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Post by agent69 on Apr 29, 2024 11:51:13 GMT
3 years of stability? Is that the best you can expect from coalition government? TBF, it's better than we're doing nationally, with a large majority. I guess that's a fair comment. But when you look at SNP first ministers:
- Alex Salmond was embroiled in claims of inappropriate sexual behaviour
- Nicola Sturgeon was embroiled in claims of inappropriate financial behaviour
- John Swinney and Humza Yousaf were short term apparitions, who were soon found out to be incompetent (and Swinney is in the running to get the job again)
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Post by agent69 on Apr 29, 2024 11:33:06 GMT
He is going on a bit. Move along..... 15 seconds to resign and 15 minutes telling us all what a great job he had done.
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Post by agent69 on Apr 29, 2024 10:38:22 GMT
What a great thing coalition government is.
Weeeelll... He's facing the no-confidence vote because he walked away from the coalition that'd been stable for three years... So the issue isn't coalition, it's a leader of a minority government who none of the other parties trust. He jumped before he was pushed (the Greens were going to dump him due to his change in Green policies). 3 years of stability? Is that the best you can expect from coalition government?
Anyway, look on the bright side. Yesterday Alex Salmond was all smiles thinking he had the SNP over a barrel. Today his lackey is doing the rounds telling everyone there is no need for resignations as Yousaf can do a deal with Alba.
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Post by agent69 on Apr 29, 2024 9:09:31 GMT
All the media are reporting that another First Minister is about to resign.
If he goes where is the incentive for opposition parties to agree a replacement? Better to have an election where the SNP would bomb, and all the other parties would increase their share of the vote. What a great thing coalition government is.
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Post by agent69 on Apr 28, 2024 21:10:18 GMT
If they are so hard-nosed right wingers, why did they come up with the Africa policy at all? Why didn't they set up a military-esque branch of the Border Force to patrol in force and simply turn boats around ? If they'd done that they'd probably be looking at election victory in the summer. If the concern is what to do if the migrants are at risk in the sea, why not take a leaf from most land borders? I wouldn't for example try and cross from Poland into Ukraine or into Belarus outside of a border post as I would know there would be serious risk of being shot or at least attacked by a guard dog. Why are people so desperate to get to the UK from Europe that they are willing to risk dying? What is so bad about living in Europe? Serious question. I really don't understand it. if I was stuck in France and couldn't get back to the UK (ever) I would not be so desperate as to get in an inflatable boat and try to cross the channel, at risk of life and limb. Don't think anything is wrong with Eurpoe, if you can get approval to stay (always thought that UK was seen as a soft touch). Sky were talking to illegals who arrived by boat last week, and they had been in Germany for 2 years but were worried about being deported now that their asylum claims had been rejected. So they traveled overland to France and then jumped in a boat to UK to try their luck here.
Got to love the current spat with the Iriah republic. France has shown little interest in stopping the crossings, but when the asylum seekers travel through UK and then into the republic via the open NI border, the Irish government say we must take them back. Maybe they should just hire a boat and send them straight back to France?
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Post by agent69 on Apr 28, 2024 8:50:13 GMT
Has everyone sorted out their Voter ID for the elections We're all the kind of people who will have perfectly acceptable photo ID already - passports, driving licences. Youngsters
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Post by agent69 on Apr 27, 2024 21:17:57 GMT
Has everyone sorted out their Voter ID for the elections
I'm a postal
It's just police and crime commissioners elections down our way next week. Already chucked my postal ballot in the bin.
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Post by agent69 on Apr 27, 2024 16:58:02 GMT
Another rat deserting a sinking ship?
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Post by agent69 on Apr 27, 2024 11:33:13 GMT
Teenaged Indonesia offspinner Rohmalia created a new world record for best bowling figures in women's T20I cricket on Wednesday, when she returned 7 for 0 against Mongolia in their fifth T20I in Bali. That she achieved the feat on her international debut made it all the more special.
Needless to say, Indonesia won by a considerable margin
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Post by agent69 on Apr 26, 2024 20:44:54 GMT
If Trump wins does anyone know who is favourite to be VP?
I assume Mike Pence is no longer flavour of the month.
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Post by agent69 on Apr 26, 2024 8:01:43 GMT
That appears to give a lot of power to the single independent MP (who represents Alex Salmond's Alba party) ...having defected from the SNP after losing the leadership election to Yousuf post-Sturgeon. I think she came third.
There was a suggestion that the woman that finished second in the election for leader may not be keen to support Yousuf. I guess if he falls she is in prime position to get the top job.
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Post by agent69 on Apr 25, 2024 18:00:47 GMT
SNP fortunes continue to go down hill following the collapse of their power sharing agreement with the Greens.
And now there's going to be a vote of no confidence (probably early next week) So the SNP are effectively 1 seat short of a majority in the Scottish parliament. The greens have said they will vote against Yousaf, and you would assume that the Lib dems, Labour and Tories will also vote against. That appears to give a lot of power to the single independent MP (who represents Alex Salmond's Alba party) to twist a few arms.
Will be interesting to see how it all pans out.
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Post by agent69 on Apr 25, 2024 14:39:02 GMT
It's a funny old world (as they say):
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Post by agent69 on Apr 25, 2024 12:28:40 GMT
Visiting Belgium. I didn’t lnow Belgian ATM has terrible default GBP-EUR conversion rate. To only way to avoid poor rate conversion is withdrawing Euro directly from Euro account. HSBC Global money saves my day. How about a prepaid card with Euros on it? Thats what I usually do when I am on holiday in EU land.
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Post by agent69 on Apr 25, 2024 12:20:23 GMT
SNP fortunes continue to go down hill following the collapse of their power sharing agreement with the Greens.
And now there's going to be a vote of no confidence (probably early next week)
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