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Who knew the London elite were so numerous? – politicalbetting.com
Who knew the London elite were so numerous? – politicalbetting.com
Liz Truss has said she has "unfinished business" in politics, but 68% of Britons say they would not like it if she returned to frontline politics – only 9% would be pleased to see her returnhttps://t.co/46bk1DLjgr pic.twitter.com/1SKnm3drne
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The Cons look like they might take a loony turn in opposition - better that they do it with someone in no danger of getting them elected, learn the hard lessons (maybe, this time) and then choose someone competent.
BREAKING 210 migrants have arrived in four small boats today in Dover, reports
@markwhiteTV for @GBNEWS, with two more small boats on the way right now, containing as many as 100 more migrants.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-i523Gie9Q
A significant number of tory MPs then?
Trump's response to all this? Well, to tweet from the Court House that the Judge should recuse himself of course. He is truly the client from hell.
The Judge has reserved judgment on the contempt but it looks inevitable that Trump will be in breach on multiple occasions. And then there is today's genius move. The prospects of Trump getting through this trial whilst on bail must surely be diminishing.
10/10 chyron. No notes.
The Sky reporter was on a vessel this morning and said there were 22 merchant ships visible in the narrow straits of the channel and anyone who knows anything about shipping knows the bow waves are extremely dangerous for small boats, and it is not something anyone should be encouraging if we want to safeguard those put at risk by the people smugglers
I would just add our son said that on his recent course at RNLI Poole parallel sailing was very much part of their exercises which of course is when a boat runs parallel to the waves and is very dangerous even for lifeboats, let alone flimsy rubber dinghies
I'm near the top
(I also wouldn't consider Hunt a good leader, although he might have been among the better choices in a bad field)
But ultimately, the real issue is that in the UK we are extremely lucky. Most of us live a life far beyond what most of the planet can ever hope to. The way to end the migrant issue is to raise the standard of living everywhere else. Much of Africa is stunning, yet also can be desperately poor. The disparity between the life of Turbotubbs in SW Wiltshire and someone from many African states is what is driving the issue.
I am the Che Guevara of the East Midlands, only with less hair.
https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/1d933ff9-e704-4c39-a39e-28f26c7c5ec5
"HIGHLY CONFLICTED, TO PUT IT MILDLY, JUDGE JUAN MERCHAM HAS TAKEN AWAY MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH. EVERYBODY IS ALLOWED TO TALK AND LIE ABOUT ME, BUT I AM NOT ALLOWED TO DEFEND MYSELF THIS IS A KANGAROO COURT, AND THE JUDGE SHOULD RECUSE HIMSELF."
Top tip from me, if a Judge is ever considering whether you are in breach of a court order and has the power to jail you for up to 30 days, don't do this.
If the question is: "Which political double-act will kickstart a British Renaissance?" then I'd agree that Sunak/Hunt are a hard sell.
But the question was: "Which political double-act will steady the ship so that Britain can make it to a general election without its economy and public finances collapsing into a heap?" and on that score Sunak/Hunt are nine months away from completing their 27-month tour of duty with a tolerable degree of success.
his governmentthe next Labour government will increase defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/04/23/britain-boost-defence-spending-2030-rishi-sunak/
Things I do for my job
Starmer will have little choice but to match it and apparently it is 75 billion over 6 years - a huge sum
@keithboykin
Dozens of migrants that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis tricked into flying from Texas to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts for a $615,000 taxpayer-funded political stunt have now been granted visas as human trafficking victims of Ron DeSantis's actions.
From an utterly cynical viewpoint, it would help Labour if the flights occurred soon, and everyone knew that it didn't work because of small numbers, and didn't stop the boats. In this light it would be sane, if immoral, for the lawyers and opposing parties to just say 'get on with it' and not litigate. Call the government bluff. I think it would speed up an election.
I also thought Cameron was something of an empty suit - did I vote for chaos with Ed Miliband? Hell yeah!
And he probably will.
I'd say a good 10-15% of Tory members, the type who are apoplectic at the current government's hosing of the NHS with cash whilst letting the armed forces wither on the vine, will be tempted to vote Labour if so.
Is 'Lab gain Christchurch' the new 'Con gain Bootle'?
https://news.sky.com/story/asylum-seekers-warn-others-against-seeking-refuge-in-the-uk-as-some-face-prospect-of-deportation-to-rwanda-13117315
I suspect he'll call it investment and the Whitehall brigade will lap it up.
To be honest the quicker we progress towards IMF bailout the quicker we can start making tough choices again.
Far too many people are featherbedded by the state. Many of them are already far too comfortable. And many of the rest of us are paying for it in eyewatering tax bills.
@BritainElects
If Labour wins the next election, do you think you will be better or worse off than otherwise?
Better: 27%
Worse: 32%
The same: 29%
via @RedfieldWilton"
https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1782786827537064263
I would have expected the majority to answer "the same".
If Rishi had said 'We are going to have "x" number of frigates, destroyers, amphibious capability, missile defence, transport capability etc., I would have a little more confidence. The fact that all he can suggest is piss money at it is deeply depressing.
https://x.com/WingsScotland/status/1782505694312218913
But that doesn't mean there isn't stuff you can do that can make a real difference, such as free trade and support of democratic systems and the rule of law.
Wonder if John Redwood might be the fiscal hawk that we'd need after a Labour government reverting to its old tricks.....
This means that France is a failed state. And they have oil.
We all know what we do with failed states, with oil, don't we, children?
Firmly on the Right (but not over Europe), Hordern was an early champion of monetarism and urged the Thatcher government to be more radical
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Yet he remained an influential figure, “overlooked for simply being too clever” according to one colleague, and, for another, “the most respected backbencher never to hold office”. That respect survived a period as parliamentary adviser to the House of Fraser and Mohamed Al-Fayed during which – unlike two colleagues whose careers were destroyed – he meticulously declared payments he received.
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Hordern epitomised the informed City gent who by keeping the day job could bring keen insight to the House: never more so than when in 1965 he arrived in the Chamber to tell James Callaghan that as a result of changes the Chancellor had made to the Finance Bill, the market in gilts had come to a near-standstill for the first time since the crisis of 1931.
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After the Conservatives’ unexpected return to power in 1970, he applauded the free-market Toryism embraced by Edward Heath, Iain Macleod and Anthony Barber. Within a year he was urging the use of monetary policy to check inflation, and even before the fuel crisis and industrial chaos of late 1973 he termed Heath’s U-turn “not the most scintillating policy on which to win an election”.
That election lost, Hordern was a focus for dissatisfaction with Heath. But the party leader Margaret Thatcher, over four years in opposition, never brought him into her team. Hordern, however, floated in The Daily Telegraph a number of ideas she later implemented.
He urged the privatisation of nationalised industries, enunciating the doctrine before there was a word for it. His sole difference with the Tory Right on the economy was that he rejected tax allowances for private health care, reckoning them a signal that the NHS was “second-rate” and opening the door for parents to demand tax breaks for private education
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/04/23/sir-peter-hordern-fina-city-thatcher-commons-horsham/ (£££)
*in normal times. this time, who knows - the most plausible otherwise might be a coalition, I guess
The Scottish Greens co-leader refused to say whether he accepted the report's conclusions when asked during an interview this week.
Asked five times if he accepts the report, the minister refused to say, instead claiming it has been "politicised and weaponised" against trans people.
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/patrick-harvie-faces-vote-no-32649679