Brexit and the waning days of the United Kingdom

[crazy canuck]

Have you paid much attention to the types of politicians who run in your primaries?

We have plenty of unserious clowns in our minor third parties but unlike the UK's unserious clowns they pretend to be serious and are not even fun.

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[Tonitrus]

This image makes one wonder how one could take UK elections seriously, but...I live in America. 

Have you paid much attention to the types of politicians who run in your primaries?

More than the attention you paid to my post, which already factored that in. 

[Sheilbh]

By the by on the Starmer arson attacks - sentenced to four years.

I think this should be a bigger story, but also to be honest that feels low for people recruited by a hostile intelligence agency to firebomb the head of government's private home and homes of his family members. I get they are very much just useful idiots but still...

[mongers]

By the by on the Starmer arson attacks - sentenced to four years.

I think this should be a bigger story, but also to be honest that feels low for people recruited by a hostile intelligence agency to firebomb the head of government's private home and homes of his family members. I get they are very much just useful idiots but still...

I don't have a problem with 4 years, just so long as they're deported to Russia afterwards. 

[Richard Hakluyt]

Sentencing seems to getting a bit arbitrary to me.

The recent sentences handed to the rioters for example. 4 years or so for two mature criminals with long records of criminal activity; but also 4 years or so for a couple of 21/22 year olds with no criminal record. I'm sure those lads behaved pretty badly but they may have just got carried away; perhaps a good scare and some community sentencing might have got them back on the right path?

[Josquius]

By the by on the Starmer arson attacks - sentenced to four years.

I think this should be a bigger story, but also to be honest that feels low for people recruited by a hostile intelligence agency to firebomb the head of government's private home and homes of his family members. I get they are very much just useful idiots but still...

I don't have a problem with 4 years, just so long as they're deported to Russia afterwards. 

Unless the Ukrainian army wants them sooner?

[PJL]

This image makes one wonder how one could take UK elections seriously, but...I live in America. 

There's a nice little BBC article about why people dress up for elections: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj9g3g28en1o

Personally, I think it's a good thing and makes things more lighthearted at election time.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

No Adder-party though. Surely the people deserve free turnips

[Sheilbh]

Looks like Starmer to announce his resignation (or timetable for it) this week. Going to leave with some dignity at least - after briefings last week that were "where is Steiner?" level deluded. Multiple cabinet ministers told him he needed to go as well as over 100 MPs saying it was time with the expectation that if he didn't, the resignations would start.

Also seems like Burnham will get a coronation which I'm not sure is a great idea (I think a contest would be helpful and healthy).

[Tonitrus]

Do you think a "coronation" would make him calling a general election more likely, or less?