UK Politics Thread

[Jimbuna]

Memories of the Falklands War represent an "open wound" in Argentina, the country's ambassador to the UK has said.

Javier Figueroa described conflict over the islands' sovereignty as ridiculous, comparing it to the relationship between North and South Korea.

Most young people in the UK do not know "Britain has a beef with Argentina regarding the South Atlantic", he said.

His comments were made to mark the 40th anniversary of the war.

Speaking to the PA News agency, the ambassador explained that, despite the 1982 war ending four decades ago, in Argentina it remains a "deeply emotional issue".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61294958

[Catfish]

Originally Posted by Platapus

[...] Neil Parish, said Saturday he will resign after admitting twice watching pornography in the House of Commons.

It is ok when done in the House of Lords ..

[mapuc]

Since it's UK he's threatening I post it here

(Please be free to move it to our Ukraine thread-if you Jim feel it fits better there)

And another nuclear threat to the UK from Russian state TV's Dmitry Kiselyov:
He says his country's Poseidon nuclear underwater drone could cause a tsunami that would "plunge the British Isles into the depths of the sea" and turn them into a "radioactive desert"

https://twitter.com/francis_scarr/st...46423629213699

Markus

[Skybird]

Britain's Dr. Who in that case will simply pull the plug at the bottom of the Northsea and have the radioactive tsunami waters flushing to the other side of the planet and spilling all over China. Xi will not like Putin better then.

[Jimbuna]

Received my government funded £150 energy rebate this morning.

Makes one wonder if there are local elections taking place on Thursday

[Jimbuna]

Boris Johnson will describe Ukraine's resistance to the Russian invasion as the country's "finest hour" when he addresses its parliament later.

Speaking virtually to MPs on Tuesday, he will also set out details of £300m in extra military support.

Downing Street said it would include electronic warfare equipment, a counter-battery radar system, GPS jammers and night-vision devices.

It follows the PM's unannounced visit to Kyiv last month.

Mr Johnson's speech is expected to echo the words of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, just as Ukraine's President Volodomyr Zelensky did when he addressed MPs at Westminster in March.

The prime minister is expected to say that the UK Parliament met throughout World War Two, just as Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada has done through the war with Russia, and the British people showed "such unity and resolve that we remember our time of greatest peril as our finest hour".

"This is Ukraine's finest hour, an epic chapter in your national story that will be remembered and recounted for generations to come," he will say.

"Your children and grandchildren will say that Ukrainians taught the world that the brute force of an aggressor counts for nothing against the moral force of a people determined to be free."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61297478

[Skybird]

This is an opinion piece from Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:


The Catholic nationalist party Sinn Fein has become the strongest force in the election in Northern Ireland. However, the victory was not so convincing that the Protestant side would immediately fear for the unity of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Nevertheless, the largest Protestant party is refusing to form a new regional government for the time being. The Democratic Unionists (DUP) would have to nominate a candidate for the post of deputy head of government. But they only want to do that if the Northern Ireland Protocol negotiated between the EU and London is changed.

It would be good if the DUP finally took note of the fact that there has never been a majority in Northern Ireland (unlike in England and Wales) for leaving the EU. Second, the party would have to recognize that a blockade will only bring closer the moment that many Protestants fear even more than the difficulties that the Northern Ireland Protocol has brought to the province's economy in its contacts with the rest of Britain.

Those who want to remain in the EU will probably sooner or later come to terms with the idea of Northern Ireland uniting with the Republic of Ireland. The seeds of Brexit are beginning to sprout. Its proponents just don't want to admit it.

Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)


Personally I think for merely "geometric-geographic reasons, that it just sounds and looks natural if NI and the RoI unite. However, its of course a decision to be made by the natives. I just look from far away, and wonder what all that religious-historical gobbling is about.

[Catfish]

Originally Posted by Skybird

[...]
Personally I think for merely "geometric-geographic reasons, that it just sounds and looks natural if NI and the RoI unite. However, its of course a decision to be made by the natives. [...]

You mean, like the Malvinas Falkland Islands

I just look from far away, and wonder what all that religious-historical gobbling is about.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Catfish

You mean, like the Malvinas Falkland Islands

Yes, sure, but that is my sense for geographical closeness. French overseas territories are another example. But I also think the people in place are the ones to have the right to freely choose. True for the Falklanders. The Scots and Catalonians. The Basques - and the Northrrn Irish. Even the Russians on Crimea - just that they choosed the path of violence and war: THAT is what made their choice unacceptable to me.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Yes, sure, but that is my sense for geographical closeness. French overseas territories are another example. But I also think the people in place are the ones to have the right to freely choose. True for the Falklanders. The Scots and Catalonians. The Basques - and the Northrrn Irish. Even the Russians on Crimea - just that they choosed the path of violence and war: THAT is what made their choice unacceptable to me.

Same here

[Jimbuna]

[Jimbuna]

[Jimbuna]

Fifty migrants have been told they will be the first to be sent to Rwanda in east Africa as part of the government's controversial resettlement policy.

In an interview with the Daily Mail, Boris Johnson revealed the figure, saying he expected a lot of legal opposition but insisted the government would "dig in for the fight".

Under a new deal, people judged to have entered the UK illegally now face being flown to Rwanda for resettlement.

The policy has been widely criticised.

Among its critics are more than 160 charities, the Archbishop of Canterbury, opposition parties and senior Conservative Party backbenchers, including former Prime Minister Theresa May.

Together they have raised questions about the ethics, legality, cost and efficacy of the policy.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61447106

[Gorpet]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Fifty migrants have been told they will be the first to be sent to Rwanda in east Africa as part of the government's controversial resettlement policy.

In an interview with the Daily Mail, Boris Johnson revealed the figure, saying he expected a lot of legal opposition but insisted the government would "dig in for the fight".

Under a new deal, people judged to have entered the UK illegally now face being flown to Rwanda for resettlement.

The policy has been widely criticised.

Among its critics are more than 160 charities, the Archbishop of Canterbury, opposition parties and senior Conservative Party backbenchers, including former Prime Minister Theresa May.

Together they have raised questions about the ethics, legality, cost and efficacy of the policy.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61447106

I think United Kingdom is what it is today. And let's flood their Island's with Immigrants looking for the woke . Not only can they contribute pounds to another American led war. They can take all the refugees into their country and still get nuked in the next 24 months. Because our two countries have the the oldest politicians and families that support themselves.

[Jimbuna]

NHS prescription charges in England are to be frozen for the first time in 12 years, the government has confirmed.

Single prescription charges, which the Department of Health said would normally rise "in line with inflation", will remain at £9.35 until next year.

Health Secretary Sajid Javid said freezing the costs would "put money back in people's pockets".

Campaigners welcomed the move but pointed out that 90% of prescriptions dispensed are already free of charge.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61451005

Not such a big deal really.