Starmer's vision quest

[midlandsgrimpeur]

Why would it be Education? It wasn't happening in schools. This is mostly about a failing at local level by police and social services - often in Labour run councils. An enquiry might shed light on whether the Ministry of Health and Welfare or Ministry of Justice were aware though or played any part. I know the first MP to draw attention to it, Ann Cryer, worked with David Blunkett to try to get grooming made into a criminal offence so there was some awareness higher up.

Because anything related to the safeguarding of children generally falls under DfE. Many children that were groomed were also Looked After Children (LAC). All issues related to LAC will fall under Social Services at a local level, with joined up work with schools and other agencies. Again, this gets reported back to DfE at a national level.

 

[BoldonLad]

That'll be ther ever-popular 'blame the new administration for all the problems you caused' strategy.

Second only to the 'take credit for anything the last lot did that actually worked' technique for incoming governments. So no wonder Labour look so sh!t.

You forgot to mention ‘take credit for every ‘u-turn’ ‘ strategy.

And the throw enough shoot at the wall some will stick strategy.

And the leak it to see if it'll fly strategy.

These have all been standard techniques from Politicians of all Parties for as long as I can remember, why would we expect it to be different now?

 

[Pblakeney]

These have all been standard techniques from Politicians of all Parties for as long as I can remember, why would we expect it to be different now?

I'd agree on the first one but the other 3 are from the past 10 years.

 

[CXRAndy]

We probably need to wait for the Casey Report to be published. It's not actually clear how she envisages a national inquiry being constituted.

Meanwhile the Tories, who did beggar all to implement the earlier reports on the subject are now going full tonto political on it.

Well of course the other parties will be hopping with glee over seeing another Labour backpedal.

That's what politics is all about when in opposition

 

[Pblakeney]

"We now have some of the details of the US and UK's tariff deal.
Here are some points listed the agreement, which was shared by the White House.

• The US will create an annual quota of 100,000 vehicle imports from the UK. These will have a 10% tariff
• The two allies committed to "strengthen aerospace and aircraft manufacturing supply chains" by establishing tariff-free trade for certain aerospace products
• If the UK meets certain requirements, the US will create a "a quota at most-favoured-nation rates for steel and aluminium articles" imported from the UK."

1. Nothing new here. Whoop de do. And still worse than 6 months ago.
2. Wonder what percentage of those certain products will be going west.
3. So we will get treated a bit better than most other countries. Maybe. And still way, way worse than 6 months ago.

That's the trade deal this week today.

 

[briantrumpet]

"We now have some of the details of the US and UK's tariff deal.
Here are some points listed the agreement, which was shared by the White House.

• The US will create an annual quota of 100,000 vehicle imports from the UK. These will have a 10% tariff
• The two allies committed to "strengthen aerospace and aircraft manufacturing supply chains" by establishing tariff-free trade for certain aerospace products
• If the UK meets certain requirements, the US will create a "a quota at most-favoured-nation rates for steel and aluminium articles" imported from the UK."

1. Nothing new here. Whoop de do. And still worse than 6 months ago.
2. Wonder what percentage of those certain products will be going west.
3. So we will get treated a bit better than most other countries. Maybe. And still way, way worse than 6 months ago.

That's the trade deal this week today.

If that's the extent of the ambition, I think that's probably a win in some ways, as it doesn't undermine various mooted areas of UK-EU trade improvements (e.g. food) that something more wide-ranging might have done. And it doesn't open up the NHS to predatory US healthcare insurance and businesses any more than it is now. But the devil will be in the detail (if there is any).

 

[Pblakeney]

If that's the extent of the ambition, I think that's probably a win in some ways, as it doesn't undermine various mooted areas of UK-EU trade improvements (e.g. food) that something more wide-ranging might have done. And it doesn't open up the NHS to predatory US healthcare insurance and businesses any more than it is now. But the devil will be in the detail (if there is any).

There's two ways to look at it.
1. That is the extent in which case it's hardly worth boasting about.
2. That is not the extent. In which case it's certainly nothing to boast about.

Trump being Trump, I suspect #2.

 

[CXRAndy]

Why does it always take a report when British people have been saying it for years

 

[CXRAndy]

View: https://x.com/LordSimon20/status/1934643837990785480?t=0yL-G5un0gO6pNguTXqTgw&s=19

 

[Pblakeney]

The deal now confirmed as only being partial.
Quelle surprise!

 

[CXRAndy]

There are many who have been vilified, who will need an apology.

Do you think labour is big, enough or man enough to stand up and deliver it?

 

[CXRAndy]

It wasn't me, but oh it was


View: https://x.com/Basil_TGMD/status/1934648451297645000?t=Y4imKnX3ZM2zG7gM-8V8CA&s=19

 

[Pblakeney]

"The order said the US would set up a similar system for steel and aluminium, but did not specify what it would be.
"We're gonna let you have that information in little while," the US President said when asked if steel tariffs would be axed for the UK - a major part of the original tariff pact."

The cheque is in the post, and no I won't....

 

[CXRAndy]

View: https://youtu.be/BQbFlk2JwrY?si=zluV6J2QqejrlCjx

 

[First Aspect]

Sounds like the steel deal will apply to steel we don't make here, but not to steep not made here but passes through with modificstion. So it's useless, basically, unless we make something uneconomic to make in the first place.