FlyTheNest

gilsey

I have a problem with them not realising they are utterly powerless to prevent it. If every single Labour councillor and party member resigned "in disgust at Starmer" tomorrow, it would not save the life of a single Gazan child. The letter specifically says they that they know nothing wou...

gilsey

Jess Phillips tho? That'll be a sight for sore eyes.

gilsey

Sunak just isn't very good at politics.

gilsey

I think Labour were clear for once, they wouldn't implement it.

gilsey

Leave the ECHR, you say? The principle of non-refoulement is therefore given effect not only by the ECHR but also by other international conventions to which the United Kingdom is party. It is a core principle of international law, to which the United Kingdom government has repeatedly committed itse...

gilsey

The central issue in the present case is therefore not the good faith of the government of Rwanda at the political level, but its practical ability to fulfil its assurances, at least in the short term, in the light of the present deficiencies of the Rwandan asylum system, the past and continuing pr...

gilsey

Supreme court concludes Rwanda policy unlawful because of risks to asylum seekers being sent there Reed says, given this evidence, the court of appeal concluded that there were good grounds for thinking asylum seekers going to Rwanda were at risk. He says the supreme court is unanimously of the vie...

gilsey

I'm going to tell you something that may shock you, but still - literally nothing that anyone does in the UK parliament on this is going to make any difference. All the more reason to be on the right side of history imo. Same applies here preparing the party for how it will be in government - when,...

gilsey

gilsey

gilsey

As if he hadn't caused enough trouble already.

gilsey

Freedman is disappointed in the JC?

Where's he been?

gilsey

Downing Street has disowned the Suella Braverman article in the Times. At the No 10 lobby briefing, which has just ended, the PM’s spokesperson said the article was “not cleared by No 10”. Will Sunak surprise us all by finally sacking her. Tbf, it seems to be what she wants. Article is reproduced i...

gilsey

Lee Anderson MP @LeeAndersonMP_ On the 6th October 2023 I shared a link on X to a Mail Online article entitled ‘Militant union leader at the heart of doctors strikes is a Labour activist who boasted of charging the NHS for a strike cover shift. I accept that my words were misleading as the subject ...

gilsey

Listen to your body, rest up.

gilsey

Good morning.

Our Home Secretary. How low can she go?

gilsey

Not sure what Ed Balls said to precipitate this, but I found it amusing anyway

gilsey

I'll take pity on the nesters who complain about AK's cryptic comments, here you go Gary Neville @GNev2 In the last 4 days we’ve seen right in front of our eyes where you end up with over a decade of awful decisions. Fortunes wasted, anger turned to apathy, our reputation destroyed at home and in Eu...

gilsey

Gary Neville's tweet this morning is a genuine cracker. It is, though if you look at the replies it's clearly too clever for some of his followers, who appear a tad confused. Re football, I wonder how many Boro fans thought it would be a good idea to take the family camping in Devon for half term s...

gilsey

@sky, sorry to hear you've got the 'rona, how many others at that wedding have it too, I wonder. Hopefully not the bride and groom.

Here's a review of 'Party Marty' at the inquiry.

The fog of bores

gilsey

Starmer says he is not suprised by the level of support for a ceasefire. People want to alleviate the suffering. But he says he has asked if a ceasefire would be right if it would allow Hamas to carry out further attacks, and if it would not bring back the hostages. And so that is he s not calling ...

gilsey

Good morning. This morning Richard Holden, a transport minister, was doing the broadcast round for No 10 and he had to defend the government’s handling of Covid in the light of the evidence revealed at the inquiry. He argued that the WhatsApp revelations were just “tittle tattle” When you're in a ho...

gilsey

I'm sure you've seen this by now but

Starlink will support connectivity to internationally recognized aid organizations in Gaza.

gilsey

'Very serious plagiarism scandal' seems a bit OTT tho. It's only a book.

Crispin Blunt, otoh.

gilsey

Sky'sGoneOut wrote: ↑Wed 25 Oct, 2023 3:37 pm Honestly what's the point of voting for these clowns? Absolutely fucking useless. You simply cannot believe a single word they say.

Labour U-turns on promise of Scottish-style right to roam in England

Only a matter of time before the cancellation of the badger cull goes the same way.

gilsey

Sky last night Yes Israel is our ally, hence the recent support of our security services in ratifying their account of the hospital bombing, but it's not an ally so beloved that it can murder thousands of civilians without revulsion despite what Tim and the freaks around him might think. "The E...

gilsey

The King.

Of course you don't have to look far for the context, Netanyahu and his reprehensible allies would like the Palestinians in the West Bank to go to Jordan, just as he'd like the Gazans to move to Egypt.

gilsey

Good morning.

There's always a tweet.

gilsey

Curtice on Toady it was reasonable to argue 24 hours ago – that the Conservative party faces the serious prospect of losing the next general election heavily, and maybe even more heavily than they did in 1997. Let me just give you one illustration as to why one might say that. I’ve got in front of m...

gilsey

Good morning.

gilsey

That graphic was originally meant as satire when I saw it a while ago, calling out the performative cruelty.

gilsey

gilsey

Congrats to Scotland, but the sporting story of the day surely is the rugby.
Who'd have predicted the only European team in the semis would be England.

gilsey

Good morning. I, for one, didn't know about Blunt's pro-Palestinian views. Don't know if anyone else reads Chris Dillow's blog, I recommend it to you not least for his description of current affairs programmes as poshcuntstalkshitshows . ON REFLECTIVE EQUILIBRIUM The Tories might have learned from t...

gilsey

Lots of Labour front benchers have said Israel should abide by international law. But in wars bad things happen, even if the combatants are well intentioned. The only solution to that is not to have them, but let's not forget that Hamas started this one. Doesn't seem much like a war to me, the two ...

gilsey

are you all totally underwhelmed Hi there. Maybe we're beyond taking any notice of any politician's speech, after 13 years of tory talk and no delivery, we can't remember what it's like to have a govt that tells us it'll do something (positive) and then actually does it. AFAICS Labour aren't going ...

gilsey

He's not wrong.

gilsey

Starmer would also allow low-quality green belt such as scrubland and car parks to be released for development. The party has branded the areas “grey belt” and will specify that half of homes built are to be sold at affordable price. The designation of scrubland as 'low quality' is going to upset t...

gilsey

Entirely predictable question and entirely predictable response, really Not News.

gilsey

https://en.rattibha.com/thread/1710840233720172990

I don't think we want to discuss this here but this thread seems a good summing up of where we are.

The human race really doesn't deserve this planet.

gilsey

I read 'if it threatened to breach her fiscal rules' and thought, who does she think she is?

Similar to Sunak & Hunt cancelling HS2 on a whim.

gilsey

refitman wrote: ↑Sat 07 Oct, 2023 6:14 pm I think Blair's been whispering in people's ears

Lovely.

gilsey

Good morning. The Scottish Conservatives lost their deposit in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West byelection after securing less than 5% of the vote. Thomas Kerr, the Scottish Conservative candidate, won 3.9% of the vote, below the 5% needed to retain his deposit. In 2019, the party won 15% of the vot...

gilsey

What just happened?

(at St James Park)

gilsey

The Labour party has issued a response to Rishi Sunak’s speech saying he can’t run the country because he cannot even run his own party. In a statement Pat McFadden, Labour’s national campaign coordinator, said: After 13 years and five Tory prime ministers, Rishi Sunak’s latest desperate attempt to...

gilsey

https://reaction.life/mark-bostock-has-been-proved-totally-right-about-hs2/ Mark Bostock, a former Arup consultant who successfully led the construction of HS1 from St Pancras to the Channel Tunnel and a former client of ours, would have had a few things to say about it. Sadly he passed away in Aug...

gilsey

The UK's inability to invest for the long term never ceases to amaze. Multi-billion £ project goes on or not on the whim of the PM of the day. If, God forbid, Johnson was still there it would almost certainly be continuing. Here's another example of something that shouldn't be at the mercy of the cu...

gilsey

Rumour has it that HS2 will go to Euston but not beyond Birmingham, thus confirming Northeners' scepticism about 'levelling up'.

gilsey

Is this World Government in the room with you now?

gilsey

Good morning PF, it's lovely to see you but we don't usually have a new thread for Sunday?

Search found 6227 matches