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  • EssexphilEssexphil Member Posts: 8,783
    HAYSIE said:

    Exclusive: Government plan to invoke EU law's supremacy to ensure Brexit on Halloween

    The government believe it is possible to circumvent parliamentary legislation requiring them to delay Britain’s departure from the EU by invoking European law, City A.M. understands.

    Under the hastily-passed Benn Act, the Prime Minister must write to the EU seeking an extension to Article 50 if no Brexit deal secures parliamentary approval by 19 October.
    Number 10 has repeatedly said it will comply with the law, while simultaneously insisting the UK will leave the EU by Halloween.
    Advocates of the act believe it has effectively bound Boris Johnson’s hands, resulting necessarily in delaying Brexit until 31 January and removing the possibility of a no deal departure.
    However, a closely guarded plan known to a small handful of aides would see the government point to the fact that Article 50 rests under EU law, while the Benn Act is enshrined in British law.
    “European law usurps British law,” a source told City AM. “That means the Article 50 deadline trumps the Benn Act.”
    Number 10 has repeatedly said it will comply with the law, while simultaneously insisting the UK will leave the EU by Halloween. This plan could see both seemingly contradictory statements come to fruition.

    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/exclusive-government-plan-to-invoke-eu-laws-supremacy-to-ensure-brexit-on-halloween/ar-AAHTLkU?ocid=spartandhp

    This is nonsense.

    European Law only takes precedence where it expressly requires Member States to do things. This isn't the case here. Countries are free to abide by their own rules in all other instances.

    Quite amusing to think this Government will try and hide behind EU Law in this instance.

    Trying to use foreign laws, trying to stop Parliament sitting, trying to force an election in breach of UK law....we're really getting our country back...

    It's about time people stopped using Brexit as an excuse to try and ruin everything this country once stood for.
  • EssexphilEssexphil Member Posts: 8,783
    HAYSIE said:

    State fund in Jennifer Arcuri row gave grant to firm that pays Tory MP



    A government fund under investigation for handing money to a business owned by a close associate of Boris Johnson has given £68,000 to a company that funds a Conservative minister’s private salary.
    Grants given by the cybersecurity immediate impact fund are being reviewed after it emerged that Jennifer Arcuri’s company Hacker House was awarded £100,000 earlier this year.
    Questions have arisen about the company’s eligibility for the fund, which is for the UK-based applicants, after it emerged that Arcuri lives in the US and calls to her company’s business number are diverted to a US reception.
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    Labour’s deputy leader, Tom Watson, has demanded the review should include a payment of £68,424 given to Crucial Academy Ltd, which is paying £85,000 a year to Johnny Mercer, a Tory MP and ally of the prime minister.
    Johnson appointed Mercer as minister for military personnel in July.

    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/state-fund-in-jennifer-arcuri-row-gave-grant-to-firm-that-pays-tory-mp/ar-AAHTucq?ocid=spartandhp

    Johnny Mercer.
    Think Jacob Rees Mogg and Nigel Farage. Without the good bits.
    Wasn't he the man who said he was leaving the Conservative Party, way back in, er, 2018? Loyal to the core.
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,922














    Boris Johnson's approach to Brexit dominates the headlines.
    The Daily Express says the prime minister remains "defiant" about "talking tough".
    The i leads with the comments of his sister, Rachel Johnson, who says her brother is using the "strongman gambit" to whip up voters.
    The Daily Telegraph examines what it calls a rare public appearance tonight by the prime minister's senior adviser, Dominic Cummings.



    It says he suggested MPs were out of touch and would get a "terrible shock" if they thought another referendum would "wash" with voters.
    A senior cabinet minister has told the Times that the country will face a "violent, popular uprising" if another referendum overturns the result of the first one.
    'Aggressive language'
    The language heard in the Commons this week is the subject of criticism and analysis by the paper's columnists.
    The "shouting and aggressive language" must stop, demands the Daily Mirror, calling on Mr Johnson to set the tone.
    Writing in the i, Sean O'Grady says the prime minister has adopted "militarist language" as part of an effort to create a populist revolt.



    The Sun insists his words reflect the powerful emotions felt by Leavers.
    And the Daily Mail suggests Mr Johnson's language is "quite tame" and accuses the Left of being "hypocritical," while the Daily Express say "true democrats should not shy away from clear and robust language".
    But experts warn in the Guardian that the heated rhetoric risks triggering violence in the streets.
    The Times says Mr Johnson's inflammatory language is "ill judged", further polarising the debate and making a deal less likely.
    HuffPost UK says Mr Johnson has helped his party enjoy its most successful fundraising for a September. It goes onto suggest that internal polling indicates that the word "surrender" has real resonance with key voter groups.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-49847560




  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,922
    edited September 2019
    Essexphil said:

    HAYSIE said:

    State fund in Jennifer Arcuri row gave grant to firm that pays Tory MP



    A government fund under investigation for handing money to a business owned by a close associate of Boris Johnson has given £68,000 to a company that funds a Conservative minister’s private salary.
    Grants given by the cybersecurity immediate impact fund are being reviewed after it emerged that Jennifer Arcuri’s company Hacker House was awarded £100,000 earlier this year.
    Questions have arisen about the company’s eligibility for the fund, which is for the UK-based applicants, after it emerged that Arcuri lives in the US and calls to her company’s business number are diverted to a US reception.
    Have your say! Tell us what you think about Microsoft News
    Labour’s deputy leader, Tom Watson, has demanded the review should include a payment of £68,424 given to Crucial Academy Ltd, which is paying £85,000 a year to Johnny Mercer, a Tory MP and ally of the prime minister.
    Johnson appointed Mercer as minister for military personnel in July.

    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/state-fund-in-jennifer-arcuri-row-gave-grant-to-firm-that-pays-tory-mp/ar-AAHTucq?ocid=spartandhp

    Johnny Mercer.
    Think Jacob Rees Mogg and Nigel Farage. Without the good bits.
    Wasn't he the man who said he was leaving the Conservative Party, way back in, er, 2018? Loyal to the core.
    Stuff like this just confirms that what most people think of politicians is true.
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,922
    Essexphil said:

    HAYSIE said:

    Exclusive: Government plan to invoke EU law's supremacy to ensure Brexit on Halloween

    The government believe it is possible to circumvent parliamentary legislation requiring them to delay Britain’s departure from the EU by invoking European law, City A.M. understands.

    Under the hastily-passed Benn Act, the Prime Minister must write to the EU seeking an extension to Article 50 if no Brexit deal secures parliamentary approval by 19 October.
    Number 10 has repeatedly said it will comply with the law, while simultaneously insisting the UK will leave the EU by Halloween.
    Advocates of the act believe it has effectively bound Boris Johnson’s hands, resulting necessarily in delaying Brexit until 31 January and removing the possibility of a no deal departure.
    However, a closely guarded plan known to a small handful of aides would see the government point to the fact that Article 50 rests under EU law, while the Benn Act is enshrined in British law.
    “European law usurps British law,” a source told City AM. “That means the Article 50 deadline trumps the Benn Act.”
    Number 10 has repeatedly said it will comply with the law, while simultaneously insisting the UK will leave the EU by Halloween. This plan could see both seemingly contradictory statements come to fruition.

    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/exclusive-government-plan-to-invoke-eu-laws-supremacy-to-ensure-brexit-on-halloween/ar-AAHTLkU?ocid=spartandhp

    This is nonsense.

    European Law only takes precedence where it expressly requires Member States to do things. This isn't the case here. Countries are free to abide by their own rules in all other instances.

    Quite amusing to think this Government will try and hide behind EU Law in this instance.

    Trying to use foreign laws, trying to stop Parliament sitting, trying to force an election in breach of UK law....we're really getting our country back...

    It's about time people stopped using Brexit as an excuse to try and ruin everything this country once stood for.
    He still seems adamant that he wont be asking for an extension.

    Numerous legal experts have confirmed there is no loophole in the legislation.

    How can he get out of it?
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,922
    Essexphil said:

    HAYSIE said:

    State fund in Jennifer Arcuri row gave grant to firm that pays Tory MP



    A government fund under investigation for handing money to a business owned by a close associate of Boris Johnson has given £68,000 to a company that funds a Conservative minister’s private salary.
    Grants given by the cybersecurity immediate impact fund are being reviewed after it emerged that Jennifer Arcuri’s company Hacker House was awarded £100,000 earlier this year.
    Questions have arisen about the company’s eligibility for the fund, which is for the UK-based applicants, after it emerged that Arcuri lives in the US and calls to her company’s business number are diverted to a US reception.
    Have your say! Tell us what you think about Microsoft News
    Labour’s deputy leader, Tom Watson, has demanded the review should include a payment of £68,424 given to Crucial Academy Ltd, which is paying £85,000 a year to Johnny Mercer, a Tory MP and ally of the prime minister.
    Johnson appointed Mercer as minister for military personnel in July.

    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/state-fund-in-jennifer-arcuri-row-gave-grant-to-firm-that-pays-tory-mp/ar-AAHTucq?ocid=spartandhp

    Johnny Mercer.
    Think Jacob Rees Mogg and Nigel Farage. Without the good bits.
    Wasn't he the man who said he was leaving the Conservative Party, way back in, er, 2018? Loyal to the core.
    Do Jacob Rees-Mogg, and Nigel Farage have good bits?
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,922
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,922










    The Mirror throws its support behind Jeremy Corbyn's plans - which he's expected to announce today -to abolish universal credit, if Labour wins a general election.
    Under the headline "Credit crunch", the paper's leader column argues that the system, which rolls several benefits into one payment, failed in its primary purpose - to provide for those most in need.
    The Mirror concludes that its abolition would "restore fairness and dignity to social security".

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-49859988
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,922
    edited September 2019
    Essexphil said:

    HAYSIE said:

    Exclusive: Government plan to invoke EU law's supremacy to ensure Brexit on Halloween

    The government believe it is possible to circumvent parliamentary legislation requiring them to delay Britain’s departure from the EU by invoking European law, City A.M. understands.

    Under the hastily-passed Benn Act, the Prime Minister must write to the EU seeking an extension to Article 50 if no Brexit deal secures parliamentary approval by 19 October.
    Number 10 has repeatedly said it will comply with the law, while simultaneously insisting the UK will leave the EU by Halloween.
    Advocates of the act believe it has effectively bound Boris Johnson’s hands, resulting necessarily in delaying Brexit until 31 January and removing the possibility of a no deal departure.
    However, a closely guarded plan known to a small handful of aides would see the government point to the fact that Article 50 rests under EU law, while the Benn Act is enshrined in British law.
    “European law usurps British law,” a source told City AM. “That means the Article 50 deadline trumps the Benn Act.”
    Number 10 has repeatedly said it will comply with the law, while simultaneously insisting the UK will leave the EU by Halloween. This plan could see both seemingly contradictory statements come to fruition.

    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/exclusive-government-plan-to-invoke-eu-laws-supremacy-to-ensure-brexit-on-halloween/ar-AAHTLkU?ocid=spartandhp

    This is nonsense.

    European Law only takes precedence where it expressly requires Member States to do things. This isn't the case here. Countries are free to abide by their own rules in all other instances.

    Quite amusing to think this Government will try and hide behind EU Law in this instance.

    Trying to use foreign laws, trying to stop Parliament sitting, trying to force an election in breach of UK law....we're really getting our country back...

    It's about time people stopped using Brexit as an excuse to try and ruin everything this country once stood for.

    Tories say Boris Johnson could declare a state of emergency over claims there could be riots to force through Brexit
    Fears Boris Johnson will declare a state of emergency to force through Brexit
    Former AG Dominic Grieve thinks Johnson will justify it citing pro-Brexit violence
    Number 10 is considering invoking the 2004 Civil Contingencies Act
    This would allow the PM to ignore the anti-No Deal law passed by Parliament





    Former Conservative minister Dominic Grieve said he feared the PM intended to declare a state of emergency to force through Brexit, using the threat of civil disorder as an excuse

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7514031/Tories-say-Boris-Johnson-declare-state-emergency-force-no-deal-Brexit.html
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,922
    Could Amber Rudd be 'unity PM' if Boris Johnson is forced to quit? Remainer rebels line up ex-minister to delay Brexit



    Amber Rudd, who criticised Boris Johnson's remarks during a febrile Brexit debate this week, is believed by the PM's advisors to be positioning herself as a unifying figure to unite the Commons.
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,922
    edited September 2019
    Tory MP boasts he blacked up, it was 'fun' and he's not going to say sorry
    Desmond Swayne, who has been condemned by Labour, said the only reason he won't put on blackface again is because it was hard to wash off







    A Tory MP has boasted he blacked up, it was "fun", he's not sorry, and the only reason he won't do it again is because it was hard to wash off.
    Sir Desmond Swayne was condemned by Labour over the astonishing brag after Canada's Prime Minister was exposed using dark make-up at least twice at fancy dress parties in his youth.

    https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-mp-boasts-blacked-up-20314913
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,922
    edited September 2019
    Boris Johnson referred to police watchdog over links to American businesswoman Jennifer Arcuri

    https://uk.yahoo.com/news/boris-johnson-referred-police-watchdog-jennifer-arcuri-075644664.html
  • EssexphilEssexphil Member Posts: 8,783
    We live in a country where the press only want to tell one side of a complex story.

    As an example, there has been much talk in the Press about "undemocratic" Remain MPs whose constituents voted leave. And yet no-one mentions the various MPs who are fervent Leavers regardless of the fact that their constituents voted Remain.

    The most striking is Kate Hoey (Labour). 77.6% of voters is not enough to change her mind. Here is a selection of some of the most vociferous Leave campaigners whose constituents voted to Remain:-

    Graham Brady, Peter Lilley, Dominic Raab, John Redwood, Liam Fox, Chris Grayling, David Davies, Iain Duncan Smith (Con); Kate Hoey, Gisela Stuart (Lab); Gregory Campbell (DUP).

    Various of those have felt perfectly able to talk about the "will of the people" while ignoring their own voters. Some have even felt able to call out MPs who are doing EXACTLY the same as them...
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,922
    Essexphil said:

    We live in a country where the press only want to tell one side of a complex story.

    As an example, there has been much talk in the Press about "undemocratic" Remain MPs whose constituents voted leave. And yet no-one mentions the various MPs who are fervent Leavers regardless of the fact that their constituents voted Remain.

    The most striking is Kate Hoey (Labour). 77.6% of voters is not enough to change her mind. Here is a selection of some of the most vociferous Leave campaigners whose constituents voted to Remain:-

    Graham Brady, Peter Lilley, Dominic Raab, John Redwood, Liam Fox, Chris Grayling, David Davies, Iain Duncan Smith (Con); Kate Hoey, Gisela Stuart (Lab); Gregory Campbell (DUP).

    Various of those have felt perfectly able to talk about the "will of the people" while ignoring their own voters. Some have even felt able to call out MPs who are doing EXACTLY the same as them...

    I would regard Kate Hoey as second in the list of politicians I loathe, just slightly behind Mark Francois.

    I thought it was a brilliant twitter post about him visiting various Essex pubs whilst wearing a police stab vest. He is very short, and someone was asking if you could be arrested for impersonating half a copper.

    Kate Hoey will avoid repercussions as she does not plan to stand in the next general election.

    Some of the others mentioned would easily make it into my top ten. John Redwood would make number 3.

    I agree with you that it is a complex issue, something that is not easily accepted by the general public, and leave voters in particular.

    Many of the rebel Tories have voted in favour of the WA at every opportunity, where the Tory leavers haven't.

    They have been accused of wishing to stop Brexit, when in reality their actions so far have been focused on stopping no deal.

    They draw the line on electing Corbyn as PM, of an interim Government.

    On the last vote on the WA the Government lost by 58, so they only needed to flip 30, and we would have left by now.

    A total of 34 Tories voted against their own Government, retain the whip and haven't been kicked out of the party.

    In addition the DUP 10 also voted against, despite the Tories paying around £1.5 billion for their support.

    Those that are acting in support of stopping no deal, are acting in the best interests of the country in my view.

    Yet those that are suddenly claiming that the majority voted in favour of no deal, aren't.

    How can you blame the SNP for anything, when their party supports remain, their country, and probably most of the constituencies, voted in favour of remaining.

    As you said it is complex and not as simple as just blaming politicians.

    When will we realise that it may have the will of the people then, but it may not be the will of the people now.

    When will we decide upon a course of action that will provide a definitive solution, that doesn't result in chaos, and huge economic damage.
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,922
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,922
    edited September 2019
    Downing Street aide sacked by Dominic Cummings 'offered £40,000 payout'



    A sacked Downing Street adviser has been offered a payout of around £40,000, it is claimed.
    Sonia Khan was marched out of Number 10 by armed police after being fired by Boris Johnson’s de facto chief of staff Dominic Cummings.
    Ms Khan, 27, is believed to be in line to get the lump sum following her on-the-spot dismissal, according to The Daily Telegraph.

    https://uk.yahoo.com/news/downing-street-aide-sacked-dominic-065808583.html
  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,922










    Brexit and Boris Johnson dominate the Sunday newspapers, as the Conservative party begins its annual conference in Manchester.
    The Observer carries a claim from Labour that Boris Johnson is "whipping up the idea of riots or even deaths", so he can use emergency powers to avoid extending the UK's membership of the EU beyond the end of next month.



    The shadow Brexit secretary, Sir Keir Starmer, tells the paper that Downing Street's strategy is clear. And, he warns that any attempt to invoke the 2004 Contingencies Act - which grants special powers in the event of a national emergency - would be defeated in the courts.
    Downing Street sources told the newspaper that No 10 is not planning to use the Act. A spokesman adds: "The prime minister is determined to deliver Brexit on time and he will abide by the law."
    The Mail on Sunday reports that Downing Street has launched a probe into alleged links between foreign governments and MPs behind what Boris Johnson has called the 'Surrender Act", the bill which would force him to delay Brexit in the event of no-deal.
    The paper quotes sources as saying that Number 10 took the unprecedented action, after officials received intelligence that some pro-Remain MPs had received help drafting the legislation - now called the Benn Bill - from members of the French government and the European Commission.
    The paper says it's also learned that plans for a second Act have been drawn up, which would allow the Speaker, John Bercow, to personally ask Brussels for a further delay on behalf of the Commons



    The Sunday Times has fresh details about the American businesswoman at the centre of claims about her links to Mr Johnson.
    The paper alleges that Jennifer Arcuri told four friends she had an affair with him while he was mayor of London.
    Downing Street has refused to comment on the report.
    The latest claims come as the prime minister faces a possible investigation into his relationship with Ms Arcuri. Mr Johnson has consistently denied any wrongdoing.
    The Sunday Telegraph says the Conservatives are preparing to make the NHS a key battleground in the next general election, as Boris Johnson sets out plans for major health projects at the start of his party's annual conference in Manchester.
    In an interview with the paper, the prime minister says the government is embarking on what he calls "the biggest hospital building programme in a generation", including projects involving 40 new hospitals.



    The Sunday Express says nothing can stop Mr Johnson delivering Brexit, even though, it says, Remainers are stepping up dirty tricks. The paper proclaims that the prime minister has so much support, he'd win an election even if he was in jail.
    The Mail on Sunday reports that the boss of the Confederation of British Industry has set big business on a "collision course" with Boris Johnson and his chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, with a blistering attack on the government's Brexit plans.
    Dame Caroline Fairburn tells the paper that a no-deal Brexit would leave firms "mired in a swamp" of uncertainty.
    The paper says her comments are likely to infuriate the prime minister - and have already been "lambasted" by MPs and city grandees.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-49867738




  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,922
    I used to think Boris Johnson could get a Brexit deal. Not after last week




    I cannot recall a more critical week in British politics. It will decide whether parliament, the law and public opinion can hold the prime minister, Boris Johnson, to account, or whether a new poison has entered public life. We need constantly to remember that Britain faces no menace to its security or prosperity. It could by now be outside the EU with agreed terms of trade. This crisis is entirely the outcome of one man’s device to seize control of his party.
    From the moment Johnson began his final climb to power, his appeal has been crudely populist. He has discarded the core Tory tradition of fiscal probity with a welter of spending pledges and tax cuts, plus plans for immigration control and toughness on crime. On Brexit, he has distorted a near trivial “freedom to trade with the rest of the world” with claptrap about vassalage, sovereignty and patriotism. The idea that Brexit will bring a new dawn of national wealth is absurd. It is simply how Johnson became prime minister.
    Now I wonder if perhaps Johnson’s legacy may be just a bad dream, a sick and expensive Bullingdon brawl




    https://uk.yahoo.com/news/used-think-boris-johnson-could-151311072.html
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    Downing Street's rejection of claims that Boris Johnson squeezed the thighs of two women at an event when he was editor of The Spectator in 1999 are widely reported.
    The Guardian says Mr Johnson's first day at the Conservative party conference as Prime Minister was overshadowed by the allegations of sexual misbehaviour made by the Sunday Times journalist, Charlotte Edwardes.
    Health Secretary Matt Hancock and former cabinet minister Amber Rudd are both quoted as describing Ms Edwardes as "trustworthy" - but the Guardian says Mr Johnson is "furious" at her claim -which Downing Street insiders privately dismissed as "nonsense".
    The Sun reports the PM "blew his top" when aides told him of the groping allegation, while the Mirror's leader column claims he is on a "slippery slide".

    Remain coalition "plots"
    As the Tories gather in Manchester, The Daily Telegraph says opposition leaders will meet at Jeremy Corbyn's office at Westminster to plot a way of forcing Boris Johnson to delay Brexit as early as this weekend.
    The paper says the "Remain coalition" want to bring forward the date when the prime minister legally has to ask Brussels for an extension as they fear the current deadline of 19 October will not leave enough time for a court challenge if he defies the law and attempts to push through a no-deal Brexit.
    According to The Daily Mail, anti-Brexit MPs are "dithering" over whether to try to bring down Boris Johnson during this Conservative party conference.
    It says ministers are on standby to travel back to London from Manchester if any attempt is made to topple the PM - but the prospect of a formal vote of no-confidence "appears to be fading" as MPs squabble over who should replace him.

    'Social care crisis'
    The front page of The Daily Mail claims thousands of women who look after relatives for free are being "driven to the brink" by the social care crisis - suffering "devastating effects on their health and quality of life".
    The paper says a survey by the NHS has found that women are twice as likely as men to work as unpaid carers, leaving them at a much higher risk of depression, loneliness and other illnesses.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-49873800








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