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DB9

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Probably. 👍
After what happened to Sir David (RIP) Gove shouldn't have had to run a gauntlet like he did.
 

tonykellowfan

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Good news on UK borrowing today as well.
 

tavyred

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Is the European ‘superstate’ dream dying?
Courts in Germany and Poland have recently adjudged that EU law does not supersede the sovereignty of courts in member states, even Michel Barnier (albeit in electioneering mode) wants France to regain its legal sovereignty back from EU courts. VDL and the bolshy Belgian Guy verhofstat were positively raging in the Euro parliament the other day.
If this goes on, I’m voting to rejoin! 😀
 

tavyred

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Good news on UK borrowing today as well.
More wriggle room to cancel the April NI rise perhaps?
 

DB9

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More wriggle room to cancel the April NI rise perhaps?
I'm not sure there is much wriggle room at the moment, The borrowing was down compared to last September because the economy is more open but its still at very high levels, The Autumn Statement won't be a giveaway one, The economy is still very fragile.
 

Grecian2K

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DB9 said:
Good, Were these the same numpties that surrounded Gove Yesterday
Well, one of them at least appears to have been an ex-Tory councillor
Man filmed confronting Michael Gove is ex-Tory councillor who says ‘all men carry knives’ (msn.com)
Seems the knife-wielding numpties cross all political boundaries. :rolleyes:
 

Suzi & The Banned Cheese

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Is the European ‘superstate’ dream dying?
Courts in Germany and Poland have recently adjudged that EU law does not supersede the sovereignty of courts in member states, even Michel Barnier (albeit in electioneering mode) wants France to regain its legal sovereignty back from EU courts. VDL and the bolshy Belgian Guy verhofstat were positively raging in the Euro parliament the other day.
If this goes on, I’m voting to rejoin! 😀
The ways things are going, with the break-up of the UK the individual nations may well reapply to re-join the EU.
 

Mr Jinx

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Estimates around the current proposed boundary changes would've given the Tories an extra 16 seats on top of their 80 seat majority in Dec 2019. Most of the increase coming from Labour. They won't be finalised until 2023, so the thinking is there won't be an election until May 2023 at the earliest.

As if that weren't bad enough for Labour, they'll also have to contend with Voter Registration. Guffaw.
 

Hermann

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It's funny that some of those who waxed lyrical about democracy with regards to the brexit vote, are now so gleeful at the thought of the government's deliberate disenfranchisement of a section of voters.
 

Alistair20000

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Who is being deliberately disenfranchised ?
 
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