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By David Peckham · Posted
That's all a bit complicated, as well. She was voted in as deputy leader, not deputy Prime Minister, by the party. There's no requirement to have a deputy PM, so she could be sacked by Starmer by simply ending the position I'd imagine The housing secretary role is down to appointment by Starmer, so he could kick her out of that. I'm not sure that the housing minister, or any minister in fact, has an automatic right to a seat at cabinet. I think it's the attacks she's made on Tories that are her problem here. Mistakes do get made, but she's given little credence to other's 'mistakes' in the past and called for resignations. Let's just hope the enquiry gets published soon. There are a lot more important things to be getting on with. -
By Dulwichway · Posted
Well, I like your user name anyway, even if you now have second thoughts? 😎 -
You don't need to sing! You definitely don't need to sing to an audience! Listeners are welcome! The December singaround on 14 December is our Seasonal Singaround when we intersperse unison carols with individual songs. But that is probably too early in December for your guests? And we no longer sing either Stille Nacht or Adeste Fideles in German or Latin, because too many people only know those carols in English, so we felt it wasn't very inclusive for unison singing. People are welcome to sing individually in any language they want, though - and do! More info from Https://www.thegooseisout.com/faq -
The Met Commisssioner is quoted in today's Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/03/met-police-chief-calls-for-review-of-law-after-graham-linehan-arrest “Most reasonable people would agree that genuine threats of physical violence against an identified person or group should be acted upon by officers. Such actions can and do have serious and violent real-world implications. “But when it comes to lesser cases, where there is ambiguity in terms of intent and harm, policing has been left between a rock and a hard place by successive governments who have given officers no choice but to record such incidents as crimes when they’re reported. Then they are obliged to follow all lines of inquiry and take action as appropriate. “I don’t believe we should be policing toxic culture wars debates and officers are currently in an impossible position. I have offered to provide suggestions to the Home Office on where the law and policy should be clarified.” [end] In this case, even taking into account the "obliged to follow all lines of enquiry", I do wonder whether initial enquiry could have been satisfactorily conducted (and then maybe concluded) without arrest. Hopefully, whatever, his input will help tuning the system. There are circumstances that come to mind -- perceived over-enthusiasm of police in one force to crack down on travel during the early Covid days, or excessive reaction to a tweeter in earlier days -- where their responses have, after public reaction, shown signs of becoming better informed, restrained and regulated. I think that'll likely always be a possible pattern.
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