Brexit and the waning days of the United Kingdom

[Sheilbh]

Totally separate - good from Starmer (via Bloomberg reporter - can't find a non-Twitter clip):

Alex Wickham
@alexwickham
Keir Starmer is having a bilateral meeting with Xi Jinping in Rio now

PM words:

"We want our relations to be consistent, durable, respectful, and as we have agreed, avoid surprises where possible."

"A strong UK China relationship is important for both of our countries and for the broader international community."

"The UK will be a predictable, consistent, sovereign actor committed to the rule of law."

Starmer proposed a full bilateral with Premier Li in Beijing or London, and Rachel Reeves meeting with counterpart

He raised human rights, parliamentary sanctions, Jimmy Lai in the meeting, at which point British media were ordered out of the room by Chinese officials
PM seeks Reeves-He meeting to boost economic ties

Tells Xi: "I'm keen that my chancellor should meet with Vice Premier He for the upcoming economic financial dialogue early next year to explore more investment projects and a more level playing field to help our businesses."
Starmer tells Xi they have "respective concerns including on human rights and parliamentary sanctions, Taiwan, South China Sea and our shared interest in Hong Kong. We are concerned by reports of Jimmy Lai's deterioration."

At this point we were kicked out by Chinese officials

https://x.com/BloombergTV/status/1858535174289416643

[mongers]

I find the governments new promise to provide london style bus services across all of England somewhat amusing.

What does it mean, other than the obvious, a few too many buses on popular routes being stuck in traffic full of SUVs? 

[Josquius]

I find the governments new promise to provide london style bus services across all of England somewhat amusing.

What does it mean, other than the obvious, a few too many buses on popular routes being stuck in traffic full of SUVs? 

The opposite of that.
Franchised services that are centrally planned as one integrated network rather than largely left up to private companies to pack all their buses onto the profitable routes and requiring you to buy multiple tickets to get across town.
It's not perfect. It's not full local control. There's still unnecessary profit extraction. But it should be a big improvement

[garbon]

I find the governments new promise to provide london style bus services across all of England somewhat amusing.

What does it mean, other than the obvious, a few too many buses on popular routes being stuck in traffic full of SUVs? 

Bussess in London are pretty efficient compared to other cities I've lived in.

[Tamas]

It's thst time of the year again. School closures and travel chaos and the dramatic title to this picture saying "a person walks their dog through snow"



 

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Hmm, I see that others will be hogging all the snow this year... again.