..if I was an opposition MP I'd ask the PM if she would invest £1bn in my constituency if I agreed to vote with her government. I thought cash for votes had been outlawed.
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Because it'd be the barometer of how the nation felt on the issue in the present. It'd supersede the previous one same as the 2017 GE superseded the 2015 one, that's sort of how this democracy thing works mate
This is exactly why I was astonished the Tories wanted to go over the head of parliament to implement Brexit in the first place, because the whole point of parliamentary procedure is to serve the interests of the public and avoid dictatorial actions from a PM.
The Brexit 'deal', at the very least, should be put to parliament, who should be free to disregard the non-binary referendum if it doesn't make sense for the nation - because it's their job to do exactly that - or there should be a second referendum on the terms of exit.
peteblue
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Is the correct answer. Just borrow it like Corbyn would do and let the students who voted for Labour pay it off.....free money.......
peteblue
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It's no different to the bribes we pay Scotland via the Barnett policy, or the placing of military shipbuilding contracts......
roydo
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Well that hasnt worked out as intended has it?
Foot Long Hot Dog
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I think it is.
As this is a handout that wouldn't have occurred if May didn't need to buy the votes of the 10 DUP MP's.
Called me old fashioned, but I make that a blatant bribe by the incumbent Govt of the day.
roydo
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Or a "Reallocation of resources to reflect the electoral result".
Same difference anyrate.
All a bit crap this.
So as a matter of interest, if May in the morning says "OK I can't set up a Government, over to you Jeremy", would you similarly be defining anything Corbyn offered the LDs, the SNP, Plaid, and the DUP in terms of their mandates as "bribes"? Or is it simply that in the UK, you don't think coalitions should ever happen?
roydo
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Who? Me?
Utterly arsed mate. The whole thing since last summer has been an utter train wreck.
No, not particularly! Thread in general (and if I'm being truthful, mainly my twitter feed, but seemed easier to pose the question here instead...)
roydo
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Well if the numbers had fallen differently, and a rainbow coalition could have been cobbled together by Corbyn, I would expect a similar level of horse trading to ensue.
davek
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There wouldn't have been. Corbyn would have formed a minority government and put forward a progressive set of policies and asked for support for them. If continually voted down an election would have been called and they;d ask the electorate for a majority.
Slinging £1B at that lot is a disgrace.
Magic money trees for the bankers and a group of dinosaurs. The Tory Party's legacy.
roydo
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davek
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Has to be. The Tories are just getting their breath back and buying time with this DUP deal to get their bearings after a massive snub and to get a leadership campaign off the ground and sorted.
They cant stay around the DUP for too long - they will become even more toxic than they are.
Shaking money trees for that lot. FFS, it's unreal.
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