news & politics:discussion

[pink_triangle]

1 hour ago, steviewevie said:

I expect she'll get a bounce, but even so...

 

Probably close the gap slightly when they steal a few labour policies. I think it's a good result for labour as neutralizes Starmer weakness which is lack of personality.

[Neil]

i reckon the only way a non-white wins the tory leadership is if the last two are both non-white.

[Ozanne]

24 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

We're f*cked.

How long until there's no festivals, other than maybe the big ones.

Don’t worry friend, Sir Keir will save us all. 

[Neil]

9 minutes ago, Barry Fish said:

I don't think his race came into it and the result reflects that.  Plenty of people backed him.  

it probably meant that some could never vote for him.

[ian the worm]

For the first time in my life, the UK PM is younger than me. 

[Ozanne]

She’s gonna be dreadful isn’t she?

[gary1979666]

Just now, Ozanne said:

She’s gonna be dreadful isn’t she?

Your use of the future tense implies she isn't already dreadful!!

[steviewevie]

10 minutes ago, ian the worm said:

For the first time in my life, the UK PM is younger than me. 

me too. depressing. Still younger than most of the house of lords though.

[Ozanne]

8 minutes ago, gary1979666 said:

Your use of the future tense implies she isn't already dreadful!!

Good point 😂

[Neil]

11 minutes ago, Barry Fish said:

The Labour parties record is far worse when it comes to anything other than white men...

yeah, i know.

[steviewevie]

29 minutes ago, Neil said:

it probably meant that some could never vote for him.

I mean, we'll never know, can't be quantified, so it's all speculation. I think a few things did for him, Truss' tax cuts versus his tax rises, Sunak's perceived disloyalty to Johnson, his whole rich posh boy and rich non dom wife thing, and maybe that first one on one tv debate where he kept talking over Truss and interrupting her. Maybe his skin colour came into it for some, but we'll never know.

[steviewevie]

I didn't see her speech, apparently was pretty shit. She does another tomorrow outside Downing St.

[steviewevie]

1 hour ago, Skip997 said:

We're f*cked.

How long until there's no festivals, other than maybe the big ones.

nah, she's a libertarian, she loves festivals. Just no woke shit. And Glastonbury will need to have a Right Field for balance.

[Ozanne]

2 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

nah, she's a libertarian, she loves festivals. Just no woke shit. And Glastonbury will need to have a Right Field for balance.

Don’t worry Glastonbury will be ok, we’ll have a Labour government soon. 

[VCK]

We're in the middle of a cost of living crisis and people are starving, and people on here are fretting about there being white male politicians.

Never change eFestivals :😂

[Ozanne]

3 minutes ago, VCK said:

We're in the middle of a cost of living crisis and people are starving, and people on here are fretting about there being white male politicians.

Never change eFestivals :😂

The 1 person that’s doing it is a troll who’s just desperate for attention, no one really responds to him normally so don’t worry the vast majority here are focussed on the things you say.

Hopefully soon there will be announcement of some support. 

[Neil]

i recently heard that truss called Drakeford a low-energy-Corbyn. it made me laugh.

[steviewevie]

and on and on and on...

 

[Crazyfool01]

How long do we give her ? Place your bets now 

[squirrelarmy]

I said Spaffer wouldn’t last 3 months and I was very wrong. I don’t want to curse it. 

[Crazyfool01]

I guess the reasonable assumption is that it’ll be untill the next election unless she get deposed by Boris before that … can’t see anyone else wanting to take the reigns or throw themselves in for a very short period of time 

[clarkete]

Was that really as little as 0.17% of the electorate who voted for her? 

81,326 (less than Bozo, Cameron and even IDS). 

Got her work cut out, poor little lamb 😊

[Alvoram]

Got our first gas bill for the pub since the rises today, look at the increase in rates... Hate to see the electricity bill. 

Who's up for a £15 pint at my place this winter? 😕 

She has some work to do, and quickly!

[steviewevie]

1 hour ago, crazyfool1 said:

How long do we give her ? Place your bets now 

2 decades.

[Crazyfool01]

At least Pritti has quit !!! Before she got sacked