In a strange way I'm starting to think it would be a good thing if Farage was elected MP for Clacton.
He would have to show up for all the boring stuff,he would be confronted by the slow moving process of government and find out there are not many quick fixes even, if you have a healthy...
I'm fast approaching 64 years old, so I will leave cryptic to the sociopaths and MI5/MI6 applicants thank you very much. One of the few joys of old age is the appreciation of what is worth doing and what is not.
Article in the Gruaniad today.. " He was a deeply unembarrassed racist " "Farage by those who knew him " ....they seem pretty confident that Farage won't challenge this in court.
I fully expect a big " scandal " or some sharp practice about 2-3 days before the election. A last desperate attempt by the Tories/Reform/Tufton St/ Daily Mail and Russian Bots to muddy the waters and cast doubt on the electoral process of democracy.
I'm inclined to think they won't beat the Tories for votes either. The only time he ever got elected for anything was due to proportional representation as an MEP under the title UK Independence, he's a one person party whose name can only be on a ballot sheet in one constituency... a lot of his...
If Reform actually beats the Tories for seats it will be a miracle, even then I would expect the Lib Dems to form the opposition, possibly in coalition with the SNP but... we are talking fairyland stuff now.
This and cast iron guarantees of an increase in numbers of trainee doctors too. Currently, the junior doctors are spread pretty thin and the demands of the job are horrendous, I know you can't just magic up trainee doctors but there needs to be more trainees to increase the numbers as the burn...
You can add that there are huge numbers receiving in Work Benefits due to consistently poor pay. Time poor and wage poor eating a poor quality diet leading to further poor health and collapse of the health service under the sheer weight of demand. We now live in a country where children born...
The Tories are now using ridiculous scare tactics to try to get the vote... just heard Geoffrey Cox MP state " We are sleepwalking in to a one party socialist state " !!!!! I noticed that Sunak intimated that there was a kind of dark plot for Labour to seize power in his manifesto launch...
Whoever said " 48 hours is a long time in politics " is quite right. On Thursday Macron led the commemoration of D-Day and the fight against Fascists and now 3 days later he's fighting the far right in his own country !
Pretty much this... a series of small mistakes combined with some bad luck. Been on several fishing holidays in Cornwall and have clambered some distances over rocks and heights to get to fishing spots while carrying a lot of gear. If I had fallen and injured myself while alone I probably would...
Could be a masterstroke from Macron. Calling an election when the right are unprepared. They love to snipe from the sidelines but, if they get elected they have to deliver their promised agenda and, they will then find out how difficult government can be. Is Macron's plan to either to defeat...