news & politics:discussion

[Neil]

5 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

 

Couldn’t have put it better myself 

trollers of the world unite, no meaningful opinions of your own

[fred quimby]

17 minutes ago, Neil said:

for some reason the reporting is all about how many hours he flew for, when i know flights to California are quicker  than the reports, which suggests the 14 hours come from a harry press release.

Wonder if the horrible weather in California had an impact on that. No idea. Admit I have not looked at any reports just that he flew over

[Crazyfool01]

Just now, fred quimby said:

Wonder if the horrible weather in California had an impact on that. No idea. Admit I have not looked at any reports just that he flew over

He came to the U.K. for the better weather 

[fred quimby]

1 minute ago, Crazyfool01 said:

He came to the U.K. for the better weather 

😃

[Ryan1984]

9 hours ago, steviewevie said:

Anyone at this?

Holly Valance was!

[Guest]

 

[steviewevie]

1 hour ago, Ryan1984 said:

Holly Valance was!

Bloody hec, so she was. Popcons are so cool.

[Guest]

 

[Neil]

4 hours ago, stuie said:

So you’ve still got air miles on those of us that have only ever flown to Europe, your son takes double flights, while you plan to spend summer on your brothers yacht which costs £100k to fuel. The no flights logo is a bit rich don’t ya think? 

much as i'd like to spend all summer on the  yacht i'll be lucky if i get a single week in the summer - the owners will be using it in the summer, my bruv says i can maybe go in october, dependant on other use (owners&charters), and FYI  the no flights logo is good, cos boats don't fly.

[steviewevie]

what a f**kup. I wish Labour would reverse this one.

 

[Neil]

24 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

what a f**kup. I wish Labour would reverse this one.

 

won't be popular to reverse.hs/2 was generlly regarded as a huge waste of money its why there was only a wimper when it was scrapped.

[steviewevie]

3 minutes ago, Neil said:

won't be popular to reverse.hs/2 was generlly regarded as a huge waste of money its why there was only a wimper when it was scrapped.

even bigger waste of money if won't work properly...

[steviewevie]

 

[stuie]

52 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

 

Get in the bin, mate. 

[stuie]

1 hour ago, steviewevie said:

even bigger waste of money if won't work properly...

An even bigger waste of more than £28BN - should be Starmer's defence line. 

Why can't we spend £28BN on greening the country when you are spending more on a failed transport scheme and filling potholes? 

[Skip997]

10 minutes ago, stuie said:

Why can't we spend £28BN on greening the country when you are spending more on a failed transport scheme and filling potholes? 

Because it will annoy the fossil fuel lobby and the NIMBYs

[stuie]

4 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

Because it will annoy the fossil fuel lobby and the NIMBYs

Reaching net zero without annoying the fossil fuel lobby is impossible isn't it?  I guess we might as well just give up now. 

[Skip997]

3 minutes ago, stuie said:

Reaching net zero without annoying the fossil fuel lobby is impossible isn't it?  I guess we might as well just give up now. 

We really need to tell them to "do one", apply a serious and meaningful "windfall tax" on their obscene profits and get on with covering the country with wind turbines.

[steviewevie]

The problem with HS2 is how costs and delays escalated...which doesn't give me any confidence that we'll be able to reach any of these net zero goals. 

[steviewevie]

The Sun's Harry Cole reckons November election not happening as too close to US election, could be October.

[steviewevie]

...and also Tories have made a sh*t load from donations the last few months...so they can blitz us relentlessly with flip-flopping reckless spender friend of terrorists Starmer ads.

[fraybentos1]

Cracks between Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are starting to show - New Statesman (archive.ph)

 

summed up nicely in the new statesman

''I know you are probably tiring of the constant speculation over whether Labour will ditch its policy to invest £28bn a year in the green economy. I assure you that this is the leader of the opposition’s fault and not the media’s.''

[Guest]

3 hours ago, stuie said:

An even bigger waste of more than £28BN - should be Starmer's defence line. 

Why can't we spend £28BN on greening the country when you are spending more on a failed transport scheme and filling potholes? 

Because Sunak won that by-election in Uxbridge. 

[Guest]

This is awful!

[steviewevie]

18 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

This is awful!

yeah, heard that on radio on way into office. Sunak not having a great week, the Rwanda flight bet and now this.

Edited February 7, 2024 by steviewevie