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UK politics AUA (Ask Us Anything) – no question too simple!

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Original post by 04MR17
Watch BBC news each day, usually quite a good way to pick it up


Thank you , will do
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What are some good informative news sources that have credibility for being reliable? (I dont mind them having a bias if it is trustworthy for the most part)
Original post by FrogTesseract
What are some good informative news sources that have credibility for being reliable? (I dont mind them having a bias if it is trustworthy for the most part)


Well despite the common cynicism, the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky still do pretty accurate and reliable reporting – certainly as well as anyone else does.

The broadsheet newspapers (Times, Telegraph, Guardian) can vary a bit – obviously none of that list are politically neutral and can often be selective in their reporting, but at the same time most of their reporting of facts tends to be reliable, even if they often put a spin on it.

For more international news, agencies like Reuters and the Associated Press, outlets like CNN are usually of high quality.

If you don't have it already, I'd still say get Twitter and follow some of these and perhaps their journalists if you're interested in keeping up with the news more! :tongue:
Original post by Saracen's Fez
Well despite the common cynicism, the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky still do pretty accurate and reliable reporting – certainly as well as anyone else does.

The broadsheet newspapers (Times, Telegraph, Guardian) can vary a bit – obviously none of that list are politically neutral and can often be selective in their reporting, but at the same time most of their reporting of facts tends to be reliable, even if they often put a spin on it.

For more international news, agencies like Reuters and the Associated Press, outlets like CNN are usually of high quality.

If you don't have it already, I'd still say get Twitter and follow some of these and perhaps their journalists if you're interested in keeping up with the news more! :tongue:

Thank you very much! Following journalists sounds look a very good idea, getting it straight from the source without potential edits/censorship.
so from my limited a level law knowledge, a select committee oversees government agencies. and they also debate certain matters within draft bills of parliament (i see them as useless too paha). then appg... they're not actually officially statused in parliament so i don't see their point either. it's cool that all political parties can co-exist in a group like that though and equal with each other.

when labour came into power in the late 1990s (i believe), they actually acknowledged how many people were in the house of lords- and they had a temporary solution and narrowed it down to only a few hereditary peers and more life peers who had actually earned the right to be there. however there's never been a permanent solution to this. i certainly don't see a point on the house of lords as they're practically useless in the legislative procedure and they're not elected like parliament either.
Select committees are supposed to scrutinise the work of the government, so there's one per department plus some others. As well as the opposition shadow ministers scrutinising ministers on the floor of the House of Commons (and Lords), they are supposed to be a calmer, more cross-party environment for backbenchers to scrutinise in more detail rather than performing for the cameras. As select committee meetings are also broadcast, often on rolling news when there is something a bit juicy, it's not clear whether they're always fulfilling that purpose.

APPGs are more for any group of MPs to get together and talk about an issue they're interested in. These can be very active or very inactive, big or small. They don't really have an official role in the parliamentary process. Some can be essentially a front for companies that want to lobby parliament/government.

With the Lords, yes, membership is growing as PMs have near-unlimited ability to appoint more members. I think the minimum level of reform that is going to need to happen at some point is to reduce that number. That said, it's worth saying that many members don't attend that often – and it's designed so that members can just pop along when something that matches their interests/specialisms comes up, rather than attending every day like a full-time MP, which is why Lords are paid a daily payment on days they attend rather than an annual salary.

(I've moved this over to the AUA thread as I thought it would fit quite well!)
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I was impressed essentially by David Cameron, however Dr Theresa May was just as tremendous a British political icon , I found David Cameron's stance on Brexit to be essentially what the United Kingdom required as a sum of at least GBP4,000,000, 000 was recovered in royalties that were owed by the European Union commission and that may have essentially led to his eventual downfall and the recurring crises that accrued to different administrations of his successors such as Boris Johnson and at present Rushie Sunak, thank you, Mpho47

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