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18-07-2019 10:16 PM #1171
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18-07-2019 10:25 PM #1172This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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18-07-2019 11:50 PM #1173This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The electoral franchise is the electoral franchise and while I agree it should be consistent, it does raise questions of what happens should the administration of the day in Westminster, Holyrood, Cardiff or Stormont (if it ever resumes) find itself wishing to pursue a particular and potentially controversial direction e.g. votes for 16 year olds, votes for prisoners etc etc AND this isn’t the view of other administrations. There are cross-border mechanisms for resolving such issues, involving ministers and civil servants but when it comes to social policy issues, I’m not sure if they can always resolve such things.
Technically, the Tory leadership election isn’t electoral franchise, it’s I guess an essentially private election for members of a political party, or rather constituency associations, grouped together under an umbrella that is the ‘Conservative Party’. Their Young Conservatives wing are regarded as full members of their constituency associations and therefore get to vote as full members. I’m guessing based on the reporting that the minimum age for YCs is 15.
It doesn’t seem necessarily the best way of deciding a new PM to say the least, but Labour isn’t dissimilar, certainly when it had the bloc union votes prior to OMOV, and perhaps still, in the advent of a mass swelling of membership due to low joining rates and the retaining of affiliate union votes. I’m not up to speed with the process for Lib Dems , Greens, SNP, Brexit Party, Plaid Cymru but I am sure they will have foibles they could be challenged upon.
Just another example of the complicated and idiosyncratic system of constitutional politics on these islands. We could have adopted a formal constitution like France or the USA but it would be so less interestingThere's only one thing better than a Hibs calendar and that's two Hibs calendars
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19-07-2019 02:40 AM #1174This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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19-07-2019 03:05 AM #1175This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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19-07-2019 07:29 AM #1176
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I think this thread is a better place to discuss this as the born liar is about to become leader of the self serving shysters.
Career liar Boris stitched up by a kipper.
https://www.newstatesman.com/politic...hnson-s-kipperSpace to let
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19-07-2019 11:10 AM #1177
How cringeworthy can this lot get?
Be thankful? Thankful for what? Getting some more of our own tax revenue back?
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19-07-2019 12:58 PM #1178
Excellent write up from the insightful Fintan O'Toole on Johnson:
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/201...n-ham-of-fate/
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19-07-2019 02:22 PM #1179This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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19-07-2019 06:24 PM #1180This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
F O'T never disappoints.
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19-07-2019 06:28 PM #1181This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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20-07-2019 10:31 AM #1182This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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29-07-2019 02:27 PM #1184
From the BBC's article on Johnson meeting Davidson:
"Talk of the Scottish Conservatives forming a breakaway party is premature. Ms Davidson says she will not allow it to happen on her watch. And a Scottish separation is not exactly a good look for a party that is supposed to be wholeheartedly supporting the Union between Scotland and the rest of the UK.
It may not solve any issues for the Tories in Scotland anyway. As one former Tory strategist put it to me - when they rebranded Marathon bars as Snickers they still had peanuts inside and if you have a nut allergy they are still a problem".
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31-07-2019 10:58 PM #1185
Brexit latest: Number of UK firms in critical financial distress soars 17%
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/b...-a8891451.html
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01-08-2019 09:28 AM #1186
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That's Boris done the box ticking exercise of visiting the "regions". Back to the metropolis to continue telling the masses to be positive.
Monday, it was the SNP's fault.
Tuesday it was Welsh labour.
Wednesday, after dining with his DUP mates, you could take your pick from Sinn Fein, or the Irish government.
Next up will be the EU intransigence.
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01-08-2019 09:46 AM #1187This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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01-08-2019 01:14 PM #1188
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Had one clown on today speaking about 'our precious United Kingdom which has existed for 400 years. Wrong. The United Kingdom was formed in 1922 when 26 counties of the 32 in Ireland broke away to form Eire.
Anyway, Right wing Tories could well see the break up of the UK due to their desire for Brexix. Cant come soon enough.
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01-08-2019 06:45 PM #1189This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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01-08-2019 10:21 PM #1190
Why we can't trust the media in this county and why it frustrates me to no end that people still continue to do so.
https://i.ibb.co/GQwBPH5/eu-press-lies.png (Direct Link for larger image)
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02-08-2019 01:17 PM #1191
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My wife fell for the curved banana's one until she remembered the date was April 1st.
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02-08-2019 02:29 PM #1192
Just so that you know, the Scottish Tories are liars
https://twitter.com/ScotTories/statu...242699264?s=19There is no such thing as too much yarn, just not enough time.
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03-08-2019 11:43 AM #1194
Ruth Davidson now the most unpopular "senior" tory in the whole of Britain - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/t...dson-jpn3fj9lj
Surely her position as leader of the branch in Scotland becomes untenable?
All of her chat on reforming the tories into a party of moderates that would appeal more to the Scottish electorate has been blown out of the water with the appointment of Boris Johnson.
It's hard to see how she can continue to speak up for the tories in Scotland, or even the union for that matter.
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03-08-2019 12:23 PM #1195This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
English Tories just don't get how important this is but neither do Labour any more.
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03-08-2019 12:30 PM #1196This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
As much as i'm a supporter of Scottish Independence, it's a real shame to see things play out this way.
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03-08-2019 01:10 PM #1197This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Again, English politicians don't get it and they don't understand independence either. They think its all about them and take it personally!! (Not that I'm much for independence myself).
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03-08-2019 01:49 PM #1198
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09-08-2019 09:38 AM #1200
Tories going very hard on the view that they'll oppose #indyref2 no matter what.
This must go against basic democratic rights? How long can they really maintain such a position?
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