The Westminster Arms

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Welcome to The Westminster Arms!

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A non-partisan politics pub thread for political chit chat....!!

Please stick within MN talk guidelines - any posts which you think may have crossed the line, please report rather than getting into scraps on thread 😠

Political punch-ups are soooo last decade - ain't nobody got time for that 🥊❌

Be nice! Be respectful!

S'ok to slag off politicians, but not other posters 🍻

Speciality tea for me please.

Thanks to Dom's superb shelving system, we have a full range of teas.

You have a point about EVEL, Howabout. The North East underwhelmingly took part in the 2004 referendum but overwhelmingly said No to John Prescott's attempt to introduce regional assemblies for England. There is a school of thought that the NE was concerned that Newcastle on Tyne would grab the lion's share of devolved money but I thought at the time that resistance to EU regionalisation by the back door was a more significant factor. It's a moot point whether that is something that could be revisited post-Brexit, particularly with the government's declared intention to level up the regions.

15 minutes of Oor Ian...could this be the cure for my raging insomnia?

Welcome back, mummmy2017. Stay with us. Not long to go now...

I’m not sure if this is allowed but if it is...

It would be so fun if the BBC had to play this!

www.facebook.com/theDominicFrisby/videos/600163520544953/

Is that the fabulous Dominic Frisby, Autumn? My second favourite Dom in the world?

The BBC would faint in horror.

I remember reading a review of a new BBC offering some time ago in which they had made an adaptation of a particularly, erm, challenging novel about child prostitution in Victorian England. The screenwriter explained that he was having difficulty treading the line between staying true to the spirit of the book and not mortally offending the viewers with graphic language and content. The BBC's response? Along the lines of "It's public money but that doesn't mean it matters what the public thinks".

Yes Lily. 100k purchases would make it number one, competing with Stormzy. LOL.

Do you happen to remember what the drama was please?

I was pleased to see Boris also wants to look at the overseas funding .
New brooms thing.

mummy fingers crossed.

I had four people from DFID turn up to see me in what was meant to be a one to one meeting. The others seem to have tagged along because they had nothing to do and wanted to see a particular thing in the building i worked in at the time.

I doubt it will disappoint to learn that Raab is "just a pretty face". I have dealt with him in real life and he was bright enough but a bit limited.

Doesn't it make sense to make sure the core of each govenment department are qualified individuals and able to be neutral or at least leave the politics at the entrance, so that they can brief the next figurehead that arrives?
I'd love to see a cross party group be incharge of NHS doing the best for us.

mummy yes

So many good ideas are rejected because they won’t create more jobs

E.g. having the same type of chart for every patient in every hospital so that temp docs and nurses can process the information faster.

The best part of the BBC EU Brexit docudrama was the abject inability to cope with Dom Raab pushing back on the cosy pronouncements. He looks to be doing a decent enough job in his current role.

It's a known fact that Raab is thick as mince and just as spineless

So does that mean Rabb will do as he is told and not cause issues due to his ego?

Raab is nice to look at - I'm shallow 🤷🏻‍♀️

Raab has degrees and prizes from Oxford and Cambridge despite coming from a very ordinary lower MC background. He did his legal training with Linklaters.

I very much doubt he is "thick as mince".

I believe the phrase I'm looking for is " you do you" NiceGuyNeddie

He looks like a cod. Each to their own tho!

Maybe Boris knows what he did in Rabb's job, so stuck a minion in the position.

Do you happen to remember what the drama was please?

It's on the tip of my tongue, Autumn. I know that the review itself was enough to put me off.

Am I too late for the Raab appreciation society meet up?

Am I too late for the Raab appreciation society meet up?

Never too late, Hospitality! There is a special corner of the snug for the Society. It's getting pretty crowded though.

And yes, he will do exactly what he's told, he knows the score

Look who I found lurking in the Arms' porch. He's here to service the coffee machine.

Usher him in!

Not sure why but my phone was auto correcting to Rabb from Raab.
Maybe it though he was half way to a Rabbit.