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fraybentos1 Posted May 20 Report Share Posted May 20 1 hour ago, steviewevie said: Green surge etc They're going to win Bristol Central aren't they. I really hope that is Neil's seat lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewevie Posted May 20 Report Share Posted May 20 This infected blood scandal..growing up I knew two kids who were haemophiliacs and were infected with HIV+ though blood transfusion and died as young men. Flipping terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewevie Posted May 20 Report Share Posted May 20 Assange has won right to appeal against extradition to the US. I don't like him much, but this whole thing is ridiculous. Let the bloke go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted May 20 Report Share Posted May 20 3 hours ago, fraybentos1 said: Green surge etc They're going to win Bristol Central aren't they. I really hope that is Neil's seat lol not any more, cos I've moved, they're not going to win Bristol central, any more than they won Bristol west, which they also claimed they'd win, they also chucked loads of tax_avoided cash at trying to win it, and they don't have access to that tax_avoided cash any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted May 20 Report Share Posted May 20 1 hour ago, steviewevie said: Assange has won right to appeal against extradition to the US. I don't like him much, but this whole thing is ridiculous. Let the bloke go. the monkey turned it in to a circus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fraybentos1 Posted May 20 Report Share Posted May 20 17 minutes ago, steviewevie said: 😀 excellent Not to go all Neil on things but no way Greens get 7% in an actual UK election in scotland, they got 1% last time and barely stand in any seats If results were anything like that, Labour would absolutely clean up in the central belt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewevie Posted May 20 Report Share Posted May 20 1 minute ago, fraybentos1 said: 😀 excellent Not to go all Neil on things but no way Greens get 7% in an actual UK election in scotland, they got 1% last time and barely stand in any seats If results were anything like that, Labour would absolutely clean up in the central belt some of that SNP support might be going to Greens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraybentos1 Posted May 20 Report Share Posted May 20 Just now, steviewevie said: some of that SNP support might be going to Greens? No doubt yeah but in reality in an actual election using FPTP I doubt it holds up. Last time they only stood in 22 seats which is less than half. They lost their deposits in all of them. They might get 3 or 4 percent from people who will no longer vote SNP due to what's gone on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted May 20 Report Share Posted May 20 1 hour ago, fraybentos1 said: people who will no longer vote SNP due to what's gone on. isn't there a free motorhome holiday for every vote.:P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Neil Posted May 21 Report Share Posted May 21 labour councillor disqualified from being a councillor, cos shes a teacher at a council run schoool, she's not allowed to be a councillor(i didn't know that). https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/labour-councillor-disqualified-just-17-9295587 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewevie Posted May 21 Report Share Posted May 21 Boot camps are back. Yay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Interesting Posted May 21 Report Share Posted May 21 2 minutes ago, steviewevie said: Boot camps are back. Yay. I wonder what it will take for the penny to drop for some....................... that for decades the UK has not and never will have enough workers to do the work we need to be done. I loved an interview on BBC Politics Live where a Tory was asked if he would like someone forced to be a care worker looking after their parents............... their inability to even stumble to any sort of coherent reply was hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewevie Posted May 21 Report Share Posted May 21 4 minutes ago, Nobody Interesting said: I wonder what it will take for the penny to drop for some....................... that for decades the UK has not and never will have enough workers to do the work we need to be done. I loved an interview on BBC Politics Live where a Tory was asked if he would like someone forced to be a care worker looking after their parents............... their inability to even stumble to any sort of coherent reply was hilarious. Well the government may well get a big drop in immigration numbers and then next government will have to deal with a collapsing university sector and social care sector as a result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Interesting Posted May 21 Report Share Posted May 21 33 minutes ago, steviewevie said: Well the government may well get a big drop in immigration numbers and then next government will have to deal with a collapsing university sector and social care sector as a result. Don't forget rising unemployment and falling vacancies which has already started but will likely pick up pace in the next 12 months................. so will obviously not be the Tories fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewevie Posted May 21 Report Share Posted May 21 IMF saying UK economy doing better than expected...maybe polls will start to narrow if those Don't Knows feel they can trust the Tories again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted May 21 Report Share Posted May 21 2 hours ago, Nobody Interesting said: I wonder what it will take for the penny to drop for some....................... that for decades the UK has not and never will have enough workers to do the work we need to be done. I loved an interview on BBC Politics Live where a Tory was asked if he would like someone forced to be a care worker looking after their parents............... their inability to even stumble to any sort of coherent reply was hilarious. tories f**ked up skills training when they abolished the govt-funded old-school apprenticeship scheme in about 1985. just about every business large &small had trainees using the scheme (with the scheme paying most of the employment costs). stopping the scheme caused greater youth unemployment , and ultimately, the much greater costs of diverting that age cohort thru uni. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted May 21 Report Share Posted May 21 9 minutes ago, steviewevie said: IMF saying UK economy doing better than expected...maybe polls will start to narrow if those Don't Knows feel they can trust the Tories again. itll take a long time to feel any benefit from an improved economy, but also not likely to feel as personally prosperous as we felt before the cost of living crisis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewevie Posted May 21 Report Share Posted May 21 IMF have also said Jeremy Hunt has f**ked us with his NI cuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost Posted May 21 Report Share Posted May 21 4 hours ago, steviewevie said: IMF have also said Jeremy Hunt has f**ked us with his NI cuts. They want the hole plugged with charge by mile driving costs and broadening the VAT base. I wonder if Labour will listen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewevie Posted May 21 Report Share Posted May 21 Sue Gray's sh*t list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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