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UK PoliticsERA |OT1| - Strong and Stable Government? No. Coalition Of Chaos! PART 2
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I do wonder, in addition to the general public, the party membership and parliamentary party itself..
I'd be interested to see if there are any studies done to see if the average member of the public/party member/MP has become more informed over the past few years than previously. I feel like people are following this stuff more than they did before. Which in turn makes snake oil that much harder to sell.
I'd like to think that, but remember the Tory echo chamber has several tabloids that are widely available everywhere. Once a leader has emerged and everyone flocks to him, just a few weeks of intense propaganda on the Sun and others, and he'll have his popularity skyrocket regardless of past baggage.
This is precisely how IDS came to lead the Conservatives at the time he did despite making their situation against Blair worse.
Lets check in quickly over the channel to see how the smart, sensible centrist of Chukas dreams is doi-
https://twitter.com/ronanburtenshaw/status/1052159973420097536
Oh, oh no
https://twitter.com/ronanburtenshaw/status/1052159973420097536
Oh, oh no
I'm sure his new think tank will come up with some stellar policy ideas to convince everyone of why we should be rooting for a glorious centrist future. Annnnny minute now...
It's clear to everyone now that Boris Johnson would make a worse Boris Johnson than Boris Johnson.
Britain fell for a neoliberal con trick – even the IMF says so
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/17/economic-lies-neoliberalism-taxpayers
Guardian opinion piece on privatisation - more at the link.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/17/economic-lies-neoliberalism-taxpayers
Guardian opinion piece on privatisation - more at the link.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickha...nk-tank-65000?bftwuk&utm_term=4ldqpgm#4ldqpgm
"Chuka Umunna Will Be Paid £65,000 A Year To Chair A New Centrist Think Tank"
"Chuka Umunna Will Be Paid £65,000 A Year To Chair A New Centrist Think Tank"
But you can feel better knowing you have contributed to Richard Branson's private tropical island.
Nick Clegg working for Facebook is pretty hilarious. They probably just wanted an ex deputy Prime Minister on the books.
Between the news of Chuka and Clegg I guess that new centrist party is off. Not when there's some nice corporate money to be had.
I mean, that's flat out the language of the far right. The majority of grooming in this country is done by white men, but he has to specific Asians. And the use of the 'no go areas' is disgusting.
Judging from his speeches he seems to have a tendancy to bash Muslims. Really doing all he can there to fit in it seems.
Judging from his speeches he seems to have a tendancy to bash Muslims. Really doing all he can there to fit in it seems.
Just saw this.
The BBC have been effectively good allies to the far right these past few months/years.
The nature of the remit I find is often is interpreted in a fashion that they have to take people at face value in how they describe themselves, as otherwise that would mean the Beeb making a value judgement. Which is why in their profiles of people, they often defer such judgements to what other people have said of a person.
That said, there's also been a noticeable slide towards... if not supporting, at least appeasing populists for the domestic end of things the last few years. Notice how after Brexit even a lot of their fillers shifted towards a very... 'local' or 'your X' approach.
Fucking hell. I've long been a defender of the BBC, but they've really lost the plot.
Public broadcasting is important, and should be funded, but the BBC needs to be torn down and started again.
Public broadcasting is important, and should be funded, but the BBC needs to be torn down and started again.
I used to in my younger days be all for the BBC but I've happily signed out of the TV license; stopped watching live TV and the BBC with no regrets (4OD and 5OD catchups do me just fine).
The BBC are still stuck in their balance fallacy where they feel they have to give air time to extreme viewpoints like climate change denial and the far right.
The BBC is run by people from the same class as the majority of politicians. They protect their won and go with the prevailing tide unless forced to give decent balanced coverage (ie during elections)
Good read, this btw:
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2016/08/we-will-force-you-to-be-free
People still buying into the groups not being apprehended/prosecuted before because of fears of racism is still the most ridiculous shit I've ever heard.
It's pretty tasteless but as a metaphor being "knifed in the back" goes all the way back to Caesar and Brutus. I don't think it's worth getting in a tiz about.
"They brought a forensic pathologist, a body double, and a fucking bone saw. Wtf did you think it was? An accident?"
Top comment is bringing the A+ game. Arf.
Top comment is bringing the A+ game. Arf.
And he was right to say wait considering May said the testers had confirmed the results yet they cam out and said they hadn't even finished their tests and she was wrong to say so.
I remember May coming out saying the experts confirmed it was from Russia and then the experts actually saying they didn't say that.
Of course it was Russia but I clearly remember her jumping the gun and getting shit for it from some people.
Good. Race be damned when child sexual abuse is involved.
If anyone has a problem with it then go and watch 3 girls. Grooming gangs are popping up all over the country recently and it's disgusting how these victims were treat when coming forward with what they were experiencing every day for years in some cases.
If race was irrelevant then why did Javid invoke it? Or did you think people were angry over the convictions?
It's an uncomfortable truth but the majority of men involved in grooming gangs are men of a Pakistani heritage.
Majority of cases where the individual is acting on their own are white males.
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I would also like to add that the issue of race is the reason why these grooming gangs have operated with impunity for decades.
Leeds
Rotherham
Bradford
Rochdale
Stockport
London
Skipton
Newcastle
Telford
Derby
And many more areas have had decades of abuse going on but nothing was done because the authorities didn't want upset the Pakistani communities. It's an uncomfortable truth but the longer we let "race" be an issue then we are allowing girls/boys as young as 11 to be sexually abused with no repercussions.
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citation needed.
the race isnt published because any time it happens to be someone that isnt brittish racists will use it as ammo to target minorities.
What about the "No go areas" part? Do you actually believe they exist?
Also do you find it weird that the race of a group is mentioned when they are brown but not when it is Priests?
Newcastle:
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/grooming-gangs-uk-britain-newcastle-serious-case-review-operation-sanctuary-shelter-muslim-asian-a8225106.html?amp
Rochdale:
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/rochdale-grooming-scandal
Keighley:
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www....gang-of-12-jailed-for-130-years-1-7722032/amp
Bradford:
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/13650516.amp/
Telford:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telford_child_sexual_exploitation_scandal
Huddersfield:
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-45918845
Skipton:
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/4500139.amp/
London:
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/london-grooming-gang-new-exposed-found-police-warning-children-abuse-girls-uk-newham-stratford-a8099346.html%3fam
Brummie:
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www....victim-birmingham-grooming-gangs-14904884.amp
There are so many stories in which 1000's of victims have faced sexual abuse the issue of race is sensitive but it's a big issue that is unfortunately fuelling the far right like Tommy Robinson and until we can put the issue of race to one side we can't confront the real issues at hand which is the Crime/Victim/justice.
I highly recommend you watch 3 girls which is 3 part series based on the Rochdale grooming gang.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08rgd5n
The video is not available now but it is available on the internet. Warning though it extremely distressing to watch but it's all based on true stories/events.
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