Westminster Politics
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Leadsom makes Mrs Thatcher seem humble.
No plans at all, merely...suggestions that sounded enticing. I wonder if they'll 'refine' the tuition fee policy too as the months pass.
I would imagine so, although that is separate from parliament. And while i've not seen any recent reporting on the response from the party apparatus, the example of the Livingstone case tells us that such things can drag out. I do believe that many of Morris' colleagues expected her to do the honourable thing and resign, although the continuing support of her local Conservative branch might well be playing some role in this.
The Tories really are fecking desperate
Vince Cable is now the leader of the Lib Dems.
Not much choice for them to be fair.
Lib Dems officially join the Tory/DUP pact in 5...4...
The irony of that Tory twitter page trying to 'out' Labour is delicious
They flipped throughout the election campaign, literally altering their manifesto as time went on because it was so poorly created, May flipped on Brexit, she flipped on calling an election in the first place etc.
They flipped throughout the election campaign, literally altering their manifesto as time went on because it was so poorly created, May flipped on Brexit, she flipped on calling an election in the first place etc.
The irony of that Tory twitter page trying to 'out' Labour is delicious
They flipped throughout the election campaign, literally altering their manifesto as time went on because it was so poorly created, May flipped on Brexit, she flipped on calling an election in the first place etc.
What do you mean May said nothing changed?? Are you suggesting May is a liar
Well if you're accepting that Corbyn and co are as slimy as the rest, i do agree.
I really hope the Tories run with this at the next election.
They actually did it.
Just seen this, really good news. Another awful policy of that coalition government.
http://uk.businessinsider.com/there...rimary-school-children-free-breakfasts-2017-7
Putting the n in cuts. What sort of low life piece of shit denies children a breakfast while spending over a billion on buying herself a job?
Putting the n in cuts. What sort of low life piece of shit denies children a breakfast while spending over a billion on buying herself a job?
It's a vastly misleading headline to be fair.
The free school breakfasts were to replace free school lunches as a cost saving exercise (with enough money allocated to give each child about 7 beans each). The reason school breakfasts aren't happening is because school lunches are no longer going to be scrapped.
Got any of that outrage left Nick?
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Don't worry, I'm sure that they took the "difficult decision" not to force a cap.
Poor Lib dems
Is this right in your view, did Champion have to go? As might be expected the media have asked for the reaction of her constituents, including victims of Rotherham's own horrific abuse scandal. Listening to some phone-ins today it could at best be described as a lose-lose situation from a PR PoV for Labour.
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Labour had to fire her, even if only for PR's sake, but she shouldn't have resigned.
What did she say that was so bad?
She just overgeneralised. It's fine if you do on a forum because who gives a shit, but there should be a higher standard if you're in the Cabinet or Shadow Cabinet. Although, most of the actual Cabinet would be fecked if this was mandated so who knows.
But did anyone actually believe that she meant ALL men of Pakistani origin? And it's doubly worse with Champion being the MP for Rotherham. Consequently we've got people saying that she has been silenced.
Being caught in an apparent lie would normally be the main bone of contention, however that wasn't the prime motivator here.
No one who can be so clueless/reckless with language when discussing such matters should be in senior positions.
It's that weird sort of silence when you spout your horseshit to the masses of cnuts who read The Scum.
Unfortunate as i thought she was a likeable politician than might win voters over. In political land you have to go over this kind of mistake, especially as a Labour bencher. Now if she were Tory it could just be swept under the carpet.
I don't see what she did wrong. She's right. Did anybody genuinely think she meant every single Pakistani man in Britain? If you did then I suspect life is probably going to be very hard for you.
I live in Rotherham but I don't vote in her constituency.
This plays into the narrative that you dare not upset the Pakistani community in Rotherham or else. Which is why the whole issue got traction in the first place.
This plays into the narrative that you dare not upset the Pakistani community in Rotherham or else. Which is why the whole issue got traction in the first place.
That would be ridiculous, it's every Muslim in Britain - as shown by the rag she wrote it in citing her in 'The Muslim Problem' article that has been doing the rounds ("Thanks to [...] Labour MPs such as Rotherham's Sarah Champion, it is acceptable to say Muslims are a specific rather than a cultural problem" see below). She made the decision to write for a newspaper that had already published (amongst many things) an article labelling asylum seekers as cockroaches and a quietly corrected front page saying 1 in 5 British Muslims sympathised with ISIS.
and Kavanagh is on the IPSO board.