General British politics discussion thread

Trying to bend rules. They were actually not allowed to in the end because of UK courts.

Cameron was indeed a terrible PM, I disagree the worst but thats by the by, he has actually made a couple of decent statements about Gaza and the Israel/Palestine situation as Foreign Secretary.

I don't disagree but as I say that's by the by, he's already doing a more nuanced job than multiple predecessors in his current role and his Labour shadow.

For clarity still a cnut, still shagged a pigs head, still responsible for Libya being a hell hole etc. etc. etc.

He almost lost Scotland as well. Brown basically came in to help save the day.....along with a litany of lies from Cameron.

Without tapping the sign again, he also said the UK should engage with China. If centrists want "grown ups" in government, he's the closest the Tories have come in years.

My favourite politician doing what she does best, continued Austerity is on the way if she gets her way. She's entirely obsessed with her self imposed fiscal rules.

One view on British parliaments over the years. People really never did had it so good in McMillian's day and Thatcher did improve the economy.

So in your view, if someone says immigration numbers are too high, it makes them right wing.

It's not a judgement on your opinion, it's just an interesting insight.

Given that the last opinion poll said that three quarters of Irish people felt we took too many refugees, presumably these people are all right wing according to your analysis.

He's "bored" because his involvement with Greensill and China have destroyed any prospect of him building up business interests. Probably now also bit too stale for the after-dinner speaking gigs.

Read the comments underneath the tweet. Any traditional left wing supporters of Labour say they are absolutely appalled by his comments - it does look the two main parties in Britain are right wing now (with the Tories being even further to the right of course).

Left wing parties would appear to be the Greens and the SNP with the Lib Dems in the centre.

8 people alive who have been/are PM, which is the most ever. Likely to become 9 sometime next year and could get to 10 later in the decade as the eldest (John Major) seems to be a fit enough 80-year-old.

By extreme contrast for the last few years of Gladstones second term in the 1880s he was the only living PM.

/pointless sunday trivia.

We're at 6 - partially due to having younger leaders since the 90s.

Cosgraves longevity kept us high in numbers for a while too. Fitzgerald died around the time Enda took over, Reynolds during his first term.

It's funny. In all the years that I've following British politics I never thought that I'd looking for a John Major type Conservative to step up.

While his tenure in office wasn't remarkable in any kind of outstanding achievement, at the very least he was reasonably level headed.