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@pakman said in British Politics:
@catogrande said in British Politics:
@majorrage said in British Politics:
UK bouncing back quite hard
953,000 Job vacancies - major mismatch in acquired skills vs required skills. Basically a combination of Brexit, Covid & departing migrants. In turn causing a real wage growth rise.
Currently 1.4 mill out of work, so in theory only 500k job shortage.
If we get real wage inflation we will be up shit creek without the proverbial. Even a 1% rise in interest rates would cause havoc in many peoples' finances.
Whilst I don’t disagree, the increase is inevitable over the next five years.
And whilst I don't disagree with you, the increase has been inevitable for the last ten years! However, the longer it goes on the nearer the reversion becomes, so yeah I do sort of agree with you.
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@majorrage said in British Politics:
Jeeze, who didn't see this coming ....
Downvote for all my Scots friends.
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@catogrande said in British Politics:
@majorrage said in British Politics:
Jeeze, who didn't see this coming ....
Downvote for all my Scots friends.
It maybe because I read a bit too much GB media and not enough Scots, but things seem to be turning on Ms Sturgeon of late.
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@majorrage said in British Politics:
Jeeze, who didn't see this coming ....
That's exceptionally odd. Every government since time immemorial has always sought to limit its power. Must be a typo.
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@majorrage said in British Politics:
@catogrande said in British Politics:
@majorrage said in British Politics:
Jeeze, who didn't see this coming ....
Downvote for all my Scots friends.
It maybe because I read a bit too much GB media and not enough Scots, but things seem to be turning on Ms Sturgeon of late.
I feel that many will be judged on their conduct through the pandemic. Not just how they’ve handled the crisis but how they have used it to further their own ends. Sturgeon has simply just had to be seen to be different to the rest of the UK so that she can be more “Scottish “. Whether any of her actions or inactions were actually detrimental is not even the issue, the perception is that she has politicised Coronavirus and tried to make it a them and us issue. No wonder her stock is falling.
Despicable and somewhat pathetic.
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@catogrande said in British Politics:
@majorrage said in British Politics:
@catogrande said in British Politics:
@majorrage said in British Politics:
Jeeze, who didn't see this coming ....
Downvote for all my Scots friends.
It maybe because I read a bit too much GB media and not enough Scots, but things seem to be turning on Ms Sturgeon of late.
I feel that many will be judged on their conduct through the pandemic. Not just how they’ve handled the crisis but how they have used it to further their own ends. Sturgeon has simply just had to be seen to be different to the rest of the UK so that she can be more “Scottish “. Whether any of her actions or inactions were actually detrimental is not even the issue, the perception is that she has politicised Coronavirus and tried to make it a them and us issue. No wonder her stock is falling.
Despicable and somewhat pathetic.
And entirely expected
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BBC Question Time Afghanistan Special the day before yesterday
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000z84j/question-time-2021-afghanistan-special
Excellent
Exemplified British politics to a tee
The Tories, represented by James Cleverly, knew exactly what was going on and don't care.
Labour, represented by Lisa Nandy, appear to care but have zero idea what is going on and zero idea of what to do.
Mehdi Hasan was a Washington windbag.
Both Rory Stewart and Nelufar Hedayat live in the real world and came out of this as shining lights.
It's a shame Stewart didn't beat Theresa May, he seems a genuinely decent bloke.
But since he left the Tory Party his contempt for it is there for all to see.
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@mikethesnow said in British Politics:
Rory Stewart
He's an expert on Afganistan though, isn't he? I remember listening/watching a two-part documentary on it and he appeared to know his stuff (or at least, his researchers did).
Here:
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@mikethesnow said in British Politics:
BBC Question Time Afghanistan Special the day before yesterday
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000z84j/question-time-2021-afghanistan-special
Mehdi Hasan was a Washington windbag.
Both Rory Stewart and Nelufar Hedayat live in the real world and came out of this as shining lights.
It's a shame Stewart didn't beat Theresa May, he seems a genuinely decent bloke.
Pleased the BBC put a one-hour debate on their main channel in prime time.
I used to know Mehdi a bit when he lived in the UK. Decent bloke but rather polemical.
Rory Stewart is very smart indeed. Big loss to UK politics. I hadn't heard of Nelufar Hedayat before but she came across really well.
I agree with you about both Cleverly or Nandy.
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@mikethesnow said in British Politics:
Exemplified British politics to a tee
The Tories, represented by James Cleverly, knew exactly what was going on and don't care.
Labour, represented by Lisa Nandy, appear to care but have zero idea what is going on and zero idea of what to do.
Absolutely spot on accurate analysis of the two current big parties up here.
Labour's biggest problem is they could have a spokesman on today saying x, whilst tomorrow a different spokesman saying x is complete crap and should be focusing on y.
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@gt12 said in British Politics:
@mikethesnow said in British Politics:
Rory Stewart
He's an expert on Afganistan though, isn't he? I remember listening/watching a two-part documentary on it and he appeared to know his stuff (or at least, his researchers did).
Here:
Yes, which is why he was invited on I suspect.
And forgot to mention, some very good contributions from the audience.
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Expert on Iraq. He was a diplomat who ran one of the Iraqi provinces, IIRC. Holds him in good stead to talk about Afghanistan, I'd imagine.
One of those MP's who promised to respect the Brexit referendum result but ended up pushing/supporting a second vote to get the result he really wanted. Resigned from the party when BoJo won.
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@victor-meldrew said in British Politics:
Expert on Iraq. He was a diplomat who ran one of the Iraqi provinces, IIRC. Holds him in good stead to talk about Afghanistan, I'd imagine.
One of those MP's who promised to respect the Brexit referendum result but ended up pushing/supporting a second vote to get the result he really wanted. Resigned from the party when BoJo won.
Expert on Afghanistan too by all accounts
WIKI
He left the diplomatic service to undertake a two-year walk across Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, India and Nepal.
He later wrote a best-selling book, The Places in Between, about his experiences.
He subsequently served as a Deputy Governor in Maysan and Dhi Qar for the Coalition Provisional Authority following the 2003 invasion of Iraq and wrote a second book covering this period, Occupational Hazards or The Prince of the Marshes.
In 2005 he moved to Kabul to establish and run the Turquoise Mountain Foundation.
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@mikethesnow said in British Politics:
He left the diplomatic service to undertake a two-year walk across Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, India and Nepal.
Sounds like a 1970's hippy...
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@victor-meldrew said in British Politics:
@mikethesnow said in British Politics:
He left the diplomatic service to undertake a two-year walk across Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, India and Nepal.
Sounds like a 1970's hippy...
By his look and demeanor I'd say he's the antithesis of an hippy
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@mikethesnow said in British Politics:
@victor-meldrew said in British Politics:
@mikethesnow said in British Politics:
He left the diplomatic service to undertake a two-year walk across Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, India and Nepal.
Sounds like a 1970's hippy...
By his look and demeanor I'd say he's the antithesis of an hippy
Took great delight in whipping his tie off in leaders debate before Boris coronation.
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@victor-meldrew said in British Politics:
@mikethesnow said in British Politics:
He left the diplomatic service to undertake a two-year walk across Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, India and Nepal.
Sounds like a 1970's hippy...
Rumour has it Rory Stewart "served over the river."
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@sparky said in British Politics:
@victor-meldrew said in British Politics:
@mikethesnow said in British Politics:
He left the diplomatic service to undertake a two-year walk across Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, India and Nepal.
Sounds like a 1970's hippy...
Rumour has it Rory Stewart "served over the river."
Rory Stewart looks more like Alfred E Newman than James Bond..
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