Quote (dro94 @ 18 Jan 2020 14:53)

Labour leadership voting intention (first preferences):

K. Starmer: 46%
R. Long-Bailey: 32%
J. Phillips: 11%
L. Nandy: 7%
E. Thornberry: 3%

via
@YouGov
, survey of Labour members, 13 - 15 Jan

Looking good for Sir Keir Starmer to be the next leader of the Labour party. If Long-Bailey gets in, the party is finished.

Quote (Black XistenZ @ Jan 18 2020 03:03pm)

What's the difference between these 2?

Quote (dro94 @ 18 Jan 2020 21:11)

Starmer was one of the country's top humanitarian lawyers before politics, he is crazy smart. None of the other candidates match him in that regard.

He's also not a Corbynite like RLB. If anything, he is in the centre of the party, and he refuses to condemn the last labour government like Corbynites do.

I just think he's a much more credible option that the electorate will look at and think: 'I could trust the finances and security of this country with your government', which was clearly an issue with Corbyn.

Quote (Black XistenZ @ Jan 18 2020 08:24pm)

I see, thank you. :)

I remember back in November and December, Starmer's name came up a lot during the final debates about Johnson's Brexit bill. It felt a bit like Starmer was already taking over the leadership of Labour during that time, while Corbyn was being a wobbly like jelly.

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A man has been arrested in connection with the death of Richard Huckle, one of Britain's worst paedophiles, who posted on the so-called "dark web" as he abused up to 200 Malaysian children.

Huckle was found dead on October 13 last year at Full Sutton prison in Yorkshire, where he was serving 22 life sentence for his vile catalogue of crimes.

He was reportedly stabbed with a makeshift blade.

More gruesome details have now been revealed about how the notorious child abuser died, with a source telling The Sun: "He wasn't just stabbed. He was strangled with a guitar string."

The Sun also reported that Huckle allegedly had ballpoint pens and condoms shoved down his throat.

Earlier this week Humberside Police said a 29-year-old man had been arrested in connection with the death.

Freelance photographer Huckle, from Ashford in Kent, was jailed in 2016 for an unprecedented number of offences against children aged between six months and 12 years from 2006 to 2014.

Judge Peter Rook QC gave the 30-year-old 22 life sentences and ordered him to serve a minimum term of 25 years.

Quote (balrog66 @ 18 Jan 2020 21:42)

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12301238



No mercy.

Quote (Saucisson6000 @ 23 Jan 2020 17:35)

The EU is planning to give the UK a much worse trade deal after Brexit than either Canada or Japan

https://www.businessinsider.fr/us/eu-uk-worse-trade-deal-brexit-boris-johnson-canada-japan-2020-1


Real or Brussel simply trying to crash £ to act big ?

Quote (Black XistenZ @ 23 Jan 2020 18:23)

just a flex by the EU commission to get more leverage in the upcoming negotiations.