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He must have regurgitated that at least three or four times last night.
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If I remember rightly wasn't Boris particularly vocal about that being an outrage when brown succeeded Blair?I agree. I also find it hard that we are going to have a new PM without a General Election. We are going to have a PM that was only voted in by a small minority of the population.
Yeah mainly because they dont know or need a stick to beat someone with. Have a look at democratic socialism in europe, especially nordic countries. They're not failures at all.I know that (although i admittedly don't know that much about it) but it's used to represent failed socialism in tory land. It must resonate with the public too as they wouldn't repeat it otherwise.
That doesn't sound like Boris. He would never change his opinion like that.If I remember rightly wasn't Boris particularly vocal about that being an outrage when brown succeeded Blair?
There were umpteen references about saving the party too, rather than giving a feck about the actual country.Tweet
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Sounds like Boris.If I remember rightly wasn't Boris particularly vocal about that being an outrage when brown succeeded Blair?
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Of course he does, they all do, truth be told we all do, that's why there is 'Nibyism', why 'no one trains in the national interest' etc. Politicians by and larger know they have to get into power to exercise it and to have influence on it, but somehow on their way to gaining that power they seem to lose something. From personal observation I would say there are only two remaining politicians who still retain their personal beliefs after years of involvement in Parliament, Frank Field and Ken Clarke. Both of these stalwart parliamentarians now residing on their respective party back benches, the rest have swayed one way or another as the wind blows, some to good effect it has to be said. However the question "will the real xyz please stand up," is not a game you can play with success with most politicians"Yep, even Rory the Tory seemed more concerned about his Party & career than his country at the rally today.
I have zero trust in Boris and even less faith in his ability.You over rate Johnson's London period and ignore his time in government where he was an incompetent laughing stock.
Electing a liar and a cheat to restore trust in politics is an ask. Look at the US.
Same here. I find his attitude to the electorate quite refreshing.They won’t let him debate, as he’s highly likely to say something stupid.
Guardian said:‘The Saudis couldn’t do it without us’: the UK’s role in Yemen’s deadly war
For more than four years, a brutal Saudi air campaign has bombarded Yemen, killing tens of thousands, injuring hundreds of thousands and displacing millions – creating the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. And British weapons are doing much of the killing. Every day Yemen is hit by British bombs – dropped by British planes that are flown by British-trained pilots and maintained and prepared inside Saudi Arabia by thousands of British contractors.
The Saudi-led military coalition, which includes the UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait, has “targeted civilians … in a widespread and systematic manner”, according to the UN – dropping bombs on hospitals, schools, weddings, funerals and even camps for displaced people fleeing the bombing.
Saudi Arabia has in effect contracted out vital parts of its war against Yemen’s Houthi movement to the US and the UK. Britain does not merely supply weapons for this war: it provides the personnel and expertise required to keep the war going. The British government has deployed RAF personnel to work as engineers, and to train Saudi pilots and targeteers – while an even larger role is played by BAE Systems, Britain’s biggest arms company, which the government has subcontracted to provide weapons, maintenance and engineers inside Saudi Arabia.
“The Saudi bosses absolutely depend on BAE Systems,” John Deverell, a former MoD mandarin and defence attache to Saudi Arabia and Yemen, told me. “They couldn’t do it without us.” A BAE employee recently put it more plainly to Channel 4’s Dispatches: “If we weren’t there, in seven to 14 days there wouldn’t be a jet in the sky.”
It is not popular because he is telling the truth about Brexit. Just about the only one who has the guts to tell it like it is.Gove's likely to poll better than Stewart but I'm thinking how he might approach it from a tactical POV because if he isn't going to win, it may work better for him to drop out and back the candidate he wants to get in.
Stewart hasn't got a chance but may make it further than expected by virtue of being the sole voice on his sort of 'wing' of the party. Even if said wing isn't particularly popular.
The Al Yamamah contact to sell British built Tornado and Hawk jets to Saudi Arabia was at the time the biggest ever export contact. Similar for the contract to sell British built Typhoon jets.Business as usual:
What the feck? A majority of Conservative Party members would want Brexit even if it means that their party is destroyed, but not not if it means Corbyn is Prime Minister? That's... insane.Tweet
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Really intrigued to see Ruth Davidson's approach to all this - champions herself as the union voice of Scotland when her party UK-wide now appear to be the biggest threat to its continuation.@2cents
this is the stuff that looks like irrational fanatacism in comparison to what corbyn is. Destroying their own country and the most successful political party in world history = ok, losing an election = not.
The issue has become that Stewart or someone in his inner circle has likely leaked it to boost his credentials.What's the beef with Stewart being a former spy? Lets face it, he probably was.
Doesn't seem much of an issue to me.The issue has become that Stewart or someone in his inner circle has likely leaked it to boost his credentials.
Another issue is that he's trying to be clever with his answers when reports question him about being a spy. He just shouldn't be discussing it at all.
Casting calls begin for potential new Bond villain:
The distance between Javid's eyebrows and the top of his head is enormous.Casting calls begin for potential new Bond villain:
(L-R Licence To Kill, The World Is Not Enough, Govefinger
On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Spectre, Thunderbald)
Lie another DayCasting calls begin for potential new Bond villain:
(L-R Licence To Kill, The World Is Not Enough, Govefinger
On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Spectre, Thunderbald)
Ha. Out of all the candidates, Raab is the one who inspires the most contempt, which is no mean feat.Raab out. Javid just makes it through on 33.
There was talk that Johnson had instructed 15 or so of his supporters to vote for Hunt, for precisely that reason.Stewart almost doubles his support.
People that support Hunt are genuinely interesting me, he is a void of talent and personality.
He got 43 in the first round!Ha. Out of all the candidates, Raab is the one who inspires the most contempt, which is no mean feat.
There was talk that Johnson had instructed 15 or so of his supporters to vote for Hunt, for precisely that reason.
If that's the case can we just get this dictatorship over with and give Johnson the win?Ha. Out of all the candidates, Raab is the one who inspires the most contempt, which is no mean feat.
There was talk that Johnson had instructed 15 or so of his supporters to vote for Hunt, for precisely that reason.