The thing I don’t understand is why Rwanda want them or what they would do when the get there. I know a bit about the country and people and it seems so opposite to what I would expect. It’s not a subject that’s easy to bring up but when I have mentioned the subject to Rwandans I know, they know...
Go to Yemen, most African and many Asian countries and you will see ‘record levels of starving kids’, we have no idea what true hardship is in the Uk. But if the affluent countries like the UK turn a blind eye to the likes of Putin, Iran etc, we will eventually find out.
Learning a lot from this thread, thanks all. The number of conversations I’ve had with football fans of all clubs along the lines of ‘one day football will eat itself’ and now it feels like it’s going to happen.
Very much how I feel. Starmer appears to have no credible policies for change which may not hinder him but I want to be inspired to vote for someone, like I was with Blair. Then the country went into the election with a sense of genuine hope and belief that things could (only) get better. We...
Going back to the OP, a left wing break away is just a balance to a right one (ie reform). What is wrong (IMHO) in a democracy, is that neither will get seats in parliament due to FPTP, yet they will probably share about 10% of the vote.
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I think the reason that Johnson was caught out was that he was such a compulsive liar, a corrupt and useless individual and incompetent PM that being ‘caught out’ was inevitable. Giving Starmer credit via one PMQs is stretching it a bit!
But who cares? BJ has gone and KS will be PM by the...
No, the Tories have achieved that for him and he has no discernible policies.
I will still vote for him, which (for me at least) proves my first point.
Personally, I want Labour to publish because I want to be inspired to vote Labour by well thought out policies that will make a real difference. I will vote for them regardless in order to have a government that (hopefully) will not be corrupt, dishonest and completely devoid of ability. So they...
Bit too young for Heath and Wilson. Whether you loved or loathed Mrs T, she was honest and straight. I think the downhill journey started with Blair and Mandelsson though I think Blair was honest and straight until Iraq.
I don’t trust any politicians or media owners or commentators any more and...
I really aree with this. Similarly with so called U turns. Oppposition MPs or campaigners try to persuade a gov to change their mind, then when they do they are lambasted as weak or incompetent for doing it.
Fair enough and I will. But my original comment was about the tweet from Jim Pickard which is saying the policies (zillions of them) are there now but people aren’t bothering to read them, not wait until we publish.
“when punters say Labour doesn’t have enough/much policy it suggests they...
You are absolutely right but very few do or will. Though i am not sure that many trust anything that is promised by any party, so what’s the point of reading a manifesto?
I have read sections on their website and it’s heavy on what they will do but very little on (meaningful) how.
Perhaps a better approach would be ‘we are going to do our best try and sort the nhs, economy, equality etc out. We honestly don’t know how but we will do our best. Above all, we will...
A bit of a silly tweet IMHO. Who reads a party manifesto? Virtually no one. If labour do have policies (that have substance, rather than just meaningless soundbites) then why don't they talk about them? Starmer had the perfect opportunity yesterday.
Reassuring predictions for most on here..........
https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/prediction_main.html
One interesting aspect is that the libs are predicted to get 10.9% of the vote and 30 seats. Reform are predicted to get 9% and no seats. Greens 5.9% and 2 seats. Leaving party politics...