dave_j

It's sometimes surprising what affects people's attitudes.
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-2019-50382668
Boris can huff and puff, act like a clown, be a womaniser, etc, but hide something from voters and he suddenly attracts a different kind of criticsm. It's the kind that can turn people off. Voters will start to wonder whether the rumours about a shadowy Boriski are true?
Is he in league with the red RasPutin?
It's damaging whether it's published or not now, it's the hint of a cover up that's the problem and it won't go away.

mikelincs

Farage has claimed, this morning, that he HASN'T been bribed offered a peerage to drop candidates in Tory seats, he has also said that he WILL NOT refund any monies those dropped candidates have paid to the Brexit Party Ltd.

dbd33

Oh! Then pardon me for thinking he's an unprincipled sponger looking for an equivalent to the cushy job he's had as a eurocrat all these years.

As you were.

Shard

Sorry, no time to read links, but have always been a fan of Facebook Nick.

What surprises me is that after the s---storm that is Brexit (whichever way one leans) that Alberta is even musing about Wexit. As a political leverage tactic, ok, but the whole separation thing unleashes very ugly forces. We've seen it in Quebec, in Scotland, and now Britain. Albertan politicians playing with this are not doing anyone any favours, particularly as without BC an independent Alberta is a non starter.

Shard

I'm pleased Hillary Rodham Clinton has waded in to give the UK a ticking off about suppressing this information. I wonder if the UK press will run with it?

scrubbedexpat142

Its good to see an American complaining about foreign interference in elections - interfering in a foreign election!

Annetje

Only if it came from Trump

Shard

Admittedly there's an irony in it, but as it's a transparent form of 'interference' it's much more benign. Sometimes it takes someone on the outside to state the obvious.

Almost Canadian

Which Alberta politicians are you referring to? If trying to get pipelines across a country that one is part of is difficult, trying to get them across a country that one is not part of will be even more difficult wouldn't it?

dave_j

Just be relieved that it was a benign intervention, when they get serious they invade or fund insurrection!

Shard

That plan doesn't commence until February 1st

Shard

I'm not following it that closely, just catching various headlines that there are calls for independence. Definitely would (further) frustrate pipeline building.

mikelincs

Every one is now wondering just who tried to hack the Labour Party's server, big money is on Johnson's friends the Russians, or ever Trump's friends, the Russians, personally I think it was the Russians. Fortuneately their security system was too good.

Shard

Probably Jacob Rees Mogg

DaveLovesDee

It could be Trump's doing, to help Bojo and Farage win