news & politics:discussion

[steviewevie]

9 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Tory hustings is in Manchester tonight.

Apparently slagging off Burnham is the way to win over the crowd.

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[Ozanne]

Wow! 15 point lead for Labour!

[steviewevie]

Anyone else would be 20 points ahead by now.

etc

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[philipsteak]

11 hours ago, Ozanne said:

 

Labour have some good employment policies.

 

One of the few good things my company does is pay the full minimum wage to everyone.

[steviewevie]

 

[Ozanne]

Keir Starmer became leader of the Labour Party just after they had been decimated in the 2019 general election and heavily down in the polls; they are now 15 points clear in the latest YouGov poll. He’s done a great job so far and given Labour a good chance of winning the next general election.

[charlierc]

3 hours ago, steviewevie said:

 

I live near the train line served by Avanti and can't say I was terribly impressed by their operation even before this service cut, cancelling advance ticket sales or the news story this week of passengers having to climb over a fence to get out of a Lake District station as the staff had gone home before a near 2 hour late train arrived.

Maybe the huff began when I got on one of their trains from MK to London for the first time in a while a few months back, to find it more expensive than LNWR despite the latter also offering non stop services.

As for Shapps, it's sometimes almost like Chris Grayling never left.

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It's going to be loads more culture war with Truss...grim.

 

[Ozanne]

 

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[Ozanne]

28 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

 

Fuck me. Could it actually be happening!?

[steviewevie]

1 hour ago, Ozanne said:

Fuck me. Could it actually be happening!?

I wouldn't get too excited, election probably not for another couple of years, a lot could happen before then..

[steviewevie]

Genius

 

[Ozanne]

25 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

I wouldn't get too excited, election probably not for another couple of years, a lot could happen before then..

Stop. Raining. On. My. Parade. Jerk.

😉

[steviewevie]

36 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

Stop. Raining. On. My. Parade. Jerk.

😉

😄   Fair.

It is looking good for labour at moment, have to see what happens when Truss takes over...and how conference season goes.

 

Edited August 20, 2022 by steviewevie

[Ozanne]

Keir Starmer is my hero. 

[Ryan1984]

33 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

😄   Fair.

It is looking good for labour at moment, have to see what happens when Truss takes over...and how conference season goes.

 

Well, that anti-Beeb stunt on GBeebies has really whipped up the Social Media Right. They love that she’s “finally told the truth about the woke remoaning BBC”… Expect a huge boost if she carries on with that nonsense once she’s in the top job.

[clarkete]

3 hours ago, Ryan1984 said:

Well, that anti-Beeb stunt on GBeebies has really whipped up the Social Media Right. They love that she’s “finally told the truth about the woke remoaning BBC”… Expect a huge boost if she carries on with that nonsense once she’s in the top job.

If she does follow that route and ends up as "Boris without the charm" (what a title!)  then we're in for interesting times ahead, especially on top of the bleak midwinter. 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/20/tory-jitters-about-truss-she-will-just-come-across-as-boris-without-the-charm