Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Starmer and Pottymouth are out to change that, don't worry about that.
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[Politics] Are Labour going to turn this country around?
- Thread starter Flounce
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Ever the optimist....Totally agree
GoldstoneVintage
Active member
Are you sure about that?
The bogus asylum seekers are not included in the statistics.
My answer to this question is I hope so and I am optimistic.
This is my experience over the years of living in Shinfield and part of the Wokingham constituency.
Up until the last election John Redwood was my MP. I never saw him in the whole time he was my MP, I did email him a couple of times and got a response, that at best what I would say was a trite answer at worst just plain rude.
Last week I had a knock on my door and it was Yuan Yang our new Labour MP and she was asking me about what issues I felt strongly about in our constituency.
Our area over the last 17 years has been inundated with housing projects, so much so that the village is unrecognisable to the place when I moved here, and there is even more planned. Now you may say I am being a nimby to complain about this, but my argument to her was, that I understood there was a housing crises, but that the houses being built were the wrong type and that there should be more social and affordable housing, otherwise the housing crises will continue forever. My second was that the houses that had already been built by the greedy arseholes that built them, sold off the leases and maintenance contracts and the poor sods that have bought these houses were left with massive costs that they didn't sign up for and were stuck paying for, all in the name of greed, and to top it off, they were not doing the work they were being charged for.
So to compare and contrast my experience with the last Tory MP and my current Labour MP. (this is why I am hopeful)
This is my experience over the years of living in Shinfield and part of the Wokingham constituency.
Up until the last election John Redwood was my MP. I never saw him in the whole time he was my MP, I did email him a couple of times and got a response, that at best what I would say was a trite answer at worst just plain rude.
Last week I had a knock on my door and it was Yuan Yang our new Labour MP and she was asking me about what issues I felt strongly about in our constituency.
Our area over the last 17 years has been inundated with housing projects, so much so that the village is unrecognisable to the place when I moved here, and there is even more planned. Now you may say I am being a nimby to complain about this, but my argument to her was, that I understood there was a housing crises, but that the houses being built were the wrong type and that there should be more social and affordable housing, otherwise the housing crises will continue forever. My second was that the houses that had already been built by the greedy arseholes that built them, sold off the leases and maintenance contracts and the poor sods that have bought these houses were left with massive costs that they didn't sign up for and were stuck paying for, all in the name of greed, and to top it off, they were not doing the work they were being charged for.
So to compare and contrast my experience with the last Tory MP and my current Labour MP. (this is why I am hopeful)
Machiavelli
Well-known member
1, taxes were far higher -- and far, far higher on the wealthy -- in 1945-79, and economic growth was much higher too. To add, going into this period, government debt was at 250% of GDP, it was veering towards 50% by the end of it.
2, throwing money at the NHS was exactly what New Labour did and this fixed it, while public satisfaction with the NHS improved remarkably alongside improved outcomes
Crawley Dingo
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- Mar 31, 2022
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I am not a Tory.
Crawley Dingo
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Thats part of the problem.
Crawley Dingo
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You dont have to ask them you just impose an immigration tax, like a tariff but for people.Can you ask Mexico to pay for a Wall?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
An opinion which reveals a lot. Your hero, Nigel Farage, is a descendant of Huguenot refugees.
Once the Kulaks have been forced of their land there will plenty of space for new urban communities to flourish
nicko31
Well-known member
Beggars belief Redwood got knighted, the archetypal lazy Tory in a safe seat. When things got tough he bottled it
Dr Bandler
Well-known member
That does not make sense. If you are looking at a statistic that 80% of asylum applications are approved, presumably the 20% that are rejected are deemed to be bogus. That is inherently in the data, unless you are implying bogus ones are somehow excluded before their applications are assessed.
bluenitsuj
Listen to me!!!
Crawley Dingo
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Hes a bit of a wet lettuce TBH. And so what?
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
And rightly so, these Consultant Neurosurgeons have to come from somewhere, I read it on here.
chip
Well-known member
And we can't deal with the shit that produces now.
It wasn't meant as a serious reply.
The facts have been reported elsewhere. Dispute them if you will.
The 'getting all worked up about asylum seekers' boat has sailed for the time being. Meanwhile the grown ups will try to work how how best to deal with things.
You can get back on the Rwanda campaign trail in 4 years
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
We? Are you referring to the privatised water companies?
chip
Well-known member
We as in infrastructure, you know, the essential stuff. It doesn't seem to matter who owns it, it affects us all so we all have to deal with it.