UK Politics

[Guest]

7 hours ago, Neil said:

they might find some coins down the back of the sofa, but they won't find £26bn there!

Maybe Angela Rainer can donate the £45k she made from selling her council house she bought for a song under the 'Right to Buy' scheme. 

[Neil]

1 hour ago, Ommadawn said:

Maybe Angela Rainer can donate the £45k she made from selling her council house she bought for a song under the 'Right to Buy' scheme. 

If there's a problem with her doing what anyone in the same circumstances could do, the problem is not her doing but the thing which people are permitted to do.

if labour ended right to buy they'd have youngsters complaining that labour had moved house buying further from them. but first they'd have to get social housing.

[steviewevie]

 

[steviewevie]

If SNP get a chance for another go at their ceasefire motion by then Galloway should be back in parliament doing his thing. 🎆

[steviewevie]

Sunak now saying Anderson was suspended because of his comments, not that he didn't apologise.

[fraybentos1]

Delighted to see Anderson suspended. An odious man and terrible MP. He’d have been booted out at the election anyway I imagine 

[steviewevie]

Toriy party's islamophobia mirroring the Labour party's antisemitism from a few years ago.

[lost]

I’ve noticed on Twitter bald and bankrupt latest video on the poorest parts of the U.K. seems to blowing up. Throughly depressing that our political class are more interested in fighting culture wars over Israel Palestinian than focusing on the issues here. You can see why turnout is so low.

[kaosmark2]

Meanwhile, in stopped clock moments:

 

[fraybentos1]

51 minutes ago, lost said:

I’ve noticed on Twitter bald and bankrupt latest video on the poorest parts of the U.K. seems to blowing up. Throughly depressing that our political class are more interested in fighting culture wars over Israel Palestinian than focusing on the issues here. You can see why turnout is so low.

It does focus on the 1% of worst places though. Every country has total sh*t holes. Most of the country is not like what he showed, although it did illustrate a point well. 

[lost]

7 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

It does focus on the 1% of worst places though. Every country has total sh*t holes. Most of the country is not like what he showed, although it did illustrate a point well. 

Still big chunks of the country though. We have a few big cities with areas around that are commutable and then these places which as far as I can see are either seaside towns that have  been destroyed by budget airlines and then towns that were built around one big employer in the days when the economy was industrial/manufacturing. When you take out greater London, the M4 corridor and maybe Manchester and leeds,  for a country of our size I would think we have bigger pockets than similar developed countries. Thing is I haven’t a clue what the answer is , these places have been in decline for decades.

[Neil]

42 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

t does focus on the 1% of worst places though.

where?is it somewhere in scotland?

[fraybentos1]

30 minutes ago, lost said:

Still big chunks of the country though. We have a few big cities with areas around that are commutable and then these places which as far as I can see are either seaside towns that have  been destroyed by budget airlines and then towns that were built around one big employer in the days when the economy was industrial/manufacturing. When you take out greater London, the M4 corridor and maybe Manchester and leeds,  for a country of our size I would think we have bigger pockets than similar developed countries. Thing is I haven’t a clue what the answer is , these places have been in decline for decades.

Sea side towns seem particularly bad. I've been to several former industrial towns around me and used to work in one. It was no where near as bad as they places in that video.

[Neil]

5 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

that video.

you got a link to the video please?

Edited February 26 by Neil

[fraybentos1]

13 minutes ago, Neil said:

where?is it somewhere in scotland?

rude as ever. No it isn't its weston super mare then some place near sunderland.

[fraybentos1]

4 minutes ago, Neil said:

you got a link to the video please?

 

[Neil]

1 minute ago, fraybentos1 said:

rude as ever. No it isn't its weston super mare then some place near sunderland.

weston is absolutely dreadful. cheap enough that even you could buy a house there - one of those places youngsters can buy a house, problem is they only want to buy in their preferred location which isn't weston.

[Neil]

2 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

 

thanks - it starts with plymouth (i've lived there, another awful place).

[steviewevie]

poverty porn

[fraybentos1]

22 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

poverty porn

I get what you're saying. Most of his videos aren't like that though. He got famous for doing amazing vlogs in the former USSR. He speaks Russian so made for great content. He got banned from Russia now though so vlogs in other countries. His old videos are class though.

[fraybentos1]

40 minutes ago, Neil said:

weston is absolutely dreadful. cheap enough that even you could buy a house there - one of those places youngsters can buy a house, problem is they only want to buy in their preferred location which isn't weston.

You're so rude 😆 

and thanks but I'd rather eat glass. I'll stick to Glasgow cheers 🙂

[Nobody Interesting]

What do you call a person who suggests they are left wing but shows no compassion, hates anything Green, moans about anyone who gets help and generally has distain for anyone who is not them?

 

 

 

A Tory.
There is also another answer but I could not possible comment on that here.

[steviewevie]

6 minutes ago, Nobody Interesting said:

What do you call a person who suggests they are left wing but shows no compassion, hates anything Green, moans about anyone who gets help and generally has distain for anyone who is not them?

 

 

 

A Tory.
There is also another answer but I could not possible comment on that here.

A person who suggests they are left wing is a tory?

[Neil]

1 hour ago, Neil said:

thanks - it starts with plymouth (i've lived there, another awful place).

made me laugh as he walked down derelict-looking union street, he suggested the empty buildings were full of drug users, back when i lived in Plymouth  they were the rave clubs and were full of drug users! 

[Neil]

27 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

hates anything Green

just pissed of with the hypocrisy, complaints in Bristol right now about the number of trees sacrificed for green party  leafletting.