http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: General Election 8th June en Sun, 31 May 2026 17:00:46 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=17#post-254892 Tue, 11 Jul 2017 20:24:41 +0000 I were right about that saddle 254892@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, hard to see how the DUP bribe sits easily with Para 5 of the Declaration of Support.</p> <p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/136652/agreement.pdf"><em>...we will endeavour to strive in every practical way towards reconciliation and rapprochement within the framework of democratic and agreed arrangements. We pledge that we will, in good faith, work to ensure the success of each and every<br /> one of the arrangements to be established under this agreement. It is accepted that all of the institutional and constitutional arrangements ...... are interlocking and interdependent and that in particular the functioning of the Assembly and the North/South Council are so closely inter-related that the success of each depends on that of the other. </em></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=17#post-254891 Tue, 11 Jul 2017 20:09:07 +0000 algo 254891@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's a crowdfunding campaign now to fund a bid to prove that the deal with DUP contravenes the Good Friday Agreement:</p> <p><a href="https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/challenge-dup-deal/" rel="nofollow">https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/challenge-dup-deal/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=17#post-254755 Mon, 10 Jul 2017 10:33:30 +0000 I were right about that saddle 254755@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@crowriver</p> <p>Indeed. I'm always amused by the horror shown by most free-marketeers for the freest market we have: Class A drugs.</p> <p>No regulation, no taxes, no contract law. Just suppliers and consumers. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=17#post-254754 Mon, 10 Jul 2017 10:29:22 +0000 crowriver 254754@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>IWRATS, I think what Tories mean is the Thatcherite "tradition" i.e.. free for Them, but not for Us. We must pay for everything, and everything Must be decided by The Market.</p> <p>If anyone thinks that sounds like a jolly good idea, just look at rail privatisation. Or water privatisation. Or the demutualisation of building societies: that turned out well (not). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=17#post-254753 Mon, 10 Jul 2017 10:23:27 +0000 I were right about that saddle 254753@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>pressure from within the Conservative Party to adopt more traditional free-market policies</em></p> <p>What tradition might that be? British tradition is for very tightly controlled markets (Empire, wartime, European Union) and a tightly controlled social hierarchy. Free market policies would be revolutionary. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=17#post-254751 Mon, 10 Jul 2017 10:09:41 +0000 chdot 254751@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Coalition of Chaos"</p> <p>Too kind -</p> <p><a href="http://www.politico.eu/article/theresa-may-relaunch-after-election-fiasco-conservatives/" rel="nofollow">http://www.politico.eu/article/theresa-may-relaunch-after-election-fiasco-conservatives/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=17#post-254748 Mon, 10 Jul 2017 09:56:21 +0000 I were right about that saddle 254748@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/09/theresa-may-asks-jeremy-corbyn-help-deliver-brexit-support-policies/">Coalition of Chaos.</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=17#post-254664 Fri, 07 Jul 2017 20:52:46 +0000 chdot 254664@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://yougov.co.uk/news/2017/07/06/voting-intention-conservatives-38-labour-46-5-6-ju/" rel="nofollow">https://yougov.co.uk/news/2017/07/06/voting-intention-conservatives-38-labour-46-5-6-ju/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=17#post-253814 Tue, 27 Jun 2017 12:54:50 +0000 gembo 253814@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@sallyhinch</p> <p>Belfast definitely Walks The Walk (as did Fauldhouse last Saturday when I was stuck for minutes waiting on many humans of the species out that way to parade) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=17#post-253797 Tue, 27 Jun 2017 09:00:02 +0000 sallyhinch 253797@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Belfast talks the talk but has yet to quite walk the walk on cycling infrastructure. There are a few lively blogs / campaigns - see <a href="https://nigreenways.com/" rel="nofollow">https://nigreenways.com/</a> and Bikefast <a href="http://bikefast.org/" rel="nofollow">http://bikefast.org/</a> - plus a hugely successful 'Election Cycle' campaign that got something like 80% of Assembly candidates to sign up to some decent pledges on cycling. Unfortunately the assembly was dissolved before they could actually act on them but there has been a big announcement on building more greenways which will hopefully see some of the cash. </p> <p>Here endeth the silver lining ... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=17#post-253785 Mon, 26 Jun 2017 22:28:06 +0000 I were right about that saddle 253785@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I hear the cycle paths of Belfast are pretty good. [Insert psycopath/cycle path reference here.]</p> <p>The bribe will be paid in the form of cycle infrastructure ripped up and bodily transported to Ulster from the rUK. Like when the Iraqis stole the traffic lights from Kuwait or my grandad stole a set of engineer's tools and a <em>batterie de cuisine</em> from the Luftwaffe. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=17#post-253784 Mon, 26 Jun 2017 22:21:30 +0000 ih 253784@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Iwrats What's the provision for cycling like in NI? Any guesses on how much of the £1 billion infrastructure grant/bribe will go towards cycling? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=17#post-253774 Mon, 26 Jun 2017 18:40:28 +0000 I were right about that saddle 253774@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>How about emigrating to NI?</em></p> <p>I've had nothing but good times in Northern Ireland. Had to sneak out the back of a pub once to avoid being plied with compulsory free drink. I'm fond of quite a few Northern Irish people.</p> <p>That said I'm not sure I'd ever fit in there. It genuinely would be emigration, in a way that moving to Glasgow could never be. </p> <p>As for my degree of certainty, it's heartening that gravity is holding up. Everything else seems to be shimmering. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=16#post-253772 Mon, 26 Jun 2017 18:17:09 +0000 chdot 253772@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I still don't think anything good can come of this election."</p> <p>Sounds like you're not as sure as you were?</p> <p>How about emigrating to NI? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=16#post-253771 Mon, 26 Jun 2017 18:13:28 +0000 I were right about that saddle 253771@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I still don't think anything good can come of this election. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=16#post-253768 Mon, 26 Jun 2017 18:01:14 +0000 chdot 253768@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>George Osborne (@George_Osborne)<br /> 26/06/2017, 2:05 pm<br /> And here's our second edition @EveningStandard ..... </p> <p><a href="http://pic.twitter.com/Z2MRUISCDz" rel="nofollow">http://pic.twitter.com/Z2MRUISCDz</a></p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=16#post-253726 Mon, 26 Jun 2017 12:14:38 +0000 chdot 253726@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sorry, Radio4 News is obviously conspiring to keep that hidden. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=16#post-253725 Mon, 26 Jun 2017 12:10:32 +0000 dessert rat 253725@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@ Chdot<br /> you missed of the main two sticking points which Theresa had to agree to: creationism and flat earth theory to be added to national curriculum as alternatives. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=16#post-253724 Mon, 26 Jun 2017 12:04:18 +0000 chdot 253724@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>DUP deal</p> <p>Triple lock on pensions and universal winter fuel payments. </p> <p>(And £1bn for NI) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=16#post-252838 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 07:15:52 +0000 wee folding bike 252838@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hohner's good harmonicas are made in Germany. Looks like an excuse to buy a chromatic sooner rather than later. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=16#post-252829 Tue, 13 Jun 2017 20:26:46 +0000 StepRam 252829@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's only going to go up. You should see the wholesale prices for PC's in the UK It Distribution Channel right now! It's Going to be an expensive Christmas unless a lot changes! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=16#post-252765 Tue, 13 Jun 2017 10:02:13 +0000 chdot 252765@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>UK inflation rate rises to 2.9%</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40259392" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40259392</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=16#post-252717 Mon, 12 Jun 2017 14:41:25 +0000 StepRam 252717@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@acsimpson Just because Some people got it wrong does not mean they were lying. Although did you see the vote share graphs in the Tory Leaflets?</p> <p>I agree with @chdot the Tory obsession over Indyref2 is 'what done it for Ruthie'. </p> <p>Instead of focusing on Delivering the issues that should matter Labour helped Ruth by also obsessing over InyRef2. </p> <p>Ironic now is it not that Arline Foster is about to demand that Ruth and Kezia are pushed off the edge of this flat Earth! I do hope neither of them was hoping to order an anniversary cake? </p> <p>Once we have all been screwed by Brexit and are too poor to Buy Newspapers or afford the internet connection and the ID card needed to register to vote. Then and Only then will people wake up and realise what a folly Brexit is. The Torys might just die out in Scotland again. Until then The single issue will mask their true policies. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=16#post-252698 Mon, 12 Jun 2017 13:00:58 +0000 chdot 252698@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just in</p> <p>"Queen's Speech delayed" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=16#post-252688 Mon, 12 Jun 2017 12:02:51 +0000 chdot 252688@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Hung parliament sinks business confidence, IoD finds</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40242543" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40242543</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=16#post-252683 Mon, 12 Jun 2017 11:28:12 +0000 chdot 252683@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This will be interesting -</p> <p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/12/scottish-secretary-urges-dup-change-position-gay-rights-issues/" rel="nofollow">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/12/scottish-secretary-urges-dup-change-position-gay-rights-issues/</a></p> <p>Do we need a new thread?</p> <p>'U.K. - the next four years'? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=16#post-252619 Sat, 10 Jun 2017 23:44:35 +0000 LaidBack 252619@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://derekbateman.scot" rel="nofollow">http://derekbateman.scot</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=16#post-252611 Sat, 10 Jun 2017 21:38:38 +0000 chdot 252611@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://twitter.com/Missycilious/status/873640190832775169" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/Missycilious/status/873640190832775169</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=16#post-252610 Sat, 10 Jun 2017 21:37:06 +0000 chdot 252610@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://twitter.com/Sunday_Post/status/873639638275117056" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/Sunday_Post/status/873639638275117056</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17623&page=16#post-252608 Sat, 10 Jun 2017 21:34:44 +0000 chdot 252608@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://twitter.com/guardian/status/873634754683338754" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/guardian/status/873634754683338754</a> </p>