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Post by sf on Sept 7, 2019 17:27:42 GMT
I voted for Brexit and want it done but a no deal could cause more issues so I really want an agreed withdrawal agreement done so we can get out and just get back with day to day politics. The trouble is, a withdrawal agreement won't take us back to day-to-day politics/business as usual/whatever. A withdrawal agreement only addresses the terms of the divorce. The exact nature of the future relationship - a trade deal, security, citizens' rights, freedom of movement and all the rest of it - still has to be addressed, and those negotiations will dominate the news for years after the withdrawal date. We'd avoid crashing out without a deal and there'd be some kind of transition period where arrangements stay broadly as they are now, but in terms of the negotiations a withdrawal agreement is only phase one.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Sept 7, 2019 17:44:25 GMT
lynette I couldn't agree with you more about 'generations of politicians' on both sides of the House. I think there's a real problem that the amount of scrutiny on politicians now, the possible abuse - not just to them but to friends and family - and the alarming cost of standing for election is greatly minimising the talent pool for our MPs and dissuading a lot of potential strong politicians. (Isabel Hardman's book "Why we get the Wrong Politicians" is great on this). I think the particular focus on Soames with respect to Johnson is that he has repeatedly and cynically used Churchill's name as a personal hero and an inspiration, to the extent of writing a (widely panned) biography of Churchill. I think that's why this has become a particular point of focus. Apart from a name there is not much Anthony Wedgwood shares with his son
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Post by kathryn on Sept 7, 2019 18:50:23 GMT
I voted for Brexit and want it done but a no deal could cause more issues so I really want an agreed withdrawal agreement done so we can get out and just get back with day to day politics. The trouble is, a withdrawal agreement won't take us back to day-to-day politics/business as usual/whatever. A withdrawal agreement only addresses the terms of the divorce. The exact nature of the future relationship - a trade deal, security, citizens' rights, freedom of movement and all the rest of it - still has to be addressed, and those negotiations will dominate the news for years after the withdrawal date. We'd avoid crashing out without a deal and there'd be some kind of transition period where arrangements stay broadly as they are now, but in terms of the negotiations a withdrawal agreement is only phase one. Indeed. Even a carefully thought-out and well-organised Brexit (which is not the type of Brexit we are getting!) would take up another few years of negotiations and political oxygen. This clusterf*** of a Brexit is likely to be dominating our politics for the next decade!
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Sept 7, 2019 20:16:28 GMT
I voted for Brexit and want it done but a no deal could cause more issues so I really want an agreed withdrawal agreement done so we can get out and just get back with day to day politics. The trouble is, a withdrawal agreement won't take us back to day-to-day politics/business as usual/whatever. A withdrawal agreement only addresses the terms of the divorce. The exact nature of the future relationship - a trade deal, security, citizens' rights, freedom of movement and all the rest of it - still has to be addressed, and those negotiations will dominate the news for years after the withdrawal date. We'd avoid crashing out without a deal and there'd be some kind of transition period where arrangements stay broadly as they are now, but in terms of the negotiations a withdrawal agreement is only phase one. In your calculations did you bake in this Brexit would be organised by the right wing of the conservative party?
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Sept 7, 2019 20:17:04 GMT
Post by lynette on Sept 7, 2019 20:17:04 GMT
lynette I couldn't agree with you more about 'generations of politicians' on both sides of the House. I think there's a real problem that the amount of scrutiny on politicians now, the possible abuse - not just to them but to friends and family - and the alarming cost of standing for election is greatly minimising the talent pool for our MPs and dissuading a lot of potential strong politicians. (Isabel Hardman's book "Why we get the Wrong Politicians" is great on this). I think the particular focus on Soames with respect to Johnson is that he has repeatedly and cynically used Churchill's name as a personal hero and an inspiration, to the extent of writing a (widely panned) biography of Churchill. I think that's why this has become a particular point of focus. Apart from a name there is not much Anthony Wedgwood shares with his son Names open doors. We all know that. Might be a revolving door of course if not up to scratch.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Sept 7, 2019 20:55:57 GMT
Government is Rudderless now
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Sept 7, 2019 21:32:19 GMT
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Post by NeilVHughes on Sept 7, 2019 21:32:19 GMT
Rumours were circulating on Thursday that Rudd was about to resign.
Looks as if she waited for the Sunday’s to have maximum impact and surrendering the whip makes her 22 and further reduces Johnson’s majority.
Could be/ There Is a realignment of the Conservative Party taking place, interesting to see if any more jump ship now that Johnson has pushed the Party too far, it couldn’t have been comfortable having Tommy Robinson’s crew chanting Boris is a hero today.
Will be interesting how this is spun if it can, the Tory grandees will need to act fast as having your Party fall apart is not a good platform to go to the Polls.
Ken Clarke is also not too kind in the Observer and says he may vote Lib Dem at the election.
The only potential Tory good news is that 3% of the Brexit Party vote has moved over to the Tories as per Observer Poll confirming the strategy to become the Brexit Party is working.
In the same poll it continues to show a strong Lib Dem standing and appears to be picking up Labour voters and now another ex Labour MP joins the Lib Dem’s.
Can the Lib Dem’s/Labour/SNP work as a coalition? as that may be where we are heading.
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Post by vdcni on Sept 7, 2019 22:03:43 GMT
Another key thing about the resignation is that Rudd has confirmed what we knew, that the government weren't actually seriously pursuing negotiations with the EU so the idea that taking away no deal as an option would damage their negotiating position has been exposed as complete nonsense.
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Post by n1david on Sept 7, 2019 23:42:25 GMT
What’s clear in the last few years is that our electoral system is just not fit for purpose. In any country with proper PR both the Tories and Labour would have split into smaller parties allowing a General Election to give a clearer view of public opinion. No change is going to happen, which is why a GE is not going to change much - most people are still going to have to decide between two big parties, with whom many people won’t buy into everything, and the opportunity for a statement vote, be it Brexit Party or LibDems, will be a waste.
The Tories managed very effectively to kill any change to our electoral system with the AV vote. Dominic Cummings ran that campaign. I wonder now if he thinks that a more representative electoral system might actually have been in his favour?
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Sept 8, 2019 0:51:10 GMT
Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2019 0:51:10 GMT
The Lib Dems would never do a coalition with Corbyn as PM IMO. Also loom what happened after they went into coalition in 2010 and lost over 25 years of hard work of building up the party at the 2015 election. The SNP might support Corbyn but it would be conditional on another referendum. A few of the other smaller parties or one man bands might help out but without the Lib Dems I couldn't see them getting the required numbers.
Labour had 262 seats last time and the current betting indicates them at around 238 seats. I'll split the difference and lets say they get 250 seats. The SNP may do very well again and get 45 to 50 seats. That would only put them at a combined 300 best case scenario.
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Post by Phantom of London on Sept 8, 2019 0:59:51 GMT
Government is Rudderless now And heading for an iceberg. Rumours were circulating on Thursday that Rudd was about to resign. Looks as if she waited for the Sunday’s to have maximum impact and surrendering the whip makes her 22 and further reduces Johnson’s majority. Could be/ There Is a realignment of the Conservative Party taking place, interesting to see if any more jump ship now that Johnson has pushed the Party too far, it couldn’t have been comfortable having Tommy Robinson’s crew chanting Boris is a hero today. Will be interesting how this is spun if it can, the Tory grandees will need to act fast as having your Party fall apart is not a good platform to go to the Polls. Ken Clarke is also not too kind in the Observer and says he may vote Lib Dem at the election. The only potential Tory good news is that 3% of the Brexit Party vote has moved over to the Tories as per Observer Poll confirming the strategy to become the Brexit Party is working. In the same poll it continues to show a strong Lib Dem standing and appears to be picking up Labour voters and now another ex Labour MP joins the Lib Dem’s. Can the Lib Dem’s/Labour/SNP work as a coalition? as that may be where we are heading. Other Tory MP’s will follow especially Nicky Morgan and James Brockenshire. The Sun newspaper seems to back Boris, I wonder if the Sun agreed to back Boris, if he swapped to the other camp, they would back him to be Prime Minister? Brexit referendum wouldn’t have happened without Farage, Johnson and Putin, so a big coup Politics is binary, not so long ago it was whether you wanted better public services or lower taxes, it seems to have moved on. No doubt Brexit supporters will jump ship to the Tory party. How many Tory supporters also want to remain in Europe and can never now vote Tory, so now will consider the Libs. How many businesses bankrolled the Tory party, find they cannot trade effectively and will re-consider their financial management decision.
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Sept 8, 2019 1:19:02 GMT
The Lib Dems would never do a coalition with Corbyn as PM IMO. Also loom what happened after they went into coalition in 2010 and lost over 25 years of hard work of building up the party at the 2015 election. The SNP might support Corbyn but it would be conditional on another referendum. A few of the other smaller parties or one man bands might help out but without the Lib Dems I couldn't see them getting the required numbers. Labour had 262 seats last time and the current betting indicates them at around 238 seats. I'll split the difference and lets say they get 250 seats. The SNP may do very well again and get 45 to 50 seats. That would only put them at a combined 300 best case scenario. Lib Dems would likely give confidence and supply to a minority Corbyn led Labour government, stopping short of being coalition partners.
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Sept 8, 2019 1:29:04 GMT
Post by londonpostie on Sept 8, 2019 1:29:04 GMT
Well, the people are with PM Johnson, decisively it seems: Third poll down (at the bottom):
This would seem to suggest there is nothing wrong with the system, other than Parliament's refusal to accede to the peoples' wishes - whether on the Referendum or on a General Election.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Sept 8, 2019 7:36:40 GMT
The Lib Dems would never do a coalition with Corbyn as PM IMO. Also loom what happened after they went into coalition in 2010 and lost over 25 years of hard work of building up the party at the 2015 election. The SNP might support Corbyn but it would be conditional on another referendum. A few of the other smaller parties or one man bands might help out but without the Lib Dems I couldn't see them getting the required numbers. Labour had 262 seats last time and the current betting indicates them at around 238 seats. I'll split the difference and lets say they get 250 seats. The SNP may do very well again and get 45 to 50 seats. That would only put them at a combined 300 best case scenario. Yep how I see it, Swinson is closer to Johnson than Corbyn politically
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Sept 8, 2019 8:59:32 GMT
Post by londonpostie on Sept 8, 2019 8:59:32 GMT
Classic senior politician stuff from Amber Rudd - perfect timing to steal the Sunday headlines with her decent and moral stance. Much in the mainstream middle-class liberal media about how the latest poll has almost 3:1 in favour of PM over Parliament?
Lets guess which they will run with.
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Post by ukpuppetboy on Sept 8, 2019 9:54:29 GMT
As a Brit abroad can anyone tell me if ANY positive aspects to leaving the Union have emerged since the vote? Ones that can actually be verified. Apart from that (short term) 20p price cut at Wetherspoons (and rampant city currency speculation and dodging the new year EU Tax Avoidance directives)?
Much like with Trump in America the rest of the world looks on bemused as to why any nation would act with such wilful self-destruction.
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Post by poster J on Sept 8, 2019 10:11:03 GMT
As a Brit abroad can anyone tell me if ANY positive aspects to leaving the Union have emerged since the vote? Ones that can actually be verified. That is the question I've been asking people who voted Leave since June 2016. No-one has been able to give me a proper answer.
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Sept 8, 2019 10:18:45 GMT
Post by londonpostie on Sept 8, 2019 10:18:45 GMT
All you need to do is put 'populism' in Google and read for 30 minutes.
People like Eric Kaufmann have been studying it now for two decades. It is not a new concept.
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Post by crowblack on Sept 8, 2019 10:21:53 GMT
having your Party fall apart is not a good platform to go to the Polls. I don't think some voters care anymore - look how many votes the Brexit Party picked up from nowhere. And the other parties are also in a mess: I know one shouldn't mistake one's Twitter/Facebook timelines for "the country" but given some of the comments many of the middle-class arts types on my Twitter have been coming out with about Corbyn Labour I can't see them voting for the party while he leads it (many are now Lib Dems, I think) , but having now pushed him to a vague 'people's vote/remain' position, Corbyn Labour may also lose the traditional Labour working class heartland vote too. I think that's what Tory strategists are counting on and they may well be right. There was an interesting programme on radio 4 yesterday about Tump - basically, people know he's a liar but they just don't care. Incidentally, I saw they'd put 'In the Loop' on TV yesterday but I think that TV satire has actually contributed to the mess we are in now - if you constantly portray politicians as dimwitted and inept or venal charlatans it sort of becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, lowering our expectations and discouraging people from going into it. I've said this before but it's a shame all those well-educated, politically engaged, energetic, Left-leaning Oxbridge satirists didn't go into Actual Politics rather than spending their time criticising the appalling quality of MPs today from their blue tick Twitter accounts or on Radio 4 comedy shows.
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Post by ukpuppetboy on Sept 8, 2019 10:28:53 GMT
I’ll take that as a “no”. All you need to do is put 'populism' in Google and read for 30 minutes.
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Sept 8, 2019 10:30:42 GMT
Post by londonpostie on Sept 8, 2019 10:30:42 GMT
I'll take that as intellectually incurious.
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Post by sf on Sept 8, 2019 10:59:50 GMT
As a Brit abroad can anyone tell me if ANY positive aspects to leaving the Union have emerged since the vote? Ones that can actually be verified. That is the question I've been asking people who voted Leave since June 2016. No-one has been able to give me a proper answer.
Me neither. Any form of Brexit will inflict a certain degree of economic harm, all but the very softest form of Brexit will strip established rights from every single UK citizen and impose unnecessary difficulties on EU citizens living in the UK, and there is no tangible benefit.
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Post by NeilVHughes on Sept 8, 2019 11:10:00 GMT
Latest rumour, if Johnson will not request an extension or get a Deal as per the No-Deal Bill and become disruptive
14th Oct: A vote of No-Confidence will be called on the Government.
15th/16th Oct: A neutral temporary Prime Minister will be chosen and agreed by Parliament (allegedly the person has been agreed by the Opposition Parties and accepted by the individual)
16th/17th Oct: The neutral Prime Minister will request an Extension and call an Election for late Nov / early Dec and attend the EU Meeting on the 17th/18th.
19th Oct: Parliament closes and the canvassing begins.
An intelligent course of actions, if it does not come about, even knowing it exists ratchets the pressure on Johnson, the big question is can the Opposition remain united for this long especially as in the interim there will be Party Conferences which could introduce fracture lines.
Continues to show the No-Deal faction (in reality the Government in all but name) appear to always have a contingency to the Johnson/Cumming master plan and the majority request for a snap General Election has been listened to.
If made public it will be after Prorogation has commenced and will say that we would like to introduce earlier but cannot as the Government has shut down Parliament until the 14th Oct and this is the earliest we can introduce.
I would also like this neutral Prime Minister to call for a new referendum at the same time, unlikely as the Opposition Parties believe they can only get a mandate for this with a General Election and there isn’t consensus on what will be presented on the voting slip.
For those interested in Polls, the one in the Sun today: Tories: 31% Labour: 28% Lib Dems: 17% Brexit: 13% Others: 10%
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Sept 8, 2019 11:32:41 GMT
Classic senior politician stuff from Amber Rudd - perfect timing to steal the Sunday headlines with her decent and moral stance. Much in the mainstream middle-class liberal media about how the latest poll has almost 3:1 in favour of PM over Parliament?
Lets guess which they will run with.
Resignations are real, polls are hypothetical. Broadcast media will always lead on actual happenings, the more excitable (and biased) print media have no such qualms.
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Sept 8, 2019 11:41:56 GMT
Post by londonpostie on Sept 8, 2019 11:41:56 GMT
It's hardly a regular poll.
There are those who might think Parliament refusing the will of the people seemingly at a rate of 3:1 is more significant, given it's constitutionally unprecedented and historic.
But sure, others may think the arch opportunist finding a double win of the Sunday headlines and abandoning her majority in Hastings and Rye of ... erm, ... 346 is more important.
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Sept 8, 2019 12:21:34 GMT
For those who are ‘intellectually incurious’. “it would not be an exaggeration to say that Goodhart, Goodwin and Kaufmann are the triumvirate of the academic alt-right as their names are often bundled together by anyone who wants to make a case for populism and/or against a vaguely defined liberal left. Judging by the frequency of their invariably positive references to each other’s work, it seems happily so.” Umut Ozkirimli, Turkish political scientist www.opendemocracy.net/en/white-is-new-black-populism-and-academic-alt-right/So, having pointed out the danger, here he is speaking for himself. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/a-political-scientist-defends-white-identity-politics-eric-kaufmann-whiteshift-bookn.b. I first came across him via Andrew Sullivan, once UK conservative who writes for the New Yorker and who had a popular blog previously. I agree at times with Sullivan and disagree just as much but that makes him interesting to follow. My own thoughts are that he is giving succour to the far right; he must know this, yet he denies that it is his intent. I go by reality, he is an enabler and fellow traveller with those who seek to profit from white grievance (Spiked on the revolutionary left - or maybe the Cummingsesque revolutionary right now - also like him, so that’s an automatic warning sign in my book).
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Post by londonpostie on Sept 8, 2019 12:36:43 GMT
LOL. 'Alt-right' probably the smear term of 2017.
All you have to do is read a little. No one is asking you to sleep with Professors at English universites (Goodwin and Kaufmann).
Alert: Academic !!
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Post by n1david on Sept 8, 2019 13:03:48 GMT
The 20p price cut at Wetherspoons is a complete joke. There’s no customs duty on beer, so leaving the Customs Union won’t change the cost of importing beer from anywhere. Yet the Sun and Express say the price cut is a direct effect of leaving the EU. But we haven’t yet. So isn’t the only thing being shown is that Wetherspoons can afford to cut beer prices by 20p now...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2019 13:12:11 GMT
Agree a deal is the best option, but have always thought we need to maintain the leverage of a no deal threat to get one. What leverage? It's no problem for the EU if we crash out with no deal - they will have us over a barrel for subsequent trade negotiations and they didn't have to back down - aside from some inconvenience in terms of process in the short term, it is win-win for them. I am genuinely interested to understand why you think No Deal is leverage, because I haven't seen anyone give a convincing explanation of that Boris argument yet. Sorry for the delay, poster J - busy weekend! For me it’s simple - a guy who used to be head honcho at Next put it perfectly recently when he spoke about Brexit from the point of view of a businessman: you have to be prepared to walk away from any negotiation. If you’re not prepared to walk away, you’re not negotiating - you’re pleading. Clearly Britain has more to lose from no deal than Europe. But it’s not going to be a fun time for anyone. We have things they want - eg that divorce bill money, our waters for fishing, the trade we’ve been doing (German industry has been exhorting Merkel for ages to strike a deal because they can see how tough it will get for them in a No Deal scenario - especially as they now appear to be heading for recession). There were reports recently that the EU may declare a state of emergency to free up money to try to offset the cost to them of No Deal. Yet some still think they have nothing to lose by not negotiating...?
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Sept 8, 2019 13:12:37 GMT
LOL. 'Alt-right' probably the smear term of 2017.
All you have to do is read a little. No one is asking you to sleep with Professors at English universites (Goodwin and Kaufmann).
Alert: Academic !! Missing the point, I see. His views are widely followed by the contemporary right. It just points out who might be in tune with him, that’s all. The interview lets him put across his ideas relatively unmediated. People can make up their own minds. One thing is for sure, the people that we have in power (especially the now shrunken Conservative party) have read him, heard him and will use him, whether that be in support of detention camps or by limiting the number of those Europeans who live, work and contribute to this country, being granted settled status.
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