Farage in Clacton

[peds]

Wymer! This is for your benefit. Would you kindly wake up? I've no intention of going through this all again.

 

https://youtu.be/uDoQFcQEpOQ?feature=shared

 

[Trailoftears]

Great 4 panel front cover on the private eye today-Rishi!contemplating a blue bus-"this is a funny looking private helicopter".Starmer and Reynor in front of a red bus"We're hoping to throw Abbot under it".Ed Davey in front of his-"this way to Chessington park folks",Farage in front of yet another bus gleefully stating "I'm standing"with the riposte-"aye well,you can never get a seat,thats why",humour is alive and well in the U.K. 👌 

[GarethM]

Farage came off pretty well during the debate, Penny looked like she was teleported from the 80s with that hair and probably lost her seat as a result.

Edited June 8 by GarethM

[Trailoftears]

Showing your lack of political nous there mate-I bet you a penny to a pound she will certainly be the next Tory leader, she's been v.quietly manoeuvring for some time now,and obviously bigging up her military credentials at this moment in time.Also,of course-who the else is there that would put their head into the noose that is the tory party in opposition-Jacob rees-mogg?A man of the people-if you still have a nanny @age-what-58 odd?In fairness,he may actually only be 23-weirdos like him look 60 as soon as they come out of the womb...

[Johnsond]

4 hours ago, sime42 said:

Jolly good, lucky you.
You seem to be oblivious to what's going on in the lives of ordinary, hardworking folk. The UK used to be a civilised country to live in, that's rapidly becoming not the case.

 

Which bits of the word salad do you want me to cook and then puree, for easier digestion?

Ordinary hard working folk 🤷‍♂️are you off your tiny  head 42 

My working week when I’m away is 7x 12hr shifts plus pre shift and post shift handover so on average 14hrs. 
You have spouted some garbage on here for sure but that crack about me being oblivious to the plight of “ hardworking folk” takes the biscuit. Seriously 42. 

[GarethM]

Don't think it was a lack of political nous, it was a pretty car crash example tho, almost that painful to watch I had to hit the mute button.

 

She may be the leader after the apocalypse, she might be last rat standing!.

 

William Hill has farage at 1/4, labour at 8/1 for Clacton 

Edited June 8 by GarethM

[Big J]

I still pay keen interest to the UK political landscape, even if it doesn't really affect me anymore. I also closely listen to the US election coverage too. I have a lot of time at work on my headset to listen to podcasts.

 

The UK election result is (for the most part) a foregone conclusion. The Tories will be booted out, Labour will have a massive majority, the SNP will lose overall control in Scotland and the Lib Dems will regain a fair few MPs. Reform will take a massive chunk out of the Tory vote, a bit out of Labour, and still (due to first past the post) might not get a single candidate elected.

 

Sunak is fighting the campaign like he's trying to lose. Starmer is saying and committing to virtually nothing as all he has to be is not a Tory. 

 

There isn't much air between Tory and Labour policy, sadly, and I hope that Labour move left after election. It'll be great for Scotland to have the Nationalists unseated, though I must admit that I do think Stephen Flynn is a sound guy (even if I disagree with his Nationalism). 

 

Farage, whilst a talented orator and populist, is devoid of moral fortitude, and his attempts to get elected to parliament are entirely self-serving. He doesn't give a flying f**k about anyone or anything except for himself and has absolved himself of playing a pivotal role in the clusterf**k that is Brexit. It's all someone else's fault, apparently. 

 

How much will change in the UK after the election is debatable. I doubt it'll be much. With rampant inflation, widening inequality and a general aversion to paying tax, it's difficult to plug the budgetary black hole in the UK and address the core issues that voters regard as important. 

 

I think one of the biggest issues really is the NHS too. In 1990, the NHS budget was 5% of GDP. It's now 11.3%. With health care inflation far outstripping actual inflation, how on earth is it sustainable? 

I'll be the first to admit that I'm pretty fattist, but I really have no sympathy for people who through lack of exercise and healthy eating ruin their health and then expect the NHS to pick up the tab. But equally, I wouldn't want to see a US style system, which is patently unfair and represents terrible value for money.

It's certainly going to be an interesting 4 weeks. 

And then a week later, the orange turd gets sentenced. What entertainingly awful times we live in.

 

[Nopedigree]

2 hours ago, Big J said:

The Tories will be booted out, Labour will have a massive majority, the SNP will lose overall control in Scotland and the Lib Dems will regain a fair few MPs. Reform will take a massive chunk out of the Tory vote, a bit out of Labour, and still (due to first past the post) might not get a single candidate

I really do think that the greens will have a strong showing this time. Voted Tory all my life but will not for the foreseeable.

not saying the greens are perfect but I can’t vote for starmer so the greens will do this time round.

 

NoPedigree

[sime42]

Thinking on from the last two posts;- we really need to rethink our voting system, the current first past the post thing isn't working for us.

 

Suggestions?

 

[GarethM]

27 minutes ago, sime42 said:

Thinking on from the last two posts;- we really need to rethink our voting system, the current first past the post thing isn't working for us.

 

Suggestions?

The last time we were asked by the liberals, we told them to sling their hook.

 

Even less happens under a proportional system. They all just sit fighting amongst themselves and even less gets done.

 

You can argue three people around a table it's fine, but looks at Wales, northern Ireland and Scotland. It's proportional and equally less happens.

Edited June 9 by GarethM