She literally says they have no intention of leaving. Home Secretarys have been wanting to reform article 8 for 30+ years. This is speculation being blown up based on a single no controversial statement. This isn’t anything.
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But the news of this is everywhere 😳 I believe they are “tinkering” with it (changing article 8). I don’t know what to believe any more.
sep 1, 2025, 9:46 pm • 0 0 • view
Currently our media is ALL hostile, so the prevalence of a story is no longer a reliable indicator of truth. Changing article 8 is a big thing, and at the end of the day it’s a law, not a holy writ, it should be reviewed from time to time.
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Something about the Home Office rather than the Secretaries? They all seem to 'go native' when they join. Some Ministries always seem more dysfunctional: the HO and MOD for example.
sep 2, 2025, 11:39 am • 1 0 • view
And HMT!
sep 2, 2025, 11:54 am • 1 0 • view
Thanks, I'd missed them. I'm not sure they're always dysfunctional though, just too powerful for the National good. Ian Dunt I think has an explanation of how Tony Blair tried to manage their influence on govt (in ID's book).
sep 2, 2025, 12:00 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes, as you say, it’s more that they’re too powerful which is bad because they’re more worried about bean counting and hide bound in a Yes Minister way, from an outside perspective.
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Dunt’s book is excellent.
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