Clearly shoulda made Jardine the party leader!
No ties to the coalition, able to hold on to her seat, isn't Swinson.
She has it all going for her.
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No ties to the coalition, able to hold on to her seat, isn't Swinson.
She has it all going for her.
A fucking Ayn Rand nutter as chancellor, it's the stuff of nightmares.
ashdown (who people forget as they are so pro Kennedy) was very effective at building on areas where the lib dems were in second and turning them into FPTP seats, they need to focus on that now to build influence
yes imo corbyn's political instincts were spot on in insisting labour needed to be anti-austerity and more radical post the GFC and that they needed to be pro-leave after the referendum. he was just a terrible vehicle for these ideas personally.
a French attitude to strikes and protest would probably help things but it's obviously not in the culture here
Not sure how the EU engages until Scotland is legally independent.
Even then with the French who the fuck knows when Scotland rejoins the EU
They were already speaking to Sturgeon since the Brexit result. The red line is obviously legal independence, but the support for us to escape the UK is throughout the EU.
He does though. Scotland took part in the EU referendum and they knew they'd have to abide by the result whatever it was (as that is how democracy works, the losers have to accept the result).
Regardless of when Scotland and becomes independent, they are coming out the EU first.
It's a good thing Nicola Sturgeon says above Boris has his mandate. We will leave the EU because of the Union.
But then we'll leave the Union 👈
It's time the Tories who beat the democracy drum also accept democracy and "once in a lifetime" is their dying cry to enact their own form of a dictatorship.
That was an absolute embarrassment.
They'll make sure to go even softer, maybe send Laura round with a box of dairy milk.
1) "Scotland took part in the referendum" is a garbage point, Scotland had no option, we voted against having the referendum at all though so why should we give a shit about what the result was? Especially when the localised result of it in Scotland was so vastly different from England/Wales.
2) Yeah, we'll be coming out the EU first then going right back in.
I don't know why they just don't infiltrate the empty husk that is the Tory party and take it over, it would be quicker than scraping along with barely double figures in the commons.
52% of UK people want to remain in the EU (according to the last poll) and over 50% did not vote Tory, so I am confused as where the "vast majority" statement came from?
Speaking as a constitutent, he's a good local MP. It's not as if they've got many other options.
Aren't most MPs okay on that basis, I don't think he's anything special and I found him to be a bit of a pompous git when he came to our workplace.
Funny, the EU are not keen to support Catalonia's independence from Spain. In fact, they won't even condemn the Spanish government crackdown. Would be dangerous for them to encourage any independence movement in any country considering Europe is full of such movements (Belgium, Spain etc).
The EU are not taking an official stance on supporting Scottish independence, they are being diplomatic and speaking to the leader of a COUNTRY, who wants to stay in the EU and has a vote of her people to prove it.
That's democracy, listening to a country/leader who has a vote/mandate to support their views and wishes to engage in a working or trade relationship despite of England/Wales deciding to leave.
True but full EU membership will take several years. EU is not going fast track Scotland's ascension, so first stage of Scotland as an independent country is Norway style relationship.
But yeah sooner or later Scotland will become a full EU member, just not immediately after independence. SNP need to be very realistic about this
Funny, the Spanish govt have said they have no problem with Scotland joining.
Concern troll elsewhere.
"It might take a bit of time" versus "Potentially another 10 years of Tory Britain with whatever Brexit Boris wants"
Ok? It might take a few years then. It's still a better path for this country.
I don't expect preferential EU treatment for Sturgeon, but she is a damn competent speaker and will have been discussing things with the EU since the Brexit vote in 2016.
No, he's just being mature about it. What's done is done. Now we hold the Tories to account, and get ready to stage the largest protest in UK history when his trade deal with Trump throws any climate change agenda out the door.
He probably just hopes this can be the beginning of the end, I would be happy if it took some of the poison out of politics and marked the peak of the Tory years.
I was on an elevator today with a group of middle aged middle class shoppers as the only ethnic minority and quietly seething that they probably all voted Tory (North and South districts).
Another quality article by Simon Jenkins....But there is hope for them after all!
Oh my god, this dumbfuck point again 😂
Don't talk about things if you don't know anything about them.
Seems normal. Minority in Canada like Conservative as well. There are lots of fake news (created by Conservative) created in their native language too.
The BBC needs to fire remoaners like Gary Lineker and replace them with proper and respectable pundits like Alan Brazil or Richard Keys.
*Laughs*
But really, welcome peeps. Enjoy munchy boxes and a lower life expectancy, but at least we don't have Katie Hopkins praising the SNP this morning.
That's just empty platitudes. The wind has changed as he's aware and the political situation ain't going to change for a loooooooooong time (decade plus) so he see's no point in fighting it now.
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