[Politics] The Labour Government

Herr Tubthumper · Dec 18, 2024

Bozza said:
AstraZeneca?

That was announced in March, under the Tories:

Liverpool: New £450m vaccine manufacturing hub announced in Budget

The plans will strengthen the UK's resilience for future health emergencies, Jeremy Hunt says

www.bbc.co.uk

Now on hold due to lack of concrete support from the Labour government:

AstraZeneca: 450 million pound investment in UK under review amid talks with govt

London-listed drugmaker AstraZeneca said its plan to invest 450 million pounds ($576.7 million) in Britain for vaccine research and development, announced in March, is under review while talks with the government over incentives continue.

uk.finance.yahoo.com

Ah. I thought I heard it was going ahead. I guess I misunderstood.

Uncle Spielberg · Dec 18, 2024

nicko31 said:
Easy to forget LD's have 25 times more MP's than Reform, yet our insane media give Reform 25 times more coverage.

I think it is more because labour have become hated in record time and starmer has back tracked on every promise he made

A mex eyecan · Dec 18, 2024

Uncle Spielberg said:
I think it is more because labour have become hated in record time and starmer has back tracked on every promise he made

The way peoples attitudes to this labour government seem to be falling through the floor at a velocity that challenges Issac Newtons gravitational pull, Labour is helping Reform more than we know.

After the disaster of the untrustworthy Tory governments, the vagaries and unknown policies of super clown Ed Daveys party, it was vital that Labour proved to be trustworthy and that they kept their promises. It was probably last chance saloon to stop the march of the extremists and to keep them away from reaching significant strength in Parliament.

schmunk · Dec 18, 2024

Stout Girl said:
My gran has voted for Labour for years, and she is very unhappy with them, she is a Waspi and she said Sir Keir and the lady i thought was nice Yvette, have both betrayed her and many others. I am starting to have real fears about who i voted for. Fingers crossed he will sort out all this mess by Easter.

Your gran is a Waspi...? How old are you then?

Paging @Guinness Boy for no particular reason...

Is it PotG? · Dec 18, 2024

schmunk said:
Your gran is a Waspi...? How old are you then?

Paging @Guinness Boy for no particular reason...

You might want to try Mackeson Man

Stout Girl · Dec 18, 2024

schmunk said:
Your gran is a Waspi...? How old are you then?

Paging @Guinness Boy for no particular reason...

She was born in 1951, Come on, you don't ask ladies their age! How old are you?

Guinness Boy · Dec 18, 2024

Uncle Spielberg said:
I think it is more because labour have become hated in record time and starmer has back tracked on every promise he made

You think that Reform are given more air time than the Liberal Democrats because of Labour? Am I understanding that correctly?

Anyway, they promised the workers rights bill, nationalised green industry, rail reform all of which are happening right now.

Guinness Boy · Dec 18, 2024

Stout Girl said:
She was born in 1951, Come on, you don't ask ladies their age! How old are you?

Maths not your strong suit? You had plenty of time to count on your fingers and toes while your message was bouncing off that hooky server in Romania........

Stout Girl · Dec 18, 2024

Guinness Boy said:
Maths not your strong suit? You had plenty of time to count on your fingers and toes while your message was bouncing off that hooky server in Romania........

Very rude. Why do you feel i am not good at maths?

Giraffe · Dec 18, 2024

I think it's this sort of thing that Kier was moaning about. These are planned payments, less those not now getting them so why would those that are entitled be getting them late?

Pensioners could miss out on Winter Fuel Payment this year

Tens of thousands of pensioners might not get their Winter Fuel Payments this year because of a backlog in processing claims.

www.bbc.co.uk

schmunk · Dec 18, 2024

Stout Girl said:
She was born in 1951, Come on, you don't ask ladies their age! How old are you?

I'm in my 40s, at the younger end of the population of this forum.

Someone on here who is two generations away from a 73 year-old is, let's say, noteworthy.

Stout Girl · Dec 18, 2024

schmunk said:
I'm in my 40s, at the younger end of the population of this forum.

Someone on here who is two generations away from a 73 year-old is, let's say, noteworthy.

My gran and my mum both gave birth when they were very young, i have decided not to follow the trend. I like the practicing stage, does this make me a youngster on here then?

Bozza · Dec 18, 2024

Stout Girl said:
My gran and my mum both gave birth when they were very young, i have decided not to follow the trend. I like the practicing stage, does this make me a youngster on here then?

You're certainly the fastest traveller we have.

Today you've posted from Germany, Denmark, Holland and Romania.

Are you on a scouting mission for Father Christmas?

Bozza · Dec 18, 2024

Herr Tubthumper said:
Ah. I thought I heard it was going ahead. I guess I misunderstood.

My point wasn't really the stalling, just correcting that it was a recent post-Reeves-budget decision and announcement.

Anyway, hopefully, it does still happen. It's not unusual for a large corporate to play hardball in order to get as much government help as they can.

And, it's in the government's interest to make it happen too, allowing them to announce that they've worked hard to make another large-scale investment come to fruition, bringing economic regeneration and employment.

Bozza · Dec 18, 2024

So, we have Guinness Boy and Stout Girl.

Any takers for Murphys Non-binary?

schmunk · Dec 18, 2024

Bozza said:
So, we have Guinness Boy and Stout Girl.

Any takers for Murphys Non-binary?

I never understood why they didn't go with the strapline "Like the Murphy's, I'm stout..."

LamieRobertson · Dec 18, 2024

Bozza said:
My point wasn't really the stalling, just correcting that it was a recent post-Reeves-budget decision and announcement.

Anyway, hopefully, it does still happen. It's not unusual for a large corporate to play hardball in order to get as much government help as they can.

And, it's in the government's interest to make it happen too, almlowing them to announce that they've worked hard to make another large-scale investment come to fruition, bringing economic regeneration and employment.

and if they get that wrong

Stout Girl · Dec 18, 2024

Bozza said:
You're certainly the fastest traveller we have.

Today you've posted from Germany, Denmark, Holland and Romania.

Are you on a scouting mission for Father Christmas

Lol, how do you know this?
My father told me to never show my address in any form, so i do use a VPN and always will, until he tells me otherwise.
btw, i'm not a traveller, lol.

A mex eyecan · Dec 18, 2024

Bozza said:
So, we have Guinness Boy and Stout Girl.

Any takers for Murphys Non-binary?

still at least they‘re both not Bitter.

Stout Girl · Dec 18, 2024

Just spoke to my gran earlier, she is part of a waspi's group, she think they are planning something big. I have never seen her like this before. Its mad why Keir had even signed a pledge or something according to gran and now gone against it. She said she won't vote for the main two parties at all next time. I have to keep her calm at the moment.

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