UK XI: I Want To Ride My Diecycle

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/07/keir-starmer-to-announce-scaling-back-of-28bn-green-investment-plan

Viagra may help to lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, study finds | Health | The Guardian

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/08/gordon-brown-slams-obscene-levels-of-destitution-in-the-uk

Imagine a current-day senior politician saying “poverty is out of control, sort of out”. Wouldn’t happen. I miss Brown, he was a billion times more benign as PM than any of the swivel-eyed sociopaths that have followed him in the role.

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/feb/08/labour-green-investment-keir-starmer-rishi-sunak-nhs-uk-politics-live?page=with:block-65c4b0f38f08ddaeb791ae63#block-65c4b0f38f08ddaeb791ae63

Sunak outright refuses to apologise for his trans jibe yesterday

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/feb/08/labour-green-investment-keir-starmer-rishi-sunak-nhs-uk-politics-live?page=with:block-65c4ca388f08ddaeb791af8a#block-65c4ca388f08ddaeb791af8a

And smelling blood is in the water Penny Mordaunt seizes the moment to break ranks

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Penguin Prediction Time: I had assumed that the Tories would try to stay in office as long as possible, and postpone the election to December (or January next year), but I now predict that the party will quickly replace Sunak after more public gaffes and general incompetence, and immediately call a (slightly) earlier GE.

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Penguin Prediction Time: I had assumed that the Tories would try to stay in office as long as possible, and postpone the election to December (or January next year), but I now predict that the party will quickly replace Sunak after more public gaffes and general incompetence, and immediately call a (slightly) earlier GE.

You almost make it sound like a third consecutive unelected Tory PM would somehow help them sway the electorate enough to win the General Election.

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You almost make it sound like a third consecutive unelected Tory PM would somehow help them sway the electorate enough to win the General Election.

Oh no, that’s my point – the humiliation of having to parachute in yet another party leader/PM would leave them no option but to call an immediate GE. They would be even more of a laughing stock.

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/11/bring-back-boris-johnson-kwasi-kwarteng-tells-rishi-sunak

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/10/tories-conservative-byelection-defeats-sunak-leadership-death-spiral

[MartyG]

I think the best thing Kwarteng can do for the country is retire quietly.

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Viagra may help to lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, study finds | Health | The Guardian

That seems...


... hard to believe.

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UK’s Rwanda bill ‘incompatible with human rights obligations’ | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian

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I think the best thing Kwarteng can do for the country is retire quietly.

He is, he announced he's not standing at the next election. Cue Lords...

[MartyG]

That was what I was getting at - he isn't doing it quietly, he's going around holding press conferences and making statements to bring back Boris Johnson.

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https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2024/feb/12/the-body-shop-uk-set-to-appoint-administrators-biden-shrinkflation-economy-europe-business-live?page=with:block-65c9ba948f08acd3f3b03fe4#block-65c9ba948f08acd3f3b03fe4

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https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-rishi-sunak-general-election-keir-starmer-12593360?postid=7219038#liveblog-body

Labour’s Rochdale by-election candidate who indulged in antisemitic conspiracy theories has been dumped by the party (correct decision really).

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Remember - if you struggle at all with spelling, the word Conservative is spelt C-O-R-R-U-P-T-I-O-N

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/akshata-murty-infosys-contracts