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Re: Tory members do not want Badenoch to lead the party at the next election – politicalbetting.com
I still backed Kemi.I am one of the 652!Did you give the nod to Honest Bob, and do you want a pact with the snake oil salesman?
As for a pact with Reform, I'd sooner become French than be part of an electoral pact with Reform.
Re: Can Polanski direct the Greens to a brighter future? – politicalbetting.com
Saw this earlier and it’s staggering how the US has changed and how George W could seem like a titan of statesmanship, humanity and sense based on where we are now.Perhaps nothing so became the man, as the manner in which he left office.
https://youtu.be/RecECbxebPI?si=4Ne7R9KjYdnJjbnL
Both on personal level - he and his family invited the Obama family for a personal tour of the Whitehouse. Which started an enduring friendship between various generations of the Bushes and Obamas.
And on a professional level - various people from the Obama administration commented on the actual effort made by the outgoing admin to really hand over things in a good state and to transfer knowledge.
Re: Can Polanski direct the Greens to a brighter future? – politicalbetting.com
The French one upping us again with a PM resigning after 27 days. Yet again Truss has let this country down.I blame the Queen for that - she delayed the start of Truss's speed run by a couple of weeks...
eek
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Re: Can Polanski direct the Greens to a brighter future? – politicalbetting.com
OT. The gathering in Manchester mourning the killing of the two people last week was presided over by Sharren Haskel Israel's deputy Foreign Minister. Indeed Manchester City centre was full of Israeli flags. On that same day in Gaza Israel killed 53 people by bombing high rise blocks. That was the day Mahmood told people not to demonstrate against the genocide out of respect for the Jewish community. This was the interview carried out by Sky of one of the Board of Deputies explaining how Israel has nothing to do with them. Bizarre doesn't begin to explain itI was discussing this with my wife over the weekend. I can understand why Mahmood said that the protests should be delayed. We have no desire for these conflicts to be played out in our streets. But if I was of Palestinian origin I would find this consternation about the death of 2 people, one shot dead by the police, in the context of an ongoing genocide morally outrageous and infuriating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FtN2K2FmlQ
DavidL
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Re: Can Polanski direct the Greens to a brighter future? – politicalbetting.com
Yeah people need to leave this poor woman alone. She makes the king happy and that's basically her job. They should have let him marry her in the first place, it would have saved everyone a lot of grief.FFS, she's 78! And nobody was ever going to stack up in the public's affections against Diana.Except she’s not very fancy.King's fancy piece sounds betterI wish they wouldn't keep referring to Camilla as "Queen".Queen Consort Camilla would be better
Yes, she legally is (now) but she's also really not.
She's actually quite good fun though.
Re: Can Polanski direct the Greens to a brighter future? – politicalbetting.com
Well, the winds have certainly brought down a load of windfalls from our two old apple trees!
Looks like crumble every evening for a while.
Looks like crumble every evening for a while.
Re: Can Polanski direct the Greens to a brighter future? – politicalbetting.com
PM quits.
(French PM)
Sebastien Lecornu lasted 27 days, which equates to 2.45 Scaramuccis, or about 0.55 Liz Trusses
https://x.com/realBenBloch/status/1975107409174810809
(French PM)
Sebastien Lecornu lasted 27 days, which equates to 2.45 Scaramuccis, or about 0.55 Liz Trusses
https://x.com/realBenBloch/status/1975107409174810809
Re: Can Polanski direct the Greens to a brighter future? – politicalbetting.com
Morning all,
Snake oil meets first contact with reality down in Kent:
"Diane Morton, Reform’s cabinet member for adult social care on Kent county council, told the Financial Times that services in Kent were already “down to the bare bones”.
“We’ve got more demand than ever before and it’s growing,” she said, stressing she did not believe access to those services should be limited. “We just want more money.” "
Guardian Live blog
Snake oil meets first contact with reality down in Kent:
"Diane Morton, Reform’s cabinet member for adult social care on Kent county council, told the Financial Times that services in Kent were already “down to the bare bones”.
“We’ve got more demand than ever before and it’s growing,” she said, stressing she did not believe access to those services should be limited. “We just want more money.” "
Guardian Live blog
Re: Can Polanski direct the Greens to a brighter future? – politicalbetting.com
Further to my lament earlier this morning about the refusal of our political class to come to terms with our predicament we had the interview with Mel Stride this morning. God, it was embarrassing.
So, why didn't you support Starmer and Reece's cuts? "Well, err, the wrong kind of cuts, all last minute etc". Complete garbage.
No benefits for those on ILR. So, what is going to happen to these people? "Well, some of them might go home..."
Funding £5K for those starting work and buying their first home.. Supposedly funded by cuts in public spending amounting to £42bn over the Parliament. I repeat "over the Parliament". This for a country borrowing £150bn a year. And this is supposedly responsible! It doesn't even touch the sides of our issues. By the end I was nearly banging my head off the steering wheel.
So, why didn't you support Starmer and Reece's cuts? "Well, err, the wrong kind of cuts, all last minute etc". Complete garbage.
No benefits for those on ILR. So, what is going to happen to these people? "Well, some of them might go home..."
Funding £5K for those starting work and buying their first home.. Supposedly funded by cuts in public spending amounting to £42bn over the Parliament. I repeat "over the Parliament". This for a country borrowing £150bn a year. And this is supposedly responsible! It doesn't even touch the sides of our issues. By the end I was nearly banging my head off the steering wheel.
DavidL
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Re: Kemi Badenoch proves again she really doesn’t understand Northern Ireland – politicalbetting.com
Exactly. Nobody following the news would be looking at what ICE are actually doing and want to copy that. She has terrible judgement. Hopefully some journalists will take he to task on this and see if she doubles down on her stupid idea.Kemi BadenochBad Enoch is really not trying to win my vote back at all.
@KemiBadenoch
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My message is clear: if you’re here illegally, you will be detained and deported.
Our new Removals Force, modelled on US ICE, will deport 150,000 illegal migrants each year.
She wants us to model this?
https://x.com/PabloReports/status/1974882303211192750
ICE are repugnant. Nobody should be modelling anything on them.
glw
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