news & politics:discussion

[Guest]

26 minutes ago, Ryan1984 said:

They’ve officially lost the plot now, haven’t they?

Certainly seems like it, I wonder what Starmer does with all these letters!? 😂

[Ryan1984]

1 minute ago, Ozanne said:

Certainly seems like it, I wonder what Starmer does with all these letters!? 😂

Sad thing is it will appeal to so many Tories.

[steviewevie]

12 minutes ago, Ryan1984 said:

Sad thing is it will appeal to so many Tories.

and non Tories. Everyone hates Just Stop Oil.

 

[Neil]

Farage is loving the bank account thing he's all over the TV again.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, steviewevie said:

and non Tories. Everyone hates Just Stop Oil.

 

Everyone except Starmer…apparently. 

[gizmoman]

2 hours ago, Ryan1984 said:

Weren’t there reports he didn’t have enough money to be in the high flyers club? Have they been proven false? His rants today seem a little like he’s playing the victim and explaining how everybody is against him once again.

"Weren’t there reports he didn’t have enough money to be in the high flyers club?" - yes that's what Coutts said to the press ( in what would seem to be a breach of confidentiality),  Farage has since established by a subject access request that this wasn't true, they dropped him because of his views and public persona. The reason this is important is that public service institutions now seem to have the power to block access to their service just because they don't like what you say or stand for, it is a dangerous road to go down, you may not like Farage but what if it is someone you do support? Should they be intimidated or shut down if they say the wrong thing?

[gizmoman]

2 hours ago, steviewevie said:

Farage is a c**t and I like it when bad sh*t happens to him, but at same time I'm not sure it's ok for a bank to close an account without warning because they don't like someone's politics.

But at same time again it's farage and he's milking it of course the opportunistic c**t so f**k him.

Theres an easy way to shut him up, another UK bank could offer to give him an account.

[Guest]

This is fascinating to me. I get Peston asking if Starmer should say ‘I don’t know’ in answer to a question but as Blair says it can’t really be said. Now should a politician be able to say ‘I don’t know’? Interesting!

[gizmoman]

16 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

This is fascinating to me. I get Peston asking if Starmer should say ‘I don’t know’ in answer to a question but as Blair says it can’t really be said. Now should a politician be able to say ‘I don’t know’? Interesting!

Who cares what Blair thinks?, he's a war criminal who should be in jail, the only question I've got for him is "how did you end up being worth £60 million?"

[Neil]

Anyone else left wing enough to call for the elimination of the kulaks?

[Rufus Gwertigan]

1 hour ago, gizmoman said:

Theres an easy way to shut him up, another UK bank could offer to give him an account.

Natwest did.

[Neil]

2 hours ago, Ryan1984 said:

They’ve officially lost the plot now, haven’t they?

Nope, Tories are running out of attack angles for labour so are trying stuff out to see if anything sticks.

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[Guest]

27 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

 

Well he certainly comes out of that looking good doesn’t he. I feel for him not being able to have a bank account with a bank that specialises in the wealthy. He’s a baby.  

[steviewevie]

So...by-election day, all in different parts of country but all that tories could lose. Somerton and Frome could be a win for lib dems, Labour don't seem to get a chance in that part of the world. Bozo's old seat in Uxbridge should be a labour win despite all the ulez thing. Selby and Ainsty is the biggie, can Keir The Younger overturn that big tory majority? If Tories lose that one they'll be worried. Many fed up tory voters might not switch to labour, they might just not vote, so turnout will be key. Also, anti tory vote might split letting them in through the middle.

[zahidf]

1 hour ago, steviewevie said:

So...by-election day, all in different parts of country but all that tories could lose. Somerton and Frome could be a win for lib dems, Labour don't seem to get a chance in that part of the world. Bozo's old seat in Uxbridge should be a labour win despite all the ulez thing. Selby and Ainsty is the biggie, can Keir The Younger overturn that big tory majority? If Tories lose that one they'll be worried. Many fed up tory voters might not switch to labour, they might just not vote, so turnout will be key. Also, anti tory vote might split letting them in through the middle.

I dont think theres much chance of that: most people know who to vote for the get rid of the tories for the by elections

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[Guest]

It looks like from some ITK Labour people I follow on Twitter that the by-elections in Selby and Uxbridge are going pretty well for them. They seem confident Labour will take both. 

[steviewevie]

ok....but...

 

[Guest]

31 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

ok....but...

 

They would say that 😉

[steviewevie]

How many seats will Tories win?

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(I'm betting 1).