Government & Post Election Discussion - Page 73

Mr K · 12-01-2018, 22:21

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If you book Standard tickets with Virgin East Coast direct, the WiFi is free.

WiFi?! I'd be grateful for a train that isn't 40 years old, doesn't looks like a 1970s bus and has somewhere to sit down !

**Hugh** · 12-01-2018, 23:59

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Originally Posted by Mr K

WiFi?! I'd be grateful for a train that isn't 40 years old, doesn't looks like a 1970s bus and has somewhere to sit down !

Well, none of the VEC trains I’ve been on are like that...

13-01-2018, 00:02

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Originally Posted by Hugh

Well, none of the VEC trains I’ve been on are like that...

Neither are the Virgin West Coast trains

**Maggy** · 13-01-2018, 10:25

I think we have wandered away from a discussion about government and post election news

heero_yuy · 15-01-2018, 14:37

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Jeremy Corbyn today tightened his grip over Labour as three of his hard-left allies were elected to the party's ruling body.

Jon Lansman, the founder of Momentum, and two left-wing activists will join the Labour national executive committee, which sets the party's official rules.

Among the centrists who were beaten by a two-to-one margin was comedian Eddie Izzard - known for losing every election he's ever contested.

The three new NEC members - all backed by the Labour Marxists group - are Mr Lansman, Manchester councillor Yasmine Dar and campaigner Rachel Garnham.

They won nearly 200,000 votes between them after appealing to the grassroots Labour members who signed up to the party because of Mr Corbyn.

After his victory was confirmed today, Mr Lansman crowed that it was a step closer to taking Labour back to its far-left 1970s past.

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Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Mr K · 15-01-2018, 15:31

[QUOTE=heero_yuy;35932606] [url=https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5344154/corbyn-tightens-grip-on-labour-as-three-of-his-allies-are-elected-to-powerful-ruling-body-defeating-moderates-including-eddie-izzard/ [/QUOTE]

I love the 'Lansome crowed' bit. Very Sun

heero_yuy · 15-01-2018, 16:02

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Originally Posted by Mr K

I love the 'Lansome crowed' bit. Very Sun

I suppose if you're hell-bent on cocking up the economy then you would be crowing.

Mr K · 15-01-2018, 16:07

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy

I suppose if you're hell-bent on cocking up the economy then you would be crowing.

This Govt. don't appear to need any help with that.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/bu...-a8155296.html

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The UK economy grew at its weakest rate in five years in 2017, according to the latest forecast by PwC.

The accountancy and professional services firm said on Friday that its nowcasting model suggested GDP grew by 0.4 per cent in the final three months of the year.

This would take calendar year growth to 1.8 per cent, down from 1.9 per cent in 2016 and the weakest expansion since the 1.5 per cent growth seen in 2012, at the height of the eurozone crisis.

The UK economy has slowed over the past 12 months due to the increase in inflation stemming from the drop in the pound in the wake of the 2016 Brexit vote, which has squeezed household disposable incomes.

Business investment has also come in much weaker than expected, which surveys suggest is due to uncertainty among firms related to post-Brexit trade arrangements.

The UK slowdown comes as GDP growth in the eurozone and the US picks up strongly.

1andrew1 · 17-01-2018, 00:20

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Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Don't be, Corbyn could be too old to be PM.

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Senior frontbenchers are concerned Mr Corbyn may have to commit to being in office at the age of almost 78.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-a8162761.html

heero_yuy · 17-01-2018, 10:21

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Don't be, Corbyn could be too old to be PM.

There's always Diane Abbott.

papa smurf · 17-01-2018, 12:31

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy

There's always Diane Abbott.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKu7TYWNxqA

gulp.

Kursk · 17-01-2018, 13:24

As long as they give Jeremy regular hot cocoa and ensure he has his string vest on and gets his over-65's free flu jab, he'll be ok. He could guarantee his legacy if he and Diane were to start a family.

denphone · 18-01-2018, 07:38

Taxpayers face £199bn bill over PFI projects, watchdog says.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/t...-a3743011.html

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...s-audit-office

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The National Audit Office (NAO) found 716 deals are currently operational under PFI and its successor PF2, with annual charges amounting to £10.3 billion in 2016/17 and due to stretch into the 2040s.

**Hugh** · 18-01-2018, 12:19

Basically Wonga writ large

heero_yuy · 20-01-2018, 11:51

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Dozens of Labour moderates MPs face the axe from their constituencies after Jeremy Corbyn refused to rule out deselections yesterday.

The Labour leader chose not to slap down suggestions from hard-left campaigners that Labour MPs should have the threat of deselection “hanging over them”.

He confirmed the party would “look at democracy within the party and look at the process of selections”.

He added that MPs “should all be accountable all the time.”

It comes in a week where the founder of the left wing pro-Corbyn group Momentum was elected to Labour’s National Executive Committee alongside two other left wingers.

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Looks like the far left is tightening its grip on the Labour party.