[Britse politiek] #135: Brexit, Politics, inflation, sewage

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Rishi Sunak’s snub of his Greek counterpart over the Parthenon marbles raised fresh questions about Britain’s fraught relations with its European neighbours as a war of words between Athens and London escalated on Tuesday.

A meeting on Tuesday between Sunak and Kyriakos Mitsotakis was cancelled because the Greek prime minister reneged on assurances that he would not use a UK visit as a “public platform” to lobby for the return of the marbles to Athens, Downing Street said. The Greek side has denied any such assurances were given.

The diplomatic spat erupted after an interview with the BBC on Sunday in which Mitsotakis described the retention of the sculptures at the British Museum as akin to the Mona Lisa being cut in half, language which the Greek government has used before.

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King Charles speaks during the Cop28 climate summit wearing a tie bearing the Greek flag.

He may simply have been embracing his Greek ancestry, or thought it would complement his suit. But King Charles’s decision to sport a tie bearing the Greek flag when he addressed Cop28 alongside the UK prime minister, Rishi Sunak, was bound to raise eyebrows, given the recent diplomatic spat over the Parthenon sculptures.

The king, whose father was born in Corfu as a prince of Greece, may also have been taking a leaf out of his mother Queen Elizabeth II’s sartorial handbook in statement dressing.

Displayed before the cameras on the world stage, his neckwear was certainly regarded in Greece as an implicit sign of support after the row between Sunak and his Greek counterpart, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, over what are known by some in the UK as the Elgin marbles.

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Op vrijdag 17 november 2023 00:22 schreef Perrin het volgende:
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Sunak and his useful idiots pile reset upon reset in race to oblivion

So shortly after 4.30 on Monday afternoon, Jimmy Dimly swaggered into the Commons to give a statement on legal migration. To basically say that the prime minister’s immigration plan up till yesterday was no longer the current plan. Moreover, the former plan had never actually been anything to do with Sunak. It had belonged to a previous government that had nothing to do with the present one. Keeping up with Dimly’s stupidity is surprisingly hard work.

It was like this. Immigration was far too high. Jimmy D knew this because all the far right of the Tory party were complaining about it. Not that there are any sensible centrist Tories left. Being mad is now part of the brand. Anyway, back to immigration. He had no idea quite how it had got so high. It had sort of crept up while no one was looking. And as usual there would be hell to pay when he found out who was responsible.

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Op woensdag 6 december 2023 11:09 schreef Hyperdude het volgende:
Boris hearing bezig nu.
oa BBC 2 en bv

Watch live: Boris Johnson gives evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry on December 6 2023

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Op donderdag 7 december 2023 14:26 schreef Perrin het volgende:
Live from London.
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Op donderdag 7 december 2023 14:26 schreef Perrin het volgende:
Live from London.
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Op donderdag 7 december 2023 18:55 schreef Tijger_m het volgende:

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Nee, dat WIL hij wel maar het probleem is dan dat het VK dan de ECHR moet verlaten en dat is nodig voor het Goede Vrijdag Akkoord in (Noord) Ierland.
En daarmee zouden ze de trieste distinctie hebben dat ze het enige Europese land buiten Rusland zijn wat geen deel uitmaakt van de ECHR.

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Op donderdag 7 december 2023 19:01 schreef Tijger_m het volgende:

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Nee, dat mandaat is er wel degelijk. Tenminste als je als mandaat de enorme meerderheid van de Tories beschouwd.

In het VK, buiten NI, geeft men maar verdomd weinig om de GFA, het probleem is echter wel dat het dan de overeenkomst met de EU op losse schroeven zet en dat Noord-Ierland weer een echt probleem gaat worden. En dat gaat op zijn beurt weer Washington boos maken en dat is wel het laatste wat het VK nodig heeft.

Het VK accepteert nog steeds niet dat ze maar een kleine speler zijn in de wereld nu en dat hun zo geliefde onafhankelijkheid allesbehalve dat is.

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Cost-of-living crisis: Young families across Northern Ireland face difficult choices for Christmas

GROWING financial pressure on young families in Northern Ireland is forcing difficult choices this Christmas, a children’s charity has said.

New polling from Action for Children found that one-in-eight or 12% (50,000) of children in Northern Ireland are living in deprivation, meaning they are going without basics like warmth and fresh food.

For some it even means that holding a Christmas celebration at home will be too difficult.

The research also found that around 100,000 children in Northern Ireland live in families that are unable to save £10 a month, with a similar number with parents who can’t repair essential utilities like fridges or washing machines.