Downing Street has said the football authorities need to do more to tackle racism
Rich.
Downing Street has said the football authorities need to do more to tackle racism
Rich.
See that Ian Duncan Smith has been awarded a knighthood for ìmplenting Universal Credit. My cynicism suggests that this is very much Establishment driven, and for an experiment against the weak and frail, I am sure that the men in stripey trousers will be roundly applauding this as well deserved.
What a farce the honours system is. 'Sir' Ian Duncan-Smith, the man who refused to release the figures around how many people had committed suicide after being declared fit to work and removed from disability benefits. The man whose sanctions system created an explosion in the number of food banks. In true all Orwellian language these 'reforms' were designed to help people escape the 'trap' of welfare dependency. "Your benefits payments have been stopped, now you're free and no longer dependent. You should thank us". Utter ****.Quote:
Originally Posted by NORTHERNHIBBY
I can't get my head around why we as a society would award ****s like this for increasing the hardship for the weakest in our society and thus encouraging others to do so. The sooner Scotland is out of this corrupt and morally skewed union the better. Utterly despicable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibernia&Alba
Harry Billinge a D Day veteran only got an MBE for raising funds for a British Normandy Memorial and then this **** gets a knighthood for making people's lives a misery:rolleyes:
In a strange way, awards like this are a good thing if they make people realise how ridiculous the current awards system is.
People already know how ridiculous they are, but like anything that happens here the majority of people just roll over and take it, I really wish we were more like the French when governments do something we don't agree with, go on strike, kick up a fuss and get them toldQuote:
Originally Posted by Future17
https://rochdaleherald.co.uk/2019/12...years-honours/Quote:
Originally Posted by Mon Dieu4
Rich people who shift poor people giving awards to other rich people who shaft poor people. An unbelievably archaic system designed to give powerful people more power. Throw in the odd OBE to some sportspeople and the odd charity worker and the serfs will think it's ok. Pathetic and something that needs to be done away with.
IDS is pure ideological right-wingism, utterly destestable in its complete and utter disregard for the weak and vulnerable.
But I think the knighthood is more about him having been LOTO. There will be a peerage at some point, if he wants it, it is par for the course.
Sign and pass it on - https://www.change.org/p/uk-governme...g-a-knighthood.
repugnant tory *******, IDS gives me IBS
IDSS is nearer the mark. He is a very dangerous individual with some frightening ideas.
Speaking of repugnant Tories, looks like Michael Howard :jamboak: has been chosen to spearhead the drive to muzzle the law.Quote:
Originally Posted by cabbageandribs1875
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50933535
IDS knighted in advance for selfless, dedicated service to receiving dog turds through the post.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50929543
The media keep referring to this as an awful blunder. What about the awful blunder of giving cold blooded murderers knighthoods? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Smartie
Theirs that word "we", again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg
Maybe the centrist, labour types who sat on their hands, whilst the Tories voted through the policies they now despise, will realise what they've done to their heartlands.
Some of the rest of us have moved on, and know we can make a better fist of a society which looks after people, rather than what IDS has done to them, with labour sanction.
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:thumbsup::top marks
Done.Quote:
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https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politi...n-nhs-21178712
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Done.. repugnant man..Quote:
Originally Posted by USAHibby
I've always wondered how much IDS saved for the country following his benefit reforms.
On one hand we have a reduction in people entitled to benefit (a reduction I believe was not that great, because it turned out the majority of those claiming were entitled to what they were getting.)
On the other hand there is the amount shelled out to Atos, and Crapita, to deliver an assessment system that wasn't fit for purpose.
If Labour had been any use at all they could have exploited that.
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Originally Posted by Cataplana
If you consider the amount of appeals that resulted in overturning the initial decisions and rightly so I'd wager he actually cost the country, not to mention the stress and anxiety he caused, he's not fit for purpose, the thought of him getting a knighthood beggars belief, odious little cretin.
It's disgusting, he's caused loads of suffering to loads of people. He's utterly without compassion, as Tory as Tory can be.Quote:
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Peak Tory.Quote:
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Also giving him a Knighthood is a Peak Tory act.
They just don’t give a **** what people think.
J
People obviously approve, otherwise they wouldn't keep voting them in and that's what I can't get my head around.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bristolhibby
"One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision."Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg
Bertrand Russell
If you are too stupid to understand that you constantly get it wrong, you will find it easy to keep repeating the mistake. Stupid people think they are geniuses.
This is a great comfort to those of us who are racked with self doubt!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Cataplana
This in a nutshell is my major problem with the UK. Awash with selfish, right wing leaning, unfeeling, insular, gullible twats who can't see past the latest xenophobic headline in the Mail.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg
Not sure what you mean.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bangkok Hibby
Haha, crazy old bat but something lovely about her too. 😄Quote:
Originally Posted by lapsedhibee
I'm not so sure about that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colr
Not a post about tory lies but highlights the failure of tory policies.
https://www.disabilitynewsservice.co...of-dwp-deaths/
This has to be a tory lie.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51298820
Marxists!Quote:
Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns
I am no more a Tory than you are but they do seem to be genuinely nationalising the service.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns
Through the looking glass etc etc but also a hallmark reminder that when you are in power, ideology submits to pragmatism.
How many times have we heard austerity is over in the past 6 months?
Turns out, no it isnae
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politi...mpression=true
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Or the government is checking what it is spending your money on and wants to make sure it’s being spent in the best way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Callum_62
Depends on how you want to spin it I suppose.
But on the face of it it’s not really a ridiculous concept for a new government to review what its departments are spending to see if some of that current spending can be reassigned to their new priorities.
The alternative is they just lump more spending on top of current spending without challenging what that is.
Not really a new government though is it. They have been in power for a decade now sadly. Austerity for all, except ****ers like Rees Mogg who have their businesses registered in tax havens.Quote:
Originally Posted by RyeSloan
When the railways were nationalised before they were terrible and nobody used them. If they are just going to nationalise then then I think it’s a mistake. I don’t think that’s what they will be doing long term though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mibbes Aye
I think they might get rid of the franchise system and have a more competitive set up with different companies running different services.
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And because of Brexit he will still not have to pay millions in tax.Quote:
Originally Posted by weecounty hibby
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Johnson now wants to hand pick his own journalists.
https://amp.theguardian.com/politics...mpression=true
This is how dictatorships start.
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The lying Tories have been in power in the UK Government since 2010. You'd have thought they'd know what they spent our money on by now? I'm afraid your post seems to have bought the Johnson lie that this is now a "new" Government, trying to put right all the terrible injustices done by the previous Government. It's a lie, but it seems to have some traction.Quote:
Originally Posted by RyeSloan
There are it seems some lies that are ok to be believedQuote:
Originally Posted by grunt
I was just about to post this. It's quite scary, even more so when you read people on social media praising him for showing 'tough leadership' and 'real strength'. Whilst the journalists excluded seem to have been from the more left leaning press it's heartening to see their peers from the likes of the Telegraph and the Mail boycott in support.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
Is anyone surprised that this is happening? Right wing press almost a huge propoganda machine for the Tories. Little challenge to anything said by them, complete character assassination of Corbyn, Laura Kuenssberg, Andrew Neil, Pearce Morgan etc. They have been allowed to ride roughshod over thruth and facts by these people and now clearly believe that they can just ban anyone who won't play their game. Dictatorship in the making due to the huge majority and utter arrogance throughout that party
Laura Kuenssberg was one of the journalists who walked out in boycott at the attempt to stop other journos attending.Quote:
Originally Posted by weecounty hibby
When you add in their policy of reducing the ability for the courts to intervene in political decisions it doesn't seem to bode well :-/Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
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[QUOTE=Mibbes Aye;6072151]Laura Kuenssberg was one of the journalists who walked out in boycott at the attempt to stop other journos attending.[/QUOTE
Bully for her, she did her job during the election. The use of "sources" by her was a disgrace. She used uncorroborated gossip as fact and all to the benefit of the Tories
I struggle to believe that many of these social media posts are from real people. I'm astonished that no one has sought to act to stop fake Twitter (in particular) accounts posting supportive comments - on all sides of every debate. There surely can't be that many idiots around. Can there?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
https://twitter.com/mrmichaelspicer/...738137600?s=21
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It's logical.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
If folk in Norwich stairs shouldn't have to speak in English, why should Government Ministers? :dunno:
Very funny. I’ve watched a few of his videos. Brilliant satire.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
Turns out that not a single journalist from a Scottish newspaper was allowed into the PM’s briefing yesterday.
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25% of English voters trust any political message if its delivered with a posh accent. There 10-12 million thickos right there.Quote:
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Originally Posted by weecounty hibby
Piers Morgan is no role model but on this he is challenging BJ.
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No good Andrew Neil on his own, Piers Morgan on his own, calling out Johnson for his scrutiny-avoiding. The whole MSM, including Kuenssberg, the Mail and Telegraph have to do it, relentlessly, for it to have any chance of success.Quote:
Originally Posted by Radium
That's the Scottish tories saviour, Ruth Davidson, off to the unelected Lords.
She’ll be Secretary of State for Scotland before you know it. Democracy is on the ropes in Scotland.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Grieves
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The Sun's pol ed Tom Newton-Dunn on twitter says "work is underway" in Whitehall to scope Johnson's bizarre Scotland-Ireland bridge plan. Is there anybody out there that thinks this isn't a totally barking white elephant? :confused:
I suppose they'll need someone to drive the project forwards. What's Chris Grayling up to these days? :wink:
No danger of the bridge being built. It's an online exercise to get the phrases "Boris Johnson" and "building bridges" into Googles' search logarithm.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeMeSouviens
That doesn't mean he won't shift millions of pounds of public cash into the consultants' bank accounts.
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I actually love the idea. I know it would never pass any kind of cost benefit analysis but neither would HS2. In fact half the railways in Britain would never have been built if modern risk assessment methods had applied.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeMeSouviens
There are obviously massive technical aspects to be overcome but we never used to shy away from such challenges. Being able to get a train from Edinburgh to Dublin or Belfast in a few hours has massive appeal though. On the whole, very few societies ever regret building a bridge.
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The topography of the seabed and it's considerable depth (almost twice as deep as the English channel) make it a ridiculous idea that would cost a jaw-dropping amount of money to make possible. Not to mention the small matter of over a million tons of munitions dumped in Beaufort Dyke.
It doesn’t have to go across Beaufort dyke if another route is taken.Quote:
Originally Posted by The_Exile
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Do you mean down through Tarbert and past Campbeltown? I'm not super familiar with that area but I know it's not flat and is fairly hilly. Again, that would cost an absolute fortune to get the infrastructure in place in this kind of terrain. I just can't ever see it happening due to cost and intense complications the entire project would inevitably contain.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
I saw an article once that suggested three bridges crossing to Arran, Campbeltown and then over to NI. No idea how complex all this would be.Quote:
Originally Posted by The_Exile
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Campbeltown is about a 3 hour drive from Glasgow (even on the rare occasions the A83 isn't closed by landslides at the rest and be thankful) so that would be a total non-starter.Quote:
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I think that's generally true. However if I was looking to bind the UK together with infrastructural glue I'd start with an immediate commitment to extend HS2 to Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.
Yip, I think that route would be a definite non starter.Quote:
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Boris Johnson has a crap record when it comes to building bridges.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-en...mpression=true
It's never going to happen.
It would be highly amusing if the UK paid for a bridge that would eventually link a united Ireland with an independent Scotland.
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Straight over to Belfast, over the trench we dumped a million tons of munitions (Beaufords Dyke) in, or island hopping from Greenock, down the Kintyre peninsular and over ?
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I think once engineers say this is possible it will then become a political decision. The cost will be ignored by Johnson as it’s not his money and what price saving the union anyway.Quote:
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I’ve never Before noticed how close that part of Scotland is to Ireland.
It's only about 10 miles from the Mull of Kintyre to the Antrim coast, it looks quite close. There was briefly a car ferry from Campbeltown but it never really took off.Quote:
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Just as well! :tee hee:
Sorry.
On a clear day you can easily see the mainland across the water.Quote:
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That'll be the deficit for a possible future indy Scotland through the roof then!
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Why no government has built a tunnel at the Rest is beyond me.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeMeSouviens
Yes it would be costly but the A83 is thee major trunk for a huge rea of communities and tunnels like this are common place in Europe.
:agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by Renfrew_Hibby
Throwing good money after bad, I wonder how much of the cost of a permanent solution they've spent in piecemeal work there?
Just a shame that part of Scotland is not close to anything else!Quote:
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Couple of whoppers from the tories -
https://amp.theguardian.com/politics...mpression=true
Michael Gove has told businesses that trade with Europe they need to prepare for “significant change” with “inevitable” border checks for “almost everybody” who imports from the EU from next year.
https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/eu-refere...ble-nfus-warns
During a session on how UK government policy will affect Scottish farming at the NFUS annual conference on Thursday (6 February), a farmer asked Mr Ross if imported foods would have to meet the same high standards as food produced on UK farms.
The MP replied: “There are ongoing discussions on this point. [International trade secretary] Liz Truss has been just announcing some things today.
“Ultimately, it’s up to the market and if products come in like that, I am reassured that consumers will know which are the best products to purchase.”
Farmers in the audience at the conference in Glasgow roundly jeered Mr Ross for his comments.
He went on: “They will be reassured that the produce from Scottish farmers and UK farmers is of a significant standard, that they would not want to buy chlorinated chicken, or hormone-induced beef.
“It is an issue that we are looking at in any [trade] deals going forward and it’s one at the very top of the agenda for ministers across various departments who are looking at this.”
Frictionless trade, less red tape, maintaining high standards - its all ****ing bull****.
‘Significant change’ and ‘inevitable border checks for almost everybody’ sounds quite intrusive and not at all frictionless. And whatever happens at Dover has to happen at Stranraer. NI unionists are not going to be happy.Quote:
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Boris is showing great leadership by building bridges between nations and not putting up divisive borders.... take note SNP and Nicola Sturgeon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Grieves
There'll be border checks on this new bridge! :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
He couldn't manage to build a bridge between London and erm another bit of London. It is all just bluff, absolutely no chance that there will be a bridge between Scotland and Ireland. Especially as by the time it takes to plan, and execute a project on that scale both will be independent nations free from Westminster.Quote:
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Oh Slavers.Quote:
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There is a dark side of me that is looking foward to tory voting fisherman in the North East and tory voting farmers in the south seeing their chickens coming home to roost.
That dark side of me is also looking forward to the likes of Douglas Ross and David Mundell try to defend the **** show once it hits.
Aye, Cheesy Quavers, not like you to come up with obvious fale ness angle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slavers
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Yeah, if it was only Brexiters who lost their jobs or saw their businesses fail, it wouldn't be such a bad thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by CloudSquall
Thinking about this, it's kind of ironic that the circumstance in which this grand projet might make sense is if RoI/NI/Scotland are all in the single market and England and Wales aren't. If Johnson can get it ready for independence day, then ok, maybe not a totally stupid idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by CloudSquall
Does anyone know if the £20 Bn estimated price tag (I'm presuming this is a total guess anyway and would in reality be overrun multiple times) is supposed to include the costs of upgrading road and rail links (currently woefully inadequate) from central Scotland to the bridge? Also, anyone know what the road/rail situation is like on the Irish side?
Road and rail in NI is pretty poor once you get out of Belfast.Quote:
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Apparently Cummings is losing a lot of the internal Tory battles. He has so far failed to get:
- Javid sacked or moved in reshuffle
- HS2 scrapped
- 10 Downing St internally restructured to an open plan office with him and Johnson at the centre
- his choice (Andy Haldane) appointed as BoE governor
- clearance to recruit his own civil servants outside the usual structures
Looks like they used him to win the election but are now trying to sideline him. What a shame.
He is also raging (but in this case all the Tories are) that they have to follow due legal process to deport immigrants with criminal convictions to Jamaica (some of whom arrived in the UK as young as 2).
I heard this covered on Radio Scotland on the way into work this morning where they managed to talk about it for a few minutes without mentioning which party said councillor represented. Coincidentally I'm sure. :rolleyes:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...tland-51487701
Two wrongs don't make a right as they say but the way the two cases recently have been handled have not been consistent. I realise that a government minister is higher up the tree than a local councillor but it has been totally off the scale and I don't see Murdo and Jackson getting all worked up about someone who was actually convicted of sexual assault. It is pretty crap to see stuff like this politicised as there are low life's in every party and organisation.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeMeSouviens
It's just one reason that I can't stand the peado **** at football. Hibbies seem to forget that we had Gordon Neily (sp?) at the club. These people are everywhere sadly and trying to score political or football points using them is pretty low
Well, he's got the first one done now.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeMeSouviens
Javid leaving seems to have caught everyone off guard in the media, the belief was Cummings had been sidelined but it seems Javid may have jumped due to number 10 wanting more control over number 11.