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ASCPFC Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 19 Jan 22 8.16pm
Originally posted by BlueJay Starmer does come across like a naughty schoolboy who's dobbing someone in when he thinks he has something over Boris. It's much the the US situation when you look at their representative and leaders and think 'is this really the best we have to offer?' A rigged game of everyones interests but the common man. Seems that way. I feel more people are thinking it than ever, but not quite enough to change anything. I would like to see an out and out reform party. However, how much reform is possible in four years? Even two terms wouldn't do much when you consider our bureaucracy. Red and Blue Army!
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ASCPFC

Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 19 Jan 22 8.16pm

Originally posted by BlueJay

Starmer does come across like a naughty schoolboy who's dobbing someone in when he thinks he has something over Boris. It's much the the US situation when you look at their representative and leaders and think 'is this really the best we have to offer?'

A rigged game of everyones interests but the common man.

Seems that way. I feel more people are thinking it than ever, but not quite enough to change anything. I would like to see an out and out reform party. However, how much reform is possible in four years? Even two terms wouldn't do much when you consider our bureaucracy.

Red and Blue Army!

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BlueJay UK 19 Jan 22 8.19pm
Private Eye - Queen declined Downing Street offer of covid rule relaxing for Prince Philips funeral Moral leadership. Shows how seriously the Queen takes her role. Attachment: qFJfMqVRXEAExT9z.jpg (87.31Kb)
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UK 19 Jan 22 8.19pm

Private Eye - Queen declined Downing Street offer of covid rule relaxing for Prince Philips funeral

Moral leadership. Shows how seriously the Queen takes her role.

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BlueJay UK 19 Jan 22 8.20pm
Originally posted by ASCPFC Seems that way. I feel more people are thinking it than ever, but not quite enough to change anything. I would like to see an out and out reform party. However, how much reform is possible in four years? Even two terms wouldn't do much when you consider our bureaucracy. Yes, at this point any kind of political shake up or reset could only be a good thing when compared to the current set up. Like you say though, the system is set up in such a way to reject serious change.
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BlueJay

UK 19 Jan 22 8.20pm

Originally posted by ASCPFC

Yes, at this point any kind of political shake up or reset could only be a good thing when compared to the current set up. Like you say though, the system is set up in such a way to reject serious change.

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Hrolf The Ganger 19 Jan 22 8.30pm
Originally posted by BlueJay Shhhh. Is that your hot air leaking dear?
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Hrolf The Ganger

19 Jan 22 8.30pm

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Originally posted by BlueJay

Shhhh.

Is that your hot air leaking dear?

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BlueJay UK 19 Jan 22 8.41pm
Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger Is that your hot air leaking dear? Is that what your wife says as soon as you start talking? Back to the topic at hand please. Edited by BlueJay (19 Jan 2022 10.34pm)
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BlueJay

UK 19 Jan 22 8.41pm

Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger

Is that your hot air leaking dear?

Is that what your wife says as soon as you start talking?

Back to the topic at hand please.

Edited by BlueJay (19 Jan 2022 10.34pm)

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Matov 19 Jan 22 8.48pm
Originally posted by BlueJay Private Eye - Queen declined Downing Street offer of covid rule relaxing for Prince Philips funeral Moral leadership. Shows how seriously the Queen takes her role. Absolutely. And makes what happened with Johnson and his cronies even more despicable. With the funerals being the event that loads of people I know are genuinely furious at. Being denied the opportunity to attend them due to Covid whilst they are knocking back the booze in Whitehall. "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.
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Matov

19 Jan 22 8.48pm

Originally posted by BlueJay

Private Eye - Queen declined Downing Street offer of covid rule relaxing for Prince Philips funeral

Moral leadership. Shows how seriously the Queen takes her role.

Absolutely. And makes what happened with Johnson and his cronies even more despicable.

With the funerals being the event that loads of people I know are genuinely furious at. Being denied the opportunity to attend them due to Covid whilst they are knocking back the booze in Whitehall.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

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BlueJay UK 19 Jan 22 8.53pm
Originally posted by Matov Absolutely. And makes what happened with Johnson and his cronies even more despicable. With the funerals being the event that loads of people I know are genuinely furious at. Being denied the opportunity to attend them due to Covid whilst they are knocking back the booze in Whitehall. Indeed. With some maybe the passage of time diminishes what took place, but imagine if people knew this was happening at the time of these sacrifices. The whole thing beggars belief.
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BlueJay

UK 19 Jan 22 8.53pm

Originally posted by Matov

Absolutely. And makes what happened with Johnson and his cronies even more despicable.

With the funerals being the event that loads of people I know are genuinely furious at. Being denied the opportunity to attend them due to Covid whilst they are knocking back the booze in Whitehall.

Indeed. With some maybe the passage of time diminishes what took place, but imagine if people knew this was happening at the time of these sacrifices. The whole thing beggars belief.

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BlueJay UK 19 Jan 22 8.54pm
Rules on triggering no confidence vote could be changed Quote The 1922 committee of Conservative backbench MPs is considering changing the rules on no confidence votes, Sky's political editor Beth Rigby has learned. Under the current rules, if a prime minister wins a vote of confidence then they cannot be challenged again for a year. But a proposal was floated for a "super trigger" that means a second ballot could be called within a year. The aim is to give the party "more flexibility" and make the leader "more accountable", Rigby says. However, to prevent there being too easy a trigger, the threshold for the number of no confidence letters needed could shift from 15% to a third. MPs could "move quickly" on this as they don't want to change the rules after a ballot. Quote Hmmm. So is this really to make the PM more accountable or instead to shift the threshold and make accountability far less likely?
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BlueJay

UK 19 Jan 22 8.54pm

Rules on triggering no confidence vote could be changed

Quote The 1922 committee of Conservative backbench MPs is considering changing the rules on no confidence votes, Sky's political editor Beth Rigby has learned.

Under the current rules, if a prime minister wins a vote of confidence then they cannot be challenged again for a year.

But a proposal was floated for a "super trigger" that means a second ballot could be called within a year.

The aim is to give the party "more flexibility" and make the leader "more accountable", Rigby says.

However, to prevent there being too easy a trigger, the threshold for the number of no confidence letters needed could shift from 15% to a third.

MPs could "move quickly" on this as they don't want to change the rules after a ballot.

Quote

Hmmm. So is this really to make the PM more accountable or instead to shift the threshold and make accountability far less likely?

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Stirlingsays 19 Jan 22 9.44pm
Originally posted by BlueJay Is that what your wife says as soon as you start talking? Back to the topic at hand please. Edited by BlueJay (19 Jan 2022 8.42pm) I do wish you would leave people's family out of stuff. 'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)
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Stirlingsays

19 Jan 22 9.44pm

Originally posted by BlueJay

Is that what your wife says as soon as you start talking?

Back to the topic at hand please.

Edited by BlueJay (19 Jan 2022 8.42pm)

I do wish you would leave people's family out of stuff.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

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BlueJay UK 19 Jan 22 10.25pm
Originally posted by Stirlingsays I do wish you would leave people's family out of stuff. It's a 'the mother in law' Les Dawson style joke. It was typed in the garden while knocking back drinks with 20 or 30 people so is beyond reproach. Works do. Edited by BlueJay (19 Jan 2022 10.33pm)
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BlueJay

UK 19 Jan 22 10.25pm

Originally posted by Stirlingsays

I do wish you would leave people's family out of stuff.

It's a 'the mother in law' Les Dawson style joke. It was typed in the garden while knocking back drinks with 20 or 30 people so is beyond reproach. Works do.

Edited by BlueJay (19 Jan 2022 10.33pm)

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Stirlingsays 19 Jan 22 10.42pm
Originally posted by BlueJay It's a 'the mother in law' Les Dawson style joke. It was typed in the garden while knocking back drinks with 20 or 30 people so is beyond reproach. Works do. Edited by BlueJay (19 Jan 2022 10.33pm) I think Boris will do a Blair and just not go....what was it...a million marched over the war and basically nothing happened. Mind you the media loved him. I could be wrong but I think the media will see the limit of its power here.....normally they get what they want but I just can't see Boris going....but either way it will be fascinating. Edited by Stirlingsays (19 Jan 2022 10.43pm) 'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)
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Stirlingsays

19 Jan 22 10.42pm

Originally posted by BlueJay

It's a 'the mother in law' Les Dawson style joke. It was typed in the garden while knocking back drinks with 20 or 30 people so is beyond reproach. Works do.

Edited by BlueJay (19 Jan 2022 10.33pm)

I think Boris will do a Blair and just not go....what was it...a million marched over the war and basically nothing happened. Mind you the media loved him.

I could be wrong but I think the media will see the limit of its power here.....normally they get what they want but I just can't see Boris going....but either way it will be fascinating.

Edited by Stirlingsays (19 Jan 2022 10.43pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

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BlueJay UK 19 Jan 22 10.47pm
Originally posted by Stirlingsays I think Boris will do a Blair and just not go....what was it...a million marched over the war and basically nothing happened. Mind you the media loved him. I could be wrong but I think the media will see the limit of its power here.....normally they get what they want but I just can't see Boris going. He certainly doesn't come across as one to leave without a fight. Then again he doesn't appear to have much enthusiasm for the job either. Maybe fighting is the 'no lose gamble' move in a position like this though, and it's not like he ever admits fault, which would be implied if he stepped aside. I expect that it will all come down to whether enough letters are put in (which might explain the move to change the number required) as once that's been triggered it's hard to recover regardless of the result of the confidence vote.
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BlueJay

UK 19 Jan 22 10.47pm

Originally posted by Stirlingsays

I think Boris will do a Blair and just not go....what was it...a million marched over the war and basically nothing happened. Mind you the media loved him.

I could be wrong but I think the media will see the limit of its power here.....normally they get what they want but I just can't see Boris going.

He certainly doesn't come across as one to leave without a fight. Then again he doesn't appear to have much enthusiasm for the job either.

Maybe fighting is the 'no lose gamble' move in a position like this though, and it's not like he ever admits fault, which would be implied if he stepped aside.

I expect that it will all come down to whether enough letters are put in (which might explain the move to change the number required) as once that's been triggered it's hard to recover regardless of the result of the confidence vote.

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