Lib dems will fancy their chances in this seat. Would be a great start for Boris. Edging closer to that general election.
Are we looking at another suspension?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48713978
And possibly another suspension, where will it end?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-48713049
I'd have stopped short of water cannons, but would have happily seen some kids sent in with some of those pump-action water pistols to give the protesters stopping traffic in Edinburgh a good soaking :wink:
More seriously, as somebody who has worked in liaison with the emergency services, I can't condone any sort of protest that jeopardises their ability to carry out their job, which lying down in the street to stop traffic certainly does.
Personally, I think any organised protest which has gone through the official channels is absolutely fine and, provided it sticks to its remit, there should be no reason for violence. Be that independence marches, Stop the War marches or People's Vote marches, there's no reason you can't ensure much more effective and sympathetic media coverage than by gatecrashing an event like last night's. We had a traffic free day in the Old Town recently as part of the Open Doors event and that garnered plenty of positive coverage.
Unannounced protests like that, or the climate change protest in Edinburgh this week are purposely confrontational and likely to lead to heightened reactions, which ever way your sympathies lie. I don't really have any more sympathy for those sort of protesters than I do for pitch invaders at Easter Road.
You make good points about the effectiveness or desirability of different types of protest but we can’t allow the state to use violence to suppress it. That should be a red line. If the protest is peaceful then we have the courts and criminal justice system for dealing with any inconvenience caused.
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As for the protest, I’m sorry but I don’t believe that’s how you would deal with someone if you thought they were genuinely dangerous or a security risk. You wouldn’t grab someone like that and frogmarch them out, even if they were half your size.
I’m sure he was “acting on instinct”, but not the ones he’s suggesting we believe and you don’t have to be Sigmund Freud to work them out. A mask definitely slipped.
Good for the protestors. Much more of the same please.
I've already posted about the following, but it made me chuckle
https://twitter.com/patrickharvie/st...264903171?s=19
https://amp.theguardian.com/politics...mpression=true
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Type of man he is.
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We have a guy (certainly not a man) who had the Police at his door for 'beating up his partner'. This piece of sh*t is ready to be the next PM of the UK. It's just unthinkable that any right minded person would vote for this clown. What, imho, is needed a London free, Pro-independence Labour Party who can deliver what the people need. Proper pensions, a totally state run NHS and properly managed Schools. Abolishing the charity status of fee-paying schools would also be a step in the right direction.
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There is something utterly toxic on both sides of the political spectrum and it is relatively easy to apply a filter.
However...
This is the response of a Telegraph columnist to a neighbour recording the sounds of a disturbance in the flat next door.
Having seen at close quarters the impact of Domestic abuse, this attitude cannot be allowed to get traction.
The details of the incident will be debated, the levels of intrusion will increase but it must never be the case that reporting the incident was the issue.
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Interesting how many Tories are now against neighbours getting involved in domestic abuse. It’s neighbours reporting domestic abuse that saves lives.
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Mark Field slipping the tongue to Lucia Hunt
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https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/in-th...ptcICBmHemp5WQ
Who was Bozo arguing with when the police were called? Was it his wife or one of his many bits on the side?
Why is Johnson so popular?
Folk talk about him being charismatic etc but every time I've seen him he stumbles and bumbles his way through and often contradicts what he's said in the past
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I think that's part of his appeal to some: he isn't the robotic politician who uses the usual arid phrases. His persona is the slightly baffled posh boy with ruffled hair. However, make no mistake, he's a devious bassa who is much more intelligent and calculating than he pretends to be.