Oh, I am completely certain that that further claim is false. Ask him about the single market or a second referendum.PaulfromYorkshire wrote:I posted Benn's Tweet because he lost no time in sending it.
It implies he's 100% aware of and comfortable with the leadership's Brexit position, which is a good thing.
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- Sun 25 Feb, 2018 10:05 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
- Replies: 233
- Views: 48880
Re: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
- Sun 25 Feb, 2018 9:59 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
- Replies: 233
- Views: 48880
Re: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
I find it really odd that people who aren't members of Labour whether they be Green or Tory spend so much time obsessing about them and very little actually saying anything about their own chosen party.. Explain it to me someone. I know, I'd really welcome some discussion of Green Party policies he...
- Sun 25 Feb, 2018 9:56 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
- Replies: 233
- Views: 48880
Re: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
I find it really odd that people who aren't members of Labour whether they be Green or Tory spend so much time obsessing about them and very little actually saying anything about their own chosen party.. Explain it to me someone. I know, I'd really welcome some discussion of Green Party policies he...
- Sun 25 Feb, 2018 9:47 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
- Replies: 233
- Views: 48880
Re: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
Hilary Benn @hilarybennmp 10m10 minutes ago More Very clear statement by @Keir_Starmer on Labour's support for staying in a customs union with the EU. The right decision for the economy and for jobs and one which will be widely welcomed by LP members. @MarrShow Surely he means leaving the customs u...
- Sun 25 Feb, 2018 9:46 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
- Replies: 233
- Views: 48880
Re: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
I find it really odd that people who aren't members of Labour whether they be Green or Tory spend so much time obsessing about them and very little actually saying anything about their own chosen party.. Explain it to me someone. I think Labour will be the next government, don't you? It won't be th...
- Sun 25 Feb, 2018 9:28 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
- Replies: 233
- Views: 48880
Re: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
Is Ken suspension over? https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/93112/ken-livingstone-not-facing-imminent-return-labour" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; This and the Grain piece both make the mistake of saying his membership has been suspended...
- Sun 25 Feb, 2018 8:50 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
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Re: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
Good old JC showing his true colours
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/ ... ssion=true" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
£350m a week you say?
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/ ... ssion=true" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
£350m a week you say?
- Sat 24 Feb, 2018 5:54 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
- Replies: 233
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Re: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
I do like Stop the War's take on the massacres of children taking place in Syria. Such a powerful reaction to Assad's butchery
http://www.stopwar.org.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I am sure their founder and former Chair will agree.
http://www.stopwar.org.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I am sure their founder and former Chair will agree.
- Sat 24 Feb, 2018 4:46 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
- Replies: 233
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Re: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
I'm just reporting what was said at the time by some "in the know". You don't have to believe it. The claim that Livingstone hasn't brought the party into disrepute seems unsustainable to me. The only ones defending him seem to me to be the loons still arguing "but Hitler...." T...
- Sat 24 Feb, 2018 4:24 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
- Replies: 233
- Views: 48880
Re: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
"tipping point""resignations" https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/2018/feb/24/ken-livingstone-hitler-suspension-end-no-further-action?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other&__twitter_impression=true" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Bollocks. They're all too cowardly...
- Sat 24 Feb, 2018 3:11 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
- Replies: 233
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Re: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
Incidentally, given the main effect of any customs union with the EU will be the same - not being able to make our own trade deals and accepting jurisdiction of the ECJ - I'm not sure the conflation of "a" and "the" makes much difference compared to the difference between no or ...
- Sat 24 Feb, 2018 2:35 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
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Re: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
"tipping point""resignations"
https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... ssion=true" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Bollocks. They're all too cowardly.
https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... ssion=true" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Bollocks. They're all too cowardly.
- Sat 24 Feb, 2018 1:32 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
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- Views: 48880
Re: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
I know we don't do polls, but New YouGov/Times poll has LAB lead at 2% CON 40% = LAB 42%+1 Doesn't look like check the Czech cheque at Chequers has gone that well for Mrs May :twisted: Apparently only 8% of respondents believe the allegations, nearly all of them Tory voters. I'd be astonished of 8%...
- Sat 24 Feb, 2018 12:27 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
- Replies: 233
- Views: 48880
Re: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
Sure, I'll do it.PaulfromYorkshire wrote:We have from time to time asked in anyone else would like to join the doughty band of administrators.
Remember the three you have all have full time jobs and other responsibilities
- Sat 24 Feb, 2018 8:28 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
- Replies: 233
- Views: 48880
Re: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
All clearly right https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/23/may-brexit-corbyn-cabinet-labour-leader?CMP=share_btn_tw&__twitter_impression=true" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; What is amazing is that it s now seen as a significant step for Labour to commit to...
- Sat 24 Feb, 2018 8:12 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
- Replies: 233
- Views: 48880
Re: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
Is SH an actual person,though robotic responses reminds me of a sort of rejected DWPbot who didn't quite make the grade. I always think the inability to construct a coherent sentence is the clearest sign of a Bot. (When someone is blocked you can hit display post. I'm bored stuck on a bus but shoul...
- Sat 24 Feb, 2018 7:30 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
- Replies: 233
- Views: 48880
Re: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th February 2018
All clearly right https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/23/may-brexit-corbyn-cabinet-labour-leader?CMP=share_btn_tw&__twitter_impression=true" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; What is amazing is that it s now seen as a significant step for Labour to commit to ...
- Fri 23 Feb, 2018 1:12 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 23rd February 2018
- Replies: 99
- Views: 18212
Re: Friday 23rd February 2018
As the Tories opt for ever harder brexit, The ever excellent Stephen Bush on Labour's Brexit strategy https://t.co/nvEJ94SC4i" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Is that actually the case though, the latest "unity" formula looks like an ocean of fudge to me ;) The cus...
- Fri 23 Feb, 2018 11:37 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 23rd February 2018
- Replies: 99
- Views: 18212
Re: Friday 23rd February 2018
As the Tories opt for ever harder brexit, The ever excellent Stephen Bush on Labour's Brexit strategy
https://t.co/nvEJ94SC4i" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://t.co/nvEJ94SC4i" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
- Wed 21 Feb, 2018 10:09 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 21st February 2018
- Replies: 63
- Views: 16243
Re: Wednesday 21st February 2018
[ Freedland is wrong, people do care, they are aware the war is ongoing and are appalled at its escalation. I don't think they do care. See this board. See the news headlines. It is all noise about Corbyn and his meeting a Czech spy he claims he thought was a diplomat. Trivia from years ago, dwarfe...
- Wed 21 Feb, 2018 6:09 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 21st February 2018
- Replies: 63
- Views: 16243
Re: Wednesday 21st February 2018
Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn · 4h The suffering of Syrians must end. I fully support the UN’s demand for an immediate ceasefire. And I urge all countries to support these efforts. There can be no long-lasting peace in Syria and the region without an inclusive agreement, negotiated through the UN. Fo...
- Wed 21 Feb, 2018 4:31 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 21st February 2018
- Replies: 63
- Views: 16243
Re: Wednesday 21st February 2018
This is clearly right https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/21/slaughter-syria-trump-brexit-atrocity" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; We "shrug" largely because there is no magical solution we can impose there. There was perhaps a very narrow window fo...
- Wed 21 Feb, 2018 3:19 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 21st February 2018
- Replies: 63
- Views: 16243
Re: Wednesday 21st February 2018
This is clearly right
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... t-atrocity" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... t-atrocity" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
- Wed 21 Feb, 2018 11:44 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 21st February 2018
- Replies: 63
- Views: 16243
Re: Wednesday 21st February 2018
Britain Elects@britainelects 13 minutes ago London local election voting intention: LAB: 54% (+16) CON: 28% (+2) LDEM: 11% (-) GRN: 4% (-6) UKIP: 2% (-7) via @YouGov, 12 - 15 Feb Chgs. w/ 2014 results Grenfell. I expect they'll lose control of Westminster. Corbyn is much less of a drag at local lev...
- Tue 20 Feb, 2018 8:53 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 20th February 2018
- Replies: 65
- Views: 23783
Re: Tuesday 20th February 2018
Not sure Seumas' strategy on the Czech diplomat meeting is the right one.
Better to threaten press regulation after they go for someone else.
Better to threaten press regulation after they go for someone else.
- Tue 20 Feb, 2018 7:16 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 20th February 2018
- Replies: 65
- Views: 23783
Re: Tuesday 20th February 2018
Poor old Ann Black http://www.annblack.co.uk/national-policy-forum-17-18-february-2018/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; sad really. Maybe she should have done a better job of rebutting these claims earlier? Serious point btw. Indeed. About time she Nd people like her worked...
- Tue 20 Feb, 2018 6:15 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 20th February 2018
- Replies: 65
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Re: Tuesday 20th February 2018
Poor old Ann Black
http://www.annblack.co.uk/national-poli ... uary-2018/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
sad really.
http://www.annblack.co.uk/national-poli ... uary-2018/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
sad really.
- Tue 20 Feb, 2018 4:03 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 20th February 2018
- Replies: 65
- Views: 23783
Re: Tuesday 20th February 2018
More on Special Agent Corbyn
http://littleatoms.com/corbyns-spy-connection-and-me" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://littleatoms.com/corbyns-spy-connection-and-me" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
- Tue 20 Feb, 2018 3:01 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 20th February 2018
- Replies: 65
- Views: 23783
Re: Tuesday 20th February 2018
Ooof, some hard data here
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/opin ... tates.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/opin ... tates.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
- Tue 20 Feb, 2018 2:57 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 20th February 2018
- Replies: 65
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Re: Tuesday 20th February 2018
Indeed, very few things have only a single cause. in the physical universe in which you find yourself, nothing can be the sole cause of anything other than itself. X+0 = X The point about the landbanks piece is that landbanks aren't making any contribution at all. It is a myth. The usual hoarders c...
- Tue 20 Feb, 2018 12:40 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 20th February 2018
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Well, the BEC only had a small sample of young voters in their survey and that's why that finding got questioned. I assume you mean BES, but we're surely at the point of accepting that those criticisms have no statistical credibility. See the link I gave and http://www.britishelectionstudy.com/bes-...
- Tue 20 Feb, 2018 12:27 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 20th February 2018
- Replies: 65
- Views: 23783
Re: Tuesday 20th February 2018
Very useful indeed on landbanks and unimplemented planning permissions being the cause of the housing crisis
http://lichfields.uk/blog/2018/february ... ons-again/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://lichfields.uk/blog/2018/february ... ons-again/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
- Tue 20 Feb, 2018 12:25 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 20th February 2018
- Replies: 65
- Views: 23783
Re: Tuesday 20th February 2018
Youthquake https://www.ncpolitics.uk/2018/02/%E2%80%8Bno-there-really-really-really-really-really-wasnt-a-youthquake.html/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; makes the Tory proposals on tuition fees even more bonkers. If true, it makes the underlying Tory position worse not be...
- Tue 20 Feb, 2018 11:55 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 20th February 2018
- Replies: 65
- Views: 23783
Re: Tuesday 20th February 2018
Youthquake
https://www.ncpolitics.uk/2018/02/%E2%8 ... uake.html/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
makes the Tory proposals on tuition fees even more bonkers.
https://www.ncpolitics.uk/2018/02/%E2%8 ... uake.html/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
makes the Tory proposals on tuition fees even more bonkers.
- Tue 20 Feb, 2018 11:51 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 20th February 2018
- Replies: 65
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Re: Tuesday 20th February 2018
https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/2018/feb/20/david-davis-bullish-wheel-greaser-or-brexit-fall-guy?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other&__twitter_impression=true David Davis: bullish wheel-greaser or Brexit fall guy? The Brexit secretary started the negotiations to exit the EU full of bounce and bluster –...
- Mon 19 Feb, 2018 5:50 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 19th February 2018
- Replies: 105
- Views: 31904
Re: Monday 19th February 2018
Oh you've made it quite clear that it's Seumas Milne. And he didn't say that either :twisted: I think John McDonnell is de facto leader. Milne similarly thought Good Friday "an accommodation not a settlement". https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/feb/22/ireland-unity-social-econ...
- Mon 19 Feb, 2018 4:54 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 19th February 2018
- Replies: 105
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Re: Monday 19th February 2018
Plenty on the far left and far right who have never accepted Good Friday. “an assembly is not what people have laid down their lives for over thirty years… the settlement must be for a united Ireland.” Thankfully, the party has not chosen a leader who said that. Depends who you think the de facto l...
- Mon 19 Feb, 2018 4:26 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 19th February 2018
- Replies: 105
- Views: 31904
Re: Monday 19th February 2018
Who knew the GFA was failing ? The GFA is not failing! https://twitter.com/cirian75/status/965506129093685248" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Andrew AdonisVerified account @Andrew_Adonis Following Following @Andrew_Adonis More BREXIT & IRELAND: Coordinated effort by Br...
- Mon 19 Feb, 2018 2:20 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 19th February 2018
- Replies: 105
- Views: 31904
Re: Monday 19th February 2018
The murky world of student loans, the national debt and a fiscal illusion paul johnson We had a discussion here a couple of months ago didn't we, very much along those lines. Create an income stream so they can flog it off, there's no other explanation for the 6% interest rate. It's unacceptable go...
- Mon 19 Feb, 2018 1:48 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 19th February 2018
- Replies: 105
- Views: 31904
Re: Monday 19th February 2018
Boundary review in doubt The government is facing calls for an early Commons vote on plans to cut the number of MPs from 650 to 600. One is due in the autumn but a committee of MPs is warning it is unlikely to pass. If that happens, they say, it would be too late to carry out a fresh boundary revie...
- Mon 19 Feb, 2018 1:04 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 19th February 2018
- Replies: 105
- Views: 31904
Re: Monday 19th February 2018
AnatolyKasparov wrote:Its not about "echo chambers", it is about arguing in good faith (or otherwise, as the case may be)
Sorry, what is?
- Mon 19 Feb, 2018 12:08 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 19th February 2018
- Replies: 105
- Views: 31904
Re: Monday 19th February 2018
From the article I linked above: “Over time, someone’s house is likely to increase in value, so it’s reasonable that anyone who has received financial help towards their mortgage should be asked to pay that back if there is available equity when the property is sold.” Just struck me how there are s...
- Mon 19 Feb, 2018 12:06 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 19th February 2018
- Replies: 105
- Views: 31904
Re: Monday 19th February 2018
Who knew the GFA was failing ? The GFA is not failing! https://twitter.com/cirian75/status/965506129093685248" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Andrew AdonisVerified account @Andrew_Adonis Following Following @Andrew_Adonis More BREXIT & IRELAND: Coordinated effort by Br...
- Mon 19 Feb, 2018 10:04 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 19th February 2018
- Replies: 105
- Views: 31904
Re: Monday 19th February 2018
Very interesting https://medium.com/@NoahCarl/who-doesnt-want-to-hear-the-other-side-s-view-9a7cdf3ad702" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Reflects this place, and Another of Which We Must Not Speak. I for one very rarely block anyone. In fact I recently went back and unblock...
- Mon 19 Feb, 2018 10:02 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 19th February 2018
- Replies: 105
- Views: 31904
Re: Monday 19th February 2018
V good on housing
https://mainlymacro.blogspot.co.uk/2018 ... k.html?m=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://mainlymacro.blogspot.co.uk/2018 ... k.html?m=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
- Mon 19 Feb, 2018 9:05 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 19th February 2018
- Replies: 105
- Views: 31904
Re: Monday 19th February 2018
Very interesting
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Reflects this place, and Another of Which We Must Not Speak.
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Reflects this place, and Another of Which We Must Not Speak.
- Mon 19 Feb, 2018 7:43 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 19th February 2018
- Replies: 105
- Views: 31904
Re: Monday 19th February 2018
Excellent on cutting/eliminating student fees https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/business/the-murky-world-of-student-loans-the-national-debt-and-a-fiscal-illusion-j5mchbwgx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; A sop to the rich, a natural Tory policy, that Labour can no longer op...
- Sun 18 Feb, 2018 6:15 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th February 2018
- Replies: 230
- Views: 56460
Re: Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th February 2018
But your words that I highlight are the heart of the problem I think. My sincere hope is that the EU will seek to address some of those faults and that will allow the UK to stay in. Will you be maintaining this line that each of the 27 other countries will be happy to renegotiate the EU's basic str...
- Sun 18 Feb, 2018 5:21 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th February 2018
- Replies: 230
- Views: 56460
Re: Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th February 2018
V good on nationalisation https://amp.ft.com/content/d3b3ecfc-1495-11e8-9376-4a6390addb44?__twitter_impression=true" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The real problems are not cost but producer capture (McDonnell seems to actually favour that, but what do you expect) and polit...
- Sun 18 Feb, 2018 2:37 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th February 2018
- Replies: 230
- Views: 56460
Re: Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th February 2018
"the" or "a" customs union - I'm not into nitpicking semantics. The reason I queried this is because I haven't seen a commitment to "a" or "the" or any kind of customs union after transition so wondered where this came from. Has Corbyn said this? I know Starm...