UK politics thread – meet the new boss, same as the old boss
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No, they aren’t, particularly as like the Tories they refuse to enact any realignment with Europe (which would boost the economy overnight). It’s just going to be ongoing decline for the foreseeable.
At this point I think the EU would only deign to let them back in if they agreed to become a full member and fully submit to their laws instead of the special treatment they had for decades before that. A lot of what the EU has achieved in the past few years has only been possible because the UK's lobbyists are no longer holding them back.
Well, I'm told that the best revenge is living well...
[laughs in irish]
I mean, the UK could rejoin the Single Market relatively straightforwardly, and still realign with it very quickly, which would rescue the economy, but they won’t. Because Europe = Bad to both the left and the right.
Tougher visa rules unveiled in plan to cut migration
The UK government says its five-point plan will curb legal migration, which has hit record levels.
www.bbc.co.uk
Key sentence: “The minimum income for family visas has also risen to £38,700.” Which is up from £18,600. So British people with foreign spouses are going to lose their spouses to deportation, even if they’ve resided here for years or decades. (And I know some people who voted for Brexit because they believed it’d make the UK government go less harsh on people from non-EU/EEA countries…)
OK, hypothetical situation: You've told the Covid inquiry that you lost your phone in 2021 so there's absolutely no way you can turn over your messages to them. You then get into an argument on Twitter and the only way to prove you're right is to post a screenshot of one of your messages from 2020. Do you a) stick to your story and lose the argument on Twitter or b)
Brexit: Why meat, fish, cheese and dairy products will cost more from today
Imports of chilled and frozen meat and fish, cheese and dairy products, and five common varieties of cut flowers will require an export health certificate, signed off by a European vet or plant inspector, before they can enter the UK.
King Charles diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace announces
Monarch has started schedule of treatments after diagnosis made recently when he was treated for benign enlarged prostate
www.theguardian.com
Our prime minister made a televised address to the nation yesterday evening warning of the danger to society of increasing right-wing extremism.
And when the FIND the people who did it (and it amounts to rich theocrats.) they will... do nothing because they want access to the money more than they want YOU to have your basic rights and privileges as human beings.
Right-wing Tories plotting to replace Rishi Sunak with Penny Mordaunt
Disparate Tory factions are said to have met to discuss ‘coronation’ of Penny Mordaunt as fourth Tory leader since last election
www.independent.co.uk
Hey, there was a period in quebec history (and not too long ago.) where we were doing the same thing. They'd hit the stated date after an election, someone would scream "No confidence" and since it was all minority governments at the time: it collapsed and they did a new election. We had a new douchbag every year and a half for so long: they had to ******* remove the option to scream "no confidence" and put the province on a fixed election cycle.
Because they are children. Spoiled, ignorant, pathetic, children.
Because they are children. Spoiled, ignorant, pathetic, children.
It's not exactly what you're asking for, granted, but it's probably the closest we're going to see in our lifetimes: