UK Politics Thread

[Skybird]

Legally binding...? Guarantees...?



A lukewarm handshake, and more effort by the EU to lure the UK onto a path from where it cannot escape to never leave for real ever. The latest talking about a delay by 21 months, was right that: a - ironically legally binding - trap.

[Jimbuna]

The Independent Group is in talks with the Electoral Commission about becoming a fully-fledged political party, group spokesman Chuka Umunna has said.

He said the group had to become a party in order to present an alternative to the "broken political system".

Eight MPs quit Labour and joined forces with three former Tories to form the group, which is joint fourth-largest in Parliament, with the Lib Dems.

By registering as a party, the group can contest seats in future elections.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47453810

Inevitably it was only a matter of time.

[Jimbuna]

An MP jailed for lying about a speeding offence has lost an appeal against her conviction.

Peterborough MP Fiona Onasanya was sentenced to three months in January for perverting the course of justice.

Sir Brian Leveson said at the Royal Courts of Justice there was "absolutely no basis" for challenging the conviction.

Ms Onasanya, 35, had claimed someone else was driving her car when it was seen speeding on 24 July 2017.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-47455618

Some people just don't know when to give up!

[Jimbuna]

Not to be outdone by Steptoe and Co.

Fourteen Conservative party members have been suspended after posting Islamophobic or racist comments on social media, The Independent can reveal.

Comments found on a pro-Jacob Rees-Mogg Facebook group from Conservative party members included calling for Muslims to be "turfed out of public office", for the government to "get rid of all mosques" and calling Home Secretary Sajid Javid a "Trojan horse".

The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), which has repeatedly called for an independent inquiry into Islamophobia within the party, said the latest revelation was "astonishing".https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...box=1551797853

[STEED]

The EU talks a wast of time that stupid idot May is a morron.

That stupid Woman can not see the facts on knife crime, listen you dumbass bitch the police are telling you hard cold facts and you dismiss them!

GET THAT STUPID WOMAN OUT OF NO.10 NOW!

[Reece]

They should have pulled out as soon as the Brexit voting was over.
It's horrible STEED, like watching the sinking ship "HMS United Kingdom" go down!

[STEED]

It now looks like a delay to Brexit is a fact.

https://news.sky.com/story/delay-to-...-news-11656376

[Jimbuna]

Make TV election debates happen - establish an Independent Debates Commission

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/228572

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Make TV election debates happen - establish an Independent Debates Commission

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/228572

No thank you, I rather watch feeding time at the zoo which will be honest.

After that last load of garbage my advice is toss that petion into the bin.

[STEED]

PMQ's
MayDunce waffles on about this and that which adds up to no action on knife crime. We need more better trained police back on the streets and more search and stop and to hell with the bleeding heart wishy washy liberal curtain twitchers.

[Jimbuna]

Prime Minister Theresa May has not listened to police concerns about knife crime, a former head of the Metropolitan Police has said.

Mrs May said the deaths of young people were "appalling" as she announced an upcoming summit on knife crime.

But Lord Stevens told the BBC: "I don't think she listens, quite frankly, to what she's being told."https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47472928

Apparently there are topics other than Brexit that she refuses to listen or take advice on.

[Jimbuna]

The UK has been urged to table fresh proposals within the next 48 hours to break the Brexit impasse.

EU officials said they would work non-stop over the weekend if "acceptable" ideas were received by Friday to break the deadlock over the Irish backstop.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47476942

Come on PM....put up or shutup...now is the time.

[Jimbuna]

Frustrated EU officials have urged UK Brexit negotiators to table a workable solution to the Irish backstop by Friday if they want a breakthrough in talks.https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknew...id=mailsignout

The UK's attorney general says Brexit negotiations will continue as EU officials call for "acceptable" ideas by Friday to break the impasse.

Geoffrey Cox said plans to solve the deadlock over the Irish backstop were "as clear as day", with just days until MPs vote on the Brexit deal.

Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom confirmed the vote will be held on 12 March.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47481872

Is the game of chicken coming to a conclusion?

If so, who will blink first?

[STEED]

Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd has apologised for using the word "coloured" in a BBC interview.

Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott criticised the use of the term, saying it was "outdated", "offensive" and a "revealing choice of words".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47488047

Well then what?

[JU_88]

Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd has apologised for using the word "coloured" in a BBC interview.

Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott criticised the use of the term, saying it was "outdated", "offensive" and a "revealing choice of words".

What Irks me is that the correct PC term (Diane Abbott has used) is P.O.C (people of colour) how is that any different from 'colored'?
They both mean the exact same thing: Non-White.
Its total hypocrisy really.
So Abbot can go to hell along with Rudd as far as i'm concerned. They just practice different types of racism, that's all.
Sorry I voted for that idiot once (Abbot that is)