The Politics Thread

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Who will you be voting for?

Labour
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41%
Conservatives
12
38%
Liberal Democrats
2
6%
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
0
No votes
Green Party
3
9%
Plaid Cymru
0
No votes
Other
1
3%
Planet Hobo
1
3%
 
Total votes: 32

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Hoboh » Mon Oct 07, 2024 8:38 pm

Only just stopped laughing after watching Reforms party political broadcast :lol:
Got to be the best ever produced :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Worthy4England » Tue Oct 08, 2024 9:07 am

Policy free, playground name calling, for the easy pleased. Like pretty much everything else Farage has done.

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by boltonboris » Tue Oct 08, 2024 4:14 pm

Worthy4England wrote:
Tue Oct 08, 2024 9:07 am
Policy free, playground name calling, for the easy pleased. Like pretty much everything else Farage has done.
I watch US College Football on YouTube. The Republicans have an advert on air, at prime time that is nothing but an Anti-Trans tirade. How it's been aired is beyond me - "Don't let these people brainwash our kids" etc. It's fvckin awful

But this is the world we live in now. Nobody cares what you have to say about yourself, it's all about making other people look like shit
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Hoboh » Tue Oct 08, 2024 4:53 pm

Worthy4England wrote:
Tue Oct 08, 2024 9:07 am
Policy free, playground name calling, for the easy pleased. Like pretty much everything else Farage has done.
Ohhh, truth hurts?

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Worthy4England » Tue Oct 08, 2024 6:09 pm

Hoboh wrote:
Tue Oct 08, 2024 4:53 pm
Worthy4England wrote:
Tue Oct 08, 2024 9:07 am
Policy free, playground name calling, for the easy pleased. Like pretty much everything else Farage has done.
Ohhh, truth hurts?
The case for the defence rests, with a ner, ner, na, ner, ner.

Farage forgot his freebies from Aaron Banks, Richard Harborne and spending office funding on campaigning, has he?

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Prufrock » Wed Oct 09, 2024 3:44 pm

They'll need to be calling him two-term Keir now.

The mad, mad, bastards.
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That it's going to lose its mind
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Worthy4England » Wed Oct 09, 2024 4:25 pm

Prufrock wrote:
Wed Oct 09, 2024 3:44 pm
They'll need to be calling him two-term Keir now.

The mad, mad, bastards.
Feels like a race between, Reform and Conservative to pick out who'll be the competition, to Labour. 5 years time, it might not be the Tories.

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Hoboh » Wed Oct 09, 2024 7:27 pm

Prufrock wrote:
Wed Oct 09, 2024 3:44 pm
They'll need to be calling him two-term Keir now.

The mad, mad, bastards.
He's already blown that mate, won't be long before certain groups in his party set off removing him, more so if Robbers budget goes down as expected, then labours chances will fade away.

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Hoboh » Wed Oct 09, 2024 7:31 pm

Worthy4England wrote:
Tue Oct 08, 2024 6:09 pm
Hoboh wrote:
Tue Oct 08, 2024 4:53 pm
Worthy4England wrote:
Tue Oct 08, 2024 9:07 am
Policy free, playground name calling, for the easy pleased. Like pretty much everything else Farage has done.
Ohhh, truth hurts?
The case for the defence rests, with a ner, ner, na, ner, ner.

Farage forgot his freebies from Aaron Banks, Richard Harborne and spending office funding on campaigning, has he?
I see Khan and Pixie Balls are in the firing line now, pressuring the MET for blue light escorts for Swifty. Apparently that's were the freebie tickets came from :lol:

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Worthy4England » Wed Oct 09, 2024 11:21 pm

Hoboh wrote:
Wed Oct 09, 2024 7:31 pm
Worthy4England wrote:
Tue Oct 08, 2024 6:09 pm
Hoboh wrote:
Tue Oct 08, 2024 4:53 pm
Worthy4England wrote:
Tue Oct 08, 2024 9:07 am
Policy free, playground name calling, for the easy pleased. Like pretty much everything else Farage has done.
Ohhh, truth hurts?
The case for the defence rests, with a ner, ner, na, ner, ner.

Farage forgot his freebies from Aaron Banks, Richard Harborne and spending office funding on campaigning, has he?
I see Khan and Pixie Balls are in the firing line now, pressuring the MET for blue light escorts for Swifty. Apparently that's were the freebie tickets came from :lol:
So nowt to say about Farage's hypocracy, then? Thought not.

As "elites go," no shade around Banks, Harborne and Farage is there? Men of the people.

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by BWFC_Insane » Thu Oct 10, 2024 9:13 am

Reform can’t win the next election they simply don’t have the broad appeal across the groups in the electorate they need. They could force a hung parliament.

However I’m relatively confident Labour will win now next time round as the Tories have resisted a solid candidate for one (whoever it is) who is scrabbling around in the same desperate pool of populism as reform. Which means the right is split in terms of the votes it is fighting for.

Labour will need to ride out two or three tough years but if they change the fiscal rules to allow for greater investment and get the economy moving via their growth fund and shove the proceeds into public services the situation in 5 years against the opposition they face still favours them. But lots can and will happen in 5 years of course.

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Abdoulaye's Twin » Thu Oct 10, 2024 2:59 pm

Chances of Jenrick or Badenoch making it to the next GE is probably fairly slim.

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by BWFC_Insane » Thu Oct 10, 2024 3:52 pm

Abdoulaye's Twin wrote:
Thu Oct 10, 2024 2:59 pm
Chances of Jenrick or Badenoch making it to the next GE is probably fairly slim.
Very true. Which was my ‘lots can happen’ in 5 years.

Mordaunt returns as an MP and becomes leader…I’d not be very confident for Labour in that scenario, at all.

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Abdoulaye's Twin » Thu Oct 10, 2024 4:17 pm

BWFC_Insane wrote:
Thu Oct 10, 2024 3:52 pm
Abdoulaye's Twin wrote:
Thu Oct 10, 2024 2:59 pm
Chances of Jenrick or Badenoch making it to the next GE is probably fairly slim.
Very true. Which was my ‘lots can happen’ in 5 years.

Mordaunt returns as an MP and becomes leader…I’d not be very confident for Labour in that scenario, at all.
Lets hope Labour stop making stupid errors and actually do something useful over the next few years. It wont then matter who the Tories try to inflict upon us then :)

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Hoboh » Thu Oct 10, 2024 4:54 pm

Abdoulaye's Twin wrote:
Thu Oct 10, 2024 4:17 pm
BWFC_Insane wrote:
Thu Oct 10, 2024 3:52 pm
Abdoulaye's Twin wrote:
Thu Oct 10, 2024 2:59 pm
Chances of Jenrick or Badenoch making it to the next GE is probably fairly slim.
Very true. Which was my ‘lots can happen’ in 5 years.

Mordaunt returns as an MP and becomes leader…I’d not be very confident for Labour in that scenario, at all.
Lets hope Labour stop making stupid errors and actually do something useful over the next few years. It wont then matter who the Tories try to inflict upon us then :)
They won't stop making stupid mistakes under free gear, you only need to look at the idiots sat around the cabinet table to see that.
I'll stick to what I said pre-election, there is virtually no one from any party worth voting for. Everyone has faults but it seems to be a specialist subject for politicians.

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Hoboh » Tue Oct 22, 2024 7:29 am

I see the 22 billion black hole is somehow expanding to a 40 billion black hole with still no explanation to its makeup.
Ah well, not long to the total exposure of brain dead Reeves and free gear two tier.

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by TANGODANCER » Tue Oct 22, 2024 9:28 am

A French Revolution replica in the making. When will they ever learn ?

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Worthy4England » Tue Oct 22, 2024 1:41 pm

Interesting reporting on the Chris Kaba case today, with the release of all the information about his gangsta activities. Yesterday his family made no mention of them and asked they be not released - wonder why? - you'd think he was a mistaken angel who helped old ladies with their shopping. It's right we examine incidents involving the police shooting citizens, but maybe spare us some of the indignation, when the citizen involved is a gun toting thug and hardly sat there saying "Fair cop, guv."

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by BWFC_Insane » Wed Oct 23, 2024 8:16 am

Hoboh wrote:
Tue Oct 22, 2024 7:29 am
I see the 22 billion black hole is somehow expanding to a 40 billion black hole with still no explanation to its makeup.
Ah well, not long to the total exposure of brain dead Reeves and free gear two tier.
22bn is projected in year overspend. The 40Bn figure is the amount of public spending cuts the previous government have baked into plans across the period of the next spending review.

It’s completely different numbers meaning completely different things. Not reflect the total mess our economy has become since Brexit. You should be apologising and grovelling instead of throwing figures around that you clearly don’t understand.

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by TANGODANCER » Wed Oct 23, 2024 9:57 am

"The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue". -Anonymous. :wink:
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