UK Politics Thread

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by STEED

https://news.sky.com/story/50000-sig...appen-11510556

Not moving very fast, I have seen petitions reaching that mark in day weeks and a couple of months but this one is so slow. This tells me people are not that interested and the whole thing will probably be rejected by the petition committee.

I am against it, leaders debates are a total wast of time and money.

It should be left to the leaders and their parties to decide.

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

I wasn't aware the public ever had all that much faith in them to begin with.

True, due to the Brexit mess it has gone down to a new low.

[Jimbuna]

Boris Johnson is calling on his former cabinet colleagues to stage a mutiny over Theresa May's Brexit plan - but he admits "it will make little difference".

Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Mr Johnson says the PM is "on the verge of total surrender" to Brussels and her proposals are "a recipe for continued strife".

https://news.sky.com/story/boris-joh...ssels-11552147

I actually agree with him for once.

[Jimbuna]

Wages rose at the fastest pace in nearly a decade in the three months to September, Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show.

Compared with a year earlier, wages excluding bonuses, rose by 3.2% - the biggest rise since the end of 2008 and up slightly on the previous quarter.

However, the ONS warned that real wage growth was below the 2015 level.

The unemployment total went up for the first time this year, rising by 21,000 in the same period to 1.38 million.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46193571

Wages are rising but so is unemployment.

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

I actually agree with him for once.

Don't you mean a second time or is it a third?

I am not reading this thread to find out how many.

Boris using his noodle for a change.

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Wages are rising but so is unemployment.

And the valve of the pound drops.

https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/M...90-since-1973/

Value of the pound in your pocket declines by over 90% since 1973
06 March 2014

• £1 million in 1973 would provide same spending power as £10.5 million today
• A pint of milk has increased by 667% in 40 years
• £100 in 2053 could be the equivalent of £311 today

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by STEED

Don't you mean a second time or is it a third?

I am not reading this thread to find out how many.

Boris using his noodle for a change.

Go on, you know it makes sense.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by STEED

And the valve of the pound drops.

https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/M...90-since-1973/

Where's the valve in a pound then?

Pot noodles were half price in ASDA yesterday

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Go on, you know it makes sense.

[Jimbuna]

A "small number of outstanding issues" stand in the way of a Brexit agreement, Downing Street has said after Theresa May updated her cabinet on the talks.

There remains "optimism on both sides", government sources have said, as negotiations continue in Brussels.

But Trade Secretary Liam Fox told the BBC "difficult discussions" were still going on about the Irish border issue.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46188790

All should be revealed shortly....shouldn't it?

[STEED]

PANIC!

Premier Foods has said it intends to stockpile raw materials in the run-up to Brexit as fears grow over gridlock at UK ports.

The firm, which owns Bisto, Oxo and Mr Kipling, said it was taking steps "in the absence of certainty over the arrangements for the UK's departure from the EU".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46191729

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[Jimbuna]

Didn't see one pot noodle in that basket.

[Jimbuna]

UK and EU officials have agreed the draft text of a Brexit agreement in a significant breakthrough for the talks.

A cabinet source told the BBC that the document has been agreed at a technical level by officials from both sides after intensive talks this week.

Leading Brexiteers, such as Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg, have urged the cabinet to reject the draft agreement - which includes commitments over citizens' rights after Brexit, a proposed 21-month transition period after the UK's departure on 29 March 2019 and details of the so-called £39bn "divorce bill".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46188790

Having watched the news breaking on tv less than an hour ago I thought both Jacob and Boris, yes Boris gave stirling responses on live tv and I'm with them on their stances.

May's days could be numbered.

[STEED]