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Aveline

What's the point? We're there parties? Yes. During lock down? Yes. Job done.
Now resign PM.

Apparently the words are stuck in his throat.

When the Prime Minister has to apologise to his Head of State for his and HM's Civil Service the only thing he can do is resign.

They are Civil Servants and seem to have forgotten that. They have no decency.

There is more to life than thinking and worrying and ranting about politics, which is what SN321 means.
Much more actually.
All we can do is to vote for the MP and the political party we think will do a least bad job than the other lot!
We have all lived long enough to have seen both good, bad and indifferent governments, they come and go regularly.
None ( so far) are all bad and none are all good either.
Enjoy talking about politics but try and see the bigger picture and don’t let it take over or ruin your life...it will be here long after you are gone.

Aveline ?
You have done Sue Grey’s job for her... hope you will get paid.

And that, boys and girls, is how Brexit happened.

Night night ? Sleep tight.

That’s how the Scottish Independence may be won Alegrias
Sleep tight!

I found you a bedtime story Alegrias1. She has a beautiful voice.
youtu.be/6wJjCMEWoPY

www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/opinions/and-winner-referendum-scottish-independence-and-deliberative-participation-citizens

"Vociferous engagement". It's what we do

Yes Algerias it’s what the over 17 million who voted for Brexit did too.
Please don’t insult the intelligence of GN members by trying to make out out that all SNP supporters are any more or less
‘Engaged’ ( vociferous or otherwise) with wanting independence from the rest of the UK than all the supporters of Brexit were five years ago.
If you want independence then you want it, be that from the UK or the EU.
( Don’t think about politics if you are in bed....you will have nightmares.)?

lemongrove

Yes Algerias it’s what the over 17 million who voted for Brexit did too.
Please don’t insult the intelligence of GN members by trying to make out out that all SNP supporters are any more or less
‘Engaged’ ( vociferous or otherwise) with wanting independence from the rest of the UK than all the supporters of Brexit were five years ago.
If you want independence then you want it, be that from the UK or the EU.
( Don’t think about politics if you are in bed....you will have nightmares.)?

The vociferously engaged weren't just the SNP ones, it was everybody who voted, whichever way they voted. 86% of us. Cause we knew it was important, and didn't just think, ach well, it's not really important is it? It's only politics.

Interesting that you think I was referring to the SNP though.

Who were you referring to then?
The great majority of those who want independence are of course SNP supporters.
Whether people in Scotland voted for or against Independence last time around was no different to people in the UK generally who voted for or against Independence from the EU.
All were ‘engaged’ with the subject.
That doesn’t mean, that after the event people have to rant and rave and drive themselves nuts over the results or politics as a whole.

Why is this so hard?

A great proportion of the Scottish population got very engaged with the decision about independence. That's described in the report. Barnett Formula discussed in the queue for the toilets. Unicameral parliamentary systems assessed on the bus.

An engaged electorate who made a decision, mostly based on well considered arguments. Nobody promising anyone £350 million. It didn't go the way I wanted, but that's life. Next time ?

Casdon

I found you a bedtime story Alegrias1. She has a beautiful voice.
youtu.be/6wJjCMEWoPY

Very good!

It’s not just the parties or the gold wallpaper or even the dodgy contracts - it is the never ending lies. He lies to Parliament, he lied to the Queen and he is accused of breaking promises to other countries. We no longer have a reputation for being a reliable trustworthy nation. The would be PMs waiting in the wings are not great but hopefully might do something to remedy that perception. In fact we want a politician and not a journalist who thinks in headlines and lacks any sign of morality.

MaizieD

Murdoch is no longer associated with Sky News UK, Dinahmo. Their reporting is not particularly biased to the Right.

Sky News is owned by Comcast as of November 2018 and is funded through advertising. Rupert Murdoch is no longer affiliated with Sky News UK

mediabiasfactcheck.com/sky-news/

Thanks Maizie But that still leaves the majority of the print media even though at the moment they are backing away frim Johnson

If you did not hear Caroline, a caller to Any Answers, please listen to her. She says all that needs to be said (starts about 5mins in)

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0013h9d

It's just occurred to me - how was the wine paid for that was brought back in the wheelie go? I'm assuming that it was a junior who was sent to buy it. So was it paid for with a credit card and if so, whose? Or was there a whip round before or after the wine arrived?

How many bottles did the suitcase hold? I imagine that with Central London prices it must have been an expensive haul.

Do the Tories not know the history of the Co-op? Former neighbours - from Yorkshire, made good - refused to shop in the local Co-op because of its affiliations with Labour.

Dinahmo

It's just occurred to me - how was the wine paid for that was brought back in the wheelie go? I'm assuming that it was a junior who was sent to buy it. So was it paid for with a credit card and if so, whose? Or was there a whip round before or after the wine arrived?

How many bottles did the suitcase hold? I imagine that with Central London prices it must have been an expensive haul.

Do the Tories not know the history of the Co-op? Former neighbours - from Yorkshire, made good - refused to shop in the local Co-op because of its affiliations with Labour.

Blimey, refusing to shop at a Co-op because it has connections to Labour? How utterly ridiculous!!!

lemongrove

There is more to life than thinking and worrying and ranting about politics, which is what SN321 means.
Much more actually.
All we can do is to vote for the MP and the political party we think will do a least bad job than the other lot!
We have all lived long enough to have seen both good, bad and indifferent governments, they come and go regularly.
None ( so far) are all bad and none are all good either.
Enjoy talking about politics but try and see the bigger picture and don’t let it take over or ruin your life...it will be here long after you are gone.

If we, the electorate, don’t aspire to have good honest people who actually care about us running the country, how can we possibly expect that to happen. Why should we, the British public, just happily live in a country where we accept that all politicians are as bad as each other. I became active politically when my children were born because I wanted them to grow up in a better world than I did and I’m now doing the same for my grandchildren. There’s no point in just writing to my MP who is a government whip and just ignores everything I say. I still do write to her but if that was all I did nothing would ever improve.

I know it's not a laughing matter, but seen on FB:

Calistemon

I know it's not a laughing matter, but seen on FB:

Definitely not a laughing matter but ??? !! Have you seen the other one doing the rounds ? Wetherspoons sign and sandwich boards outside number 10 !!

Dinahmo

It's just occurred to me - how was the wine paid for that was brought back in the wheelie go? I'm assuming that it was a junior who was sent to buy it. So was it paid for with a credit card and if so, whose? Or was there a whip round before or after the wine arrived?

How many bottles did the suitcase hold? I imagine that with Central London prices it must have been an expensive haul.

Do the Tories not know the history of the Co-op? Former neighbours - from Yorkshire, made good - refused to shop in the local Co-op because of its affiliations with Labour.

Probably charged to someone’s expenses account.

It never ceased to amaze me when in central London how the Tesco Metros sold a far better selection of expensive quality wines (£25+) than 10 miles up the road in zone 3 or 4. I can only assume that lots of parties take place in offices all over the capital, whereas we were only sent the plonk selection.