@SJAMcBride *We* should be allowed to sweep the bureaucracy from our desks into the bin. *They* should open their bureaucracy and answer our FOI requests, etc...
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GEWatcher
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@GE2024_watcher
Don't really want to be here but as I'm obsessed by UK politics and you guys won't chat anywhere else, here I am.
North West England. Katılım Ekim 2023
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A notoriously headstrong Queen's University Belfast academic became locked in a years-long dispute with Stormont after it refused to publish his research on husband-beating until he altered his recommendations, declassified Stormont Castle files show.
belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education…
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@JohnRentoul The recent @PPFIdeas podcast examined the counterfactual of the Industrial Revolution happening in Japan, the French Revolution happening in China. It was very enlightening.
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Why did the Industrial Revolution happen in Europe not China? cremieux.xyz/p/from-caveman… HT @mrianleslie
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No obvious reason why it’s in the front runners interests to take part in these things so early especially given the experience of last time. (see also Trump missing primary debates)
Dominic Penna@DominicPenna
EXCLUSIVE Kemi Badenoch missed the only Conservative Party leadership hustings in the north of England today because she is on holiday telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/…
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Both Jenrick and Tugendhat plumped for Yorkie, with Mel Stride going for Snickers, James Cleverly opting for Mars and Priti Patel preferring Dairy Milk
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@Helen_Whately Yes, that's the choice the last government made and they just got voted out by an electorate who absolutely had enough of them and wanted things done differently.
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I can help Bridget out here. It's passengers, taxpayers, or both.
Being in government is about making choices.
Giving train drivers a bumper raise with nothing in return costs money. Money that could be spent not cutting winter fuel payments.
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/…
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@RobDotHutton yes celluloid may be more romantic but I can remember a viewing at the Scala (RIP) that was interrupted when the copy of the 1960s evil hippy bikers b-movie we were watching caught fire...
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@wallaceme Yes, weren't they the lead singer of Throbbing Gristle?
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The unusual and slightly unsettling experience of a detailed piece in the Spectator musing on the history, cultural importance and modern evolution of something I have literally never, ever heard of: Gifford’s Circus. Am I meant to have heard of this? Has everyone else?
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Seen some backsliding on the timeline on this subject, with people showing some dreadful weakness and admitting some element of “admiration” or “wanting to hand it to him” so just a reminder that Banksy is Jack Vettriano for people who like trip-hop.
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@Samfr that quote really wound me up. Maybe the full article is more nuanced but "Clinton had a bigger lead than Harris and lost and Biden had a bigger lead than Harris and won" is not the type of analysis I'd expect with FT subscription rates being as expensive as they are.
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While it's obviously true that it's still a tight election a big difference from 2016 is that Harris is still gaining on Trump.
See e.g. Nate Silver's model...
John Rentoul@JohnRentoul
“In August 2016, Hillary Clinton led Trump by a much larger margin than Kamala Harris does now” Janan Ganesh ft.com/content/74a964…
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"I hope the Ukrainians don't get carried away with their success."
Ukraine could "push too far beyond their ability to protect themselves" which would 'put them in a danger', says Lord Richard Dannatt.
trib.al/Rx0iR33
📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
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@triffic_stuff_ @PaulBrandITV because thanks to years of Tory austerity they literally don't have the resources to do so.
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@PaulBrandITV Why can’t the police take all crime this seriously👇
J Stewart@triffic_stuff_
Listen to this police officer speak about rioters/ protesters: “We are coming for you. We’ve got hours of social media footage, hours of cctv footage, I’ve got officers working around the clock to identify who you are, where you live, where you work, we are coming for you” “We’ll be coming for you the next few days, we’ll be coming for you the next few months” If only they put this much effort into, grooming gangs, knife crime, burglaries, theft, muggings, ILLEGAL immigration, Just Stop Oil protesters etc etc Incredible! Cant imagine why people are saying we’ve got a two tier police force 🤔
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There have now been:
1024 arrests
575 charges
Following the rioting in England.
For comparison, in 2011 there were around 3000 arrests during England’s summer riots.
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@PoliticalUklist I think MPs might well back him but think the membership view him as a candidate of the failed past. Same as Patel.
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@GE2024_watcher Any chance of Cleverly? He might be the "dark horse". Liked by MPs and members, I just think he might look unserious compared to Starmer.
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@PoliticalUklist It's just a very hard race to call. The candidates are all pitching themselves to the membership even though it's not their choice until another 2 rounds.
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@GE2024_watcher I feel like parts of the media are gaslighting us when it comes to Jenrick. He's clearly a non-starter. I'm betting his ceiling amongst Tory MPs is low. Whilst I suspect Kemi will blow herself up somehow by the final round. She doesn't the self -discipline.
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@PolitlcsUK @Telegraph What about the other 17 Tory leaders we've had since he stood down?
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🚨 NEW: David Cameron won't endorse anyone in the Tory leadership election
[@Telegraph]
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@PoliticalUklist Interesting. I'm assuming either Jenrick or Badenoch will be in the final 2
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@GE2024_watcher It doesn't really matter. Whoever wins has more chance of getting replaced before the next general election than actually going on to win that election. I imagine it will be Patel vs Tugendhat.
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