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I thought that the "forty new hospitals" thing was four actual new hospitals, about ten hospital enlargements and about 26 remedial works to existing hospitals to stop them falling down. And the second and third categories were already approved Continued from...

Most of the ones that were implemented as UK legislation will have been Statutory Instruments made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 so won’t generally have needed a vote. And EU regulations generally had direct effect without needing national implementation. continued...

Interesting first hand accounts but this caught my eye “….. I’m desperate for the Met to regain its reputation as one of the most trustworthy forces in the world…..” When was that halcyon time? The Met was corrupt top to bottom in the 60s, 70s and into 80s, then we got institutional racism...

The date of 'ousting' includes plain resignation or the announcement of the start of Tory voting for his successor. Maybe keep your predictions to a half of a single month, though it's more a bit of fun (if anything in his administration can be described as 'fun') than an actual competition*...

So says Nick Fletcher (wiki) a UKian Conservative politician. At least until the response forced a desperate back-peddling where he contradicted his earlier assertions and said he "in no way linked Dr Who [sic] being a female to crime being committed by men". Fletcher was speaking at a debate...

After 11 years in the wilderness Labour should be doing a hell of a lot better than this. There's been like 130,000 deaths from Covid because the government's response to a pandemic was botched, how the hell has Labour lost Hartlepool ? The same contempt for voters seems to exist that has...

Should we keep the Lords or replace them with an elected senate ?

Can't see how Boris will recover from the mishandling of Covid. When he steps down, or if there's a leadership challenge forcing him to, who do you reckon will take over from him ? Sunak ? Too close perhaps ? Raab ? Mogg ? Too slimy, but he's kept his head down this last 12 months.

Starting this thread as there are quite few policies and stuff happening that aren’t just Covid politics or Brexit. One I want to raise is the rail system. The UK government has now extended “support” for the rail operators to 18 months in total: Rail franchises axed as help for train firms...

This really couldn't have happened to anyone else.... He failed to become the chair! https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jul/15/chris-grayling-fails-to-become-intelligence-and-security-chair "....Conservative colleague Julian Lewis secures votes of opposition MPs in humiliation for PM’s...

Despite having a huge majority, despite it being something that has been attacked from all parties, despite there being no political advantage Johnson went ahead with a vote about how harrassment and so on in the commons is to be handled. And lost...

Conor Burns has resigned as trade minister after the standards watchdog said he should be receive a seven-day suspension from the Commons for attempting to intimidate a member of the public...

Just over 56% of the vote on first choices alone.

Abortion rate in England and Wales hits five-year high https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/17/abortion-rate-england-and-wales-five-year-high The headline is the slight increase in overall numbers but I think the changing in patterns is the more interesting information. So older women...

Andrew Sabisky, appointed, it seems, by Dominic Cummings. Some of Sabisky's stated views: “...“One way to get around the problems of unplanned pregnancies, creating a permanent underclass, would be to legally enforce universal uptake of long-term contraception at the onset of puberty,” "...

The UK government is proposing to use government money to bail out a failing regional airline Flybe. They're also proposing to review air duty - which if they get rid of it would be a clear reversal of ecological policy. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51117885 Flybe's competitors aren't...

Couple of names are starting to appear. Keir Starmer seems ready to throw his hat into the ring. I think he could be a good leader, he is a good communicator, and intelligent.

Thought we should have a thread about this. Seems that the Conservative Manifesto is being written by: According to the Grauniad. If there was any doubt about what is likely to happen in the (IMO almost certain) event of a Conservative majority.

This most recent article about labour sent me into a spiral of questions appropriate for its own thread. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/26/brexit-shutting-down-parliament-gravest-abuse-of-power-in-living-memory-legal-advice I get that the queen gets to decree prorogue and the...

Was thinking about what else Johnson could come up with as his bribes for when the next GE is called. Given the news today I reckon it's going to be cancellation of HS2 and the third runway at Heathrow. Anyone else want to bet on what else ?

No.

He's literally called Boris; you couldn't make it up.

Boris Johnson has come out all guns blazing over Met Officer Basu warning that newspapers publishing politically sensitive 'leaks' such as the Darroch one could be prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act. Cabinet minsters Matt Hancock and Jeremy Hunt have joined in in condemning Basu's words...

“BBC Panorama spoke to former party officials, who alleged they had to deal with a huge increase in anti-Semitism complaints since Mr Corbyn became Labour leader in 2015. Eight former officials who worked in the team and dealt with anti-Semitism cases claimed to the BBC that: - The leader's...

Looks as though the UK is going to have a Trump clone as the next PM..since Johnson embraces authoritarian politics and will probably be backed by enough in his party to survive for the future. ANybody who frequents this website knows that I think in general about Conspiracy theories,but I am...

Conservative Party cabinet minister Michael Gove claims he is truly sorry he took cocaine twenty years ago. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48564722 How degenerate is that? Here we have highly educated individuals whom we presume are au fait with current affairs, so ought to know...

Boris Johnson to face charges for Misconduct in a Public Office Awesome news. There was so much lying and cheating in that EU referendum. It's about time someone was called to account for it. Interestingly, the maximum sentence for Misconduct in a Public Office is life imprisonment. Obviously...

(There is a chance I suppose that the next Tory leader won't be able to continue the S&C deal with the DUP so an election may be forced on them. But I'm not expecting that to happen.) So who do you think our next PM will be? Johnson "career advisor said it's my turn and I'll scream and scream...

The sudden death of Labour's leader a quarter of a century ago was to a lot of people genuinely shocking. A decent man, though with a reputation (at least in the media*) for being dour (though this was the time of John Major's premiership, so go figure). After his passing, some viewed him as...

RIP Paddy Ashdown, he often spoke a sane word in an insane world. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/dec/22/former-liberal-democrat-leader-paddy-ashdown-dies-aged-77