Tag: conservatives

December 27, 2019

[Controversial] What are some good things Trump has done in his Presidency? r/AskReddit

r/AskReddit: What are some good things Trump has done in his Presidency? He signed an order requiring transparency in health care pricing which is at least a step in the right direction. The First Step Act. Things like feminine hygiene in prisons, outlawing confinement of pregnant prisoners, making fair sentencing retroactive, among other things. https://www.bop.gov/inmates/fsa/ His administration just passed a...

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December 25, 2019

Penn Jillette on Atheism and Islamaphobia | Best of ’16

About three years ago I came in to Big Think and I talked very strongly and very passionately about atheism, how I did not believe in God. And over the past three years I opened my heart to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit filled me. And all of a sudden I realized that everlasting life...

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December 22, 2019

Varney: Socialism lost last night in Britain and America

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December 22, 2019

UK election 2019: the winners and losers

Clearly, lots of results are still coming in and we’re still only dealing with projections. But at this stage, it does look as though this one nation Conservative government has been given a powerful new mandate to get Brexit done. I will not lead the party in any future general election campaign. I will discuss with our party to ensure...

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December 21, 2019

Labour’s key manifesto promises in 90 seconds

Labour’s manifesto is a manifesto for hope. That is what this document is. We will unleash a record investment blitz, and it will rebuild our schools, our hospitals, care homes and the housing so desperately needed in every town, every city and every region. So a Labour government will ensure the big oil and gas corporations that profit from heating...

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December 21, 2019

The Iron Laws of Politics explained by Vernon Bogdanor

Now I began this lecture with a confession, I end with a warning on the limitations of the subject. Men and women have always tried to achieve certainty about the future and they’ve always been disappointed. The ancients consulted the Oracles at Delphi. Later it was thought that history might give the answers. The more we knew about the past...

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December 20, 2019

The SNP’s political earthquake in Scotland – General Election 2015 | Anywhere but Westminster

In 2005 this was the safest seat in Britain. A great deal of me didn’t think he was going to win. You’re taking it all down? Yes. Last time we were here this was the thriving SNP shop – it’s all been packed away now. School kids popped in to get some souvenirs. At the end of the shop it’s...

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December 10, 2019

Boris Johnson’s funny Love Actually parody | Our final election broadcast

Get all of this done. And move on. Vote Conservative on Thursday. I’m sick of this. What? All their arguing! They just need to get it done. [Doorbell] I’ll get it! Oh. Hi. Who is it? It’s… It’s carol singers. Give em a quid and tell them to bugger off! [Music: Silent Night] Enough. Enough. Let’s get this done.

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December 9, 2019

There ‘might be’ customs checks in Northern Ireland after Brexit, Johnson admits

Absolutely not. The deal we’ve done with the EU is a brilliant deal, and it allows us to do all the things that Brexit was about. So it’s about taking back control of our borders, money laws. But unlike the previous arrangements, it allows the whole of the UK to come out of the EU, including Northern Ireland. And the...

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December 7, 2019

Ricky Tomlinson on the Government taking away free TV licences for over 75s | Age UK

We are the fifth richest nation on this planet and we’re talking about taking away something which they love! It’s company for them! It tells them what’s going on in the world! I don’t think these people who are talking about about taking away this little concession really know anything about life. The people who are making these same these...

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