When will this shit end?

[Guest]

9 minutes ago, mcshed said:

That's why my last sentence ended "as long as there was a clear path for that person to enter parliament."

If someone was willing to stand down for Blair then he could be appointed before winning that seat.

It's all complete fantasy but then so is any discussion of GNUs.

Yeah I know, I said it was never going to happen. 

[eFestivals]

29 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

All very true however The Cabinet Manual, states that the prime minister “always sits in the House of Commons.”

that's apparently meaning "... as opposed to the HoL"

https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/prime-minister-lost-seat-general-election

 

29 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

Prime Ministers are also expected to be accountable to parliament through Prime Minister’s Questions, delivering statements and appearing in front of the Liaison Committee. It would therefore not be sustainable for a prime minister to stay in office without being an MP indefinitely.

Ha! Looks like you found the same page. 

That makes pretty clear that the PM doesn't have to be an MP.

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

that's apparently meaning "... as opposed to the HoL"

https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/prime-minister-lost-seat-general-election

 

Ha! Looks like you found the same page. 

That makes pretty clear that the PM doesn't have to be an MP.

We did 😜

I took that to mean whilst possible it would be very difficult and untenable really. You’d also have the opposition screaming it’s undemocratic too. 

[RobertProsineckisLighter]

https://www.itv.com/news/central/2021-01-08/two-friends-surrounded-by-police-and-fined-200-during-nature-walk

Derbyshire plod make a few interesting points in their Statement. I see the incident also happened on Wednesday...

[rivalschools.price]

10 hours ago, MrBarry465 said:

Credit to Piers, he's a nob but at least he's been hammering the government since the start of this.

Piers is only interested in saying things to cause controversy or discussion. If he thought he’d get more clicks/viewers by praising the government,he would do.

I’m amazed at the amount of people who can’t see through the likes of Piers,Katie Hopkins, Owen Jones, Adrian Durham and all who seem to deliberately say something controversial then sit back and watch the Twitter storm/radio phone in/TV debate.

I suppose it’s the same mentality that made Jeremy Kyle a success.

[eFestivals]

2 minutes ago, rivalschools.price said:

I suppose it’s the same mentality that made Jeremy Kyle a success.

and Donald Trump.

 

[rivalschools.price]

19 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

and Donald Trump.

 

I was mainly talking about minor celebrities increasing their profile through controversy but yeah, he’s the biggest culprit of them all.

Saying that, I’m beginning to think that he genuinely believes the nonsense he spouts

[eFestivals]

9 minutes ago, rivalschools.price said:

I was mainly talking about minor celebrities increasing their profile through controversy but yeah, he’s the biggest culprit of them all.

Saying that, I’m beginning to think that he genuinely believes the nonsense he spouts

I don't think it much matters whether he believes it or not. The problem is that he's been doing it.

[stuartbert two hats]

36 minutes ago, rivalschools.price said:

Piers is only interested in saying things to cause controversy or discussion. If he thought he’d get more clicks/viewers by praising the government,he would do.

I’m amazed at the amount of people who can’t see through the likes of Piers,Katie Hopkins, Owen Jones, Adrian Durham and all who seem to deliberately say something controversial then sit back and watch the Twitter storm/radio phone in/TV debate.

I suppose it’s the same mentality that made Jeremy Kyle a success.

Owen Jones?

[stuartbert two hats]

On 1/7/2021 at 10:12 PM, stuartbert two hats said:

If you really squint, you can possibly see the rate of increase slowing...a little... maybe.

Still fucking awful though.

 

Scrub that, it's getting faster again 🙁

 

Edited January 9, 2021 by stuartbert two hats
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[philipsteak]

1 hour ago, The Dawg said:

I listened to that Oakeshott woman once on the news and what she was saying made me really angry. So much so I was shouting at the TV, you know the sort of thing, thinking she could hear me.

Think I'm losing the plot 🙂

It's OK, you only need to worry if you aren't shouting at the TV when one of those pricks is on

[sisco]

I’ve just found out people can go fishing!! Absolutely ridiculous.

[zero000]

Just now, sisco said:

I’ve just found out people can go fishing!! Absolutely ridiculous.

Freezing your bollocks off outside on your own all day staring into a lake sounds like hell, but I don’t think it’s a covid risk factor. 

[Guest]

A nice roundup of the vaccine rollout:

 

[priest17]

5 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

A nice roundup of the vaccine rollout:

 

I'll wait till they get their first couple of fuck ups out of the way before looking into this, I'm way down the list

[bamber]

My Mum is 85 and in Wales. No peep from the Welsh Government yet as to when she will be vaccinated. Not good enough.

[Guest]

Just now, priest17 said:

I'll wait till they get their first couple of fuck ups out of the way before looking into this, I'm way down the list

It’s the hope that gets you...

[steviewevie]

1 hour ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Scrub that, it's getting faster again 🙁

 

ugh

[steviewevie]

2 minutes ago, bamber said:

My Mum is 85 and in Wales. No peep from the Welsh Government yet as to when she will be vaccinated. Not good enough.

Same for my Mum who is 90 and lives near ground zero in Kent.

[bamber]

Just now, steviewevie said:

Same for my Mum who is 90 and lives near ground zero in Kent.

The Government has had nearly a year to prepare. All over 80s should have a specific date by now.

[Fuzzy Afro]

16 minutes ago, sisco said:

I’ve just found out people can go fishing!! Absolutely ridiculous.

Cod knows why the government continue to allow fishing in this lockdown.

[bamber]

2 minutes ago, Fuzzy Afro said:

Cod knows why the government continue to allow fishing in this lockdown.

It's a mackerel anything at all gets done with this government.

Edited January 9, 2021 by bamber

[Crazyfool01]

22 minutes ago, sisco said:

I’ve just found out people can go fishing!! Absolutely ridiculous.

and the necessary fishing tackle shops that supply bait will no doubt be exempt .... what the hell are they playing at ?!!

[Guest]

 

 

[Crazyfool01]

New messaging and talk of stronger policing tactics ...... The bigger numbers will be from employers making people work im sure ... so that needs to be sorted in the first instance ... and these loopholes closed