I agree lily, I mean I wouldn't vote Tory if they were the last party on earth, but Starmer is a bit Blair like and not quite what Labour need, ie. not more watered down Tories that New Labour stood for. But they have to be given the chance, surely no one wants more of the last 14 years?
I hear people banging on about the mistakes Labour made in the past, but that's like comparing football teams from bygone times. "Liverpool played Leicester in 1926 and lost 3-0", that sort of thing which is a stupid sort of comparison because they're completely different teams.
Give me the child until they are 7 and I will give you the bigender: Aristotle 1984-2022
From a discussion on the radio this morning, the plans that Labour have made will mean the nationalisation of a lot of companies, eg., the water companies, and the cost will pass onto the tax payer. Quelle surprise!
They’re suggesting an “amnesty on immigration,” although what the heck that would mean heaven only knows. I also think, from listening to a lot of discussions and debates, that they will make moves to unite us more with Europe.
To be honest, I don’t believe most of what the politicians say. They make promises to suck us in to believe things will happen but they rarely don’t deliver.
As the election is during the summer months, I doubt the turnout will be that high as most people will be booking holidays, or away, so anything could happen. No doubt Labour will win although they won’t get my vote, but at least we’d have an elected Prime Minister instead of one who came in through the back door.
It is certainly time that the Tories were voted out.
It seems Tory MPs are quitting in their droves, not wishing to fight another election in the knowledge they're going to be hugely embarrassed. Gove is the latest to jump ship, but I have another theory since this piece of scaremongering was issued by the govt...
It seems they know something terrible is about to happen, be it Putin, the Chinese, Hamas, Israel or any other hotheaded organisation creating WW3, or maybe another pandemic worse than we ever feared possible. Possibly (alleged) climate change is going to wipe us out sooner than expected, or the ultimate horror of Leeds winning the Championship play-off Final on Sunday.
Point is, and I've suspected it before, the Tories are tearing themselves apart on purpose because they actually don't want the job any more. Having milked the country for all it's worth while lining their own pockets, their work is done and now it's time for someone else to come along and clear the mess up.
Give me the child until they are 7 and I will give you the bigender: Aristotle 1984-2022
This smacks of playing to the crowd to me, there is a demographic in this country to which this has been the standard cry as a solution to the "problem with the youth of today" since I was a teenager
The prime minister unveils a plan that would see 18-year-olds given the choice of a full-time military placement for 12 months or a scheme to volunteer for one weekend a month for a year.
This smacks of playing to the crowd to me, there is a demographic in this country to which this has been the standard cry as a solution to the "problem with the youth of today" since I was a teenager
The prime minister unveils a plan that would see 18-year-olds given the choice of a full-time military placement for 12 months or a scheme to volunteer for one weekend a month for a year.
I'm not on board with this at all. It would've disrupted my education for no good reason (I did maths, and I was strongly advised against taking a gap year - because after some time away from it, it's harder to get back into than many other subjects).
Fortunately, it doesn't look like there's any chance of this being implemented.
The prime minister unveils a plan that would see 18-year-olds given the choice of a full-time military placement for 12 months or a scheme to volunteer for one weekend a month for a year.
Unpaid. Although I gather Sunak has already backed down on that and allowances would be paid.
Undoubtedly. It's only a few days ago we were warned of impending doom, WW3 is closer now than at any time since the Cold War so he wants to recruit all the 18 year olds on the cheap to go out on the front line to be slaughtered. Covid didn't work, not enough perished. This is a much better plan.
Just wondering if the Sunak Jnrs will be expected to sign up when they come of age...
Give me the child until they are 7 and I will give you the bigender: Aristotle 1984-2022
Something needs to be done to shake up those born since the 90's living in a fantasy world of social media and influencers. It's their future more than ours at stake should things deteriorate over the next decade.