I'd be happy with that if they don't give up on a second referendum.
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They are worlds apart on their Brexit ideas, Leavers would have a fit.
http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2017/06/15/the-illiberal-persecution-of-tim-farron
Agree with a lot of Ian Dunt's piece on Farron
Agree with a lot of Ian Dunt's piece on Farron
Can confirm that I am not meeting with Theresa May.
Was a pun really but I don't like Farron for a multitude of reasons.
If anyone would know, it's the chair of the Wigan and Leigh Green Party.
Yes
They are lost in the wilderness with nothing to lose. So would not be surprised.
Few talking heads on twitter reckon May is done and the Tories have sounded out Hammond/Davis to take over.
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And i used to call him Milibland on occasion.
Some people just can't relax into a role when under pressure i guess.Hammond strikes me as a reasonably sensible choice in the aftermath of recent current events. At what is a particularly somber time I don't think a comical, confrontational and controversial figure like Boris would go down well at all; Davis wouldn't be quite as poorly received but again might be quite divisive. Hammond, meanwhile, comes across as fairly respectable in what is currently a fractured and fairly dreadful Tory contingent.
Yeah, once the Queens speech passes on Wednesday they need a steady pair of hands at the helm, I half expect May to pass the QS and then resign ensuring they stay in power and allowing somebody else to clean up the mess.
Hammond would be the John Major pick. Dull, moderate and probably less of a bastard than most others.
After claiming Diane Abbott isn't fit to be Home Secretary, I really hope the Tories go for £20bill Phil as their next busted flush.
Because an obscure answer, barely reported, in an interview hardly anyone listened to will be precisely how he's defined in the eyes of millions.
Isn't that odd? You'd think the former Secretary of State for Transport and now Chancellor getting the cost of a high-speed railway wrong by at least £20bn in the run up to a general election would be a bigger deal.
Made even more odd by the fact the BBC would have had to get permission from LBC to broadcast Diane Abbott's gaffe on the multiple occasions they did so, yet freely had access to Hammond's, as it was on BBC radio, but didn't deem it worthy of further broadcasting. Odd, odd, odd.
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It's such a shame (probably not to you)! He's all playful and funny and... things that could've sold himself to the public. Instead he tried to be 'tough and serious' and ended up awkward.And i used to call him Milibland on occasion.
I'd like him back as energy sec, come the Marxist revolution.
I disagreed with him on specific policies, but never cared about a damn about two kitchens or bacon sandwiches. But then i voted Green at that GE out of protest to certain government policies. Worth mentioning too, that even with the SNP card being played i expected us to be heading for another hung parliament (Cameron was awful in most of the TV debates/questioning).
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Swinson's ruled out standing. Going for deputy leader.
"I'll make myself vice-president. No! Junior vice president!"
Nice.
TORY / DUP MEETING IN CHAOS AS BORIS KEEPS COUGHING ‘RESIGN’
http://southendnewsnetwork.com/news/tory-dup-meeting-in-chaos-as-boris-keeps-coughing-resign/
Surprises me - who then? Cable? Lamb? Bit uninspiring.
Someone I know who stays in her area says she might as well be a Tory. Dunno how true that is, right enough.
Labour takes three-point lead over Tories in new poll as Theresa May's popularity plummets
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...may-grenfell-tower-dup-election-a7796516.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...may-grenfell-tower-dup-election-a7796516.html
I think Corbyn has come across very statesman like during the tragic events recently. Doesn't mean people will trust him on the economy but hopefully its chipping away at the myth he isn't fit to lead.
I do worry for his prospects of winning an election with McDonnnell and Abbott. Both are quite simply Lingard level in my opinion - not good enough.
I guess you could say they're all left-wingers...
Not sure that's even close to funny or even witty... Lingard plays on the right for one..
I won't waste my time explaining why a fairer and more equal society is better for except a select few vultures which hold the strings of the Tory party.
I won't waste my time explaining why a fairer and more equal society is better for except a select few vultures which hold the strings of the Tory party.
I know, was just trying to find a way to make the joke fit...
Does the working class need to ask for its Labour Party back?
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2017/06/does-working-class-need-ask-its-labour-party-back
It was just the other day that i was reading about a Tory MP calling for the party to undergo a rebranding as well. Part of which would include a new name, the Conservative Workers' Party.
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2017/06/does-working-class-need-ask-its-labour-party-back
It was just the other day that i was reading about a Tory MP calling for the party to undergo a rebranding as well. Part of which would include a new name, the Conservative Workers' Party.
I know, was just trying to find a way to make the joke fit...
'feck it, I'm just gonna post it anyway. It's too hot today'
What is the working class? If it is DE, then that's Labour. (In fact, the only group Labour has is DE). I don't know what C2 is, or why they are so strongly Tory. I'm assuming the C1 numbers are young well-off liberals.