General Election 12 December.

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11 minutes ago, hauxwell said:

Does any one know why Hilary Clinton is interfering in our December General Election?  She has done an interview with the BBC.  Something to do with a report on Russian interference in British politics, she says that the report should be released before the General Election, and not after.

 

Could it be because she believes Russia interfered with the American Presidential Election, which she lost.  How can  Russia interfere with a general election in the UK?  

 

Running political ads on the web. Setting it's troll army to promote viewpoints beneficial to Russia (Putin is very pro-brexit).

 

If the report was just about Russia trying to influence the EU referendum and this election it probably wouldn't be blocked by the government. The real issue is it also covers Russian attempts infiltrate the Conservative Party. It's also worth pointing out that the report has been cleared by the security services. The government keep saying it has complete a clearance process as if there's some outstanding national security reason to stop it - but the only people left to clear it are the government.

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So, the "sophisticated cyber attack" on Labour (and the spurious link to the Russians) was nothing out of the ordinary. 

 

'Sophisticated' cyber attack on UK Labour Party platforms was probably just a DDoS, says official

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/12/labour_party_reports_cyber_attack/

 

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However, subsequent reports have suggested it was actually a DDoS attack.

 

"It was really very everyday, nothing more than what you would expect to see on a regular basis," a security official with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

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Today was the deadline for Labour CLPs to get their freepost printing done.

 

Could it be that a last-minute scramble has overwhelmed Labour’s servers? [...]

 

True a lot of people logging on can seem like a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack or it could just be a lot of people trying to log on before the deadline."

 

Edited November 12, 2019 by alchresearch

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1 hour ago, hauxwell said:

Does any one know why Hilary Clinton is interfering in our December General Election?  She has done an interview with the BBC.  Something to do with a report on Russian interference in British politics, she says that the report should be released before the General Election, and not after.

 

Could it be because she believes Russia interfered with the American Presidential Election, which she lost.  How can  Russia interfere with a general election in the UK?  

 

She's plugging a book, co-authored with her daughter. 

 

Such a statement will keep her in the limelight while she's here. 

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Seems it was Jeremy Corbyn's letter to Boris Johnson that made him agree to hold a Cobra meeting. Boris didn't think it serious enough to merit it until Corbyn's letter which included these extracts;

 

"I am writing to urge you to hold a Cobra meeting and take personal charge of the Government response to the devastating flooding we have seen over the past few days."

'"With dozens of flood warnings still in place I have to disagree with your assessment that this is not a National emergency. If this had happened in Surrey, not Yorkshire or the East Midlands, it seems far more likely that a National Emergency would have been declared."

"Every year we don't act means higher flood waters, more homes ruined, more businesses decimated and more lives at risk due to climate change."

 

Mr Corbyn also said the Government must ensure  that the Insurance industry fulfils its responsibilities.

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I'd have been happier if the local MP had shown up.  Clive Betts didn't show his face in Woodhouse during the floods at Woodhouse Mill last week.

 

Yet had the cheek to post some political leaflets moaning about the rising cost of water.  

 

Perhaps he should have been more concerned about the rising level of water.

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3 hours ago, Baron99 said:

She's plugging a book, co-authored with her daughter. 

 

Such a statement will keep her in the limelight while she's here. 

Didn’t know she was promoting a book.  She will be after all the limelight she can get if that’s the case, to make a few million dollars from it.

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36 minutes ago, hauxwell said:

Didn’t know she was promoting a book.  She will be after all the limelight she can get if that’s the case, to make a few million dollars from it.

I take it you don't think she has a point then?

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13 hours ago, Albert the Cat said:

Not the insurance companies fault if you are stupid enough to live on a flood plain. 

If you live on a flood plain it should be clearly stated before you buy it that you will not get insurance, and that should be reflected in the price.

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16 minutes ago, Anna B said:

If you live on a flood plain it should be clearly stated before you buy it that you will not get insurance, and that should be reflected in the price.

Exceptions are clearly stated on insurance premiums. So what is your point exactly?

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Seems a bit quieter in here, as the Brexit Party  ex-PPC are tearing into Farage, and as the source of the Labour online hack has been confirmed to be in Russia whilst Johnson continues to sit abusively on that Russian report.

 

Some very red faces, I expect 

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1 minute ago, CaptainSwing said:

Oh I hadn't seen that about the Brexit/Tory electoral pact (though it doesn't surprise me).  The situation is now really critical for those in the remain/referendum camp.  If the LibDems don't offer an electoral pact with Labour, they will be responsible for the UK leaving the EU, full stop.  [Or if they do offer one, and Labour refuse it, then Labour will be responsible.]

 

Or if a latter day Lib/Lab pact isn't feasible, and the LibDems really do care about Brexit, then they should stand down in enough seats to make a Labour victory a real possibility.  If they don't do something like that, we'll know that they don't care as much about Brexit as they say they do, but are just posturing.

 

If they try and fail, then so be it.  At least they could say they tried.

 

Unfortunately I don't think there will be any red faces about Russian interference.

There are only two parties or factions responsible our exit from the EU.The tail was Farage/UKIP and the dog was Cameron /Tories.

Let them take the credit or the blame but all the other parties are just bitpart players.

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4 hours ago, Albert the Cat said:

Exceptions are clearly stated on insurance premiums. So what is your point exactly?

In the small print you mean. 

a) New Houses shouldn't be built on flood plains.

b) If they are, then the builders should state it loud and clear in letters 2 foot high so there can be no mistake, and the housedesign should take it into account, eg on stilts.

c) Insurance companies are supposed to cover risk, and flooding, like storm damage, is an event that cannot always be forseen and should be covered.