UK Politics Thread

[Jimbuna]

Spoke to Tom Watson this morning and during the course of the conversation I promised to give him my vote for Deputy Leader.

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Spoke to Tom Watson this morning and during the course of the conversation I promised to give him my vote for Deputy Leader.

Pints for votes I see, how many pints did he buy you?

[STEED]

Boris is making his move for leader..

the party must help the poor and drive social mobility.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/boris-john..._ylv=3#ZTBTB63


Help the poor, what poor...Gideon asks.


Bad start there...

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by STEED

Pints for votes I see, how many pints did he buy you?

None yet but....maybe later

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

None yet but....maybe later

Going rate for a vote is 10 pints.

[BossMark]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Spoke to Tom Watson this morning and during the course of the conversation I promised to give him my vote for Deputy Leader.

Spoke to him during the general election campaign, seemed a decent guy so he will be getting my vote as well

Originally Posted by STEED

Going rate for a vote is 10 pints.

Just for starters

[STEED]

All the Labour deputy candidates have confirm that they would serve under Jeremy corbyn, does that worry you guys?

Jeremy Corbyn to 'bring back Clause Four'

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-10446982.html


Bring back British Rail.

[Oberon]

I am a fan of British Rail, I grew up in the era of Network South-East, of BR Blue/Grey and the infamous Pork Pies.
That being said, I am not convinced that renationalising the railways will be the panacea that it is often touted as. I think that we do suffer a bit of rose-tinted spectacles when we look back at BR, particularly in regard to ticket prices and reliability.

That being said...if Corbyn promised to bring back BR Blue/Grey and Slamdoor third rail units...I could be persuaded to change my mind.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by STEED

All the Labour deputy candidates have confirm that they would serve under Jeremy corbyn, does that worry you guys?

Doesn't worry me in the slightest because if Corbyn wins I'll be cancelling my membership.

[BossMark]

Yvette Cooper says Jeremy Corbyn is set to take us all back to the 1970's.

If that means getting rid of the X factor and bringing back Top of the Pops , count me in.

[Oberon]

Jim'll get his Party Seven back so that'll keep him happy.

[Bilge_Rat]

Originally Posted by STEED

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33770021


I don't know what you think jim but for me this whole ongoing investigation stinks of cover ups and bribes in high places. I feel this is another white wash to cover up the filth in all the party's.

As I see it, it is very easy to attack someone who is dead and can no longer defend himself, but so far all you have are vague rumours and not a single supposed victim has come forward.

The Heath story is underpinned not by what used to be called “evidence”, but by a deluge of vague and anonymous “claims”. Each day another police force climbs on to the bandwagon by following allegations said to be “pouring in”. They are never enumerated, dated or specified.

As far as Heath is concerned, there appear to be only two firm allegations. One comes from a man who says he was raped by Heath in 1961 in a flat in Park Lane full of sailing paraphernalia. (Heath had no such flat and was not a sailor then, according to his biographer, John Campbell.) The Daily Mirror printed an immaculately written letter from the unnamed man, now in his 60s. The Metropolitan police investigated it some weeks ago and said it offered “no lines of inquiry that could proportionately be followed up”. That seems a not unreasonable response.

The other is from an anonymous former policeman in Wiltshire who alleged that a Myra Forde had, in the mid-1990s, threatened to expose Heath as a paedophile if she was prosecuted for running a brothel. She denied the whole story on Wednesday, which perhaps explains why Wiltshire’s police and prosecutor say they were never told of the threat, although they nevertheless held a press conference outside Heath’s former home in Salisbury last weekend.

But the case against Heath rests on two allegations from questionable sources, unsupported by any evidence of his sexual proclivities over 60 years of adult life, for most of which he was monitored around the clock by police close protection. They strike me as plain implausible.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentis...e-edward-heath

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Jim'll get his Party Seven back so that'll keep him happy.

LOL

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Bilge_Rat

As I see it, it is very easy to attack someone who is dead and can no longer defend himself, but so far all you have are vague rumours and not a single supposed victim has come forward.

Not just Heath, this investigation has been going on for years now and most that have been named are six feet under apart from Lord Janner. This is a investigation that dates back to the 70's to the 90's in to all the political party's.

Even Jimmy Savile a famous celeb was not fully investigated when he was alive. What came out of it was a wall of silence, people knew it was going on but would not speak up in fear of being called a liar.

[STEED]

I see The Times has a poll showing Jeremy Corbyn is set to win.