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"...the family had agreed with government officials not to comment on the extradition process while proceedings were ongoing. "
They've been messed around by the government more than a bit on this tragic fiasco. The chance of that woman ever returning to the country after she had been allowed to leave was basically zero. The only 'justice' the Dunn's might ever receive is those responsible for allowing her to leave getting a slap on the wrist.
Matt Hancock's on a fucking roll.
Moron.
Moron.
If people fly less, they might accidentally notice the appalling state of the UKs train services, and we just can't have that, since we know whose fault that is.
Yeah, I haven't seen the interview besides the odd clip, the Catalonia lesson isn't going down very well north of the border.
Giving her the benefit of the doubt, I'm hoping she just didn't realise what she was insinuating when saying that - but it's not a good look either way.
I expect Starmer to romp this. RLB running is a mistake, her advisors should of told her that.. no one (well no one who wants to get back into power) wants more of the same. My only guess is she thinks she will get a top position in the shadow cabinet. Which I don't think will happen. Starmer largely (staying out the way) during the election tells you he knew exactly what was coming.
How come Westminster politicians don't understand Scotland's right to self determination and instead view it through a narrow nationalist sphere?
Scotland isn't a colonial possession.
Scotland isn't a colonial possession.
Because "SNP Bad" is easier to process than actually having a nuanced understanding of Scottish politics, and that's been true both for the Tories and Labour.
It's getting incredibly frustrating. We have the right to choose our own future. Nandy and Phillips speak like tinpot dictators.
It's getting to the point where I'd support a UDI and all the mess that would come with that. I don't want to be part of this uncaring, broken country anymore.
It just seems a bit odd with the leader of labour in Scotland looking like he's shifting to a softer stance on another referendum.
Jess Phillips is being advised by the old Better Together leader Blair McDougall.
Possibly the worst-policy you could advocate as Labour leader is:
"Let's have another referendum on Scotland and spend the next 5-10 years arguing about how it will happen, while totally ignoring everything else."
That'll cost you a fuckton of votes in England and run completely counter to the current narrative that Labour need policies that directly connect with their voters' needs.
If Labour had a chance of winning seats in Scotland then it would be different, but the only people who would vote Labour are Left-wing Unionists. What's the point of trying to appeal to left-wing nationalists when the SNP have that vote locked down. Offering a referendum won't make SNP voters vote Labour again.
The path to Scottish independence is to make a referendum a requirement for confidence and supply in a hung parliament (it would be a poison chalice for Labour, but I think they'd take it after 25 years in the wilderness). I just don't any way that offering a referendum is in the interests of any other party.
It sucks if you support Scottish independence, and a referendum is clearly the morally right thing to do, but I don't see how any non-independence party can support it.
"Let's have another referendum on Scotland and spend the next 5-10 years arguing about how it will happen, while totally ignoring everything else."
That'll cost you a fuckton of votes in England and run completely counter to the current narrative that Labour need policies that directly connect with their voters' needs.
If Labour had a chance of winning seats in Scotland then it would be different, but the only people who would vote Labour are Left-wing Unionists. What's the point of trying to appeal to left-wing nationalists when the SNP have that vote locked down. Offering a referendum won't make SNP voters vote Labour again.
The path to Scottish independence is to make a referendum a requirement for confidence and supply in a hung parliament (it would be a poison chalice for Labour, but I think they'd take it after 25 years in the wilderness). I just don't any way that offering a referendum is in the interests of any other party.
It sucks if you support Scottish independence, and a referendum is clearly the morally right thing to do, but I don't see how any non-independence party can support it.
Labour should just separate the Scottish Party and let it do its own thing, the federal policy is something I'm really keen on, but I'm also happy for it to be kicked into the long grass for a few years hidden in a commission or something.
Do not mention Catalonia.
Do not mention Catalonia.
Headline is a bit clickbaitey. The issue is with treating disability and non-disability lives equally.
I don't actually think getting rid of the 4 hour target is a bad idea, it's not a great metric, just depends what it's replaced with.
What matters in A&E is that patients are triaged quickly so the ones that need to be seen quickly are, more than 1/2 the people there don't actually need to be so it's inconvenient if they are there a long time but it wouldn't be doing anyone any physical harm.
If you matched the wait time with the severity of the symptoms you'd have a much better measure of how much harm is being caused by waiting times.
What matters in A&E is that patients are triaged quickly so the ones that need to be seen quickly are, more than 1/2 the people there don't actually need to be so it's inconvenient if they are there a long time but it wouldn't be doing anyone any physical harm.
If you matched the wait time with the severity of the symptoms you'd have a much better measure of how much harm is being caused by waiting times.
Priority is always given to those that need it, the 4 hr target is useful in a system where the emergency department is making up for issues in the rest of the NHS.
It's more convenient for the government than patients or staff that will still have to deal with pressure.
Exactly it is, that's why it's impossible for the 4 hour target to be hit, in fact if you saw an A&E hitting it you'd be highly suspicious of what they had to do to get there.
It would be much better to measure the people who urgently needed to be seen but weren't.
Don't get me wrong, hospitals are missing all their targets by larger margins every year since 2010, so it doesn't really make any difference if they change this one or not, but I do think the premise of this one is highly flawed and it's just based around setting a baseline expectation for patients and not any actual clinical need.
The target is an average though, isn't it? So making low priority patients wait and treating urgent patients quickly should balance out in the end.
If a hospital doesn't have enough resources, their triage policies won't have any effect on the average wait time. If I saw an A&E hitting the target, I'd assume it was staffed by super robots or getting way more money than other hospitals.
Boris Johnson's pick to help lead Grenfell inquiry linked to cladding firm
How does Boris manage to be so useless, didn't people check.
How does Boris manage to be so useless, didn't people check.
You can join the Labour party to take part up till January 20th. So if you wanna be heard, do it that way. If you're a student or under 26, it's like £2.17 a month.
Yep.
Although, sounds like she's probably not going to do it now, if I'm reading between Boris' comments correctly
Good grief Lisa Nandy's comments on Scotland and Catalonia are disgraceful. She's also jumped on the bandwagon where any criticism of Israel is not allowed.
Labour can go fcuk themselves if they wanna go down this path.
Labour can go fcuk themselves if they wanna go down this path.
Yep got proper soured on Nandy with that bit. Oh Scotland aye let's just let the police handle that wink wink
tbf Wigan's full of dickheads
tbf Wigan's full of dickheads
RLB being voted in would just show that the party really haven't learned anything from the election.
Corbyn is really unpopular?
Let's stick in someone who was practically his right hand woman and everywhere during the last campaign that ended in a dismal loss.
Corbyn is really unpopular?
Let's stick in someone who was practically his right hand woman and everywhere during the last campaign that ended in a dismal loss.
Are Labour on the Whisky, RLB consigns them to opposition for at least another 10 years...
I almost miss the chaos of a minority Gov and Brexit. Everything is now dead, the Tories control the message, nothing important getting discussed, all we hear about is some prat in the Royal Family and why can Mark Francois ring the bells of doom
I almost miss the chaos of a minority Gov and Brexit. Everything is now dead, the Tories control the message, nothing important getting discussed, all we hear about is some prat in the Royal Family and why can Mark Francois ring the bells of doom
I didn't realise Momentum had officially started backing RLB, I guess that's why the poll is the way it is...hate to agree with the Blairites but they are right, the ignorance in the left of the party is pretty staggering.
Momentum always backed RLB. She's good but I think she needs to be seen more before I believe she has leadership potential.
Starmer is still the top person. Seems to be the popular one outside of the Labour bubble. Some socialists believe he'll bring New Labour back but there's nothing I've seen to believe that will happen.
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Starmer is still the top person. Seems to be the popular one outside of the Labour bubble. Some socialists believe he'll bring New Labour back but there's nothing I've seen to believe that will happen.
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Only 27% switched to tory because of leadership. But I'm not sure why this argument exists that RLB is continuity Corbyn, but Starmer isn't? They were both foregrounded in media appearances and on the front bench for years. We're not getting another GE for 5 years, if RLB wins and carries over Corbyn's unpopularity we'd find out before voting starts.
also for the youngins they're gonna want someone whose name will fit seven nation army
also for the youngins they're gonna want someone whose name will fit seven nation army