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« on: July 27, 2017, 05:17:00 PM »


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BBC and Newspapers:

This thread will deliver the various news, mostly from the BBC, but also the point of view of the different newspapers in the UK.
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« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2017, 10:59:42 PM »

May becomes PM:


Having suffered a harsh electoral defeat on a dramatic election night, Prime Minister John McDonnell immediately offered his resignation as Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party. While on the Labour Party this will mean an imminent leadership election as Owen Smith takes over as Acting Leader the main consequence has been for Her Majesty the Queen to send for Mrs. May as the victor of the election. Mrs. May accepted what can be described as the challenge to try and form a government in such a divided House of Commons.

With Mr. McDonnell becoming the third shortest serving PM at only five months of service, Mrs. May enters Downing Street after having been Conservative Leader for only eight months following the downfall of David Cameron. Already the DUP has publically reached out ot Mrs. May, but the numbers make it unlikely for a majority government to emerge. As of the current situation a party would require 323 votes to have a working majority, and should the Conservatives get UKIP, the DUP and the UUP in line they would stand at 318 votes, five short of a majority.

The next days might be among the most dramatic in British politics.
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« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2017, 08:21:23 PM »

UUP: We're with May


Theresa May has gained the first of potential allies for her incoming government today, as UUP Leader and MP for Northern Ireland Tom Elliott confirmed the Ulster Unionist Party would form part of a supply and confidence arrangement with the Conservative Party, supporting Mrs. May on key votes and in return being consulted on key pieces of legislation. Insider sources note that reaching an arrangement proved relatively easy between the UUP and the Conservatives, a positive sign for the talks currently being held by the Prime Minister. While not decisive by themselves, the 2 UUP MP's (Tom Elliott and Mike Nesbitt) will raise the number of votes currently supporting the government to 261, 62 short of an overall majority.

Two Labour MP's defect to the Greens:


As the political shockwaves from the resignation of former Chancellor Jeremy Corbyn as a Labour MP continue to develop, the rift inside Labour has turned uglier as a couple of allies of Mr. Corbyn have decided to follow him and join the Green Party. While others were considering resignation themselves, in the end it was newcomer Rebecca Long-Bailey (just elected as MP) and the more veteran Jon Trickett who announced today their departure from Labour. These developments expose the degree of uncertainty inside the party, which has dropped to 120 MP's as the Greens hit 12 MP's to become the fifth largest party in the House of Commons. The task of Acting Labour Leader Owen Smith has thus become harder, particularly as a leadership election (in which Smith and Lisa Nandy are seen as the main contenders) approaches.
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« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2017, 02:01:34 PM »

QS in danger from Lib Dems


With Theresa May gathering new allies on her quest to secure the upcoming Queen's Speech, a lot of speculation has begun on what promises to be a narrow vote. While Mrs. May has the tentative support of the UUP, DUP and UKIP, sources inside the Liberal Democrats have expressed they're certain to vote down any conservative minority government which plans "to leave the EU or scale back equality legislation". The same apparently extends to the idea of UKIP or the DUP forming part of the cabinet. Finally, sources very close to Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg are portraying their leader as "vowing to do everything possible to stop the regressive coalition". With Labour and most of the left-wing parties all but certain to vote down the Queen's Speech, the upcoming vote might be a historic one.
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