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STEED 01-27-18 01:17 PM

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The Momentum-backed chairwoman of a London Labour Party branch called for Donald Trump to be assassinated before he could be inaugurated as president.

The day after Mr Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in November 2016, Caragh Skipper wrote in a public Facebook post: “Ok, who’s shooting Trump before January?”

At the time Ms Skipper was an officer of the Croydon branch of Momentum, the activist group set up to support Jeremy Corbyn after his leadership victory in 2015. She has since become chairwoman of the local party in Croydon Central, a seat that Labour won in June
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/m...tion-xkf9vlrvw

I would have liked to read all of this but you have to log in to The Times these days.

STEED 01-27-18 01:58 PM

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British officials are in discussions with Brussels about extending the Brexit transition period to almost three years, The Telegraph has learnt.

The official Government target for transition is “around two years” but many senior Whitehall officials remain privately concerned about the practicality of such a short transition, given potentially massive changes that would be required by a “hard” Brexit.

The Telegraph understands that although it is not formally Government policy, Britain has discreetly begun sounding out senior EU figures over whether transition could be extended amid growing disarray within the Cabinet over the ultimate terms of a long-term deal with the EU.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/...extend-brexit/

Like the Times you have to log in for the full story.

Here is the Express point of view..

Quote:

Brexit BETRAYAL: UK working to EXTEND transition to THREE YEARS
BRITISH officials are secretly talking to EU officials about the possibility of extending the Brexit transition period to almost three years.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/91...uy-verhofstadt

Jimbuna 01-28-18 07:50 AM

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Trump: 'I would have taken a tougher stand in getting out'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-4285...in-getting-out

Jimbuna 01-28-18 07:54 AM

Meanwhile, Jeremy has the answer to homelessness.

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A Labour government would "immediately" buy 8,000 homes and help councils "take over" empty properties, Jeremy Corbyn has said.

The Labour leader told the BBC the scale of homelessness in the UK was "disgusting" and "wholly unnecessary".

Powers to take over properties that were kept vacant deliberately would be given to councils, he said.

On the prospect of another general election, he told The Andrew Marr Show: "Bring it on."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42851024

Moonlight 01-28-18 09:24 AM

^Theresa May hasn't got one though has she? hold on a minute, that would be a radical step in the right direction wouldn't it, an actual caring Tory prime minister, nah not a chance. :haha:

Meanwhile poor Theresa has other more pressing matters on her hands, a possible leadership challenge amongst her Tory faithful, whoa, she won't like that on her political CV will she?. Mind you, it will fit right in alongside the worst Home Secretary there's ever been one and below the worst Tory leader they've had for bleeding decades one won't it. :har:

Stressful times Theresa, stressful times.............. its all your own fault you muppet. :yep:

The stormclouds are gathering above the Brexit Tory backbenchers and they'll need to act now and elect a new leader before she hands the country back into the clenched fist of the EU.
Theresa May needs consigning to the dustbin of British political history where she belongs or those Brexit MPs will all be smeared in the same excrement that she bathes in.

Meanwhile Jeremy Corbyn is playing the smart game, he understands that you don't interrupt an enemy while they're playing Russian roulette with a fully loaded revolver.
Some MPs going to take a big fall soon and the only 2 questions that needs asking are, who will it be and when will it happen. :O:

Jimbuna 01-29-18 07:20 AM

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Carillion "wriggled out" of payments into its company pension schemes as its troubles grew, while it carried on paying shareholder dividends and bosses' bonuses, say MPs.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42853895

Pension payments should never be allowed to be deferred under any circumstances whilst an employer is still operating/trading and the above isn't the first in recent times...BHS anybody?

STEED 01-29-18 08:39 AM

It looks like old Jezzer has been kissing the wrong butts. Getting down with the young voters turns out it was the 30 plus group that gave Labour the boost at the last GE.

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Theresa May should blame people in their 30s, rather than the youngest voters, for the loss of her parliamentary majority, a new study suggests.

"Youthquake" was the Oxford English dictionary's "word of the year" for 2017, after a surge in turnout among 18-24 year-olds in last year's general election was claimed by some as boosting Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party.

But academics from the "gold standard" British Election Study say that was not the case.
https://news.sky.com/story/was-the-y...-myth-11227634

STEED 01-29-18 08:52 AM

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Angela Merkel 'ridicules Theresa May's Brexit demands during "secret" press briefing'
Chancellor claims British Prime Minister has repeatedly asked Germany to 'make me an offer'
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...source=Twitter

Theresa the appeaser getting weaker.

Quote:

Angela Merkel reportedly left journalists “laughing uproariously” after mocking Theresa May‘s attempts to negotiate a trading relationship post-Brexit.

The German chancellor said she had been trapped in a recurring conversation with the British Prime Minister since the EU referendum in 2016.

Speaking to a “secret” press meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ms Merkel claimed Ms May had repeatedly asked her to “make me an offer”, according to a report by ITV political pundit Robert Peston.

STEED 01-29-18 10:20 AM

I am listening to this now, will post a comment later.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20VBbd4AGqs

STEED 01-29-18 11:08 AM

I think the up coming local elections the Tories will take a hit and if that hit is hard enough it could trigger a leadership challenge to Mrs May. The Tories could face a defeat at the next general election from their own Brexit voters by voting Labour. I think the political front is warming up but I'm not placing any bets to early for that.

Jimbuna 01-29-18 11:25 AM

The former possibly but the latter, very doubtful.

Catfish 01-29-18 03:25 PM

In a world where England flips the bird to the EU and Trump can become president of the US, nothing is impossible.

STEED 01-29-18 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Catfish (Post 2539049)
In a world where England flips the bird to the EU and Trump can become president of the US, nothing is impossible.

And catfish puts this on your face..:)

https://media.makeameme.org/created/...ook-5a6fa9.jpg

Jimbuna 01-30-18 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Catfish (Post 2539049)
In a world where England flips the bird to the EU and Trump can become president of the US, nothing is impossible.

You forget to include Merkel performing one of the most astonishing electoral defeat survival stunts western europe has ever witnessed :03:

Jimbuna 01-30-18 09:08 AM

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Ministers have sought to play down the leak of a government document predicting an economic hit from Brexit.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42867668

For what is probably the first time ever, I find myself agreeing with Iain Duncan Smith when he says "It's an incomplete report... deliberately leaked because it gives a bad view,"

Catfish 01-30-18 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna (Post 2539163)
You forget to include Merkel performing one of the most astonishing electoral defeat survival stunts western europe has ever witnessed :03:

You forgot "she" (the CDU) still got 33 percent, more than any other party.
The voters taught a lesson, but their mandate is still clear.

Jimbuna 01-30-18 03:03 PM

Well, that doesn't make much difference in my book, the evil Mays party received over 45% (more than any other party) and she doesn't know when she's not wanted either.

STEED 01-30-18 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna (Post 2539164)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42867668

For what is probably the first time ever, I find myself agreeing with Iain Duncan Smith when he says "It's an incomplete report... deliberately leaked because it gives a bad view,"

Who cares, this was dragged out during the referendum, so what's new? Oh a different report saying the same thing as before. :haha:

Jimbuna 01-30-18 03:37 PM

Deliberately leaked to serve one side of a debate that was decided by the British voters on the day.

STEED 01-30-18 03:43 PM

Sent to me via email. :haha:

https://media.makeameme.org/created/yes-i-leaked.jpg


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