UK General Discussion Thread: mayy lmao

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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...

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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Ollie Letwin's going out the door, apparently.

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Ollie Letwin's going out the door, apparently.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/dec/30/oliver-letwin-blocked-help-for-black-youth-after-1985-riots

At some point I'd got the impression that Letwin was a relatively liberal sort of Tory (though also a small state ideologue).  Not in 1985 it seems.

To be fair, John Bercow was a member of the Monday Club once.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35204398

Simon Danczuk suspended for his...activities.

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RIP IN PIECE

Remember when they were actually relevent?

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Although the main unknown as far as 2020 is concerned is we don't know whp the Tory leader will be. Heck, their memberbase could do us in reverse and elect Dr Liam Fox on a policy of putting benefits claimants and asylum seekers in the stocks.

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"If you look at every election since the '70s, what you see is that the party that has the leader with the best ratings is the party that wins. There's no exception to that," she added.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35392319

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Terry Wogan has died.

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Is it me or is the 'run prisons like academies' thing absolutely mental?

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In Deep Shyt has resigned, apparently.

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In Deep Shyt has resigned, apparently.

Over disability cuts, apparently. Good to know he has some standards.

Err...I think it's because they aren't going far enough.

EDIT: NVM you're right. Wow.

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To me, what this shows is that Osborne isn't nearly as competent as I thought he was.

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Blimey, IDS sounds like Corbyn on Andrew Marr today.

Labour defection imminent.

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There are a lot of PbP posters in my area for some reason.

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There are a lot of PbP posters in my area for some reason.

do you happen to live in Lewisham? don't think they're very active anywhere else

No, Belfast.

Since that post, Sin Fin have put up a few and the Alliance has put up one.

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Could this be the next Labour PM?

Muslim’s Labour Candidacy Shapes London Mayoral Race

By STEPHEN CASTLE
APRIL 30, 2016

LONDON —

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I do think Sadiq is fantastic, though maybe that's because he's running against Zac 'he'z a Mooslem' Goldsmith.

He really has handled that muslim issue well.

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Will Khan retain Tooting? I know Johnson has been both Mayor and MP for the past year.

I'm hoping that he'll give it up. It'll look bad if he doesn't.

I have the feeling that Davie Miliband might get involved in the by-election, however...

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So...Labour did alright in England and Wales, then?

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Dianne Abbott came wading in this morning claiming that Sadiqs victory (not confirmed) was due to Corbyn- ultimate irony is that even Corbynites hate Abbott. Only figure in the party more hated than my namesake.

Rant aside it wasn't as bad as I thought- the welsh results were just in line with the past (barring 2011) but Labor need to be careful as Plaid are coming up as a poor-mans SNP- the gastly Neil Hamilton has returned to public office. The biggest problem with the list system

Dude wtf

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Andy Burnham announced yesterday that he's running for Greater Manchester Mayor; despite the giggles about a scouse major it's worth noting it's 'Greater Mancester'. Will be worth watching the selection as he's running against the union backed council Leader, and a rich Blairite MP Ivan Lewis.

I keep on forgetting that he exists tbh

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Typical London news: the foundation building the world's most useless bridge (it has trees on it!!!!!) has spent two thirds of the public money awarded to it. Pretty impressive considering construction hasn't started.

I'm hoping for Khan to scrap this asap. Unfortunately, he's taking a bit of a soft line on it.