Re: Brexit
 

Cambridge Analytica got a fair bit but there is no punishment when caught ..

Re: Brexit
 

What election did they vote in ?

Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
 

Well it’s hit the fan now.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-48720176

His majority was over 8,000. The Limp Dums will fancy their chances because they held it until 2015, but this part of Wales recorded a massive Brexit Party vote in the Euro elections last month. If the Tories are sensible, deselect Davies and run with a candidate who does nothing but promise that Boris will deliver Brexit they should hold it. In any other scenario I think there’s a real chance of Brexit splitting the vote and letting the Lib Dems back in.

Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
 

Along with Peterborough, this sends the right message to MPs - you can't break the law and expect to remain as an MP.

Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
 

Tory leadership candidate Jeremy Hunt said: "Whatever the rights and wrongs of his expenses claim I have only ever know Chris Davies as a decent and honest man and a very diligent local MP.":shocked:


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-48720176

Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
 

He broke the law just like the Labour MP for Peterborough so it was pretty inevitable what course of action would transpire.

Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
 

Well that's our 'Parliamentary democracy' for you old chap ;)

Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
 

Er no, that’s our simple majority electoral system for you (aka ‘first past the post’, although that’s meaningless in the context of a single constituency by-election).

Our power structure, in which Parliament is sovereign, would still be the same if constituencies used a proportional voting system.

Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
 

I wonder if Remainer Mark Field will be the next MP out of the door?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48718725

Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
 

Unlikely. The protester doesn’t want him to be charged (the CPS can do so anyway but probably won’t in the absence of a complaint).

There’s been a lot of froth from the usual suspects today, and I think those people should ask themselves if they’d still have the pitchforks out if the protester had been a man, or the MP anyone other than a white, middle-aged Tory.

Yes, he went in hard but it’s pretty obvious from the video that he became a lot more restrained in his actions as he became more confident she wasn’t concealing a bomb or a weapon.

Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
 

I'm inclined to agree with you that this won't go much further.

Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
 

It seems they have not listened to your advice Chris.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-48736879

Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
 

I can't think why they would want to run the guy whose been convicted.

Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
 

Very strange decision in my view.

Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
 

The Conservative Party has been making strange decisions ever since Cameron called the referendum, which mostly involve shooting themselves in the foot. This one tops them all for stupidity, though.