Labour's plan has been a series of decisions, if and when the situation develops. Kier Starmer - who is hardly a Marxist - wrote the updated policy last conference - it was... a) get a good deal (May's deal wasn't good and Labour KNEW that from the off, it...
And bang on cue, the Liberal Democrats are looking to shift their policy to Revoke Article 50 ahead of the election. That's no second referendum, the thing they've been advocating since late 2016 - just no Brexit at all. This will have a double effect, and...
Vaguely reminiscent of Sir Humphrey's explanation of the purpose of minutes in Yes Prime Minister. It is characteristic of all committee discussions and decisions that every member has a vivid recollection of them and that every member’s recollection of ...
It's not wholly surprising that Labour's party structure appears unfit for purpose when it comes under even the lightest of pressure in terms of these allegations and the handling of them, is it?
The right's incorporation of wedge politics has been one of their most successful tactics, because it drives a log laden sixteen wheeler directly at - often - a minority community. The right wouldn't have counted on any votes from this minority community ...
Gotta admit, this cracked me up, in response to people calling the FSC right-wing; Mr Williams pointed out that some members of the Free Speech Coalition were in fact left-leaning, for example, the political commentator Chris Trotter. I've not seen a ...
Love a strategically inept leader who's the only one left standing since 2016 and who has a good chance of enacting the Brexit policy he's had since 2017's Party Conference, which is supported by the 500,000 members of his party. There's a majority against...
Well, looks like Johnson has had a really GOOD first day.
Well, Johnson has become the first PM to lose his first Parliamentary vote since 1895. He wants a General Election, but Corbyn has refused until the anti-No Deal legislation has been passed. 20+ Tory MPs voted against Johnson and now he's got to remove the...
Good luck with that, the Liberal Democrats are doing what they do best and are organising to not stand candidates against Remain Tories which could well deliver a Tory majority and a No Deal Brexit. Swinson helps Remain Tories win seats. Tories win ...
Yes, he's both a social chameleon who cannot be trusted and a stuck in the same ideas he's had for thirty years who cannot be trusted.
Kia ora for that Anne. I wouldn't say that Corbyn has been consistently misrepresented by the media (not all of the time), but the reporting on Labour 'not having a plan' stems from the fact that his plan involved recognising that parliamentary arithmetic ...
Except, of course, that Corbyn isn't held hostage by the DUP or the ERG like May was over negotiations and his meetings with Michel Barnier indicated there could be progress in a Brexit deal with Labour's approach which would focus on workers rights etc ...
A General Election? Polling says so, but polling put May's Tories 20 points up on Corbyn in 2017 - and Johnson might be about to purge his own party of MPs who disagree with him and go into a campaign on the back of nearly a decade of austerity.
Labour's plan since at least 2017 has been pretty clear, despite them being accused of not having one. It's this; ‘We voted to leave, so we should get a good deal. If we don’t get a good deal (that protects workers rights etc) then we won’t vote for it, ...
Corbyn wanted to no confidence Johnson, put a caretaker govt in and then extend Article 50 and call a General Election. If Labour had won they'd renegotiate the deal and have a second referendum, Remain v Labour's Deal. Lib Dems said no, because they can't...
Yes, Extinction Rebellion sound fun but there's a really unsettling attitude towards state power etc that's not really in any meaningful way concealed... Good long read here. https://libcom.org/blog/extinction-rebellion-not-struggle-we-need-pt-1-19072019
It's not just the cost of building a nuclear power plant or two, which would easily power the whole country - there's the additional cost of the surrounding industry required to maintain, supply and keep them safe - which given our location would need to ...
Cheers Weka. Blow back for what as well? It's not like Bolsanaro's saying; "Damn, I hate it when the left try to make the planet liveable for all humans, guess I'm just gonna burn down all this rainforest and convert the land into dairy farming for ...
If you fancy a good hearty laugh at a fascist, there's a video doing the rounds of Bolsanaro challenging some Army guy to 20 push ups and then absolutely flaking out on his when he has to do them.
Why is it always the left that causes 'blow back', when the right are a fire tornado literally burning the planet for their own enrichment and amusement?
National will likely claim that this, once again, is all of Ross' doing and that he's the bad apple in the barrel. Which rather ignores the fact that the barrel itself is absolutely rotten.
Probably because she's called Pania.
As we get to Day +4 after the police rarked things up at Ihumatao, Newsroom have done an interview with the Ihumatao camp's liaison with the police who notes that; "As part of reducing that footprint Tawha asked if mana whenua could move their presence to ...
Well, the front line that was cut off by the influx of police on Monday is on the Ihumatao Quarry Road - which is the public access road to the Otuataha Stonefields site. Some kaitiaki have camped on the adjacent field which is part of Fletchers land, but ...
Good news from the whenua, Wally Haumaha has announced the police presence will be reduced. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/396236/police-will-reduce-presence-at-ihumatao-protest-wally-haumaha Interesting to note Monday's police presence increase...
Some lovely anti-SA stuff here. South Auckland: overpoliced and under-resourced.
You realise exactly what you're proposing here, right? Concentrating all the kaitiaki in an enclosed camp.
The family who sold the land to Fletchers weren't Maori bro.
Cops statement here https://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/statement-regarding-ihum%C4%81tao-protest
It makes absolutely no sense that the kaitiaki, after nearly two weeks of peaceful protest, at a time when their numbers were under 100, would decide to make a push past the police lines at evening prayer time. If they were going to go all in, it would ...
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