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I most certainly hope so and closely followed by the bumbling buffoon if there is a God out there.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknew...out&li=BBoPWjQ

This really cracked me up :haha:

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April 9, 2014
On a recent trip to the United States , Tony Blair, Ex. Prime Minister of the UK and now U.N. Middle East Peace Envoy, addressed a major gathering of Native American Indians.

He spoke for almost two hours on his success in bringing about a lasting peace settlement amongst the warring nations of the Middle East, likening it to the way that the U.S. Government found a suitable agreement with the North American tribes.

At the conclusion of his speech, the crowd presented him with a plaque inscribed with his new Indian name - Walking Eagle.

A very chuffed Tony then departed in his motorcade, waving to the crowds..

A news reporter later asked one of the Indians how they came to select the new name given to Tony Blair They explained that Walking Eagle is the name given to a bird so full of sh!t that it can no longer fly.

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Cummings to leave No 10 with immediate effect
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54938050

Bye bye Dominic

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Given his undisputed talent as a campaign strategist, his current retreat from British politics is unlikely to last.

https://translate.google.com/transla...ne-Zaesur.html

Cummings made too many enemies behind the scenes and the final straw for Boris was supposedly when verbal attacks were made against his fiance.

No doubt it will all come out in the wash.

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Trade talks between the UK and EU are reaching the "make or break" point, the two sides have said, with key differences proving hard to resolve.

EU sources said there had been less progress in recent days on outstanding sticking points than they had hoped for and the "moment of truth" was nearing.

UK sources said there were still "quite big gaps" between the sides.

Both sides doubted that a draft deal could now be reached in the coming days, as the EU had originally hoped.

The two sides are in a race against the clock to settle their future economic partnership in time for it to take effect on 1 January, when the UK will leave the EU's single market and customs union.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54935034

Why don't they just spin a coin :o

Sticking points over a post-Brexit trade agreement between the UK and EU "can be resolved" and a deal "can be done", says a government minister.

Environment Secretary George Eustice told the BBC's Andrew Marr "agreement exists" between the two sides.

But earlier, he told Sky News there was still "some way between us" and "time is very, very short" to agree a deal.

Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said talks have "got to make big progress" in the coming week.

He told Sky's Sophy Ridge getting a trade agreement was "difficult but also very doable", and the consequences of failing to would be "significant".

The talks between the UK and EU are due to resume on Monday in Brussels.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54950011

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Boris Johnson, six Tory MPs and two political aides are self-isolating after a breakfast meeting inside Downing Street last Thursday.

One of the MPs, Lee Anderson, later tested positive for Covid-19, and on Sunday the prime minister was told to self-isolate by NHS Test and Trace.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54956076

You'd have thought Boris would have learned his lesson by now.

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Hungary and Poland have blocked approval of the EU's budget over a clause that ties EU funding with adherence to the rule of law.

The financial package includes €750bn for a coronavirus recovery fund.

Ambassadors of the 27 member states meeting in Brussels were unable to endorse the budget because the two countries vetoed it.

Hungary and Poland have been criticised for violating democratic standards enshrined in the EU's founding treaty.

The EU is currently investigating both countries for undermining the independence of courts, media and non-governmental organisations. The clause threatens to cost them billions of euros in EU funding.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54964858

Looks like the tail is trying to wag the dog again.

Labour's ruling body will meet later to discuss Jeremy Corbyn's suspension.

Last month, a report from the UK's human rights watchdog (EHRC) said the party broke the law by failing to stamp out anti-Jewish racism in the party.

Responding to the report, the former leader said the scale of anti-Semitism had been "dramatically overstated" by his opponents, and he was suspended.

Sir Keir Starmer said those who think the issue had been "exaggerated" should "be nowhere near the Labour Party".

However, the decision to suspend Mr Corbyn was taken by the party's ruling National Executive Committee (NEC), not the new leader.

A panel made up of members from the NEC will now meet to decide whether to take further disciplinary action or to lift his suspension.

Ahead of the meeting on Tuesday, Mr Corbyn - who has been a member of the party for 54 years - released a statement on Facebook, saying concerns over anti-Semitism within Labour are "neither exaggerated nor overstated".

But the Board of Deputies of British Jews said their community did not accept "this pathetic non-apology".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54972649

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Boris Johnson was today hit by a Tory revolt over plans being discussed for Britain to cut its spending on overseas aid as the world reels from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Cabinet minister Robert Jenrick argued that the move was a “legitimate choice” to consider at a “unique time” given the billions being spent in the UK on dealing with the impact of the pandemic.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknew...out&li=BBoPWjQ

Well I've certainly got no problems with that.

Boris puts his foot in it yet again:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54965585

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Boris Johnson has come under fire for reportedly telling a virtual meeting of Conservative MPs that devolution had been a "disaster" in Scotland.
Mr Johnson also reportedly described it as predecessor Tony Blair's "biggest mistake".
The SNP and Labour have both criticised the prime minister.
But Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said Mr Johnson has "always supported devolution".
"What he does feel strongly, and I would agree, is that devolution in Scotland has facilitated the rise of separatism and nationalism in the form of the SNP, and that that's trying to break apart the United Kingdom," he told BBC Breakfast.
"Anybody, like the prime minister, who loves the UK wants to keep it together thinks that that's a very, very dangerous and disappointing outcome that we need to battle against."

Douglas Ross, SCon Leader tries to clarify:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...itics-54973449

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The Scottish Conservative leader has insisted that Boris Johnson does believe in devolution despite reports that he described it as a "disaster".
Douglas Ross said he would be speaking to the prime minister later about his reported remarks to a virtual meeting of Conservative MPs.
But he claimed it was the SNP's "obsession" with independence, rather than devolution, that was the problem.

Laura Kuenssberg's take:

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It was only on Sunday that the prime minister was hoping to use this week as a reset, relaunch, even rebrand, of his government after the crazy B-movie version of House of Cards that's been playing out in the last few days.
But that night Boris Johnson got caught up in the realities of coronavirus again, being "pinged" after a meeting with a group of half a dozen MPs, one of whom later tested positive, confining him to Downing Street for the next fortnight.
But it's his own gaffe on Monday that will knock his planned return to calm off course.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54965593

Sarah Smith's take:

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The SNP would like voters to believe that the Conservative government in Westminster neither cares nor understands the needs and desires of people in Scotland. The UK government had been planning a major push to try to counter this narrative.
They were hoping to show Scottish voters how much they benefit from being part of the UK so it really doesn't help when Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears to be ignorant of his own party's stance on devolution.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-54973957

"What is devolution and how does it work across the UK?" from the BBC News site.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54974078

There does seem to be a continuing problem for the Scottish Tories in their efforts to preserve the Union - the English Tories either don't care about it or have no real understanding of it.

Mike.:hmmm:

Well, is this intentional?

https://i.imgur.com/h2Mc7Oim.jpg

"Never ascribe to malice that which can be explained by incompetence" pretty much sums up the situation with the Tories at the moment.

One problem that has been identified with the UK civil service is the "Devolve and Forget" mentality that appears to have arisen over the last 20 years. What this means is that once something has been given to the devolved administrations to run the central apparatus stops thinking about it. It then panics when it realises that the UK is still interlinked financially and that the devolved administrations don't control all the economic levers they would need to run things independently.

The furlough scheme being a perfect example - the Treasury isn't administratively agile enough to run a scheme based on regional governance. It has to be an "all or none" approach.

Mike.