Tuesday 6th March 2018

[AnatolyKasparov]

Which do we now have more of - centrist anti-Brexit groupings or UKIP breakaways?

Oh, and PTO......

[PaulfromYorkshire]

Which do we now have more of - centrist anti-Brexit groupings or UKIP breakaways?

Oh, and PTO......

Centrist anti-Brexit I reckon. None of them really seem to be taking off!

[PaulfromYorkshire]

Renew seems to be the one with most traction and apparently they will be fielding candidates in the London elections.

I wonder if everyone will think they are Respect

[tinybgoat]

Has anyone done a family tree of political parties (bit like rock family trees)?

[PaulfromYorkshire]

I've been reading quite a bit about the University pensions strike.

This is an interesting piece about the general financial context:

https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2018/03/06/ ... l-markets/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

universities-and-the-allure-of-capital-markets

[PaulfromYorkshire]

Has anyone done a family tree of political parties (bit like rock family trees)?

David Owen would feature a few times I reckon

[PaulfromYorkshire]

What I don't really understand, and why I am perhaps unfairly mocking Renew and the like, is what's wrong with the two anti-Brexit parties we already have in England.

TBF I can easily find some things wrong with the Libs, but....

[Willow904]

What I don't really understand, and why I am perhaps unfairly mocking Renew and the like, is what's wrong with the two anti-Brexit parties we already have in England.

TBF I can easily find some things wrong with the Libs, but....

Bus Pass Elvis used to get more media coverage than the Greens are getting currently. It will be interesting if the squeeze they experienced at the last GE continues during the local elections or if they manage to bounce back a bit.

[citizenJA]

Goodnight, everyone
love,
cJA

[ohsocynical]

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[tinybgoat]

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politic ... 83306.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"Labour MP Alison McGovern brands Brexit 'the s*** cherry on the s*** icing on the s*** cake'"

“If you look at the problems that certain places in the north have, it’s because of de-industrialisation started by Thatcher.
“And Brexit is just like, if I’m allowed to use this terminology, the s*** cherry on the s*** icing on the s*** cake that the Tories baked us all in the 1980s.”

She forgot to mention the Salmonella eggs.

[AnatolyKasparov]

That's at least not the sort of alienating technocratic language that Progress types can be somewhat prone to