The British Politics Thread

[Daemon]

So someone can threaten to sue you just to shut you up? You wouldn't even want to say true things because of the time and cost of litigation.

Will say this once and then nothing else. Defamation laws quite clear in Aus.be careful.

 

[fredfertang]

We have a serious harm test now before anything can be defamatory in the UK - excellent news for the press, not so good for lawyers with trigger happy clients who have more money than sense and lots of time in which to be stupid

 

[Furball]

What do you mean by consequences?

That if someone posts racist crap on their Twitter feed, their employer might take umbrage and decide to terminate their employment.

 

[GIMH]

Oh yeah, always funny when people think freedom of speech means they can't be fired, banned from Facebook, etc

 

[Furball]

Oh yeah, always funny when people think freedom of speech means they can't be fired, banned from Facebook, etc

Like I've seen the decision by whatever radio station it was that fired Katie Hopkins as being a 'sad day for free speech' which just isn't true - as far as I'm aware she hasn't been arrested or tried for anything she wrote (although advocating genocide is something I'm fine with being made illegal), it was merely the decision of her employer that they didn't want to be associated with her.

 

[GIMH]

Well the police were investigating her, but yeah the sacking was an irrelevance from a free speech perspective. It was actually the market at work as they'd been threatened with boycotts.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Diane Abbott reveals she has type 2 diabetes - BBC News

Wow. That's the best they could come up with?

 

[Furball]

You stay classy.

 

[Uppercut]

Farron is such a creep. Classless. Proving voters were right not to trust him on liberal issues.

 

[Pothas]

Glad he is gone though, I mean it probably won't make a huge difference but puts them in a better position.

 

[GIMH]

Tbf, didn't he gain them about six seats?

Edit - I realise this could be wrong and easily looked up

 

[Niall]

Everyone make sure they are doing **** all July 1st please.

I was firmly on the Jezza bandwagon, but I really don't like this sense of entitlement whatsoever from the left, they and my bank balance lost fairly and squarely

Mc Donnell has proven before he is a very dangerous man, could be a very ugly few months coming up.

John McDonnell calls for one million people to take to the streets to force Theresa May from power - Mirror Online

 

[GIMH]

 

[Spikey]

After that mexican wave, i think you better make it 2 million

 

[Furball]

Farron is such a creep. Classless. Proving voters were right not to trust him on liberal issues.

I find his complaints quite funny because of my own personal religious journey.

It was the bible and reading the New Testament and the teachings of Jesus that made me as tolerant as I am on social issues. 'Christians' like Farron who aren't tolerant of homosexuals in particular are doing it wrong.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Jesus you lot need something going your way.

Manchester, London, fire, and then politically - whatever you think of the result - makes the Brexit negotiations harder.

 

[Burgey]

Terrible look for May not to meet with the people who lost their families and their homes at Grenfell Tower. Like, as bad a look for a pollie as you can get.

 

[fredfertang]

Terrible look for May not to meet with the people who lost their families and their homes at Grenfell Tower. Like, as bad a look for a pollie as you can get.

Agree, but then the newly elected Labour MP who did front up came over appallingly badly - the interview I saw with her just consisted of her making a few political points - I hope that was just misleading editing, and that in reality she did show some humanity and thought for all of the victims

 

[Uppercut]

Jesus you lot need something going your way.

Manchester, London, fire, and then politically - whatever you think of the result - makes the Brexit negotiations harder.

I'm not sure what the effect on Brexit negotiations will be, but I'd lean towards thinking the election result was a net positive. Making May less powerful is surely a good thing, because at this point it's even clearer that she's hopelessly incompetent and couldn't negotiate her way out of a paper bag. The DUP are running rings around her as we speak.

The major risk to negotiations IMO was having them scuppered out of spite by the electorate of one of the EU27 countries. It's why I thought May's tabloidesque belligerence was the worst possible approach. I think that's a lot less likely now, because the dick-waving has been massively toned down.

OTOH, it's been a complete nightmare for the civil servants tasked with negotiating the small details.

I still think they'll stay in the single market and customs union and pay a fortune for freedom-of-movement opt-outs, which was the best possible deal anyway.

 

[StephenZA]

I still think they'll stay in the single market and customs union and pay a fortune for freedom-of-movement opt-outs, which was the best possible deal anyway.

Don't think that they will get the freedom of movement opt-outs. It is too important to the tenets of the EU. And money is not enough anymore maybe 30/40 years ago it could have worked. We shall see.