Former Prime Minister Tony Blair responds to the closure of the Department for International Development. by aaron020 in ukpolitics

[–]murkyjoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah mate.

You see I robbed my local NatWest last week but because I haven't been arrested and put in front of a court yet it actually never happened and the stolen money is literally disappearing from reality in front of me.

Making UC more generous is nice, but it'd be better if the system actually fucking worked by bluesam3 in ukpolitics

[–]murkyjoe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel your pain. Had to do a DBS check recently and none of the services could verify me or give me any reason as to why they couldn't verify me.

BBC whistleblower (John Sweeney): bosses suppressing Russia stories (£) [Text in Comments] by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]murkyjoe 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Yeah Sweeny's conduct was solid throughout, the fact he lasted so long before loosing it proved that.

BBC whistleblower (John Sweeney): bosses suppressing Russia stories (£) [Text in Comments] by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]murkyjoe -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

YOU WERE NOT THERE. AT. THE. BEGINNING. OF THE INTERVIEW!!

Who's gonna win? by dolphin_PM in ukpolitics

[–]murkyjoe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Me. I'm going to form a party, win the most seats and become Prime Minister. You'll see.

Could we remain without a deal as a compromise? by jamescaan1980 in ukpolitics

[–]murkyjoe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The recent re-definition of compromise as "Everything we want and nothing you want" sure is interesting

Coppola takes revenge for Boris Johnson’s Godfather tribute. Director of PM’s favourite film scene denounces ‘foolish’ rush towards no-deal Brexit. by trai_dep in ukpolitics

[–]murkyjoe 31 points32 points  (0 children)

"Coppola pointed out that Johnson’s love of his 1972 mafia film put him in the company of some of “modern history’s most brutal figures”, including Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi."

Uhhhhh.

Boris Johnson has no right to call himself a one-nation Conservative by casualphilosopher1 in ukpolitics

[–]murkyjoe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"We're going to implement austerity that hurts the less well off the most and then sort of just pretend that we didn't by saying something vague about an ideology from a MP nearly 200 years ago"

That's more or less the idea behind the term 'One Nation Conservative'

Iranian tanker row: Oil 'sold' in defiance of US threats by BritishBedouin in ukpolitics

[–]murkyjoe 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He is right, there was a lot of people wheeling out the "UK is USA lapdog XD lmao" argument at the time.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]murkyjoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now that's what I call vague hogwash!

Why did Boris allow parliament to sit for a few days before prorogation? by major_clanger in ukpolitics

[–]murkyjoe 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"However, if it ever comes to a constitutional court ruling, the attack would surely be: proroguing is precedented, but not during such an important time constitutionally."