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[steviewevie]

1 minute ago, Crazyfool01 said:

oh 😞 bloody politics account 

Being reported elsewhere too. 

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[mattiloy]

2 hours ago, steviewevie said:

 

 

Watery shite. Nothing will change. Some innovative accountancy. Bonuses will become salary. Water companies will use the investment pot (if they dont just defer spending it until the next parliament) to pay related companies with the same directors, overcharge them and then pay them big fat dividends through that.

 

Steve Reed is an antisemitic idiot.

[steviewevie]

16 minutes ago, mattiloy said:

 

Watery shite. Nothing will change. Some innovative accountancy. Bonuses will become salary. Water companies will use the investment pot (if they dont just defer spending it until the next parliament) to pay related companies with the same directors, overcharge them and then pay them big fat dividends through that.

 

Steve Reed is an antisemitic idiot.

disgraceful to use antisemitism as a factional weapon.

[Crazyfool01]

23 minutes ago, mattiloy said:

 

Watery shite. Nothing will change. Some innovative accountancy. Bonuses will become salary. Water companies will use the investment pot (if they dont just defer spending it until the next parliament) to pay related companies with the same directors, overcharge them and then pay them big fat dividends through that.

 

Steve Reed is an antisemitic idiot.

Is nothing that they do good news ? There’s kind of a theme here ? 

[steviewevie]

5 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

Is nothing that they do good news ? There’s kind of a theme here ? 

only just noticed?

[mattiloy]

2 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

Is nothing that they do good news ? There’s kind of a theme here ? 

Sure. Very good to signal devolvement of further powers to the regions, appointed a good guy to lead the big nhs review in lord darzi, good that hilary benn has talked up the uk govts neutrality on norirish constitutional matters as per GFA.

 

But Steve Reed was always destined to be one of the least effective members of the government and so it goes. Water is one of the major issues of the day, and its amateur hour.

[Crazyfool01]

4 minutes ago, mattiloy said:

Sure. Very good to signal devolvement of further powers to the regions, appointed a good guy to lead the big nhs review in lord darzi, good that hilary benn has talked up the uk govts neutrality on norirish constitutional matters as per GFA.

 

But Steve Reed was always destined to be one of the least effective members of the government and so it goes. Water is one of the major issues of the day, and its amateur hour.

I’m taking the early changes around water as good news … ultimately you may be right but the last govt did jack sh*t to make any attempts for the better … this is at least a very early positive sign 

[mattiloy]

21 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

I’m taking the early changes around water as good news … ultimately you may be right but the last govt did jack sh*t to make any attempts for the better … this is at least a very early positive sign 

Fair dos. But I can tell you now that this wont change a thing. If this is the sum of their ambition, you can expect millions of gallons of sh*t still ending up in the waterways in 2029, bills higher, dividends still paid out.

 

Water supply is a natural monopoly. Nationalise it.

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, mattiloy said:

Fair dos. But I can tell you now that this wont change a thing. If this is the sum of their ambition, you can expect millions of gallons of sh*t still ending up in the waterways in 2029, bills higher, dividends still paid out.

 

Water supply is a natural monopoly. Nationalise it.

I agree there should be no profit in water at all ..... but it's still very very early days ... we dont know the sum of their ambition this is first steps id suggest , they wont want this being a visible problem at the next general election as it could be used as a very obvious thing to be targeted ... its visual 

[steviewevie]

They're going to need to build some new houses for all the prisoners getting released. Stick them in Waveney Valley I reckon.

[steviewevie]

1 minute ago, Crazyfool01 said:

I agree there should be no profit in water at all ..... but it's still very very early days ... we dont know the sum of their ambition this is first steps id suggest , they wont want this being a visible problem at the next general election as it could be used as a very obvious thing to be targeted ... its visual 

it would be bold if they nationalised water in their first week. 

(and expensive)

[steviewevie]

bit disappointed they haven't abolished private schools yet.

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and the royals, and house of lords

etc

[LJS]

1 hour ago, steviewevie said:

They're going to need to build some new houses for all the prisoners getting released. Stick them in Waveney Valley I reckon.

Could you not build a block of houses in the base of each Pylon?

[steviewevie]

Think the honeymoon just about lasted a week.

[steviewevie]

2.5% on defence or scrap 2 child benefit cap?

(or nationalise water?)

 

 

Edited July 11, 2024 by steviewevie

[steviewevie]

42 minutes ago, LJS said:

Could you not build a block of houses in the base of each Pylon?

Just build a f**king big prison there and stick a pylon on top

[Neil]

Reform mostly funded by a Muslim,

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/11/nigel-farage-stirs-tensions-in-reform-uk-as-he-ousts-deputies?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

it's like the Bristol greens being funded by a tax avoider. Or a previous green leader being outted as an active NIMBY.

Edited July 11, 2024 by Neil

[lazyred]

No top up charges for the NHS. it shouldn't need saying but it's good to hear it.

 

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/wes-streeting-health-nhs-review-reform-lbc-privatisation/

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I guess this was one of the reasons Sunak called that election.

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