[Britse politiek] #114: Lockdown and out

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SteveBakerHW twitterde op zondag 24-05-2020 om 09:13:21 It is intolerable that Boris’ government is losing so much political capital. Three changes are immediately required:

1 - Govt needs competitive expert advice

2 - Govt must insist on high software engineering standards

3 - Dominic Cummings must go

https://t.co/zUOCVcDAmN reageer retweet

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DamianCollins twitterde op zondag 24-05-2020 om 10:29:15 Dominic Cummings has a track record of believing that the rules don’t apply to him and treating the scrutiny that should come to anyone in a position of authority with contempt. The government would be better without him. reageer retweet

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helenpidd twitterde op zondag 24-05-2020 om 09:49:33 Another Tory MP (@William_Wragg - Hazel Grove in Stockport, Greater Manchester) has retweeted Steve Baker’s call for Dominic Cummings to go https://t.co/ICFXxFXw72 reageer retweet

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Op zondag 24 mei 2020 09:37 schreef Szura het volgende:
Een van de prominentste hard Brexiteers uit de afgelopen jaren:

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SteveBakerHW twitterde op zondag 24-05-2020 om 09:13:21 It is intolerable that Boris’ government is losing so much political capital. Three changes are immediately required:

1 - Govt needs competitive expert advice

2 - Govt must insist on high software engineering standards

3 - Dominic Cummings must go

https://t.co/zUOCVcDAmN reageer retweet

En er volgen er meer:

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DamianCollins twitterde op zondag 24-05-2020 om 10:29:15 Dominic Cummings has a track record of believing that the rules don’t apply to him and treating the scrutiny that should come to anyone in a position of authority with contempt. The government would be better without him. reageer retweet

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helenpidd twitterde op zondag 24-05-2020 om 09:49:33 Another Tory MP (@:William_Wragg - Hazel Grove in Stockport, Greater Manchester) has retweeted Steve Baker’s call for Dominic Cummings to go https://t.co/ICFXxFXw72 reageer retweet

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Op zondag 24 mei 2020 10:50 schreef VoMy het volgende:

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Ik heb het idee dat de op Fok geprezen populisten/brexiteers/realisten niet echt lekker gaan, gedurende de coronacrisis. Wat jij?

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So it is hardly surprising when mums and dads were going without the childcare provided by their parents – perhaps while they were isolating for 7 and 14 days with COVID19 symptoms – that Dominic was suiting himself with a long drive, presumably with stops, to get help during his illness. After all, he said we should vote for the original Withdrawal Agreement without reading it, on the basis Michael Gove articulated: we could change it later. But now with him in power, we are putting in a modest border in the Irish Sea.

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JenniferMerode twitterde op zondag 24-05-2020 om 11:12:53 Incredible admission by leadingTory Brexiteer Steve Baker. They were told to vote for WA without reading it “on the basis Michael Gove articulated: we could change it later”.
So they voted for it. And now discover there will be an border in the Irish Sea. https://t.co/RoqfWGgvLM reageer retweet

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JenniferMerode twitterde op zondag 24-05-2020 om 11:15:33 And Michael Gove is the man Boris Johnson appointed to be the UK representative on the Joint Committee — to implement the Irish sea border. This week the gov finally admitted that there will be checks at the border. reageer retweet

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JenniferMerode twitterde op zondag 24-05-2020 om 11:19:09 It goes without saying such reports from a senior well-connected Brexiteer will fuel EU fears that the UK government can’t be trusted. And as the EU always has, they will press for strong legal guarantees/safeguards in the future relationship. reageer retweet

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Op zondag 24 mei 2020 12:22 schreef Tijger_m het volgende:

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Beetje ridicuul wel komende van Baker die zelf in de regering zat op het Brexit ministerie en die claimt de overeenkomst niet gelezen te hebben?

Dat geeft de incompetentie van de brexiteers weer aardig weer.

Cummings bewijst eens te meer dat het een regel voor het gewone volk is en dat er hele andere regels gelden voor degenen die aan de macht zijn.

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Voor het huis van topadviseur Dominic Cummings is een televisie geplaatst. Er wordt een oude video op afgespeeld waarin de Britse premier Johnson het volk oproept om thuis te blijven en vooral geen familieleden te bezoeken.

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Op zondag 24 mei 2020 18:28 schreef deedeetee het volgende:

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NOS

Dat gaat toch wel erg ver, lijkt me erg onbehoorlijke vorm van treiterij.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1264530990002774016

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Op zondag 24 mei 2020 18:28 schreef deedeetee het volgende:

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NOS

Dat gaat toch wel erg ver, lijkt me erg onbehoorlijke vorm van treiterij.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1264530990002774016

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Op zondag 24 mei 2020 18:28 schreef deedeetee het volgende:

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NOS

Dat gaat toch wel erg ver, lijkt me erg onbehoorlijke vorm van treiterij.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1264530990002774016

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piersmorgan twitterde op zondag 24-05-2020 om 18:40:42 That was a f*cking disgrace.
The rules were crystal clear & people missed weddings, births, deaths & funerals to respect them. For @BorisJohnson to stand there & bare-faced lie to save his lying hypocrite aide is a slap in the face to everyone who obeyed the rules HE enforced. https://t.co/PAsu7fLUT3 reageer retweet

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Op zondag 24 mei 2020 19:31 schreef Hyperdude het volgende:

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piersmorgan twitterde op zondag 24-05-2020 om 18:40:42 That was a f*cking disgrace.
The rules were crystal clear & people missed weddings, births, deaths & funerals to respect them. For @:BorisJohnson to stand there & bare-faced lie to save his lying hypocrite aide is a slap in the face to everyone who obeyed the rules HE enforced. https://t.co/PAsu7fLUT3 reageer retweet

Piers is natuurlijk wel een lul.

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Op zondag 24 mei 2020 19:36 schreef RipCity het volgende:

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Wel eentje die meestal gelijk heeft.

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piersmorgan twitterde op zondag 24-05-2020 om 19:10:29 This poor boy's family stayed away from his deathbed & funeral because they obeyed the Govt rules. Imagine how that family is feeling now, knowing that all they had to do was follow their 'instinct', not the rules?
You're a disgrace @BorisJohnson. RIP Ismail. https://t.co/ojbA8w8edc reageer retweet

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evolvepolitics twitterde op zondag 24-05-2020 om 19:16:01 Just amazing. https://t.co/ksKBX96PCj reageer retweet

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kateferguson4 twitterde op zondag 24-05-2020 om 18:35:45 So Boris Johnson:
*Refuses to say if Dominic Cummings went on a 30 mile trip to a castle while in Durham
oesn't say when he, as PM, first found out DC was in Durham
oesn't say what evidence he has been shown to show DC did not take a second trip to Durham reageer retweet

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PaulBrandITV twitterde op zondag 24-05-2020 om 18:44:49 Separate Conservative MP texts:

“This is a distater. The PM has made it worse. Backbenchers are furious and my constituents are furious. Makes us all look like rule breakers.” reageer retweet

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PaulBrandITV twitterde op zondag 24-05-2020 om 18:51:23 And a third MP on the PM’s statement tonight:

“The vote leave crew have his balls. Nothing else makes sense. That was very embarrassing.”

And these are not your usual rebels.

😳 reageer retweet

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PaulBrandITV twitterde op zondag 24-05-2020 om 19:22:02 This is becoming a fairly serious rebellion now for Boris Johnson. It is spreading beyond the usual suspects. https://t.co/0sbOw9ztKa reageer retweet

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PaulBrandITV twitterde op zondag 24-05-2020 om 19:44:46 🚨 NEW: Major disquiet is now spreading to the cabinet. 🚨

One cabinet member says they were “stunned” by the PM’s statement, with government “bleeding credibility” to keep Cummings in a job.

This is now the most serious political crisis for Boris Johnson since the election. reageer retweet

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Keir_Starmer twitterde op zondag 24-05-2020 om 19:05:16 This was a test of the Prime Minister and he has failed it.

It is an insult to sacrifices made by the British people that Boris Johnson has chosen to take no action against Dominic Cummings. reageer retweet

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Keir_Starmer twitterde op zondag 24-05-2020 om 19:05:19 The public will be forgiven for thinking there is one rule for the Prime Minister’s closest adviser and another for the British people.

The Prime Minister’s actions have undermined confidence in his own public health message at this crucial time. reageer retweet

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Keir_Starmer twitterde op zondag 24-05-2020 om 19:05:19 Millions were watching for answers and they got nothing. That’s why the Cabinet Secretary must now launch an urgent inquiry. reageer retweet

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cabinetofficeuk twitterde op zondag 24-05-2020 om 19:47:15 An unauthorised tweet was posted on a government channel this evening. The post has been removed and we are investigating the matter. reageer retweet

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jk_rowling twitterde op zondag 24-05-2020 om 20:01:34 When you find out who it was, let us know. I want to give them a year’s salary. https://t.co/D7DRlwcjty reageer retweet

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GaryLineker twitterde op zondag 24-05-2020 om 20:13:51 An unauthorised journey was taken by a government adviser. The advisor will not be removed and we are not investigating the matter. https://t.co/W4DPnlFhIp reageer retweet

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LPrivileged twitterde op zondag 24-05-2020 om 19:17:11 Dear civil servant,
Call me if you need a lawyer.

❤

Pro Bono

DM and I'll give you my number. reageer retweet

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ReicherStephen twitterde op zondag 24-05-2020 om 19:16:21 As one of those involved in SPI-B, the Government advisory group on behavioural science, I can say that in a few short minutes tonight, Boris Johnson has trashed all the advice we have given on how to build trust and secure adherence to the measures necessary to control COVID-19. reageer retweet

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SusanMichie twitterde op zondag 24-05-2020 om 19:44:16 As another member of SPI-B, I completely agree. https://t.co/Ywf5uGS7a9 reageer retweet

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robertjwest twitterde op zondag 24-05-2020 om 20:06:20 I am sorry to have to say that as another member of SPI-B I have to agree. https://t.co/ceKU0HioFC reageer retweet

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PippaCrerar twitterde op zondag 24-05-2020 om 20:32:58 EXCLUSIVE: Dominic Cummings reported to Durham Police over breaking lockdown rules.

This story isn't going away any time soon.

https://t.co/l9PVXn1Srb reageer retweet

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mrjamesob twitterde op maandag 25-05-2020 om 14:06:49 Vote to get rid of 'unelected bureaucrats', end up giving them televised press conferences. reageer retweet

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Op maandag 25 mei 2020 18:35 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:
Een "unelected aid" die een persconferentie geeft in de tuin van Downing Street 10...

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Op maandag 25 mei 2020 18:41 schreef Monolith het volgende:
Jongens, gedoe om niets. Cummings ging gewoon even een stukje rijden om te testen of zijn ogen nog wel goed waren:
https://www.independent.c(...)speech-a9531766.html

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Op maandag 25 mei 2020 18:46 schreef Monolith het volgende:
Nou ja, wat ik vooral hilarisch vind is dat hij dat testritje dus doodleuk deed met kind erbij. Sowieso, als je je ogen wilt testen, dan hoef je niet in een auto te stappen. Maar als je bang bent dat je ongelukken gaat veroorzaken en daarom maar even een iets van 45-50km gaat rijden om dat te testen met gevaar voor eigen leven, dat van andere weggebruikers en je kind nota bene dan zou je toch ook niet sporen? Dan is niet in zelfquarantaine gaan nog een stuk minder ernstig.

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Government minister resigns over Dominic Cummings' lockdown trip

Minister for Scotland, Douglas Ross, says vast majority of people disagree with actions

A government minister has resigned over Dominic Cummings’ decision to drive across England with his sick wife during the lockdown, saying many people did not share the adviser’s interpretation that he had stuck to the rules.

Douglas Ross, the MP for Moray, stepped down as a Scotland Office minister, saying he accepted Cummings felt he had acted in the best interests of his family but these were “decisions others felt were not available to them”.

“While the intentions may have been well meaning, the reaction to this news shows that Mr Cummings’ interpretation of the government advice was not shared by the vast majority of people who have done as the government asked,” he said in a statement on Tuesday.

“I have constituents who didn’t get to say goodbye to loved ones; families who could not mourn together; people who didn’t visit sick relatives because they followed the guidance of the government. I cannot in good faith tell them they were all wrong and one senior adviser to the government was right.”

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Police, medics and scientists continued to say that Cummings' actions risked undermining the lockdown and public health advice.

Sir Peter Fahy, the former chief constable of Greater Manchester police, said officers were frustrated by the case, which made it difficult to see the future role of the police in controlling lockdown.

He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "There's a lot of confusion and it feels like there's quite a gap between the public narrative and narrative of ministers about the lockdown and what's happening on the street.

"I think it's quite hard to see the role the police have in the future - the rules about the reasons for travel are now very confused, when you see the crowds on Bournemouth and Southend beaches and other places yesterday, it's hard to see what role the police have in trying to control that."

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The Scottish conservative leader, Jackson Carlaw, has finally called for Dominic Cummings to resign, after coming under intense pressure while a number of his own MSPs expressed their strong support for their colleague Douglas Ross, who resigned as a UK government minister earlier today in protest at the Cummings row.

After an earlier equivocal statement, in which he said that “this is a difficult situation for many, and people will arrive at different judgements,” Carlaw told STV this afternoon:

"It is absolutely a matter for the prime minister himself who serves him and for how long they serve but given the furore, given the distraction we are now in, given the distraction to the prime minister onto this issue if I were Mr Cummings I would be considering my position."

A number of the Scottish Conservative MSP group called directly for Cummings to quit as they expressed their solidarity with Ross.

Adam Tomkins described his resignation as “a disaster”, stating: “His was one of clearest voices for the Union in Government. It shows exactly why Cummings should be sacked.”

A number of senior Holyrood colleagues followed suit, privately expressing frustration at Carlaw’s weak initial statement.

With Holyrood elections only 12 months away, Scottish Tories are all too aware of how this plays to Scottish voters in terms of the apparent entitlement of distant London elites.

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Christian Wakeford (Tory MP for Bury South) said Dominic Cummings should have been “reprimanded” for his actions which broke the “spirit – if not the letter – of the guidance”.

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former minister Harriett Baldwin (MP for West Worcestershire) calling for Dominic Cummings to resign.

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Philip Davies, the Shipley MP, has called on Dominic Cummings to “do the honourable thing and resign”

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The Tory former attorney general Jeremy Wright QC has added his name to the growing list of Tory MPs to call for Dominic Cummings to go.

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Op woensdag 27 mei 2020 09:33 schreef Hyperdude het volgende:

The Tale of Dominic Cummings

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More than 40 Tory MPs have now called for Dominic Cummings to go. With Downing Street continuing to defend him, the senior government minister Penny Mordaunt also said there were “inconsistencies” in Cummings’ account of his actions and apologised to her constituents for how recent days were distracting from key public health messages.

Boris Johnson said an independent inquiry into Dominic Cummings’ actions wouldn’t be a good use of official time. The PM was grilled on the Cummings affair and his government’s response to the pandemic by the powerful liaison committee. Under forensic questioning and several times facing the charges of putting political concerns before the nation’s health and of underestimating the public’s anger, the prime minister said it was time to “move on” from the “very frustrating” episode. He also didn’t give a clear answer on whether he was saying that if people don’t have access to childcare they could do what Cummings did.

Officers are reporting people breaking lockdown rules and using Dominic Cummings as an excuse, the West Midlands police and crime commissioner said. David Jamieson told the BBC in the last few days the public has pushed back and the police’s ability to enforce the rules has been undermined. He said people are telling officers that “if it is OK for Cummings, it is OK for us”.

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_JD_Black twitterde op woensdag 27-05-2020 om 22:14:46 @PhilBreading The BBC deleted it.

But we still have it — Emily Maitlis on Newsnight last night. https://t.co/CjbM0g3se7 reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 27 mei 2020 23:28 schreef rubbereend het volgende:
relletje in aantocht

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Emily Maitlis replaced for Newsnight episode after Cummings remarks

Emily Maitlis was replaced as host of Wednesday night’s episode of Newsnight by another member of the programme’s team after BBC bosses reprimanded her over a monologue in which she attacked the government’s handling of Dominic Cummings’ lockdown trip to Durham.

News bosses at the corporation said the BBC2 programme’s lead presenter breached impartiality rules with her opening remarks on Tuesday night. She had been due to host the show on Wednesday night, but the Newsnight reporter Katie Razzall presented it instead.
Amid growing criticism of the reprimand, Newsnight’s editor, Esme Wren, wrote on Twitter that Maitlis “hasn’t been replaced tonight in response to the BBC statement”.

In the monologue Maitlis told viewers: “Dominic Cummings broke the rules – the country can see that and it’s shocked the government cannot.
“The longer ministers and the prime minister insist he worked within them, the more likely the angry response to the scandal is likely to be … He made those who struggled to keep to the rules feel like fools, and has allowed many more to assume they can flout them.”
Talking of Johnson’s “blind loyalty” in the face of plummeting poll ratings, she expressed bafflement: “The prime minister knows all this and has chosen to ignore it.”
Maitlis finished the programme by telling viewers: “I’ll be back tomorrow.”

Clips of the sequence went viral on social media, attracting millions of views – many more than tune in to Newsnight on a typical evening. However, it caused fury among both Conservative politicians who have largely parked their longstanding criticism of the BBC during the pandemic, and also some journalists in and outside the public broadcaster who felt it went against the corporation’s approach to journalism.

BBC news bosses agreed with the criticism of its own show , swiftly issuing a statement distancing themselves from the monologue. BBC sources said Newsnight’s editor, Esme Wren, worked on Tuesday night’s episode.
“The BBC must uphold the highest standards of due impartiality in its news output,” the corporation said in a statement. “We’ve reviewed the entirety of last night’s Newsnight, including the opening section, and while we believe the programme contained fair, reasonable and rigorous journalism, we feel that we should have done more to make clear the introduction was a summary of the questions we would examine, with all the accompanying evidence, in the rest of the programme.
“As it was, we believe the introduction we broadcast did not meet our standards of due impartiality. Our staff have been reminded of the guidelines.”

Keith Brown, SNP deputy leader, said: “This statement is a gutless capitulation by BBC bosses. Newsnight should be commended - not slapped down - for their serious investigative work on Cummings, that’s not something you could say about the BBC News at 10.
“Pandering to 10 Downing Street by curbing journalists from being able to hold the UK government to account is of serious concern.”
An SNP spokesperson added: “It’s ironic that the only apology over the whole Dominic Cummings lockdown breaches scandal comes from the BBC.”

Maitlis’s profile, already high, has risen further since she was made lead presenter of the nightly current affairs show last year, shortly after publishing her book Airhead on life as a television presenter. She received global acclaim after confronting Prince Andrew about his connections with the deceased paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. In April she had a viral hit with another monologue of hers which dismissing the idea that coronavirus is a “great leveller” given its disproportionate impact on poorer people .

The BBC has faced heavy criticism over the issue of maintaining impartiality in its news coverage, particularly over its handling of complaints about comments that BBC Breakfast’s presenter Naga Munchetty made about Donald Trump. It also struggled to deal with the enormous levels of criticism from both Labour and the Conservatives during the 2019 general election.

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Op donderdag 28 mei 2020 16:02 schreef Puddington het volgende:
https://nos.nl/artikel/23(...)-laat-het-erbij.html

Rules for thee but not for me.

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Three million Hong Kong residents 'eligible' for UK citizenship

The Home Office appears to have dramatically widened the pool of Hong Kong citizens that will be eligible to apply for UK citizenship, implying millions may be able to apply if China presses ahead with plans for draconian new security legislation in the territory.

The UK government’s decision has infuriated the Chinese government, and could risk a backlash among traditional Conservative voters opposed to immigration.

On Thursday the foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, said the UK would extend visa rights for about 350,000 British national (overseas) (BNOs) passport holders if Beijing went ahead with its plans to impose a national security law on Hong Kong.

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Op zaterdag 30 mei 2020 00:09 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:

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https://www.theguardian.c(...)e-for-uk-citizenship

Lol, daar zullen de Brexit kiezers blij mee zijn.

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Op zondag 24 mei 2020 18:28 schreef deedeetee het volgende:

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NOS

Dat gaat toch wel erg ver, lijkt me erg onbehoorlijke vorm van treiterij.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1264530990002774016

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In Brussels, member states came to terms with there being no deal at the end of the year some time ago. "We are not emotionally invested in the UK's decisions anymore," said a European diplomat based in Brussels. "It is a country outside the EU, we are focusing on our coronavirus recovery," said the same source.

This level of insouciance is not uncommon across the EU's institutions, where an official working on the negotiations said with a shrug that "the UK is free to do whatever it wants" and that Brussels is prepared for a "stalemate" at the end of June.

The EU has for some time believed it will cope with the no-deal shock better than the UK. "The EU knows it is in the stronger position. Yes, no deal is bad for them, but it's much worse for the UK," says Thomas Cole, a former EU negotiator. "It's true that both sides are sovereign equals but they are very aware that they don't need to make the kind of concessions the UK needs to make."

And just as it has in the UK, coronavirus might make certain no-deal calculations easier for the EU to swallow in the long run. "Paradoxically, it might make aspects of no deal more manageable for the EU," says Fabian Zuleeg, chief executive of the European Policy Centre. "Companies that were looking at having to downscale their operations across Europe post-Covid might decide it's easier to completely shut down UK offices and factories. It actually solves a few problems, in some respects."

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Op woensdag 3 juni 2020 01:04 schreef Tijger_m het volgende:

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En nu klagen de Britse vissers dat de EU met de nucleaire optie dreigt, je blijft lachen met die kwezels.

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Op woensdag 3 juni 2020 10:52 schreef icecreamfarmer_NL het volgende:

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Link?

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Op vrijdag 5 juni 2020 16:37 schreef Whiskers2009 het volgende:
De onderhandelingen zijn (niet geheel onverwacht) vastgelopen:
https://www.nu.nl/brexit/(...)der-deal-dreigt.html

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Stormont backs calling for extension to Brexit transition period

The Northern Ireland assembly has unexpectedly voted in favour of calling for an extension to the Brexit transition period, arguing that the UK government cannot impose complex border checks down the Irish Sea while Britain is occupied with the coronavirus crisis.

O’Toole, a former Downing Street adviser, said London would have to take the vote seriously as the assembly was “uniquely recognised as a named party in the withdrawal agreement” and Stormont had a substantial role in the implementation of the Ireland and Northern Ireland protocol.

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Op vrijdag 5 juni 2020 18:51 schreef devlinmr het volgende:

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Ach elke economische achteruitgang is toch de schuld van Corona

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Op zondag 7 juni 2020 02:58 schreef svann het volgende:
O, een update.

Cabinet unrest over U-turn on animal welfare in US trade talks
Leaked letter instructs ministers to have ‘no specific policy’ on the issue
https://www.theguardian.c(...)lfare-us-trade-talks

Begrijp ik het goed dat de regering van plan is dan maar de Britse standaarden aan de Amerikaanse aan te passen?
Of extra belasting gaat heffen op kwalitatief minder voedsel, maar het wel wil importeren.

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Op zondag 7 juni 2020 10:55 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Ja, waarschijnlijk zullen ze een groot deel van hun soevereiniteit moeten inleveren voor een handelsdeal mët de VS. Maar goed, ze zijn wel mooi uit de EU..

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Op donderdag 11 juni 2020 18:47 schreef riazop het volgende:
Britse nationalisten bezweren het standbeeld van Baden ¨Powell tot de laatste snik te verdedigen dit weekend

Robert Baden-Powell statue: 'Livid' Poole residents vow to fight plan to take down figure

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Op donderdag 11 juni 2020 18:52 schreef KareldeStoute het volgende:

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Tja dat was ook best wel een foute baas.

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Op donderdag 11 juni 2020 23:56 schreef riazop het volgende:
Standbeeld Willem van Oranje in Glasgow nu in het vizier van antifa

https://www.thetimes.co.u(...)lave-links-h73f3q2s2

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Op vrijdag 12 juni 2020 08:05 schreef Whiskers2009 het volgende:

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Niet "Willem van Oranje, vader des vaderlands", maar Willem III.

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Op vrijdag 12 juni 2020 08:12 schreef Hanca het volgende:

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Ja, Willem III die koning was in Engeland en begraven ligt in Londen. Ik weet dat onder hem er een klopjacht op katholieken is geweest, maar dat was echt tegen zijn bevel in. Hij strafte zelfs zijn vijanden, de volgelingen van James II, amper. Hij was geen sterk leider (ook in NL niet), maar volgens mij deed hij weinig verkeerd.

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Op vrijdag 12 juni 2020 08:23 schreef Whiskers2009 het volgende:

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Gaat hierom kennelijk:
William III

William III of England was governor of the Royal African Company and owned £1000 of the company's stock.[12] A bust of William's favourite slave was displayed at Hampton Court.[13]

Bron: https://en.m.wikipedia.or(...)Atlantic_slave_trade

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De Britse economie heeft een ongekende klap te verduren gehad in april. Ten opzichte van maart was er sprake van een krimp van 20,4 procent. Vergeleken met februari, de laatste maand voor de uitbraak van het coronavirus, was het bruto nationaal product zelfs bijna 25 procent kleiner.

Volgens het Britse statistiekbureau is de economie teruggezakt naar het niveau van 2002. Analisten verwachten dat april het dieptepunt is, aangezien de coronamaatregelen in mei zijn versoepeld.

De OESO, waarin 37 landen samenwerken, zegt dat de Britse economie de zwaarst getroffen economie van alle ontwikkelde landen dreigt te worden.

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Op vrijdag 12 juni 2020 08:01 schreef Whiskers2009 het volgende:
Maandag beginnen nieuwe onderhandelingen die gepland staan tot eind juli: https://www.nu.nl/brexit/(...)nderhandelingen.html

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Populariteit Johnson neemt af
Johnson is niet alleen minder invloedrijk dan gedacht, hij wordt ook steeds minder populair. In de peilingen dicht Labour in rap tempo het gat met de Conservatieven en in de persoonlijke ratings scoort oppositieleider Keir Starmer veel beter dan Boris Johnson. Vooralsnog heeft Johnson nog geen grote politieke problemen. Op de Theresa May-schaal van machteloosheid scoort hij nog steeds laag. Johnson gidste zijn partij afgelopen december naar de grootste verkiezingsoverwinning in dertig jaar, met een meerderheid in het Lagerhuis van tachtig zetels – daar heeft de pandemie niets aan veranderd. Zijn plan voor een quarantaine stuitte op bezwaren bij partijgenoten, maar Johnson wist de omstreden maatregel (te laat doorgevoerd: economische schade tot gevolg) door te drukken.

Toch gaat de premier een moeilijke tijd tegemoet. De OESO waarschuwt dat de economie van het VK dit jaar mogelijk krimpt met 11,5 procent. Dat zou komen doordat de lockdown later dan in omringende landen werd ingevoerd, daardoor langer duurt en grotere schade aanricht.

De regering zint erop de verplichte social distancing tussen mensen te halveren naar één meter. Dan passen er meer kinderen in klaslokalen, werknemers in kantoren en stamgasten in pubs. Zo wil Johnson de economie redden en voorkomen dat zijn gezag verder afbrokkelt.

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Op vrijdag 12 juni 2020 13:28 schreef capricia het volgende:

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Wouw. Wat een klap

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Op vrijdag 12 juni 2020 13:29 schreef Frozen-assassin het volgende:

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https://nos.nl/liveblog/2(...)britse-economie.html

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Grootste krimp Britse economie ooit: -20 procent in april

De economie in het Verenigd Koninkrijk heeft in april een enorme dreun gekregen. De economie kromp met 20,4 procent in vergelijking met een maand eerder. Dat is de grootste daling ooit gemeten en drie keer zo veel als de daling ten tijde van de financiële crisis van 2008/2009.

De krimp van 20,4 procent kwam bovenop een daling van 5,8 procent in maart. Door de coronacrisis en bijbehorende lockdownmaatregelen was de economie in april een kwart kleiner dan in december.

Dat blijkt uit cijfers van het Britse statistiekbureau, het ONS.

De daling van de economie in die ene maand was het drievoudige van die tijdens de financiële crisis, toen van februari 2008 tot maart 2009 de economie met 6,9 procent kromp.


Bouw: -40 procent
De bouw is het hardst getroffen, met een krimp van maar liefst 40 procent. Veel bouwbedrijven konden enige tijd niet werken door de maatregelen om de verspreiding van het coronavirus tegen te gaan.

De voor de Britse economie zo belangrijke dienstensector kromp met 19 procent, de industrie met 24,3 procent.

'Schokkend'
De krimp van de Britse economie is groter dan verwacht en schokkend, zeggen analisten van ING. April was ongetwijfeld het diepepunt, zeggen zij, maar het herstel van een geschatte 3 tot 5 procent is niet substantieel.

De Britse economie doet het slechter dan die in landen die ook hard zijn getroffen door het coronavirus, zoals Italië en Spanje. Minder sectoren zijn nog open gegaan, dat betekent wel dat in het tweede kwartaal de krimp harder zal zijn dan in die landen, denken de analisten van ING. In het derde kwartaal voorzien ze een sterker herstel, omdat dan meer sectoren van het slot zullen zijn.

Brexit
Het zal pas tot eind 2022 of tot 2023 duren voordat de economie weer helemaal is hersteld, aldus de analisten. Verder zal later dit jaar brexit een serieuze uitdaging vormen, verwachten ze.

Als de transitieperiode eindigt, zal er immers sprake zijn van disruptie van de productieketen, zelfs in het geval er een handelsakkoord wordt gesloten, aldus de analisten van ING. Dat handelsakkoord is overigens nog ver weg, het is de onderhandelaars nog niet geluk om een deal te sluiten.

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straks een no deal brexit er overheen