UK General Discussion Thread: mayy lmao

[Phony Moderate]

Pretty strong stand-in PMQs performance by Angela Eagle today.

[Clyde1998]

Pretty strong stand-in PMQs performance by Angela Eagle today.

Was Corbyn not in Parliament today - or was he passing it around his front benchers. She certainly gave a better performance than 'Acting Prime Minister' Osborne.

[Clyde1998]

Trump has lost his appeal over the plan to put a windfarm near one of his golf courses: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-35106581

Alex Salmond said: These proceedings have been dragged out for years through three successive court judgements by Donald Trump as he tried to stop an offshore Aberdeen wind turbine demonstrator by means of legal action.

In doing so he has at best postponed, and at worst jeopardised, a vital £200 million boost for the economy of the North East of Scotland. The offshore project could have been built by now with Aberdeen benefiting from becoming the offshore wind research centre of Europe – a vital development at a time of rock bottom oil prices.

The last time Trump was beaten in Court he blamed the Scottish judicial system. Now he has been beaten in the UK Supreme Court.

As First Minister, I was cited in Trump’s legal action. Now that it is concluded, I am free to speak my mind on the damaging impact of his interventions on the Scottish economy.

First, he has failed to meet the claims he made for the Menie Estate Golf complex. He has created a fine golf course, but it doesn't even have the original scale of clubhouse, far less the claims of thousands of jobs and billions of investment through a hotel, housing and leisure complex. Overall, the investment has been estimated at less than one tenth of what was promised. He has submitted further plans this year, but we are now seven years into the project with very slow progress.

Second, by his unacceptable behaviour he has condemned Turnberry, one of the outstanding golf courses on the planet, and the scene of two of the greatest Open Championships since the war, to Open Championship oblivion. There is no way the R&A will go near the Ayrshire course while Trump is in charge. As a result Scotland stands to lose the £100m economic return from a Turnberry Open.

Third, this delay in the offshore wind demonstrator is deeply damaging to Scotland’s hopes of being on the cutting edge of that new technology. It would have been great for the North East to have that new string to our bow at this time of low oil prices. Trump has delayed that opportunity.

His behaviour and comments are unlikely to attract the votes of many Mexican Americans or Muslim Americans. Given his treatment of Scotland, Scots American are likely to join the ever growing list of people alienated by Trump.

The response from Trump's people?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Its always nasty when friends fall out isn't.

[Cassius]

RIP Alex Salmond

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Shirley Williams is retiring from the Lords. I thought people typically retired into the Lords?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Dave Prentis easily re-elected as Unison General Secretary, which is not exactly a surprising development though will certainly annoy Trots everywhere.

[Silent Hunter]

Shirley Williams is retiring from the Lords. I thought people typically retired into the Lords?

You can 'retire' from the Lords - you just stop turning up. In the case of Shirley Williams, she is 85 now.

[Silent Hunter]

Dave Prentis easily re-elected as Unison General Secretary, which is not exactly a surprising development though will certainly annoy Trots everywhere.

Not to mention the Daily Mail.

(UNISON member myself, didn't personally vote for him, but wish him congratulations).

[Blair]

Always liked Prentis, which probably shows why he's unpopular with the left. It's funny that people like Dan Hodges still think that Prentis and Mclusky can force JC out at the click of there fingers.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

In fairness to that well known ex-GMB hack they would be better placed to put pressure on than anyone in the PLP, but were that to happen it would be for their own reasons and on their own timetable...

[Slow Learner]

Arlene Foster has been elected as DUP leader unanimously. Not a fan of her, especially since she's called for Cammo and TVilliers to come over here and force through welfare reform in the past, but it could've been worse. It could've been my MP...

[Filuwaúrdjan]

You live in North Belfast? My commiserations.

[Slow Learner]

You live in North Belfast? My commiserations.

Yeah, my MP/MLAs are crap. The only person I like with a political career here is Nichola Mallon, and she's taken a break.

[Phony Moderate]

More fun in UKIP.

[Slow Learner]

More fun in UKIP.

Carswell needs to realize that UKIP just Isn't For Him Anymore. He should either go Indy or go back to Cameroon.

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Lucy Allan MP (Con, Telford) is in trouble for supposedly bullying young staffers. I tell you, what with this and Mark Clark, one might almost think the Conservative Party is not an entirely nice organisation.

[Slow Learner]

Lucy Allan MP (Con, Telford) is in trouble for supposedly bullying young staffers. I tell you, what with this and Mark Clark, one might almost think the Conservative Party is not an entirely nice organisation.

Didn't she also make up a death threat a while back? Not a nice woman.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

It isn't really supposedly; there's an answerphone message and its been broadcast on the local news here...

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Lord Janner is dead.

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Not a good week for the right-wing press. The Scum and Sexpress have both have had to take out front page retractions of blatantly false headlines (Corbyn using his privy council status to extort money and English dying out in schools) and the Torygraph fined six figures for trying to influence the election on Eday.

[Silent Hunter]

While Ofcom has found Channel 4 did not breach rules on the Straw and Rifkind sting:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35151109

[Silent Hunter]

Man who looks like Santa gives Tories Christmas present

10 most popular suggestions from Guardian readers on how Corbyn can improve

I think Labour has a strong message, unfortunately we've gone back decades in the way we're presenting it.

[Phony Moderate]

The Independent is saying (in a way that's more than just baseless rumours) that a shadcab reshuffle will take place early in the new year. Hilary Benn and Maria Eagle to be sacked and Diane Abbott to be moved to shadow foreign secretary, though it is said that she wants the job of chief whip (that would be something to behold...).

[Slow Learner]

The Independent is saying (in a way that's more than just baseless rumours) that a shadcab reshuffle will take place early in the new year. Hilary Benn and Maria Eagle to be sacked and Diane Abbott to be moved to shadow foreign secretary, though it is said that she wants the job of chief whip (that would be something to behold...).

I doubt that even Corbyn would do something that stupid.