A Political Thread pt. 2

[Al Bangor]

 

[Gavin]

The Conservative London Mayoral Candidate really is mental

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Labour pledges to renationalise most rail services within five years

The party says it offers the "biggest overhaul in a generation" but ministers brand it "pointless".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

About time!

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Just need to do so for water too. Free markets are good but privatised monopolies aren't.

 

[Which Tyler]

Just need to do so for water too. Free markets are good but privatised monopolies aren't.

Yup, monopolies should be public owned.
I'm torn, but feel that essentials should have a publicly owned option.

 

[Al Bangor]

 

[Al Bangor]

 

[Bada-Bing!]

US Supreme Court divided on whether Trump can be prosecuted

The justices discussed immunity, coups, pardons, Operation Mongoose - and the future of democracy.

www.bbc.co.uk

Complicit in Trump's tactic to delay being prosecuted for January 6th.

 

[Saintjay]

Mad that one Alba MP can become kingmaker. She has a hard line stance on gender and womens rights. The SNP have shot themselves in the foot.

Humza Yousaf cancels speech amid turmoil after power-sharing deal collapses

Humza Yousaf faces a vote of no-confidence next week with the Scottish Greens planning to vote against him

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[McTallshort]

Mad that one Alba MP can become kingmaker. She has a hard line stance on gender and womens rights. The SNP have shot themselves in the foot.

Humza Yousaf cancels speech amid turmoil after power-sharing deal collapses

Humza Yousaf faces a vote of no-confidence next week with the Scottish Greens planning to vote against him

www.bbc.co.uk

3 years ago, Scottish independence seemed inevitable now it doesn't look so certain

 

[Not Mike Brown's Sock]

Scottish independence seemed inevitable

It really didn't.

It is, and has always been, a losing cause built on a base of angry nationalism with no answers to the questions asked of it.

 

[McTallshort]

Built on a base of angry nationalism with no answers to the questions asked of it.

That worked for Brexit

 

[BrokenWing]

The angry nationalists in England are obviously dumber than their Scottish counterparts.

 

[McTallshort]

The angry nationalists in England are obviously dumber than their Scottish counterparts.

For now...

 

[Mallow]

Why is Kate Andrews on every political BBC show going? She's been wrong on everything.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

‘A lot would have to go wrong for Biden to lose’: can Allan Lichtman predict the 2024 election?

The professor on his famous 13 ‘keys’ to the White House, a method for predicting election results that’s been right nine times out of 10

www.theguardian.com

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Rishi Sunak struggling to smother frenzy of election rumours

Speculation PM could call election to forestall possible leadership challenge has its own momentum despite No 10 dismissals

www.theguardian.com

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Conservative MP and ex-minister Daniel Poulter defects to Labour

The doctor told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg he could no longer look NHS colleagues and patients in the eye and stay as a Conservative.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[BrokenWing]

So the only thing that's changed is his ability to look people in the eye.