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    Labour are promising up to 6 years free studying for adults. Bonus point to the Guardian for the super low resolution picture used in that article.



    Hillary Clinton says she's dumbfounded that the Tories are supressing the report about Russian interference in UK elections until after the GE. As usual, if they want to do that then it's probably best everyone assumes it's happening and is in support of the Tories who are complicit until otherwise proven.

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      So we’re in agreement that the bbc have a problem?

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        Originally posted by Cassius_Smoke View Post
        Important posts at the BBC being filled by pro-government figures from the private sector (Rona Fairhead, David Clementi, James Harding, Robbie Gibb etc)
        I've always said it's a mistake having the Bee Gees meddling in politics and the media. Stick to disco, lads.

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          Originally posted by QualityChimp View Post
          I enjoyed this tweet of a disgruntled Brexit candidate responding to Farage telling him he can't stand in the election anymore:

          Haha! Serves you right Wayne.

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            Yeah! Wayne!

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              Wayne Kerr, amirite?

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                Farage asks the Tories to stand down their MPs in some Labour held areas to help the Brexit Party - good luck with that.



                Labour have reconfirmed they would abolish tuition fees and state they would crack down on University Vice-Chancellors who they say are overpaid.

                A leaked report over the viability of HS2 says the project should proceed but the cost will rise from £56bn to £88bn

                Labour have also called out the Tories as liars again over the Fracking Ban from last week after the Conservatives quietly released reports that suggest plans to loosen rules for future fracking.

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                  Breaking news is that the Labour Party has stated it has been targeted in a large scale and sophisticated cyber attack designed to take its systems offline

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                    I mean, No. 10 is sat on a report into Russian interference in Brexit, but refuses to publish it because “There are processes reports such as this have to go through before publication".

                    It's all just codswallop and rumour-mongering, isn't it?
                    We just want this report so we know it's all false and can move on.

                    Would that be okay?

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                      With Labour getting hacked the Tories are going to get double slapped for holding back that report now as it begins to help build a narrative over the coming weeks that any Tory win could be a rigged result

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                        I saw a sign in someone's window earlier: "YOU MAY NOT LIKE CORBYN, BUT DO YOU LIKE THE NHS?"

                        Pretty, pretty, pretty good that. Simple and effective.

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                          Labour Party hacking reports get downplayed as not as serious as the party reported.

                          The Brexit Party begins to crack after Farage's u-turn

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                            Originally posted by QualityChimp View Post
                            I mean, No. 10 is sat on a report into Russian interference in Brexit, but refuses to publish it because “There are processes reports such as this have to go through before publication".

                            It's all just codswallop and rumour-mongering, isn't it?
                            We just want this report so we know it's all false and can move on.

                            Would that be okay?
                            Leaked: https://www.businessinsider.com/bori...3Wew&r=US&IR=T

                            US sites are starting to report it. UK press has been slapped with a don't publish.

                            Basically the Tories are in the Kremlin's pocket.
                            Last edited by charlesr; 12-11-2019, 12:21.

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                              Originally posted by cutmymilk View Post
                              I saw a sign in someone's window earlier: "YOU MAY NOT LIKE CORBYN, BUT DO YOU LIKE THE NHS?"

                              Pretty, pretty, pretty good that. Simple and effective.
                              You'd think that would sway most people...heard a guy say this the other day:

                              "Wewll 'ave boopah innit!"

                              ......................................

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                                That site wants me to turn off AdBlocker and whatnot.

                                No.

                                Tidied this up from the html source:
                                "Boris Johnson's Conservative party has received cash from 9 Russian donors named in a suppressed intelligence report"
                                "The report's publication was blocked by Prime Minister Boris Johnson amid reported fears that it could prevent him from winning the general election."


                                Boris Johnson's Conservative party has received donations from nine Russian donors, with suspected links to the Kremlin, according to an official report which has been suppressed by the prime minister.


                                Johnson chose to block publication of the report amid reported fears it could cost him the upcoming general election.


                                Leaked details from the report tie Johnson's party to London-based Russian oligarchs, some of whom have known ties to the Russian security services.


                                There has been a surge in donations from prominent Russians to the Conservative party over the past year.


                                Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has received a surge in cash from nine Russian donors, who have been named in a suppressed investigation into Russia's attempts to undermine democracy in the UK.


                                The report by Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee identifies close links between major donors to the Conservative party and the Russian government, the Sunday Times reports.


                                The report was due for publication this week but was blocked by Johnson, due to reported fears that the information would damage his chances of winning the upcoming UK general election.


                                Among those donors named in the suppressed report are Alexander Temerko, who worked for the Russian defence ministry and has previously boasted that the prime minister is his "friend". Temerko donated more than £1.2m to the Conservatives over the past seven years.


                                Other Russian donors to the Conservative party include Lubov Chernukhin, who is married to Vladimir Chernukhin, a former ally of Putin. Chernukhin previously paid £160,000 for a tennis match with Johnson and former prime minister David Cameron and has donated more than £450,000 in the past year.


                                The committee also reportedly heard concerns about the former Russian spy Alexander Lebedev, who owns the Evening Standard and Independent newspapers. Lebedev is not a donor to the Conservative Party. However, his son Evgeny is a close friend of the prime minister and has repeatedly hosted him for parties at his castle in Perugia Italy, while Johnson was mayor of London and Foreign Secretary. Concerns were raised about Johnson's decision to attend the events, in which guests have reported that "nothing is off the menu from the moment you are greeted to the moment you leave.


                                "Fears have previously been raised that Johnson's private life may make him a "security risk" due to the possibility he could be blackmailed.
                                "There's the danger that people leak what they have over him or blackmail him with it," a Cabinet minister in Theresa May's government told the Sunday Times earlier this year.


                                The opposition Labour party accused Johnson of seeking to cover-up the revelations. "The Tories blocked this report and oppose tax transparency so their billionaire backers can continue to rip us off unchallenged," Labour's election co-ordinator Andrew Gwynne said. "Labour is on the side of the many, not the few, so we'll get dirty money out of politics, introduce an oligarch levy and take on the vested interests selling out our people and public services.
                                "A Conservative Party spokesman said: "We cannot speculate on what may or may not be in a leaked parliamentary report."


                                Sources who have seen the report told the Times they believe the report has been suppressed because it highlights extensive connections between Conservative donors and Russia's Federal Security Bureau. "What makes it interesting is just how close some of these people are to the FSB are or have been," one source told the paper.


                                An investigation by Open Democracy this week found that the Conservative Party received at least £498,850, or about $642,000, from Russian business executives and their associates between November 2018 and last month. This was a significant increase from the previous year when such donations amounted to less than £350,000. The increase came despite increased pressure on the party to cut its ties to Russian oligarchs since the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury last year.


                                The news also comes as Johnson's chief strategist, Dominic Cummings, is under the spotlight after the Sunday Times reported claims from a whistleblower about "serious concerns" about the time he spent in Russia in the 1990s.
                                Cummings has reportedly had his access to intelligence restricted by UK authorities, despite his senior position. Labour MP Ben Bradshaw told the Sydney Morning Herald this week that this "unprecedented arrangement" was a concern for Britain's security relations with other countries.


                                "If I we're one of the UK's Five Eyes allies I would be extremely concerned about this unprecedented arrangement," Bradshaw said. "Boris Johnson's chief of staff, whose account of his time in Russia is apparently full of gaps and inaccuracies, is granted inexplicably the highest level of security clearance yet is not given full access to secret intelligence."

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