Conservatism chose the wrong battle because Blair got under its skin too much and made it forget what it really believed in.
Conservatives realised there were more important priorities than materialism.
Too much of europhilia was based around an embarrassment to be British for it ever to appeal to Conservatives.
A Europhilia based around pride in being English would be a different ballgame.
The UK is arguably an outdated concept, thanks to a permanent large bloc for independence in Scotland, and increasing geopolitical pressure to unite Ireland. Independence for the four nations within the EU might make sense.
Poor old Wales. Always forgotten eh? Voted for Brexit and I think about 3% recently wanted independence. So that’s not going to work well in your scenario is it really?
It is a matter of making the case and thinking imaginatively about the future – I am just speculating as my OP makes clear.
Conservatism chose the wrong battle because Blair got under its skin too much and made it forget what it really believed in.
Conservatives realised there were more important priorities than materialism.
Too much of europhilia was based around an embarrassment to be British for it ever to appeal to Conservatives.
A Europhilia based around pride in being English would be a different ballgame.
The UK is arguably an outdated concept, thanks to a permanent large bloc for independence in Scotland, and increasing geopolitical pressure to unite Ireland. Independence for the four nations within the EU might make sense.
Poor old Wales. Always forgotten eh? Voted for Brexit and I think about 3% recently wanted independence. So that’s not going to work well in your scenario is it really?
We can always force Wales to be independent, or flog it off to the Qataris. We have to think outside the box here. We're missing a great opportunity to subsidise the balkans ad nauseam.
Conservatism chose the wrong battle because Blair got under its skin too much and made it forget what it really believed in.
Conservatives realised there were more important priorities than materialism.
Too much of europhilia was based around an embarrassment to be British for it ever to appeal to Conservatives.
A Europhilia based around pride in being English would be a different ballgame.
The UK is arguably an outdated concept, thanks to a permanent large bloc for independence in Scotland, and increasing geopolitical pressure to unite Ireland. Independence for the four nations within the EU might make sense.
Poor old Wales. Always forgotten eh? Voted for Brexit and I think about 3% recently wanted independence. So that’s not going to work well in your scenario is it really?
Conservatism chose the wrong battle because Blair got under its skin too much and made it forget what it really believed in.
Conservatives realised there were more important priorities than materialism.
Too much of europhilia was based around an embarrassment to be British for it ever to appeal to Conservatives.
A Europhilia based around pride in being English would be a different ballgame.
The UK is arguably an outdated concept, thanks to a permanent large bloc for independence in Scotland, and increasing geopolitical pressure to unite Ireland. Independence for the four nations within the EU might make sense.
Scotland is moving to parties endorsing the Union and the argument for Independence will all but disappear at the next Holyrood elections, Wales is a million miles from even thinking about Independence with Plaid Cymru a side show, and as for Northern Ireland it would be an economic disaster for them.
There are some who are actively hoping the UK will break up over Brexit but it will not, but more powers are likely to be devolved
Conservatism chose the wrong battle because Blair got under its skin too much and made it forget what it really believed in.
Conservatives realised there were more important priorities than materialism.
Too much of europhilia was based around an embarrassment to be British for it ever to appeal to Conservatives.
A Europhilia based around pride in being English would be a different ballgame.
The UK is arguably an outdated concept, thanks to a permanent large bloc for independence in Scotland, and increasing geopolitical pressure to unite Ireland. Independence for the four nations within the EU might make sense.
Poor old Wales. Always forgotten eh? Voted for Brexit and I think about 3% recently wanted independence. So that’s not going to work well in your scenario is it really?
We can always force Wales to be independent, or flog it off to the Qataris. We have to think outside the box here. We're missing a great opportunity to subsidise the balkans ad nauseam.
Conservatism chose the wrong battle because Blair got under its skin too much and made it forget what it really believed in.
Conservatives realised there were more important priorities than materialism.
Too much of europhilia was based around an embarrassment to be British for it ever to appeal to Conservatives.
A Europhilia based around pride in being English would be a different ballgame.
The UK is arguably an outdated concept, thanks to a permanent large bloc for independence in Scotland, and increasing geopolitical pressure to unite Ireland. Independence for the four nations within the EU might make sense.
Poor old Wales. Always forgotten eh? Voted for Brexit and I think about 3% recently wanted independence. So that’s not going to work well in your scenario is it really?
We can always force Wales to be independent, or flog it off to the Qataris. We have to think outside the box here. We're missing a great opportunity to subsidise the balkans ad nauseam.
Conservatism chose the wrong battle because Blair got under its skin too much and made it forget what it really believed in.
Conservatives realised there were more important priorities than materialism.
Too much of europhilia was based around an embarrassment to be British for it ever to appeal to Conservatives.
A Europhilia based around pride in being English would be a different ballgame.
The UK is arguably an outdated concept, thanks to a permanent large bloc for independence in Scotland, and increasing geopolitical pressure to unite Ireland. Independence for the four nations within the EU might make sense.
Poor old Wales. Always forgotten eh? Voted for Brexit and I think about 3% recently wanted independence. So that’s not going to work well in your scenario is it really?
It is a matter of making the case and thinking imaginatively about the future – I am just speculating as my OP makes clear.
Lay off our future in Wales - genuinely do you know anything about Welsh politics
Conservatism chose the wrong battle because Blair got under its skin too much and made it forget what it really believed in.
Conservatives realised there were more important priorities than materialism.
Too much of europhilia was based around an embarrassment to be British for it ever to appeal to Conservatives.
A Europhilia based around pride in being English would be a different ballgame.
The UK is arguably an outdated concept, thanks to a permanent large bloc for independence in Scotland, and increasing geopolitical pressure to unite Ireland. Independence for the four nations within the EU might make sense.
Poor old Wales. Always forgotten eh? Voted for Brexit and I think about 3% recently wanted independence. So that’s not going to work well in your scenario is it really?
It is a matter of making the case and thinking imaginatively about the future – I am just speculating as my OP makes clear.
Lay off our future in Wales - genuinely do you know anything a bout Welsh politics
The idea of describing Holocaust victims as dying “with dignity” is unbelievable, really.
That is just staggering, even by the extraordinary standards of antisemitism (and plain idiocy) we have come to regard as normal for extreme-left Labour supporters, candidates and even MPs.
I have read many gob-smacking things in my lifetime, but I don't think I've ever seen something to compare with the suggestion that the phrase 'died with dignity' applies to men, women and children who were herded into cattle trucks in the most appalling conditions for journeys which lasted for days on end, at the end of which those who survived were stripped naked in queues and whipped into gas chambers where they were murdered with nerve gas, and their bodies (some of them still not quite dead) then being tipped into industrial crematoria by slave labourers.
For those like me concerned at the hard left Corbynista infestation of Labour, there is a glimmer of hope. Corbyn's own shadow ministers think he will be too old in 2022. In 2022 he will have to commit to staying in office to the age of 78 -in the umlikely event of him winning an election. Old Father Time may well ride to Labour's rescue.
Sorry, my friend, you are badly misreading this. The significance is that the hard left figures behind Corbyn think that he is coming to end of the period where he'll be useful to them. That doesn't mean they are giving up, it means that they are planning for the next move in their takeover of the party (and potentially the country).
Conservatism chose the wrong battle because Blair got under its skin too much and made it forget what it really believed in.
Conservatives realised there were more important priorities than materialism.
Too much of europhilia was based around an embarrassment to be British for it ever to appeal to Conservatives.
A Europhilia based around pride in being English would be a different ballgame.
The UK is arguably an outdated concept, thanks to a permanent large bloc for independence in Scotland, and increasing geopolitical pressure to unite Ireland. Independence for the four nations within the EU might make sense.
Poor old Wales. Always forgotten eh? Voted for Brexit and I think about 3% recently wanted independence. So that’s not going to work well in your scenario is it really?
It is a matter of making the case and thinking imaginatively about the future – I am just speculating as my OP makes clear.
Lay off our future in Wales - genuinely do you know anything a bout Welsh politics
Very little.
Then, you have all the qualifications to be parachuted into one of Labour's safe seats.
The main characteristic of Welsh Labour is that it is completely uninterested in Wales and the Welsh.
The idea of describing Holocaust victims as dying “with dignity” is unbelievable, really.
That is just staggering, even by the extraordinary standards of antisemitism (and plain idiocy) we have come to regard as normal for extreme-left Labour supporters, candidates and even MPs.
I have read many gob-smacking things in my lifetime, but I don't think I've ever seen something to compare with the suggestion that the phrase 'died with dignity' applies to men, women and children who were herded into cattle trucks in the most appalling conditions for journeys which lasted for days on end, at the end of which those who survived were stripped naked in queues and whipped into gas chambers where they were murdered with nerve gas, and their bodies (some of them still not quite dead) then being tipped into industrial crematoria by slave labourers.
What on earth has become of the Labour Party?
Perhaps some of the Labour Party supporters on here might tell us.
They’re usually quick to comment on the travails of other parties.
(Oh .... and you forgot the mass shootings over pits the victims had to dig themselves. About a million were killed in this way long before the industrial slaughter you describe.)
This seems a remarkably oddly-timed article. has it come from someone pissed off at the reshuffle? Corbyn is showing more leadership quality now than at any time since he was elected - or is that the problem?
Leaving aside the headline issue (yes, Corbyn is unusually old to be a party leader but he's not showing it), the politics are strange. Why attack him now when his position is the strongest it's ever been, when there's no chance of anyone moving to oppose him and when the membership is more solidly supportive than ever? Are they putting down a market for the future? If so, it seems fairly pointless: if Corbyn falters, his age will always get brought up with or without preparation. Are they trying to clip his wings? If so, I don't see how it works. Or are young radicals in a hurry and worried that they'll miss their turn? Because if they are, they're in for a rude awakening (not least about their own ability).
I have a sizeable sum in GBP and EUR at Coinbase/GDAX which they allow me to withdraw at a derisory rate. My great fear is that they go bust before I get my money out.
I have a sizeable sum in GBP and EUR at Coinbase/GDAX which they allow me to withdraw at a derisory rate. My great fear is that they go bust before I get my money out.
Coinbase are a damn sight more legit than Bitconnect.
For those like me concerned at the hard left Corbynista infestation of Labour, there is a glimmer of hope. Corbyn's own shadow ministers think he will be too old in 2022. In 2022 he will have to commit to staying in office to the age of 78 -in the umlikely event of him winning an election. Old Father Time may well ride to Labour's rescue.
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There are some who are actively hoping the UK will break up over Brexit but it will not, but more powers are likely to be devolved
I have read many gob-smacking things in my lifetime, but I don't think I've ever seen something to compare with the suggestion that the phrase 'died with dignity' applies to men, women and children who were herded into cattle trucks in the most appalling conditions for journeys which lasted for days on end, at the end of which those who survived were stripped naked in queues and whipped into gas chambers where they were murdered with nerve gas, and their bodies (some of them still not quite dead) then being tipped into industrial crematoria by slave labourers.
What on earth has become of the Labour Party?
The main characteristic of Welsh Labour is that it is completely uninterested in Wales and the Welsh.
They’re usually quick to comment on the travails of other parties.
(Oh .... and you forgot the mass shootings over pits the victims had to dig themselves. About a million were killed in this way long before the industrial slaughter you describe.)
https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2018/01/16/bitconnect-shut-down-closed/
Leaving aside the headline issue (yes, Corbyn is unusually old to be a party leader but he's not showing it), the politics are strange. Why attack him now when his position is the strongest it's ever been, when there's no chance of anyone moving to oppose him and when the membership is more solidly supportive than ever? Are they putting down a market for the future? If so, it seems fairly pointless: if Corbyn falters, his age will always get brought up with or without preparation. Are they trying to clip his wings? If so, I don't see how it works. Or are young radicals in a hurry and worried that they'll miss their turn? Because if they are, they're in for a rude awakening (not least about their own ability).