UK General Discussion: 2017 and onwards, Mayhem

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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/world/europe/uk-grenfell-tower-london-fire.html

Seven more towers have been shown as having structures similar to Grenfell Tower.

This could be a huge problem for May, and for Sadiq Khan.

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Seven more towers have been shown as having structures similar to Grenfell Tower.

I think you'll find that rather more than seven tower blocks in London are the productions of 1960s/70s system building...

The story is that X number of tower blocks have recently been fitted with similar exterior cladding to Grenfell Tower; not the same thing as structure...

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How the Hell would it be a problem for Khan?

He's Mayor of London, rightly or wrongly voters might blame him too.

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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/scottish-labour-leader-kezia-dugdale-11078640

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So who replaces Dugdale as leader of Scottish Labour?

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The fat men in the suits have already picked their choice.

https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/88576/ex-union-official-pole-position-succeed-kezia

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Do either Leonard or Sarwar support Independence for Scotland?

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http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-41235522

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Good news for May, Bad News for Corbyn?

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http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-41713533

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http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/29/europe/mark-garnier-uk-trade-minister-allegations/index.html

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So if Garnier is forced to resign, could Labour pick up the seat in a by-election (or for that matter, any other party, like UKIP or the Liberal Democrats)? And how badly will this hurt Prime Minister May?

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For our British posters here, what do you think the chances are of the Tories staying in power until 2022?  Also I know polls are just a snapshot but do any realistically think Labour can win a majority or would it just be plurality and they have to turn to other parties to prop them up?

I bet May steps down, before a no-confidence vote happens.

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http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-42767657

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If Bolton is removed, who takes over as UKIP Party Leader?

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/01/31/i-am-thoroughly-ashamed-british-lord-resigns-after-arriving-late-to-work/?utm_term=.baebf605f122

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Hmm, I'm not sure this is worth quitting over, especially from the House of Lords...

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https://news.sky.com/story/school-bomb-hoaxes-revealed-to-be-part-of-minecraft-gamer-feud-11297062

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You know, if you want to get a server suspended for abuse, there's a safer way of doing that than framing them for bombing schools.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/under-pressure-first-minister-wales-steps-down-154201529.html

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Any ideas as to who replaces Jones?

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http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-44113864

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Ominous news for Brexit?

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5750301/John-McDonnell-says-wants-overthrow-capitalism-create-socialist-society.html

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This doesn't hurt Labor's chances of taking back Parliament down the road, does it?

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How does Jeremy Corbyn compare to Neil Kinnock? 

Factionally unaligned, personally dissimilar, etc.

No correlation other than the probable outcome of Corbyn leading Labour into a second general election, though hopefully Our Timeline writer throws us a bone and actually lets him achieve government!

Honestly, after this, if you include May's unpopularity, I think if there was another Parliamentary Election in the next four months, there would be another hung Parliament, only this time Corbyn would have the task of trying to form a coalition first because Labor would have the most seats.

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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6364486/whistleblower-marine-scotland-taped-chair-gagged-deeann-fitzpatrick-reid-anderson/

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-teenager-tourist-arrested-spying-egypt-photo-helicopter-muhammad-abulkasem-manchester-a8661416.html

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As if Theresa May, didn't have enough to deal with already, without a potential foreign policy crisis outside of Europe.

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Here's an image of what's supposed to be a stamp featuring a Royal Navy ship, with British troops landing in Normandy. Can you tell me what is wrong with the proposed stamp?


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6538047/Royal-Mail-apologises-D-Day-stamp-shambles.html