shmmeee
Well-Known Member
Not banned. I just have to have council permission to do literally anything to the front of the house. Can’t have me disrupting the beautiful Bedworth council estate feel of the place. Standards to uphold.
Do you want to discuss boring politics? (190 Viewers)
- Thread starter mrtrench
- Start date
Not banned. I just have to have council permission to do literally anything to the front of the house. Can’t have me disrupting the beautiful Bedworth council estate feel of the place. Standards to uphold.
skybluetony176
Well-Known Member
I see Anderson has released a statement through GB News basically doubling down on what he said
Mr Anderson said: "If you are wrong, apologising is not a sign of weakness but a sign of strength.
"But when you think you are right you should never apologise because to do so would be a sign of weakness."
Mr Anderson said: "If you are wrong, apologising is not a sign of weakness but a sign of strength.
"But when you think you are right you should never apologise because to do so would be a sign of weakness."
skybluetony176
Well-Known Member
What they said?
Route's round the sea? Time to get into Brics.
let’s be honest he looks/sounds far more focussed on his GB news gig than his political career…no bad thing long term
skybluetony176
Well-Known Member
Makes sense. I think it adds about 2 weeks on sailings from Asia to Europe by circumnavigating Africa instead of going through the Red Sea and Suez Canal. That’s going to affect the cost of shipping so oil and electronic goods will be hit hardest with the consumer ultimately paying the cost as the last link in the chain.
skybluetony176
Well-Known Member
Wouldn’t be surprised to see him switch to Reform. I suspect he feels his best chance of reelection is with them and not the Tories and to be fair to him given where his seat is he would probably be right if that’s his thinking. Can’t see him wanting to give up either gig personally.
Don't know about that, get the debate started,few fireworks,bring it on just in time for the election?
Guess perfect time for another 10p -20p per litre on fuel?
shmmeee
Well-Known Member
Let me guess “cut tax”, you’d have to cut mine to -200% to make going to the States not financially viable. Whereas actually what makes me want to leave is the state of public services, the public realm and the housing market. Bet he doesn’t mention those.
shmmeee
Well-Known Member
Ah the old “India needs doctors/Polamd needs builders too” argument. Of course stopping all our doctors heading to Australia would help too.
This is the problem with a far right govt, everything looks like a culture war, I can’t remember the last time this govt proposed a policy that wasn’t some amorphous blob of money that inevitably never arrives. Or a tax cut.
71% of voters are wise to the ruse up from around 35% so carry on for me!
shmmeee
Well-Known Member
This is about the Tories, but could be Labour in 2019 as it’s very basic electoral hygiene here: suck it up, stop whining, face the voters, be positive.
fernandopartridge
Well-Known Member
The blob are both completely useless bureaucratics who don't do anything but also in complete control of everythingThis is about the Tories, but could be Labour in 2019 as it’s very basic electoral hygiene here: suck it up, stop whining, face the voters, be positive.
Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk
clint van damme
Well-Known Member
I'm not a fan but this could be pretty amusing.
Got him blocked on twitter but might unblock him for a bit, see what he gets up to.
D
Deleted member 5849
Guest
Let's hope so, the man's a genuine nutter
skybluetony176
Well-Known Member
clint van damme
Well-Known Member
Tice hinting at electoral fraud, the B and M Donald Trump.
Ian1779
Well-Known Member
He didn’t get enough racist nans with their postal votes.
shmmeee
Well-Known Member
fernandopartridge
Well-Known Member
Has Galloway even been to Rochdale?
Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk
Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk
fernandopartridge
Well-Known Member
Insert 'intended to benefit ordinary people' between 'anything' and 'but'Just like the Labour right?
Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk
skybluetony176
Well-Known Member
Why does Galloway always wear that black hat with a black suit? When I see Galloways pictures in the media I automatically think of the SS baddies in movies such as Steven Merchant in Jojo Rabbit or the guy from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Sorry aren't they on the left?Just like the Labour right?
shmmeee
Well-Known Member
Well there’s a can of worms. You’d think so cos it would be pretty weird to be in opposition for 14 years otherwise when you could just be in government.
It was a play on words shmmeee!
Sky Blue Pete
Well-Known Member
Centre right probably from previous generations of the party
skybluetony176
Well-Known Member
Without Israel being on the agenda it would have been interesting to see how well the independent who came second would have fared. Fought the election on local issues only from what I can gather while looking to represent the entire community regardless of faith etc. 21% of the vote from nothing.
The other interesting aspect was how badly reform done. Votes on the day don’t seem to reflect their standing in the polls which shouldn’t come as a surprise. The Excellent Dan Hodges pointing out that that should encourage Sunak to call an earlier GE rather than wait until autumn. Let’s face it every day Sunak waits for a GE the more shit comes out about his party and the more disconnect the electorate feels from the Tories. The longer he waits the more Tory votes will be shed to the other parties including Reform on the day as well as in the polls.
The other interesting aspect was how badly reform done. Votes on the day don’t seem to reflect their standing in the polls which shouldn’t come as a surprise. The Excellent Dan Hodges pointing out that that should encourage Sunak to call an earlier GE rather than wait until autumn. Let’s face it every day Sunak waits for a GE the more shit comes out about his party and the more disconnect the electorate feels from the Tories. The longer he waits the more Tory votes will be shed to the other parties including Reform on the day as well as in the polls.
Last edited:
Sky Blue Pete
Well-Known Member
Large independent or smaller party support screws with the fptp system
OffenhamSkyBlue
Well-Known Member
In relation to the Rochdale result, they were saying on the radio this morning that if Labour don't change some of their rhetoric/vernacular on Israel/Palestine they could lose a lot of voters at the GE. They were totally bollocksed during the Corbyn era by adopting the warped definition of anti-semitism such that it includes any criticism of actions by the Israeli state, and are now shit-scared of supporting the Palestinians at all.
They also had some clown masquerading as a Professor of Politics on, saying that "it can't be just Muslims voting for Galloway - the population of Rochdale identify as 19% Muslim, but Galloway got 40% of the vote".
Eh? He may be a whizz at politics but he knows fuck-all about basic arithmetic!
Population of the whole of Rochdale Borough was 223,800 at the 2021 census, of whom 18.8% said they were Muslim.
The parliamentary constituency of Rochdale has an electorate of about 78,000, so assuming the religious demographic in the constituency is the same as the wider Borough, this would mean that approximately 14,800 Muslims were able to vote, and may have been more likely to turn out to vote on this issue than the overall turnout of 40%.
Galloway got 12,000 votes, so it is entirely possible that the vast majority of his electors were Muslim, and the Prof has got his sums wrong! If they turned out, fair play to them.
They also had some clown masquerading as a Professor of Politics on, saying that "it can't be just Muslims voting for Galloway - the population of Rochdale identify as 19% Muslim, but Galloway got 40% of the vote".
Eh? He may be a whizz at politics but he knows fuck-all about basic arithmetic!
Population of the whole of Rochdale Borough was 223,800 at the 2021 census, of whom 18.8% said they were Muslim.
The parliamentary constituency of Rochdale has an electorate of about 78,000, so assuming the religious demographic in the constituency is the same as the wider Borough, this would mean that approximately 14,800 Muslims were able to vote, and may have been more likely to turn out to vote on this issue than the overall turnout of 40%.
Galloway got 12,000 votes, so it is entirely possible that the vast majority of his electors were Muslim, and the Prof has got his sums wrong! If they turned out, fair play to them.