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Everyone in the know is expecting Rishi to announce this very shortly.
OOPS
He's doing it right now
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Kier Starmer is trying to drown him out with music, he's not ready just yet ;D
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;D
Labour with a smallish majority is my guess.
God help us. ::)
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I was going to start a threadon "who are we voting for ?" but I cant remember how to add a poll.
Im sure there used to be an option for that. :-\
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;D
Labour with a smallish majority is my guess.
God help us. ::)
Look around you. It's already beyond God, even if he could be bothered to exist
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We used say when a Labour Govt got elected, Can the last person to leave Britain turn the lights out please?, but these days if the wind ain't blowing the lights won't be on anyway! :)
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I was going to start a threadon "who are we voting for ?" but I cant remember how to add a poll.
Im sure there used to be an option for that. :-\
There you go, Albs
But I doubt it will garner much interest
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Voted. :)
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Always said that Sunak was a bit wet.
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Tory MP,s are now trying to oust Sunak, replace him with someone else and then cancel the election.
They have a week to do it before Parliament is dissolved.
Cant see it working tbh, but I would like to see the little sh1t turfed out on his arse.
He is a waste of space, skin and fresh air.
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Tory MP,s are now trying to oust Sunak, replace him with someone else and then cancel the election.
They have a week to do it before Parliament is dissolved.
Cant see it working tbh, but I would like to see the little sh1t turfed out on his arse.
He is THEY are a waste of space, skin and fresh air.
Fixed that for you.
Electing a new leader is the real reason for the Conservative Party to exist, as it's the only thing they've accomplished or even been interested in for the last 10 years
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That may well be true, but I can say with confidence that Labour are going to be worse. They always are.
The Tories need to remind themselves what Conservatism is and return to the values of it. Otherwise they are a spent force imo.
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I have lost all interest in politics MPs seem to be either corrupt or paedophiles, we have just returned from Spain where we are buying a villa so will be spending time lounging in the sun & drinking cold beer certainly not worrying about what's happening on the UK.
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That may well be true, but I can say with confidence that Labour are going to be worse. They always are.
The Tories need to remind themselves what Conservatism is and return to the values of it. Otherwise they are a spent force imo.
We have living proof of that in Wales as well. ::)
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Net immigration figures out today of 685,000. :o :o :o :o
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Net immigration figures out today of 685,000. :o :o :o :o
A 10% drop from the year before:
Net migration to UK fell 10% last year, ONS says https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce99y7l741po
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Net immigration figures out today of 685,000. :o :o :o :o
A 10% drop from the year before:
Net migration to UK fell 10% last year, ONS says https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce99y7l741po
1.22 million arrivals.......roughly 530,000 departed. :(
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Net immigration figures out today of 685,000. :o :o :o :o
A 10% drop from the year before:
Net migration to UK fell 10% last year, ONS says https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce99y7l741po (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce99y7l741po)
Adding context to a big scary number? It will never catch on. Nobody wants to know that 685,000 in a population of 68million is a terrifying 1%....
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An important question is why July, and not closer to the deadline in December?
Is there some disaster the PM is expecting in December that he wants to dump on someone else?
Perhaps he's been offered a multi-million £ bung salary in a job where he doesn't have to face a critical public and justify a lack of results. A bit like the Tony Blair Institute
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An important question is why July, and not closer to the deadline in December?
Is there some disaster the PM is expecting in December that he wants to dump on someone else?
Perhaps he's been offered a multi-million £ bung salary in a job where he doesn't have to face a critical public and justify a lack of results. A bit like the Tony Blair Institute
I've been pondering this and wondering if there is some kind of 'black swan' event on it's way. ???
For example, we are more or less unofficially at war with Russia. Could that be an official state of affairs in a few months? :-\
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I'm guessing the 1922 committee had almost enough letters of intent to kick him out. Ask Graham Brady.
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Net immigration figures out today of 685,000. :o :o :o :o
A 10% drop from the year before:
Net migration to UK fell 10% last year, ONS says https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce99y7l741po (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce99y7l741po)
Adding context to a big scary number? It will never catch on. Nobody wants to know that 685,000 in a population of 68million is a terrifying 1%....
So in thirty, forty, or fifty years where does that leave us?.........bearing in mind where we already are regarding cultural change especially in our 3 largest cities London, Birmingham, and Manchester.
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Net immigration figures out today of 685,000. :o :o :o :o
A 10% drop from the year before:
Net migration to UK fell 10% last year, ONS says https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce99y7l741po (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce99y7l741po)
Adding context to a big scary number? It will never catch on. Nobody wants to know that 685,000 in a population of 68million is a terrifying 1%....
So in thirty, forty, or fifty years where does that leave us?.........bearing in mind where we already are regarding cultural change especially in our 3 largest cities London, Birmingham, and Manchester.
It leaves you dead :)
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Net immigration figures out today of 685,000. :o :o :o :o
A 10% drop from the year before:
Net migration to UK fell 10% last year, ONS says https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce99y7l741po (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce99y7l741po)
Adding context to a big scary number? It will never catch on. Nobody wants to know that 685,000 in a population of 68million is a terrifying 1%....
So in thirty, forty, or fifty years where does that leave us?.........bearing in mind where we already are regarding cultural change especially in our 3 largest cities London, Birmingham, and Manchester.
It leaves you dead :)
Quite possibly because I'll be 84 in fifty years from now, whereas you are already sitting comfortably in Gods waiting room, waiting for a tap on the shoulder from the big man upstairs. >:D 8)
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Rwanda flights are due to start taking off later in July, He knows it aint going to happen and that leaves him a dead duck PM whose party would get completely slaughtered in the polls a few months later.
Its damage limitation.
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1.22 million arrivals.......roughly 530,000 departed. :(
that is just the number of the 'on record' official count
how many snuck in while no one was counting :-\ :P ::) :(
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Net immigration figures out today of 685,000. :o :o :o :o
A 10% drop from the year before:
Net migration to UK fell 10% last year, ONS says https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce99y7l741po (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce99y7l741po)
Adding context to a big scary number? It will never catch on. Nobody wants to know that 685,000 in a population of 68million is a terrifying 1%....
So in thirty, forty, or fifty years where does that leave us?.........bearing in mind where we already are regarding cultural change especially in our 3 largest cities London, Birmingham, and Manchester.
Simple answer: we'll be dead ::)
A better answer requires a question: to get an idea of what's going on, what are the numbers over the last fifty years? The answer to that is they were pretty stable for thirty years from 1960, increasing slightly from 2000, doubling in 2022/3 and dropping again. That's an impressive spike, which must have a reason. Any ideas?
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Net immigration figures out today of 685,000. :o :o :o :o
A 10% drop from the year before:
Net migration to UK fell 10% last year, ONS says https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce99y7l741po (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce99y7l741po)
Adding context to a big scary number? It will never catch on. Nobody wants to know that 685,000 in a population of 68million is a terrifying 1%....
Well if you want context, 685,000 is not far short of the population of Bristol.
How many homes are there in Bristol?
How many Schools are there in Bristol?
How many GP surgeries are there in Bristol?
How many hospitals are there in Bristol?
Etc,etc,etc
If you abolished Bristol and dispersed all the Bristolians around the UK, no one would take much notice as it wouldn't have much impact on communities around the country, but do it year after year and people start to see the effects in their area.
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Net immigration figures out today of 685,000. :o :o :o :o
A 10% drop from the year before:
Net migration to UK fell 10% last year, ONS says https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce99y7l741po (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce99y7l741po)
Adding context to a big scary number? It will never catch on. Nobody wants to know that 685,000 in a population of 68million is a terrifying 1%....
Well if you want context, 685,000 is not far short of the population of Bristol.
How many homes are there in Bristol?
How many Schools are there in Bristol?
How many GP surgeries are there in Bristol?
How many hospitals are there in Bristol?
Etc,etc,etc
If you abolished Bristol and dispersed all the Bristolians around the UK, no one would take much notice as it wouldn't have much impact on communities around the country, but do it year after year and people start to see the effects in their area.
You only have to look at the problems not just here in blighty, but across Europe.
France has no end of problems, as does Germany. And just look at the problems in Sweden.
Ireland have also been given a kicking as they have such a small population.
Also...the figure of 685,000 is likely to be rounded up.
The previous year the figure was 606,000 before being rounded up to almost 750,000.
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Would it be unreasonable for anyone with a title was automatically legally unelectable?
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Sadly the Tories just seem to look shambolic , like they fully expect to lose and just can't be ars*d with the election , so many MPs not standing isn't a good sign for them .
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I think Rishi has finally lost his marbles. Military service or weekend volunteering for every 18 year old.....as if 😂😂
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It gives the media something to chatter about for a week, which means he doesnt actually have to conduct a proper election campaign or talk about the real issues.
Even if he did get elected, it would never happen and he must know it, unless he has genuinely gone mad.
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I think Rishi has finally lost his marbles. Military service or weekend volunteering for every 18 year old.....as if 😂😂
He'll have to get some of 'em out of bed first. ;)
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I think Rishi has finally lost his marbles. Military service or weekend volunteering for every 18 year old.....as if 😂😂
What a complete and utter clown show! ;D
They keep bringing this up though, which makes me wonder what is coming down the tracks? :-\
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I think Rishi has finally lost his marbles. Military service or weekend volunteering for every 18 year old.....as if 😂😂
What a complete and utter clown show! ;D
They keep bringing this up though, which makes me wonder what is coming down the tracks? :-\
It really doesn't matter what's coming down the tracks, most 18 year old would rather learn to speak Russian than get out of bed. ;D
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Who do you think you are kidding Mr. Sunak. :D
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Who do you think you are kidding Mr. Sunak. :D
Rishi would be more at home in it ain't half hot mum ;D
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;D ;D
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I think Rishi has finally lost his marbles. Military service or weekend volunteering for every 18 year old.....as if 😂😂
Maybe but it would be a good way for youngsters to know the right end of a gun. War is inevitable. Also a vote winner for scared p ensioners
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I think Rishi has finally lost his marbles. Military service or weekend volunteering for every 18 year old.....as if 😂😂
Maybe but it would be a good way for youngsters to know the right end of a gun. War is inevitable. Also a vote winner for scared p ensioners
Most youngsters in Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and, most definitely, London know exactly how a gun works.
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I'm guessing the 1922 committee had almost enough letters of intent to kick him out. Ask Graham Brady.
Ah yes, Sir Graham Brady chair of the 1922 Committee that got shot of Boris and manipulated Sunak into No 10. The Sir Graham Brady who is now standing down at the election, deserting the sinking ship that he helped blow a hole in. That Sir Graham Brady . .
https://www.itv.com/news/2024-05-24/full-list-of-the-119-mps-standing-down-at-the-general-election
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Just get rid of them all and put just two in the commons👍 husband and wife who have been married for decades with a few kids and know how to argue properly. Job done.
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Just get rid of them all and put just two in the commons👍 husband and wife who have been married for decades with a few kids and know how to argue properly. Job done.
Duck fat! They never get past arguing what wallpaper to put up FFS! ;D
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I think Rishi has finally lost his marbles. Military service or weekend volunteering for every 18 year old.....as if 😂😂
It's just another distraction from solutions to real problems, just like the asinine Rwanda deportations to stop illegal immigration. The howls of laughter mean the perpetrators can stand back and say 'we had a plan, but you vetoed it'.
I think it's likely that the Conservative party as a whole has no expectation of winning the election, so they're playing the same fantasy politics that the Lib-Dems have for years.
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So what actual policies do Labour have beyond screwing over the hardworking to the benefit of the fat and lazy :-\
SKS would be more credible as a potential PM if he was a baggage handler or bus driver. Although that's arguably true of all of them.
Reform is the domestic equivalent of the Leave campaign of Brexit.
Do the Lib Dems even exist?
The Tories, well, the 112 deserve what's coming, the rest are doing little to help their cause, or the country.
Basically we're going to end up with 400 or so independent MPs as the majority, united by the fact that they represent nothing.
Best case scenario is that we turn into Belgium, worst case we become part of China.
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Personally speaking, I will vote on my way to the US to enjoy the 4th in a country that has some actual pride in itself :-X
If nothing else, the ensuing hangover will help with the fallout that I will return to.
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Angela Rayner has been "cleared by the Police of any wrongdoing over her housing arrangements.
Must have been the same policw who cleared Starmer for breaking lockdown rules.
More importantly, thee ginger slapper was caught on camera in the last few days, speaking to Muslim elders and told them that "once we are in Govt. we will recognise the state of Palestine !
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I have never been so disinterested in an election, so much so I am actively avoiding news and reports on it!
No confidence in any of them, Roland Rat is a muppet and I would not trust Starmer to sweep my drive.
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I think its a similar story with most people. I expect a record low turnout.
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The Tory party will get a good kicking and deservedly so.
However, a vast number of voters are yet to be convinced by the constipated dullard Starmer.
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Angela Rayner has been "cleared by the Police of any wrongdoing over her housing arrangements.
Must have been the same policw who cleared Starmer for breaking lockdown rules.
More importantly, thee ginger slapper was caught on camera in the last few days, speaking to Muslim elders and told them that "once we are in Govt. we will recognise the state of Palestine !
The 'Muslim vote' handed Starmer a document with 18 demands saying, if he didn't agree to implement them, they would put up candidates against Labour.
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I have never been so disinterested in an election, so much so I am actively avoiding news and reports on it!
No confidence in any of them, Roland Rat is a muppet and I would not trust Starmer to sweep my drive.
Precisely my feelings too.
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They're all a bunch of corrupt useless cu**s.
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Angela Rayner has been "cleared by the Police of any wrongdoing over her housing arrangements.
Must have been the same policw who cleared Starmer for breaking lockdown rules.
More importantly, thee ginger slapper was caught on camera in the last few days, speaking to Muslim elders and told them that "once we are in Govt. we will recognise the state of Palestine !
The 'Muslim vote' handed Starmer a document with 18 demands saying, if he didn't agree to implement them, they would put up candidates against Labour.
The interesting thing about the meeting where she was begging the Muslim elders to vote Labour. While she was speaking to them they all looked at the walls because they wouldnt look at a Woman who was speaking to them.
This from the party of equality etc. etc.
They would sell their own granny for a vote. ::)
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Angela Rayner has been "cleared by the Police of any wrongdoing over her housing arrangements.
Must have been the same policw who cleared Starmer for breaking lockdown rules.
More importantly, thee ginger slapper was caught on camera in the last few days, speaking to Muslim elders and told them that "once we are in Govt. we will recognise the state of Palestine !
The 'Muslim vote' handed Starmer a document with 18 demands saying, if he didn't agree to implement them, they would put up candidates against Labour.
......and as the number rises so the demands will increase. Inevitable really.
The ginger growler has also tried to appeal to the Muslim community........or should that read appease rather than appeal.
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Angela Rayner has been "cleared by the Police of any wrongdoing over her housing arrangements.
Must have been the same policw who cleared Starmer for breaking lockdown rules.
More importantly, thee ginger slapper was caught on camera in the last few days, speaking to Muslim elders and told them that "once we are in Govt. we will recognise the state of Palestine !
The 'Muslim vote' handed Starmer a document with 18 demands saying, if he didn't agree to implement them, they would put up candidates against Labour.
The interesting thing about the meeting where she was begging the Muslim elders to vote Labour. While she was speaking to them they all looked at the walls because they wouldnt look at a Woman who was speaking to them.
This from the party of equality etc. etc.
They would sell their own granny for a vote. ::)
Yes she had a very diverse audience! ::)
Where were the gays, the trans, the intersex and the rest of the alphabet soup? ;D
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Angela Rayner has been "cleared by the Police of any wrongdoing over her housing arrangements.
Must have been the same policw who cleared Starmer for breaking lockdown rules.
More importantly, thee ginger slapper was caught on camera in the last few days, speaking to Muslim elders and told them that "once we are in Govt. we will recognise the state of Palestine !
The 'Muslim vote' handed Starmer a document with 18 demands saying, if he didn't agree to implement them, they would put up candidates against Labour.
......and as the number rises so the demands will increase. Inevitable really.
The ginger growler has also tried to appeal to the Muslim community........or should that read appease rather than appeal.
Yep she was bent over gagging for it👍
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We're in Crete at the moment with all the family, the more time we stay away from the UK the better, it's become an utter shithole & will only get worse. It's absolutely spotless where we are & people are happy & smiling.
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It has been discovered that our future Deputy PM (the ginger slapper) has a son (and his wife) who are porn stars on only fans. ;D
You can take the Chav out of the council estate....... ::)
https://order-order.com/2024/05/29/revealed-angela-rayners-porn-star-son/
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It has been discovered that our future Deputy PM (the ginger slapper) has a son (and his wife) who are porn stars on only fans. ;D
You can take the Chav out of the council estate....... ::)
https://order-order.com/2024/05/29/revealed-angela-rayners-porn-star-son/
That's getting sent to everyone I know :)
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When the media were asking her awkward questions about her past living arrangements a couple of weeks ago she complained bitterly about her families privacy being invaded.
Looks like they arent too bothered about privacy. Not even in the bedroom. ;D
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I was gonna vote just to get the useless current bint Ledsom out. But as she's stepping down now anyway, that opens all options again... ...although they are all equally pointless and full of shit.
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I would have assumed you would be voting Labour this time.
I will bet my pension that much of their efforts, once elected, will be put into lining us up to rejoin the EU, while all the time strongly denying that they have any intention of ever doing it.
If they get a second term, we will probably be back in. Their major problem will be how to get away with doing it without holding a referendum.
Blair will be pulling Starmers strings from day one. In fact he is almost certainly already pulling them.
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Meanwhil, would be working class hero and champion of all things green - Starmer - been forced to admit that he has been flying around the UK this week in a private jet. ::)
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I would have assumed you would be voting Labour this time.
I will bet my pension that much of their efforts, once elected, will be put into lining us up to rejoin the EU, while all the time strongly denying that they have any intention of ever doing it.
If they get a second term, we will probably be back in. Their major problem will be how to get away with doing it without holding a referendum.
Blair will be pulling Starmers strings from day one. In fact he is almost certainly already pulling them.
The thought dreaded me, but it was potentially on the cards to vote that way to get our current MP out :o. I mean, I'd potentially even vote for Reform to get her out, useless cow. Fortunately, not necessary now. Not that any replacement (from any party) will be any more use.
I can't see how we could rejoin the EU as it exists now without a referendum. If such a referendum happened, then the whole thing was a waste of time, as all what would have happened is the UK lost its privileges. I suspect another referendum would have a different outcome this time around, as even the most blinkered can see we are worse off than we were 5 years go, and we've seen none of the promised benefits. Not even a hint.
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Whilst conveniently ignoring the impact of TCV on the public purse.
We're better off than our primary competitors in Euroland, in spite of what the leftist media wants you to believe.
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Whilst conveniently ignoring the impact of TCV on the public purse.
We're better off than our primary competitors in Euroland, in spite of what the leftist media wants you to believe.
.. and it's not as if we'd sail back into membership without the EUrocrats getting their revenge. We'd have to sign up to the Euro, Schengen and who knows what else they'll invent that would never fly here? For better or worse, that door is now closed for a generation.
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Whilst conveniently ignoring the impact of TCV on the public purse.
We're better off than our primary competitors in Euroland, in spite of what the leftist media wants you to believe.
.. and it's not as if we'd sail back into membership without the EUrocrats getting their revenge. We'd have to sign up to the Euro, Schengen and who knows what else they'll invent that would never fly here? For better or worse, that door is now closed for a generation.
It doesn't stop the poor demented souls from bleating about it though. ;D
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Let’s hope the door is firmly shut on that. People need to get on with now not if this if that fairy tales
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For better or worse, that door is now closed for a generation.
What's what we thought for the Scots, but I bet as soon as July 5th, if the outcome is not clear cut, the SNP will do a coalition if they get another bash...
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Whilst conveniently ignoring the impact of TCV on the public purse.
We're better off than our primary competitors in Euroland, in spite of what the leftist media wants you to believe.
.. and it's not as if we'd sail back into membership without the EUrocrats getting their revenge. We'd have to sign up to the Euro, Schengen and who knows what else they'll invent that would never fly here? For better or worse, that door is now closed for a generation.
Never underestimate the deviousness of the Europhile movement. ;)
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Farage has U turned and decided to stand for election as an MP. Also taking over the leadership of Reform from Richard Tice. Oh dear, Rishi 😂
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I may have to move in with Brother in law for a month so I can cast my vote accordingly. :)
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It certainly changes things somewhat...
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Farage has U turned and decided to stand for election as an MP. Also taking over the leadership of Reform from Richard Tice. Oh dear, Rishi 😂
Yes....but I also believe Reform can also take a significant number of Labour votes in the north. I doubt the people from the former red wall will give the Tory party their vote again.
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So where does Reform stand on the US election?
I thought Farage was all for Trump?
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So where does Reform stand on the US election?
I thought Farage was all for Trump?
Reform can't stand in the US election! ::) :P ;D
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So where does Reform stand on the US election?
I thought Farage was all for Trump?
Largely irrelevant. Trump will do what he did last time and run the country with the best interest of the US in mind rather than the interests of the Biden and Obama families and secondly, the WEF.
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So where does Reform stand on the US election?
I thought Farage was all for Trump?
Reform can't stand in the US election! ::) :P ;D
Nor can our Nige, however much he might want to ;D
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Largely irrelevant?
I don’t think so. People vote on wider issues.
The way the US goes has a huge bearing on us here in Europe.
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But we go to the polls first. It's nearly six months until the next President elect is, er, elected. ;)
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So where does Reform stand on the US election?
I thought Farage was all for Trump?
Largely irrelevant. Trump will do what he did last time and run the country with the best interest of the US in mind rather than the interests of the Biden and Obama families and secondly, the WEF.
Hear hear👏🏿
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Ive just read on another forum that the Tories had some kind of election broadcast last night at 7pm.
They had footage of a Union flag fluttering - upside down ffs !
Says it all really. ::)
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Ive just read on another forum that the Tories had some kind of election broadcast last night at 7pm.
They had footage of a Union flag fluttering - upside down ffs !
Says it all really. ::)
There's no end of AI engineered shyte floating around, and very little of it is either genuine or accurate.
This might be even more of an issue than it was for Brexit or the last US election.
Basically ignore anything you see about the election and go with your instinct.
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Ive just read on another forum that the Tories had some kind of election broadcast last night at 7pm.
They had footage of a Union flag fluttering - upside down ffs !
Says it all really. ::)
It was very amateurish, just sound bites with pictures of Tory politicians being tŵats up and down the country, lots of big letters on screen and crap music. Oh, and an upside down union flag ;D
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Ive just read on another forum that the Tories had some kind of election broadcast last night at 7pm.
They had footage of a Union flag fluttering - upside down ffs !
Says it all really. ::)
It was very amateurish, just sound bites with pictures of Tory politicians being tŵats up and down the country, lots of big letters on screen and crap music. Oh, and an upside down union flag ;D
Pretty similar to the Leftie ones then ;D
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They’re all shitheads
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;D ;D
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Clacton is known locally as Cracktown on sea. Its an absolute dump of a place, although some of the surrounding areas are nice.
We had a wander around Clacton for an hour about a year ago.
There seemed to be two main groups of people who hang around the town. The drug addicts and the alcoholics.
A shame but probably not untypical of seaside towns whose heyday is long gone.
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Ive just read on another forum that the Tories had some kind of election broadcast last night at 7pm.
They had footage of a Union flag fluttering - upside down ffs !
Says it all really. ::)
There's no end of AI engineered shyte floating around, and very little of it is either genuine or accurate.
This might be even more of an issue than it was for Brexit or the last US election.
Basically ignore anything you see about the election and go with your instinct.
That sums up the real problem with politics - the encouragement to make important decisions using emotion instead of reason. It also explains how each faction can use the same simple fact to justify diametrically opposed policies.
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Clacton is known locally as Cracktown on sea. Its an absolute dump of a place, although some of the surrounding areas are nice.
We had a wander around Clacton for an hour about a year ago.
There seemed to be two main groups of people who hang around the town. The drug addicts and the alcoholics.
A shame but probably not untypical of seaside towns whose heyday is long gone.
When Net Zero really lands on us with the legally binding 'carbon budgets' imposed by the all powerful and completely unaccountable Climate Change Committee, and cheap holiday flights are banned, those seaside town heydays might come back if people can't jet off to Shagaluf for their week in the sun. :)
That's if they're even allowed out of their 15 minute city. :-X
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Saw what is probably a 7 minute on social media. Horrible block of flats housing 20,000 folk with everything they need on site. What a truly horrible existence.
I think you are right about seaside towns renaissance . Those with families could do worse than snap up property in an unloved seaside town as an inheritance.
It can’t be long before someone spots the lunacy of holiday makers flying out to then catch a cruise. Maybe you could cycle to work for a year to earn carbon etc credits for two weeks of mass pollution.
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Maybe you could cycle to work for a year to earn carbon etc credits for two weeks of mass pollution.
.... it'd be time to set off to work again by the time I got home ..... I'd have to stop over, it wouldn't be worth coming back home! ;D ;D
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There you are . You need the 15 minute city! ;D
We would just have to go hungry
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There you are . You need the 15 minute city! ;D
;D ;D ;D
We would just have to go hungry
Does anyone still buy Heinz Beanz considering how expensive they are compared to other & own brands? :-\ :-\
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There you are . You need the 15 minute city! ;D
;D ;D ;D
We would just have to go hungry
Does anyone still buy Heinz Beanz considering how expensive they are compared to other & own brands? :-\ :-\
Yes, I do.
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and so you should as they are the only ones that taste right!
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There you are . You need the 15 minute city! ;D
;D ;D ;D
We would just have to go hungry
Does anyone still buy Heinz Beanz considering how expensive they are compared to other & own brands? :-\ :-\
Yes, I do.[/highlight]
The only beans I actually avoid are Heinz beanz.
Ridiculously expensive soggy tasteless shite.
Lidl, Aldi, and Tesco beanz are what us poor people eat at about 35p a tin. :)
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https://youtu.be/GUkWeVEXFcU?feature=shared (https://youtu.be/GUkWeVEXFcU?feature=shared)
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There you are . You need the 15 minute city! ;D
;D ;D ;D
We would just have to go hungry
Does anyone still buy Heinz Beanz considering how expensive they are compared to other & own brands? :-\ :-\
Well yes. Local Spanish supermarkets stock them but the price is astronomical. Enough is enough. We buy the Spanish brand which are surprisingly good.but for a treat I buy a jar or beans and drain them and create my own sauce………….
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Far too much sugar in them for my liking. Rarely eat beans anyway, just junk food imo.
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(https://i.postimg.cc/hvj93VrK/2cheeks.jpg)
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Brilliant. :y ;D
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Ive just read on another forum that the Tories had some kind of election broadcast last night at 7pm.
They had footage of a Union flag fluttering - upside down ffs !
Says it all really. ::)
There's no end of AI engineered shyte floating around, and very little of it is either genuine or accurate.
This might be even more of an issue than it was for Brexit or the last US election.
Basically ignore anything you see about the election and go with your instinct.
That sums up the real problem with politics - the encouragement to make important decisions using emotion instead of reason. It also explains how each faction can use the same simple fact to justify diametrically opposed policies.
That's the thing, if you can't trust whatever is being presented what else do you have?
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Instead of an election can't we the public have a vote of no confidence and see who gets the least votes?
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Labour agreed their manifesto a couple of hours ago.
Unite have already refused to endorse it. They will have to rewrite the script. ::)
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To be fair Lab/Con/Lib, they have never done anything good I would say for many years let’s give Reform a chance👍 how the fu(k could they be any worse??
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https://youtu.be/GUkWeVEXFcU?feature=shared (https://youtu.be/GUkWeVEXFcU?feature=shared)
:-[
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To be fair Lab/Con/Lib, they have never done anything good I would say for many years let’s give Reform a chance👍 how the fu(k could they be any worse??
Same cheeks of the same arse (if you had 3 arse cheeks!) you could probably not do any worse than that shower even if you tried, it's obvious their paymasters aren't the British electorate, more likely Klaus "anal" Schwab!
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Indeed at least it would probably expose some of the parasites
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Labour agreed their manifesto a couple of hours ago.
Unite have already refused to endorse it. They will have to rewrite the script. ::)
Probably not enough tax and spend in it! ;D
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Was that Uncle STEMO chucking stones at Farage in Barnsley today? :o ;D
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I'm really looking forward to all the marvellous things that are in store for us , once we have a new PM we won't believe how lucky we are.. what a load of absolute shite they're all promising. 😂
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Was that Uncle STEMO chucking stones at Farage in Barnsley today? :o ;D
The stone chucker was about 80 years younger than your uncle......and he didn't have a whippet. :)
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I saw Bill Nighty looking most dapper on the front of a paper today and thought for a moment he was running for PM...
That may have been an improvement over the other options.
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poor under privileged Rishi not having had SKY telly when he was a kid. I've only had SKY for a year .... not for the telly but for their interweb.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2qql1wk794o
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I saw Bill Nighty looking most dapper on the front of a paper today and thought for a moment he was running for PM...
That may have been an improvement over the other options.
Who's he? ::) Is that Bill Nighy when he's ready for bed? ;) ;)
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poor under privileged Rishi not having had SKY telly when he was a kid. I've only had SKY for a year .... not for the telly but for their interweb.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2qql1wk794o
I'm not Sunak's biggest fan as I think he's done some stupid things whilst Chancellor and PM, like jacking up Corporation Tax for example. ::)
However... These constant digs about his wealth do get on my tits, as yes his parents sent him to a top private school, but they are exactly the type that will get clobbered with Labour's VAT raid on private schools. As I understand it his dad was a GP and his Mum was a Pharmacist, so while probably 'comfortable', not exactly super wealthy, and Winchester Colleges fees were probably a stretch for them.
It turned out to be a good investment as young Rishi went on to forge a successful career in banking and finance and obviously made a lot of cash in his own right. Good for him! :y
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poor under privileged Rishi not having had SKY telly when he was a kid. I've only had SKY for a year .... not for the telly but for their interweb.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2qql1wk794o
I'm not Sunak's biggest fan as I think he's done some stupid things whilst Chancellor and PM, like jacking up Corporation Tax for example. ::)
However... These constant digs about his wealth do get on my tits, as yes his parents sent him to a top private school, but they are exactly the type that will get clobbered with Labour's VAT raid on private schools. As I understand it his dad was a GP and his Mum was a Pharmacist, so while probably 'comfortable', not exactly super wealthy, and Winchester Colleges fees were probably a stretch for them.
It turned out to be a good investment as young Rishi went on to forge a successful career in banking and finance and obviously made a lot of cash in his own right. Good for him! :y
a bit more than comfortable I would say if the average GP's salary is £92k .... though as you say, college fees would be considerable.
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poor under privileged Rishi not having had SKY telly when he was a kid. I've only had SKY for a year .... not for the telly but for their interweb.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2qql1wk794o
I'm not Sunak's biggest fan as I think he's done some stupid things whilst Chancellor and PM, like jacking up Corporation Tax for example. ::)
However... These constant digs about his wealth do get on my tits, as yes his parents sent him to a top private school, but they are exactly the type that will get clobbered with Labour's VAT raid on private schools. As I understand it his dad was a GP and his Mum was a Pharmacist, so while probably 'comfortable', not exactly super wealthy, and Winchester Colleges fees were probably a stretch for them.
It turned out to be a good investment as young Rishi went on to forge a successful career in banking and finance and obviously made a lot of cash in his own right. Good for him! :y
a bit more than comfortable I would say if the average GP's salary is £92k .... though as you say, college fees would be considerable.
I would say £92K was just a 'comfortable' salary today, especially if there is only a single earner.
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I would say £92K was just a 'comfortable' salary today, especially if there is only a single earner.
I don't go short myself .... but as SWMBO only works 14 hours a week, I wouldn't mind being paid a comfortable salary ::)
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I wouldnt mind being paid half a comfortable salary, and I am a single earner in the house. ::)
I do agree about the annoyance of media banging on about Rishis money though.
Especially when they claim he s a billionaire. His father in law is one, but that doesnt make him one. ::)
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but my point wasn't about money/salary, it was the fact that Rishi thought that going without SKY telly was a big thing! ;D
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I wouldnt mind being paid half a comfortable salary, and I am a single earner in the house. ::)
I do agree about the annoyance of media banging on about Rishis money though.
Especially when they claim he s a billionaire. His father in law is one, but that doesnt make him one. ::)
It's like he committed a cardinal sin for marrying a girl from a wealthy family FFS! >:(
I despise the envy, bitterness and hatred that people have in this country towards wealthy people. The country would quickly collapse if they left and took their money with them. ::)
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I saw Bill Nighty looking most dapper on the front of a paper today and thought for a moment he was running for PM...
That may have been an improvement over the other options.
Who's he? ::) Is that Bill Nighy when he's ready for bed? ;) ;)
;D
He'd probably wear a three piece suit for that too :D
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I saw Bill Nighty looking most dapper on the front of a paper today and thought for a moment he was running for PM...
That may have been an improvement over the other options.
Who's he? ::) Is that Bill Nighy when he's ready for bed? ;) ;)
;D
He'd probably wear a three piece suit for that too :D
;D ;D ;D
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I wouldnt mind being paid half a comfortable salary, and I am a single earner in the house. ::)
I do agree about the annoyance of media banging on about Rishis money though.
Especially when they claim he s a billionaire. His father in law is one, but that doesnt make him one. ::)
It's like he committed a cardinal sin for marrying a girl from a wealthy family FFS! >:(
I despise the envy, bitterness and hatred that people have in this country towards wealthy people. The country would quickly collapse if they left and took their money with them. ::)
I think that's what we'd all be happy with. :D
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I wouldnt mind being paid half a comfortable salary, and I am a single earner in the house. ::)
I do agree about the annoyance of media banging on about Rishis money though.
Especially when they claim he s a billionaire. His father in law is one, but that doesnt make him one. ::)
I'm guessing you have a good military pension as well.
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Me ? Military ? :o
Im assuming theres a punchline to come ? ;D
No pension of any kind so far. Im planning to work until 70, then work and state pension will hopefully pay the bills and leave some for buying spanners Im too old to use. ;D
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Me ? Military ? :o
Im assuming theres a punchline to come ? ;D
No pension of any kind so far. Im planning to work until 70, then work and state pension will hopefully pay the bills and leave some for buying spanners Im too old to use. ;D
Sorry, Albs, that was for Andy Beanz :-[
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Sorry, Albs, that was for Andy Beanz :-[
my Navy pension will be neither here nor there .... £3500ish per year IIRC the last time I looked.
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Sorry, Albs, that was for Andy Beanz :-[
my Navy pension will be neither here nor there .... £3500ish per year IIRC the last time I looked.
That's not much! How long did you serve?
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When I served in the army (only for six years), if you started at 18 and retired at 40, so 22 years, you'd retire on about two thirds of your pay, plus a lump sum. In your last year of service, you could take up the offer of training for a new career.
I believe the pension is nowhere near as much now.
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Pension, what pension. :-X
I live hand to mouth while all you coffin dodgers are living the life of a wealthy playboy. :)
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Me ? Military ? :o
Im assuming theres a punchline to come ? ;D
No pension of any kind so far. Im planning to work until 70, then work and state pension will hopefully pay the bills and leave some for buying spanners Im too old to use. ;D
My grandfather did this which in turn allowed him a larger pension. :y
He was dead and gone well before his 71st birthday. ::) :-X
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Pension, what pension. :-X
I live hand to mouth while all you coffin dodgers are living the life of a wealthy playboy. :)
Glad you're finally admitting that you're old enough to draw a pension.
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Pension, what pension. :-X
I live hand to mouth while all you coffin dodgers are living the life of a wealthy playboy. :)
Glad you're finally admitting that you're old enough to draw a pension.
I'm speaking of a private pension that I do not have.
It's food banks and sleeping under a bush for me. ::)
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Pension, what pension. :-X
I live hand to mouth while all you coffin dodgers are living the life of a wealthy playboy. :)
I think I'll sell up and exile myself in Thailand and live like a king! :y
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Pension, what pension. :-X
I live hand to mouth while all you coffin dodgers are living the life of a wealthy playboy. :)
I think I'll sell up and exile myself in Thailand and live like a king! :y
Sounds like a plan. :y
Beware of ladyboys though, especially if you've been enjoying too much of the local brew. :)
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Pension, what pension. :-X
I live hand to mouth while all you coffin dodgers are living the life of a wealthy playboy. :)
I think I'll sell up and exile myself in Thailand and live like a king! :y
Sounds like a plan. :y
Beware of ladyboys though, especially if you've been enjoying too much of the local brew. :)
Yes they are much more convincing than the caucasian versions that's for sure. ::)
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Reform have overtaken the Tories in the latest poll on YouTube.
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Reform have overtaken the Tories in the latest poll on YouTube.
So a vote for the Tories is a vote for Labour? :)
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(https://i.postimg.cc/yN9YBjw7/yougov-poll-12-13june.jpg)
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https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/49735-reform-now-1pt-ahead-of-the-tories-although-this-is-still-within-the-margin-of-error
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Sorry, Albs, that was for Andy Beanz :-[
my Navy pension will be neither here nor there .... £3500ish per year IIRC the last time I looked.
That's not much! How long did you serve?
Not long .... about 8 & half years. Seemed a long time at the time though.
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A vote for reform is the only sensible option in my view.. we know fully well what the other two shit parties are like👍👍
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https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/49537-faqs-about-yougovs-2024-general-election-mrp-model
I wouldn't take any stock in that 'poll'. It's exceptionally easy to manipulate... The only need to survey 35 people in each constituency... Ask 100 people in a Labour seat and 35 in a Tory/other seat and that will easily produce the graphics shown :-X
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A vote for reform is the only sensible option in my view.. we know fully well what the other two shit parties are like👍👍
Indeed. Both globalists.
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Is anyone watching the party election broadcast for reform? ;D ;D
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Britain is Broken
Britain Needs Reform
That was it, on the screen for five minutes
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Well it’s true, what more do they need to say? At least they are not l telling a pile of lies like the rest of the cu!ts
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Well it’s true, what more do they need to say? At least they are not l telling a pile of lies like the rest of the cu!ts
You do know, Rae, that reform will probably get one MP, Nigel Farage, and by diluting the Tory vote will enable a landslide for Labour.
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I remember clearly in previous general elections, they would say if you don't vote Conservative, you'll get Labour.
I fell for it, I admit. What did we get? A bunch of immature halfwits who couldn't care less about the country and drove it into despair and debt — exactly what Labour would have done. Con/Lab are two sides of the same globalist backside.
I won't get fooled again.
At least Reform will break the two-party establishment. That can only be a bit better for the future. :y
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I fully agree. :y
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Yes Stemo that could possibly be the case but I think you should vote for what you want, there is no way in hell I’ll give my vote to any of the other bastards I don’t fu!king like them👍
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Yes Stemo that could possibly be the case but I think you should vote for what you want, there is no way in hell I’ll give my vote to any of the other bastards I don’t fu!king like them👍
That's fair enough, and the correct way of looking at things. But people seem to be getting carried away by the thought of Reform gaining lots of seats and actually having a say. That's a long way off. With our first past the post system, even 30% of the national vote can get you nowhere. Ask the Lib Dem's.
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Yes unfortunately I know that, we need change though and unless people come together and vote for what they want overwhelmingly, things will probably stay the same🙁 although they will most likely find a way to fk us over anyway 🤬
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This made me laugh! ;D
(https://i.postimg.cc/jS5nGZQg/Farage-BLM.jpg)
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Read through the Reform proposals today...
Pretty much agree the whole thing is pretty reasonable, although there are elements in the crime part that rings of Germany in the mid thirties. Not the policies so much as an undertone. Trouble is, in the face of alternatives, it's all very reasonable :-\
My local Tory MP has held a reasonable account of himself thus far, however Reform have a candidate standing and one of my neighbours has a Labour sign up.
Point being, The Conservative party has had a good opportunity to do things but have really dropped the ball since the last election... I know TCV really f*cked over everyone but they've undone all the work post New Labours' clusterf*ck.
Normally I would vote Conservative, and I wouldn't Vote Labour as long as I have a hole in my arse... LimpDems/SDP/Greens are all a waste of fresh air and serve no real purpose.
Which only leaves one actual choice and inspite of my initial reservation, this shit sandwich does at least come with ketchup, mayo AND onion rings.
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Indeed and as you say, reasonable, or at least as reasonable as, and more I’d say than the the rest of the w@nkers, I think Farage while no demigod has good intentions and will try to keep his word. He gets my vote👍
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This made me laugh! ;D
(https://i.postimg.cc/jS5nGZQg/Farage-BLM.jpg)
This reminds me when the living dead corpse known as Nancy Pelosi (along with a bunch of other woke democrats) took the knee in honour of George Floyd.
She couldn't get back up again without help.... ;D ;D >:D
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This is quite a long read from @admcollingwood on X, but I think it's a good analysis of what Labour might do if they win the election. :y
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1803104439697313995.html
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This is quite a long read from @admcollingwood on X, but I think it's a good analysis of what Labour might do if they win the election. :y
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1803104439697313995.html
I think you mean when they win the election
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This is quite a long read from @admcollingwood on X, but I think it's a good analysis of what Labour might do if they win the election. :y
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1803104439697313995.html
I think you mean when they win the election
Yes you're right, but I live in hope that Labour will mess it all up before July 4th. ::)
It's bizarre that the British people seem so hell bent on punishing the Tories that they haven't reallly considered how bad the alternative might be. We're sleep walking into disaster in my opinion. :(
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This is quite a long read from @admcollingwood on X, but I think it's a good analysis of what Labour might do if they win the election. :y
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1803104439697313995.html
I think you mean when they win the election
Yes you're right, but I live in hope that Labour will mess it all up before July 4th. ::)
It's bizarre that the British people seem so hell bent on punishing the Tories that they haven't reallly considered how bad the alternative might be. We're sleep walking into disaster in my opinion. :(
There is the potential for things to get completely out of control.
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Stop the boats ? what were the figures from yesterday , 800
asylum seekers , economic migrants ? trust us with security , the Tories seem hell bent on self destruction , shambolic is the only word for them :(
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Almost 900 actually. ;)
The one thing Labour wil do, without a doubt, is to start the process of taking us back into the EU.
They will deny they are doing it. The line will be its to have good friendly relations etc.
If they win a second term they will move heaven and earth to take us back in during that term.
Also, I give it two years before they start raiding our private pension pots again, just like Gormless Brown did. :'(
They will more than likely make people who work beyond state pension age pay national insurance, and of course Im 16 months away from my pension age, but planning on working until Im 70, at least in part due to the big chunk of my pension they robbed last time they got the chance. >:(
Theres no stopping it happening though. Its a foregone conclusion.
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Here's the thing...
Have spent a few pints with a lifelong Labour supporter (who has a degree in American Studies) and a life long Conservative voter who is adamant that he will vote labour.
I don't claim to be politically motivated, but I know what I have seen over the years and I trust my instinct on it even if I don't fully understand why I think what I think.
My initial response to the poll was to vote Conservative. My instinct is to stand by that, and here's why...
My local MP has held a reasonable account of himself, and whilst he is a a Conservative candidate, he personally has some merit. So, as my parliamentary representative, he deserves to carry on as such.
I cannot ignore the niggling bells from reading the Reform manifesto that it wouldn't be out of place in 1930s Germany or Austria, very reasonable but with distinct undertones. And that doesn't sit well.
I will never vote for Labour, ever because I know that I am not a Socialist or Communist. And as long as they seek to play Robin Hood, they will achieve nothing positive. Especially whilst they live the high life whilst claiming to represent the working classes.
I may not be a particularly successful capitalist, but I appreciate the concept agree with it fundamentally. I work for what I have and begrudge paying to support those who rip the arse out of the system simply because it's there.
In short, whilst the Tories deserve a damn good shit kicking, and management change, I will vote for my Conservative candidate based on his form rather than an unknown and unproven band wagon subscriber. Put another way, were he to stand as an independent, I would still vote for him.
Take a closer look at the Reform press images... For an unelected bunch, they've some smug tinkers in their front ranks.
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Comparing Reform to the Nazis is beyond ludicrous. :o
If your MP is a good constituency MP then I would vote for him by all means. Thats what its supposed to be about after all. Its just that many of them seem to forget that small fact.
Personally I think that anyone who votes Labour for any reason needs to have a serious talk with themselves, or get put on stronger meds.
Most who vote Labour wont really be supporting them, but determined to get rid of the current lot.
As much as anything because theyve just been there too long, and not done much good while they were there.
We are about to get a Govt. that very few people actually want.
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Indeed the voting system is out of touch with reality
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Comparing Reform to the Nazis is beyond ludicrous. :o
If your MP is a good constituency MP then I would vote for him by all means. Thats what its supposed to be about after all. Its just that many of them seem to forget that small fact.
Personally I think that anyone who votes Labour for any reason needs to have a serious talk with themselves, or get put on stronger meds.
Most who vote Labour wont really be supporting them, but determined to get rid of the current lot.
As much as anything because theyve just been there too long, and not done much good while they were there.
We are about to get a Govt. that very few people actually want.
Not suggesting that they are the Nazi Party, just that I sensed an undertone to some of the phrasing within parts of their manifesto that doesn't sit right for me. I can't quite put a finger on it, but equally I can't ignore it ;)
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Try harder 👍😁