A Load of Squit 5,221 Posted December 31, 2023 1 hour ago, dylanisabaddog said: Be afraid! https://news.sky.com/story/dominic-cummings-says-rishi-sunak-sought-secret-deal-with-him-to-win-election-13039874 This is like that team in your local pub quiz who know they don't have the correct answer but just say anything even though they know it's wrong. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Well b back 3,279 Posted December 31, 2023 2 hours ago, dylanisabaddog said: Be afraid! https://news.sky.com/story/dominic-cummings-says-rishi-sunak-sought-secret-deal-with-him-to-win-election-13039874 Yes a bit more here from the BBC and Sunak tried to bring Cummins back. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67851985 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
horsefly 4,310 Posted December 31, 2023 Mone update https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/michelle-mone-crime-agency-looking-into-3m-sent-to-peer-s-bank-account/ar-AA1mgO5F?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=9c5e4a84dc074265ae5339bd298df977&ei=9 Michelle Mone: Crime agency ‘looking into £3m sent to peer’s bank account’ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
horsefly 4,310 Posted January 3 Extremely worthwhile discussion of O'Brien's book, How They Broke Britain. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A Load of Squit 5,221 Posted January 3 On 31/12/2023 at 17:43, horsefly said: Mone update https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/michelle-mone-crime-agency-looking-into-3m-sent-to-peer-s-bank-account/ar-AA1mgO5F?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=9c5e4a84dc074265ae5339bd298df977&ei=9 Michelle Mone: Crime agency ‘looking into £3m sent to peer’s bank account’ I'm pretty sure the money was just resting in her account. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KiwiScot 1,460 Posted January 3 Tory nobody slags off Carol Volderman on GB News and make the headlines. https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/jan/03/carol-vorderman-shaun-bailey-comments-instagram-gb-news 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A Load of Squit 5,221 Posted January 4 Shame on all you nasty people who doubted Rishi's man of the people credentials, he stayed up late to watch the darts and correctly recognised that both the finalists were called Luke. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
horsefly 4,310 Posted January 4 13 hours ago, KiwiScot said: Tory nobody slags off Carol Volderman on GB News and make the headlines. https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/jan/03/carol-vorderman-shaun-bailey-comments-instagram-gb-news The very same irrelevant tw*at ennobled by Johnson for his services to lockdown breaches. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A Load of Squit 5,221 Posted January 4 Youth centre? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daz Sparks 1,182 Posted January 4 2 hours ago, A Load of Squit said: Youth centre? That's definitely young gammon though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Well b back 3,279 Posted January 6 You just couldn’t make it up https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67897560 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dylanisabaddog 4,982 Posted January 6 (edited) It sounds like the election is going to be in the second half of the year, I would guess it will be called immediately after the Conservative Party conference. I assume Sunak isn't going for a spring election because he hopes for an improvement in the economy and perhaps a drop in interest rates. He may also be planning a tax reduction in April. This may of course all backfire in a spectacular way. I don't know when the Procurement section of the Covid Inquiry will be held but that could prove to be his downfall in leaving it to the second half of the year. I'm not convinced that blaming all that on Johnson will work. Edited January 6 by dylanisabaddog Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nevermind, neoliberalism has had it 159 Posted January 6 Lets face it the Conservatives are teetering at the same brink as Labour is. the 3main parties all ballsed it up whether its NS2, copycat policies from Starmer, or the Ed Davey post office tragedy now playing on our screens. Why should the PO have the right to decide its own jurisdiction when they are clearly seen to have served not their customers, when they have criminalized and mismanaged their staff, so Ed Davey and others within all three parties will have to answer to this monumental failure. Sunak has MP's resigning due to the facts of his actions, he's more interested to exploit pristine waters, namely Rosebank, for gas and oil which his wife's company will benefit from. His policies are diametrically opposed to what needs to be done. Alba will represent thos in Scotland who want to see Independence, the SNP has been leading Scottish voters up the Garden path for good 10 years. When the next unfair and no doubt disproportional GE eventually happens, wasting another 300+ million on an antiquated FPTP, cheating will be attempted, they all have form for it, bar one party that is not following the aims and objectives of the grey parties. I will welcome some serious questions that need asking with regard to the money pits and war mongering that is currently hurting western economies, questions will be asked as the genocide Convention has been enacted by South Africa, and our party leaders can't much longer carry on shutting out debate on the economic drain this causes and the hurt it creates in the world. The duality of international law is laid open in front of us, we decry Russias use of North Korean and Iranian weapons, whilst we are bys supplying Patriot missles and F16's to Ukraine, without the blinking of eyelids. I have only one hope that voters reject the three party system and vote for a sustainable less damaging and more positive future for their children, even if they call it a protest vote. And I don't mean the small right wing opportunists holding pints and arguing their two sentence policies on TV, who are given valuable space to trod out negativity. There is only The Green party of England and Wales that has ideas, caring for solutions that matter to anyone who has children and who are forthcoming with factual truth, meaning what they say and carrying it out as best as they can. I for one will offer them my help in the forthcoming year, if there is hope, it is with those who think ahead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fen Canary 866 Posted January 7 5 hours ago, nevermind, neoliberalism has had it said: Lets face it the Conservatives are teetering at the same brink as Labour is. the 3main parties all ballsed it up whether its NS2, copycat policies from Starmer, or the Ed Davey post office tragedy now playing on our screens. Why should the PO have the right to decide its own jurisdiction when they are clearly seen to have served not their customers, when they have criminalized and mismanaged their staff, so Ed Davey and others within all three parties will have to answer to this monumental failure. Sunak has MP's resigning due to the facts of his actions, he's more interested to exploit pristine waters, namely Rosebank, for gas and oil which his wife's company will benefit from. His policies are diametrically opposed to what needs to be done. Alba will represent thos in Scotland who want to see Independence, the SNP has been leading Scottish voters up the Garden path for good 10 years. When the next unfair and no doubt disproportional GE eventually happens, wasting another 300+ million on an antiquated FPTP, cheating will be attempted, they all have form for it, bar one party that is not following the aims and objectives of the grey parties. I will welcome some serious questions that need asking with regard to the money pits and war mongering that is currently hurting western economies, questions will be asked as the genocide Convention has been enacted by South Africa, and our party leaders can't much longer carry on shutting out debate on the economic drain this causes and the hurt it creates in the world. The duality of international law is laid open in front of us, we decry Russias use of North Korean and Iranian weapons, whilst we are bys supplying Patriot missles and F16's to Ukraine, without the blinking of eyelids. I have only one hope that voters reject the three party system and vote for a sustainable less damaging and more positive future for their children, even if they call it a protest vote. And I don't mean the small right wing opportunists holding pints and arguing their two sentence policies on TV, who are given valuable space to trod out negativity. There is only The Green party of England and Wales that has ideas, caring for solutions that matter to anyone who has children and who are forthcoming with factual truth, meaning what they say and carrying it out as best as they can. I for one will offer them my help in the forthcoming year, if there is hope, it is with those who think ahead. I couldn’t vote for the Greens. I’ve always found them to be a bunch of middle class NIMBYs, full of overstated problems and unrealistic solutions. My politics personally are much more aligned with the SDP, unfortunately I think they’re far too small to make a dent anywhere they’re standing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dylanisabaddog 4,982 Posted January 7 3 hours ago, Fen Canary said: I couldn’t vote for the Greens. I’ve always found them to be a bunch of middle class NIMBYs, full of overstated problems and unrealistic solutions. My politics personally are much more aligned with the SDP, unfortunately I think they’re far too small to make a dent anywhere they’re standing When a policeman raped/murdered that poor woman in London, the Green Party leader said that all men were rapists and should be tagged and kept indoors after 6.00pm. I'll never vote for them either. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Well b back 3,279 Posted January 7 This is the sort of place your hard earned money goes in tax https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67905092 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
horsefly 4,310 Posted January 7 Sounds a reasonably decent fellow https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/turnip-taliban-bid-to-unseat-liz-truss/ar-AA1mxAFD?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=09fe97322e4d41698eb005ea90b5b499&ei=11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yellow Fever 3,825 Posted January 7 2 hours ago, Well b back said: This is the sort of place your hard earned money goes in tax https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67905092 Bit tongue i cheek but in similar comical vein you might like this - All that tax 'hic' payer money... https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/07/where-did-all-the-governments-wine-go-expect-another-vintage-tory-evasion Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wings of a Sparrow 1,425 Posted January 7 3 hours ago, Well b back said: This is the sort of place your hard earned money goes in tax https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67905092 I didn't understand the rules. I have no memory of it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,823 Posted January 7 Who better to replace Bone.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nevermind, neoliberalism has had it 159 Posted January 8 On 07/01/2024 at 07:08, dylanisabaddog said: When a policeman raped/murdered that poor woman in London, the Green Party leader said that all men were rapists and should be tagged and kept indoors after 6.00pm. I'll never vote for them either. and were did you read that tabloid clap trap, it is not true. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,823 Posted January 8 On 07/01/2024 at 16:32, Herman said: Who better to replace Bone.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
How I Wrote Elastic Man 1,192 Posted January 8 On 07/01/2024 at 16:32, Herman said: Who better to replace Bone.... The conservatives in Dover pulled the same stunt. Replaced the "naughty tory" sex offender & opponent of Universal credit, Charlie Elphicke, who now claims Universal credit as nobody wants to employ him, with his wife, Natalie The Tiverton & Honiton conservatives are understood to be considering standing someone called "John Deere" at the next general election 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,823 Posted January 8 5 minutes ago, How I Wrote Elastic Man said: The conservatives in Dover pulled the same stunt. Replaced the "naughty tory" sex offender & opponent of Universal credit, Charlie Elphicke, who now claims Universal credit as nobody wants to employ him, with his wife, Natalie The Tiverton & Honiton conservatives are understood to be considering standing someone called "John Deere" at the next general election 😄 Massey and Ferguson are second and third on the potentials list. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
horsefly 4,310 Posted January 13 seems the Tory candidate for mayor has niche tastes 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rock The Boat 1,332 Posted January 13 On 06/01/2024 at 21:55, nevermind, neoliberalism has had it said: Lets face it the Conservatives are teetering at the same brink as Labour is. the 3main parties all ballsed it up whether its NS2, copycat policies from Starmer, or the Ed Davey post office tragedy now playing on our screens. Why should the PO have the right to decide its own jurisdiction when they are clearly seen to have served not their customers, when they have criminalized and mismanaged their staff, so Ed Davey and others within all three parties will have to answer to this monumental failure. Sunak has MP's resigning due to the facts of his actions, he's more interested to exploit pristine waters, namely Rosebank, for gas and oil which his wife's company will benefit from. His policies are diametrically opposed to what needs to be done. Alba will represent thos in Scotland who want to see Independence, the SNP has been leading Scottish voters up the Garden path for good 10 years. When the next unfair and no doubt disproportional GE eventually happens, wasting another 300+ million on an antiquated FPTP, cheating will be attempted, they all have form for it, bar one party that is not following the aims and objectives of the grey parties. I will welcome some serious questions that need asking with regard to the money pits and war mongering that is currently hurting western economies, questions will be asked as the genocide Convention has been enacted by South Africa, and our party leaders can't much longer carry on shutting out debate on the economic drain this causes and the hurt it creates in the world. The duality of international law is laid open in front of us, we decry Russias use of North Korean and Iranian weapons, whilst we are bys supplying Patriot missles and F16's to Ukraine, without the blinking of eyelids. I have only one hope that voters reject the three party system and vote for a sustainable less damaging and more positive future for their children, even if they call it a protest vote. And I don't mean the small right wing opportunists holding pints and arguing their two sentence policies on TV, who are given valuable space to trod out negativity. There is only The Green party of England and Wales that has ideas, caring for solutions that matter to anyone who has children and who are forthcoming with factual truth, meaning what they say and carrying it out as best as they can. I for one will offer them my help in the forthcoming year, if there is hope, it is with those who think ahead. Reform party will get more votes than the Greens 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,823 Posted January 13 7 minutes ago, Rock The Boat said: Reform party will get more votes than the Greens Will they do a deal with the devil again? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Creative Midfielder 2,002 Posted January 14 14 hours ago, Rock The Boat said: Reform party will get more votes than the Greens Maybe, but the Green party will win more seats than the Reform party, as will the Lib Dems, SNP, Plaid and possibly even Alba. That's FPTP for you. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonyc 5,541 Posted January 14 2 hours ago, Creative Midfielder said: Maybe, but the Green party will win more seats than the Reform party, as will the Lib Dems, SNP, Plaid and possibly even Alba. That's FPTP for you. Agree with this. Reform may eat into a part of the Tory vote of course.(the Brexity percentage). Despite all that's happened in the last 13 / 14 years there will always be a core of Tory voters won't there? Those that just don't see anything wrong, indeed think that, all in all, they've managed well. Die hards. Everything you read just seems to point to a solid Labour win (with Starmer doing his best to look like a 'conservative' version of his party to not put off any centre ground Tory voters, who have completely given up on their party). Anyway, this cartoon gave me a laugh. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
