Reform, and the death of the Tory Party
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Pinno718
Squire
You've placed a question mark after ''I think''. I can't really answer that except to say that I do not offer Vulcan mind melding services.
If you'd like my legal opinion about whether existing laws are sufficient or insufficient to protect what we understand to be a functioning democracy, then I have a one word answer - insufficient.
Echoing your sentiment.
LBC last night:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whffA6eNquQ
secretsqirrel
spiteful class warrior
The wicked traitors rescued a yacht that was tangled in a fish farm yesterday.
Six people rescued after yacht gets tangled in fish farm
Pure evil. Did it during the hours of darkness as well.
monkers
Shaman
Duh, he said ''retrospective''
Retrospective Legislation: laws that looks back at past events, relationships, or transactions, but modifies their legal results from the date the new law takes effect. Effect: amendment of existing rights or imposition of new obligations based on prior actions.
Retroactive legislation: Operates directly back in time to produce a previously unlegislated effect to the date of introduction of the new act. Effect: Changes what the law was at the time any previous point in time.
In plainer English, retrospecive - hindsight rather than foresight is applied to the authorship of the new legislation and applies from the date of the new legislation. Retroactive - hindsight rather than foresight is applied to the authorship of the new legislation and applies from a defined prior date in the legislation.
Or in other words, retrospective legislation does not enable enforcement of what went before, retroactive legislation does.
Three versions of the same thing - take you pick!
Pblakeney
Shaman
I decided to see if I could find who funds Labour. The results came as a surprise to me.
How much has Labour received in donations?Labour has received £368,422,723.84 in total donations from 11508 documented donations.
Who are the top donors to Labour?The top donors to Labour are: House of Commons(£93,482,615.56), Unite the Union (£52,863,405.53), UNISON(£27,954,012.78), GMB (£26,509,609.90), and Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) (£23,290,029.17).
What was the largest single donation to Labour?The largest single donation was £4,000,000.00 from Quadrature Capital Ltd on 28 May 2024.
Who is the biggest overall donor to Labour?The biggest overall donor to Labour is House of Commons with total donations of £93,482,615.56.
Who has made the most donations to Labour?Unite the Union has made the most donations to Labour with 892 separate donations totaling £52,863,405.53.
How much has Labour received in donations?Labour has received £368,422,723.84 in total donations from 11508 documented donations.
Who are the top donors to Labour?The top donors to Labour are: House of Commons(£93,482,615.56), Unite the Union (£52,863,405.53), UNISON(£27,954,012.78), GMB (£26,509,609.90), and Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) (£23,290,029.17).
What was the largest single donation to Labour?The largest single donation was £4,000,000.00 from Quadrature Capital Ltd on 28 May 2024.
Who is the biggest overall donor to Labour?The biggest overall donor to Labour is House of Commons with total donations of £93,482,615.56.
Who has made the most donations to Labour?Unite the Union has made the most donations to Labour with 892 separate donations totaling £52,863,405.53.
monkers
Shaman
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Rusty Nails
Country Member
A subtle difference. I am not sure members actually contribute to what TUs propose to Labour.
secretsqirrel
spiteful class warrior
This is a good link for a breakdown of donations by party and years etc.
https://donation.watch/en/unitedkingdom/party/LABOUR/donors
Them Sainsbury Lords are certainly on it.
https://donation.watch/en/unitedkingdom/party/LABOUR/donors
Them Sainsbury Lords are certainly on it.
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OP
briantrumpet
Timewaster
Just to remind people that thanks to Thatcher (IIRC), union members have to actively request that their subscription include a donation to Labour.
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OP
briantrumpet
Timewaster
Pure & simple racism. As if there was any doubt.
monkers
Shaman
Indeed. This needs a lot of unpacking and fact checking. To do it the old-fashioned way would keep one of us up all night.
One thing about AI is that it can take on the task of dismantling gish-gallop false claims in seconds.
So you'll going to have to forgive me, but AI or Ralph (readily accessible large programme helper) as I call him, did the research, crunched the numbers and wrote it up in about 15 seconds or less.
If anyone wants to do an all night job to do better - well be my guest, but it's not going to be me. I'm off to bed.
The Conservative Funding Quirks That Reshaped UK Grammar Schools
A viral political narrative claiming the rapid decline of White British pupils in elite grammar schools is evidence of a "dying nation" completely misidentifies the cause, mistaking an internal suburban relocation for a massive wave of foreign arrivals.
Between 2014 and 2024, the proportion of White British students at premier grammar schools plummeted—most drastically at Dartford Girls (52% to 7%), Colchester Girls (69% to 24%), and Chatham Grammar (78% to 33%). While right-wing commentators often point to the record-high national net migration figures seen during the Johnson and Sunak premierships, those broad international figures consist largely of international students and adult work visa holders. They do not explain the localized grammar school trend. Official census data reveals that the local towns remain over 80% White; the classrooms changed because of how the schools were funded.
In 2018, Conservative Education Secretary Damian Hinds launched the £50 million Selective Schools Expansion Fund (SSEF). To secure this cash, top-tier schools were legally required to lower entry barriers and expand capacity for disadvantaged pupils.
However, policy designers failed to account for cultural differences in test preparation. Data from the Sutton Trust shows that upwardly mobile ethnic minority families—often second- or third-generation British citizens who relocated out of London to the commuter belt—utilize 11-plus private tutoring at up to five times the rate of rural White working-class communities. Combined with wide or non-existent geographic catchment boundaries, these exam-focused families swept the newly funded places. A policy designed by a right-wing government to aid the local working class instead created a highly efficient regional filtering system, fundamentally transforming selective classrooms while leaving local town demographics untouched.
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