The UK Politics and EU Referendum thread - merged

[nirvana]

'For the state must draw a sharp line of distinction between those who, as members of the nation, are the foundation and support of its existence and greatness, and those who are domiciled in the state, simply as earners of their livelihood there.' - Mein Kampf

I didn't call the government nazis

The separation of people into a two tier system of those that can apply for a job and those who cannot based solely on ethnicity is a related theme, no?

Certainly nazi like in its attempt to dehumanise and demonise ( and I think that's what.it is) people who are legitimately working and living here.

[StuartHopkin]

remember that amber rudd story a couple of days ago "firms have to list names of foreign workers etc"

this got one of the biggest negative reactions i have ever seen on social media, and i try to follow a wide range of people

anyway, i then saw this yesterday

Twitter is not Britain, exhibit 38:

https://yougov.co.uk/news/2016/10/06/public-backs-plans-make-companies-say-how-many-for/

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i found it astonishing!

Having heard about this all week has anyone said what reporting the numbers will achieve?

65% of our employees are Polish.
I'm not ashamed to admit that.

We don't seek them out, or put them ahead of British people.
An agency delivers candidates for induction of every 10 they deliver say 8 are Polish and 2 English.
Generally the English guys decide that they don't like the shift patterns, the building, the fact they have to work....

What are we meant to do?

[TightEnd]

Sterling -17% this year, on for its second biggest annual fall since the 1970s. Even bigger than 1992.

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[TightEnd]

The constitutional novelty of Theresa May

from the times

[TightEnd]

"Brexit is going badly
Already the UK is being written out of the script"

http://reaction.life/brexit-going-badly/

[TightEnd]

What does the plunging pound mean for Britons?

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/oct/07/plunging-pound-what-does-it-mean-for-britons-foreign-exchange-pensioners-abroad?CMP=twt_gu

[TightEnd]

Corbyn has reached out to Labour MPs and slapped them in the face

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/jeremy-corbyn-labour-cabinet-reshuffle-rosie-winterton-owen-smith-plp-chief-whip-diane-abbott-wiping-a7349991.html

[TightEnd]

Email from PLP Chair John Cryer to Labour MPs-claims Corbyn's team did not engage in shadow cabinet election talks "in any constructive way"

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[TightEnd]

George Eaton ‏@georgeeaton

It won't happen, but easier than ever to imagine Blair, Osborne and Clegg in one liberal party.

[TightEnd]

Ultra-left Labour under Jeremy Corbyn risks one-party state, says Tony Blair http://aol.it/2cZQGqj

[TightEnd]

The amnesty plan: "After the Home Office discovered that 5 in 6 [EU nationals] could not be legally deported"

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[TightEnd]

Theresa May holds all the cards on Brexit – including the jokers. Sunday article for IndyVoices

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/theresa-may-holds-all-the-cards-on-brexit-including-the-jokers-a7351681.html

[TightEnd]

After sterling’s terrifying plunge, bosses plead for clarity on the future of Brexit

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/08/after-sterlings-terrifying-plunge-bosses-plead-for-clarity-on-the-future-of-brexit?CMP=twt_gu

[TightEnd]

Eight years after the Great Recession, recovery still rings hollow

https://www.theguardian.com/business/ng-interactive/2016/oct/08/great-recession-financial-crisis-recovery?CMP=twt_gu

[TightEnd]

MPs demand vote on hard Brexit plans for UK to leave single market

Cross-party alliance says it should be consulted over future trade decisions, saying referendum was on EU membership; not single market

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/08/mps-demand-vote-hard-brexit-single-market?CMP=twt_gu