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Post by right on Mar 17, 2017 13:28:34 GMT
Despite the current fervent denials, I expect Osborne will have to choose between one and the other soon enough. Could his unwillingness to resign be a sign that he thinks there could be an early General Election? Even if the chances are high it's worth holding on until the dust settles.
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Post by mondialito on Mar 17, 2017 13:29:39 GMT
Despite the current fervent denials, I expect Osborne will have to choose between one and the other soon enough. Hopefully he will stick to being an MP. The last thing the Evening Standard needs is more out of touch elite liberalism.
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Post by The Bishop on Mar 17, 2017 13:36:36 GMT
Despite the current fervent denials, I expect Osborne will have to choose between one and the other soon enough. Could his unwillingness to resign be a sign that he thinks there could be an early General Election? Even if the chances are high it's worth holding on until the dust settles. Some may like to think that - I tend to agree with those who suspect it is more his fantasy that he can somehow "do a Churchill".
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2017 14:17:27 GMT
Does Tatton Park need its water checking?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2017 14:47:39 GMT
From the Guardian
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Mar 17, 2017 16:09:18 GMT
Despite the current fervent denials, I expect Osborne will have to choose between one and the other soon enough. Hopefully he will stick to being an MP. The last thing the Evening Standard needs is more out of touch elite liberalism. On a purely political level, it's quite good for Labour. It can no longer function as an outrider for the Tories in the next mayoral election and claim neutrality. And on a journalistic level, the Evening Standard has always been a godawful excuse for a newspaper.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2017 16:14:40 GMT
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The Bishop
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Post by The Bishop on Mar 17, 2017 16:36:42 GMT
I see this has been another excuse for the pathetic Amol Rajan to disgrace himself yet again.
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Post by mondialito on Mar 17, 2017 17:05:41 GMT
Hopefully he will stick to being an MP. The last thing the Evening Standard needs is more out of touch elite liberalism. On a purely political level, it's quite good for Labour. It can no longer function as an outrider for the Tories in the next mayoral election and claim neutrality. And on a journalistic level, the Evening Standard has always been a godawful excuse for a newspaper. You're not wrong there. Indeed, if Sadiq ever feels the need to shout 'fake news' at the Standard for whatever reason, they have given him the perfect justification for it. Idiots.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2017 18:27:16 GMT
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Post by maxque on Mar 17, 2017 19:39:22 GMT
Despite the current fervent denials, I expect Osborne will have to choose between one and the other soon enough. Could his unwillingness to resign be a sign that he thinks there could be an early General Election? Even if the chances are high it's worth holding on until the dust settles. No, it's probably due to May being deadly afraid of democracy.
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Mar 17, 2017 20:15:10 GMT
Despite the current fervent denials, I expect Osborne will have to choose between one and the other soon enough. Could his unwillingness to resign be a sign that he thinks there could be an early General Election? Even if the chances are high it's worth holding on until the dust settles. Possibly more relevant is that it's a seat which doesn't require too much active casework and which looks likely to be split every which way by the Boundary Review. So there won't be too much local disquiet, and even if there is it won't be concentrated enough to seriously threaten any particular seat.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2017 21:22:53 GMT
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Post by harryjoe on Mar 17, 2017 21:38:44 GMT
I find his views vile, yet adore Lord Prescott.
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Post by Crimson King on Mar 18, 2017 0:28:24 GMT
am I the only one who thinks it rather demonstrates how poorly paid our MPs are
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Post by finsobruce on Mar 18, 2017 0:39:54 GMT
am I the only one who thinks it rather demonstrates how poorly paid our MPs are although not as underpaid as our wonderful medical practitioners.
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Post by hedgehog on Mar 18, 2017 1:36:01 GMT
am I the only one who thinks it rather demonstrates how poorly paid our MPs are although not as underpaid as our wonderful medical practitioners. Both politics and medicine should be about wanting to make a difference rather than wanting to became wealthy.
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Post by Crimson King on Mar 18, 2017 7:22:10 GMT
am I the only one who thinks it rather demonstrates how poorly paid our MPs are although not as underpaid as our wonderful medical practitioners. not at all, if I was full time I'd be on more than that probably
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Post by Harry Hayfield on Mar 18, 2017 8:39:04 GMT
although not as underpaid as our wonderful medical practitioners. Both politics and medicine should be about wanting to make a difference rather than wanting to became wealthy. This is the same attitude I take when it comes to wanting to stand for the council. No one asks you to stand for the council, it is decision you make on your own and your employers are the local electorate.
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Post by finsobruce on Mar 18, 2017 9:11:59 GMT
Both politics and medicine should be about wanting to make a difference rather than wanting to became wealthy. This is the same attitude I take when it comes to wanting to stand for the council. No one asks you to stand for the council, it is decision you make on your own and your employers are the local electorate. I agree with that up to a point, but for most people this wouldn't be their main employment or career, whereas in medicine it certainly would be, with a long training period and an enormous amount of personal responsibility for the wellbeing of others.
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