(05-30-2025, 07:10 PM)gortex Wrote: A "foreign occupation" is what the EU turned out to be sadly the Conservatives didn't completely pull us out , Macron is due a State Visit I believe in July to survey their regained territory.

I hope the British people give him a "warm" welcome.

(05-30-2025, 07:19 PM)BIAD Wrote:

(05-30-2025, 07:10 PM)gortex Wrote: A "foreign occupation" is what the EU turned out to be sadly the Conservatives didn't completely pull us out , Macron is due a State Visit I believe in July to survey their regained territory.

I hope the British people give him a "warm" welcome.

I just hope his schoolteacher Missus gives him another slap and tells him not to bother!

Quote:Writing on X, Yusuf said: “11 months ago I became Chairman of Reform. I’ve worked full time as a volunteer to take the party from 14 to 30%, quadrupled its membership and delivered historic electoral results.
“I no longer believe working to get a Reform government elected is a good use of my time, and hereby resign the office.”
It comes shortly after he hit out at Reform UK’s new MP Sarah Pochin, who chose to use her first ever question to the prime minister in the Commons to question if the government will ban burqas.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/reform-uk-chairman-zia-yusuf-164011268.html

Quote:Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf has reversed his decision to quit the party, saying "the mission is too important" and that he "cannot let people down".
https://news.sky.com/story/reform-uk-chairman-zia-yusuf-reverses-decision-to-quit-party-13380464

(06-07-2025, 07:40 PM)BIAD Wrote: The British public say: "Eh, here's an idea on saving money and obeying what the people want.
Stop the boats and stop housing the illegal channel-crossers with British taxpayers money"

The Conservatives say: "Yes, certainly", but ignore the request.
The Labour Party say: "Well, it's complicated" and then explain they're probably going to
use monies from foreign aid to keep the illegal channel-crossers in the hotels.

Guv'ment-funded BBC:
Some suggest you can't make it up...

Quote:It also said it had reduced overall asylum support costs by half a billion pounds in the last financial year. This had saved £200 million in ODA which had been passed back to the Treasury.

(06-08-2025, 04:11 AM)Ninurta Wrote: From your link:

Quote:It also said it had reduced overall asylum support costs by half a billion pounds in the last financial year. This had saved £200 million in ODA which had been passed back to the Treasury.

Fun with maths -  "half a billion pounds" is 500 million pounds. They shunted 200 million pounds back to the treasury.

500 million - 200 million leaves 300 million pounds.

Where did that other 300 million pounds disappear to?

Quote:It is my great honour to have been appointed Chairman of Reform UK today.

My first job is to thank all of you for supporting our Party and being part of this incredible movement to save Britain.

Supporters like you are the lifeblood of this Party. I would be thrilled, however, if you would translate your support into becoming a member of Reform UK. By doing so, you will meet fellow like-minded Reform supporters, engage in our community and have the opportunity to attend our exciting events.
On Boxing Day we overtook the Conservative Party membership, we are now closing in on Labour and will soon overtake them and you can be an instrumental part of this exciting chapter.

We are single-minded in our ambition to secure victory at the next General Election propelling Reform UK into Government and Nigel Farage into 10 Downing Street. We can and will win the next General Election but it will take enormous effort and teamwork.

Quote:Labour and the Conservatives have continued to decline, now polling at 43% combined. Reform’s 30% is the highest intended vote share recorded so far by Survation research, demonstrating voters newfound tendency to move away from the traditional parties in favour of challengers. The implications of this unprecedented challenge to the two-party system are discussed below.

Quote:It is understood he will say such a deal would mark a "return to the chaos and division of the last decade".

But opposition parties have hit back at the prime minister's "imaginary coalitions", with Plaid Cymru accusing Labour of "scraping the barrel".

Sir Keir is expected to tell members how the two Labour governments in Westminster and Cardiff are "working together for the people of Wales".

At next year's Senedd election, 96 members will be elected to the Welsh parliament for the first time - an increase of more than a third - under a more proportional voting system.

https://news.sky.com/story/prime-minister-sir-keir-starmer-set-to-warn-of-backroom-stitch-up-between-parties-in-wales-13389548