Politics - The Non-Brexit Thread.

(11-05-2026 10:48 )Charlemagne Wrote:  It's reported that Reform UK put up an AI candidate in Waveney Valley, and he got in by over 1,500 votes.

Voters have been looking for George Boyd and can't find any reference of him existing.

Is this some word play mischief they got going on?

George Boyd - George Floyd

Also is this a real story or just some reddit/facebook gag?

Interestingly there was another fake candidate conspiracy that got debunked, Mark Matlock. When you see the image he posted you can see why people thought it was fake.

Sky News reporting that Our Nige got his hands on the £5 million "gift" shortly before he paid £1.4 million IN CASH for a house.

Nothing suspicious about that at all. The money was just resting in his account etc.

It's not just Labour where there are changes.

The leader of the SNP at Westminster, Stephen Flynn has resigned his Parliamentary seat.

He's obviously got plans in Edinburgh.

It's being asked if he resigned to make way for Andy Burnham.

It was always going to happen. He had no choice.

The rules in the Scottish Parliament were changed so nobody can be both an MSP, and an MP.

Former SNP Chief Exec and estranged husband of Sturgeon, Peter Murrell, has pleaded guilty to embezzeling £400K from the party.

From BBC News:

"Judge Lord Young asked Murrell to stand after he lodged the guilty plea.

“Over a 12 year period you embezzled over £400,000 from the SNP," he told him.

“As chief executive of that organisation over that period your actions were a gross breach of trust.”

A full narrative of the facts will be read out when the case calls again on 2 June.

Murrell will also be subject to a future proceeds of crime action.

He was handcuffed before a hushed courtroom, then led from the dock.

The moment capped a remarkable fall from grace for a man who was once one of Scotland’s most powerful political figures."

Divorce Proceedings next?

(27-05-2026 17:54 )lovebabes56 Wrote:  Divorce Proceedings next?

I think they have already divorced?

(14-05-2026 22:00 )The Silent Majority Wrote:  It was always going to happen. He had no choice.

The rules in the Scottish Parliament were changed so nobody can be both an MSP, and an MP.

Was it changed around the time when Gordon Brown was PM or just after?

I saw something to effect like they had won the campervan on 'Bullseye'