Westminster Politics
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Look at the alternative.
Yeah, it's polarising. The old phrase 'be careful what you wish for' could maybe have been written for the 'they're all the same' brigade.
The head of our practice, who is a fully paid up member of the Labour Party, didn't vote for Labour at the last election, for the simple reason that McDonnell is a Marxist.
She's beyond words.
Is this the ghost OF Theresa's career?
Same here.
From a pragmatic, neutral POV, I get that May kind of had to give Boris something, but Christ, Foreign Office was really the worst option, wasn't it? Probably the position where foot-in-the-mouth are more damaging than any other considering the level of diplomacy needed.
Family of Welsh politician who killed himself claim Labour Party was warned about his 'mental well-being'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...cian-killed-claim-labour-party-warned-mental/
That some people might have abused their position of authority has never really been the more shocking aspect to all this. Rather, it has been the lamentable manner in which both parliament and its respective parties are equipped to respond to such claims. This is 2017 after all; sensitive and sufficiently accountable procedures shouldn't suddenly be a thing. In this specific case, it will come down to who knew what an when, and whether such is restricted to the Welsh hierarchy. Yet this family shall forever be scarred.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...cian-killed-claim-labour-party-warned-mental/
That some people might have abused their position of authority has never really been the more shocking aspect to all this. Rather, it has been the lamentable manner in which both parliament and its respective parties are equipped to respond to such claims. This is 2017 after all; sensitive and sufficiently accountable procedures shouldn't suddenly be a thing. In this specific case, it will come down to who knew what an when, and whether such is restricted to the Welsh hierarchy. Yet this family shall forever be scarred.
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Looks good to me.
Water.
The times where an elevated position was necessary to effectively shell your opposition are over since the end of WW2.
Rich water reserves in an otherwise pretty dry environment however, are *very* useful, if you are running an ambitious agricultural industry at the same time.
So why has Priti Patel got such a hard on for Israel?
Just when you think May can't possibly show herself to be any weaker of a leader...
Lots of members of Parliament are "friends of Israel" (not a euphamism - google it)and take some nice cash from them. Israel knows it is as popular as a fart in a space suit and has been offering such "holidays" and opportunities for "speaking tours" for years.
I'm saying this as a cynic rather than a tinfoil hat wearing conspiracy theorist about Global Zionist conspiracy stuff! It's just pragmatic lobbying to try and get some people to NOT criticise the actions of the Israeli government which has increasingly been led by thugs and extremists.
This.
I suspect its because they are losing that power, or certainly their grip on such power and hence they are now using a 'scatter gun' approach to anything involving politicians, e.g. tracking Patel's car back from the airport via helicopter would be laughable, if it had been undertaken by a lesser Broadcaster, its embarrassing when undertaken by the BBC.
Social media is taking over here as much as in the USA, as an avenue for people to get their news (whether true or fake) The BBC and other 24/7 news channels are becoming desperate, recent suggestions that Sky News (costs a fortune) is likely to be jettisoned to facilitate the merger between Sky and Fox, is a prime example.
By the way Preston is just a failed Sports Journalist, shows how much the BBC is scrapping the barrel on Political Commentators these days.
Which is an interesting revision of history, given that Israel brought up Syria shelling Israel from the Golan Heights as late as 1966.
He works for ITV.
You must be thinking of Robert Savage.
He does now, but in a former existence he use to do articles for the BBC Sports Page, usually about the FA debacles on bidding for WC's, etc. think he also did some on other sports, mainly Olympics, he wasn't much good at it, so not surprising he turned to politics.
Good one!No in his time at the BBC Preston was their Economics' Editor (officially), but occasionally tried his hand on the Sports News pages, EFA WC debacles and such like, he was absolute 'c**p' Think he moved to ITV around 2015!
He's been an economics and business journo since the early 90s.
Any press articles about May resigning? No? There's a surprise...if it was Corbyn, there'd be front page headlines of 'In the name of God - go!'
That was his 'day job', he did a bit of 'moonlighting' when at the BBC (official title then was Economics Editor) on BBC sports news matters, he was absolutely 'c**p' at it, so as they say he 'didn't give up his day' job!
But then you have to ask why Syria did that.
http://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/11/world/general-s-words-shed-a-new-light-on-the-golan.html
It doesn't say anything about it not being true though does it. I could debate whether you are a rabbit or not.
It means you can't just assume that a conversation had by a now dead Israeli general many years after his public disgrace is necessarily true.
Sorry if I seem a bit snappy, but I get pissed about the modern reactions to anything Israel. They are more than deserving of condemnation over many of their actions over the last few decades, but people seem to forget the entire circumstances that country faced in the decades following the war. The same people who had faced annihilation in the holocaust then faced immediate attempts to wipe them out again from pretty much the moment their new country existed. Then decades of constant attacks from their neighbours all with the aim of snuffing out their existence. If any country on earth had a right to be paranoid it was Israel, and it's lead them along a dark path as they have become so much stronger, but back then they were still very much the victims.
You make a really valid point there Kentonio about the early days of Israel and the threats they faced back then. what a shame this seems to have led the government down some dark paths.
I'm not assuming it's definitely true but was just pointing out (ambiguously to be fair, so sorry for that) that there are other interpretations of what happened which are potentially valid.
Ironically it's really Nietzsche all over..
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you"
Yeah sorry, its perfectly fair to raise stuff like that. It's just one of the few historical subjects that I actually get emotional about. Too much reading on the holocaust.
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Idk exactly, but maybe, given her family history, she might have been hugely impressed by the Entebbe hostage rescue when she was a little girl.
In an amazing twist The Appeaser has managed to find someone thicker than Vacant to take over her job.
No doubt she is a dreadful women but deffo in the naughty crush stakes.
Honestly Boris Johnson is far more of a harm to May than Patel could ever be.
After his Iran gaffe, he should be sacked.
After his Iran gaffe, he should be sacked.