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Title: BBC Breaking News
Post by: AnnieM on 28 Aug, 2019, 11:44:50 am
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-49493632?fbclid=IwAR3ddXtKZ--Ys23qw-6_u19jKMR7-7kpvQ5SKjpjVryrb1VrvT3uhXFhoL4
Title: Re: BBC Breaking News
Post by: Raymondo on 28 Aug, 2019, 02:24:08 pm
What happened to democracy ??
Title: Re: BBC Breaking News
Post by: AnnieM on 28 Aug, 2019, 02:37:36 pm
It died quite some time ago.  RIP 😥
Title: Re: BBC Breaking News
Post by: Doreen on 28 Aug, 2019, 04:19:09 pm
It will be very interesting to see how this pans out, that's for sure.
Title: Re: BBC Breaking News
Post by: AnnieM on 28 Aug, 2019, 04:46:50 pm
Queenie has approved it. 😡
Title: Re: BBC Breaking News
Post by: frankie on 28 Aug, 2019, 04:49:15 pm
There is no doubt now in my mind that the lunatics really have taken over the asylum :angry: :angry:
Title: Re: BBC Breaking News
Post by: jimmymac on 28 Aug, 2019, 05:09:33 pm
Just wish the Queen had told him where to go, now that would have really made my year!!! :laugh:
Title: Re: BBC Breaking News
Post by: AnnieM on 28 Aug, 2019, 05:24:54 pm
Mine too Jimmymac! 😂😂
Title: Re: BBC Breaking News
Post by: knowall on 28 Aug, 2019, 10:51:46 pm
What happened to democracy ??
:undecided: :undecided:

 :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: BBC Breaking News
Post by: Raymondo on 29 Aug, 2019, 09:03:08 am
I think Hugh Grant put it perfectly. 😂
Thats Democracy at its best.☺
https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/banter/trending/hugh-grant-labels-boris-johnson-an-overpromoted-rubber-bath-toy-in-viral-tweet-38447411.html
Title: Re: BBC Breaking News
Post by: Doreen on 29 Aug, 2019, 09:17:37 am
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 always liked Hugh Grant
Title: Re: BBC Breaking News
Post by: AnnieM on 29 Aug, 2019, 09:20:52 am
Don’t hold back Hugh, say what you really think!  :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: BBC Breaking News
Post by: Raymondo on 29 Aug, 2019, 10:55:26 am
I loved Hughs lovely description  of the  little gang of Prefects  .😂
Title: Re: BBC Breaking News
Post by: jimmymac on 29 Aug, 2019, 01:49:59 pm
Hugh Grant has gone sky high in my estimation, worth an oscar! :laugh:
Title: Re: BBC Breaking News
Post by: Judi_bk on 29 Aug, 2019, 02:32:22 pm
 :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: BBC Breaking News
Post by: cagzok on 29 Aug, 2019, 04:33:10 pm
 : :grin: :grin: :grin:
Title: Re: BBC Breaking News
Post by: knowall on 29 Aug, 2019, 05:01:07 pm
Hugh Grant, I liked that film he was in around 1995 when he played a sleazy bloke who got arrested for unseemly stuff by the LAPD.
(https://www.crimemuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/grant-brown.jpg)
Title: Re: BBC Breaking News
Post by: Marcus on 29 Aug, 2019, 05:22:13 pm
 :grin:...Indeed
Title: Re: BBC Breaking News
Post by: Raymondo on 29 Aug, 2019, 05:39:26 pm
Its really amazing that anyone in England with an ounce of sense should continue to stand behind this guy to be in charge of the UK in its greatest hour of need for many years. Cool heads needed and along comes Boris !!  .  When you see some of his words and deeds over the years how on earth did he get where he now is. Not to mention the neighbours calling the police to the ( domestic )
Puts Hugh Grants   " sleazy " 20 minutes with a lady of the night in perspective . IMO of course.
https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2019/07/06/some-notes-on-boris-johnsons-racism-xenophobia-sexism-homophobia-and-lies/
Title: Re: BBC Breaking News
Post by: Doreen on 29 Aug, 2019, 05:42:03 pm
Knowall you must be a scream at parties 🎉 Lol.
Title: Re: BBC Breaking News
Post by: Dos Bastones on 29 Aug, 2019, 06:07:20 pm
We learned today that 79 cross party MPs and members of the Lords have tabled a petition in the Scottish Court of Session in Edinburgh that what Boris is doing is illegal.  This will probably bring them into conflict with the Queen's decision to allow Parliament to be prorogued.  It's possible she may have to sack Johnson.
Title: Re: BBC Breaking News
Post by: Judi_bk on 29 Aug, 2019, 06:40:07 pm
We can but hope
Title: Re: BBC Breaking News
Post by: rt21 on 30 Aug, 2019, 12:20:24 pm
And here was me thinking that one of the main aims of leading Brexiteers was to bring back Parliamentary Sovereignty   :rolleyes:


Well that didn't last long did it


 :tiphat:

Richard
Title: Re: BBC Breaking News
Post by: knowall on 30 Aug, 2019, 12:37:05 pm
We've had parliamentary sovereignty all along Richard. Remember when they took control of the order papers and then they had lots of meaningful and indicative votes?
They couldn't agree whether to order pie, chips or mushy peas. They need another 4 days to figure it out after 3 years of squabbling?
Yeah, right.
Title: Re: BBC Breaking News
Post by: rt21 on 30 Aug, 2019, 06:46:49 pm
We've had parliamentary sovereignty all along Richard. Remember when they took control of the order papers and then they had lots of meaningful and indicative votes?
They couldn't agree whether to order pie, chips or mushy peas. They need another 4 days to figure it out after 3 years of squabbling?
Yeah, right.

I think what you have raised John is the effectiveness of parliamentary sovereignty, which is a very different point to the one that I made in my original post.

It seems to me that leading Brexiteers were originally clamouring for parliamentary sovereignty until of course they found that it was not working for them. So now they have come up with a ruse to get round it.

It may be a very clever ruse and it may work for them. However, such actions have other consequences. One being that actions like this only fuel the belief that the Prime Minister and some of cabinet are untrustworthy and cannot be relied upon to tell the truth. When a government gains that sort of reputation it is very difficult to lose that tag


 :tiphat:


Richard
Title: Re: BBC Breaking News
Post by: Raymondo on 30 Aug, 2019, 08:53:58 pm
👏👏👏