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My sencere condolences.

There is a bonmot from a German football star and world champion (1990), Andy Brehme, who once said: "If you have sh!t on the heel, you have sh!t on the heel."

Jimbuna

11-18-20 05:10 AM

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Crunch time for Jeremy Corbyn as he's back in Labour - but doesn't have the whip.
Jeremy Corbyn could learn his future today after he was left “half-in, half-out” of the Labour Party in a mounting civil war.

The ex-leader was readmitted as a Labour member last night less than three weeks after being suspended for comments on anti-Semitism.

But the decision by Labour’s ruling NEC prompted fury from Jewish groups and MP Margaret Hodge, who savaged the “broken outcome from a broken system”.

Keir Starmer now faces mounting pressure not to hand the whip back to Mr Corbyn - leaving him as an independent in Parliament.

That would put Mr Corbyn in the extraordinary situation where he was a member of the Labour Party but not able to speak or vote as a Labour MP.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknew...out&li=BBoPWjQ

It may not be over yet. There is still some hope left but imho I think Starmer will eventually give in because of mounting pressure from the unions and the left.

Jimbuna

11-18-20 06:31 AM

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BREAKING: Jeremy Corbyn will not return as Labour MP, says Sir Keir Starmer

Jeremy Corbyn will not sit as a member of the Labour Party in the Commons, Sir Keir Starmer says.

The former leader was reinstated as a member of the party on Tuesday, having been suspended over his response to a human rights watchdog report on anti-Semitism in Labour ranks.

But his successor said his remarks had "undermined...our work in restoring trust" with the Jewish community.

Sir Keir said he would keep his decision under review.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54986916

This might well turn out to be the opening shot in an internal civil war.

MGR1	11-19-20 01:01 PM

Irn Broon has opined on matters of the Union again, this time in The Spectator:

"How to Save the United Kingdom"(tm)

From his Twitter account:

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This is how we do Britain better:

A devolution mindset

Joint working between layers of gov. with a Council of Regions & Nations

Replace the Lords with a Senate of the Regions & Nations

A new UK constitution of shared values & common bonds

The Tories will never go for it. Also there's still the problem of relative sizes - if England has to be divided up in order to preserve the UK of GB and NI then it's unsurprising that the English population might end up being a bit cool about the Union.

Mike.

Jimbuna

11-19-20 02:00 PM

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Inquiry 'found Priti Patel broke behaviour rules'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-55007122

Not surprised because I think she comes across as being a pretty arrogant individual.

Jimbuna

11-19-20 02:04 PM

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The EU and UK chief negotiators have stepped back from post-Brexit trade talks after a member of the EU team tested positive for Covid-19.

The EU's Michel Barnier said his UK counterpart Lord David Frost had agreed to suspend negotiations between them for a "short period".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-55005885

What's wrong with video conferencing?

Jimbuna

11-20-20 08:52 AM

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Boris Johnson's adviser on the ministerial code has resigned after the PM backed Home Secretary Priti Patel over a bullying inquiry.

The government's standards adviser Sir Alex Allan found that Ms Patel's behaviour had breached the code.

But Mr Johnson rejected Sir Alex's findings and said he had "full confidence" in Ms Patel.

Ms Patel released a statement saying she was sorry "that my behaviour in the past has upset people".

Ministers are normally expected to resign if they break the code and there are no known cases of a minister staying in post following a breach.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-55016076

In my estimation this is nothing short of a whitewash!

Jimbuna

11-21-20 07:46 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI9yN5V9fTQ

Jimbuna

11-21-20 08:17 AM

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Boris Johnson is facing questions about whether he tried to tone down an independent report which said Home Secretary Priti Patel broke the ministerial code by bullying staff.

Number 10 has insisted Sir Alex Allan's conclusions were "entirely his own".

But a Whitehall source told the BBC that Sir Alex had resisted pressure to make the findings more "palatable".

And Sir David Normington, a former Home Office chief, said Ms Patel's behaviour was "completely unacceptable".

He said the report had found she was a bully, adding: "You shouldn't have bullies in government".

Ms Patel apologised on Friday, saying: "Any upset I have caused was completely unintentional." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55026137

Now this I can believe.

Jimbuna

11-21-20 08:39 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk0i_a_ul1I

Skybird

11-21-20 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna (Post 2708367)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk0i_a_ul1I

Was that him - or was that me?

Anyway, dont know the guy. ;) But this snippet talks the truth.

Jimbuna

11-21-20 09:57 AM