Farage in Clacton

[Bolt]

2 hours 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?

 

Reinstate the Monarchy.

[Trailoftears]

18 hours ago, Big J said:

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.

 

Excellent,accurate synopsis of the political climate we live in,that is a complete moral vacuum.👌

[Trailoftears]

16 hours ago, Nopedigree said:

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

It IS odd that the Greens arent doing better,I supect its got something to do with the fact that-at least here in the UK.'Single issue' parties dont do to well,at least when it comes to Gen.Elections.

[Whoppa Choppa]

8 minutes ago, Trailoftears said:

It IS odd that the Greens arent doing better,I supect its got something to do with the fact that-at least here in the UK.'Single issue' parties dont do to well,at least when it comes to Gen.Elections.

They are a bunch of total and utter nut jobs. 

[sime42]

1 hour ago, Bolt said:

Reinstate the Monarchy.

 

Worth a try at this point. Except that they're dropping like flies at the moment.

[Trailoftears]

1 hour ago, Bolt said:

Reinstate the Monarchy.

Give them 2 choices-up against a wall-or work as Amazon couriers with 120 plus deliveries to make every day 😉

[peds]

Green party dictatorship please, finally make the changes needed to apply the brakes a little. 

 

Throw intensive farmers into the sea, tax air travel into oblivion, mandatory veganship for anyone who complains about it too loudly, instant rewilding and reforestation on every available scrap of land, coffee enemas for anyone found littering, obligatory cyclelanes right through the middle of your ****************ing lawn, no more lawns, re-education camps for anyone involved in the manufacturing, distribution, or application of chemical pesticides and herbicides. We'll start with that and see where it takes us.

 

[GarethM]

18 minutes ago, peds said:

Green party dictatorship please, finally make the changes needed to apply the brakes a little. 

 

Throw intensive farmers into the sea, tax air travel into oblivion, mandatory veganship for anyone who complains about it too loudly, instant rewilding and reforestation on every available scrap of land, coffee enemas for anyone found littering, obligatory cyclelanes right through the middle of your ****************ing lawn, no more lawns, re-education camps for anyone involved in the manufacturing, distribution, or application of chemical pesticides and herbicides. We'll start with that and see where it takes us.

 

Do we have a £10 pom option, I might need to relocate from the green hell ?.

 

It's that or with all your rewilding, food imports will become something of a hunger games and the Aussie green will be welcoming people to the thunder dome?.

 

What about a carnivore only policy for any vegan that laudes it, oh that's every vegan.

Edited June 9 by GarethM

[peds]

No, veganism in general will be outlawed. Life without leather? Unthinkable. What will we whip those filthy smokers with?

Edited June 9 by peds

[GarethM]

Can you bin all the other policies and just go for the vegan outlawing. Maybe put those that resist on an island with a webcam, turn it into a TV programme as they go feral and eat each other instead of the fluffy animals ?.