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by gilsey
Mon Jul 20, 2026 9:30 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 20th July 2026
Replies: 11
Views: 334

Re: Monday 20th July 2026

Angela Rayner has been reappointed as the secretary of state for housing, communities and local government.

Lucy Powell is the new education secretary, replacing her Labour deputy leadership rival Bridget Phillipson.

Jonathan Reynolds has moved from chief whip to business secretary, replacing ...
by gilsey
Mon Jul 20, 2026 9:26 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 20th July 2026
Replies: 11
Views: 334

Re: Monday 20th July 2026

Frog222 wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2026 5:47 pm What were the odds on this ?
by gilsey
Sat Jul 18, 2026 2:04 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th July 2026
Replies: 10
Views: 357

Re: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th July 2026

Totally agree re Mahmood as CX, really awful.

Not so sure about the drilling, it's pretty insignificant re climate change and he might have just thought it was one fight he didn't need to pick.

by gilsey
Fri Jul 17, 2026 9:31 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 17th July 2026
Replies: 10
Views: 306

Re: Friday 17th July 2026

Max temp today was 19.4c, when I went to the shops this morning it was cloudy 17c and there was even some fine rain in the air! Lovely.
by gilsey
Fri Jul 17, 2026 9:13 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 17th July 2026
Replies: 10
Views: 306

Re: Friday 17th July 2026

Just so you know.

https://bsky.app/profile/rosamundi.bsky.social/post/3mqtcfsz26s24



Rosamundi
@rosamundi.bsky.social
A reminder that PoliticsUK is run by a Reform councillor. It's probably safe to say that the "Wes Streeting crying in a lift" story is not as reported.
9:10 AM · Jul 17, 2026
by gilsey
Fri Jul 10, 2026 3:15 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 10th July 2026
Replies: 9
Views: 494

Re: Friday 10th July 2026

Someone on bluesky calling it unbelievably tragic with a heartbreak emoji. I wouldn't go that far.
by gilsey
Fri Jul 10, 2026 3:13 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 10th July 2026
Replies: 9
Views: 494

Re: Friday 10th July 2026



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by gilsey
Tue Jul 07, 2026 10:00 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 7th July 2026
Replies: 10
Views: 1092

Re: Tuesday 7th July 2026

From a couple of weeks ago, apologies if we've already seen it. I believe it's a US publication but a UK author.

Starmer did not "do nothing": he made the country radically more regressive. No wonder he fell.

Blessed with a massive majority, in a country that is functionally a legislative ...
by gilsey
Sun Jul 05, 2026 9:54 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th July 2026
Replies: 13
Views: 2990

Re: Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th July 2026

GOAL!!!! Brazil 0-2 Norway (Haaland 89 min)
He does it again.
by gilsey
Thu Jul 02, 2026 9:43 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 2nd July 2026
Replies: 7
Views: 1951

Re: Thursday 2nd July 2026

by gilsey
Thu Jul 02, 2026 9:37 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 2nd July 2026
Replies: 7
Views: 1951

Re: Thursday 2nd July 2026




No shit.
by gilsey
Wed Jul 01, 2026 10:06 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 1st July 2026
Replies: 11
Views: 3369

Re: Wednesday 1st July 2026

Minister and MP ‘furious’ over cuts to road projects to fund defence plan
One of them's Jenrick though, so as you were.


https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... fence-plan
by gilsey
Wed Jul 01, 2026 10:04 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 1st July 2026
Replies: 11
Views: 3369

Re: Wednesday 1st July 2026

Sir Jon Cunliffe’s Independent Water Commission, whose report forms the basis of the intended clean water bill flagged in the king’s speech, “compared outcomes in countries reasonably similar to England and Wales” and said its analysis “has not demonstrated any one model is universally better than ...
by gilsey
Mon Jun 29, 2026 11:20 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 29th June 2026
Replies: 7
Views: 2660

Re: Monday 29th June 2026

RIP.

by gilsey
Mon Jun 29, 2026 11:15 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 29th June 2026
Replies: 7
Views: 2660

Re: Monday 29th June 2026

Good morning.

Kemi excelling herself today.

https://bsky.app/profile/james-bg.bsky.social/post/3mpgbvsqn4k2x


In general I do think these attempts to cast EdM as the devil incarnate are wasted efforts, can't see the majority of the British public buying it.
Even Tony Blair's 'demon eyes' were ...
by gilsey
Fri Jun 26, 2026 9:41 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 26th June 2026
Replies: 14
Views: 5618

Re: Friday 26th June 2026

I didn't know this about the tube, every day's a school day.

by gilsey
Fri Jun 26, 2026 9:36 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 26th June 2026
Replies: 14
Views: 5618

Re: Friday 26th June 2026

refitman wrote: Fri Jun 26, 2026 6:31 am Just had a 20min storm and it's brought the temp down a bit. Stopped just in time for me to catch my bus.
Went on for over an hour here, noisy. 18c when I got up, it was really dark, about 21 now and the sun's coming out, will be hot soon and the forecast says more storms later.
by gilsey
Wed Jun 24, 2026 9:03 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 24th June 2026
Replies: 7
Views: 2835

Re: Wednesday 24th June 2026

Thread debunking the daft Telegraph piece

https://bsky.app/profile/monkemma.bsky.social/post/3mp2aif7ltn2i

I say daft but I've had a climate-change-denying visitor this afternoon who was making some of these arguments and I don't usually think of him as daft. I don't know where he gets it from ...
by gilsey
Tue Jun 23, 2026 9:36 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 23rd June 2026
Replies: 13
Views: 4062

Re: Tuesday 23rd June 2026

refitman wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2026 6:13 pm Only 28C in my kitchen at the moment.
Same here.

Hope sky's ok.
by gilsey
Mon Jun 22, 2026 9:15 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 22nd June 2026
Replies: 15
Views: 4597

Re: Monday 22nd June 2026

A See Ya to Keir

For those who've spent the day celebrating the Prime Minister, demanding we respect the human frailties of a hard-done-to public servant, of Starmer's cracking voice as he struggled through the last few lines of his speech, there's a straightforward reply. Where was his respect ...
by gilsey
Mon Jun 22, 2026 9:12 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 22nd June 2026
Replies: 15
Views: 4597

Re: Monday 22nd June 2026

Take the reforms to indefinite leave to remain. These plans make it almost impossible to integrate immigrants into the community. They exclude people who are here legally, in many cases for well over a decade.

Ignore the moral element. Who does that actually help? What problem does it solve? Which ...
by gilsey
Mon Jun 22, 2026 11:24 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 22nd June 2026
Replies: 15
Views: 4597

Re: Monday 22nd June 2026

Something to thank AB for, so off to a good start.
by gilsey
Mon Jun 22, 2026 11:15 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 22nd June 2026
Replies: 15
Views: 4597

Re: Monday 22nd June 2026

Eg, does he really believe this?

I will also give my successor my full and unequivocal support, knowing that they will inherit a Britain that is far stronger and fairer than the one I inherited two years ago, better prepared for the challenges ahead and better able to ensure the Labour party ...