2024 UK politics - now with Labour in charge
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It was actually refreshing seeing a major political gathering where I wasn't embarassed by the UK's representative.
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Isn't Reform a business rather than a political party? Sure that came up on here somewhere. Would they now have to change that as they have a few MPs?
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Yes it’s owned by a Mr N Farage.
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I think it is a political party that exists as a company rather than it being a company at the expense of being a political party.
I know our institutions aren't necessarily what they once were, but I feel fairly confident that the Electoral Commission wouldn't have let Reform candidates stand if Reform wasn't a political party.
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As already answered, yes with Farage owning 53%, with Richard Tice and a couple of others acting as minority shareholders.
No, they do not have to change now they have MP's. As long as you are registered with the Electoral Commission and comply with the Political Parties, Elections and Referendum Act, you can essentially have any formal structure you see fit.
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I was asked a couple of times on the Brexit thread, and on the Conservative thread, what the impact was of having no government in NI
It looks like women dying unnecessarily from treatable cancer.
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COVID and people unable to have checkup?
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Would explain the missing of the 62 day referral to appointment target in March 2020.
That doesn't explain the last 18 months
“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
Sorry, I don't understand your question
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Have you searched other parts of the UK for contrast/context?
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This target was met for breast cancer pre-COVID-19, but since the pandemic, performance has dropped. From the data, we know that most breast cancer patients do start their treatment ‘on time’ - within 31 days of agreeing a treatment plan. This means that the major delays are happening within the diagnostic pathway. This can be explained in part by the lower proportion of breast cancers being diagnosed within 28 days. But it’s also due to delays in getting a full diagnosis, beyond just confirming someone has breast cancer.
https://breastcancernow.org/about-us/campaign-news/decoding-the-data-on-breast-cancer-waiting-times/
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The English graph is bad, but can comfortably start the y axis at 60%
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Did you even bother to look for a comparison, or were you more interested finding something to support your stance?
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Having seen how the health service in NI compares to the rest of the UK over a range of measures in the last 5 to 10 years I posted the graph in absolute confidence than when someone raised the issue of a comparative they would indeed find that NI is in a much worse place than the rest of the UK
Which you did, and did.
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Yet it took you 42 minutes to respond?
I must ignore the constant diatribe in future as I have done in the past, it's tedious at best.
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Why are cancer survival rates falling so precipitously? I see the correlation with Brexit that you’re suggesting, but I wonder if there is causation.
I can find lots of correlated graphs where there is no matching causation…
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I'm sorry. I didn't realise I was on the clock.
I genuinely have no idea what you are referring to when you talk about a constant diatribe.
The health service in Northern Ireland is the worst performing in the UK. That's just a fact
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Brexit isn't the cause.
Political neglect, both in Stormont and Westminster is the cause.
Cumulative decline
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Given the views of the likely next Vice President of the US we probably need to be trying to mend bridges with European countries as a high priority as it doesn’t sound like we’ll have a ‘special relationship’ with the Yanks for a few years.
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It's a lack of decision making.
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We had a special relationship with Biden?
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yes, same as with his predecessors, they do what they like, uk government applauds it
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Thatcher and Regan had a special relationship. That was the last time there was one.
We had a special relationship with a wealthy continent within sight of Kent. The Tories totally fucked it up.
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Lots of countries have a special relationship with USA. The Americans hand them out like candy.
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No, as far as I can see it doesn't extend beyond Canada.
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A lot in the King's speech.
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Gradual rail nationalisation took me by surprise a bit.
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Delighted the franchises are getting gobbled up. Fuck those bastards.
I presume this means no more delay repay?
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