from Ann Widdecombe. Europe is the enemy, and the EU is a dictatorship of slave holders. While this will be ok for Farage or Skybird i guess the rest of Europe should be a bit concerned.

Four months old but..: Linguist calls for help to build glossary of Brexit terms and of ‘toxic terminology of populism’: https://www.theguardian.com/politics...public-keep-up

"A lot of the language is designed to trigger [emotions] rather than elucidate.”"

"... some observers have suggested the new semantic flowering suggests politics is becoming untethered from reality."

You don't say

[Jimbuna]

The new chancellor must raise taxes in his first Budget or break the government's rules on borrowing, a leading economic think tank has warned.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51639439

I don't think many will mind if a penny or so in the pound is added, especially if it frees up sufficient funding for the NHS and other worthwhile causes.

[Catfish]

"The think tank "New Frontiers Foundation" he [Dominic Cummings] co-founded, suggested back in 2004 that the conservatives should undermine the credibility of the BBC and establish a counterpart of the US broadcaster Fox News in Great Britain."
"We will smash them" said the anonymous adviser.

Anonymous? Seems Cummings is behind the BBC bashing, apart from Johnson of course. Promising people to pay less taxes is always a good method.
We will see how he and Johnson pay the promised 350 million per week for the NHS after he has installed Fox News as the new truth maker. "Express UK" and "The Sun" are not enough for them yet.

Translation from german by Google:
https://translate.google.com/transla...n-dorn-im-auge

Posted by Jim: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-51639439

Lol how inconvenient. Don't you ever say the truth or "we will smash" you.
The comments are interesting.

[Moonlight]

Tax the rich or tax the poor, my prediction is he's gonna kick the blue collar workers in the balls again.

The Tory election promises are giving Bozo Johnson nightmares because he now has to start delivering the undeliverable, it will be fun watching his pathetic attempts and excuses on why they cannot deliver these promises without raising taxes on someone or something.
I think he'll hike the tax on fuel duty which will affect the common folk more as its the lesser of two evils. If he does hike fuel duty then he can avoid taxing those massive corporations and tax avoiding billionaires again, Bozo is between a rock and a hard place from now on.

[Catfish]

I am sure Johnson and the tories stand firm behind the workers, that way they can kick them in the behind much easier.

This is of course german humour, and eactly how the german government does it

[Jimbuna]

The UK has warned the EU it will walk away from trade talks in June unless there is a "broad outline" of a deal.

Michael Gove told MPs the UK wanted to strike a "comprehensive free trade agreement" in 10 months.

But the government would not accept any alignment with EU laws as the EU is demanding, with Mr Gove adding: "We will not trade away our sovereignty."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51650961

I do believe the government of today mean precisely what they are stating, unlike that of Theresa May.

Hopefully both parties will come to the table in a sincere attempt to strike a deal agreeable to everyone.

[Jimbuna]

Yep, like two peas in a pod

[Onkel Neal]

Haha, sorry Jim, I thought my post would fit better in the Venezuela thread, kinda left you hanging, didn't I ?