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Westministenders: Can you tell your Rs from Elbows?

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RedToothBrush · 01/07/2020 19:38

This week Mark Sedwill has resigned (or was he pushed?) and David Frost (chief brexit lead) was appointed National Security Adviser in a move that enraged Theresa May. The former prime minister felt that his appointment was unprofessional and that was a political appointment not an independent one and that he lacked experience. Of course in terms of national security we still haven't had that report on Russia and I don't believe The Intelligence and Security Committee has yet been named (not sat since Johnson was appointed as PM).

We have passed the deadline for extending transition and we have now apparently said that negotiations on the end of transition will finish at the end of September.

The bill ending Free movement of people has been signed, amongst much fanfare by the Conservatives saying they have delivered on the Referendum promise. However we might have up to 3million Hong Kongers who we are willing to allow into the country which might not go down too well with those who were unhappy with 'unrestricted EU immigration'.

We also have the demonstration of utter incompetence, outsourcing and lack of coordination and communication from central government and local government in the covid-19 crisis. A national scandal that isn't being properly reported by the press and leave you with the very large question of who is this government serving? If its contract with Deloittes over testing didn't require them to report positive tests to Public Health England, what was the point in the testing? How can this be consistent with 'The Government’s new approach to biosecurity will bring together the UK’s world-leading epidemiological expertise and fuse it with the best analytical capability from across Government in an integrated approach.' and will provide real time analysis and assessment of infection outbreaks at a community level, to enable rapid intervention before outbreaks grow.?

The growing feeling that Brexit is being exploited by this government for personal interests and those of big business at the expense of the general public is one which was feared and grows harder to argue against by the day.

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JeSuisPoulet · 13/07/2020 08:02

Honey that hospital access issue will have far reaching consequences for women for the surrounding area. Kent and Canterbury closed it's maternity unit in 2011 (appx 1 month before I had dd Angry) and the options were 30mins to Ashford (without traffic) or 45 to Margate. Ashford was full when I was in labour so we ended up traipsing to Margate. This is not going to end well.

HoneysuckIejasmine · 13/07/2020 08:13

Why on earth would you close a maternity unit?! (I know why, funding). Do they thjnk noone is born in the Kent and Canterbury area? Ridiculous.

Jason118 · 13/07/2020 08:28

New govt propaganda campaign is about to start, as we know,

It will clearly set out the actions businesses and individuals need to take to prepare for the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020

I note the use of the word 'clearly' and look forward to clarity for all.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/major-new-campaign-to-prepare-uk-for-end-of-the-transition-period?utmsource=32e44d98-2268-4146-a407-8b78ced445a1&utmmmedium=email&utmcampaign=govuk-notifications&utmmcontent=immediate

Clavinova · 13/07/2020 09:15

“I am strongly opposed to this, and have told ministers this,”[Damian] Green told Kent Online. In a tweet that was subsequently deleted, he wrote: “No one has suggested using this site as a lorry park in the many years of discussions on the subject, and it is too near too many homes for it to be the right place.”

"Ashford borough council’s deputy leader, Paul Bartlett, welcomed the plans, saying on Facebook: “A HMRC clearance depot is vastly preferable to the warehouses proposed by [owners] AXA/Friends Life and granted planning consent by ABC in 2015.”

FrankieStein402 · 13/07/2020 09:23

Why on earth would a (hgv park, customs inspection sheds, holding warehouses) be preferable to a (bunch of warehouses) with much less hgv traffic?
Oh - of course - he's a Conservative - 'my party right or wrong'

HoneysuckIejasmine · 13/07/2020 09:24

Wonder why he deleted the Tweet? Maybe he was told that actually it had been that way all along, Winston.

JeSuisPoulet · 13/07/2020 09:27

Frankie the mind boggles, doesn't it?
Oh please don't build large storage areas that will be worth millions but do pile up trucks belching filth and angry truckers along our motorways and right next to our hospital. Confused

Peregrina · 13/07/2020 09:33

It all smacks of yet another a decision made in a panic.

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SheWranglesRugRats · 13/07/2020 12:42

Wow, I’d have had DD on the side of the road in Kent.

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