That Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon. The guy must be concerned now that his company is going tits up and the bailifs will be calling shortly. Time for Boris to go in and get a better strike price out of him. And get building the bloody thing.
QA
The trick was to do both Swansea and Cardiff. The strike price then could be fifteen below Hinckley C. It was on offer.
The Civil Servants blocked it.
Greg Clark took the decision and rejected it, not civil servants.
Greg Clark was steered terribly. I know rather a lot about it.
It was one of the biggest errors of May's term. She could have had 1.2 million homes in Wales powered by tidal power. That's pretty much all of them. A huge thing to trumpet. Proper green credentials. For buttons.
Instead, she writes a cheque for a trillion quid. To do what? Who knows.
And worse, she had political cover. Labour wanted the barrages. They still do. Corbyn referenced it in his first encounter with PM Boris.
Indeed. Corbyn was up in Liverpool calling for something similar in Liverpool Bay in the past week.
As I said earlier Boris is scaring the socks of me and judging by the reactions of those who want to remain, the SNP and labour supporters he is doing the same
However, the big question to ask is
'Has Boris caught the mood of the Nation'
And I expect that will become more obvious one way or another as his opposition leave the field of play open for him for six weeks while they enjoy their summer holidays
You make it sound like only the opposition parties break from the HoC for summer whilst the Tories soldier on through August.
The cabinet are required to work 7 days a week through these summer holidays
To call a GE they would have to VoNC the Government. There are then 14 days to form a new Government at the end of which a GE is called if no new Government has been formed which commands the support of the House.
The minimum election campaign by law is then 25 working days which takes you to Tuesday 22nd October. I assume they would stick with the Thursday date so the earliest you could hold an election is Thursday 24th October. Has he forgotten that it is 25 working days not 25 days for the campaign?
If Johnson wants a GE he seeks and gains the necessary 2/3 HoC majority by September 5th.
But in order to do that he would have to seek an extension of A50 as neither the opposition parties or the Gawkward squad would allow an election to take place a couple of weeks before a potential no deal exit.
I am not sure that's necessarily true. Rightly or wrongly, Corbyn will think he can win the election and seek an extension as one of his first acts as PM.
Surely the temptation to force Boris to eat his do or die commitment will be too strong. It would get his campaign off to a terrible start. He would be seen to go back on hjos commitment not to hold an election and also his "no ifs no buts" promise to leave by October 31 "come what may."
According to the guardian , the Lib Dems are not using the bollox to Brexit in the Welsh by election. As it is not going down well with many of the locals.
As I said earlier Boris is scaring the socks of me and judging by the reactions of those who want to remain, the SNP and labour supporters he is doing the same
However, the big question to ask is
'Has Boris caught the mood of the Nation'
And I expect that will become more obvious one way or another as his opposition leave the field of play open for him for six weeks while they enjoy their summer holidays
I don't know who it was mentioned music hall comedians a few days ago. How they could tour the country doing the same act. Whereas TV burned through a routine in a night. My gut feeling is Boris fans will love him. Haters will hate him. The group in the middle will need to see some progress, rather than the same lines over and over again.
I expect he intends sticking to a hard line and making the EU look like they are holding us 'hostage'
It is very scary and I only hope there is a meeting of minds to compromise, but I think the idea we may remain is receding considerably in the eyes of the voting public
That Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon. The guy must be concerned now that his company is going tits up and the bailifs will be calling shortly. Time for Boris to go in and get a better strike price out of him. And get building the bloody thing.
QA
The trick was to do both Swansea and Cardiff. The strike price then could be fifteen below Hinckley C. It was on offer.
The Civil Servants blocked it.
Greg Clark took the decision and rejected it, not civil servants.
Greg Clark was steered terribly. I know rather a lot about it.
It was one of the biggest errors of May's term. She could have had 1.2 million homes in Wales powered by tidal power. That's pretty much all of them. A huge thing to trumpet. Proper green credentials. For buttons.
Instead, she writes a cheque for a trillion quid. To do what? Who knows.
And worse, she had political cover. Labour wanted the barrages. They still do. Corbyn referenced it in his first encounter with PM Boris.
Indeed. Corbyn was up in Liverpool calling for something similar in Liverpool Bay in the past week.
Even Corbyn is right on some things.
The truth is with our climate and limited land mass, plus the huge tidal currents generated off our coast every few hours , tidal power is a vital resource that we should be working hard to exploit. Instead, it's being completely ignored. Terrible mistake.
That Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon. The guy must be concerned now that his company is going tits up and the bailifs will be calling shortly. Time for Boris to go in and get a better strike price out of him. And get building the bloody thing.
QA
The trick was to do both Swansea and Cardiff. The strike price then could be fifteen below Hinckley C. It was on offer.
The Civil Servants blocked it.
Greg Clark took the decision and rejected it, not civil servants.
Greg Clark was steered terribly. I know rather a lot about it.
It was one of the biggest errors of May's term. She could have had 1.2 million homes in Wales powered by tidal power. That's pretty much all of them. A huge thing to trumpet. Proper green credentials. For buttons.
Instead, she writes a cheque for a trillion quid. To do what? Who knows.
And worse, she had political cover. Labour wanted the barrages. They still do. Corbyn referenced it in his first encounter with PM Boris.
Indeed. Corbyn was up in Liverpool calling for something similar in Liverpool Bay in the past week.
Even Corbyn is right on some things.
The truth is with our climate and limited land mass, plus the huge tidal currents generated off our coast every few hours , tidal power is a vital resource that we should be working hard to exploit. Instead, it's being completely ignored. Terrible mistake.
I am pretty confident Boris is on it. The significance and relative ease of the project will not be lost on him.
According to the guardian , the Lib Dems are not using the bollox to Brexit in the Welsh by election. As it is not going down well with many of the locals.
Famers who spend their lives castrating lambs not impressed by the idea of extra bollocks?
To call a GE they would have to VoNC the Government. There are then 14 days to form a new Government at the end of which a GE is called if no new Government has been formed which commands the support of the House.
The minimum election campaign by law is then 25 working days which takes you to Tuesday 22nd October. I assume they would stick with the Thursday date so the earliest you could hold an election is Thursday 24th October. Has he forgotten that it is 25 working days not 25 days for the campaign?
If Johnson wants a GE he seeks and gains the necessary 2/3 HoC majority by September 5th.
But in order to do that he would have to seek an extension of A50 as neither the opposition parties or the Gawkward squad would allow an election to take place a couple of weeks before a potential no deal exit.
I am not sure that's necessarily true. Rightly or wrongly, Corbyn will think he can win the election and seek an extension as one of his first acts as PM.
Surely the temptation to force Boris to eat his do or die commitment will be too strong. It would get his campaign off to a terrible start. He would be seen to go back on hjos commitment not to hold an election and also his "no ifs no buts" promise to leave by October 31 "come what may."
OTOH Labour would look pretty silly if they are seen to reject Boris's offer of a GE.
That Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon. The guy must be concerned now that his company is going tits up and the bailifs will be calling shortly. Time for Boris to go in and get a better strike price out of him. And get building the bloody thing.
QA
The trick was to do both Swansea and Cardiff. The strike price then could be fifteen below Hinckley C. It was on offer.
The Civil Servants blocked it.
Greg Clark took the decision and rejected it, not civil servants.
Greg Clark was steered terribly. I know rather a lot about it.
It was one of the biggest errors of May's term. She could have had 1.2 million homes in Wales powered by tidal power. That's pretty much all of them. A huge thing to trumpet. Proper green credentials. For buttons.
Instead, she writes a cheque for a trillion quid. To do what? Who knows.
And worse, she had political cover. Labour wanted the barrages. They still do. Corbyn referenced it in his first encounter with PM Boris.
Indeed. Corbyn was up in Liverpool calling for something similar in Liverpool Bay in the past week.
Even Corbyn is right on some things.
The truth is with our climate and limited land mass, plus the huge tidal currents generated off our coast every few hours , tidal power is a vital resource that we should be working hard to exploit. Instead, it's being completely ignored. Terrible mistake.
Yes. It is one area where we are ideally placed to lead the World in the technology. It is worth doing, purely because we can. Look at Iceland. They didn't worry whether geo-thermal energy was proven to be effective.
Well I've only gone and done it. I've just handed my notice in at work and I am going back to university to study law!
Anxious but exciting times lie ahead.
Good luck. Which uni, if you don't mind my asking?
I'm frequently tempted to join you. But I don't know if I ever will.
Northumbria University. I didn't really have much choice because I live in Newcastle with my girlfriend and my alma mater (Newcastle University) don't offer the course I wanted.
Shame to miss out on the alumni discount..!
I've been saving hard for the last 2 years for this and luckily my girlfriend is being very supportive.
I'm 27 now so it was really now or never.
I'm going to be at uni 4 days a week and volunteering at Citizens Advice 1 day.
That Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon. The guy must be concerned now that his company is going tits up and the bailifs will be calling shortly. Time for Boris to go in and get a better strike price out of him. And get building the bloody thing.
QA
The trick was to do both Swansea and Cardiff. The strike price then could be fifteen below Hinckley C. It was on offer.
The Civil Servants blocked it.
Greg Clark took the decision and rejected it, not civil servants.
Greg Clark was steered terribly. I know rather a lot about it.
It was one of the biggest errors of May's term. She could have had 1.2 million homes in Wales powered by tidal power. That's pretty much all of them. A huge thing to trumpet. Proper green credentials. For buttons.
Instead, she writes a cheque for a trillion quid. To do what? Who knows.
And worse, she had political cover. Labour wanted the barrages. They still do. Corbyn referenced it in his first encounter with PM Boris.
Indeed. Corbyn was up in Liverpool calling for something similar in Liverpool Bay in the past week.
Even Corbyn is right on some things.
The truth is with our climate and limited land mass, plus the huge tidal currents generated off our coast every few hours , tidal power is a vital resource that we should be working hard to exploit. Instead, it's being completely ignored. Terrible mistake.
Yes. It is one area where we are ideally placed to lead the World in the technology. It is worth doing, purely because we can. Look at Iceland. They didn't worry whether geo-thermal energy was proven to be effective.
Worst case scenario is it just becomes an interesting historical curio that generates its bit of power and people come to see to learn about 21st century industrial heritage. It is not going to despoil the environment or endanger life.
As I've said before, I'd like them to use some of the water pressure to create a water jet like Geneva, but perhaps that's a bit of a frivolous use of it.
As I said earlier Boris is scaring the socks of me and judging by the reactions of those who want to remain, the SNP and labour supporters he is doing the same
However, the big question to ask is
'Has Boris caught the mood of the Nation'
And I expect that will become more obvious one way or another as his opposition leave the field of play open for him for six weeks while they enjoy their summer holidays
You make it sound like only the opposition parties break from the HoC for summer whilst the Tories soldier on through August.
The cabinet are required to work 7 days a week through these summer holidays
Well I've only gone and done it. I've just handed my notice in at work and I am going back to university to study law!
Anxious but exciting times lie ahead.
Good luck. Which uni, if you don't mind my asking?
I'm frequently tempted to join you. But I don't know if I ever will.
Northumbria University. I didn't really have much choice because I live in Newcastle with my girlfriend and my alma mater (Newcastle University) don't offer the course I wanted.
Shame to miss out on the alumni discount..!
I've been saving hard for the last 2 years for this and luckily my girlfriend is being very supportive.
I'm 27 now so it was really now or never.
I'm going to be at uni 4 days a week and volunteering at Citizens Advice 1 day.
Many good wishes. It is a courageous and enterprising thing to be doing, best of luck. And you get to stay in Newcastle. Bonus. Dial down on the "27 so now or never" though...you'll depress your elders.
To call a GE they would have to VoNC the Government. There are then 14 days to form a new Government at the end of which a GE is called if no new Government has been formed which commands the support of the House.
The minimum election campaign by law is then 25 working days which takes you to Tuesday 22nd October. I assume they would stick with the Thursday date so the earliest you could hold an election is Thursday 24th October. Has he forgotten that it is 25 working days not 25 days for the campaign?
If Johnson wants a GE he seeks and gains the necessary 2/3 HoC majority by September 5th.
But then Hanretty is still wrong because in that case the earliest we could have an election is 25 working days after September 5th which October 10th. I don't see where he gets this arbitrary number of October 17th from.
I rather agree - though he may be assuming that a few days would also be needed to tie things up pre-Dissolution etc.
That Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon. The guy must be concerned now that his company is going tits up and the bailifs will be calling shortly. Time for Boris to go in and get a better strike price out of him. And get building the bloody thing.
QA
The trick was to do both Swansea and Cardiff. The strike price then could be fifteen below Hinckley C. It was on offer.
The Civil Servants blocked it.
Greg Clark took the decision and rejected it, not civil servants.
Greg Clark was steered terribly. I know rather a lot about it.
It was one of the biggest errors of May's term. She could have had 1.2 million homes in Wales powered by tidal power. That's pretty much all of them. A huge thing to trumpet. Proper green credentials. For buttons.
Instead, she writes a cheque for a trillion quid. To do what? Who knows.
And worse, she had political cover. Labour wanted the barrages. They still do. Corbyn referenced it in his first encounter with PM Boris.
Indeed. Corbyn was up in Liverpool calling for something similar in Liverpool Bay in the past week.
Even Corbyn is right on some things.
The truth is with our climate and limited land mass, plus the huge tidal currents generated off our coast every few hours , tidal power is a vital resource that we should be working hard to exploit. Instead, it's being completely ignored. Terrible mistake.
Yes. It is one area where we are ideally placed to lead the World in the technology. It is worth doing, purely because we can. Look at Iceland. They didn't worry whether geo-thermal energy was proven to be effective.
Worst case scenario is it just becomes an interesting historical curio that generates its bit of power and people come to see to learn about 21st century industrial heritage. It is not going to despoil the environment or endanger life.
As I've said before, I'd like them to use some of the water pressure to create a water jet like Geneva, but perhaps that's a bit of a frivolous use of it.
To call a GE they would have to VoNC the Government. There are then 14 days to form a new Government at the end of which a GE is called if no new Government has been formed which commands the support of the House.
The minimum election campaign by law is then 25 working days which takes you to Tuesday 22nd October. I assume they would stick with the Thursday date so the earliest you could hold an election is Thursday 24th October. Has he forgotten that it is 25 working days not 25 days for the campaign?
If Johnson wants a GE he seeks and gains the necessary 2/3 HoC majority by September 5th.
But in order to do that he would have to seek an extension of A50 as neither the opposition parties or the Gawkward squad would allow an election to take place a couple of weeks before a potential no deal exit.
I am not sure that's necessarily true. Rightly or wrongly, Corbyn will think he can win the election and seek an extension as one of his first acts as PM.
Surely the temptation to force Boris to eat his do or die commitment will be too strong. It would get his campaign off to a terrible start. He would be seen to go back on hjos commitment not to hold an election and also his "no ifs no buts" promise to leave by October 31 "come what may."
OTOH Labour would look pretty silly if they are seen to reject Boris's offer of a GE.
But if Boris rejected his conditions, Corbyn could seek a GE via VNOC instead.
Well I've only gone and done it. I've just handed my notice in at work and I am going back to university to study law!
Anxious but exciting times lie ahead.
Good luck. Which uni, if you don't mind my asking?
I'm frequently tempted to join you. But I don't know if I ever will.
Northumbria University. I didn't really have much choice because I live in Newcastle with my girlfriend and my alma mater (Newcastle University) don't offer the course I wanted.
Shame to miss out on the alumni discount..!
I've been saving hard for the last 2 years for this and luckily my girlfriend is being very supportive.
I'm 27 now so it was really now or never.
I'm going to be at uni 4 days a week and volunteering at Citizens Advice 1 day.
If you are already a graduate, I assume you are embarking on the Graduate Diploma course for non-law Graduates?
According to the guardian , the Lib Dems are not using the bollox to Brexit in the Welsh by election. As it is not going down well with many of the locals.
"Yet in this deeply split constituency, which voted 52% leave, there is no “bollocks to Brexit” on any Lib Dem leaflet, nor any mention of leaving the EU at all."
Or
"Dodds is cautious in the way she talks to voters about Brexit, restricting herself to discussing the perils of no deal and its effect on the constituency’s sheep farming and automotive workers ... Unlike many MPs, and some of the activists who have come to the constituency to campaign, hoping to help stop Brexit, she says the 2016 referendum made her resolve to listen more."
It sounds like a characteristic "all things to all people" LibDem by-election campaign.
Well I've only gone and done it. I've just handed my notice in at work and I am going back to university to study law!
Anxious but exciting times lie ahead.
Good luck. Which uni, if you don't mind my asking?
I'm frequently tempted to join you. But I don't know if I ever will.
Northumbria University. I didn't really have much choice because I live in Newcastle with my girlfriend and my alma mater (Newcastle University) don't offer the course I wanted.
Shame to miss out on the alumni discount..!
I've been saving hard for the last 2 years for this and luckily my girlfriend is being very supportive.
I'm 27 now so it was really now or never.
I'm going to be at uni 4 days a week and volunteering at Citizens Advice 1 day.
Best wishes for your change of direction. I'm sure some of the PB legal community will be able to offer some tips along the way.
For any other PBers thinking of a return to academia, then the part-time OU route is a bit of a cake and eat it approach, since you can stick with your job and study. Doesn't leave much time for anything else mind, and takes twice as long. Worked well for me though.
Well I've only gone and done it. I've just handed my notice in at work and I am going back to university to study law!
Anxious but exciting times lie ahead.
Good luck. Which uni, if you don't mind my asking?
I'm frequently tempted to join you. But I don't know if I ever will.
Northumbria University. I didn't really have much choice because I live in Newcastle with my girlfriend and my alma mater (Newcastle University) don't offer the course I wanted.
Shame to miss out on the alumni discount..!
I've been saving hard for the last 2 years for this and luckily my girlfriend is being very supportive.
I'm 27 now so it was really now or never.
I'm going to be at uni 4 days a week and volunteering at Citizens Advice 1 day.
If you are already a graduate, I assume you are embarking on the Graduate Diploma course for non-law Graduates?
Yup! The idea is to GDL in year 1 and then a LLM LPC year 2 to qualify for the postgraduate loan assuming it still exists...
To call a GE they would have to VoNC the Government. There are then 14 days to form a new Government at the end of which a GE is called if no new Government has been formed which commands the support of the House.
The minimum election campaign by law is then 25 working days which takes you to Tuesday 22nd October. I assume they would stick with the Thursday date so the earliest you could hold an election is Thursday 24th October. Has he forgotten that it is 25 working days not 25 days for the campaign?
If Johnson wants a GE he seeks and gains the necessary 2/3 HoC majority by September 5th.
But in order to do that he would have to seek an extension of A50 as neither the opposition parties or the Gawkward squad would allow an election to take place a couple of weeks before a potential no deal exit.
I am not sure that's necessarily true. Rightly or wrongly, Corbyn will think he can win the election and seek an extension as one of his first acts as PM.
Surely the temptation to force Boris to eat his do or die commitment will be too strong. It would get his campaign off to a terrible start. He would be seen to go back on hjos commitment not to hold an election and also his "no ifs no buts" promise to leave by October 31 "come what may."
OTOH Labour would look pretty silly if they are seen to reject Boris's offer of a GE.
Precisely. Labour can seek an extension if they win, so why should it be prejudged?
Well I've only gone and done it. I've just handed my notice in at work and I am going back to university to study law!
Anxious but exciting times lie ahead.
Good luck. Which uni, if you don't mind my asking?
I'm frequently tempted to join you. But I don't know if I ever will.
Northumbria University. I didn't really have much choice because I live in Newcastle with my girlfriend and my alma mater (Newcastle University) don't offer the course I wanted.
Shame to miss out on the alumni discount..!
I've been saving hard for the last 2 years for this and luckily my girlfriend is being very supportive.
I'm 27 now so it was really now or never.
I'm going to be at uni 4 days a week and volunteering at Citizens Advice 1 day.
Best wishes for your change of direction. I'm sure some of the PB legal community will be able to offer some tips along the way.
For any other PBers thinking of a return to academia, then the part-time OU route is a bit of a cake and eat it approach, since you can stick with your job and study. Doesn't leave much time for anything else mind, and takes twice as long. Worked well for me though.
Thank you very much. I've already been fortunate enough to receive some frank but very useful advice from @AlastairMeeks which has been much appreciated.
To call a GE they would have to VoNC the Government. There are then 14 days to form a new Government at the end of which a GE is called if no new Government has been formed which commands the support of the House.
The minimum election campaign by law is then 25 working days which takes you to Tuesday 22nd October. I assume they would stick with the Thursday date so the earliest you could hold an election is Thursday 24th October. Has he forgotten that it is 25 working days not 25 days for the campaign?
If Johnson wants a GE he seeks and gains the necessary 2/3 HoC majority by September 5th.
But in order to do that he would have to seek an extension of A50 as neither the opposition parties or the Gawkward squad would allow an election to take place a couple of weeks before a potential no deal exit.
I am not sure that's necessarily true. Rightly or wrongly, Corbyn will think he can win the election and seek an extension as one of his first acts as PM.
Surely the temptation to force Boris to eat his do or die commitment will be too strong. It would get his campaign off to a terrible start. He would be seen to go back on hjos commitment not to hold an election and also his "no ifs no buts" promise to leave by October 31 "come what may."
OTOH Labour would look pretty silly if they are seen to reject Boris's offer of a GE.
But if Boris rejected his conditions, Corbyn could seek a GE via VNOC instead.
And if Boris tried to hold an election and the HoC refused, or set conditions, he would be in an even deeper hole than if he had not tried. So the likelihood of him trying is pretty minimal. There is no escape for him through an election - he is completely trapped.
That Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon. The guy must be concerned now that his company is going tits up and the bailifs will be calling shortly. Time for Boris to go in and get a better strike price out of him. And get building the bloody thing.
QA
The trick was to do both Swansea and Cardiff. The strike price then could be fifteen below Hinckley C. It was on offer.
The Civil Servants blocked it.
Greg Clark took the decision and rejected it, not civil servants.
Greg Clark was steered terribly. I know rather a lot about it.
It was one of the biggest errors of May's term. She could have had 1.2 million homes in Wales powered by tidal power. That's pretty much all of them. A huge thing to trumpet. Proper green credentials. For buttons.
Instead, she writes a cheque for a trillion quid. To do what? Who knows.
And worse, she had political cover. Labour wanted the barrages. They still do. Corbyn referenced it in his first encounter with PM Boris.
Indeed. Corbyn was up in Liverpool calling for something similar in Liverpool Bay in the past week.
Even Corbyn is right on some things.
The truth is with our climate and limited land mass, plus the huge tidal currents generated off our coast every few hours , tidal power is a vital resource that we should be working hard to exploit. Instead, it's being completely ignored. Terrible mistake.
Yes. It is one area where we are ideally placed to lead the World in the technology. It is worth doing, purely because we can. Look at Iceland. They didn't worry whether geo-thermal energy was proven to be effective.
Worst case scenario is it just becomes an interesting historical curio that generates its bit of power and people come to see to learn about 21st century industrial heritage. It is not going to despoil the environment or endanger life.
As I've said before, I'd like them to use some of the water pressure to create a water jet like Geneva, but perhaps that's a bit of a frivolous use of it.
Well I've only gone and done it. I've just handed my notice in at work and I am going back to university to study law!
Anxious but exciting times lie ahead.
Good luck. Which uni, if you don't mind my asking?
I'm frequently tempted to join you. But I don't know if I ever will.
Northumbria University. I didn't really have much choice because I live in Newcastle with my girlfriend and my alma mater (Newcastle University) don't offer the course I wanted.
Shame to miss out on the alumni discount..!
I've been saving hard for the last 2 years for this and luckily my girlfriend is being very supportive.
I'm 27 now so it was really now or never.
I'm going to be at uni 4 days a week and volunteering at Citizens Advice 1 day.
If you are already a graduate, I assume you are embarking on the Graduate Diploma course for non-law Graduates?
Yup! The idea is to GDL in year 1 and then a LLM LPC year 2 to qualify for the postgraduate loan assuming it still exists...
Fox Jr is doing that, quite hard work but he likes it. Best wishes.
Well I've only gone and done it. I've just handed my notice in at work and I am going back to university to study law!
Anxious but exciting times lie ahead.
Good luck. Which uni, if you don't mind my asking?
I'm frequently tempted to join you. But I don't know if I ever will.
Northumbria University. I didn't really have much choice because I live in Newcastle with my girlfriend and my alma mater (Newcastle University) don't offer the course I wanted.
Shame to miss out on the alumni discount..!
I've been saving hard for the last 2 years for this and luckily my girlfriend is being very supportive.
I'm 27 now so it was really now or never.
I'm going to be at uni 4 days a week and volunteering at Citizens Advice 1 day.
If you are already a graduate, I assume you are embarking on the Graduate Diploma course for non-law Graduates?
Yup! The idea is to GDL in year 1 and then a LLM LPC year 2 to qualify for the postgraduate loan assuming it still exists...
I did something similar at UEA in 1996/97. It was called Diploma in Legal Studies - just a one year course but VERY intensive! Essentially we completed two years of a Law Degree in a single Academic year . It covered all the core undergraduate subjects - Criminal - Tort - Cotract - Land - Equity & Trusts - Constitutional - European Law. We only omitted the Option subjects of undergraduate students. Very demanding indeed.
Gosh these arguments seem awfully familiar. But Harris still needs to excite. She has been disappointingly pedestrian so far.
Despite Mike's reservations, I think this always has been and remains Biden's to lose. Someone needs to be totally on fire to take away the feeling that he is the one to beat Trump and that is all that matters.
Can you think of one positive attributes Biden has that does not include the word "Obama"?
Biden delivers a decent stump speech in a political system where that seems to matter. Harris and Warren are useless; Sanders is long winded. Trump can carry an audience. Obama and Clinton were two of the best speech makers of modern times. Reagan was very good too.
When asked about his remark during the campaign for the party leadership that the odds on a no-deal Brexit were a million to one, he said: “Provided there is sufficient goodwill and common sense on the part of our partners, that is exactly where I would put the odds.”
Absolutely! Lets see if the EU is willing to exercise common sense and goodwill rather than continuing to stubborly insist on no deal being the outcome to secure a backstop designed to prevent no deal.
Well I've only gone and done it. I've just handed my notice in at work and I am going back to university to study law!
Anxious but exciting times lie ahead.
Good luck. Which uni, if you don't mind my asking?
I'm frequently tempted to join you. But I don't know if I ever will.
Northumbria University. I didn't really have much choice because I live in Newcastle with my girlfriend and my alma mater (Newcastle University) don't offer the course I wanted.
Shame to miss out on the alumni discount..!
I've been saving hard for the last 2 years for this and luckily my girlfriend is being very supportive.
I'm 27 now so it was really now or never.
I'm going to be at uni 4 days a week and volunteering at Citizens Advice 1 day.
Best wishes for your change of direction. I'm sure some of the PB legal community will be able to offer some tips along the way.
For any other PBers thinking of a return to academia, then the part-time OU route is a bit of a cake and eat it approach, since you can stick with your job and study. Doesn't leave much time for anything else mind, and takes twice as long. Worked well for me though.
Thank you very much. I've already been fortunate enough to receive some frank but very useful advice from @AlastairMeeks which has been much appreciated.
I've been tempted to do that a few times since my specialisation has a bad habit of being useful but not necessarily for directly making people's lives better (if you get what I'm saying), but I can't help but think I might just not be looking hard enough.
To call a GE they would have to VoNC the Government. There are then 14 days to form a new Government at the end of which a GE is called if no new Government has been formed which commands the support of the House.
The minimum election campaign by law is then 25 working days which takes you to Tuesday 22nd October. I assume they would stick with the Thursday date so the earliest you could hold an election is Thursday 24th October. Has he forgotten that it is 25 working days not 25 days for the campaign?
If Johnson wants a GE he seeks and gains the necessary 2/3 HoC majority by September 5th.
But in order to do that he would have to seek an extension of A50 as neither the opposition parties or the Gawkward squad would allow an election to take place a couple of weeks before a potential no deal exit.
I am not sure that's necessarily true. Rightly or wrongly, Corbyn will think he can win the election and seek an extension as one of his first acts as PM.
Surely the temptation to force Boris to eat his do or die commitment will be too strong. It would get his campaign off to a terrible start. He would be seen to go back on hjos commitment not to hold an election and also his "no ifs no buts" promise to leave by October 31 "come what may."
OTOH Labour would look pretty silly if they are seen to reject Boris's offer of a GE.
But if Boris rejected his conditions, Corbyn could seek a GE via VNOC instead.
And if Boris tried to hold an election and the HoC refused, or set conditions, he would be in an even deeper hole than if he had not tried. So the likelihood of him trying is pretty minimal. There is no escape for him through an election - he is completely trapped.
I disagree. He is not trapped. He calls an election and Corbyn will have no choice.
The election is likely to be on who governs the UK
Well I've only gone and done it. I've just handed my notice in at work and I am going back to university to study law!
Anxious but exciting times lie ahead.
Good luck. Which uni, if you don't mind my asking?
I'm frequently tempted to join you. But I don't know if I ever will.
Northumbria University. I didn't really have much choice because I live in Newcastle with my girlfriend and my alma mater (Newcastle University) don't offer the course I wanted.
Shame to miss out on the alumni discount..!
I've been saving hard for the last 2 years for this and luckily my girlfriend is being very supportive.
I'm 27 now so it was really now or never.
I'm going to be at uni 4 days a week and volunteering at Citizens Advice 1 day.
If you are already a graduate, I assume you are embarking on the Graduate Diploma course for non-law Graduates?
Yup! The idea is to GDL in year 1 and then a LLM LPC year 2 to qualify for the postgraduate loan assuming it still exists...
I did something similar at UEA in 1996/97. It was called Diploma in Legal Studies - just a one year course but VERY intensive! Essentially we completed two years of a Law Degree in a single Academic year . It covered all the core undergraduate subjects - Criminal - Tort - Cotract - Land - Equity & Trusts - Constitutional - European Law. We only omitted the Option subjects of undergraduate students. Very demanding indeed.
I did the same when I studied for the Bar: a one year course. Then a year at Bar School learning about evidence, civil & criminal procedure and similar. It was intense but I loved it. And I volunteered at the same time at the North Kensington Law Centre so learnt a lot about the practicalities of crime and housing law. This was before the Notting Hill area became chi-chi and there was still a lot of poor housing (Google the Clanricarde Gardens fire) and exploitation of mostly black tenants. I learnt as much from the volunteering as from the study. And then I taught law for a year to business students.
What kind of insecure 55-year old pillock gets a jacket with Prime Minister written on it? It's the sort of thing a 5-year old might wear if photographed outside 10 Downing Street. Not a grown man.
Gosh these arguments seem awfully familiar. But Harris still needs to excite. She has been disappointingly pedestrian so far.
Despite Mike's reservations, I think this always has been and remains Biden's to lose. Someone needs to be totally on fire to take away the feeling that he is the one to beat Trump and that is all that matters.
Can you think of one positive attributes Biden has that does not include the word "Obama"?
He beats Trump on head-to-head polling.
Because he has name recognition.
Donald Trump scores 43-44% against every opponent. Every single one.
The only difference is that there are far fewer don't knows when Biden is the candidate, because everyone knows Sleepy Joe.
Not sure which will be more amusing, the left's meltdown after the Boris victory party after defeating Corbyn, or the left's meltdown after the Trump victory party after beating Warren or Harris!
Different groups, surely. The kind of left who would support Corbyn will be as depressed by the prospect of President Harris as they are by President Clinton
What kind of insecure 55-year old pillock gets a jacket with Prime Minister written on it? It's the sort of thing a 5-year old might wear if photographed outside 10 Downing Street. Not a grown man.
I rate Nichola Sturgeon. But getting a face on at Boris for having the nerve to be alive, and chatting to the press about his choice of exit, whilst it will have an audience, is not a classy look.
Well I've only gone and done it. I've just handed my notice in at work and I am going back to university to study law!
Anxious but exciting times lie ahead.
Congratulations!! Which university? And what sort of law do you want to do?
Ignore: I saw that you answered below.
Anyway, very best wishes to you. I hope it goes well and you enjoy it.
Thank you!
I want to study everything first before I decide which area I find most interesting however people keep pointing me in the direction of patent law because of my current profession in engineering but I'm not convinced. We'll see...
I'm most interested at the moment in land and housing law - things like leasehold, private estates, development and planning, tenant-landlord relationships...
Not sure which will be more amusing, the left's meltdown after the Boris victory party after defeating Corbyn, or the left's meltdown after the Trump victory party after beating Warren or Harris!
If you're counting hard left social democrats like me in this I'm afraid you'll be disappointed.
I will not be having a meltdown if Johnson were to beat Jeremy. I'll be disappointed but not surprised. I can see it going either way.
If Trump wins again, though, that will be sickening. Really not sure how I would cope with that. But the good news is I don't think I will have to.
I rate Nichola Sturgeon. But getting a face on at Boris for having the nerve to be alive, and chatting to the press about his choice of exit, whilst it will have an audience, is not a classy look.
Well I've only gone and done it. I've just handed my notice in at work and I am going back to university to study law!
Anxious but exciting times lie ahead.
Good luck. Which uni, if you don't mind my asking?
I'm frequently tempted to join you. But I don't know if I ever will.
Northumbria University. I didn't really have much choice because I live in Newcastle with my girlfriend and my alma mater (Newcastle University) don't offer the course I wanted.
Shame to miss out on the alumni discount..!
I've been saving hard for the last 2 years for this and luckily my girlfriend is being very supportive.
I'm 27 now so it was really now or never.
I'm going to be at uni 4 days a week and volunteering at Citizens Advice 1 day.
If you are already a graduate, I assume you are embarking on the Graduate Diploma course for non-law Graduates?
Yup! The idea is to GDL in year 1 and then a LLM LPC year 2 to qualify for the postgraduate loan assuming it still exists...
I did something similar at UEA in 1996/97. It was called Diploma in Legal Studies - just a one year course but VERY intensive! Essentially we completed two years of a Law Degree in a single Academic year . It covered all the core undergraduate subjects - Criminal - Tort - Cotract - Land - Equity & Trusts - Constitutional - European Law. We only omitted the Option subjects of undergraduate students. Very demanding indeed.
I did the same when I studied for the Bar: a one year course. Then a year at Bar School learning about evidence, civil & criminal procedure and similar. It was intense but I loved it. And I volunteered at the same time at the North Kensington Law Centre so learnt a lot about the practicalities of crime and housing law. This was before the Notting Hill area became chi-chi and there was still a lot of poor housing (Google the Clanricarde Gardens fire) and exploitation of mostly black tenants. I learnt as much from the volunteering as from the study. And then I taught law for a year to business students.
I actually took a year's sabbatical on an unpaid basis from my job as a Lecturer. The intention was to subsequently read for the Bar , but I was aleady 43 at the completion of the course and reached the sad conclusion that I had left it too late to seek pupillage and face the likely early barren years of practising !
Well I've only gone and done it. I've just handed my notice in at work and I am going back to university to study law!
Anxious but exciting times lie ahead.
Congratulations!! Which university? And what sort of law do you want to do?
Ignore: I saw that you answered below.
Anyway, very best wishes to you. I hope it goes well and you enjoy it.
Thank you!
I want to study everything first before I decide which area I find most interesting however people keep pointing me in the direction of patent law because of my current profession in engineering but I'm not convinced. We'll see...
I'm most interested at the moment in land and housing law - things like leasehold, private estates, development and planning, tenant-landlord relationships...
Other half is a planning barrister and has worked in local authority planning so if you ever need some advice/insight just VM me. He lived in Durham for a while and taught there so knows your area well. I'm sure he'd be happy to help over a pint or two.
What kind of insecure 55-year old pillock gets a jacket with Prime Minister written on it? It's the sort of thing a 5-year old might wear if photographed outside 10 Downing Street. Not a grown man.
It's in the style of Football managers. Something the metropolitan elite can sneer at, but the Match of the Day watching millions will be very familiar with and think nothing of it.
I disagree. He is not trapped. He calls an election and Corbyn will have no choice.
The election is likely to be on who governs the UK
I have no idea how it will end though
Completely agreed!
Corbyn doesn't just have no choice, he has no tact, no nous, and wants one. He will happily agree to it, no conditions.
But lets not forget what happened in 2017. May announced the election and the media were immediately on an election footing. Any LOTO that rejected an election would be eaten alive.
Gordon Brown suffered a terminal blow to his credibility when he flaked on holding the election that never was and chose to continue to be PM without one instead. A LOTO who cancelled an election and chose to continue to be LOTO instead would be a laughing stock.
I rate Nichola Sturgeon. But getting a face on at Boris for having the nerve to be alive, and chatting to the press about his choice of exit, whilst it will have an audience, is not a classy look.
So Bozo is allowed to go round shouting no deal , suck it up. And you’re irritated because Sturgeon shows that she’s not impressed .
I disagree. He is not trapped. He calls an election and Corbyn will have no choice.
The election is likely to be on who governs the UK
I have no idea how it will end though
Completely agreed!
Corbyn doesn't just have no choice, he has no tact, no nous, and wants one. He will happily agree to it, no conditions.
But lets not forget what happened in 2017. May announced the election and the media were immediately on an election footing. Any LOTO that rejected an election would be eaten alive.
Gordon Brown suffered a terminal blow to his credibility when he flaked on holding the election that never was and chose to continue to be PM without one instead. A LOTO who cancelled an election and chose to continue to be LOTO instead would be a laughing stock.
What kind of insecure 55-year old pillock gets a jacket with Prime Minister written on it? It's the sort of thing a 5-year old might wear if photographed outside 10 Downing Street. Not a grown man.
It's in the style of Football managers. Something the metropolitan elite can sneer at, but the Match of the Day watching millions will be very familiar with and think nothing of it.
It's a gift to Twitter though.
I expect to see 'useless tosser' mashups within the hour.
What kind of insecure 55-year old pillock gets a jacket with Prime Minister written on it? It's the sort of thing a 5-year old might wear if photographed outside 10 Downing Street. Not a grown man.
It's in the style of Football managers. Something the metropolitan elite can sneer at, but the Match of the Day watching millions will be very familiar with and think nothing of it.
What kind of insecure 55-year old pillock gets a jacket with Prime Minister written on it? It's the sort of thing a 5-year old might wear if photographed outside 10 Downing Street. Not a grown man.
It's in the style of Football managers. Something the metropolitan elite can sneer at, but the Match of the Day watching millions will be very familiar with and think nothing of it.
If there is such a thing as a metropolitan elite I struggle to see how Boris Johnson is not a leading part of it. Also no stranger to sneering, and worse, and always at people less privileged than himself.
Gosh these arguments seem awfully familiar. But Harris still needs to excite. She has been disappointingly pedestrian so far.
Despite Mike's reservations, I think this always has been and remains Biden's to lose. Someone needs to be totally on fire to take away the feeling that he is the one to beat Trump and that is all that matters.
Can you think of one positive attributes Biden has that does not include the word "Obama"?
Biden delivers a decent stump speech in a political system where that seems to matter. Harris and Warren are useless; Sanders is long winded. Trump can carry an audience. Obama and Clinton were two of the best speech makers of modern times. Reagan was very good too.
Reagan came up with one of the best metaphors for the EU.
Well I've only gone and done it. I've just handed my notice in at work and I am going back to university to study law!
Anxious but exciting times lie ahead.
Good luck. Which uni, if you don't mind my asking?
I'm frequently tempted to join you. But I don't know if I ever will.
Northumbria University. I didn't really have much choice because I live in Newcastle with my girlfriend and my alma mater (Newcastle University) don't offer the course I wanted.
Shame to miss out on the alumni discount..!
I've been saving hard for the last 2 years for this and luckily my girlfriend is being very supportive.
I'm 27 now so it was really now or never.
I'm going to be at uni 4 days a week and volunteering at Citizens Advice 1 day.
Volunteering at Citizens Advice has been an eye-opener for me.
What kind of insecure 55-year old pillock gets a jacket with Prime Minister written on it? It's the sort of thing a 5-year old might wear if photographed outside 10 Downing Street. Not a grown man.
It's in the style of Football managers. Something the metropolitan elite can sneer at, but the Match of the Day watching millions will be very familiar with and think nothing of it.
You're right. I know nothing about football. I assume that a PM would aspire to behave like a PM - with some level of dignity, for the office, if not himself. But hey ho. Maybe that's out of fashion these days. To me it looks like insecurity.
I'm more angry that his FS has just been on the radio and elsewhere telling outright lies about what he said during the campaign in order to pretend that the 2016 vote was a mandate for a No Deal exit. He is a lawyer; according to his CV with a distinguished record (though I am sceptical) but nonetheless a lawyer and he has just flat out lied, repeatedly and flagrantly.
Still, maybe one should not be bothered about such things. Millions will think nothing of it, I dare say. Why should integrity and honesty count in public life?
Interesting reading how Dodd’s is framing the campaign over a no deal and not making a big thing over stopping Brexit.
I think this is a good plan. The Lib Dem stance as clearly pro Remain is well known already .
It is very close to Labour's position!
Which one? They've had more positions than there are in the Kama Sutra.
Who has been consistent? Certainly not the Tories - and the Libdem line at B&R focussing on avoiding No Deal seems a departure from the firm Remain line.
Interesting reading how Dodd’s is framing the campaign over a no deal and not making a big thing over stopping Brexit.
I think this is a good plan. The Lib Dem stance as clearly pro Remain is well known already .
It is very close to Labour's position!
Which one? They've had more positions than there are in the Kama Sutra.
Who has been consistent? Certainly not the Tories - and the Libdem line at B&R focussing on avoiding No Deal seems a departure from the firm Remain line.
But, if you read the article, it is clear she wants to Remain, but she doesn't say so because it will lose her votes.
It is not that Dodds is inconsistent. She is dishonest.
Interesting reading how Dodd’s is framing the campaign over a no deal and not making a big thing over stopping Brexit.
I think this is a good plan. The Lib Dem stance as clearly pro Remain is well known already .
It is very close to Labour's position!
Which one? They've had more positions than there are in the Kama Sutra.
Who has been consistent? Certainly not the Tories - and the Libdem line at B&R focussing on avoiding No Deal seems a departure from the firm Remain line.
You said Labour had a position. I merely wanted to know what it was.
What kind of insecure 55-year old pillock gets a jacket with Prime Minister written on it? It's the sort of thing a 5-year old might wear if photographed outside 10 Downing Street. Not a grown man.
It's in the style of Football managers. Something the metropolitan elite can sneer at, but the Match of the Day watching millions will be very familiar with and think nothing of it.
You're right. I know nothing about football. I assume that a PM would aspire to behave like a PM - with some level of dignity, for the office, if not himself. But hey ho. Maybe that's out of fashion these days. To me it looks like insecurity.
I'm more angry that his FS has just been on the radio and elsewhere telling outright lies about what he said during the campaign in order to pretend that the 2016 vote was a mandate for a No Deal exit. He is a lawyer; according to his CV with a distinguished record (though I am sceptical) but nonetheless a lawyer and he has just flat out lied, repeatedly and flagrantly.
Still, maybe one should not be bothered about such things. Millions will think nothing of it, I dare say. Why should integrity and honesty count in public life?
I am not sure about the insignia on Boris jacket.
It is a gift to those who want to mock him but it could be a means of identity if anything extraordinary happened like a terror attack
Interesting reading how Dodd’s is framing the campaign over a no deal and not making a big thing over stopping Brexit.
I think this is a good plan. The Lib Dem stance as clearly pro Remain is well known already .
It is very close to Labour's position!
Which one? They've had more positions than there are in the Kama Sutra.
Who has been consistent? Certainly not the Tories - and the Libdem line at B&R focussing on avoiding No Deal seems a departure from the firm Remain line.
But, if you read the article, it is clear she wants to Remain, but she doesn't say so because it will lose her votes.
It is not that Dodds is inconsistent. She is dishonest.
If it's clear from the article that she wants to Remain it makes no difference if she says so or not.
Interesting reading how Dodd’s is framing the campaign over a no deal and not making a big thing over stopping Brexit.
I think this is a good plan. The Lib Dem stance as clearly pro Remain is well known already .
It is very close to Labour's position!
Perhaps you can explain Labour's position because nobody else seems able to.
It’s like the Da Vinci Code ! Apparently it’s a people’s vote on a Tory deal or no deal and they’ll back Remain then but if in government they’ll try to get a Brexit deal so you could say that means they want to Brexit but that will be difficult as most of their MPs will be campaigning against a Labour deal if there’s another vote then and want to Remain but we’re not a hundred percent sure if they’ll put forward another vote then if they’re in government . And we’re not sure whether Corbyn will take a neutral stance and just go to his allotment for that time and let Labour MPs campaign for whatever they like.
In a nutshell don’t bother trying to understand the Labour position , as shadow cabinet members make it up as they go along , all say different things and it will probably change again soon.
Well I've only gone and done it. I've just handed my notice in at work and I am going back to university to study law!
Anxious but exciting times lie ahead.
Good luck. Which uni, if you don't mind my asking?
I'm frequently tempted to join you. But I don't know if I ever will.
Northumbria University. I didn't really have much choice because I live in Newcastle with my girlfriend and my alma mater (Newcastle University) don't offer the course I wanted.
Shame to miss out on the alumni discount..!
I've been saving hard for the last 2 years for this and luckily my girlfriend is being very supportive.
I'm 27 now so it was really now or never.
I'm going to be at uni 4 days a week and volunteering at Citizens Advice 1 day.
Congratulations on your decision. Law is one of those professions that reward hard work and experience. I won't embarrass myself by saying how old I was when I did my latest degree, but I was considerably older than you. 27 may feel old at 27 but it isn't and I'm sure such a good investment of your time now will create greater wealth in the future. Well done and good luck
What kind of insecure 55-year old pillock gets a jacket with Prime Minister written on it? It's the sort of thing a 5-year old might wear if photographed outside 10 Downing Street. Not a grown man.
It's in the style of Football managers. Something the metropolitan elite can sneer at, but the Match of the Day watching millions will be very familiar with and think nothing of it.
You're right. I know nothing about football. I assume that a PM would aspire to behave like a PM - with some level of dignity, for the office, if not himself. But hey ho. Maybe that's out of fashion these days. To me it looks like insecurity.
I'm more angry that his FS has just been on the radio and elsewhere telling outright lies about what he said during the campaign in order to pretend that the 2016 vote was a mandate for a No Deal exit. He is a lawyer; according to his CV with a distinguished record (though I am sceptical) but nonetheless a lawyer and he has just flat out lied, repeatedly and flagrantly.
Still, maybe one should not be bothered about such things. Millions will think nothing of it, I dare say. Why should integrity and honesty count in public life?
I am not sure about the insignia on Boris jacket.
It is a gift to those who want to mock him but it could be a means of identity if anything extraordinary happened like a terror attack
Nice try Big_G!
Tbf to Boris (why, I don't know) the jacket was probably just given to him by whoever was on the organising committee for the event, I doubt if he asked for it.
What kind of insecure 55-year old pillock gets a jacket with Prime Minister written on it? It's the sort of thing a 5-year old might wear if photographed outside 10 Downing Street. Not a grown man.
It's in the style of Football managers. Something the metropolitan elite can sneer at, but the Match of the Day watching millions will be very familiar with and think nothing of it.
You're right. I know nothing about football. I assume that a PM would aspire to behave like a PM - with some level of dignity, for the office, if not himself. But hey ho. Maybe that's out of fashion these days. To me it looks like insecurity.
I'm more angry that his FS has just been on the radio and elsewhere telling outright lies about what he said during the campaign in order to pretend that the 2016 vote was a mandate for a No Deal exit. He is a lawyer; according to his CV with a distinguished record (though I am sceptical) but nonetheless a lawyer and he has just flat out lied, repeatedly and flagrantly.
Still, maybe one should not be bothered about such things. Millions will think nothing of it, I dare say. Why should integrity and honesty count in public life?
Interesting reading how Dodd’s is framing the campaign over a no deal and not making a big thing over stopping Brexit.
I think this is a good plan. The Lib Dem stance as clearly pro Remain is well known already .
It is very close to Labour's position!
Which one? They've had more positions than there are in the Kama Sutra.
Who has been consistent? Certainly not the Tories - and the Libdem line at B&R focussing on avoiding No Deal seems a departure from the firm Remain line.
Justin.
The conservatives are the leave party.
The lib dems are the remain party. (Also SNP)
Labour are remain in London and leave in the north
Interesting reading how Dodd’s is framing the campaign over a no deal and not making a big thing over stopping Brexit.
I think this is a good plan. The Lib Dem stance as clearly pro Remain is well known already .
It is very close to Labour's position!
Which one? They've had more positions than there are in the Kama Sutra.
Who has been consistent? Certainly not the Tories - and the Libdem line at B&R focussing on avoiding No Deal seems a departure from the firm Remain line.
But, if you read the article, it is clear she wants to Remain, but she doesn't say so because it will lose her votes.
It is not that Dodds is inconsistent. She is dishonest.
If it's clear from the article that she wants to Remain it makes no difference if she says so or not.
Not all (or even many) of the voters of B&R read the Guardian.
The article makes it clear that she does not tell voters she wants to remain. She tells voters that she wants to avoid a No Deal Brexit.
If the LibDems want to remain and want a People's Vote, then fine. Say so. Be proud of the policy. There is a constituency out there that believes that and wants to vote for it.
(But perhaps not a large constituency in Brecon & Radnorshire).
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As it is not going down well with many of the locals.
It is very scary and I only hope there is a meeting of minds to compromise, but I think the idea we may remain is receding considerably in the eyes of the voting public
Anxious but exciting times lie ahead.
The truth is with our climate and limited land mass, plus the huge tidal currents generated off our coast every few hours , tidal power is a vital resource that we should be working hard to exploit. Instead, it's being completely ignored. Terrible mistake.
I'm frequently tempted to join you. But I don't know if I ever will.
Shame to miss out on the alumni discount..!
I've been saving hard for the last 2 years for this and luckily my girlfriend is being very supportive.
I'm 27 now so it was really now or never.
I'm going to be at uni 4 days a week and volunteering at Citizens Advice 1 day.
As I've said before, I'd like them to use some of the water pressure to create a water jet like Geneva, but perhaps that's a bit of a frivolous use of it.
Dial down on the "27 so now or never" though...you'll depress your elders.
https://tinyurl.com/y5bll2xt
"Yet in this deeply split constituency, which voted 52% leave, there is no “bollocks to Brexit” on any Lib Dem leaflet, nor any mention of leaving the EU at all."
Or
"Dodds is cautious in the way she talks to voters about Brexit, restricting herself to discussing the perils of no deal and its effect on the constituency’s sheep farming and automotive workers ... Unlike many MPs, and some of the activists who have come to the constituency to campaign, hoping to help stop Brexit, she says the 2016 referendum made her resolve to listen more."
It sounds like a characteristic "all things to all people" LibDem by-election campaign.
For any other PBers thinking of a return to academia, then the part-time OU route is a bit of a cake and eat it approach, since you can stick with your job and study. Doesn't leave much time for anything else mind, and takes twice as long. Worked well for me though.
https://twitter.com/EdinReporter/status/1155889461991026695
Ignore: I saw that you answered below.
Anyway, very best wishes to you. I hope it goes well and you enjoy it.
Absolutely! Lets see if the EU is willing to exercise common sense and goodwill rather than continuing to stubborly insist on no deal being the outcome to secure a backstop designed to prevent no deal.
The election is likely to be on who governs the UK
I have no idea how it will end though
I want to study everything first before I decide which area I find most interesting however people keep pointing me in the direction of patent law because of my current profession in engineering but I'm not convinced. We'll see...
I'm most interested at the moment in land and housing law - things like leasehold, private estates, development and planning, tenant-landlord relationships...
I will not be having a meltdown if Johnson were to beat Jeremy. I'll be disappointed but not surprised. I can see it going either way.
If Trump wins again, though, that will be sickening. Really not sure how I would cope with that. But the good news is I don't think I will have to.
Sounds great. Hope it goes well.
But less of the '27 so now or never.' I changed career at 30 and am contemplating doing so again aged 37.
You are never to old to branch out - I hope.
I think this is a good plan. The Lib Dem stance as clearly pro Remain is well known already .
Which isn't saying much admittedly.
Corbyn doesn't just have no choice, he has no tact, no nous, and wants one. He will happily agree to it, no conditions.
But lets not forget what happened in 2017. May announced the election and the media were immediately on an election footing. Any LOTO that rejected an election would be eaten alive.
Gordon Brown suffered a terminal blow to his credibility when he flaked on holding the election that never was and chose to continue to be PM without one instead. A LOTO who cancelled an election and chose to continue to be LOTO instead would be a laughing stock.
It is dishonest because she wants to stop Brexit, but she doesn't say so because it will lose her votes.
I understand all parties are dishonest (certainly Corby's 2017 manifesto was, and Bojo has set new standards in dishonesty over the last few days).
I expect to see 'useless tosser' mashups within the hour.
https://twitter.com/propertyspot/status/1154753605058080775?s=21
It is not a good plan to say one thing to get elected, and then do something different.
I'm more angry that his FS has just been on the radio and elsewhere telling outright lies about what he said during the campaign in order to pretend that the 2016 vote was a mandate for a No Deal exit. He is a lawyer; according to his CV with a distinguished record (though I am sceptical) but nonetheless a lawyer and he has just flat out lied, repeatedly and flagrantly.
Still, maybe one should not be bothered about such things. Millions will think nothing of it, I dare say. Why should integrity and honesty count in public life?
It is not that Dodds is inconsistent. She is dishonest.
It is a gift to those who want to mock him but it could be a means of identity if anything extraordinary happened like a terror attack
In a nutshell don’t bother trying to understand the Labour position , as shadow cabinet members make it up as they go along , all say different things and it will probably change again soon.
[PS Don't fuck it up...
Scott’s getting excited..
Tbf to Boris (why, I don't know) the jacket was probably just given to him by whoever was on the organising committee for the event, I doubt if he asked for it.
The conservatives are the leave party.
The lib dems are the remain party. (Also SNP)
Labour are remain in London and leave in the north
That sounds rather crude.
The article makes it clear that she does not tell voters she wants to remain. She tells voters that she wants to avoid a No Deal Brexit.
If the LibDems want to remain and want a People's Vote, then fine. Say so. Be proud of the policy. There is a constituency out there that believes that and wants to vote for it.
(But perhaps not a large constituency in Brecon & Radnorshire).
Sorry, it is just characteristic LibDemmery.