Government Watch - 2

You are so right whitewave, thank-you. It sort of lost its impetuous didn't it

I have been trying to discuss things with Brexiteers (who don't do 'discuss', just shouting if you disagree) on another site and I think my brain is giving up.

It's the same on various facebook sites; just a constant stream of 'you lost, get on with it', 'the will of the people' and 'there's a whole world out there to trade with' remarks.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTMxfAkxfQ0
..not sure if this link will work [have done it more for my own benefit to be honest, as it's taken me ages to find it]. It was sent to me from a brexiteer friend prior to the referendum and I have to admit to not watching it, but I intend to find the time to over the next few days just to see the arguments for brexit. It was the first time that I realised there was a serious possibility of people voting for brexit.

Needs to be on the brexit thread I guess [I'm flitting about too much today].

www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/sep/03/theresa-may-urged-to-force-councils-to-build-more-homes

This is a U-turn I'd like to see.

I don't know if anyone else knows about this case, and how ridiculous it was.

"My friend Brian White moved to the UK aged 15 with his adoptive family after his British father, Peter White, decided to move back home. He has overcome so much adversity but now faces the risk of being returned to Zimbabwe instead of being allowed to take up his place at Oxford University.

Having been abandoned as a baby, Brian lived in a Zimbabwean orphanage until the age of 6. The White family fostered, and later adopted Brian. Brian joined the family in Wolverhampton when he was 15 and given permission to enter the UK. At this point, he should have been granted Indefinite Leave to Remain by the Home Office, but was instead given Limited Leave to Remain. Brian's current difficulties stem from the handling of this decision. This only came to light as an issue when Brian's application to become a British Citizen by naturalisation was rejected, leaving any potential university applications in doubt.

Immigration expert Louis MacWilliam has said to the press “On reviewing his papers it seems he should have been granted indefinite leave to enter at first instance and it is not clear why this did not happen.”

Despite this, Brian carried on, studying for both his GCSEs and A-Levels at Highfields School. Although his A-Level results were outstanding (A*A*A*A), Brian was unable to take his place at Oxford because if you don’t have indefinite leave to remain you aren’t eligible to receive student finance. However, Oxford University, in recognition of Brian's achievements in the face of constant adversity, have kindly kept his place open for him.

I have had the personal pleasure of knowing Brian since the start of 2013, having met him at school and quickly developing a close friendship with him. He is possibly the hardest working person I have ever met, but it is his enthusiasm to help those around him that I am inspired by each and every day.

If Brian is not granted Indefinite Leave to Remain, the United Kingdom would not only be losing a potentially valuable future worker, it would also be losing a fantastic person who is just as much a part of British culture and society as you and I.

Please help Brian's situation by signing and sharing this petition, in the hope that the Home Office see just how many people consider Brian a fitting and valued member of the United Kingdom."

Anyway, he has been allowed to stay. Thank heavens for common sense and for Oxford uni keeping his place open for him, and for 112000 signatures on change.org. We're going to need all the chemists we can get after Brexit.

This is only one example of the apalling measures taken against "immigrants" which seem to have escalated in the last year.

Durhamjen said " Thank heavens for common sense and for Oxford uni keeping his place open for him, and for 112000 signatures on change.org. We're going to need all the chemists we can get after Brexit."

But what is wrong with the Home Office that they are so draconian? This is only one story of many, why does it take petitions to stop them?

Morgan Stanley are predicting Maybots government will collapse in 2018

www.politics.co.uk/news/2017/09/04/benefit-sanctions-shoot-up-50-in-six-months

This is the problem with all things Brexit at the moment.
Figures like this get put out without many people knowing or acknowledging them.

Another power grab attempt by a minority government?

Theresa May has been accused of “rigging” Parliament to defy the result of the general election and give Tory MPs majority control over all legislation.

In what Labour called “an unprecedented power grab” ahead of Brexit and beyond, the Government is trying to give itself the power to dominate every bill committee from now until 2022.

A controversial new motion tabled by Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom seeks to ensure that Conservatives have a majority on all standing committees that are the powerhouses of all prospective laws.

The Tories lost their majority in the election after Labour’s ‘Corbyn surge’, but the attempted reform would give unprecedented power to a minority government for the first time.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/theresa-may-rigging-parliament-committee-of-selection-standing-committees_uk_59b1a514e4b0dfaafcf68a04?9fg

Her need for control rather than democracy is beginning to feel very worrying Maizie.

I am glad to see that the Government has abandoned its plans to privatise the NHS employment agency that supplies medical staff to hospitals at cheaper rates than private firms.

I missed the ILC - thanks for the update.

However, they have turned down all six chances to improve the number of female MPs.

I see Paisley DUP member helping to prop up the minority government is being closely looked at regarding bungs.

Good. They'll find them as well.

Dodd is also implicated I think. I was reading this somewhere today, but can't find it.

labourlist.org/2017/09/council-by-elections-labour-gains-as-the-tories-haemorrhage-seats-in-bumper-night/

Labour gained three council seats yesterday, while the tories lost six, including two to the greens.

Theresa May has been branded "weak and hopeless" by Tory donor Lord Harris of Peckham.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/08/tory-donor-brands-theresa-may-weak-hopeless/

In the Telegraph, as well. Must be serious. I wonder how many tory donors make a coup.

www.theguardian.com/global/2017/sep/08/court-to-hear-challenge-to-theresa-may-1bn-deal-with-dup

A court is going to decide whether May bribed the DUP, which is illegal. This is going to be very interesting. It's going to begin at the end of October, so I hope if the answer is that she did bribe the DUP there will be time to do something about it.

I am glad this is going forward. Right or wrong we need to know.

This is an interesting thread. Just asking us to use our imaginations.

twitter.com/davidallengreen/status/906070827325644800

That is an interesting exercise in imagination, dj.