Westminstenders: The Negotiations Continue - The DUP ones

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Tomorrow is the Queen’s Speech. In honour of that the start of this thread is written in its honour:

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Immigration is bad. Except for that good immigration.
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Brexit means Brexit
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Pilot scheme.
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Money for –the DUP-- NI
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Brexit means Brexit
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The Internet is Bad. Newspapers are good.
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Brexit means Brexit.
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Britain wave your flag.
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(The Queen’s turns over the page to read the back of the A4 sheet, only to find it blank)

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40362317?ocid=socialflow_twitter&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=twitter
London fire: Kensington council chief quits

The chief executive of Kensington and Chelsea council has resigned amid criticism over the borough's response to the Grenfell Tower fire.

Nicholas Holgate.

Jumped before he was pushed and the investigation starts into competency/negligence/manslaughter/whatever the terms end up being

Harry from the article it sounds like he was pushed

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/21/russian-hackers-targeted-21-states-presidential-election-says/
Russian hackers targeted 21 states during presidential election says government cyber expert

The DUP are demanding £2 billion for NI - extra £1,100 bribe per person in NI
Worse: the Barnett formula would translate £2BN to NI as £65-70BN across the UK

Impossible, surely, even for May's desperate attempts to cling to power

As part of this spat, the DUP refused to pick up the phone for 36 hours

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/21/exclusive-dup-broke-talks-tories-36-hours-week-demand-2billion/

I remember the unionists, which were then the UUP, supported Labour during 1974-1979 hung / close govt and they obtained at least one important concession:

The number of NI seats was increased from 12 to 17

Increased influence for unionists ever since. Nice earners for the extra 5 MPs too.

Currently residing in local hospital. Missing you all be back soon. Xxx

Wishing you well Sos

Sostenueto

Sos wishing you a swift recovery

I caught a bit of someone on R4 this morning saying the Barnet formula only worked one way, in that if England gets more the smaller counties get more, but if NI gets more that doesn't mean everyone else does. Also that the Barnet formula is pretty much optional and governments choose to ignore it quite often. If this is the case (perhaps someone on here can clarify) then I think the Barnet formula issue is a bit of a red herring. The GFA and concerns of her moderate MPs seem a much bigger problem.

Get well, sostenueto.

So today we might get to find out about the 'generous offer' the UK are going to make re EU citizens. Not holding my breath.

Btw you remember the debate we had on here about Diane Abbott and her car crash interview and I said the abuse was mostly sexist/racist and I said Johnson wasn't much better as a politician ...
Yep, was totally with you there. But apparently bojo is amusing and endearing. Not a dangerous loon. And of course Abbott is nothing more than a liability.
Talking of Abbott, she was on BBC breakfast a couple of days ago looking much better and seeming a lot more coherent, which is good.
What's bojo's excuse? Oh, he doesn't need one

Get well soon sos

Get well soon sos

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to Sos..

BoJo is an upper class, rich, public school prat of the old school sort who bluster through with endless reserves of self confidence and entitlement. Unfortunately the British people have been programmed over hundreds of years of aristocratic rule to see this as a sure sign of superiority despite all evidence pointing to the fact he is an idiot.

The very wonderful Professor Curtice (exit poll) was asked in a Guardian article about Boris and said whatever his failings as a minister, he'd be happy to do a leader's debate every week. Surely too many enemies now. Get well soon sos.

Well this was predictable. Shortage of EU farm workers starting:

www.google.co.uk/amp/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/40354331

"BoJo is an upper class, rich, public school prat of the old school sort who bluster through with endless reserves of self confidence and entitlement. Unfortunately the British people have been programmed over hundreds of years of aristocratic rule to see this as a sure sign of superiority despite all evidence pointing to the fact he is an idiot."

Aye. See the fawning over 'old money' on MN www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/2955076-How-do-you-spot-the-difference-between-nouveau-riche-those-born-into-money

to sos

Will every day start now with a new put down from the DUP?

www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/21/slow-wage-growth-down-to-return-to-the-past-bank-of-england-chief-economist?CMP=share_btn_tw
Low wages are 'return to pre-industrial Britain', says Bank of England economist

Andy Haldane says rise in self-employment and drop in union membership mirrors weak workforces of pre-1750 era

Yes. Really. This is where a bank of England economist thinks we are headed.

We wanted to go back to the good ol' times.

Kevin Schofield @ polhomeeditor
Philip Hammond concedes Brexit transition period could be 4 years: "When you buy a house you don't move all your stuff in on the first day."

Errr weellll actually....

And the 'no' shit' award of the day goes to this article:

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-racism-immigrant-prejudice-major-factor-leave-vote-win-study-a7801676.html
Brexit: Anti-immigrant prejudice major factor in vote, study finds

People who met EU citizens living in Britain tended to have a good experience and were therefore more likely to vote Remain

www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/workplace-gender-quotas-incompetence-efficiency-business-organisations-london-school-economics-lse-a7797061.html
Workplace gender quotas weed out incompetent men and make businesses more efficient, study finds

The research counters one of the key arguments often put forward against the introduction of minimum quotas to promote equality: that such targets are unmeritocratic

I hope this is shared with Philip Davis.