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Leadsom gets DEFRA
That's got a serious Brexit angle re fisheries/farmers.0 -
Good, she can't do too much damage there.Scott_P said:@SophyRidgeSky: Andrea Leadsom appointed Secretary of State for Environment & Rural Affairs
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Food and fields for Leadsom0
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Truss didScott_P said:Andrea Leadsom shows her inexperience even now
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I think your memory's playing tricks on you. Do an in-page search for Rasmussen Reports. Alternatively look for wherever there's a red number surrounded by blue ones.Jobabob said:
That Ras is a bad poll for Clinton. Realise it has a GOP lean but even so Obama was rarely behind in it.JackW said:National Polls :
Clinton 40 .. Trump 40 - CBS/NY Times
Clinton 45 .. Trump 43 - YouGov/Economist
Clinton 37 .. Trump 44 - Rasmussen
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html#polls0 -
Good to see someone who seems a decent enough fellow and badly treated when sacked for some reason I forget now, possibly being a bit lefty.Richard_Nabavi said:
Ha! Hadn't thought of that possibility, but he's a good choice.Scott_P said:@SophyRidgeSky: Damian Green gets Work and Pensions
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She never posted anything like that, IIRC.Theuniondivvie said:
I wasn't around when she posted on here. Was there any indication that such a morally retarded, fact-ignoring monster lurked within?Sean_F said:
That's a classy post from Louise Mensch.Theuniondivvie said:Katie Hopkins will be planning something big to wrest the crown of moronic biliousness back.
https://twitter.com/WelshGasDoc/status/7535558168636579840 -
As reported by energy site Drill or Drop, the MP for South Northamptonshire told the All Party Parliamentary Group on Unconventional Gas and Oil: "When I first came to this job one of my two questions was: 'Is climate change real?' and the other was 'Is hydraulic fracturing safe?' And on both of those questions I am now completely persuaded."GIN1138 said:
Is Andrea a "denier"?Scott_P said:@SophyRidgeSky: Andrea Leadsom appointed Secretary of State for Environment & Rural Affairs
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Glad to see Damien Green get Work and Pensions. As @rottenborough has said, a human is finally in DWP.0
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He's a very decent fellow indeed and I think he'll be quietly competent on the managerial side.rottenborough said:
Good to see someone who seems a decent enough fellow and badly treated when sacked for some reason I forget now, possibly being a bit lefty.Richard_Nabavi said:
Ha! Hadn't thought of that possibility, but he's a good choice.Scott_P said:@SophyRidgeSky: Damian Green gets Work and Pensions
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Phew...grabcocque said:
As reported by energy site Drill or Drop, the MP for South Northamptonshire told the All Party Parliamentary Group on Unconventional Gas and Oil: "When I first came to this job one of my two questions was: 'Is climate change real?' and the other was 'Is hydraulic fracturing safe?' And on both of those questions I am now completely persuaded."GIN1138 said:
Is Andrea a "denier"?Scott_P said:@SophyRidgeSky: Andrea Leadsom appointed Secretary of State for Environment & Rural Affairs
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Food and fields for Leadsom
Put out to pasture?0 -
His wikipedia entry features the following lineTheScreamingEagles said:Damian Green to DWP
2016 Given the job of screwing over the country's ill and infirm whilst smiling away.
it won't be there for long...0 -
"In February 1942, Beaverbrook became Minister of War Production and again clashed with Bevin, this time over shipbuilding. In the face of Bevin's refusal to work with him, Beaverbrook resigned after only twelve (sic.) days in the post"PlatoSaid said:Trying to discover who's had the shortest times in office.
I guessed David Laws, he managed 17 days
Alas
Arthur S
@PlatoSays @FatherJones1 Beaverbrook was Minister of War Production for 15 days from 4 - 19 February 1942 before resigning.
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As well as being nasty, she's the sort of person who enjoys being talked about. And lo! we are talking about her! It doesn't matter if it's negative talk: it's still putting her at the centre of attention.The_Apocalypse said:
What is wrong with Louise Mensch?Theuniondivvie said:Katie Hopkins will be planning something big to wrest the crown of moronic biliousness back.
https://twitter.com/WelshGasDoc/status/753555816863657984
A bit like most tw@ts on Twitter.0 -
He says he is pitching for working class Labour voters and Tories disappointed with 'continuity Cameron' Theresa May. Ironic that if he won the only barrister leading one of the main parties would be leading UKIPPlatoSaid said:Woolfe's leadership pitch
http://m.huffpost.com/uk/entry/uk_57877077e4b0f4bc5946a590?edition=uk0 -
@PickardJE: Hearing that DFID (aid department) to be abolished.
@PickardJE: One reason that abolition of DFID would be interesting is that keeping it was a manifesto pledge....0 -
@juliamacfarlane: You Brexit, you pay for it: May's putting Leavers in charge of departments most affected by #Brexit https://t.co/JszastWx2N0
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@PippaCrerar: So Andrea Leadsom gets the job of telling farmers about losing their subsidies. Touche. https://t.co/MP66xHQDNN0
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Actually, ex the EU, the UK is going to need its own agricultural and fisheries policies. This could suddenly become a beeeeg joooorb.taffys said:Food and fields for Leadsom
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@PickardJE: DFID not being abolished....false alarm apparently.0
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Wild scenes of joy in our house, as the mrs has to rely on them for a disability payment which we can't survive without. May be premature if Green goes native, but I suspect DWP staff are sick themselves of playing evil gits all day long instead of actually trying to help people get better and back to work in a reasonable manner.The_Apocalypse said:Glad to see Damien Green get Work and Pensions. As @rottenborough has said, a human is finally in DWP.
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I am actually embarrassed to say when she was an MP I used to like her. But now? My god, she comes across as a nut-case. Why you'd want to act like a nut-case purely for attention is anyone's guess.JosiasJessop said:
As well as being nasty, she's the sort of person who enjoys being talked about. And lo! we are talking about her! It doesn't matter if it's negative talk: it's still putting her at the centre of attention.The_Apocalypse said:
What is wrong with Louise Mensch?Theuniondivvie said:Katie Hopkins will be planning something big to wrest the crown of moronic biliousness back.
https://twitter.com/WelshGasDoc/status/753555816863657984
A bit like most tw@ts on Twitter.0 -
"We will continue to meet the 0.7 per cent target, maintain an independent Department for International Development and keep aid untied. "Scott_P said:@PickardJE: Hearing that DFID (aid department) to be abolished.
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Repeat after me:Scott_P said:@PippaCrerar: So Andrea Leadsom gets the job of telling farmers about losing their subsidies. Touche. https://t.co/MP66xHQDNN
"There is no such thing as "EU money". There is only taxpayers' money!"0 -
poisonous job.. no one has ever sorted out that can of worms.PlatoSaid said:Leadsom gets DEFRA
That's got a serious Brexit angle re fisheries/farmers.0 -
Wow
@conradlandin: BREAKING: Unite, Labour's largest affiliate, votes to support mandatory re-selection of MPs.0 -
Who's Greg Clark? He's just arrived.0
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Greg Clark into No 10.0
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Momentum will be happyScott_P said:Wow
@conradlandin: BREAKING: Unite, Labour's largest affiliate, votes to support mandatory re-selection of MPs.0 -
What could Katie Hopkins say to top that?Theuniondivvie said:Katie Hopkins will be planning something big to wrest the crown of moronic biliousness back.
https://twitter.com/WelshGasDoc/status/753555816863657984
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Presumably keeping Communities & Local Govt, I'd guessJackW said:Greg Clark into No 10.
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SweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetScott_P said:Wow
@conradlandin: BREAKING: Unite, Labour's largest affiliate, votes to support mandatory re-selection of MPs.0 -
That will make a change at DWP after years of bloody IDS and then that other bloke, forget his name, Welsh wasn't he?Richard_Nabavi said:
He's a very decent fellow indeed and I think he'll be quietly competent on the managerial side.rottenborough said:
Good to see someone who seems a decent enough fellow and badly treated when sacked for some reason I forget now, possibly being a bit lefty.Richard_Nabavi said:
Ha! Hadn't thought of that possibility, but he's a good choice.Scott_P said:@SophyRidgeSky: Damian Green gets Work and Pensions
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First one in this cabinetrottenborough said:I'm sure this isn't the first time a minister has done this.
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I think that would be good for all parties.Scott_P said:Wow
@conradlandin: BREAKING: Unite, Labour's largest affiliate, votes to support mandatory re-selection of MPs.
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May has created two new departments, so surely she's going to kill two. Which ones? DEFRA and Transport survived. So who else? DECC? DfID?0
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Sorry to hear about your wife's disability. I really hope that she continues to get disability payments and that the DWP under Green isn't what it was under IDS. I also feel that Osborne's austerity agenda ended up undermining many attempts at 'reform' in the last government, and so with him gone maybe things will be better for the DWP (and other departments) as well.rottenborough said:
Wild scenes of joy in our house, as the mrs has to rely on them for a disability payment which we can't survive without. May be premature if Green goes native, but I suspect DWP staff are sick themselves of playing evil gits all day long instead of actually trying to help people get better and back to work in a reasonable manner.The_Apocalypse said:Glad to see Damien Green get Work and Pensions. As @rottenborough has said, a human is finally in DWP.
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Never mind 'night of the long knives' more like 'bonfire of the Cameroons'! Osborne, Gove, Letwin, Morgan all sacked, Boles and Cameron resign, Davis, Fox, Green, Leadsom all promoted to Cabinet.0
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I think May has a sense of humour after all. Guardian:
"That means Leadsom, a leading Vote Leave campaigner, will be responsible for dealing with farmers, the group that has most to lose in terms of subsidies from Brexit. (Vote Leave claimed farmers would not lose out, because the UK government would be able to carry on paying subsidies..."0 -
I wonder if she'll merge Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland Offices with a new 'Department for those bloody annoying Celts'grabcocque said:May has created two new departments, so surely she's going to kill two. Which ones? DEFRA and Transport survived. So who else? DECC? DfID?
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I expect Business and DECC to merge into Infrastructure or something similarly named.0
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Not a surprise. I wonder what the GMB's position is on this. Afterall, there did seem to be a divide between them and Unite on the NEC's decision.Scott_P said:Wow
@conradlandin: BREAKING: Unite, Labour's largest affiliate, votes to support mandatory re-selection of MPs.0 -
Popcorn alert!!!The_Apocalypse said:
Not a surprise. I wonder what the GMB's position is on this. Afterall, there did seem to be a divide between them and Unite on the NEC's decision.Scott_P said:Wow
@conradlandin: BREAKING: Unite, Labour's largest affiliate, votes to support mandatory re-selection of MPs.0 -
Good afternoon, everyone.0
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That's too tough for Damian Green.TheScreamingEagles said:Damian Green to DWP
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I think Andrea Leadsom at DEFRA is a great appointment, given she taught Old McDonald everything he knew.0
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So MP's would have to appeal to electorate and their own members at all times, even if the two are mutually exclusive in their goals? Good luck PLP.The_Apocalypse said:
Not a surprise. I wonder what the GMB's position is on this. Afterall, there did seem to be a divide between them and Unite on the NEC's decision.Scott_P said:Wow
@conradlandin: BREAKING: Unite, Labour's largest affiliate, votes to support mandatory re-selection of MPs.0 -
Leadsom gets DEFRA0
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Greg Clark is MP for Tunbridge Wells and a very nice chap.0
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Green is a very nice chap - I have met him.rottenborough said:
Tell me this is true. Whoopee. A human in DWP.Scott_P said:@SophyRidgeSky: Damian Green gets Work and Pensions
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Department for the Union? She said a lot about the union bit yesterday. She really doesn't want to be the PM who loses it.TheScreamingEagles said:
I wonder if she'll merge Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland Offices with a new 'Department for those bloody annoying Celts'grabcocque said:May has created two new departments, so surely she's going to kill two. Which ones? DEFRA and Transport survived. So who else? DECC? DfID?
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Is Evans new? I thought she used to be "Spokesman" in the Lords because Cameron screwed up and hit the limit in terms of Cabinet slotsJohnO said:So where are all the new ladies in the government? Evans is one but she replaces another woman and Morgan and Villiers are both out.
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Not sure. Still a few chairs to dance around.Richard_Nabavi said:
Presumably keeping Communities & Local Govt, I'd guessJackW said:Greg Clark into No 10.
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Is Grayling pro or anti HS2 do we know?
Will May instruct him to prioritise the northern HS3 instead of the London orientated HS2?0 -
I think she's probably bitter at having given up a chance to be in government (and as an A List candidate she was likely to have gone far), to play second fiddle to her husbands career in the US. She seems to be a very angry frustrated womanThe_Apocalypse said:
I am actually embarrassed to say when she was an MP I used to like her. But now? My god, she comes across as a nut-case. Why you'd want to act like a nut-case purely for attention is anyone's guess.JosiasJessop said:
As well as being nasty, she's the sort of person who enjoys being talked about. And lo! we are talking about her! It doesn't matter if it's negative talk: it's still putting her at the centre of attention.The_Apocalypse said:
What is wrong with Louise Mensch?Theuniondivvie said:Katie Hopkins will be planning something big to wrest the crown of moronic biliousness back.
https://twitter.com/WelshGasDoc/status/753555816863657984
A bit like most tw@ts on Twitter.0 -
Re: compulsory reselection. Is this an NEC decision? Presumably with union backing there will be a majority for compulsory reselection?0
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Chortle ..TheScreamingEagles said:I think Andrea Leadsom at DEFRA is a great appointment, given she taught Old McDonald everything he knew.
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Thanks. Appreciated.The_Apocalypse said:
Sorry to hear about your wife's disability. I really hope that she continues to get disability payments and that the DWP under Green isn't what it was under IDS. I also feel that Osborne's austerity agenda ended up undermining many attempts at 'reform' in the last government, and so with him gone maybe things will be better for the DWP (and other departments) as well.rottenborough said:
Wild scenes of joy in our house, as the mrs has to rely on them for a disability payment which we can't survive without. May be premature if Green goes native, but I suspect DWP staff are sick themselves of playing evil gits all day long instead of actually trying to help people get better and back to work in a reasonable manner.The_Apocalypse said:Glad to see Damien Green get Work and Pensions. As @rottenborough has said, a human is finally in DWP.
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Actually no. She believes in AGW as she has repeatedly saidGIN1138 said:
Is Andrea a "denier"?Scott_P said:@SophyRidgeSky: Andrea Leadsom appointed Secretary of State for Environment & Rural Affairs
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LOL at the BBC reporting the ex-Culture Secretary Whittingdale as being 'sacked'. They said that Osborne 'resigned' yesterday....0
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I got the feeling she feels gaining Brexit at the cost of breaking up the Union is too high a pricerottenborough said:
Department for the Union? She said a lot about the union bit yesterday. She really doesn't want to be the PM who loses it.TheScreamingEagles said:
I wonder if she'll merge Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland Offices with a new 'Department for those bloody annoying Celts'grabcocque said:May has created two new departments, so surely she's going to kill two. Which ones? DEFRA and Transport survived. So who else? DECC? DfID?
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Don't abuse the Welsh, please!TheScreamingEagles said:
I wonder if she'll merge Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland Offices with a new 'Department for those bloody annoying Celts'grabcocque said:May has created two new departments, so surely she's going to kill two. Which ones? DEFRA and Transport survived. So who else? DECC? DfID?
Wales voted by almost exactly the same margin as England for Brexit
Wales reached the Euro 2016 semi-finals
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Bunch of Ramshaggers who think they are good at Rugby, but how many World Cups have you won?Sunil_Prasannan said:
Don't abuse the Welsh, please!TheScreamingEagles said:
I wonder if she'll merge Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland Offices with a new 'Department for those bloody annoying Celts'grabcocque said:May has created two new departments, so surely she's going to kill two. Which ones? DEFRA and Transport survived. So who else? DECC? DfID?
Wales voted by almost exactly the same margin as England for Brexit
Wales reached the Euro 2016 semi-finals
Wales are now ABOVE England in the FIFA rankings0 -
George Eaton @georgeeaton 8m8 minutes ago
Leadsom getting Defra continues theme of "you broke it, you own it" (CAP payments).
V good point. May is making sure if it all goes tits up then the Brexit brigade are all in the front line. Except Hammond, who will have to deal with a balance of payments crisis not of his own making.0 -
Brokenshire arrives0
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Ms. Apocalypse, to quote (unpublished) Sir Edric: Sweet lips, but her tongue's ever so grim.
On the Unite mandatory re-selection:
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We did have a laugh or two though, e.g. 'the dancing Iraqis'Sean_F said:
She never posted anything like that, IIRC.Theuniondivvie said:
I wasn't around when she posted on here. Was there any indication that such a morally retarded, fact-ignoring monster lurked within?Sean_F said:
That's a classy post from Louise Mensch.Theuniondivvie said:Katie Hopkins will be planning something big to wrest the crown of moronic biliousness back.
https://twitter.com/WelshGasDoc/status/7535558168636579840 -
@MrHarryCole: The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.0
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Note that WTO MFN isn't the automatic pit of despair some people assume. The risk is, as you say, to the Union.Bob__Sykes said:
The third ("EEA-lite") seems attractive, as the option most likely to square the circle left by the referendum outcome. But by very clearly stepping outside the single market, I think will be the hardest to sell in Scotland and NI/ROI. So therefore risks destroying the Union, which given Theresa's statement from the steps of No 10, is obviously a non-starter.anotherDave said:3 Options of UK-EU relationship, By Campbell-Bannerman MEP.
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As Neil Kinnock once said: we've got our party back. Remember for many Tories, the Cameroons were interlopers who'd taken over the party, not only politically (like Blair and New Labour) but also socially: the Notting Hill and Chipping Norton sets, a weakness for Old Etonians and so on.HYUFD said:Never mind 'night of the long knives' more like 'bonfire of the Cameroons'! Osborne, Gove, Letwin, Morgan all sacked, Boles and Cameron resign, Davis, Fox, Green, Leadsom all promoted to Cabinet.
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I was hoping Anna Soubry would get a cabinet job.0
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rottenborough said:
Department for the Union? She said a lot about the union bit yesterday. She really doesn't want to be the PM who loses it.TheScreamingEagles said:
I wonder if she'll merge Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland Offices with a new 'Department for those bloody annoying Celts'grabcocque said:May has created two new departments, so surely she's going to kill two. Which ones? DEFRA and Transport survived. So who else? DECC? DfID?
Great appointment. When God created the Earth in seven days, Andrea Leadsom was his project manager.David_Evershed said:Leadsom gets DEFRA
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Sky News - Javid to Communities0
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Bit of a demotion for Javid that..0
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Aren't manifesto pledges now only 'ambitions'?TheWhiteRabbit said:
"We will continue to meet the 0.7 per cent target, maintain an independent Department for International Development and keep aid untied. "Scott_P said:@PickardJE: Hearing that DFID (aid department) to be abolished.
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Have we done everything now. She seems to have some talent, but maybe a bit too gobby for May's tastes?TheScreamingEagles said:I was hoping Anna Soubry would get a cabinet job.
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There is still time. Plenty of gaps still to be filledTheScreamingEagles said:I was hoping Anna Soubry would get a cabinet job.
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Whittingdale's got the push? Is Theresa a fan of Strictly? Maybe the prefers Cuban heels for kitten heels?The_Apocalypse said:LOL at the BBC reporting the ex-Culture Secretary Whittingdale as being 'sacked'. They said that Osborne 'resigned' yesterday....
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We English haven't won any World Cup since the UK joined the EEC.TheScreamingEagles said:
Bunch of Ramshaggers who think they are good at Rugby, but how many World Cups have you won?Sunil_Prasannan said:
Don't abuse the Welsh, please!TheScreamingEagles said:
I wonder if she'll merge Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland Offices with a new 'Department for those bloody annoying Celts'grabcocque said:May has created two new departments, so surely she's going to kill two. Which ones? DEFRA and Transport survived. So who else? DECC? DfID?
Wales voted by almost exactly the same margin as England for Brexit
Wales reached the Euro 2016 semi-finals
Wales are now ABOVE England in the FIFA rankings
Just sayin'...0 -
Oops, I got that wrong!Scott_P said:@MrHarryCole: The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
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We've had one of those (a balance of payments crisis) for the past 10 years. Everyone pretends not to notice it...rottenborough said:George Eaton @georgeeaton 8m8 minutes ago
Leadsom getting Defra continues theme of "you broke it, you own it" (CAP payments).
V good point. May is making sure if it all goes tits up then the Brexit brigade are all in the front line. Except Hammond, who will have to deal with a balance of payments crisis not of his own making.0 -
Repeat after me:rottenborough said:George Eaton @georgeeaton 8m8 minutes ago
Leadsom getting Defra continues theme of "you broke it, you own it" (CAP payments).
"There is no such thing as EU Money! There is only taxpayers' money!"
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A classisc TINO and former-SDPer, would be a mistake. Not to mention she's a media firecracker.TheScreamingEagles said:I was hoping Anna Soubry would get a cabinet job.
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What's left?
Chief Sec, Leader of the House, Whatever-BIS-Is-Now, Energy if it still exists?
Any more?
Presumably Priti will get one of those..0 -
This is what will kill Labour. The members idiotic nonsense that their views and ideas somehow take precedence over constituents. Another example as to how these people don't believe in parliamentary democracy, and actually have an incredible amount of contempt for the working classes. But they'll tell you they 'care' about them. They 'care' enough to put two fingers up to them, and their views....HaroldO said:So MP's would have to appeal to electorate and their own members at all times, even if the two are mutually exclusive in their goals? Good luck PLP.
@Paristonda Interesting. I always thought Mensch was okay with giving up her political career for love? Hadn't she been (allegedly) in love with Peter Mensch for 20+ years as well?
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Rugby World Cup in 2003Sunil_Prasannan said:
We English haven't won any World Cup since the UK joined the EEC.TheScreamingEagles said:
Bunch of Ramshaggers who think they are good at Rugby, but how many World Cups have you won?Sunil_Prasannan said:
Don't abuse the Welsh, please!TheScreamingEagles said:
I wonder if she'll merge Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland Offices with a new 'Department for those bloody annoying Celts'grabcocque said:May has created two new departments, so surely she's going to kill two. Which ones? DEFRA and Transport survived. So who else? DECC? DfID?
Wales voted by almost exactly the same margin as England for Brexit
Wales reached the Euro 2016 semi-finals
Wales are now ABOVE England in the FIFA rankings
Just sayin'...
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Yuk - I was quite impressed by Greg Clark, and hope Javid can provide a surer touch at Local Government than he has at Business. Not at all convinced he is the right person for all the planning and housing work, let alone handling councils fed up with being given more central control and less money to deliver it.Scott_P said:@MrHarryCole: The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
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We might get a token DPM role for someone as well.numbertwelve said:What's left?
Chief Sec, Leader of the House, Whatever-BIS-Is-Now, Energy if it still exists?
Any more?
Presumably Priti will get one of those..0 -
Grayling's first job should be stripping Southern and Southeastern of their rail franchises.David_Evershed said:Is Grayling pro or anti HS2 do we know?
Will May instruct him to prioritise the northern HS3 instead of the London orientated HS2?0 -
Priti Patel arriving0
