Current Affairs 2017 General Election

[Donald Twain]

The queens speech vote scraping through means this is going to be carnage if May stays now.

Can't front this out can she ?

The carry on from her wouldn't be surprised if she had tanks outside Downing st mate !

 

[hullefc]

The Tories have plucked the magic money tree again. This time to pay for women from a part of the UK to travel to another part of the UK to have an abortion for free. We could save our money and relieve the women concerned the stress and heartache, if those that treasure the 'union' have the decency and get rid of the law that puts women's health and mental well being secondary to some headbanging religious belief. This would allow the women of Northern Ireland the same rights as those in other parts of the UK.

 

[roydo]

The Tories have plucked the magic money tree again. This time to pay for women from a part of the UK to travel to another part of the UK to have an abortion for free. We could save our money and relieve the women concerned the stress and heartache, if those that treasure the 'union' have the decency and get rid of the law that puts women's health and mental well being secondary to some headbanging religious belief. This would allow the women of Northern Ireland the same rights as those in other parts of the UK.

Sounds like a good thing to me.

Sure its been #1 priority for ages.........

 

[AndyC]

I'm just a severely peed off bloke at the moment. You'd think that a MP would have the common courtesy to respond to his constituent.

You should definitely get a reply to an e-mail or letter, not sure you can expect/demand a reply to a tweet.

I've written to my local MP a number of times and on various subjects, and always received a reply, and not just a bland 'thank you for your comments' type of reply.

 

[hullefc]

Sounds like a good thing to me.

Sure its been #1 priority for ages.........

Not really been a priority for successive governments but may now have the desire to get passed through the Northern Irish assembly.

Why are Northern Ireland's abortion laws different to the rest of the UK ...

"Relations with Westminster
When the 1967 act was introduced as a Private Members Bill by David Steel, the Parliament of Northern Ireland at Stormont was still making its own laws. There was no appetite among the parliament's members - then dominated by the Ulster Unionist Party - to follow the example set by the rest of the UK, says Fiona Bloomer of Ulster University, an expert in Northern Ireland abortion policy, who is pro-choice. "Essentially they just ignored it. There was no mention of it," she says.

The collapse of Stormont in 1972 introduced direct rule from Westminster, but successive UK governments were reluctant to make Northern Ireland's abortion law the same as that in England, Scotland and Wales. In 1990, Health Minister Virginia Bottomley told the Commons that to her knowledge "no Northern Ireland Member of Parliament has ever called for changes in the Northern Ireland abortion laws".

A 2008 parliamentary move to extend the 1967 act to Northern Ireland was blocked by then-Leader of the Commons Harriet Harman. At the time the government saidit feared the existing UK abortion laws could have been threatened in the House of Lords as a result had the vote passed. But there was speculation that the Labour government had struck a deal with the Democratic Unionist Party to leave the abortion laws intact in return for their support for its plans to detain terrorism suspects without charge for 42 days".

Some of the present Labour party have a lot to answer for.

 

[jal123]

You should definitely get a reply to an e-mail or letter, not sure you can expect/demand a reply to a tweet.

I've written to my local MP a number of times and on various subjects, and always received a reply, and not just a bland 'thank you for your comments' type of reply.

If you go through the theyworkforyou website it's tracked and they are obliged to reply.

 

[roydo]

Not really been a priority for successive governments but may now have the desire to get passed through the Northern Irish assembly.

Why are Northern Ireland's abortion laws different to the rest of the UK ...

"Relations with Westminster
When the 1967 act was introduced as a Private Members Bill by David Steel, the Parliament of Northern Ireland at Stormont was still making its own laws. There was no appetite among the parliament's members - then dominated by the Ulster Unionist Party - to follow the example set by the rest of the UK, says Fiona Bloomer of Ulster University, an expert in Northern Ireland abortion policy, who is pro-choice. "Essentially they just ignored it. There was no mention of it," she says.

The collapse of Stormont in 1972 introduced direct rule from Westminster, but successive UK governments were reluctant to make Northern Ireland's abortion law the same as that in England, Scotland and Wales. In 1990, Health Minister Virginia Bottomley told the Commons that to her knowledge "no Northern Ireland Member of Parliament has ever called for changes in the Northern Ireland abortion laws".

A 2008 parliamentary move to extend the 1967 act to Northern Ireland was blocked by then-Leader of the Commons Harriet Harman. At the time the government saidit feared the existing UK abortion laws could have been threatened in the House of Lords as a result had the vote passed. But there was speculation that the Labour government had struck a deal with the Democratic Unionist Party to leave the abortion laws intact in return for their support for its plans to detain terrorism suspects without charge for 42 days".

Some of the present Labour party have a lot to answer for.

Like you, I just dont understand why abortion is even a political issue.

But lets not go down that particular can of worms is probably the best idea.

 

[jal123]

The Tories have plucked the magic money tree again. This time to pay for women from a part of the UK to travel to another part of the UK to have an abortion for free. We could save our money and relieve the women concerned the stress and heartache, if those that treasure the 'union' have the decency and get rid of the law that puts women's health and mental well being secondary to some headbanging religious belief. This would allow the women of Northern Ireland the same rights as those in other parts of the UK.

Imagine the trauma these women go through, getting on a plane then finding your way to the clinic miles away all whilst going through a whole world of emotions.

It's pure cruelty.

 

[jal123]

Like you, I just dont understand why abortion is even a political issue.

But lets not go down that particular can of worms is probably the best idea.

It's a religious issue mate

And that's something you have to deal with when you jump into bed with fundamentalists


(You is figurative in this instance)

 

[hibbo'sclass]

Was interesting listing to James Rhys-Mogg .

You have been duly reported to Jacob's nanny.

 

[roydo]

It's a religious issue mate

yeah, I know that.

 

[AndyC]

You have been duly reported to Jacob's nanny.

I thought something was wrong when I typed it

 

[hibbo'sclass]

I thought something was wrong when I typed it

No typing possible after Nanny has rapped your knuckles I fear!

 

[hullefc]

Like you, I just dont understand why abortion is even a political issue.

But lets not go down that particular can of worms is probably the best idea.

It is not political but religious.

 

[roydo]

It is not political but religious.

Ok, a religious belief dragged into a political arena?

Blimey.