UK General Discussion: 2017 and onwards, Mayhem

[The Free North]

This is a tangent but do any of the British or Irish posters think that Sinn Féin's abstentionist policies are hurting them right now?

No.

I don't think it's a good look that literally the only representatives of Northern Ireland present in Westminster are the DUP with one single exception, given how they don't represent the views of most Northern Irish people.

Let me tell you about Irish republicanism and why swearing an oath of loyalty to the British monarch is a problem for them.

I know why SF abstains and why that principle doesn't change.

 I'm just curious how NI voters who aren't unionists and didn't vote SF are feeling. They have literally no voice in politics right now even why they'll be effected the most drastically--how annoying must that be?

And what percentage of those voters dont want to be in the UK regardless?

[The Free North]

So how much of this is due to anti-semitism in Labour

[The Free North]

Don't kid yourself. This is no principled stand. It's a publicity grab, pure and simple.

Mike Gapes, a career backbencher well into his sixties, was on the verge of tears at the press conference. The tendency to assume that the motivations of people who do something you oppose can only ever be base is dismal in the extreme. This mass-resignation might well turn out be a very bad idea, but it is clearly not a light thing for (at least most) of the people involved.

Strongly agree.

Suggesting that the MPs motives are personal not substantive is just a defense mechanism for some.

[The Free North]

https://twitter.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/1100158795894980610

Thats a bit...shocking?

5% between Labour and a 'party' that formed 2 weeks ago?

[The Free North]

The UK is making a fantastic case for authoritarianism.