something else the media brushed over. but why wouldnt they? . IAN LUCAS The former MP & Media Committee Member, who challenged Matt Hancock over Leveson II’s cancellation, writes: “Members of Parliament speak with one voice rarely” – but they did when they committed to the Leveson Inquiry, in two parts “Promises were made” to victims of corruption, that Leveson Part Two would take place As the Government broke those promises, Matt Hancock (speaking for the Government) said that “Sir Brian [Leveson, the Inquiry Chair]… agrees that the inquiry should not proceed” It was later revealed that Sir Brian “fundamentally disagreed” with the Government’s plans to cancel his Inquiry “It was my view that Hancock had misled me in [Parliament]… what astonished me was his lack of contrition” The Government’s desperate suppression of Leveson Part Two, justified by statements in Parliament which were “in my opinion… designed to mislead”, sent a message: “telling the truth in Parliament no longer mattered” . anyhoo. i'm taking this thread as some light relief. no more from in that vain.
I appreciate that the media are heavily trying to link Brexit as the root cause of the hgv driver shortage issue, and for a about a quarter of the shortfall they'd be right. However it's a really much bigger problem than that. Informative read https://trans.info/en/there-s-a-eur...o-uk-supply-chains-seem-more-disrupted-254524
No, the abuse should be thrown at the general public. They're the ones that voted. They're the ones that believed the bullshit political narrative because it reinforced their own self interested beliefs. We get the Government we deserve.
7 Unfortunately all this was said last year, obviously the media revel in causing mayhem. Either that or they are so stupid they are unable to grasp the concept. With the freedom of the press / media, comes responsibility, I don’t think that either have any sense of responsibility or even care. If the media cannot manage itself to act responsibly, then they need holding to account, when they fuel the type of mayhem we are seeing at the moment.
The great British public also need to take responsibility and ignore scaremongering and realise that all was “ok” up till now we were managing to get through.
I have to disagree in part, primarily because I don't think we're ever given a realistic choice to vote in the government we deserve. It's a sorry state of affairs but I really genuinely don't see a party out there with even the slightest chance of getting into government that I'd vote for. It's locked out for any true changing of the guard. Take Labour as a prime example. Corbyn was a move in someway towards a change, in fact there was a time that I thought very highly of him for at least being genuine. He wore his heart on his sleeve and although my ideology differs from his on various aspects, I did believe he was genuine, a rare trait in modern politics Then it all went too far too quickly in their knee jerk daily policy onslaught during the last election. I dare say that wasn't his idea & instead some desperate attempt by the strategy team to appeal to everyone, and by doing so they appealed to no one. It was naive and smacked of inexperienced political newbies, it felt like a strategy cooked up by a bunch of fresh out of university momentum bods over excited about the possible win. Too far too quickly and they fucked it Politics has transformed over recent years from a career where they used to at least attempt to hide blatant lies and hypocrisy, to a career where they're now so upfront about it voters are almost desensitised
"text books" ? You're joking, right ? Most of these halfwits have never read a book in their lives. Their version of "research" is reading some ill-informed garbage from a Facebook echo-chamber that reinforces their already ridiculous ideas. The problem is that they believe that their "opinion" (based entirely on incorrect, biased, conspiracy-theory nonsense) is equally as valid as that of an expert who has spent their entire life and career investigating and studying a subject...
Ah, but this is why the BBC is a large part of the problem. In the past the plain speaking, largely neutral BBC was respected by most. Following their refusal to criticise the government, question the actions of Doris & Co their influence is dramatically reduced, as is their credibility. In years gone by the tabloid losers would have started a scare on petrol shortages. The BBC News at Six & Nine would then have exposed the reality of half a dozen BP stations being short on supply, with a few more missing one fuel option (no premium - no big deal). The masses would then have relaxed on their sofas and watched Coronation St.
aye well, doing your research includes researching the "experts" that don't get any media attention. Social media rocks.
So a switch to proportional representation could help, as forcing all parties to actually get along, to be politicians and persuade their peers to support ideas & policy, in what would effectively be a coalition government. If you compare the success or failure of Germany & the UK (contentious choice) over the last 20 years, there must be something in it?
as a wee rule of thumb, if the torys (do yer research, red and blue) oppose it, in this case devolution and its PR election system. it can only ever be a good thing. for the many.
The problem with the current "first past the post" system is as follows : Minority, fringe, single-issue parties (Farage's bunch, for example) do not have to ever win a seat to get what they want. All they have to do is target marginal seats and appear to have enough support to take away enough votes from the incumbent MP that they may lose the seat. Said incumbent's party will then move their policy to include the fringe view - hence holding on to the voters that may vote for the minority party and cause them to lose their slim majority. This is why the Tory party has moved further to the right over the recent years - playing to the populist views so they don't lose votes to more extreme single-issue parties...
For my part it involved the assumption there'd always be a station within range of reserve. However when I did that coming back from Chester through Wales rather than the M6, also when crossing Exmoor on a Sunday, I was running on fumes when I finally filled up (while with the twin carb Triumph you ran with both taps open - so no reserve. Also the magnetic speedo didn't work, so no odometer. I can laugh about it now!) I thought I'd learnt my lesson, but I wasn't expecting quite how few miles I'd get from a tankful on a Ducati! I still don't know how far reserve'll get me. I must have taken half a dozen rides so far where I'm praying I'll find a petrol station before it runs dry. I really, really do not want to be the old guy at the side of the road with a dead Ducati! Which is probably another good thing about being off the road for another week! But I do hope this doesn't mean the latest parts order is delayed.
