UK General Discussion: 2017 and onwards, Mayhem

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Just in, even Reuters is doubting wether nationalization of the Royal Mail is a bad idea

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-royal-mail-outlook-breakingviews/breakingviews-royal-mails-strategy-gets-lost-in-the-post-idUSKCN1MC132

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The UK is renouncing citizenship of a people they forced out of their lands decades ago.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/oct/02/uk-threatens-to-deport-grandchildren-of-evicted-chagossians
The British government just keeps expelling people out of their homes.

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Uber union strikes for higher wages.
https://apnews.com/5b106c3811d244c99ed8adabca6395e7
Wish we had something like this here.

Oh yeah there is also trillions at risk in contracts, paraphrasing from the Central Bank
https://apnews.com/76be64a192524464b75d08a91b5a4e9d/UK-central-bank-warns-EU-of-risk-to-trillions-in-contracts

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Campaign launched to recognise Muslims and other faiths who fought in first world war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/28/remember-together-campaign-muslims-other-faiths-fought-first-world-war-armistice-centenary

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Virgin Atlantic could face pilots' strike over benefits
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-virgin-atlantic-strike/virgin-atlantic-could-face-pilots-strike-over-benefits-idUSKCN1ND31K?il=0

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Interview with Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn 'We Can't Stop Brexit'
If you could stop Brexit, would you?
JEREMY CORBYN: We can't stop it. The referendum took place. Article 50 has been triggered. What we can do is recognize the reasons why people voted Leave.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/interview-with-labour-leader-corbyn-we-can-t-stop-brexit-a-1237594.html#ref=rss

He's so utterly pathetic.

I mean what can you do if you believe that Brexit was the right choice, but opposition mainly comes from your own party. Corbyn is walking a tightrope to balance popularity and do what he believes is the right choice, even if many see it as wrong.

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UK austerity has inflicted 'great misery' on citizens, UN says
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/nov/16/uk-austerity-has-inflicted-great-misery-on-citizens-un-says

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How will the report affect voters in this climate? With Brexit, will the Tories be negatively affected. What about the Lib Dems?

I’m getting sources telling me that there will be a challenger for PM against May. How is Jacob Reese-Mog’s or Dominic Raab’s chances If there is a no-confidence vote.

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-protest/london-bridges-blocked-by-environment-protest-70-arrested-idUSKCN1NM0LI

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Good that people are showing their opinions with their feet, now it is time to hit the ballot box with parties and people that care about the environment.

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https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-bannon/ex-trump-strategist-bannon-says-eu-is-trying-to-thwart-brexit-idUSKCN1NL2N9

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How in the world has the EU prevented BREXIT. That is like blaming a neighbor for shooting someone when that someone pulled the trigger in public.

 More importantly, why didn’t the Tories create an exploratory committee to see if Brexit was a good idea, and what is the best course of action to Leave?

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After May asks for help, Germany's Merkel says no more Brexit negotiations
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu/after-may-asks-for-help-germanys-merkel-says-no-more-brexit-negotiations-idUSKBN1OA0MP

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May God save May.

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The likelihood of a no-deal BREXIT just got higher

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jan/08/theresa-may-suffers-commons-defeat-over-no-deal-brexit

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Will a few MPs cave in and accept the current deal the next round of voting?

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The neoliberal establishment will never accept the people's prime minister, Jeremy Corbyn.

On that note, can someone give a rundown on the high profile defections? Are they all Blairites, or are at least some regular Labour MPs opposed to Brexit.