I think that PowerSpurs worked out yesterday that it ends up being Patrick Leahy, as he's the longest serving Democrat. ****er served under Gerald Ford. Been around a looooong time.
Because my faith in Keir Starmer hasn't reached rock bottom already, the dickhead then goes and stuffs Kate Hoey, Frank Field, Ian Austin, John Woodcock and Gisela Stuart into the House of Lords Meanwhile... please log in to view this image
After all this time, during which I've admired and respected the quality of your posts, both football- and politics-related, you go and make a comment like that! I am really shocked and hugely disappointed! I'll just have to try to believe that this never happened.......!
Reminds me of my Wednesdays off when,on occasions,I'd go to Lord's and sit with the other 32 Middlesex fans trying hard not to go to sleep!
Assuming there is no election at all. It would be Leahy if the Democrats stuck to the convention of electing the longest serving Member on their side as President Pro Tempore of the Senate. But they could actually choose whichever Senator would make the best Potus. The President Pro Tempore presides over the Senate only when the Vpotus is absent so it is largely an honorary role. One unknown factor is whether state Governors could nominate Senators to fill the spots left vacant by the absence of the election. If so the Republicans might retain their majority and end up nominating their choice of Senator. Pence would have the casting vote as he would still be Vpotus when the Senate first convened.
I severely doubt that anybody in the Labour Party would nominate that shower! Nice to see that Bodger has picked the son of a KGB officer, though...
With Trump withdrawing troops from Germany it's almost as if Putin has had a bet with his team on how outrageous an act he can get his men to execute.
By process of elimination Starmer is the only one who could have put them forwards: De Pfeffel pushed through the likes of Ken Clarke, Ruth Davidson, Philip Hammond, Ed Vaizey and, oh yeah, his own brother among others, while Jeremy Corbyn was pushing for John Bercow, Tom Watson and Karie Murphy - none of whom who got on the list. What also stands out is that there's only two Labour nominations, Katy Clark and Bryn Davies What stands out is that each of Field, Hoey, Austin, Stuart and Woodcock are listed as non-affiliated, as Hoey was deselected during the last session (approximately a decade too late...), Field resigned before his deselection was made official (approximately two decades to late...), Stuart resigned before an election, Woodcock ****ed off to join The Independent Change Group For Change Now Independents UK Change UK Change PLC, while Austin resigned expecting to be given an offer to join TIGCGFCNIUKCUKCPLC but it never materialised
Since this was the Dissolution list I don't think Starmer got to nominate anyone as he wasn't Labour leader at the time. All those you mention were involved in the Vote Leave campaign I think so it is obvious who nominated them and why.
They were put forward by Bodger, according to the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51389602 "The PM has also put forward two former Labour MPs - Iain Austin and John Woodcock - to sit as non-aligned peers."
Well if the BBC said it...my first instinct is to check if there's such a thing as the House of Lords
Rachel Johnson on her own show on LBC today congratulated her brother jo on getting a peerage from his brother , this country is going down the ****ter so fast that we will not be able to breathe when Brexit kicks in I really feel hopeless to prevent this ****storm on the horizon
