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Just renewed mine today! One more PL package to the club coffers! Out of curiosity, my renewal was set to the PL package automatically. Did anyone opt to renew their ST with a downgrade? Not that I was gonna go non-PL, it just seemed a bit cheeky for the club to railroad people that direction...

Economically, yes you’re right. But, the big changes Blair made were constitutional and have perhaps had unintended consequences. For example, Blair probably didn’t intend for the Human Rights Act nor the ECHR to prevent deportation of violent criminals amongst other things.

Exactly. It’s convenient for people to dismiss Cummings if they disagree with him politically. If they listen with an empathetic ear, what he’s actually saying applies equally to whichever party is in government. From my interpretation, it’s not really him looking back at his time in government...

Who had the last laugh? It wasn’t either of the Johnson’s… Sunak’s resignation triggered Boris’ downfall and it was Sunak who asked Cummings to come back into Number 10 when he became PM.

03/04 and 08/09 kits are nice but no match for the 86/87 or my winner, 97/98. An iconic kit that I’m desperate to add to my collection.

I have and it doesn’t say anywhere or anything about debating government policy with the government and/or frustrating the implementation of their programme. It’s apparent that the concept of ‘impartial advice’ has been muddled. You can have principled opposition to this, absolutely. The...

100% - he was a like a jilted bride for the duration of the Tory government. He’s on a v different crusade now. Would many people disagree with his assessments on Boris though?

Far from it. He’s argued that the civil service prevents real expertise because people will ‘zig zag’ across departments for short periods of time (2 years). This point I can identify with because I have first hand experience. I deal with HMRC as part of my job and the people rotate roughly...

Suppose that’s true, does it make it right for people on UK streets to call for the same thing? Two wrongs don’t make a right. It was one quote by Dominic Cummings and frankly, doesn’t invalidate what he said because is at least partly true. If there were large scale pro-Israel protests...

There’s a lot more to the article than the one quote you picked out in a separate issue. Particularly when you’re wrong that there because there are people from groups that are proscribed terrorist groups (in other countries) at these protests who have, frankly, genocidal intent and don’t even...

Have you ever thought about the implications are of the following chants regularly heard at these protests? “From the river to the sea” “From London to Gaza, globalise the intifada!” Or regular calls for jihad and ‘allahu Akbar’ on the streets. Even the merchandise you see people wearing at...

Is this a serious question? I’ll humour it anyway. With a quick google search, here’s a neat table showing the differences (attached). On the specific issue I raised, 300 civil servants were trying to lobby the minister to take a specific course of action and to promote a specific viewpoint...

Simply not true. Their stated purpose is to provide ‘impartial’ advice and support the government implementing their priorities. Even if it were true, who gave them this power? They weren’t elected and they can’t be removed from their posts. The 80s is also a poor example to use given how...

That’s not what he’s said at all. Even in other interviews he’s stated that conclusions for various meetings will have written before the meeting even takes place by the cabinet office. This isn’t normal behaviour in any organisation. Have you interacted with the source material? Cummings has...

Don’t be stupid. The unelected civil service isn’t there to debate the elected government. This is a strange response because the permanent security to the foreign office wrote a letter in response to this was: ‘resign if you don’t like it’. Governments are elected to deliver their manifestos...

This is a good article. He’s talking about his first hand experiences in running government day-to-day. In other interviews he’s hinted at speaking to Labour figures who have suggested that Morgan McSweeney is finding his experience similar to Cummings. All vague insinuations but interesting...

On the last paragraph, it seems like a contradiction as I understand it. To begin with, you ironically call out employers which is fine. But, in relation to health and social care, it’s the government who’s the employer… the same people who set the immigration policy. As a whole, successive...

The PM has also succumbed to ‘far right’ dog whistle politics… Seeing some of the Labour MPs and grandees do a complete U-turn is just embarrassing to watch. They tried to gaslight the British public and the. reality hit them hard.

I disagree. To use your analogy, the electorate has been voting for lower immigration and haven’t got what they voted for. It’s Farage is selling a product that people actually want on this specific issue. You often cite Denmark on other policy areas and their left wing party of government has...

LA = protests Ballymena = riots Identical scenes reported v differently. Which is why the BBC and other mainstream media outlets haemorrhage credibility.