UK Politics Thread part II

[Skybird]

True?



German media report Truss wants to end the "independence" of the central bank/Bank of England and wants to subject them to political instruction.

[Jimbuna]

Yeah, tis getting a little worrying now Kai.

Up until two months ago my energy bill was £70/month and has now risen to £163 and is expected to rise to £355 within the next four to six months.

[Jimbuna]

The Labour Party lost about 91,000 members last year, according its accounts.

The party had 432,213 members at the end of 2021, down from 523,332 in 2020.

Leader Sir Keir Starmer said party membership always declines between elections - but left-wing critics said Jeremy Corbyn's departure had sparked an "exodus" of members.

Labour is still thought to have more than twice as many members as the Conservative Party.

The Conservatives do not publish membership figures, but the party recently indicated that it was more than 160,000.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62582014

[Gorpet]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Throughout the West, its the time of truths. All the accumulated follies and hopes and false beliefs the West based upon, crumble.



And with every relief packages paid out, the fire is extinguished with spilling more inflation into it.



This merry go round is a viscous circle. The only escape lies in that it completely derails and shatters. And that won't get funny. Not here, not there, nor anywhere.



Those who have no savings, will suffer what they must. Those who have savings, will loose a lot.



The recession is not a bad thing. It cuts away what is already dead and zombie in the economy, and puts the rest back to its true proportions, if only it is allowed to run long enough. Its a correction. Not the recession is the thing to fight against, but the rotten stuff it mercilessly exposes.



For many the ride will become brutal.



Things are out of control now.

Look the Worlds brightest scholars could not foresee this,The Smartest people that were voted into office, On the premise of their abilities were the wrong people for the job at hand. And only now i have come to believe that a man with your education has stood by let this this happen? What the hell happened To the Bird? Ya can't say it was the Americans.

[Jimbuna]

Rishi Sunak says Tory leadership rival Liz Truss cannot afford tax cuts and cost-of-living help in his latest attack on her economic plans.

Mr Sunak said Ms Truss would put the public finances in "serious jeopardy" and stoke inflation if she becomes PM.

But Ms Truss's team said tax cuts were the best way to help people urgently with rising living costs.

Mr Sunak is trailing Ms Truss in polls of Tory members, with 12 days to go until voting closes.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62628176

[mapuc]

Here In Denmark the war in Ukraine has been pushed down on the list of what our news channel is concentrating on beside domestic news. It is this story

A few times of the day-We are getting updates on the latest.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-62648427

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Conservative leadership: Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak policy guide

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60037657

[Jimbuna]

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has been criticised after she said the "jury was still out" on French President Emmanuel Macron.

Her remark came as she was asked if Mr Macron was a "friend or foe" of the UK at a Tory leadership hustings.

She added that if elected PM she would judge him on "deeds not words".

But Labour's David Lammy accused Ms Truss of "a woeful lack of judgement", saying she had insulted one of "Britain's closest allies".

Ms Truss, widely seen as the clear front-runner to be the next Conservative leader and prime minister, made the remark at the penultimate leadership hustings in Norwich, to loud applause.

Her comment came at the end of the hustings during a series of "quickfire questions" posed by the host, TalkTV's Julia Hartley-Brewer.

When asked the same question Mr Sunak said Mr Macron was a "friend".

One Conservative minister said Ms Truss's comments had "completely undermined our relationship with France", calling her a "faux Thatcher", a reference to the infamously Eurosceptic former Tory prime minister.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62682448

[Gorpet]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has been criticised after she said the "jury was still out" on French President Emmanuel Macron.

Her remark came as she was asked if Mr Macron was a "friend or foe" of the UK at a Tory leadership hustings.

She added that if elected PM she would judge him on "deeds not words".

But Labour's David Lammy accused Ms Truss of "a woeful lack of judgement", saying she had insulted one of "Britain's closest allies".

Ms Truss, widely seen as the clear front-runner to be the next Conservative leader and prime minister, made the remark at the penultimate leadership hustings in Norwich, to loud applause.

Her comment came at the end of the hustings during a series of "quickfire questions" posed by the host, TalkTV's Julia Hartley-Brewer.

When asked the same question Mr Sunak said Mr Macron was a "friend".

One Conservative minister said Ms Truss's comments had "completely undermined our relationship with France", calling her a "faux Thatcher", a reference to the infamously Eurosceptic former Tory prime minister.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62682448

77 years .That is all it's taken.

[Jimbuna]

Emmanuel Macron has warned of "serious problems" for France-UK relations after the favourite to be the next British prime minister refused to say if the French president was "friend or foe".

Mr Macron reacted to remarks made by Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who said the jury was out on the French leader.

Mr Macron insisted the UK remained an ally, despite the occasional error made by its leaders.

And Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Mr Macron was a "good buddy" of the UK.

Senior politicians have accused Ms Truss, who is the frontrunner in the contest to succeed Mr Johnson as prime minister next month, of damaging the UK's relationship with France, a close ally.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62687295

[Jimbuna]

This is it! Truss gives EU just TEN days in final ultimatum over hated deal


The Northern Ireland protocol, introduced as part of Boris Johnson's Brexit deal, kept Northern Ireland in the EU single market for goods, effectively creating a border in the Irish Sea - something Mr Johnson had promised voters would only happen "over my dead body". Tory leadership favourite Ms Truss will look to trigger Article 16, allowing the UK to act unilaterally on the protocol, as soon as the existing arrangements to ease checks on goods travelling between Northern Ireland and Great Britain expire on September 15, according to Government sources.

Article 16 can be triggered if the agreement is causing "serious economic, societal or environmental difficulties" or a "diversion of trade", and Ms Truss has warned: "I will not accept anything that does not deliver on the key issues I talked about."

A source close to the likely next Prime Minister told The Times that her preference remained for a "negotiated solution".
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknew...out&li=AAnZ9Ug

[Jimbuna]

At least 25,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel to Kent so far in 2022, according to the latest figures from the Ministry of Defence.

A total of 915 people reached Kent in 19 small boats on Saturday.

Women and children were among a group brought ashore by an RNLI lifeboat at Dungeness.

There have been 8,747 crossings detected in August so far, with 3,733 in the past week. Monday saw 1,295, the highest daily total on record.

The provisional total of crossings for the year so far was now 25,146, according to the Ministry of Defence.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-62705913

[Jimbuna]

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak are set to make their final pitches to become Conservative leader in front of party members in London.

The two candidates are expected to face intense questioning over the cost-of-living crisis and plans to help households with energy bills.

The twelfth and last hustings comes after Truss cancelled a TV interview with the BBC's Nick Robinson scheduled for Tuesday evening.

At least 160,000 Conservative party members are voting for the next Tory leader - and UK prime minister - with the ballot closing at 1700 on Friday.

The UK will find out who its new prime minister will be in five days - on Monday.

[Jimbuna]

Boris Johnson resignation: Did the outgoing prime minister meet his pledges?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-58401767

[Catfish]

This (^) is a very friendly approach