Westminster Politics

i think its more of a class / money thing with some of our brethren. i know lots of rich asians who are as racist as they come, have very strong negative views on immigrants and refugees, its really pathetic. theyve completely twisted the narrative of what our parents went through when they arrived on these shores. I also know lots of others who just as wealthy and do lots of good works so its not a stereotype as such.
That's a throwback from the colonial era in most of Asia. It implemented the same class system as Britain had, but over in the colonies. India for example.
 
On Question Time just now: Labour MP Chris Byrant passionately and sincerely questioning Tory MP Bim Afolami on why he stood by Johnson for so long and it actually looked like it really shook Bim to the core.

Thought it was quite powerful actually.

Shame it’s on so late. Every time I watch it, it’s just tories being taken down in arguments. Get it on at 9pm and let people see how pathetic they are.
 
Johnson skips emergency Cobra meeting as experts warn thousands may die in UK heatwave

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...experts-warn-thousands-may-die-in-uk-heatwave

Boris Johnson was accused on Saturday of being “missing in action” after failing to attend a Cobra meeting to discuss the national heatwave emergency following predictions that thousands could die in the coming days.

As the threat to life from the impending heatwave continues to crystallise, the prime minister chose to skip the meeting on Saturday. He instead stayed at his Chequers country retreat, where he is due to hold a thank you party for supporters on Sunday.

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Why bother to make an effort now, I suppose?
 
Johnson skips emergency Cobra meeting as experts warn thousands may die in UK heatwave

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...experts-warn-thousands-may-die-in-uk-heatwave

Boris Johnson was accused on Saturday of being “missing in action” after failing to attend a Cobra meeting to discuss the national heatwave emergency following predictions that thousands could die in the coming days.

As the threat to life from the impending heatwave continues to crystallise, the prime minister chose to skip the meeting on Saturday. He instead stayed at his Chequers country retreat, where he is due to hold a thank you party for supporters on Sunday.

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Why bother to make an effort now, I suppose?
The last thing we need with an upcoming heatwave is more hot air from that arsehole.
 
He bailed on the first 5 Cobra meetings that dealt with Covid. So it should be a shock to no one that the fat cnut fecked off again at a time of emergency.
 
Angela Rayner is standing in for James O'Brien on LBC this morning.

Shes been great. A truly shocking presenter, which is to be expected. But she’s just leading with her chin on every single call. Letting people criticise both her, and her party, at length, before responding.

Full of respect for her. So glad that she’s hand in glove with party leadership too. She can come across as a bit green, but she’s still a relatively new MP.
 
I would say he's like that person that handed their notice in and does eff all, but he did nothing anyway.
 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62192527

No evidence that the repatriation of immigrants to Rwanda is having any effect.
So why is Priti Patel not being sacked.
They don't give a shit though surely. Once they're up and running and black and brown people are being dumped there, then the policy will be working exactly as planned.
 
They don't give a shit though surely. Once they're up and running and black and brown people are being dumped there, then the policy will be working exactly as planned.

Let's wait and see whether that happens.
 
They don't give a shit though surely. Once they're up and running and black and brown people are being dumped there, then the policy will be working exactly as planned.

I think they do... any Government that wants to get to the heart of the 'immigration issue' and break its effect as a 'political weapon', has to stop people attempting to arrive illegally and be seen to be doing so successfully.

Immigration has been for centuries and is now and in the future, important to this country; however it needs a proper 'raft' of interlinking policies. This is not just about legality, or numbers or origins or entry points, but a way to 'smooth' out the effects on the existing population, when sudden increase in numbers, caused by 'refugee situations' occurring elsewhere in the world. Its something to be planned for, just like the NHS, because its important to those who want to come and to those already here and it has to be dealt with in a way that doesn't allow extremists to 'weaponise' it..

Climate Change, Energy Needs and Planned Immigration are the three major issues to be solved, (or proper attempts to solve) over the next fifty years, or we are all off to hell in a hand cart!
 


Recreational drug users could have passports and driving licences confiscated under new plans in government crackdown

Home Secretary Priti Patel says the move shows the government is "cracking down on drug use" which is "a scourge across society".
 


Recreational drug users could have passports and driving licences confiscated under new plans in government crackdown

Home Secretary Priti Patel says the move shows the government is "cracking down on drug use" which is "a scourge across society".

I wonder if this law will also apply to MPs using recreational drugs.
 
Now we have the spectre of a Government calling a confidence vote in itself...

On an unexpected note, the Speaker actually allowed Keir Starmer to question Zahawi's tax issues without getting him to withdraw it:

 
On the actual BBC News site under latest news:

During the confidence debate, Boris Johnson celebrated delivering Brexit and attacked the Labour party for trying 48 times to "overturn the will of the people"

I mean what shite propaganda is this. Can’t they fact check this shite before posting it.
 
On the actual BBC News site under latest news:

During the confidence debate, Boris Johnson celebrated delivering Brexit and attacked the Labour party for trying 48 times to "overturn the will of the people"

I mean what shite propaganda is this. Can’t they fact check this shite before posting it.
The BBC don't fact check anything and any demonstrable lie they ever put on air is down to their Jupiter archive system.