General British politics discussion thread

Not remarkable is the dream for a conservative PM. The remarkable ones are usually remarkable for all the wrong reasons.

Cameron sold himself as one of the unremarkable ones and could have gotten away with it if he just copped on with the referenda.

They had his grey character having an affair with Virginia Bottomley; on the basis that he was far far too boring to have an affair and they had to make up a fake affair with a cabinet member

They just picked the wrong one!

I think the wearing of y-fronts on the outside was Steve Bell cartoons rather than spitting image..

Off topic but they really need to treat that telescope @ Birr much better, it sits there pretty unloved tbh. (Well 2 years ago it was, maybe it's more cherished now)

I generally have no problem with a museum keeping foreign artifacts but the Parthenon marbles are actually shte in their current location and make no sense in the British Museum. Just a few totally out of context bits of sculpture in a plain room.

Also unlike objects from Ireland for example these are not ancient spoils of war but stuff taken "for safe keeping" in the 20th century.

As well as the marbles British Heritage also got attacked by the "anti woke" snowflakes recently when an internal only calendar was leaked to the press because it included all the religious holidays except Christmas. The calendar was designed for management to make them aware of holiday's they might not know about hence why Christmas which all the museum's are closed for was deemed unnecessary. The abuse the customer service people have been receiving has sadly been unrelenting.

British Museum is free as are many of the national museums. It's an amazing public service, especially when you are broke in London as I often was.

Was always surprised all that "artsy fartsy stuff" and it's funding didn't come under more attack. Probably a lot to do with it being the darling of the retired "Mrs. Bucket" types.

I see him as an undertaker. His job is to guide the corpse that is the current parliamentary Conservative party to the next election where it'll finally be cremated. The rebuild will be carried out by the next leader of the party.

It wasn't for want of trying though. Privatisation of rail was a Tory dream since before Thatcher. Major was just fulfilling the contract as it were. But I don't think any of them foresaw the likes of Potters Bar and whatnot. The Tories are just wedded to privatisation despite all the obvious drawbacks. It's in their DNA.

Don't get me wrong, It's not like I'd be a fan of John Major. He is in many ways the continuation of the Neo-Liberal disaster that sparked off during the Reagan/Thatcher years. But in comparison to what the Tories are now, he'd practically be a godsend. Laissez faire twats like Boris Johnson or viscous, nasty, cunts like Braverman or Patel are an outright danger to the entire nation. And they won't give a damn about the damage they'll leave behind for Labour to try an clean up.

Speaking of rail, a few years ago they were actually talking about re nationalising the whole system again. That must have got swept away by Covid too. There are a number of nationalised services in place already, so maybe under Starmer they'll just put the entirety back into public hands and be done with the whole farce.

I doubt it though. Starmer is just another Blairite. A Tory in Labour clothing and I've no faith that his tenure will be anything but business as usual with a few minor twists.

What the majority of British public need right now is a Clement Attlee type PM and government.