The UK Politics and EU Referendum thread - merged

[david3103]

Cognitive looks wrong in that context. I think I should have said cognisant.

We don't have a government worthy of mention,, DC despicable C has ruined a country, relentlessly cutting public services. Hr destroyed our country, look at the floods.

So the floods are a vengeance wrought by God on a country that is so wicked that it elected a Tory Government?

[TightEnd]

A must read

far too simplistic to make petty points on Cameron, successive governments are to blame

"Drowning in money: the untold story of the crazy public spending that makes flooding inevitable

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/13/flooding-public-spending-britain-europe-policies-homes?CMP=share_btn_tw "

[kukushkin88]

Cognitive looks wrong in that context. I think I should have said cognisant.

We don't have a government worthy of mention,, DC despicable C has ruined a country, relentlessly cutting public services. Hr destroyed our country, look at the floods.

So the floods are a vengeance wrought by God on a country that is so wicked that it elected a Tory Government?

I don't think imaginary beings have much to contribute.

http://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2015/dec/11/cumbria-george-osborne-build-homes-floods

[RED-DOG]

A must read

far too simplistic to make petty points on Cameron, successive governments are to blame

"Drowning in money: the untold story of the crazy public spending that makes flooding inevitable

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/13/flooding-public-spending-britain-europe-policies-homes?CMP=share_btn_tw "

Very informative.

[kukushkin88]

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/nov/17/suicide-increasing-uk-police-firefighters-cuts

[Doobs]

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/nov/17/suicide-increasing-uk-police-firefighters-cuts

Start of 2012 until now is 4 years.  2 suicides vs 3 vs 5 vs 5 shows could be just anomalies or bad record keeping.  29 out of 120000 isn't significantly different from whole population stars of 19 in 100,000 and so on.  It is just a non story.  I wouldn't be at all surprised if the journalist/union have ignored 2011 because that was 5 too.

And Cameron didn't cause the flooding either.  Just one of those shitty things that happen in life.  If they build barriers at the highest level for the last 100 years, not sure what else they can do.  Unless they build enormous walls, then not only will they ruin these places, surely they just push more water down to York.

Tighty's article is interesting.  We can add that to the global warming and hill farming debate that should be happening. 

[kukushkin88]

http://qmr.kingsfund.org.uk/2015/17/?gclid=COKmgaGO_8kCFYOfGwodvJ8J5w

[TightEnd]

another interesting one

"The green consensus has given the Tories a free pass on flood defence"

http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2015/12/the-green-consensus-has-given-the-tories-a-free-pass-on-flood-defence/?utm_content=bufferc0890&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

[DMorgan]

Knighthood for Lynton Crosby...

[kukushkin88]

Knighthood for Lynton Crosby...

[DungBeetle]

The most absurd knighthood ever.  And they follow it up by honouring Lin Homer for serial underperformance at HMRC and the Borders Agency.  This year's honours have confirmed the whole process as a valueless exercise in cronyism.  What a disgrace.

[Woodsey]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35204398

[TightEnd]

Iain Dale

8 out of 10 last year

http://www.iaindale.com/posts/2015/12/31/my-predictions-for-2016?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter


1. The EU Referendum will be held in July.
2. The ‘Stay’ Campaign will prevail, but by a margin of 55-45 or less.
3. Nigel Farage will not be UKIP leader by the end of 2016.
4. Labour will experience a net loss of council seats in May.
5. Donald Trump will not be the Republican Candidate for President.
6. In terms of seats and/or vote share Labour will come third in the Scottish Parliamentary elections.
7. Arsenal will win the Premier League.
8. Philip Hammond will not be Foreign Secretary by the end of the year.
9. The LibDems are all but wiped out in the GLA, Welsh Assembly & Scottish Parliament elections, retaining less than half of their existing 12 seats in the three bodies.
10. Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull calls an early election and wins an increased majority.

[celtic]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35204398

Fair play to him.

Better than 13 year old boys.

[Marky147]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35204398

Fair play to him.

Better than 13 year old boys.

Pretty much what I said to my old man.