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Parliament is – and is meant to be – a tough arena. MPs and ministers take critically-important decisions and need to be accountable for them. Ideas and arguments need to tested and pitted against one another. Failures (and perceived failures) will be pounced on, often ruthlessly. Unfortunate ministers and shadow ministers who make the wrong mistake at the wrong time find themselves at the centre of a political storm often out of all proportion to the event itself, and often resulting in an unjust resignation – a storm made all the more intense these days by social media and 24-hour news reporting.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49141375
If the `troubled' O'Mara does resign and I think that is still to be seen, this will be a test for the new REMAIN alliance between LDs and Greens and TIG that seems to have snuck under the radar.
Admittedly it is Clegg's old stamping ground but the Greens have really established themselves in Sheffield with the ex-Mayor drawing on the City Council's tree-felling to build support.
Getting a stand-down deal with the Greens will be tricky, if O'Mara does resign....I still think he may change his mind: (good salary, plenty of perks and a nice pension).
In any event, O'Mara is a terrible example to be using the further this idea. He's strung out his announcement to resign, and even then said he's only going to do so in September. Surely this is just so he can collect his salary a little longer? It's hard to have any sympathy at all. The bloke just seems to be an utterly selfish boor. Parliament will be better without him, as would the licensed trade in Sheffield from what I've heard through other channels.
In that context, an odd MP out of 650 going AWOL is hardly a pressing matter, and voters in the constituency can deliver their verdict at the next election in any event.
Having said that, I'd also query how much his issues are down to mental health issues, and how much because he's a git. The fact he's been doing gittish things for years even before entering parliament does slightly indicate his behaviour may not be all down to the pressure of the job.
I reckon Gove's talk of working on the basis of No Deal is just part of a softening up exercise to allow Bozo to bring May's Deal by Another Name (Maydan Brexit) back to Parliament with the hope of ramming it through.
If we used list PR then the next person on the list could act as a temporary stand-in MP. Think of them as the 12th man/woman stepping onto the field when a player is indisposed.
Perhaps a more pertient question to ask is how many more O'Maras and Onasanyas are Corbyn's Labour Party installing as replacements for MPs standing down? Has quality control been upgraded/installed in winnable seats?
Will shortly peruse the markets and see if anything's looking good for the race.
I wonder if Clegg regrets not being able to stand as a candidate.
That level of preparation for a million to one chance.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jun/26/boris-johnson-chances-of-no-deal-brexit-are-a-million-to-one-against
With that in mind, I’m prepared to cut the guy a bit of slack
But when you put it like that, it's an easy one. How anyone can bear to live in a shitheap like California is beyond me.
https://twitter.com/piris_jc/status/1155074613505867776
Once again it confirms that we’re we to leave without a deal NI’s border needs to be resolved before the EU will start discussions.
And we know that we won’t get a deal with the USA without a settled Irish border
If anyone dies because of lack of medicines - it will be Gove's fault.
If people are seen wearing shell suits in Hallam they are obviously Dingles from Barnsley or Rotherham and we expel them.
The major issue here is the trees.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/07/28/world/offbeat-world/steel-vertical-6-meter-piano-dubbed-worlds-largest-now-ready-wow-listeners-latvia/
https://enormo-haddock.blogspot.com/2019/07/germany-pre-race-2019.html
'Tens of thousands died in the battle [of Waterloo] which saw the French army defeated by allied British and Persian troops.'
From the BBC.
Perhaps Iran out of spellchecking devices?
(They did later change it to 'Prussian.')
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Perhaps our new PM can intervene to put the "watermelon smiles" back on their faces?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/28/windrush-scandal-continues-in-crawley-as-chagos-islanders-told-go-back
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/bus-regulation-affordable-housing-36bn-16656327.amp?__twitter_impression=true
Those of us who vote on the future of the country have a problem.
I think it was probably an autocorrect error. Somebody typed 'Pursian' when they meant 'Prussian' and Bill Gates did the rest.
If they are persuaded that Boris will let this happen then the choice finally becomes binary. May was always clear that it wouldn't which is why she is now an ex PM. It may be reckless (particularly when essential legislation for no deal has not even been passed) but it might also work.
Today, 43 years later it is a much admired tree which we maintain yearly by a tree surgeon
"“Only three people have ever really understood the Schleswig-Holstein business—the Prince Consort, who is dead—a German professor, who has gone mad—and I, who have forgotten all about it."
So let it be with Brexit. Of course if it is not delivered that is a whole other ball game.
Which is also what I have been saying all along. But unlike Hallam, because Brecon and Radnor doesn't conform to national norms, we should be careful of reading too much into a result either way.
PS - don't tell anyone in Llandod that you're in Brecon. It's in Radnorshire.
It is reported that Cummings wants a deal and I expect his skills will see a deal delivered in time
I am pleased with the Boris bounce but I have a deep unease about where this is going. For now I am content that Boris is laying out a popular manifesto and is attacking labour in it's heartlands.
I do think labour have a very big 'Corbyn' problem but I do not see a change this side of a GE
Failure to deliver Brexit at this juncture might well result in the Conservative party being replaced although a private limited company under the exclusive control of 1 man is not really a habile means for doing so. The details of Brexit bore us on here, let alone 99.9% of the population.
This feels like a seat that is winnable in the current circumstances of the by-election but not holdable if there is a Brexit election along the new political divide. While it is clear from the LibDem election literature that they are pro-Remain (and the Plaid endorsement their leaflets carry is very pro-Remain), the LibDems aren’t leading with an anti-Brexit message and Brexit is positioned as the cause of government infighting and neglect of the real issues that matter to people, rather than the generational mistake it would be described as if this were a by-election in a middle class seat.
More broadly, I agree with David - we need to get away from the idea that being an MP is a uniquely hair-shirty thing for which all normal rights are suspended - otherwise we will miss out on a chunk of talent. Sure, there will always be someone willing to stand, but we don't want natural selection based on masochism.
It does erode the idea that MPs are elected as individuals, but that it only the case to a limited extent and the 12-month limit and the fact that the MP chooses the proxy largely covers that.
What I noticed about Mr. Johnson very early on was just how much of an act he was. The first time you heard a speech by “Boris,” you chortled a lot. The second time, you chortled a little less. The third time, not at all. But his reputation as a Wodehousian genius means that he need only say “good afternoon” to a room full of elderly Conservatives (almost the only kind of Conservative there is in modern Britain), and they will begin wheezing with mirth and mopping their rheumy eyes.
https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2019/07/the-boris-act
After your considerable success n shedding the pounds I think you are posting under false pretences and should now be :
@Not_Nearly_So_Big_G_NorthWales
But your suggestion is appreciated
Pause.
Ah, my coat...
”My hunch is that he is extremely scared by the idea. Like many of his kind, outward bravado is the bluffer’s mask on a pulsating mass of insecurities.”
Just because Bozo has sacked everyone who used to hate him (when it didn’t matter to their careers), he’s being described as bold. But he isn’t bold, he’s a coward who has just spent a month hiding behind the sofa avoiding the media. If he were brave, he’d be willing to appoint capable intelligent people whether they liked him or not.
If he were bold, he’d be here in the town square meeting and greeting. That he is staying away speaks volumes.
Rawnsley concludes that Bozo is petrified by an election but that it may nevertheless be unavoidable.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/28/mr-johnson-swears-off-early-election-sweaty-aroma-says-otherwise
Plenty of scope for Farage, I think.
Hope all is well and as far as my weight loss is concerned I have to say it has seen a great improvement in my general health and activity.
I recommend to everyone who is overweight to 'bite the bullet' and shed the kilos (pounds) and be amazed at the results
Perhaps you can be Big G in an ironic sense? Like Little John was really tall.
I want a deal and Brexit. I had almost given up believing that could be achieved but I now have a feint hope again after the ineptitude of May that it can be delivered. I think/hope that Boris is still being underestimated. We shall see.
I find the choice between no deal and revoke very difficult. Both are highly sub optimal and I would find it hard to support any party that delivered either. It would be a failure of government.
I also believe strongly in fiscal rectitude. That doesn't seem to be on offer at all but is probably a secondary consideration at this point.