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Well, you obviously need intelligence.
Raab on Magnitsky sanctions and similar is an interesting example of a pre- political career influencing political decisions.
Rory Stewart was on a podcast recently talking about how he tried to interest Johnson in stuff that was allegedly his ‘pet projects’ (wildlife) and even then Johnson had no interest.
Ooohh Sir Keir Starmer - you're on Richard Leonard's patch now. He's told you to stand back before and let experienced operators deal with politics here ... !
KEIR Starmer has said it would be “irresponsible” for the Prime Minister to “grant” a Scottish independence referendum.In one of his first major speeches on the constitution, the Labour leader said his party would “argue passionately against another independence referendum".
“We'll argue that today. We'll argue that tomorrow,” he promised.
Starmer used the speech to launch a new constitutional commission to look at decentralising power from Westminster.
He said this new initiative – which is to be launched in the new year and advised by Gordon Brown – will "rule nothing out".
The commission will examine how best power, wealth and opportunity can be devolved to the most local level throughout the UK.
Starmer said: "The commission will make the positive case for the UK and it will champion devolution, but beyond that it will rule nothing out and I will look at the conclusions without preconceptions."
From National (can check Guardian to see how they put it)
@SRD, do you mean Raab's holding a black belt, third Dan in karate? Or the lawyer, human rights, and Hague stuff?
Maybe he was a poor example for me to use, because he probably fits in the "knows too much" category - except for his allegedly vague grasp of geography, that is.
Andy Wightman in his own words;
Couldn't find the House of Lords election thread but some interesting new Barons have gained the votes required;
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/political-peerages-2020
A spy, an archbishop, a crook and a zealot or two.
Mmmm.....
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The Commission advised the Prime Minister that it could not support one nominee – Peter Cruddas. The Prime Minister has considered the Commission’s advice and wider factors, and concluded that, exceptionally, the nomination should proceed.
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Peter Andrew Cruddas is an English banker, businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder of online trading company CMC Markets. In the 2007 Sunday Times Rich List, he was named the richest man in the City of London, with an estimated fortune of £860 million. Wikipedia
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"Wider factors"
I'm not saying that is the reason, but it really does stink.
‘Rejected advice for first time ever’ R4
I wish Scottish Labour wouldn't wait till after the election when they get humped, before sacking Leonard.
The man appears intellectually inept compared to every other party leader and seems to make a fool of himself every time he stands up at FMQs.
You'd have thought they'd learned their lesson with Corbyn after the GE. People need a credible Labour party to vote for.
@Baldcyclist, yeah because Sir Keith Abstainalot is really helping with the credibility. Seems to spend most of his time complaining that the Tories are not implementing their policies efficiently and competently enough. Oh and saying no to the Scots too, of course.
@Frenchy, Cruddas was the epicentre of the "cash for access" scandal, I seem to recall. Clearly can for influence is no problem at all for the Johnson regime.
People need a credible Labour party to vote for.
That would be nice. I have tried my best to help them but they are impaled on the Pitchfork of Brexit and cannot escape.
The only way forward is to found a new socialist/social democrat party untainted by Mr Corbyn and Mr Starmer having voted for Article 50 notice and therefore all that follows.
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Calls to replace road tax with ‘pay as you drive’ system in Scotland
Scotland should ditch "unfair" and "irrelevant" charges on motorists in favour of a pay-as-you-drive system, a think tank has suggested.
Reform Scotland has suggested the shake-up to ease congestion
Reform Scotland is calling for political parties in the run-up to May's Holyrood elections to commit to holding a feasibility study, looking at charging people according to which roads they use and when.
This could then replace both fuel duty - which the think tank says is on "borrowed time" as ministers encourage people to switch to electric vehicles - and the "unfair" vehicle excise duty, which charges those who drive infrequently the same as high-mileage motorists.
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https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/calls-replace-road-tax-pay-you-drive-system-scotland-3079223
Congestion charge good. Big duty on fuel good. Is it April 1st already. I know my yo7ngest got me to buy mini-eggs on Xmas eve in scotmid. Early Easter etc.
I can't see road pricing being seen as fair when distribution of income an wealth is so unfair.
You just wind up with the Duke of [Redacted] driving around on roads we all paid for, laughing at us on our bicycles.
With our gross inequality I think rationing makes more sense. Allocate miles to everyone, non-tradeable.
You'd need a way to stop people staring at the huge displays on their modern cars' dashboards showing them the route recommendations based on real-time traffic and dynamic road pricing. Perhaps they could file route plans in advance, like pilots.
Perhaps charging based on as the crow flies distance could work. Although you would need someway to handle multi destination trips.
This could get complicated but I would allow a base mileage, set about half of the annual average, for free. Setting it at half encourages more than one person per journey. Then a sliding scale which becomes prohibitively more expensive once you hit double annual average. I'm not sure about trading but I would allow some way for people to forgo their free allowance for alternative benefits (perhaps LBS credits).
There should be an option for passengers to use their allowance as it would also encourage lift sharing and possibly even shared ownership. Passenger allowance should also be used for taxi/phc.
Annual allowance wouldn't just be straight mileage in my rules either. Journeys under 2ish mile would often cost extra.
Road storage charges should also be implemented at the same time to discourage people from owning more cars than they need/have space for. I pondered something along the lines of a one car free per household rule but suspect that would have some pretty unfortunate unintended consequences.
Anyone figure this out...
ACH tell his Tory opponent that there should be no leafleting during lockdown/tier 4, but has filled my letter box twice in the last week...
He could have saved a lot of paper from his leaflet if they had removed the word "SNP" from it.
https://twitter.com/agcolehamilton/status/1347925538804015105?s=19
Were those leaflets delivered by activists or the postie?
@HankChief: he could have saved a lot of paper if he hadn’t included 10 photos of himself over just 4 pages.
Today's came with the post and the NHS leaflet but last week's was delivered on Saturday 1st Jan and was on it's own on the mat, which could indicate an activist or a postie without much post. (I didn't see it get delivered)
@Stickman. Indeed. His name was mentioned loads too. It's as if they think that Name/Picture recognition & SNP bad is all they need to do.
And what I didn't get from today's mailing was it being promoted by a Cllr from outside my ward. Is that just where they have spending allowance?
I think the restriction is that activists shouldn't be delivering in tier 4 areas. Paying Royal Mail to deliver them would therefore be fine. Not sure if there was a post delivery on either the 1st or 2nd, though.
The "promoted by" bit just means that Cllr Young is the registered agent - this will be done separately from her role as a councillor.
Correction: It was Friday 1st Jan that the first leaflet arrived as I thought it keen to get the first one of 2021 on the 1st.
Royal Mail's website says they had no collections or deliveries on the 1st or 2nd...
https://personal.help.royalmail.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5346/~/service-update---public-holidays
From a leadership bid for the Scottish Tories to joining Farage. Not unexpected, and as a Tory list MSP she will definitely lose her seat at the election.
Chances are her remuneration, influence and media exposure will be higher as a regional sales manager for Reform UK Ltd than as a Tory list MSP.
“influence”
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If it isn't this is hard to understand.
If it isn't this is hard to understand.
Indeed. Astonishing. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. I include both the past and present Sun Kings in that.
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