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Kemi:



Don't think it will save her. But it does put clear blue water between the conservatives and the government.

Wishy washy. You don't need a review to decide this. If those are your tests and they are more important than everything else then just say you will leave the ECHR, as Farage has done. There is close to zero market share available that wants a wishy washy exit from the ECHR rather than a bold exit.

This is the setup to a policy that lays out why we should leave the ECHR. Hopefully it gives a well reasoned and researched paper which shows how remote the Strasbourg court is now from member states and how much sovereignty all countries have handed over to this cabal of judges that are simply accountable to no one. This exercise, like the Cass study, may end up becoming one of the major flashpoints with the ECHR across all of Europe. The Netherlands, France, Italy and Germany have all begun signalling their unhappiness with the current status quo and a serious paper that outlines all of the flaws within these specific points could be a game changer, at least for how a new approach could be taken across Europe and potentially pushing the Strasbourg court down to "advisory" status in some scenarios such as deportation hearings etc...

The ECHR was set up by the likes of Churchill as a check and balance to the sort of behaviour that allowed the rise of Hitler. It is quite remarkable that when we leave under Farage/ Jenrick/Badenoch/ Robinson we join a tiny band of dictators from Russia and Belarus, until the next elected right wing nutter takes control of another European state.

I think what we need is for Trump-Musk to get so acrimonious it actually turns reality inside-out so that they become friends again, and THEN they fall out again.

Just heard about this and is Trump is going to pull his support for Tesla ?

It may be popcorn to some but not those of us who are very concerned about the consequences

And Reform disintegrating as well

Let's go back to the Blair and Cameron- Clegg years

Nigel seems to have done very well not to get too close to Elon Musk but not to piss him off.

I don't see Musk supporting Democratic candidates personally, but who knows?

Musk has suggested he could set up his own party
https://www.ndtvprofit.com/world/donald-trump-elon-musk-feud-tesla-chief-floats-idea-of-new-political-party

Kemi:



Don't think it will save her. But it does put clear blue water between the conservatives and the government.

Wishy washy. You don't need a review to decide this. If those are your tests and they are more important than everything else then just say you will leave the ECHR, as Farage has done. There is close to zero market share available that wants a wishy washy exit from the ECHR rather than a bold exit.

But it’s not bad as retail politics. Five point plans often sound good, which is why they are used constantly by everyone

It is bad. Next month Refukkers +1 or +2. Conservatives -1 or -2 yet again. And this kind of wishy washy farage lite is why.

It won’t nudge the dial either way. But it gives Kemi a means of placating both wings of her party and also looking sensible and patriotic

She really is in a bind. The entire country wants to vote for a British Pinochet but she’s stuck in some weird rump Cameroon sect of MPs that are basically Lib Dems

I see reform thinks that a teenager is a suitable person to lead child services at Leicestershire council

And a 22 year old leads adult social care

https://new.basw.co.uk/about-social-work/psw-magazine/articles/reform-councillors-aged-19-and-22-charge-childrens-and

Did all the other councillors take 2 steps back when the positions were offered because this doesn’t make sense

Well Labour and the SNP (among others) think 16 year olds deserve the vote. It surely depends on the person. Now if you don't think any 19 year old or 22 year old should be a councillor, thats a different question, and tbh, one I think is worth asking.

A progressive idea is that sentences for crimes committed by under 25s should be less, since their brains aren't fully developed. and they aren't fully responsible.

I've seen that advocated by the same people pushing for a reduction in voting age.

The maturity of under 25s is already considered when sentencing them

There's no reason they can't be councillors.
Putting them in charge of £600m budgets is a very different matter.

Alexander had commanded armies successfully, by the age of 22. Ismail I had conquered Iran.