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There are all sorts of people claiming to be a clinician of some sort saying that he has this or that, and will probably die soon. I work on the assumption that they're as full as shit as he is.

Individual politicians don't generally renege on their promises - they don't set policy. You seem to be asking for a recall petition to be used to boot out MP's because of government policy decisions. That's never going to happen. If (as you initially suggested) there's a more accessible recall petition for MP's because they're falling short, then that's so open to abuse, and it absolutely could be used in witch hunt exercises.

So a witch hunt policy?

I thought you were one of the people wanting us to limit who we let in, as per Trump. Make your mind up.

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That's daft even by your standards. I'll entertain that kind of attempt at equivalence when Starmer has a private Gestapo rounding up brown people, steals countries, etc, etc.

And advertise the suggested replacements on marketplace. Sorted.

Arse

I'm not sure you can bin off poorly performing people who are democratically elected. Seems to me that the due diligence needs to be done in advance. Re the money, my point is more that MP's are there primarily to represent their constituents. Having people who want to represent those people for the right reasons, is vital imo. The issue is that those people may be absolutely shocking as ministers. There's no perfect solution, but fundamentally we agree that we need better people in parliament.

I've got mixed feelings on this. I agree that we need good people in parliament, but we also need people bringing a range of experiences and backgrounds. As things stand, any decent professional or business person willing to become an MP would likely to be doing it for the right reasons, rather than money. Chucking a corporate level package at candidates may just attract mercenaries.

Don't bring me into this depravity.

Agreed. I'm harsher than you. Anyone capable of exercise, can and should look after themselves and move around more. Anyone incapable of exercise can and should address their nutrition and not become obese. I'm horrified that we've got to the point where the message people are hearing is they don't have to worry about looking themselves as a jab will sort it. Eat less shite, move more. It's not complicated.

Yep, think it through, reality check it, announce it. It's not difficult. I'm not sure I can remember so much flip flopping from any previous government. Farcical.

It is, in part, but the extent to which China actually needs the oil is just one factor. It's also about Chinese influence and where it's money to buy the oil goes. The US have explicitly said to China that they are to stay away from the America's. They also don't want China controlling the oil or the Venezuelan oil industry. They also don't want Venezuelan debt to China being offset by oil exports which breach the US unilateral sanctions. I'm surprised that some people think this is mostly about the US wanting Venezuelan oil for their own purposes. Sure, that's a factor, ditto imperialism and a wish to have a puppet state in it's border, but It's far more geopolitical than the US wanting to nick oil.