Thursday 4th May (1 Viewer)

Otis · May 3, 2023

oakey said:
Happy birthday to me, day!

What do you want, a medal?

Happy birthday for tomorrow.

ovduk78 · May 3, 2023

Otis said:
What do you want, a medal?

Maybe a card is more appropriate?

Otis · May 3, 2023

ovduk78 said:
Maybe a card is more appropriate?

Yeah, but I am well annoyed. It was my own birthday just a few weeks ago and not one of you on here wished me happy birthday, despite my not telling anyone when my birthday was.

shmmeee · May 3, 2023

Otis said:
Yeah, but I am well annoyed. It was my own birthday just a few weeks ago and not one of you on here wished me happy birthday, despite my not telling anyone when my birthday was.

Happy Birthday Otis (and Oakey), and me for next Tuesday. Let’s hope we all get a mistimed present on Monday.

ovduk78 · May 3, 2023

Otis said:
Yeah, but I am well annoyed. It was my own birthday just a few weeks ago and not one of you on here wished me happy birthday, despite my not telling anyone when my birthday was.

I have 1 of those every year

Maybe we should have a birthday section on here so I can add the birthday messages from SBT to the 3 cards I usually get

ovduk78 · May 3, 2023

shmmeee said:
Happy Birthday Otis (and Oakey), and me for next Tuesday. Let’s hope we all get a mistimed present on Monday.

What about me for December 13th?

shmmeee · May 3, 2023

ovduk78 said:
What about me for December 13th?

You got a takeover, don’t be greedy.

Tommo1993 · May 3, 2023

My birthday was very recently but I’m not telling you lot when! I just crave involvement. 30 is the new 20, right?

Ashdown · May 3, 2023

There isn’t any single party to represent me anymore. They are all mostly self serving career politicians that spend most of their time in office feathering their own nests. Locally they all come out with the same old shit and all are overridden nationally anyway or swayed by big business. In SW Leics, we have no police to speak of, the roads are appalling, you never see any tangible signs of improvement , , it’s difficult to see a doctor and nigh on impossible to get a dentist, nothing new, no investment in improving quality of life.

Nick · May 3, 2023

It's a hard choice when they are all pricks isn't it?

Otis · May 3, 2023

Tommo1993 said:
My birthday was very recently but I’m not telling you lot when! I just crave involvement. 30 is the new 20, right?

Yeah and 60 is the new closer to death..

mmttww · May 3, 2023

Ashdown said:
There isn’t any single party to represent me anymore. They are all mostly self serving career politicians that spend most of their time in office feathering their own nests. Locally they all come out with the same old shit and all are overridden nationally anyway or swayed by big business. In SW Leics, we have no police to speak of, the roads are appalling, you never see any tangible signs of improvement , , it’s difficult to see a doctor and nigh on impossible to get a dentist, nothing new, no investment in improving quality of life.

Exactly this. Lucky for me that my local MP seems to be an exception to the rule (Zarah Sultana).

Balli001 · May 3, 2023

mmttww said:
Exactly this. Just lucky for me that my local MP seems to be exception to the rule (Zarah Sultana).

She would turn up to an envelope opening if it got her name in lights

Adge · May 3, 2023

Nick said:
It's a hard choice when they are all pricks isn't it?

It certainly is and all we’re left with is the option to vote for Twat A or Twat B and a damage limitation process.

Adge · May 3, 2023

Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
It's a bit of weird one that.

Working class people supposedly vote Labour, and that passes down through the generations. There are quite a lot of working class people. Yet somehow for three quarters of the last 40-odd years we've had a Conservative or Conservative-led government. Go figure.

Fair. It will soon swing the other way again regarding your point ref generations. Once the over 50’s and 60’s Conservative voters die and phase out, who do you think the 40% school leavers attending university (which is now more accessible) with blue and green hair will vote for?

rob9872 · May 3, 2023

Adge said:
Fair. It will soon swing the other way again regarding your point ref generations. Once the over 50’s and 60’s Conservative voters die and phase out, who do you think the 40% school leavers attending university (which is now more accessible) with blue and green hair will vote for?

Initially, until they too become middle aged and a little wiser

Astute · May 3, 2023

Otis said:
Yeah, but I am well annoyed. It was my own birthday just a few weeks ago and not one of you on here wished me happy birthday, despite my not telling anyone when my birthday was.

It was my birthday a few weeks ago also.

Are we twins?

Astute · May 3, 2023

Tommo1993 said:
My birthday was very recently but I’m not telling you lot when! I just crave involvement. 30 is the new 20, right?

I retired this last birthday. 30 + 20 isn't enough for me

Astute · May 3, 2023

Ashdown said:
There isn’t any single party to represent me anymore.

Birthday party?

duffer · May 3, 2023

rob9872 said:
Initially, until they too become middle aged and a little wiser

Prepare to be disappointed, that's by no means as certain as once it was.

For me at least, the far more worrying shift is from one-nation Conservatives, to the far-right extremism that seems to be taking hold in many of the current generation of Tories.

Millennials are becoming less conservative as they age, new data finds

‘Millennials and Generation Z are going to save the world,’ one Twitter user writes

www.independent.co.uk

shmmeee · May 3, 2023

Always a fan of the “well of course people vote left if you *educate* them” argument.

ceetee · May 3, 2023

I'll try up respond t!o both aspects of this thread.

I also had a very recent birthday which is why my friends treated me to the Platinum experience against Reading but I missed the Bham game because it was the only weekend the family could get together.

As for the politics it's obvious that a lot of working class people vote Conservative. I never have but like many others, I see the Labour party as being taken care over by middle class lefties with a much more privileged upbringing than I had.

shmmeee · May 3, 2023

ceetee said:
I'll try up respond t!o both aspects of this thread.

I also had a very recent birthday which is why my friends treated me to the Platinum experience against Reading but I missed the Bham game because it was the only weekend the family could get together.

As for the politics it's obvious that a lot of working class people vote Conservative. I never have but like many others, I see the Labour party as being taken care over by middle class lefties with a much more privileged upbringing than I had.

What the left has been missing for about 30 years now is the Union rep to MP pipeline. Mass employment meant reps who could speak to a wide range of people convincingly and understand their POV. Now it’s lifetime campaigners and charity workers who have only had to shout and wave placards and never come to and understanding of the people they serve.

There needs to be something which gets talented working class people involved in politics but buggered if I know what.

Nick · May 3, 2023

I'd vote for the green party but can't get past the nonce situation.

Otis · May 3, 2023

Nick said:
I'd vote for the green party but can't get past the nonce situation.

I'm pretty sure that not all of them are to be fair.

Nick · May 3, 2023

Otis said:
I'm pretty sure that not all of them are to be fair.

No but even so, wouldn't vote for them based on that.

So what options are there?

Brighton Sky Blue · May 3, 2023

shmmeee said:
What the left has been missing for about 30 years now is the Union rep to MP pipeline. Mass employment meant reps who could speak to a wide range of people convincingly and understand their POV. Now it’s lifetime campaigners and charity workers who have only had to shout and wave placards and never come to and understanding of the people they serve.

There needs to be something which gets talented working class people involved in politics but buggered if I know what.

In one word, unions. The new general secretary of NEU is very impressive indeed.

Broken Hearted Sky Blue · May 3, 2023

mmttww said:
Exactly this. Lucky for me that my local MP seems to be an exception to the rule (Zarah Sultana).

Are you for real?

Deleted member 5849 · May 3, 2023

Tories did some futile door knocking (even the poor woman I argued with accepted my view was not uncommon!), nobody else has even bothered to send me aleaflet.

So, it'll be voting for the councillors who responded when I emailed about Wasps, voting for AN Other rather than the ones who didn't.

Nick · May 3, 2023

mmttww said:
Exactly this. Lucky for me that my local MP seems to be an exception to the rule (Zarah Sultana).

Grendel · May 3, 2023

mmttww said:
Exactly this. Lucky for me that my local MP seems to be an exception to the rule (Zarah Sultana).

Hilarious you put me on ignore for wumming, she's a moron

Deleted member 5849 · May 3, 2023

Grendel said:
Hilarious you put me on ignore for wumming, she's a moron

Could've sworn you've said somewhere how helpful she was to you!

COVKIDSNEVERQUIT · May 3, 2023

oakey said:
Happy birthday to me, day!

Snap, it's happy birthday to you and happy birthday to me .

Grendel · May 3, 2023

Deleted member 5849 said:
Could've sworn you've said somewhere how helpful she was to you!

That was Geoffreys replacement who seems to at least take the job seriously - Zara thinks she is some kind of media icon - she literally cannot avoid a photo shoot

I guess there are some posts where I supported the Stop The War Coalition and probably agree on Russia Ukraine with her

Nick · May 3, 2023

Deleted member 5849 said:
Could've sworn you've said somewhere how helpful she was to you!

Got him freebies to the mobos?

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