Generally, that’s good isn’t it? I mean while judges are humans and would have political inclinations, their function should as much as possible be apolitical or not directly under the direction of a current political party? Is this what the reform is about?
true but the concern is that, as we’ve seen recently a government can try to run rough shod over legislation to force something through parliament.
The big issue is that in the UK it currently appears our elected politicians are not accountable for their actions and the fear is that stuff like this may only serve to make that more the norm rather than the exception.
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I see that the charm offensive continues… 
Flags, do you say? In the background for politicians on video calls, you say? How absurd.
https://twitter.com/vonderleyen/status/1372611169865904133
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I don’t care who it is, flags are ridiculous and those who parade them as political tools think their constituents are morons. Sometimes they’re right.
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I find it odd to get so exercised by a flag, tbf. But I don’t see why it’s controversial for UK politicians to have the UK flag in the background to press conferences, interviews, video calls etc. Every single other country in the world does it. Some have shit loads of flags behind them. For some reason people like to take a pop at Britain showing any sense of pride in its flag. On social media I would estimate that the vast majority of people throwing scorn at Jenrick having a UK flag in the background themselves had at least one flag of some description in their profile.
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Priti Patel has 4 flags because she’s badass I guess.
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She has 4 flags raised around her and all of them are red.
Does she really have 4?!
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Pretty sure she did a press conference recently with 4 flags yes.
Is it the statue argument all over again is the big question I guess?
It’s not controversial but it is ridiculous. I don’t see anything wrong with calling out politicians on it.
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4 sounds ridiculous. There should be no more than 2 otherwise it looks like you’re trying to sell them, not parade them
It’s not the flag which is the problem. It’s the underlying cynical coordination that is.
It’s jarring to go from rarely seeing a flag, to every Tory interviewed seemingly have a large Union Jack behind them. The memo went out somewhere, and it comes across manipulative rather than true nationalism.
US is a bit different. Someone burns their flag they get angry. They have flag poles outside their house. Someone burns the UK flag the response is they are a bit of a nutter.
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I’d go further. It’s English nationalism. Part of it is a blatant attempt to feed their right wing support, some to demonstrate power over Scotland, Wales etc.
Some may disagree but there’s been some questionable articles in certain press sectors of late all about pressurising the idea of devolution and ultimately break up of the union.
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I blame Starmer 
This is very funny.
First a Welsh Conservative MP fucks up
Then a Plaid Cymru MP fucks up on similar lines trying to mock her for her mistake
Embarrassing the quality of our political classes.
Update
Flags are the human version of anmals pissing up the side of a tree to mark their territory. Normally the male ones. Loved by the dumbest.
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Saw another one only this week. Conservative candidate for Dwyfor Meirionydd photographed himself at Tryweryn, now named Llyn Celyn (wonder why 
) stating what wonderful place it was. Just ignorant that a candidate isn’t aware of the local history of their constituency. Relatively recent too.
I urge everyone with interests Wales and Liverpool to have some quick research into the history of that place. It’s not wonderful, it’s a travesty.
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