In our globalised world why do we want economic integration with just one Continent?
Because in a world with 3 large trading blocks (US, Asia, Europe) - all separated by transport issues (although China is building cross continent paths to Europe) you probably need to be part of one of those blocks
Now I'm happy to be wrong but I suspect the UK is too large to survive by itself the way Switzerland and Singapore can.
As technology improves geography continually matters less and less than it used to and as the rest of the world grows our continent matters less and less than it used to.
You're right we are large, so why not be able to survive by itself in the same way any other developed nation can. Should Canada surrender its sovereignty to Trump? Should Japan surrender its sovereignty to China?
Of course Boris can introduce the Statutory Instrument to pass the 2018 Boundary Commission Report (with 600 MPs).
However my assumption was he wouldn't want to antagonise all his MPs by doing that - and there is plenty of time to do a new review with 650 MPs - as long as the process starts RIGHT NOW - by introducing a new Bill to go back to 650 MPs - and bringing forward date when next Boundary Commission Report must be issued from September 2023 to preferably some time in 2022.
There is a whole host of Con MPs in small seats now - for starters seven in North Wales.
Unbelievably there is no mention today at all of implementing Boundary changes or introducing a Bill such that the Boundary Commission does its next review with 650 MPs and speed up next review so it definitely gets done in time for next GE.
See link - pages 126 and 127 - for full details of plans re "Constitution and democracy"
Both Cameron and May failed to get this through. It is simply breathtaking that Boris should take any risk with this. A Bill should be passed immediately returning to 650 MPs and for Boundary Commission to then start review (which takes over 2 years to complete) immediately such that Boundary Commission then reports in 2022 - not September 2023 as currently scheduled which is cutting it far too fine.
Why on Earth would Boris risk angering his own MPs by cutting their seats?
The law reduces the numbers to 600 MPs if Boris doesn't do anything.
We'll be cutting 59 MPs once Scotland departs the Union..
Given Boris would have won a majority of 104 once the boundary changes he wants are passed if Scotland leaves the UK Boris would have an even bigger majority than Thatcher did in 1983.
I hope Labour are grateful we Tories are so committed to stop indyref2 and save them from complete annihilation rather than mere crushing defeat?
54% of MPs were educated in comprehensives, with 29% educated privately, and 16% in selective schools. 41% of Conservative MPs and 14% of Labour MPs attended private schools, and 7% of SNP representatives.
The school backgrounds of members of the Commons is widening, albeit slowly. Of 155 newly elected MPs, 62% were educated at comprehensive schools, while a further 22% went to independent schools and 14% were educated at grammars.
21% of MPs attended Oxbridge, while 33% were educated at other Russell Group institutions. In recent years we have seen a growing number of MPs from a group of non-Russell Group universities such as Hull, Brunel, Sussex and Aberdeen, with 10, 8, 7 and 5 MPs respectively.
27% of Conservatives were educated at Oxbridge, compared to 18% of Labour MPs, and none of the SNP.
Unbelievably there is no mention today at all of implementing Boundary changes or introducing a Bill such that the Boundary Commission does its next review with 650 MPs and speed up next review so it definitely gets done in time for next GE.
See link - pages 126 and 127 - for full details of plans re "Constitution and democracy"
Both Cameron and May failed to get this through. It is simply breathtaking that Boris should take any risk with this. A Bill should be passed immediately returning to 650 MPs and for Boundary Commission to then start review (which takes over 2 years to complete) immediately such that Boundary Commission then reports in 2022 - not September 2023 as currently scheduled which is cutting it far too fine.
Why on Earth would Boris risk angering his own MPs by cutting their seats?
The law reduces the numbers to 600 MPs if Boris doesn't do anything.
We'll be cutting 59 MPs once Scotland departs the Union..
Given Boris would have won a majority of 104 once the boundary changes he wants are passed if Scotland leaves the UK Boris would have an even bigger majority than Thatcher did in 1983.
I hope Labour are grateful we Tories are so committed to stop indyref2 and save them from complete annihilation rather than mere crushing defeat?
54% of MPs were educated in comprehensives, with 29% educated privately, and 16% in selective schools. 41% of Conservative MPs and 14% of Labour MPs attended private schools, and 7% of SNP representatives.
The school backgrounds of members of the Commons is widening, albeit slowly. Of 155 newly elected MPs, 62% were educated at comprehensive schools, while a further 22% went to independent schools and 14% were educated at grammars.
21% of MPs attended Oxbridge, while 33% were educated at other Russell Group institutions. In recent years we have seen a growing number of MPs from a group of non-Russell Group universities such as Hull, Brunel, Sussex and Aberdeen, with 10, 8, 7 and 5 MPs respectively.
27% of Conservatives were educated at Oxbridge, compared to 18% of Labour MPs, and none of the SNP.
Does video exist of Major and Blair under similar circumstances? Or Brown and Cameron?
It all seems very reasonable and polite from all sides, not just Major / Blair, but other MPs. Major appears to make a joke with Blair and somebody on the Labour benches as they walk out (edit its Skinner...Blair seems to find whatever he said funny).
Interesting rewatching the highlight of the Queens Speech, McDonnell and Javid walk side by side talking politely to each other, smiling and Javid seems to make McDonnell laugh about something.
Corbyn's gracelessness doesn't seem to have spread to McDonnell.
That’s truly frightening. If that’s Labour’s future, they have no future.
As was said.. listen and weep... jeepers
Webbe is something of a character.
1 - Wrote letter to Guardian supporting Ken after his Concentration Camp Guard remarks. 2 - Elected Head of NEC Disputes Panel overseeing Disciplinary Complaints. Not sure if still in post.
That’s truly frightening. If that’s Labour’s future, they have no future.
As was said.. listen and weep... jeepers
Webbe is something of a character.
1 - Wrote letter to Guardian supporting Ken after his Concentration Camp Guard remarks. 2 - Elected Head of NEC Disputes Panel overseeing Disciplinary Complaints. Not sure if still in post.
Isn’t she the one who was also caught trying to dismiss complaints against various personal friends? Or am I confusing her with someone else?
In our globalised world why do we want economic integration with just one Continent?
Because in a world with 3 large trading blocks (US, Asia, Europe) - all separated by transport issues (although China is building cross continent paths to Europe) you probably need to be part of one of those blocks
Now I'm happy to be wrong but I suspect the UK is too large to survive by itself the way Switzerland and Singapore can.
As technology improves geography continually matters less and less than it used to and as the rest of the world grows our continent matters less and less than it used to.
You're right we are large, so why not be able to survive by itself in the same way any other developed nation can. Should Canada surrender its sovereignty to Trump? Should Japan surrender its sovereignty to China?
This is an interesting hypotheses but no data to back it up. We should be seeing dispersion of wealth geographically but it is not happening. If anything it is going the other way and geography matters more nowadays. A computer programmer in the Bay area gets a multiple more than he would if he lived in Mexico but he is just the same guy doing the same work.
Will either Canada or Japan survive long term as anything more than second tier players? I cant see the UK being any more than a Newcastle United. In the premier but mid tier at best despite its supporters believing it is still a big club.
That’s truly frightening. If that’s Labour’s future, they have no future.
As was said.. listen and weep... jeepers
Webbe is something of a character.
1 - Wrote letter to Guardian supporting Ken after his Concentration Camp Guard remarks. 2 - Elected Head of NEC Disputes Panel overseeing Disciplinary Complaints. Not sure if still in post.
Isn’t she the one who was also caught trying to dismiss complaints against various personal friends? Or am I confusing her with someone else?
No idea.
It is a shark infested custard, so I try and limit myself to stuff I can prove :-)
Outrageous....do the nutters on twitter not realize that to the majority of the public JK Rowling tweet sounds perfectly reasonable. But no, apparently she is now a massive transphobe.
That’s truly frightening. If that’s Labour’s future, they have no future.
As was said.. listen and weep... jeepers
Webbe is something of a character.
1 - Wrote letter to Guardian supporting Ken after his Concentration Camp Guard remarks. 2 - Elected Head of NEC Disputes Panel overseeing Disciplinary Complaints. Not sure if still in post.
Isn’t she the one who was also caught trying to dismiss complaints against various personal friends? Or am I confusing her with someone else?
Really looking forward to the EHRC report, she should loom large.
Does video exist of Major and Blair under similar circumstances? Or Brown and Cameron?
It all seems very reasonable and polite from all sides, not just Major / Blair, but other MPs. Major appears to make a joke with Blair and somebody on the Labour benches as they walk out (edit its Skinner...Blair seems to find whatever he said funny).
Unbelievably there is no mention today at all of implementing Boundary changes or introducing a Bill such that the Boundary Commission does its next review with 650 MPs and speed up next review so it definitely gets done in time for next GE.
See link - pages 126 and 127 - for full details of plans re "Constitution and democracy"
Both Cameron and May failed to get this through. It is simply breathtaking that Boris should take any risk with this. A Bill should be passed immediately returning to 650 MPs and for Boundary Commission to then start review (which takes over 2 years to complete) immediately such that Boundary Commission then reports in 2022 - not September 2023 as currently scheduled which is cutting it far too fine.
The Boundary Commissions have already reported, a year ago, but nothing happened because of the Brexit mess paralysing Parliament.
The proposals can be nodded through tomorrow, on 600 seats.
Hands up all the new Tory MPs who want their seat abolished. OTOH a reform in Scotland on the basis of current over representation and devolution of powers to their own parliament....how about 20 fewer Scottish seats in exchange for Scotland having entire responsibility for Scottish taxation?
FYI: Scotland is only slightly over represented (5 or 6 seats over) as they lost a large number at an attempt of equalisation in 2005. It is Wales that is massively over represented (11/40 too many), which would mean losing a few Tory seats.
Outrageous....do the nutters on twitter not realize that to the majority of the public JK Rowling tweet sounds perfectly reasonable. But no, apparently she is now a massive transphobe.
Outrageous....do the nutters on twitter not realize that to the majority of the public JK Rowling tweet sounds perfectly reasonable. But no, apparently she is now a massive transphobe.
Does video exist of Major and Blair under similar circumstances? Or Brown and Cameron?
It all seems very reasonable and polite from all sides, not just Major / Blair, but other MPs. Major appears to make a joke with Blair and somebody on the Labour benches as they walk out.
Outrageous....do the nutters on twitter not realize that to the majority of the public JK Rowling tweet sounds perfectly reasonable. But no, apparently she is now a massive transphobe.
It appears 'graceless twat' has become the insult du jour of the more boorish end of the PB spectrum. Carry on healing, lads.
There are plenty of ex Labour MPs who are saying the same....Magic Grandpa hasn't even had the decency to contact them to apologise and offer support to all their staff who have lost their jobs.
As revealed by Nick Palmer ex-MP, Cameron actually phoned Labour MPs who lost their seats in previous elections.
Can you imagine how it would go down if Boris tried the same with the likes if Laura Pidcock?
What I like about Lisa Nandy is she doesn't immediately do the "I could never kiss a Tory" bollocks. In fact she has co-authored stuff with Ben Bradley.
In the real world, most normal people have friends with a variety of different political views.
That is one of the many things I like about Lisa Nandy. If only Labour had a few more like that.
She turned up at the Lib Dem conference a couple of years ago to argue the case for a progressive alliance and PR.
Unbelievably there is no mention today at all of implementing Boundary changes or introducing a Bill such that the Boundary Commission does its next review with 650 MPs and speed up next review so it definitely gets done in time for next GE.
See link - pages 126 and 127 - for full details of plans re "Constitution and democracy"
Both Cameron and May failed to get this through. It is simply breathtaking that Boris should take any risk with this. A Bill should be passed immediately returning to 650 MPs and for Boundary Commission to then start review (which takes over 2 years to complete) immediately such that Boundary Commission then reports in 2022 - not September 2023 as currently scheduled which is cutting it far too fine.
The Boundary Commissions have already reported, a year ago, but nothing happened because of the Brexit mess paralysing Parliament.
The proposals can be nodded through tomorrow, on 600 seats.
Hands up all the new Tory MPs who want their seat abolished. OTOH a reform in Scotland on the basis of current over representation and devolution of powers to their own parliament....how about 20 fewer Scottish seats in exchange for Scotland having entire responsibility for Scottish taxation?
FYI: Scotland is only slightly over represented (5 or 6 seats over) as they lost a large number at an attempt of equalisation in 2005. It is Wales that is massively over represented (11/40 too many), which would mean losing a few Tory seats.
Not necessarily. For example, Ceredigion and Preseli would be a fairly safe Tory seat (that will annoy Justin, but it’s still true).
Indeed, they would probably lock out the north-east and hold on in the south west and around Cardiff on those boundaries, while only losing out in Ynys Môn a Bangor, which would be a three-way marginal but probably go Plaid at first.
If my sums are right, on the 2018 proposed boundaries they would win 12, Plaid 2, and Labour 15. So that’s only 2 down on what they’ve got right now. Alun Cairns will probably not hang around and the new MP from Montgomeryshire could be parachuted in there, so the only current Tory MP who would lose out is the carpetbagger er, emergency candidate Virginia Crosbie in Anglesey.
Outrageous....do the nutters on twitter not realize that to the majority of the public JK Rowling tweet sounds perfectly reasonable. But no, apparently she is now a massive transphobe.
We live in a world where to say "women do not have penises" is controversial, and the Left can't figure out why the likes of Trump and Boris keep winning.
Outrageous....do the nutters on twitter not realize that to the majority of the public JK Rowling tweet sounds perfectly reasonable. But no, apparently she is now a massive transphobe.
Slight problem is that a less superficial look at this case shows the important nub of the matter. The woman was not sacked for holding the view, or her twitter pronouncements, but it would appear she made it clear that she vociferously held that view. I think the inference was that, if she came across a transgender person she would insist on using the masculine pronoun rather than the feminine. The Daily Mail would rather spin it as another angry "political correctness gawn mad" story to get their swivel eyed readership all in a lather.
Outrageous....do the nutters on twitter not realize that to the majority of the public JK Rowling tweet sounds perfectly reasonable. But no, apparently she is now a massive transphobe.
Slight problem is that a less superficial look at this case shows the important nub of the matter. The woman was not sacked for holding the view, or her twitter pronouncements, but it would appear she made it clear that she vociferously held that view. I think the inference was that, if she came across a transgender person she would insist on using the masculine pronoun rather than the feminine. The Daily Mail would rather spin it as another angry "political correctness gawn mad" story to get their swivel eyed readership all in a lather.
Strange: I’m not sure I ever use a gendered pronoun when talking to someone, only when talking about them.
Outrageous....do the nutters on twitter not realize that to the majority of the public JK Rowling tweet sounds perfectly reasonable. But no, apparently she is now a massive transphobe.
Slight problem is that a less superficial look at this case shows the important nub of the matter. The woman was not sacked for holding the view, or her twitter pronouncements, but it would appear she made it clear that she vociferously held that view. I think the inference was that, if she came across a transgender person she would insist on using the masculine pronoun rather than the feminine. The Daily Mail would rather spin it as another angry "political correctness gawn mad" story to get their swivel eyed readership all in a lather.
I am presuming you are correct. Thus, it would be far better to tweet at JK, I think you are misinformed on the specifics of this case and see how she reacts...but instead the tw@tter-sphere has gone full on transphobe.
That’s truly frightening. If that’s Labour’s future, they have no future.
As was said.. listen and weep... jeepers
Webbe is something of a character.
1 - Wrote letter to Guardian supporting Ken after his Concentration Camp Guard remarks. 2 - Elected Head of NEC Disputes Panel overseeing Disciplinary Complaints. Not sure if still in post.
Isn’t she the one who was also caught trying to dismiss complaints against various personal friends? Or am I confusing her with someone else?
Really looking forward to the EHRC report, she should loom large.
My sixteen year old son who has no interest in politics could make his points better than her.
Outrageous....do the nutters on twitter not realize that to the majority of the public JK Rowling tweet sounds perfectly reasonable. But no, apparently she is now a massive transphobe.
Outrageous....do the nutters on twitter not realize that to the majority of the public JK Rowling tweet sounds perfectly reasonable. But no, apparently she is now a massive transphobe.
Slight problem is that a less superficial look at this case shows the important nub of the matter. The woman was not sacked for holding the view, or her twitter pronouncements, but it would appear she made it clear that she vociferously held that view. I think the inference was that, if she came across a transgender person she would insist on using the masculine pronoun rather than the feminine. The Daily Mail would rather spin it as another angry "political correctness gawn mad" story to get their swivel eyed readership all in a lather.
Strange: I’m not sure I ever use a gendered pronoun when talking to someone, only when talking about them.
As Captain Mainwaring would have said, I was wondering when someone might spot my deliberate mistake
Outrageous....do the nutters on twitter not realize that to the majority of the public JK Rowling tweet sounds perfectly reasonable. But no, apparently she is now a massive transphobe.
Slight problem is that a less superficial look at this case shows the important nub of the matter. The woman was not sacked for holding the view, or her twitter pronouncements, but it would appear she made it clear that she vociferously held that view. I think the inference was that, if she came across a transgender person she would insist on using the masculine pronoun rather than the feminine. The Daily Mail would rather spin it as another angry "political correctness gawn mad" story to get their swivel eyed readership all in a lather.
I am presuming you are correct. Thus, it would be far better to tweet at JK, I think you are misinformed on the specifics of this case and see how she reacts...but instead the tw@tter-sphere has gone full on transphobe.
That’s truly frightening. If that’s Labour’s future, they have no future.
As was said.. listen and weep... jeepers
Webbe is something of a character.
1 - Wrote letter to Guardian supporting Ken after his Concentration Camp Guard remarks. 2 - Elected Head of NEC Disputes Panel overseeing Disciplinary Complaints. Not sure if still in post.
Isn’t she the one who was also caught trying to dismiss complaints against various personal friends? Or am I confusing her with someone else?
Really looking forward to the EHRC report, she should loom large.
My sixteen year old son who has no interest in politics could make his points better than her.
Outrageous....do the nutters on twitter not realize that to the majority of the public JK Rowling tweet sounds perfectly reasonable. But no, apparently she is now a massive transphobe.
Slight problem is that a less superficial look at this case shows the important nub of the matter. The woman was not sacked for holding the view, or her twitter pronouncements, but it would appear she made it clear that she vociferously held that view. I think the inference was that, if she came across a transgender person she would insist on using the masculine pronoun rather than the feminine. The Daily Mail would rather spin it as another angry "political correctness gawn mad" story to get their swivel eyed readership all in a lather.
Strange: I’m not sure I ever use a gendered pronoun when talking to someone, only when talking about them.
As Captain Mainwaring would have said, I was wondering when someone might spot my deliberate mistake
That’s truly frightening. If that’s Labour’s future, they have no future.
As was said.. listen and weep... jeepers
Webbe is something of a character.
1 - Wrote letter to Guardian supporting Ken after his Concentration Camp Guard remarks. 2 - Elected Head of NEC Disputes Panel overseeing Disciplinary Complaints. Not sure if still in post.
Isn’t she the one who was also caught trying to dismiss complaints against various personal friends? Or am I confusing her with someone else?
Really looking forward to the EHRC report, she should loom large.
My sixteen year old son who has no interest in politics could make his points better than her.
That’s truly frightening. If that’s Labour’s future, they have no future.
As was said.. listen and weep... jeepers
Webbe is something of a character.
1 - Wrote letter to Guardian supporting Ken after his Concentration Camp Guard remarks. 2 - Elected Head of NEC Disputes Panel overseeing Disciplinary Complaints. Not sure if still in post.
Disputes Panel The NEC Disputes Panel is a panel of the NEC Organisation Committee which hears membership appeals; re-admission applications; party disputes and conciliation; minor investigations and local government appeals where referred to the NEC. It operates in a quasi-judicial fashion, conducting hearings and interviews around the country where necessary. Chair: Claudia Webbe
Outrageous....do the nutters on twitter not realize that to the majority of the public JK Rowling tweet sounds perfectly reasonable. But no, apparently she is now a massive transphobe.
Slight problem is that a less superficial look at this case shows the important nub of the matter. The woman was not sacked for holding the view, or her twitter pronouncements, but it would appear she made it clear that she vociferously held that view. I think the inference was that, if she came across a transgender person she would insist on using the masculine pronoun rather than the feminine. The Daily Mail would rather spin it as another angry "political correctness gawn mad" story to get their swivel eyed readership all in a lather.
Strange: I’m not sure I ever use a gendered pronoun when talking to someone, only when talking about them.
As Captain Mainwaring would have said, I was wondering when someone might spot my deliberate mistake
I am also someone who would be in trouble if getting anyone’s name wrong were a sackable offence, but that’s because I’m really bad at remembering them rather than anything deliberate.
Bloody hell. Unite were funding Skwarkbox's legal fees.
That fact isn't going to go away. Len might be in a bit of bother.
Do we know how much the legal fees are?
I don't think its cheep, but would struggle to estimate even an order of magnitude,
£10,000, £100,000, £1,000,000?
It's dragged on for over two years, so I'd have thought 100k-250k. IANAL!
If they’re on the hook for north of 300k fighting a case their own lawyer clearly had no faith in on behalf of somebody who is not a member, the Certification Officer is going to go ballistic.
All this just to claim that they changed Donald Trump's name to Donald Trump Asterisk is the worst strategy since calling him Drumpf.
It serves no practical purpose, even sitting on the charges and refuse a trial is something Grieve-Letwin would do.
At what stage are the Democrats going to realise that Mitch McConnell and the Republican Senate are going to take great delight in stretching out their trial of Joe Biden’s Ukrainian business interests, for months on end, in the middle of their primary process?
How did it become the world's maddest left wing echo chamber ?
Oh dear, she has made the mistake of stepping in on a trans-gender argument.
Which means she's be harried for the rest of her life by lunatics.
There's an unusual level of aggression around transgender matters. It iis only a matter of time until there is a full on move to remove the T from LGBT.
How did it become the world's maddest left wing echo chamber ?
Oh dear, she has made the mistake of stepping in on a trans-gender argument.
Which means she's be harried for the rest of her life by lunatics.
There's an unusual level of aggression around transgender matters. It iis only a matter of time until there is a full on move to remove the T from LGBT.
Comments
https://twitter.com/AssaadRazzouk/status/1207534171460997120?s=20
You're right we are large, so why not be able to survive by itself in the same way any other developed nation can. Should Canada surrender its sovereignty to Trump? Should Japan surrender its sovereignty to China?
However my assumption was he wouldn't want to antagonise all his MPs by doing that - and there is plenty of time to do a new review with 650 MPs - as long as the process starts RIGHT NOW - by introducing a new Bill to go back to 650 MPs - and bringing forward date when next Boundary Commission Report must be issued from September 2023 to preferably some time in 2022.
There is a whole host of Con MPs in small seats now - for starters seven in North Wales.
I hope Labour are grateful we Tories are so committed to stop indyref2 and save them from complete annihilation rather than mere crushing defeat?
54% of MPs were educated in comprehensives, with 29% educated privately, and 16% in selective schools. 41% of Conservative MPs and 14% of Labour MPs attended private schools, and 7% of SNP representatives.
The school backgrounds of members of the Commons is widening, albeit slowly. Of 155 newly elected MPs, 62% were educated at comprehensive schools, while a further 22% went to independent schools and 14% were educated at grammars.
21% of MPs attended Oxbridge, while 33% were educated at other Russell Group institutions.
In recent years we have seen a growing number of MPs from a group of non-Russell Group universities such as Hull, Brunel, Sussex and Aberdeen, with 10, 8, 7 and 5 MPs respectively.
27% of Conservatives were educated at Oxbridge, compared to 18% of Labour MPs, and none of the SNP.
https://www.suttontrust.com/research-paper/parliamentary-privilege-2019/
(Waits for some wag to shout, ‘no!’)
https://twitter.com/GuidoFawkes/status/1207663123165073409
You get one guess.
Was she fellating a senior local figure?
https://twitter.com/MrBenSellers/status/1207618186549567489?s=20
It might also be the end of McCluskey of course, which would have interesting implications for the Labour leadership.
Edit - also very good news for Anna Turley personally, who would have been (a) epically fucked had she lost and (b) will need the money.
Corbyn's gracelessness doesn't seem to have spread to McDonnell.
How did it become the world's maddest left wing echo chamber ?
What a car crash interview that was!
1 - Wrote letter to Guardian supporting Ken after his Concentration Camp Guard remarks.
2 - Elected Head of NEC Disputes Panel overseeing Disciplinary Complaints. Not sure if still in post.
I used to enjoy Twitter in its early years, now I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7804895/Newly-elected-Labour-MP-Claudia-Webbe-reveals-knife-crime-heartache.html
https://twitter.com/Independent/status/1207665482960134145?s=20
Will either Canada or Japan survive long term as anything more than second tier players? I cant see the UK being any more than a Newcastle United. In the premier but mid tier at best despite its supporters believing it is still a big club.
It is a shark infested custard, so I try and limit myself to stuff I can prove :-)
https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1207646162813100033
That wasn't a little change.
https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/5c93772d-b37c-4438-99dd-d0b57dade8d5
Classic.
Edit: sorry about the quoting mistake.
Indeed, they would probably lock out the north-east and hold on in the south west and around Cardiff on those boundaries, while only losing out in Ynys Môn a Bangor, which would be a three-way marginal but probably go Plaid at first.
If my sums are right, on the 2018 proposed boundaries they would win 12, Plaid 2, and Labour 15. So that’s only 2 down on what they’ve got right now. Alun Cairns will probably not hang around and the new MP from Montgomeryshire could be parachuted in there, so the only current Tory MP who would lose out is the
carpetbaggerer, emergency candidate Virginia Crosbie in Anglesey.The tweet read alone seems perfectly reasonable.
That fact isn't going to go away. Len might be in a bit of bother.
Utterly, utterly dire.
Even Burgon is better....
https://twitter.com/Alnoyb1/status/1207671780652941312
How did she get on the NEC?
https://twitter.com/PietEeckhout/status/1206955515793887235?s=20
I don't think its cheep, but would struggle to estimate even an order of magnitude,
£10,000, £100,000, £1,000,000?
https://twitter.com/KatyTurNBC/status/1207487724388835329
All this just to claim that they changed Donald Trump's name to Donald Trump Asterisk is the worst strategy since calling him Drumpf.
It serves no practical purpose, even sitting on the charges and refuse a trial is something Grieve-Letwin would do.
https://twitter.com/tnewtondunn/status/1207677884757880833?s=20
The NEC Disputes Panel is a panel of the NEC Organisation Committee which hears membership appeals; re-admission applications; party disputes and conciliation; minor investigations and local government appeals where referred to the NEC. It operates in a quasi-judicial fashion, conducting hearings and interviews around the country where necessary. Chair: Claudia Webbe
https://labour.org.uk/about/how-we-work/national-executive-committee/nec-committees/
Who knew?
weour policies won the election...."https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/dec/19/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-review-jj-abrams-daisy-ridley-adam-driver
Rotten Tomatoes not so impressed...
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_wars_the_rise_of_skywalker
This is the national polling average for December against the top 3 Democrats:
Trump 46.5
Democrat 49
Since I started measuring it in August the shifts are the following:
T D
08/19 41 52.5
09/19 42 48.5
10/19 44 51
11/19 43 50
12/19 46.5 49
The Democrats are stable at around 50, Trump is bouncing around.
In the 2016 swing states that have published polls Trump's lead is:
Texas +6
Iowa +5
Florida +2
Michigan +2
Wisconsin +1
N.C 0
Arizona 0
Georgia -1
Nevada -4
N.H -5
Pennsylvania -5
No recent polls out of Ohio, and I suspect that the Georgia polls are wrong becuase they didn't weigh them by education.