It’s all just corruption and personal enrichment for every right wing political figure around the globe.
She's a vicious cunt. I don't know what it is about the likes of her, Priti Patel etc. But for kids of immigrants, they've got particularly heinous views on immigration / migration. I suppose it's a bit of gatekeeping I've seen among immigrants here as well - they were good, deserving and not the ones after.
I suspect their journey on immigration and refugees views were informed by the EU and freedom of movement. This meant people from “their” background had higher hoops to jump through - the “merit based migration” was a big talking point 10 years or so ago. The crank stuff on Rwanda and boats is probably partly a grift and opportunism by them.
I was wondering if the Indian caste system / collaboration with British colonial regimes had something to do with it as well. Rishi's in-laws were brahmans.
He also grew up in Africa where his father was working with the brits as one of the good ones to keep the protectorate in check.
There have been some good comments about this on Question Time the last few weeks where the Tory answers are basically "Um, uh, um...."
SIAP Pretty nuts how close the IRA got to getting Thatcher (a real shame), can only imagine how much that ramped up the US Secret Service checking hotels and whatnot bedroom she'd been working in when explosion happened, they go into slightly more detail in video
so the tories are going to fully push scotland into independence while the long term prospects economically for england are some of the worst in europe. like living standards going backwards tier. incredible
Is there a considerable religious element amongst UK conservatives? I’m scratching my head over why this of all laws is causing this much of a reaction from Parliament.
Not really. They used to refer to the Church of England as the Tory party at prayer, but it's not particularly religious. Just trying to rescue their polling I think. I think every poll showed the law underwater with voters.
BBC censuring personalities over them being critical of proposed legislature. Linekar and Attenborough both being pulled.
Brexiteers failed miserably to pose a challenge to the new Northern Ireland agreement and Boris Johnson is being dragged in parliament as he tries to weasel his way out of responsibility for breaking lockdown restrictions that he set. Not a great day for the modern imperialist/Brexit/new British empire/Singapore on the Thames crowd.
Just saw that. Also read today that Rishi is going full Pudding Ron and blocking media from their conservative summit/meeting.
I just can't figure out why they need scapegoats. Shame what's happened because the Chappelle skit "GAY PEOPLE ARE GETTING MARRIED FOLKS" in response to a question about Iraq is so applicable.
Brexit Britain has been driven demented by Biden https://www.gbnews.com/opinion/britain-mark-dolan-latest-politics-uk-trump-biden https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1757683/White-House-Joe-Biden-Britain/amp
LOL Have watched a few videos ahead of his trip there and the loyalists complaining about Brexit are hilarious, they voted overwhelmingly to leave what the fuck did they expect.
Not a UK politics post as such, just more an observation that English Boomer energy is unwatched among Boomers. I was at a Mexican restaurant in London yesterday, and this guy with the “my family was working class in the 1940s but now I have a summer home in Spain” accent sits at the table next to me, and I have never seen someone act ruder to wait staff in my life. Like actually snapping his fingers at passing wait staff and just shouting what he wants at them, and acting affronted when they don’t immediately stop what they’re doing to get him whatever he’s asking for. Also said “buenos tardes” as “thank you”, which cause me to physically twitch. There’s not much point to this post, I just wanted to bitch.