UK Politics

[steviewevie]

8 hours ago, LJS said:

yeah...the waspi women thing shows the bullshit of saying stuff in opposition for political reasons and then doing the opposite when in actual power for practical reasons.

Still...it wasn't in the 24 manifesto so they haven't broken any pledges and 10billion is a lot at the moment, but now another bunch of people who hate this government, and never f**k with pensioners.

[steviewevie]

Bank of England warning of stagnation...if that happens and govt don't hit their growth targets that is a big problem...and if they're going to hit certain targets taxes will need to go up again which will piss everyone off.

This country probably needs a reckoning anyway...low/zero growth, high inequality and an aging population. So options are we increase that working population more with immigration which is unpopular, increase taxes on the working population which is unpopular, raise the pension age which is unpopular, means test pensions which is unpopular, change NHS to insurance based which is unpopular...or suddenly the economy starts growing dramatically which is proving difficult.

[steviewevie]

and then there's this

 

[lost]

39 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

and then there's this

 

Is he going up against keir starmer and the granny harmers for Christmas no 1?

[steviewevie]

 

[steviewevie]

6 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

 

only watched a bit of this...but it's good...he's getting a proper grilling, getting asked detailed, difficult questions about policy that journalists would never ask because boring and techy.

[brettredmayne]

Has the new online safety act being discussed here, a lot of message boards I post on are very worried about it 

 

Mainly due to costs to implement the security needed

Edited yesterday at 03:44 PM by brettredmayne

[Crazyfool01]

1 hour ago, brettredmayne said:

Has the new online safety act being discussed here, a lot of message boards I post on are very worried about it 

 

Mainly due to costs to implement the security needed

No but I did get a dm about it earlier … maybe needs a thread … ? Have told person to contact @eFestivals

[Skip997]

Prohibited under the online safety bill:
 

encouraging or assisting serious self-harm

cyberflashing

sending false information intended to cause non-trivial harm

threatening communications

intimate image abuse

epilepsy trolling

 

If point 3 is actually implemented then large parts of the internet will need to be shut down 

 

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety

 

[steviewevie]

I approve. It needs regulating. Infact I'd say this doesn't go far enough.

[Skip997]

4 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

I approve. It needs regulating. Infact I'd say this doesn't go far enough.

So regarding point 3, that’s the end of facebook, X, online versions of The Sun and The Daily Mail, loads of message boards etc

 

As much as I hate some of the above, is it censorship too far.

 

Anyway it’s not going to work.

[steviewevie]

3 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

So regarding point 3, that’s the end of facebook, X, online versions of The Sun and The Daily Mail, loads of message boards etc

 

As much as I hate some of the above, is it censorship too far.

 

Anyway it’s not going to work.

yeah man, death to the internet.

[steviewevie]

Mandy has got the US job.

[GhostOfMaurice]

17 hours ago, Skip997 said:

Prohibited under the online safety bill:
 

encouraging or assisting serious self-harm

cyberflashing

sending false information intended to cause non-trivial harm

threatening communications

intimate image abuse

epilepsy trolling

 

If point 3 is actually implemented then large parts of the internet will need to be shut down 

 

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety

 

 

God, I didn't even know epilepsy trolling was a thing. I assume that's sending flashing images?

[steviewevie]

 

[SticklinchJoe]

20 hours ago, steviewevie said:

I approve. It needs regulating. Infact I'd say this doesn't go far enough.

 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y74479yk4o

 

We don't be wanting this though.

[steviewevie]

Peerages, I didn't make it again...

Nominations from the Leader of the Labour Party:

1. Professor Wendy Alexander FRSE – Vice Chair of the British Council, former Member of the Scottish Parliament for Paisley North and previously Labour Leader in the Scottish Parliament.

2. Sir Brendan Barber – former General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress and former chair of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service.

3. Luciana Berger – former Member of Parliament for Liverpool Wavertree and current Chair of the Maternal Mental Health Alliance.

4. Mary Bousted – formerly the Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union (NEU), and education policy adviser.

5. Kevin Brennan – former Member of Parliament for Cardiff West and former Minister of State at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

6. Lyn Brown – former Member of Parliament for West Ham and former Shadow Minister.

7. Dinah Caine OBE CBE – Chair of Camden STEAM, formerly Chair of Goldsmiths University and CEO and Chair of Creative Skillset.

8. Kay Carberry CBE – former Assistant General Secretary of the British Trades Union Congress (TUC).

9. Margaret Curran – former Member of Parliament for Glasgow East and formerly Minister within the Scottish Executive.

10. Thangam Debbonaire – former Member of Parliament for Bristol West and former Shadow Secretary of State.

11. Julie Elliott – former Member of Parliament for Sunderland Central and former Shadow Minister.

12. David Evans – former Labour Party Regional Director, Assistant General Secretary and General Secretary of the Labour Party 2020-2024.

13. Sue Gray – former Chief of Staff to Prime Minister and former Cabinet Office Second Permanent Secretary.

14. Theresa Griffin – former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North West England.

15. Anji Hunter – Senior Advisor at Edelman, and former Head of Government Relations in Downing Street.

16. Carwyn Jones – former Member of the Senedd (MS) for Bridgend and First Minister of Wales.

17. Mike Katz – National Chair of Jewish Labour Movement and a former Camden Councillor.

18. Gerard Lemos CMG CBE – Social Policy expert and Chair of English Heritage, Chair of National Savings & Investments (NS&I), and Chair of London Institute of Banking and Finance.

19. Alison Levitt KC – Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple. Previously Principal Legal Advisor to the Director of Public Prosecutions and a Circuit Judge specialising in serious crime, including rape.

20. Anne Longfield CBE – Campaigner for children and formerly served as the Children’s Commissioner for England. Founder and Executive Chair of the Centre for Young Lives.

21. Deborah Mattinson – former Director of Strategy to Sir Keir Starmer. Co-founder of BritainThinks.

22. Steve McCabe – former Member of Parliament for Birmingham Hall Green and Birmingham Selly Oak, and former Government Whip.

23. Claude Moraes OBE – former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for London and chair of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee.

24. Wendy Nichols – UNISON Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Convenor and Branch Secretary and Labour Councillor.

25. Simon Pitkeathley – Currently the Chief Executive of Camden Town Unlimited and Euston Town, formerly the Mayor of London’s ‘Champion for Small Business’.

26. Dame Anne Marie Rafferty DBE FRCN – Professor of nursing policy and former President of the Royal College of Nursing.

27. Krish Raval OBE – Founding Director of Faith in Leadership.

28. Marvin Rees OBE – former Mayor of Bristol and Head of Bristol City Council. Former journalist, voluntary sector manager and NHS public health manager.

29. Revd Dr Russell David Rook OBE – Partner at the Good Faith Partnership and Anglican priest.

30. Phil Wilson – former Member of Parliament for Sedgefield, and former Opposition Assistant Whip.

Nominations from the Leader of the Conservative Party:

1. Nigel Biggar CBE – Regius Professor Emeritus of Moral Theology at the University of Oxford and Anglican priest.

2. Joanne Cash – Co-founder of Parent Gym and barrister serving as the Southeastern Circuit Junior and a member of the Bar Human Rights Committee.

3. Rt Hon Dame Thérèse Coffey PhD – former Deputy Prime Minister and former Member of Parliament for Suffolk Coastal.

4. Roger Evans – former Deputy Mayor of London and former member of the London Assembly for Havering and Redbridge.

5. Rachel Maclean – former Member of Parliament for Redditch and former Minister of State for Housing and Planning.

6. Toby Young – founder and director of the Free Speech Union, and an associate editor of The Spectator.

Nominations from the Leader of the Liberal Democrat Party:

1. Cllr Shaffaq Mohammed MBE – former Sheffield City Councillor and chair of the Liberal Democrat Carers Commission.

2. Dr Mark Pack – former President of the Liberal Democrats.

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Sue Grey, Toby Young, Luciana Berger  seem to be the big names.

Edited 1 hour ago by lost

[steviewevie]

49 minutes ago, lost said:

Sue Grey, Toby Young, Luciana Berger  seem to be the big names.

yeah but Nigel Biggar