UK Politics

[Nobody Interesting]

1 minute ago, steviewevie said:

I think he should stand in a ditch full of raw sewage.

 

Fixed that for you.

[steviewevie]

 

[LJS]

1 hour ago, kaosmark2 said:

Ah, I'd thought they'd have 5. Fair enough. Did boundary changes favour or screw them?

I don't think boundary changes had anything to do do with it. I think Douglas Ross kicking out an ill (but recovering) candidate & replacing him with (checks notes)  Douglas Ross may not have been a great look.

[LJS]

1 hour ago, steviewevie said:

 

could we concrete over Gavin Williamson?

[kaosmark2]

9 minutes ago, LJS said:

I don't think boundary changes had anything to do do with it. I think Douglas Ross kicking out an ill (but recovering) candidate & replacing him with (checks notes)  Douglas Ross may not have been a great look.

Yeah that makes sense, I was just curious. They had quite big impacts around here (probably helped get rid of Rees-Mogg), and I wondered if you knew of any impact up there.

[mattiloy]

How did this one fly under the radar?

 

So along with half the NEC and a load of erstwhile political lobbyists and Alistair Campbell’s nephew we now also have Sue Grey’s son MP.

 

Nice and representative. I wonder did Starmer just put a facebook status out saying ’anyone wanna be an MP?’

 

 

[mattiloy]

Getting rid of Northern Ireland would save the treasury north of 10bil a year.

 

Sinn Fein is now the largest party in both the westminster election and the assembly.

 

If I’m Hilary Benn, I’m calling that border poll tomorrow.

[LJS]

25 minutes ago, mattiloy said:

Getting rid of Northern Ireland would save the treasury north of 10bil a year.

 

Sinn Fein is now the largest party in both the westminster election and the assembly.

 

If I’m Hilary Benn, I’m calling that border poll tomorrow.

 
Friday would be a good day to announce it

 

Edited July 8 by LJS

[steviewevie]

 

[steviewevie]

Yo Blair, shut up.

[Nobody Interesting]

8 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Yo Blair, shut up.

 

Ditto Braverman

[lost]

10 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Yo Blair, shut up.

????

 

 

[steviewevie]

8 minutes ago, lost said:

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that big?

 

I mean shut up with the whole public advice on everything. Not needed.

[lost]

1 minute ago, steviewevie said:

 

that big?

 

 

yep and thats apparently just to "stand still" to cover the aging population and north sea oil revenue as we move to net zero.

[Nobody Interesting]

2 minutes ago, lost said:

 

yep and thats apparently just to "stand still" to cover the aging population and north sea oil revenue as we move to net zero.

 

If only there was a way to get more working age people earning and paying tax as well as having green energy that raises revenue as well............................................

Out with the old and in with the new mind set.

[steviewevie]

21 minutes ago, lost said:

 

yep and thats apparently just to "stand still" to cover the aging population and north sea oil revenue as we move to net zero.

Isn't he saying just get chatgpt to do everything?

[mattiloy]

45 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Yo Blair, shut up.

 

[steviewevie]

1 hour ago, lost said:

 

yep and thats apparently just to "stand still" to cover the aging population and north sea oil revenue as we move to net zero.

yeah well this was the conspiracy of silence thing that IFS was accusing all the main parties of. Have to see what Reeves does in the autumn, and some of it will depend on OBR forecasts but I expect there will be some tax rises somewhere. They will probably regret ruling out raising those main taxes.

[steviewevie]

 

[lost]

14 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

yeah well this was the conspiracy of silence thing that IFS was accusing all the main parties of. Have to see what Reeves does in the autumn, and some of it will depend on OBR forecasts but I expect there will be some tax rises somewhere. They will probably regret ruling out raising those main taxes.

 

Some of the papers look like they've jumped on the state pension being means tested. You'd think that would save a fortune but be pretty unpopular.

[steviewevie]

1 minute ago, lost said:

 

Some of the papers look like they've jumped on the state pension being means tested. You'd think that would save a fortune but be pretty unpopular.

the nuclear option

[steviewevie]

Means testing would probably open a massive can of worms....but wealthier pensioners should probably be paying more tax either on their income or wealth relative to worse off working people...

[steviewevie]

 

[steviewevie]

Good to see the popcon and the natcon lot meeting to see how they can kill off the tory party completely.

[steviewevie]

Levelling Up RIP