The End Of UK Democracy

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Re: The End Of UK Democracy

Post by macliam » Fri Jul 15 2022 9:34pm

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Fri Jul 15 2022 8:08pm
This might not be any more qualified than rumour/hearsay right now, but let's face it nobody will be the least bit surprised if they do try to stuff the Lords as reported here:

"Revealed: Secret plan to pack Lords with Tory loyalists"
https://www.itv.com/news/2022-07-15/rev ... -loyalists
yep, seems totally in keeping with the rest of the things done lately....... if it works against you, cancel it.
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Re: The End Of UK Democracy

Post by Sarah » Mon Jul 18 2022 11:08pm

Britain First announce they have thousands of entryists in the Tory party and endorse Kemi Badenoch:
https://twitter.com/HannahAlOthman/stat ... nv8GNHwP-A
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Re: The End Of UK Democracy

Post by blythburgh » Tue Jul 19 2022 11:08am

Sarah wrote:
Mon Jul 18 2022 11:08pm
Britain First announce they have thousands of entryists in the Tory party and endorse Kemi Badenoch:
https://twitter.com/HannahAlOthman/stat ... nv8GNHwP-A
Nasty bits of work supporting a nasty bit of work
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Re: The End Of UK Democracy

Post by macliam » Thu Jul 21 2022 4:31pm

Seems like, having made such a great job of turning the clock back to the 70s, we are now channelling Thatcher in a big way.... Truss, obviously, and Richboy claiming to be a Thatcherite 4 times in 3 sentences!!

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Re: The End Of UK Democracy

Post by Sarah » Thu Aug 25 2022 4:55pm

In full: Emily Maitlis delivers the MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh International TV Festival
Mike Galsworthy wrote:Emily Maitlis is absolutely ripping into this government’s erosion of democracy, standards and institutions.

It’s not normal, she says - and we should not accept it as normal.
https://youtu.be/PzqezAV3x_8
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Re: The End Of UK Democracy

Post by sanity clause » Fri Aug 26 2022 12:22pm

Sarah wrote:
Thu Aug 25 2022 4:55pm
In full: Emily Maitlis delivers the MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh International TV Festival
Mike Galsworthy wrote:Emily Maitlis is absolutely ripping into this government’s erosion of democracy, standards and institutions.

It’s not normal, she says - and we should not accept it as normal.
https://youtu.be/PzqezAV3x_8
Compulsive viewing!
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Re: The End Of UK Democracy

Post by Sarah » Mon Sep 05 2022 9:30pm

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Re: The End Of UK Democracy

Post by blythburgh » Tue Sep 06 2022 10:40am

Sarah wrote:
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I see nothing wrong with party members choosing a new leader but would say they had to be members for at least 6 months.

But as every party has a tiny percentage of those who vote in general elections then a change of leadership should really lead to a general election to make it a truly democratic thing when we get a new PM
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Re: The End Of UK Democracy

Post by Sarah » Tue Sep 06 2022 11:20am

Yep, we need a general election as soon as possible.

Brexit has now devoured so many tory leaders we've had 4 different Prime Ministers in just 6 years.
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Re: The End Of UK Democracy

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