The tribalism of Remainers and Leavers is getting a bit tiresome now. We know they're never going to agree on anything.
It is the media stoking all of this. Especially the Brexit supporting media. They perhaps need to ratchet up before finally walking away from supporting the biggest non-war destruction on an advanced economy, I can think policymakers have proactively implemented? No Deal Brexit will wreck the economy.
The tribalism of Remainers and Leavers is getting a bit tiresome now. We know they're never going to agree on anything.
Agreed. And whilst I'd wish to remain in the EU, I thought Ken Clarke the other night stood out like a beacon in the darkness. A man prepared to compromise on his own views in order to land a soft Brexit.
Kwasi Kwarteng drowning on the Andrew Neil Show. Eton really is quite the waste of money, isn't it?
Depends what you want if for I guess. Apparently it is not making bright people out of dullards, but it does seem to provide boundless self confidence that, along with a bit of cash, helps propel such people to very high positions indeed. Money well spent for the families I guess.
It makes more sense of that bizarre speech in front of the police last week. The schtick is going to wear thin pretty quickly. If he lasts that long.
Yes it does and it will - in fact it is - but the nightmare would be that he nevertheless manages to ride a softhead populist wave to an overall majority. Let us pray that he doesn't.
We're getting the worst of both worlds in a sense. Like any comedian he is losing it as he ages. He's trying to secure that last big tour before he gets rumbled - which would be fine if the 'tour' was not 5 years running the country.
If we HAD to have had Freddie Starr as PM it would have been preferable to have had him when he was slaying the palladium rather than when he was reduced to pretending to have eaten a hamster.
Kwasi Kwarteng drowning on the Andrew Neil Show. Eton really is quite the waste of money, isn't it?
Depends what you want if for I guess. Apparently it is not making bright people out of dullards, but it does seem to provide boundless self confidence that, along with a bit of cash, helps propel such people to very high positions indeed. Money well spent for the families I guess.
The usual suspects will soon be along to defend Eton for being “aspirational”
Lord Justice Sumption says; "As the Tories don't have a majority they can't exercise the Royal perogative" Sounds like a reasonable 'sumption
Not sure how he works that out, the legislature can vote to do what it wants but the RP isn't dependent on a majority
That is surely the point. If the legislature doesn't represent a majority in parliament it has no authority to permit the executive to exercise the Royal perogative.
Lord Justice Sumption says; "As the Tories don't have a majority they can't exercise the Royal perogative" Sounds like a reasonable 'sumption
Absent the prerogative power HMG couldn't declare war. If that view is the correct one then a minority government would be unable to adequately control the armed forces.
It would not surprise me if it was staged to get attention. I always remember Trump had similar incident's with several themes. One was a man who Trump ordered his protection detail to remove, another was a baby who Trump ordered to "get the baby out". They showed the clips on the news. I forget the other incidents but who wants to pay attention to that sort on rubbish.
Lord Justice Sumption says; "As the Tories don't have a majority they can't exercise the Royal perogative" Sounds like a reasonable 'sumption
Absent the prerogative power HMG couldn't declare war. If that view is the correct one then a minority government would be usnable to adequately control the armed forces.
Hasn’t that been essentially codified by the votes on Syria?
Lord Justice Sumption says; "As the Tories don't have a majority they can't exercise the Royal perogative" Sounds like a reasonable 'sumption
Not sure how he works that out, the legislature can vote to do what it wants but the RP isn't dependent on a majority
That is surely the point. If the legislature doesn't represent a majority in parliament it has no authority to permit the executive to exercise the Royal perogative.
The legislature IS parliament. It must pass a VONC to remove the executive, in which the powers of the RP lie. It doesn't 'permit' use of RP, RP is an executive power regardless of parliament
Sounds like the mad old coot made a good decision to retire
UNS would give 29 Tory gains from Labour offset by 13 losses to LDs and circa 10 to SNP - a total of 323. Labour would win circa 225 with LDs on circa 30.
"Any disuption would reduce our ability to prevent and control disease outbreaks... industry stockpiling will not be able to match the 4-12 weeks worth of stockpiling which took place in March 2019"
"The agri-food sector [in Ireland] will be hardest hit... disruption to key sectors and job losses are likely to result in protests and direct action with road blockages."
"Up to 282 EU/EEA fishing vessels could enter illegally... this is likely to cause anger and frustration in the UK catching sector, which could lead to both clashes between fishing vessels and an increase in non-compliance in the domestic fleet."
"In a reasonable worst case scenario, HGVs could face maximum delays of 1.5-2.5 days before being able to cross the [UK/France] border... significant disruption lasting up to six months. Unmitigated, this will have an impact on the supply of medicines and medical supplies... three-quarters of medicines come via the short straits... it will not be practical to stockpile products to cover expected delays of up to six months."
Have the last three years been in part a failure of the Monarchy?
I know she told us at Christmas to be nice to each other, and understand each other, but I can't help but feel that if she's been providing words of wisdom to her ministers they haven't been wise or persuasive enough.
"Member States do not agree to extend the current healthcare arrangements for UK state pensioners [abroad] and tourists beyond 31 October... there is a risk of disruption for patients and a minority could face substantial costs."
"Protests and counter-protests will take place across the UK and may absorb significant amounts of police resource. There may be a rise in public disorder and community tensions."
"Border delays could affect fuel distribution... in London and the South-East. Customer behaviour could lead to local shortages in other parts of the country. Low income groups will be disproportionately affected by any price rises in food and fuel."
"Price and other differentials [in NI] are likely to lead to the growth of the illegitimate economy. This will be particularly severe in border communities where both criminal and dissident groups already operate with greater threat and impunity."
"In a reasonable worst case scenario, HGVs could face maximum delays of 1.5-2.5 days before being able to cross the [UK/France] border... significant disruption lasting up to six months. Unmitigated, this will have an impact on the supply of medicines and medical supplies... three-quarters of medicines come via the short straits... it will not be practical to stockpile products to cover expected delays of up to six months."
"The agri-food sector [in Ireland] will be hardest hit... disruption to key sectors and job losses are likely to result in protests and direct action with road blockages."
"Up to 282 EU/EEA fishing vessels could enter illegally... this is likely to cause anger and frustration in the UK catching sector, which could lead to both clashes between fishing vessels and an increase in non-compliance in the domestic fleet."
Sink em Norway owns its waters. Do they have frequent violations ?
That’s a rubbish reason. These people are employees of the government. As such, their work material belongs to the government and the government has the right to deal with the material as it sees fit. Employees generally don’t have the right to stop their employers doing what they want with their own property.
Thing is he's been one of the very few ministers who's been prepared to face the media over the last week. Obviously this evening has been something of a car crash, but up until now I'd felt he'd been doing a relatively good job of defending the indefensible.
Had been miles better than Nigel Evans, whose the other one who's been sent out to bat on this seam-friendly wicket.
1. No single smoking gun here but a lot of smouldering ones. 2. If we do end up with No Deal, it's going to be very hard now for the Government to plead innocence. 3. The disruption/civil unrest stuff is worrying. If you were the Real IRA or the Revolutionary Trots of Sydenham or whoever, I imagine it must be quite useful to have the Government enumerate its vulnerabilities like this. 4. There's a lot of "life will get a bit worse" in here. It only takes one of those to flare up. Britain collectively lost its shit a few years ago when petrol prices went up a bit... this envisages situations worse than that.
That’s a rubbish reason. These people are employees of the government. As such, their work material belongs to the government and the government has the right to deal with the material as it sees fit. Employees generally don’t have the right to stop their employers doing what they want with their own property.
"The agri-food sector [in Ireland] will be hardest hit... disruption to key sectors and job losses are likely to result in protests and direct action with road blockages."
"In a reasonable worst case scenario, HGVs could face maximum delays of 1.5-2.5 days before being able to cross the [UK/France] border... significant disruption lasting up to six months. Unmitigated, this will have an impact on the supply of medicines and medical supplies... three-quarters of medicines come via the short straits... it will not be practical to stockpile products to cover expected delays of up to six months."
Does anyone remember an interview in which Boris Johnson said he could guarantee that supplies of medicines would not be disrupted?
Britain collectively lost its shit a few years ago when petrol prices went up a bit... this envisages situations worse than that.
Far more serious than anything NI related that one. Opinion will turn very very quickly against Brexit if fuel shoots up to £1.50 a litre or more.
Yeah, you're almost certainly right.
A highways engineer made the observation on Twitter the other day that "Any effort to restrict car use in the UK has a similar backlash to any effort to restrict gun use in the USA". I'd not thought of the comparison before but he has a point.
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Judges might not be impartial
Boris doesn't have to obey the law
Stellar performance.
We're getting the worst of both worlds in a sense. Like any comedian he is losing it as he ages. He's trying to secure that last big tour before he gets rumbled - which would be fine if the 'tour' was not 5 years running the country.
If we HAD to have had Freddie Starr as PM it would have been preferable to have had him when he was slaying the palladium rather than when he was reduced to pretending to have eaten a hamster.
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Utterly disgraceful attempt to stir up more division but trying to avoid saying it himself by some desperate attempt to say the public thinks that.
Then moaning about lawyers but ignoring the fact that the government will try and take the Benn Bill to Court .
Wearing a t shirt 'KEEP IMMIGRANTS, Deport The Racists'
And I’m a LibDem voter. Usually.
Or is it the other way round?
https://twitter.com/KaplanABC11/status/1171770804117397504?s=19
Sounds like the mad old coot made a good decision to retire
https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/1171850211590901760
Jeepers.
"Up to 282 EU/EEA fishing vessels could enter illegally... this is likely to cause anger and frustration in the UK catching sector, which could lead to both clashes between fishing vessels and an increase in non-compliance in the domestic fleet."
Disappointing both to his supporters and his opponents.
Er...
I know she told us at Christmas to be nice to each other, and understand each other, but I can't help but feel that if she's been providing words of wisdom to her ministers they haven't been wise or persuasive enough.
I'm assuming para 15 relates to NI, and has been redacted on security grounds.
"Protests and counter-protests will take place across the UK and may absorb significant amounts of police resource. There may be a rise in public disorder and community tensions."
"Border delays could affect fuel distribution... in London and the South-East. Customer behaviour could lead to local shortages in other parts of the country. Low income groups will be disproportionately affected by any price rises in food and fuel."
https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2479518/game-of-thrones-richard-dormer-set-to-lead-another-giant-fantasy-tv-show
Never been convinced TV is a good medium for Discworld, but this is still stop the presses news.
Mr Cleggover put a smile on the faces of at least 30 ladies. We trust.
John Major and Surrey CC.
Paddy Ashdown and the Balkans.
And pretty much all of them have done worthwhile stuff around causes they support.
Sink emNorway owns its waters. Do they have frequent violations ?Not to worry lads, the financial services industry is only the largest contributor to the Exchequer.
Had been miles better than Nigel Evans, whose the other one who's been sent out to bat on this seam-friendly wicket.
1. No single smoking gun here but a lot of smouldering ones.
2. If we do end up with No Deal, it's going to be very hard now for the Government to plead innocence.
3. The disruption/civil unrest stuff is worrying. If you were the Real IRA or the Revolutionary Trots of Sydenham or whoever, I imagine it must be quite useful to have the Government enumerate its vulnerabilities like this.
4. There's a lot of "life will get a bit worse" in here. It only takes one of those to flare up. Britain collectively lost its shit a few years ago when petrol prices went up a bit... this envisages situations worse than that.
A highways engineer made the observation on Twitter the other day that "Any effort to restrict car use in the UK has a similar backlash to any effort to restrict gun use in the USA". I'd not thought of the comparison before but he has a point.