Politics Thread 7: Dishy Rishi's Cabinet of Horrors

[Tomous]

I feel it lost its meaning years ago when it got coopted to mean "anything I don't like"

Yep. I think the initial transition of the word was so racists could use it as a way of expressing dislike for anything non-white without sounding explicitly racist. And then the next step was for everything right wingers don't like.

[Tomous]

Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater has just confirmed the end of the Bute House agreement and accused the SNP of "selling out future generations".

She said: "This is an act of political cowardice by the SNP, who are selling out future generations to appease the most reactionary forces in the country.

"They have broken the bonds of trust with members of both parties who have twice chosen the co-operation agreement and climate action over chaos, culture wars and division. They have betrayed the electorate."

She said that the first minister ended the agreement in "such a weak and thoroughly hopeless way" which "signalled that when it comes to political co-operation, he can no longer be trusted."

In a lengthy statement marking the end of the power-sharing agreement between the SNP and Scottish Greens, Lorna Slater goes on to say that the Scottish Greens were due to vote on the co-operation agreement in the coming weeks.

However, she says they will no longer have the opportunity because of "the most reactionary and backwards-looking forces within the First Minister's party" which "forced him to do the opposite of what he himself had said was in Scotland's best interests".

She adds: "If they can't stand up to members of their own party, how can anyone expect them to stand up to the UK government at Westminster and defend the interests of Scotland?"

Slater says the Scottish Greens were "let down by the SNP time and time again" on a variety of issues including oil and gas targets and council tax.

She ends the statement by urging SNP members who cared about the climate, trans rights and independence to consider whether they were in the right party.

"He now looks set to give his party what they rejected. We expect to see a raft of progressive policies watered down or ditched altogether."

Lorna Slater says she is "deeply proud of what we delivered in government" over the past two-and-a-half years.

She says the Scottish Greens had plans for a new national park, rent controls and a ban on conversion therapy.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz5dy15grjnt

[Moggy]

Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater has just confirmed the end of the Bute House agreement and accused the SNP of "selling out future generations".

She said: "This is an act of political cowardice by the SNP, who are selling out future generations to appease the most reactionary forces in the country.

"They have broken the bonds of trust with members of both parties who have twice chosen the co-operation agreement and climate action over chaos, culture wars and division. They have betrayed the electorate."

She said that the first minister ended the agreement in "such a weak and thoroughly hopeless way" which "signalled that when it comes to political co-operation, he can no longer be trusted."

In a lengthy statement marking the end of the power-sharing agreement between the SNP and Scottish Greens, Lorna Slater goes on to say that the Scottish Greens were due to vote on the co-operation agreement in the coming weeks.

However, she says they will no longer have the opportunity because of "the most reactionary and backwards-looking forces within the First Minister's party" which "forced him to do the opposite of what he himself had said was in Scotland's best interests".

She adds: "If they can't stand up to members of their own party, how can anyone expect them to stand up to the UK government at Westminster and defend the interests of Scotland?"

Slater says the Scottish Greens were "let down by the SNP time and time again" on a variety of issues including oil and gas targets and council tax.

She ends the statement by urging SNP members who cared about the climate, trans rights and independence to consider whether they were in the right party.

"He now looks set to give his party what they rejected. We expect to see a raft of progressive policies watered down or ditched altogether."

Lorna Slater says she is "deeply proud of what we delivered in government" over the past two-and-a-half years.

She says the Scottish Greens had plans for a new national park, rent controls and a ban on conversion therapy.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz5dy15grjnt

Nice

[Jenuall]

[Garth]

The Rwanda bounce!

twitter.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/1783473832470131124

[Tomous]

I think we're past the point of the Tories being able to do anything policy wise to turn things around.

They need Labour to suffer some kind of mega scandal at this point.

[Vermilion]

The Rwanda bounce!

There likely would have been more of one had a trampoline been provided.

[Moggy]

The Rwanda bounce!

twitter.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/1783473832470131124

Shame the Greens and SNP have fallen out. Otherwise they could team up with the Lib Dem's and be neck and neck with the Tories.

[KK]

Shoplifting hits highest level in at least 20 years

Police-recorded robbery and knife crime are also on the rise in England and Wales

Shoplifting offences logged by the police have hit their highest level since comparable records began 21 years ago.

A total of 430,104 offences were recorded in England and Wales last year, up 37 per cent on the 315,040 in the previous 12 months.

It is the highest number since present recording practices began in the year to March 2003, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which described the latest increase as “notable”.

The data, published on Thursday, came after big retailers raised concerns about the rising cost of theft. It also showed that “thefts from the person”, such as snatch-thefts or picking pockets, stood at 125,563 in 2023, up 18 per cent from 106,606 in 2022. It is the highest level since 2004, when 137,154 were recorded.

Robbery was also on the rise last year, with a total of 81,094 offences, a rise of 13 per cent on the previous year, although in the longer term this crime is significantly less prevalent, with the number of offences down 26 per cent since 2003, when current recording practices began.

Knife crime increased by 7 per cent, with 49,489 offences recorded by the police, although this number is 3 per cent lower than in 2015. The figures for crimes involving knives or sharp instruments do not include data from Greater Manchester or Devon & Cornwall police, due to data-recording issues.

However, fraud offences fell by 16 per cent, driven by a decline in bank and credit account fraud and a 34 per cent drop in “advance-fee fraud”, which is when fraudsters target victims to make upfront payments for goods, services or financial gains that do not materialise. Criminal damage decreased by 18 per cent, including a 25 per cent fall in criminal damage to vehicles.

Nick Stripe, head of crime statistics at the ONS, said: “In the past 12 months, police-recorded crime shows notable increases in robbery, theft from the person and shoplifting. The latter has risen by more than 100,000 offences, while the police have been dealing with the highest levels of theft-from-the-person offences recorded in two decades.”

In total, the ONS crime survey for England and Wales showed there were an estimated 8.4 million criminal offences in the year ending December 2023, roughly in line with the previous year, although the figures showed crime was falling in the longer term, with offences 25 per cent lower than in 2017.

Must be absolutely horrible working in retail these days. Went into a Londis the other day and they'd stuck up a security screen with hatch - like something right out of America. Just a grim shopping experience.

[Lex-Man]

Laurance Fox has lost his libel trial.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68899248

[Tomous]

Laurance Fox has lost his libel trial.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68899248

Lovely stuff

[Moggy]

Laurance Fox has lost his libel trial.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68899248

What a shame.

[Godzilla]

His existence is now only to entertain the people he hates. He has been rejected by those closest to him, he has no acting career, he can't fight for the causes he believes in for other like minded people as he has proven to unelectable and with poor judgement.

All he can do is sit in front of a laptop, finishing off a bottle of wine and gooseberry fool positing, then waking up with 30 missed calls from his very well paid and very busy lawyer who informs him that last night's twitter tirade is going to cost him over 100k.

He's the punchline to a joke and it's glorious.

[Moggy]

Grant Shapps has been accused of misleading the public after it emerged he broadcasts from home while giving the impression that he is in the Ministry of Defence.

The defence secretary regularly appears on breakfast television against a blue background showing the official MoD logo.

But HuffPost UK can reveal that the minister is actually sitting in a room at his home in Hertfordshire.

The cabinet minister uses a temporary backdrop, with a Union Jack flag, so it looks like he is in his Whitehall department.

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ ... d7bf0ca24a

Do you think he had that specially made, or did he steal it from an MoD office?

[Garth]

twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/1783530491439657055

[Grumpy David]

Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater has just confirmed the end of the Bute House agreement and accused the SNP of "selling out future generations".

She said: "This is an act of political cowardice by the SNP, who are selling out future generations to appease the most reactionary forces in the country.

"They have broken the bonds of trust with members of both parties who have twice chosen the co-operation agreement and climate action over chaos, culture wars and division. They have betrayed the electorate."

She said that the first minister ended the agreement in "such a weak and thoroughly hopeless way" which "signalled that when it comes to political co-operation, he can no longer be trusted."

In a lengthy statement marking the end of the power-sharing agreement between the SNP and Scottish Greens, Lorna Slater goes on to say that the Scottish Greens were due to vote on the co-operation agreement in the coming weeks.

However, she says they will no longer have the opportunity because of "the most reactionary and backwards-looking forces within the First Minister's party" which "forced him to do the opposite of what he himself had said was in Scotland's best interests".

She adds: "If they can't stand up to members of their own party, how can anyone expect them to stand up to the UK government at Westminster and defend the interests of Scotland?"

Slater says the Scottish Greens were "let down by the SNP time and time again" on a variety of issues including oil and gas targets and council tax.

She ends the statement by urging SNP members who cared about the climate, trans rights and independence to consider whether they were in the right party.

"He now looks set to give his party what they rejected. We expect to see a raft of progressive policies watered down or ditched altogether."

Lorna Slater says she is "deeply proud of what we delivered in government" over the past two-and-a-half years.

She says the Scottish Greens had plans for a new national park, rent controls and a ban on conversion therapy.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz5dy15grjnt

Scottish Greens are now saying they'll vote against Humza Yousaf in no confidence motion next week. Seems like every party apart from Alex Salmond's Alba party will vote him out and unless Yousaf caves to their every demand they'll probably vote him out too.

Not a good month for the SNP and there's still enough time for Sturgeon to be charged with embezzlement of funds too.

[KK]

People need to stop working from home says man working from home but in secret.

[Garth]

twitter.com/KevinASchofield/status/1783527011199091178

[Lex-Man]

The thing that annoys me about this is we're going to get a Scottish Election before the General Election now. It feels crazy.

[Moggy]

The thing that annoys me about this is we're going to get a Scottish Election before the General Election now. It feels crazy.

It feels like North Korea will have a general election before the UK does.