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I think I have voted for Tories 4 times. I think twice under thatcher and Johnson and I may have with Major - I can’t recall. To my eternal shame I voted Lib Dem once under Clegg.

Other than that I’ve voted green in most elections as they like animals

I probably regret not voting for Corbyn and McDonnell in 2017 as they would have I suppose offered an honest form of politics as Thatcher vs Kinnock did - Corbyn and his nonsense over brexit ruined him in 2019

I doubt I’ll be bothering to vote again
Oi, you voted Blair too...
 

Grendel

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You had no issue with arming Saudi Arabia when it suited your point at the time.

i don’t have an issue with it
 

David O'Day

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@Grendel I am interested why you tried to bring up Kier Starmer ifit wasn't a failed attempt to link the current Labour leadership to this scandal?
 

skybluetony176

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Ain’t it funny when someone who’s spent the last 8 years gloating that their side won is now deluded with politics. I’d gloat about it but the truth is no one won over the last 8 years. Well unless you’re a donor to a secretly funded “think” tank or a crony of a Tory MP or Putin.
 

fernandopartridge

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Not saying I buy into the idea of blaming of any single individual for the Horizon scandal rather the entire system itself, but this is funny nevertheless



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SBT

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Baffling how the Rwanda issue is apparently important enough to derail the entire government, but also not more important than being laughed at by some Labour MPs. The whole thing is a farce.
 

David O'Day

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It ain’t even working. Yougov poll for the Times has the government polling at 20%, lowest since the Truss debacle. The longer he waits to call a GE the worse it gets.
It stupid that he is not calling it before the may locals and mayoral elections as a they coud if they go teh way of the polls be the finalnail in any chance of a come back
 

skybluetony176

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It stupid that he is not calling it before the may locals and mayoral elections as a they coud if they go teh way of the polls be the finalnail in any chance of a come back
Plus the extra cost of having another polling day. Richard Tice was saying recently it cost £280K to the public purse to run a by-election. I presume that’s the same cost for each seat in a GE give or take. Just from a cost exercise it doesn’t make sense before you even factor in things like school closures twice in a year for polling day instead of one.
 

skybluetony176

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Love the way Sunak claims it’s the will of the people. No one has ever voted on this, it wasn’t proposed until 2022and the last GE was 2019. If he’s so sure it’s the will of the people call a GE and put it in your manifesto.

Also the letters of no confidence are going in again. He doesn’t even have the will of his own party let alone the people.
 

shmmeee

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You'd sort of expect the people who govern our country to be intelligent and knowledgeable would you? It is staggering how stupid quite a lot of them are.

Like, democracy and everything, stupid people in the commons per se isn’t terrible. But they shouldn’t get anywhere near government.
 

shmmeee

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Oof.

That would give the Tories 5 seats, which although not good for democracy would be hilarious let's be honest.

I mean “luckily” there’s a whole chunk of people over 50 who are quite happy with high house prices and low immigration.

But imagine if we restricted voting to working age 🤔
 

Grendel

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I mean “luckily” there’s a whole chunk of people over 50 who are quite happy with high house prices and low immigration.

But imagine if we restricted voting to working age 🤔

There’s no legal limit to working age
 

Grendel

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Do you think more or less 18-65 year olds work as a percentage than 65+

Er that’s not what you said - there are over a million employed over 65 and 68 is now the retirement age
 

wingy

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I mean “luckily” there’s a whole chunk of people over 50 who are quite happy with high house prices and low immigration.

But imagine if we restricted voting to working age 🤔
Don't think the blue rinse are saving them this time, just be that special operation they're going to unload!
I see inflation went up again,oh due to tax on fags and beer, doesn't mention all the free money they've just unloaded again, how's the currency doing,oh just keep it internetnal let inflation rip?
 

wingy

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Gas in plentiful supply why are then putting up by five % when they had the last two years get that will be the power equivalent so electricity as well!
 

fernandopartridge

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Gas in plentiful supply why are then putting up by five % when they had the last two years get that will be the power equivalent so electricity as well!

Especially when they buy ahead. The prices are lower in January than they were in July when prices usually drop off anyway:

 

CCFCSteve

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Especially when they buy ahead. The prices are lower in January than they were in July when prices usually drop off anyway:


Heard the new cap should be 10% lower in April. About time. If true this should help bring overall inflation down again. To be fair though the prices still look like they’re running well ahead of what they were pre war. Moving in the right direction at least


ps obviously hasn’t helped that we’ve got fuck all storage
 

wingy

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Heard the new cap should be 10% lower in April. About time. If true this should help bring overall inflation down again. To be fair though the prices still look like they’re running well ahead of what they were pre war. Moving in the right direction at least


ps obviously hasn’t helped that we’ve got fuck all storage
A cynic might say an electoral opportunity?
 

CCFCSteve

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A cynic might say an electoral opportunity?

haha, I’m sure Sunak will try to use it. I don’t think whatever happens or whatever he does now, will move the dial materially though. Election might end up closer than the polls suggest but still think strong Labour majority
 

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