The UK Politics and EU Referendum thread - merged

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 David Davis: Brexit divorce bill will not be agreed for at least another year

https://www.politicshome.com/news/europe/eu-policy-agenda/brexit/news/88724/david-davis-brexit-divorce-bill-will-not-be-agreed

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Leaked document reveals UK Brexit plan to deter EU immigrants

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/sep/05/leaked-document-reveals-uk-brexit-plan-to-deter-eu-immigrants?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_b-gdnnews#link_time=1504636669

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Boundary review to be restarted, this time with the number of seats unchanged at 650

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 https://www.ft.com/content/e2a09638-9214-11e7-bdfa-eda243196c2c

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Vince Cable reveals that when he was business sec, May suppressed nine reports showing immigration did not hit wages or jobs.

[TightEnd]

Jacob Rees-Mogg today said he's completely opposed to abortion (catholic with six kids i think)

he's out to 8/1 next tory leader and 40/1 next PM

[RED-DOG]

Jacob Rees-Mogg today said he's completely opposed to abortion (catholic with six kids i think)

he's out to 8/1 next tory leader and 40/1 next PM

I had him down as quite sensible too.

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For new viewers this is RED-DOG in sarcasm mode.

[DMorgan]

Jacob Rees-Mogg today said he's completely opposed to abortion (catholic with six kids i think)

he's out to 8/1 next tory leader and 40/1 next PM

Pretty solid way to get people to stop asking him if he wants to be PM!

[Karabiner]

Jacob Rees-Mogg today said he's completely opposed to abortion (catholic with six kids i think)

he's out to 8/1 next tory leader and 40/1 next PM

As if that wasn't enough he also said he's never changed a single nappy as "the nanny does an excellent job".

[MintTrav]

I don't get why being against abortion makes him unacceptable. There are a number of opinions that do make people unacceptable for high office, in my view, including some that he has expressed, but surely abortion is one of those issues that people can have divergent views on (albeit strongly-held ones), without that clobbering their suitability for office.

[kukushkin88]

I don't get why being against abortion makes him unacceptable. There are a number of opinions that do make people unacceptable for high office, in my view, including some that he has expressed, but surely abortion is one of those issues that people can have divergent views on (albeit strongly-held ones), without that clobbering their suitability for office.

It would be an extreme minority and highly unpopular view in Britain that abortion is not an an option in instances of rape/incest/both.

[MintTrav]

I don't get why being against abortion makes him unacceptable. There are a number of opinions that do make people unacceptable for high office, in my view, including some that he has expressed, but surely abortion is one of those issues that people can have divergent views on (albeit strongly-held ones), without that clobbering their suitability for office.

It would be an extreme minority and highly unpopular view in Britain that abortion is not an an option in instances of rape/incest/both.

Seems to be unpopular, but hardly extreme.

And anyway, isn't rape/incest a false argument that people in favour of abortions hide behind in order to get a pass for mainstream abortion, whereas it actually makes up a minute proportion of abortions carried out? So, ignoring rape and incest, is opposition to abortion unacceptable in a politician?

[RED-DOG]

I don't get why being against abortion makes him unacceptable. There are a number of opinions that do make people unacceptable for high office, in my view, including some that he has expressed, but surely abortion is one of those issues that people can have divergent views on (albeit strongly-held ones), without that clobbering their suitability for office.

It would be an extreme minority and highly unpopular view in Britain that abortion is not an an option in instances of rape/incest/both.

Seems to be unpopular, but hardly extreme.

And anyway, isn't rape/incest a false argument that people in favour of abortions hide behind in order to get a pass for mainstream abortion, whereas it actually makes up a minute proportion of abortions carried out? So, ignoring rape and incest, is opposition to abortion unacceptable in a politician?

Apparently in his opinion abortion is wrong and life is sacrosanct from the moment of conception. So even if  this child is going to be so severely brain damaged that it will never be aware that it is alive, it's mother should still be forced to give birth to it and someone should have to care for it for the next few decades.

I wonder if Mr Mogg would volunteer for the job?

[kukushkin88]

I don't get why being against abortion makes him unacceptable. There are a number of opinions that do make people unacceptable for high office, in my view, including some that he has expressed, but surely abortion is one of those issues that people can have divergent views on (albeit strongly-held ones), without that clobbering their suitability for office.

It would be an extreme minority and highly unpopular view in Britain that abortion is not an an option in instances of rape/incest/both.

Seems to be unpopular, but hardly extreme.

And anyway, isn't rape/incest a false argument that people in favour of abortions hide behind in order to get a pass for mainstream abortion, whereas it actually makes up a minute proportion of abortions carried out? So, ignoring rape and incest, is opposition to abortion unacceptable in a politician?

He specified that he meant cases of rape or incest. "Afraid so" he said when asked. So in analysing his view, the number of these cases isn't relevant. He believes these pregnancies are 'sacrosanct', this is a really extreme view.