[Politics] Tory meltdown finally arrived [was: incoming]...

[Chicken Run]

This popped up in a feed and tries to explain the last 14 years. It is an interesting (very) long read:

What Have Fourteen Years of Conservative Rule Done to Britain?

Living standards have fallen. The country is exhausted by constant drama. But the U.K. can’t move on from the Tories without facing up to the damage that has occurred.

www.newyorker.com

Come on now, you know it’s @Zeberdi who should be posting these sort of links to long articles, play the game eh

 

[WATFORD zero]

Simple;

“What’s for me”?

And the answer's simple (outside of the aforementioned disaster capitalists, and people being 'awarded' government contracts, backhanders, etc). If you're retired, unemployed, claiming benefits, employed, a small business or SME owner, absolutely F*** all, the same as the last decade

 

[nicko31]

And yet still one in five of the electorate will vote for more of the same. I do wonder what is going on in these people's heads (outside of the tiny minority of disaster capitalists, people being 'awarded' government contracts, backhanders, etc)

But its worse than that, 1 in 5 want more of the same and another 1 in 7 are convinced Farage's latest iteration will somehow be our saviour.

I just really hope its the UK is the first western country to properly bin populism and it isn't just a brief rest bite before another bunch of grifters become the flavour of the month.

It really does feel at times that we are addicted to self harm.

 

[Audax]

it isn't just a brief rest bite before

[...] respite [...]

I hope that was an autocorrect . Gave me flashbacks to a Dave Gorman episode.

 

[A1X]

 

[Pevenseagull]

The NHS needs a mention as well.

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All time public satisfaction was 14 years ago (70%). Now an all time low (24%).

14 years.

 

[TomandJerry]

Water companies in England have faced a barrage of criticism as data revealed raw sewage was discharged for more than 3.6m hours into rivers and seas last year in a 105% increase on the previous 12 months,

 

[TomandJerry]

Swimming in sewage

 

[rippleman]

I was considering writing to West Sussex CC and asking on their policy of resurfacing residential roads. Other than new/major roads I can't recall any side roads being resurfaced for a decade or more..they have just been abandoned for tge potholes to move in.

They are only botching up the potholes in Worthing - and the botches don't last for long. They cba to re-surface the area over the top of the "repaired" potholes.

In my road, last year, they botched up a pothole - but didn't repair another pothole not 10 feet away from the one they did repair. They sent a highways team out last week to repair a slightly broken kerb stone. They left without repairing a huge pothole on a busy junction which was a yard, if not less, from the kerbstone which they prioritised.

We are paying for cosmetic vanity projects like the "pedestrianisation" of Portland Road and the debacle of replacing the pavement at Worthing Station whilst the roads are full of potholes and many pavements, including Montague Street precinct, are trip hazards.

The council employs somebody to go around re-paintning the street cable boxes which have been graffitti'd in that horrible green colour. To those in Brighton who slate the council there I say "wanna swap"?

 

[TomandJerry]

Sewage spills into seas and rivers by Southern Water nearly doubled in a year.

There were 29,494 spills last year by company which supplies water to most of West Sussex as well as Brighton, Hove, Lewes and Hastings.

This was up from 16,688 the previous year.
The water giant's sewage spills lasted for a total of 317,285 hours in 2023, equivalent to more than 36 years.

 

[BBassic]

Other than new/major roads I can't recall any side roads being resurfaced for a decade or more..they have just been abandoned for tge potholes to move in.

Our road was resurfaced last year. East Worthing.

Don't disagree about the potholes everywhere though.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Swimming in sewage

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They really are taking the piss now

 

[Is it PotG?]

Swimming in sewage

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Looks a totallly different colour to the surroundings.

 

[A1X]

Langstone Harbour lads getting buzzed for their big midweek game away at Newhaven

 

[Bodian]

Come on now, you know it’s @Zeberdi who should be posting these sort of links to long articles, play the game eh

No, no - he writes the long articles!

 

[TomandJerry]

The number of migrants who have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel has reached a record high for the first three months of a calendar year.


According to provisional Home Office figures, 338 people arrived in seven boats on Tuesday, taking the total for the year to date to 4,644.

 

[A1X]

Swimming in sewage

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Blimey, that water’s so full of piss only Donald Trump would shower in it*

(*Allegedly)

 

[Dick Head]

But its worse than that, 1 in 5 want more of the same and another 1 in 7 are convinced Farage's latest iteration will somehow be our saviour.

I just really hope its the UK is the first western country to properly bin populism and it isn't just a brief rest bite before another bunch of grifters become the flavour of the month.

It really does feel at times that we are addicted to self harm.

were loose

 

[Greg Bobkin]

were loose

This next election could be future-of-the-country-defining.

 

[Bodian]

The number of migrants who have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel has reached a record high for the first three months of a calendar year.


According to provisional Home Office figures, 338 people arrived in seven boats on Tuesday, taking the total for the year to date to 4,644.

I'm sorry - that cannot be right

Sunak Says UK Making Progress Against ‘Small Boat’ Migration

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said his government has slashed the number of people arriving in Britain without permission and eliminated a historical backlog in processing asylum cases as he seeks to show voters that the Conservative administration is making progress in bearing down on immigration.

www.bloomberg.com