UK Politics Thread - Page 941

Jimbuna · 12-26-21, 08:59 AM

Immigration rules are to be temporarily relaxed for overseas care workers in a bid to recruit and keep staff, the government has announced.

Social care workers, care assistants and home care workers are to become eligible for a health and care visa for a 12-month period.

The government said this would make it easier to fill gaps in workforces.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59785227

Skybird · 12-26-21, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Immigration rules are to be temporarily relaxed for overseas care workers in a bid to recruit and keep staff, the government has announced.

Social care workers, care assistants and home care workers are to become eligible for a health and care visa for a 12-month period.

The government said this would make it easier to fill gaps in workforces.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59785227

A 12 months visa? I wonder how attractive that is for foreigners when they should enter through a door that already has "Exit" written on it. Not very, I bet. Even less so since many nations seek caretakers and nurses - and offer better conditions.

Catfish · 12-26-21, 04:23 PM

What a load of tosh. A 12 month period with all the paperwork, for a country that kicked them out in an air of british superiority on one and bloody foreigners on the other side. Even if, what after those 12 months?
And "easier to fill gaps in workforces", how very "attractive". The image delivered can only be described as snotty and arrogant

Skybird · 12-26-21, 05:42 PM

I must agree with Catfish there. It sounds very - well, politely said: unrealistic. Disconnected.

I know that if I were just thrown out and being told I am not wanted anyway, I would not return anyway, and even less so under these newly formulated conditions. 't would be more expenses than profits gained. "Be welcome, we appreciate your help, you are needed!" looks and sounds very different.

It will not work.

Jimbuna · 12-27-21, 06:35 AM

In actual fact, I agree with you both

Jimbuna · 01-01-22, 10:16 AM

More crap during the festive period.

MGR1 · 01-12-22, 12:22 PM

The unfortunate thing about Boris and "Partygate" is that it's reminded me that Michael Fabricant exists.

Does this... blimp... realise how ridiculous he looks?

Mike.

Jimbuna · 01-12-22, 12:42 PM

I understand some people think he is the love child of Boris

Catfish · 01-12-22, 01:14 PM

Jimbuna · 01-12-22, 01:43 PM

Skybird · 01-12-22, 06:23 PM

Slowly and over time, more and more Tories are joining the swans' choire to sing the vergil for Johnson, or is that a mistaking impression?

And if he goes out, what will this mean for the policies of the UK, namely Brexit-related policy? Dissatisfaction with Brexit seems to have grown, has not waned. Still a majority behind it?

Can the EU hope to see its demands over Ireland through in the light of Johnson's obvious erosion? Can France push harder and more succesfully, even more so now that Germany is obviously the weakest in decades?

Jimbuna · 01-13-22, 08:40 AM

It would take 54 'no confidence' letters to the 1022 Committee to force a vote of confidence.

I think it quite telling that Rishi Sunak has not yet publicly supported Johnson.

Most will probably be awaiting the result of the current ongoing enquiry before declaring there position and no doubt Boris will be hoping matters die down nin the next week or so before the findings are released.

Skybird · 01-15-22, 05:53 AM

Worse and worse...

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politi...idays-25951853

Jimbuna · 01-15-22, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

Worse and worse...

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politi...idays-25951853

Most definitely and I suspect there will be much more revealed by the current ongoing investigation but rather worryingly, it is being said that Boris himself picked the senior civil servant (Sue Gray) who is heading up the investigation, so the outcome may have been dictated to her and even rumours she herself has attended such gatherings.

Jimbuna · 01-15-22, 06:26 AM

Boris Johnson must "lead or step aside", senior Tory and former minister Tobias Ellwood has told the BBC.

Mr Ellwood, who chairs the defence select committee, said "we need leadership" following reports of parties being held in Downing Street while Covid restrictions were in place.

It comes as hundreds of angry constituents contact their MPs.

The government has urged people to reserve judgement until senior civil servant Sue Gray's inquiry is finished.

But Andrew Bridgen, Conservative MP for North West Leicestershire, said: "I don't need to see what Sue Gray says to know that for me Boris Johnson has lost the moral authority to lead the country.

"If there's another emergency where he has to call on the public to make sacrifices, he doesn't have that authority. That makes his position in my book, as prime minister, completely untenable."

Mr Bridgen is the fifth Conservative MP to publicly declare they have written to the chairman of the 1922 Committee - which organises Tory leadership contests - to say they have no confidence in the prime minister. Fifty-four Conservative MPs have to write a letter to trigger a vote.

Ahead of Boris Johnson's apology on Wednesday, Mr Ellwood, MP for Bournemouth East and one-time defence minister, said Mr Johnson needed to "show some contrition" and get a grip of the situation - or he would be "out of office".

Another former minister told the BBC: "Johnson is toast... if you were the chief whip looking at him you'd say he's not fit to do any other jobs in government, you wouldn't make him a junior minister, he doesn't work hard enough."

And a senior Tory MP said "there is a lot of scepticism around that there is anyone ready to take the reins. That buys Boris time. But he shouldn't confuse that with another chance."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60005134

12-26-21, 08:59 AM	#14101
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,125 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Immigration rules are to be temporarily relaxed for overseas care workers in a bid to recruit and keep staff, the government has announced. Social care workers, care assistants and home care workers are to become eligible for a health and care visa for a 12-month period. The government said this would make it easier to fill gaps in workforces. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59785227 __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

12-26-21, 04:23 PM	#14103
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,897 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	What a load of tosh. A 12 month period with all the paperwork, for a country that kicked them out in an air of british superiority on one and bloody foreigners on the other side. Even if, what after those 12 months? And "easier to fill gaps in workforces", how very "attractive". The image delivered can only be described as snotty and arrogant __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

12-26-21, 05:42 PM	#14104
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,487 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	I must agree with Catfish there. It sounds very - well, politely said: unrealistic. Disconnected. I know that if I were just thrown out and being told I am not wanted anyway, I would not return anyway, and even less so under these newly formulated conditions. 't would be more expenses than profits gained. "Be welcome, we appreciate your help, you are needed!" looks and sounds very different. It will not work. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

12-27-21, 06:35 AM	#14105
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,125 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	In actual fact, I agree with you both __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

01-01-22, 10:16 AM	#14106
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,125 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	More crap during the festive period. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

01-12-22, 12:22 PM	#14107
MGR1 Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom Posts: 956 Downloads: 252 Uploads: 0	The unfortunate thing about Boris and "Partygate" is that it's reminded me that Michael Fabricant exists. Does this... *blimp*... realise how ridiculous he looks? Mike. __________________ "I am the battleship Jean Bart. This name originates from a certain 'respected' privateer... Yes? You want to know what privateers are? Hmph, they are pirates that rob openly under the banner of their country." Jean Bart from the mobile game Azur Lane.

01-12-22, 12:42 PM	#14108
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,125 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I understand some people think he is the love child of Boris __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

01-12-22, 01:14 PM	#14109
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01-12-22, 01:43 PM	#14110
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01-12-22, 06:23 PM	#14111
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,487 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Slowly and over time, more and more Tories are joining the swans' choire to sing the vergil for Johnson, or is that a mistaking impression? And if he goes out, what will this mean for the policies of the UK, namely Brexit-related policy? Dissatisfaction with Brexit seems to have grown, has not waned. Still a majority behind it? Can the EU hope to see its demands over Ireland through in the light of Johnson's obvious erosion? Can France push harder and more succesfully, even more so now that Germany is obviously the weakest in decades? __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

01-13-22, 08:40 AM	#14112
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,125 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	It would take 54 'no confidence' letters to the 1022 Committee to force a vote of confidence. I think it quite telling that Rishi Sunak has not yet publicly supported Johnson. Most will probably be awaiting the result of the current ongoing enquiry before declaring there position and no doubt Boris will be hoping matters die down nin the next week or so before the findings are released. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

01-15-22, 05:53 AM	#14113
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,487 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Worse and worse... https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politi...idays-25951853 __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

01-15-22, 06:26 AM	#14115
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,125 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Boris Johnson must "lead or step aside", senior Tory and former minister Tobias Ellwood has told the BBC. Mr Ellwood, who chairs the defence select committee, said "we need leadership" following reports of parties being held in Downing Street while Covid restrictions were in place. It comes as hundreds of angry constituents contact their MPs. The government has urged people to reserve judgement until senior civil servant Sue Gray's inquiry is finished. But Andrew Bridgen, Conservative MP for North West Leicestershire, said: "I don't need to see what Sue Gray says to know that for me Boris Johnson has lost the moral authority to lead the country. "If there's another emergency where he has to call on the public to make sacrifices, he doesn't have that authority. That makes his position in my book, as prime minister, completely untenable." Mr Bridgen is the fifth Conservative MP to publicly declare they have written to the chairman of the 1922 Committee - which organises Tory leadership contests - to say they have no confidence in the prime minister. Fifty-four Conservative MPs have to write a letter to trigger a vote. Ahead of Boris Johnson's apology on Wednesday, Mr Ellwood, MP for Bournemouth East and one-time defence minister, said Mr Johnson needed to "show some contrition" and get a grip of the situation - or he would be "out of office". Another former minister told the BBC: "Johnson is toast... if you were the chief whip looking at him you'd say he's not fit to do any other jobs in government, you wouldn't make him a junior minister, he doesn't work hard enough." And a senior Tory MP said "there is a lot of scepticism around that there is anyone ready to take the reins. That buys Boris time. But he shouldn't confuse that with another chance." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60005134 __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)