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The very same people Starmer called 'arrogant' (repeated by Mercer). I had to admire his guts given how supposedly unpopular Just Stop Oils' methods are

The draft legislation, according to 28 civil society organizations, would turn the UK into a "leaky valve" that would undermine the data protection rights of European citizens.

"If passed, the Bill would mean a wholesale deregulation of the UK data protection framework, allowing private companies to seek shelter in the UK to circumvent European data protection standards, and turning the UK into a 'test lab' for experimental and abusive uses of data," the groups said in an open letter to European lawmakers published Tuesday.

refitman wrote: ↑Fri 07 Jul, 2023 8:23 am

One source on BBC Question Time described Mercer as "livid" when he arrived and unable to talk about anything else while they waited in the green room before the show began.

The Question Time source said: "He [Mercer] spent most of the time in the green room whinging about Carol Vorderman."

But it seems that the attack on his wife and her pay via the taxpayer was what really annoyed him.

The source noted: "He said that he was very annoyed and that he had a thick hide, but he wasn’t happy about Vorders going after his wife!"

They added: "Fiona Bruce was very amused by it all."

After the show, the Question Time source said: "He [Mercer] really couldn't let it go. He was still complaining about [Vorderman] when he left."

Following an evening of bullish debate, one member of the audience decided to take the veterans minister to task after Mercer complained about people voicing their anger on social media. Pulling him up on what he branded ‘collective bed-wetting’, she said:

"Given that a number of Conservatives and the Conservative party have shut down any form of meaningful protest, and he’s shouting across every member of this panel tonight, how else are we meant to get our point across other than on social media?"

Now that’s a mic drop!

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... lum-centre
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AnatolyKasparov wrote: ↑Fri 07 Jul, 2023 3:01 pm Tories are trying their utmost to turn the Uxbridge byelection into a single issue referendum on ULEZ, any sort of Labour win is good given that.

(no it isn't unpopular everywhere in the capital, but rather more so in outer London areas like this)