shmmeee
Well-Known Member
How does it work in Australia? They have it there don’t they? All I know is you get a free sausage when you vote, which I’m all for!
I was thinking along the lines of if everybody had to vote , maybe people would become more interested in politics and policies that effect them, over time ofcourse ... leading people to vote for their actual interests
How does it work in Australia? They have it there don’t they? All I know is you get a free sausage when you vote, which I’m all for!
Now I'm in but... surely that's veganist?All I know is you get a free sausage when you vote, which I’m all for!
It’s a fine for not voting - but it’s only $20How does it work in Australia? They have it there don’t they? All I know is you get a free sausage when you vote, which I’m all for!
It’s a fine for not voting - but it’s only $20
Now I'm in but... surely that's veganist?
When is a sausage not a sausage...?Vegan sausages exist.
Against gods will, but they exist.
There really is a clip of Boris for anything
When is a sausage not a sausage...?
That said, seeing some of the volunteers at polling stations, not entirely sure if a free sausage wouldn't finish more off with food poisoning than Covid has!
The way you talk, its as if Labour have a massive majoirty lol when in reality it couldn't be more oppositeHe’s just a needy kid. He’ll say anything to anyone if he thinks it’s what they want to hear.
Priti Patel will be sliding off her seat in anticipation of ID cards. It’ll happen.
The way you talk, its as if Labour have a massive majoirty lol when in reality it couldn't be more opposite
Chocolate, we can all agree on chocolateSausage on a Barbie is very Aussie though, we’d need a British equivalent. I would say bacon sarnies but considering the issues with islamophobia on the right and antisemitism on the left not sure it’s the best idea!
Chocolate, we can all agree on chocolate
Jellied eels or pie and mash!Sausage on a Barbie is very Aussie though, we’d need a British equivalent. I would say bacon sarnies but considering the issues with islamophobia on the right and antisemitism on the left not sure it’s the best idea!
Jellied eels or pie and mash!
Khalid's mention of how he was received at work suddenly took me back 30 years to when I last worked on the factory floor. It was a very mixed economy of whites (English, Scots and Irish), Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims. Truly, I can't think of one instance, whether in private conversation or as a group when I observed racism. I'm not saying that racism didn't exist in society back then, but in the workplace there was the unifying force of workers together, partly to stand our ground and because the sheer monotony of work cultivated the need for us to come together to embrace our situation. I left shortly before that workplace, like so many, was pretty much stripped of union rights except in name only.
I know this is a very simplistic and unoriginal view, it it seems to me that the loss of manufacturing and associated services to globalization, the destruction of union rights and decent jobs has created a vacuum in which we have been splintered, and that vacuum replaced by the disjointed concerns of minorities.
We know that we will never see a return to a mass labour movement, but it's hard to see what the theme would be around which Labour votes could be coalesced. Tbh, whilst for me Khalid has correctly identified some of the issues, not least the metropolitan elite and its tactic of cultural hegemony, I didn't find anything in his note that showed me the way forward,
Sausage on a Barbie is very Aussie though, we’d need a British equivalent. I would say bacon sarnies but considering the issues with islamophobia on the right and antisemitism on the left not sure it’s the best idea!
I like this! Could be like Easter eggs but for democracy. Hollow chocolate Houses of Parliament or something.
Not sure if this has been mentioned. Isn't just a case of going 'Oopsie, actually this person won', going to take months of legal stuff to resolve!
Seems to be a lot of people pointing to this article but isn't it just a long winded version of the much criticised 'voters are stupid'?This is a very good piece. Pretty much sums up my views.
In a nutshell: Tories have gone populist to win the Red Wall/working class. We just have to wait for them to fail on 'levelling up', which they will.
Am I right in saying West Midlands Labour has lost all control of the WMCA?
From what I can understand it is 1 Mayor and 1/3 Councils of Combined Authorities?
Labour does not have 2/3 control of Combined Authorities to stop any action taken by the Mayor if they wished to do so?
Yeah there is much to laugh at a one party state headed by a corrupt lazy liar of a PM
What can the mayor actually do? Here it seems to be mostly pretty drawings of transport or plans or demanding things that have already been planned like the demolition of Barracks car park.
Do all mayors have the same power because London and Manchester seem to actually do stuff and the rest not so much.
The South Yorks mayor isn't even a paid position
Seriously?
Seriously?
What can the mayor actually do? Here it seems to be mostly pretty drawings of transport or plans or demanding things that have already been planned like the demolition of Barracks car park.
Do all mayors have the same power because London and Manchester seem to actually do stuff and the rest not so much.
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