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Should the UK remain a part of the EU or leave?

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Johnson dominated by Starmer again at PMQs today. When pressed by Starmer as to whether he'd actually read the government-commissioned report on the possibility of another wave of Covid in the winter - on which he'd just answered questions - all he could say was that he was 'aware' of the report, plainly terrified that he was being set up. He finished up with a pathetic planned 'joke' about briefs, out of his depth when confronted with someone who knows whereof he speaks.

Interesting that the Liberal bloke got him to confirm that there will be an enquiry into the government's Covid response, but only 'in time'. He'll be long gone by then and won't fight the next election.

I think there's a strong chance Rishi Sunak will be PM by the next election. I'd welcome that from what I've seen of him
 
I'm now expecting the cancel brigade to put up a statue of the witch, Begum, in Bristol with her hand punching the air

I'm very surprised the nationalists weren't up in arms about the second statue being removed in Bristol. Isn't that the removal of our history etc, or does that most powerful argument just apply to slavers from 150 years back? /s
 
I'm very surprised the nationalists weren't up in arms about the second statue being removed in Bristol. Isn't that the removal of our history etc, or does that most powerful argument just apply to slavers from 150 years back? /s

I just think people thought the image of a black woman punching the air with her fist clenched looked unnecessarily aggressive. Otherwise, why not give her a moped and a machete too?
 
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Good to see. Doubt anyone will disagree with this.

She was a stupid little girl when she left the UK, but I'm not sure that alone is sufficient to lose her citizenship over

I've always found this case to be an interesting contrast to the UK mercenaries that fight for different groups and regimes round the world but can seemingly come and go from the UK as they please
 
I could be wrong but I have a feeling a lot of non-political black people just want to get on and make a success of their lives

We live in an era when those that shout loudly and get noticed rarely represent the majority

I won't repeat exactly what my Nigerian neighbour said about the BLM movement but it wasn't very complimentary and he said he was fed up of white liberals trying to do his thinking for him
 
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We live in an era when those that shout loudly and get noticed rarely represent the majority

I won't repeat exactly what my Nigerian neighbour said about the BLM movement but it wasn't very complimentary and he said he was fed up of white liberals trying to do his thinking for him

That's very interesting and I'm sure there's a lot of truth in it. I'd feel the same. Who want to feel people are pussyfooting around you, taking care what they say because they think your great-great-grandad was a slave? Move forward not back
 
I think there's a strong chance Rishi Sunak will be PM by the next election. I'd welcome that from what I've seen of him

Well, if and when there is an inquiry into the government's Covid response, Sunak will be the only senior Tory to escape massive criticism. He's done well, but giving money away is easy - trying to get it back will be much more difficult and much less popular.
 
Well, if and when there is an inquiry into the government's Covid response, Sunak will be the only senior Tory to escape massive criticism. He's done well, but giving money away is easy - trying to get it back will be much more difficult and much less popular.

True about the giving the money away. As to criticism of the government, there will be some of course, and justified. But there were also bad decisions taken by the NHS (sending covid patients to care homes) and Public Health England. No one will come out smelling of roses. And the same debate will be held in just about every other country that has had covid.
 
True about the giving the money away. As to criticism of the government, there will be some of course, and justified. But there were also bad decisions taken by the NHS (sending covid patients to care homes) and Public Health England. No one will come out smelling of roses. And the same debate will be held in just about every other country that has had covid.

Do you really think that the NHS took the decision to move Covid patients to care homes without any direction from the government? The whole government strategy was to 'Protect the NHS' and will have resulted in thousands of additional deaths.
 
Do you really think that the NHS took the decision to move Covid patients to care homes without any direction from the government? The whole government strategy was to 'Protect the NHS' and will have resulted in thousands of additional deaths.

I don't know who's decision it was on care homes. This is what a public enquiry must flush out.