Land of Hope & Glory? - UK Politics and other stuff

Other countries watching the drama unfold will proceed with caution when it comes to dealing with the United Kingdom, according to L. Alan Winters of the UK Trade Policy Observatory at the University of Sussex in England.

“It certainly does raise questions about the trustworthiness of this government,” he told CNN Business. “I don’t think it will lead to the complete cessation of negotiations between the UK and other countries, but I think it will make it a little bit more difficult,” he added.

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Chaingangs are coming to a town near you according to our PM and Home Secretary.

And Stop & Search + Or something is allowed unless it’s a Magna Carta infringement or something, checking for vaccinations is discourage of course.

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Timpsons do a lot to help rehabilitate offenders. Usually a friendly chatty place to wait at as well.

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Guests included TV sidekick Declan Donnelly, Phillip Schofield, David Walliams and Dermot O’Leary.

:star2: Star-studded :star2: :rofl:

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Well that’s fucking crap :weary:

RIP Sean.

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I’m gutted :cry:.

He was the only reason I would bother watching cats does countdown, if he wasn’t on it I’d switch it off.

Such a talented and naturally funny comedian RIP

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What a loss :pensive:

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The justice secretary said he would not “speculate” but said there should be a “grown-up conversation” about how to pay for rising social care costs.

The move would break a Tory manifesto commitment at the last election.

“The British public are sensible enough to know that when it comes to the issue of social care we have to find some way in which it will be adequately funded,” Mr Buckland told BBC Breakfast.

This shit really annoys me.

The “grown up” thing is not to make stupid commitments, promise zero tax increases and snear at the Lefts additional social spending plans.

The British public may or not be sensible - I can’t decide - but there’s a good chunk who are selfish and stupid enough to fall for the Tory lies and think of their own pockets when it comes the time to vote.

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That‘s a common tactic we see employed by conservatives all over the world.

Conservative: We are not going to raise taxes to fund X.
Left: We have to raise taxes to keep funding X. We don‘t like it but it‘s necessary.

Voters: I want the guys that don‘t raise my taxes.

Conservatives win the election.

Some time later…

Conservatives: We have to raise taxes to keep funding X.

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Pretty quiet in here considering that I read bad news about the UK (gas prices , trucker shortage etc) daily now.

Belated revenge for Jo Cox or a right-wing extremist who thought conservatives weren’t right-wing enough?

When you have to say it…

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Awefully quiet in here. Recently I read a lot about some very concerning laws that Johnson wants to get through basically undermining democracy. Didnt realize until now that you dont have a constitution and your rights can be swept away with a single majority. So do we have to be concerned?

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meanwhile in Blighty…