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Sleepy Joe does his best Ron Burgundy impression
I think a lot of the fault with this lies with the person who types the words onto the autocue. Why have "end of quote" ?
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Will the recent assassination of the former president have an effect on the outcome
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https://news.sky.com/story/sri-lanka-president-flees-as-thousands-of-protesters-storm-official-residence-12648619
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A Week In Politics Is A Long Time
However, the Tory Party is having sleaze allegations every week.
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Worse than when John Major was PM
It proves that the electorate are fickle and have short memories
https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-boris-johnson-agrees-to-withdraw-whip-from-tory-mp-after-drunken-groping-claims-amid-fury-in-party-12593360 -
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-piers-corbyn-fined-for-illegal-gatherings-held-during-lockdowns-12642933?authId=1*e6g9m1*_a*YzVRa2VsZzE1OVJSQ0llUkNEYXo3ejNtbUFoeXZ0SXY2S3pTOVJVOEFXOWMzbDdvcmVfMlREVFJkOUxVQnNZbw..
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Jobs for the family
https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/26/boris-johnson-couldnt-bag-top-job-for-carrie-nepotism-in-politics-still-doing-nicely -
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/amphtml/celebrities-urge-commonwealth-leaders-condemn-230100469.html
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The Less You Talk About Westminster...
"Boris Johnson has dismissed as "crazy" suggestions that he’ll resign if he loses the by-elections in Tiverton and Honiton and Wakefield.
Speaking to reporters before he flew to Rwanda for the Commonwealth summit, the prime minister was asked how much responsibility he’d take if the Conservatives lost both seats.
He pointed to last year’s Tory win in the Hartlepool by-election, saying governing parties did not usually win by-elections, especially in mid-term. He has also said he'll be watching the results "with interest".
With expectation rife that losing both seats could further undermine the PM’s beleaguered leadership, the Conservatives have been careful to manage expectations ahead of tonight’s declarations.
Asked what he thought of suggestions that the 1922 Committee of backbench Tory MPs could change party rules to engineer a second vote of confidence in his leadership, Johnson said the less you talked about Westminster issues, the more you were serving the country,"
Unfortunately for Boris, many voters want to talk about Westminster and want you removed.
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I found this so sad and utterly depressing. There’s no easy answers but I can’t help thinking all the money we’ve supposedly saved through Brexit somehow hasn’t arrived at the door of the NHS.
Ambulance waits: 'Can you please tell them to hurry up or I shall be dead' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-61791151 -
About those in power.
Excuse the language
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Johnson’s track record not looking great. Has Boris Johnson met his pledges? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-58401767
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Have you changed how you vote?
Given all the political turbulence of recent months I started thinking about the next general election. It’s probably pretty obvious that I’d like to see a change of government but that will require a lot of people to switch their vote. My voting history has been almost entirely stable over half a century. I’m just curious to know if people here vary who they vote for, or whether they stick to one party? I’m also curious about how many people read the actual manifestos of the various parties?
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Good morning everyone. Sylvia messaged me about a thread she wanted approved but it seems to have got lost in cyberspace so I have started it for her. Sincere apologies to Sylvia and I hope we all enjoy her thread.
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Has anyone else noticed than in the past week or so quite a few high profile people have tested positive, plus several people I know personally.
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Crowd boo Boris (Edited)
But cheer Sadiq Khan and Harry and Meghan
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/queen-jubilee-boris-johnson-booed-b2093324.html?amp -
The Jubilee and what will other members be doing
As the thought of a president Johnson or Farage fills me with dread, rather late in life I became the mildest of mild monarchist so see this week as an excuse to get into the swing of things and have a great time.
We have two street parties to go to and I’m sure my two granddaughters, age nine and eleven will dress up in pretty princess party frocks and have a great time. My two eating machines (grandsons) will stuff themselves silly with party food and then twist my arm and demand we go to the park for a kickabout. Then it’s into the cricket club to celebrate QE2s reign as the Australian Queen with a couple of pints of Fosters. -
Has anyone else ever considered the possibility that one day the so called second chamber could be staffed by a group of robots/computers. They would be programmed to think logically without any bias, ambition or political loyalty with superior analytical thinking.
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https://www.politics.co.uk/news-in-brief/300-million-new-funding-to-cut-frightening-levels-of-youth-crime/
The government says this could include mentoring, extra school tuition, sports clubs, help to address any issues at school or at home, with their mental health or with substance misuse, tackling the root causes of their behaviour and helping them to get their lives back on track. -
This is a personal view.
No media quotes or sound bytes.
What Putin is afraid of is that Ukraine is like East Germany.
It has discovered a much better life outside domination by a corrutpt "commumist" government.
He cannot allow this in the country next door.
Putin could not invade the old East Germany, but he can and will try to overpower The Ukraine and cling on to personal power.
Bad decision - do you agree?
