The more pertinent question is what happens to social care? The whole point of the NI increase, we were told, was to fund better social care. There's been no mention of what happens now.
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[Politics] Liz Truss **RESIGNS 20/10/2022**
- Thread starter Ethelwulf
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The more pertinent question is what happens to social care? The whole point of the NI increase, we were told, was to fund better social care. There's been no mention of what happens now.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 35,822
if they hadnt spent so much time attacking it, you'd think Labour would be asking this question right now.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
How can they ask the question when Parliament is in recess?
KZNSeagull
Well-known member
Yup, our MP seems to work all the time. Every weekend he is doing something in the community up here be it surgeries, business/charity visits etc. Some people may not like his politics but they cannot say he doesn't work hard.
I’m all for the extra tax, stuff needs to be paid for.
The NI increase was eventually going to Social Care, but it was being sent to the bottomless pit of the NHS to start with.
In hindsight forcing people out of the system for not being vaccinated was a massive error.
- Jul 10, 2003
- 27,346
Certainly a record in stupidity. Trying yet another account after being banned and then getting spotted three posts in
Perfidious Albion
Well-known member
This disappoints me....After trumpeting grand intentions to promote renewable energy at The Climate Change conference, we go and do this ! Fracking is destructive and harmful and burning gas creates CO2.
I hope they don’t come back to Sussex with their fracking drills.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
I'm afraid Barcombe is back on the list.
Monkey Man
Your support is not that great
Shurely Balcombe?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Yes typo.
schmunk
Centrist Dad
As I understand it, Balcombe has not been, and is not intended to be, a 'fracking' site - the oil production there would be through 'regular' methods.
To take it further I'm not averse to the idea of political parties being publicly-funded rather than relying on large donations. Private donors, from Bernie Ecclestone for Labour through umpteen Tories, give money expecting (and getting) favours and honours in return. The larger your donation the more influence you have. It is corruption in its purest form.
Anyway, that's well O/T and I know it will divide opinion: 50% of you are thinking 'No', and the other 50% are thinking 'Hell, no!'
**** yes. I would outright ban political donations and have political parties be funded purely from public funds. Absolutely. Australia is halfway there (there's public funding, but donations aren't fully banned).
It's interesting looking at the polls. There's not really any sign of a "new PM" bounce for the Tory's. If anything, the Labour position has consolidated at over 40%. If, as I expect, Truss begins to lose support as time goes on and people get to learn more about how out of touch she is, the Tories could be in for an absolute battering by the time of the next election.
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Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
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cheshunt seagull
Well-known member
- Jul 5, 2003
- 2,572
My MP is a Tory so I disagree with him on most national policy issues but he has always been very responsive and helpful when I have contacted him about local issues. I have seen him out and about a lot and he seems very active in parliament. No issues with his workrate, plenty about his voting record but that is what I’d expect.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Oh, and if you protest, apparently you could be being paid by Putin!
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studio150
Well-known member
How long before this stops as earthquakes return given the science hasn't moved forward.
- Feb 22, 2014
- 2,685
My question remains, “What do they actually do?” Ask them about the roads and its the councils responsibility etc. Yes they serve on committees and as previous posters have said they can be very busy. My question remains “What do they do?” If they are in it for the money, like Johnson, we can do better imho.
To a point maybe but she was a chartered management accountant with Shell and trust me, they do not pay peanuts!
So it would seem she either filled her bank account up whilst working for Shell (and C&W) and could therefore afford to take a drop in pay to become an MP or she was so crap in the job they slung her out and getting a job as an MP was the best she could do. Who can say?
He "understands" but provides absolutely no evidence for his assertion that those opposed to fracking have had their mines warped by Putin.
The man is a moron. He has stepped into the bunglec**t's shoes as the "Minister for Talking Bollocks".
schmunk
Centrist Dad
...and yet: https://www.angusenergy.co.uk/what-we-do/balcombe-discovery-pedl244/
"All operations at Balcombe will be performed through conventional production. There will be no hydraulic fracturing or “fracking”.
Angus Energy tested the Balcombe 2Z well in the Autumn of 2018 and achieved strong oil flow rates to surface. However, the oil production rates were restricted by drilling fluids not totally recovered from the well. The company intends to return to the site in Q4 2020 to recover remaining drilling fluids and carry out an Extended Well Test to prove up the commercial potential of the field."