What's the political climate like in the UK right now?

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08 Sep 2018, 2:59 pm

Possible vote of no confidence coming next week



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26 Sep 2018, 7:08 am

Heated. The politicians are bickering.

There's a lot of statements from politicians in the newspapers saying things like "prime ministers plan is rubbish". No published suggestions as to how to fix it, no energy being spent working toward a common goal. Just a few extremely loud and unproductive politicians whining. Possibly this is politics the world over! I voted remain, but personally I support the prime minister in the leave efforts because at least she is putting her energy into forging a deal with Europe and not engaging in the squabbles.

The upside of such fierce debate is that at least the politicians are too busy to get sucked into any more harassment or embezzlement scandals....


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26 Sep 2018, 11:30 am

every week I think it must have reached peak posturing by politicians over brexit, yet the following week trumps it



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14 Oct 2018, 2:37 pm

Biscuitman wrote:
More or less obscene posturing by MPs to push an agenda that could collapse the UK as we know it. Democracy, blah blah, will of the people, blah blah, scaremongering, blah blah, remoaners, etc.

The problem with democracy is that people would claim it undemocratic to have a second referendum. Why? If it's what everybody wants, surely the result would not change? If it does, doesn't that itself prove democracy is a broken system? Too much rhetoric and not enough action. Opposition parties need to rail against this, fast, before it gets out of hand. Or at the very least, allow us who never wanted it in the first place to isolate ourselves from those who did.



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27 Nov 2018, 3:23 am

Withdrawal Agreement vote in the HoC on 11th Dec



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27 Nov 2018, 2:20 pm

bellapines wrote:
The upside of such fierce debate is that at least the politicians are too busy to get sucked into any more harassment or embezzlement scandals....

I doubt very much that any fewer of them are involved in shennanigans of one kind or another, and I imagine that some are extremely appreciative of the momentous distraction of the Brexit bickering for allowing them to indulge without drawing so much attention to their shady activities.


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27 Nov 2018, 5:01 pm

A storm is coming.


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04 Dec 2018, 12:37 pm

Government found in contempt of parliament for the first time ever in history



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04 Dec 2018, 12:39 pm

Vote taking place tonight on an amendment brought by Dominic Grieve. Could be very instrumental for a no deal to be ruled out if the WA is voted down next week.



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04 Dec 2018, 1:35 pm

Govt loses the Grieve amendment vote 8O



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04 Dec 2018, 2:03 pm

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Vote taking place tonight on an amendment brought by Dominic Grieve. Could be very instrumental for a no deal to be ruled out if the WA is voted down next week.


No deal is the only way out.


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11 Dec 2018, 5:40 am

Meaningful Vote delayed. No current date on when it will now be held. Tick tock.

The shambles rolls on.....



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11 Dec 2018, 2:37 pm

All being instigated by May, Hammond and Robins. All remainers.


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12 Dec 2018, 3:22 am

48 letters received by the 1922 Committee, A Vote of No Confidence now to take place within the Conservative Party

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12 Dec 2018, 10:20 pm

Theresa May has won by a landslide majority to freely pursue the True People's vote on Brexit for those of us who woke up to the sound of marching drums in the last referendum, and only one I might add that I think we'll ever see in our own lifetime.

Vote- 200 Mp's back May out of 317.
Just 117 of them are disgruntled MPs from labour and Lib Dem and Green, DUP etc, and whoever else who wished to stab our vote of principle in the back from doing a decent job for the country.
People forget how hard a task it is, but soon we won't need to bow down to a shameless bureaucratic state any longer.
I'm certainly no Tory, but well done May. 8) Now, get the job over with before anything else goes awry!