Yes and look what they've managed to screw up in that short time. As ey_tony says, just look at Kneeler's ratings now.So give them a chance. They've only been in power for three months and parliament was in recess for most of that.
Yes and look what they've managed to screw up in that short time. As ey_tony says, just look at Kneeler's ratings now.So give them a chance. They've only been in power for three months and parliament was in recess for most of that.
I thought it had been replaced by the wish to become yet another 'influencer' ?......
It is worse than that, childhood is rushed and the teenager phase has gone, been replaced with go get a degree in anything.
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But you need to go and get a degree in influencing first !I thought it had been replaced by the wish to become yet another 'influencer' ?
Why should they be given a chance when they clearly withheld their plans of what they proposed to do until after the election?So give them a chance. They've only been in power for three months and parliament was in recess for most of that.
Do you really think the Tories were open about what they really planned to do Tony?Why should they be given a chance when they clearly withheld their plans of what they proposed to do until after the election?
I suspect that had they indicated their plans before the election they definitely wouldn't have won even with the Tories as bad as they were.
Who knows what their plans are? they don't know themselves!...
I suspect that had they indicated their plans before the election they definitely wouldn't have won even with the Tories as bad as they were.
You can’t have it both waysthat they don't appear to be capable of running a bath let alone the UK. The man is out of his depth.
I filled mine for 23 24 in July and had to look up the payments and multiple by 13. I’ve always thought that HMRC was persecuting me, now I know they are!!No idea what computer systems you're trying to access but just checked HMRC and I can see my State pension alongside other stuff.
Do you honestly believe that Starmer et al would have won the election if he'd indicated that Labour would cease giving the pensioners the winter fuel payment?Who knows what their plans are? they don't know themselves!
Labour spelled out their plans in great detail and got far more votes in 2017 and 2019 than Starmer 2024 historically low turnout.
Starmer was just lucky that everybody had realised the tories were well past their buy by date.
Corbyn brought out the vote twice with highest turnout for Labour in 25 years, but tories hadn't yet collapsed, shot themselves in the feet with Truss, Brexit etc
An alternative view is that the UK (like the US) is simply a nation in decline, on a trajectory that started at least 70 years ago, and that no matter what policies fiddling with this or that, power and wealth is moving elsewhere in the world anyway.^^^ This may be right, however I suspect Starmer, Reeves and Rayner probably thought they would have a honeymoon period where the population believed the £22 billion largely imaginary surprise black hole and would accept labour blaming the tories endlessly. Removing the winter fuel allowance was so quick that it looks calculated in advance and therefore disingenuous. The fact that he needs someone else to pay for his wife's clothes and his attendance at football matches is a very foolish own goal that makes him seem out of touch. Paying off the greedy train drivers with their ridiculous working practices was plain silly.
Would anyone put Starmer in charge of a large commercial business? I very much doubt it. As for Rayner - no chance. Likewise Reeves.
The tenants rights charter is rapidly backfiring as landlords are issuing s.21 notices like confetti before the deadline, the main result of which is that local governments have an increasing burden on social housing for the least desirable tenants. It was naive and inept. Seriously rich people by and large have already departed (or at the very least made their assets depart) for more welcoming havens. The smart ones are discreet and don't say a word to the media. Tax consultants have already raked it in a while ago.
Now Starmer is going to deal with the dinghy immigrant crisis by taking guidance from Italy. This is daft too as the circumstances are radically different. The Italians actually have some balls. They can see a tsunami wave of trouble heading across the Med and are not messing about. They are certainly not providing a RNLI taxi service.
The Tories deserved to be booted out, but the electorate gave a big signal (perhaps of resigned apathy) to all politicians, with a turnout of under 60% overall and slim majorities in many seats. Labour benefited from pointless reform diluting the tory vote, and the liberals getting a few seats for once despite hardly anyone being able to name he clown leader and absolutely no one being able to name even a handful of liberal MPs. As a nation we deserve better than this collective shower.
I would prefer a coalition solution of power sharing, and bans on politicians taking freebies etc (and pay them properly) - but this is not our culture. Confrontational blame politics is not constructive.
Oh, and Andrew Bailey was useless and ineffectual at the FCA - which twerp appointed him as Governor of the Bank of England? That needs dealing with pronto.
The Guardian...again. So blatant with the bias journalism, Jacob.But we have done and it has been a disaster with no "attractive deals" or any other obvious benefits.
You need to keep up with the news!
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...ew-list-of-brexit-wins-is-in-short-and-feeble
A little pessimistic, perhaps. To be honest, if you look back over the last 70 years, we done very well and all I see is a better future than the past. My life is in its final stages but I'm confident that my offspring, and their offspring, will find life worth the effort. Because that's all it takes, in the end, effort.An alternative view is that the UK (like the US) is simply a nation in decline, on a trajectory that started at least 70 years ago, and that no matter what policies fiddling with this or that, power and wealth is moving elsewhere in the world anyway.
On that basis, it looks like we're going to have to put up without winter fuel allowances, with ever-increasing potholes in our roads, poor housing, with infrastructure that doesn't work properly, with huge waiting lists on the NHS, and so on.
To my mind, it just comes down to mitigating the effects of decline, and a good start would be to recognise the state we're in and stop making ridiculous mistakes like brexit, which are based largely on nostalgia and national pride and take little account of our reality.
Very pessimistic, I know.
Bias? The Guardian is very middle of the road. Campaigned fiercely against Corbyn for instance. Has supported Israel very loyally until just recently when even J Freedland has started to have doubts about genocide.The Guardian...again. So blatant with the bias journalism, Jacob.
No of course not and I didn't say that.Do you honestly believe that Starmer et al would have won the election if he'd indicated that Labour would cease giving the pensioners the winter fuel payment?
Right now the EU is in turmoil and set to get even worse especially with regard their disastrous migration policies so I think being outside of the EU right now is the best place.Brexit was a disaster, no good will come of it even in the distant future currently forecast by the few remaining supporters, and the EU will go from strength to strength.
It's even more lacking now we are out!Right now the EU is in turmoil and set to get even worse especially with regard their disastrous migration policies so I think being outside of the EU right now is the best place.
The problem is that we don't have politicians with enough guts to stand up to the mandarins of the EU and fight our corner which is what was lacking during the negotiations.