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Post by Phantom of London on Jun 25, 2024 10:01:36 GMT
There is certainly a plaque of both your houses! Now Craig Williams cannot run as the Conservative candidate for Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr, so that is the Conservatives last chance of winning a seat in Wales. So now the people who would have voted Conservative will now vote Liberals, which one seat, could be enough of a majority on one become the official opposition.
Who says politics isn't exciting!
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Post by crowblack on Jun 25, 2024 11:33:58 GMT
I haven't seen much social media plugging for voter photo ID, and it'll be interesting to see what role that plays.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2024 13:07:20 GMT
How can you suggest her job isn't important when you're posting on THEATREBOARD FFS?!!! She would be better off campaigning to sell tickets for her latest show sharpish Rather than airing her political views Why can't she air her political views? she has as much right to publicly support any party as anyone else does |
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Post by parsley1 on Jun 25, 2024 15:24:29 GMT
She would be better off campaigning to sell tickets for her latest show sharpish Rather than airing her political views Why can't she air her political views? she has as much right to publicly support any party as anyone else does She can share whatever she wants Whether it’s appropriate or anyone cares Is another matter |
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Post by aspieandy on Jun 25, 2024 15:40:24 GMT
It's okay to fundraise. You can even unsubscribe to specifically those emails.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jun 26, 2024 16:57:45 GMT
Our block got its first delivery of election flyers today. All appeared to be delivered at the same time, which is odd as they are unlikely bedfellows. Also, the Reform one has 'Pig' scribbled on!  |
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Post by jojo on Jun 26, 2024 18:09:11 GMT
The parties may be employing a leaflet delivery firm, which means they come together - possibly with a pizza flyer. That happened to me yesterday. I think for general elections all parties are entitled to one free delivery by Royal Mail too, but if a party isn't targeting your area they may not bother as they still have to pay for the printing of the leaflets. My postal vote has arrived, so I've had a bit of fun Googling the candidates. One of them is a massive anti-vaxxer for the "Sovereignty" party whose campaign suggests either I have to choose between Change and Chains. Her address is on the ballot paper (everyone else had the sense to have note the constituency they live in) and I see she lives near me. If it's the person I'm thinking of she was all over local social media during lockdown doing out of tune song and dance routines about Coronavirus being a hoax.  |
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Post by aspieandy on Jun 26, 2024 20:11:56 GMT
Our block got its first delivery of election flyers today. All appeared to be delivered at the same time, which is odd as they are unlikely bedfellows. Also, the Reform one has 'Pig' scribbled on!
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Post by Phantom of London on Jun 27, 2024 19:28:29 GMT
Supermajority has a specific meaning which does not apply in the UK in this election. Depressing to see people just blindly repeat Tory nonsense. Yeah Labour aren't super inspiring but after the last 14 years getting rid of the Tories is all the inspiration I need to vote. I'll probably still have a Tory MP as I'm in a rare seat where there's no clear rival to the sitting MP as the Lib Dems and Labour were pretty much neck and neck in second last time. On Election Map the Libs have picked up 4 more seats - which now includes Runnymeade and Weybridge. electionmaps.uk/nowcastRoll on Thursday. |
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Post by karloscar on Jun 29, 2024 19:34:45 GMT
Farage boycotting the BBC? If only they'd been wise enough to piss him off twenty years ago the country would be in a completely different place now!
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Post by parsley1 on Jun 29, 2024 19:51:47 GMT
Nice treat for the incoming government next week
To sort out the junior doctors pay deal
Let’s see how successful they are
With a planned budget increase for the NHS amounting to a real terms cut
Yet a delusion to offer more appointments and surgery at the weekend
No doubt from staff who are not qualified as doctors
Let’s see how much further damage labour can do in the next 4 years
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Post by Peter on Jun 29, 2024 21:26:59 GMT
I’m not expecting miracles in the short term - though the current incumbents have had a decade + of steadily making things worse while enriching themselves and their friends, so it’s a low bar to clear.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2024 6:56:20 GMT
Nice treat for the incoming government next week To sort out the junior doctors pay deal Let’s see how successful they are With a planned budget increase for the NHS amounting to a real terms cut Yet a delusion to offer more appointments and surgery at the weekend No doubt from staff who are not qualified as doctors Let’s see how much further damage labour can do in the next 4 years They can't do as damage to the country as the Torries |
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Post by ceebee on Jun 30, 2024 7:44:39 GMT
Nice treat for the incoming government next week To sort out the junior doctors pay deal Let’s see how successful they are With a planned budget increase for the NHS amounting to a real terms cut Yet a delusion to offer more appointments and surgery at the weekend No doubt from staff who are not qualified as doctors Let’s see how much further damage labour can do in the next 4 years They can't do as damage to the country as the Torries I'm pretty sure they can. |
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Post by jojo on Jun 30, 2024 8:23:16 GMT
Putting the brakes on the pilfering and reckless harm done to the country by the current administration will be a start. So much of the damage has been at a structural level and fixing it won't lead to visible results any time soon, and I think most sensible people understand that.
Of course there will be people campaigning that their cause is prioritised, and I those who aren't fans of Starmer (Tories and parts of the Labour party alike) that have resigned themselves to the likely result are already trying to create an environment whereby not fixing things in the first few months will be seen as a failure. But whether or not people voting Labour are realistic about the timeline for change, they will have time before the next general election. I fully expect things to stay fairly rubbish for a while.
A big part of the problem with the doctors strikes has been the current government's unwillingness to get around the table. It seems they are deliberately misrepresenting concerns and goading NHS staff into striking so they can complain about the unions and staff in tv interviews. I don't think issues around staff and pay in the NHS will be resolved any time soon - if ever. And that's only one of many things in the NHS that needs attention. But I am hopeful that further strikes can be avoided for the time-being if the government of the day shows willingness to listen, commit to some interim improvements while acknowledging it's not the 'final offer' and isn't trying to use negotiations to undermine the whole ethos of the NHS.
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Post by karloscar on Jun 30, 2024 8:41:06 GMT
They can't do as damage to the country as the Torries I'm pretty sure they can. The Scottish government managed to do deals with all the health workers in Scotland by getting round the negotiating table and coming to a reasonable if not ideal settlement with the unions. That is what the Tories failed (deliberately) to do. Labour have made a noose for their own neck for tying themselves to Tory budget plans, but they can't possibly be as bad as the recently deceased government. |
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Post by aspieandy on Jun 30, 2024 8:55:43 GMT
Budgets will increase pretty quickly. I do accept money will come from growth - including home building - although it's unclear where the huge workforce will come from. And the shape of wealth taxes will be interesting. You have to assume CGT but there might be novel add-ons around that. Imo, it is absolutely correct to try and claw back some of that unearned, immoral, relentless property inflation of the past 15 years - it's a moral stain on this country that aspiration has been suffocated for young people who do not have property wealth in their family.
These are the most extreme social-economic circumstances of my lifetime. And that includes when I was young and pensioners everywhere used to queue outside the post office evey Thursday to get their pension cashed.
Apparently, there were a few foodbanks in this country 20 years ago although, in my inner city, working class life, I had never heard of one.
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Post by jojo on Jun 30, 2024 9:29:26 GMT
I don't think the Scottish government have come to full agreements with health workers, but they have avoided strike action - just. Some might say that's all they are trying to to, and some would say that's all they need to do. There remain issues with recruitment and staff leaving, and social care is a mess, but the politicians are able to say 'we've avoided NHS strikes'. There have been strikes in other parts of the public sector, but with some notable exceptions most of those involved recognise that below inflation pay rises are pay cuts, and being frustrated by it doesn't make you greedy.
I've never been convinced when people try to make something out of the number of foodbanks or that they are a good marker for the state of the economy or how much we care about poverty. They are an attempt to treat a symptom of the problem, and the problem would be worse without them. See also hospitals and fire stations.
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Post by jojo on Jun 30, 2024 9:36:51 GMT
I'm not sure if it's possible now, but I'd like to have seen some kind of windfall tax on the massive and disproportionate profits made by some organisations during the pandemic. No doubt most of it has been moved around with the help of expensive accountants and is now sitting in off-shore bank accounts. But in an ideal world I'd have ring-fenced any income from that to be allocated to businesses that took a big hit because of the need to lockdown, in particular live entertainment venues including theatres.
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Post by ceebee on Jun 30, 2024 11:17:55 GMT
I'm pretty sure they can. The Scottish government managed to do deals with all the health workers in Scotland by getting round the negotiating table and coming to a reasonable if not ideal settlement with the unions. That is what the Tories failed (deliberately) to do. Labour have made a noose for their own neck for tying themselves to Tory budget plans, but they can't possibly be as bad as the recently deceased government. Yes, though the SNP government is an appalling state of affairs on pretty much everything else. Education, dentistry, social amenities, roads - all an absolute disaster under them. I'm not sure I have faith in any particular party tbh. |
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Post by aspieandy on Jun 30, 2024 14:11:35 GMT
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Post by Phantom of London on Jun 30, 2024 17:47:42 GMT
Oh it is entirely possible and is very likely to, strange there hasn’t been any polls in today’s papers, I was expecting so. To see the smug look wiped off Jacob Rees Mogg’s face is worth the rush ticket alone.
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Post by christya on Jun 30, 2024 17:55:52 GMT
Looking at the available candidates in my area, I am genuinely at a loss as to who to vote for. A combination of proven useless (the current Labour incumbent who has done nothing for our area in nearly two decades), actively awful (the Reform candidate and a random independent who appears to have no other goal than banning abortion) and nice-but-unconvincing (the local Lib Dem and Green candidates, who seem pleasant and well meaning but that's about it). And of course the Conservative candidate who in our area will never win and is so bland you'd forget he was there.
Anyone else got such a positively dismal set of choices?
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jun 30, 2024 18:44:46 GMT
Putting the brakes on the pilfering and reckless harm done to the country by the current administration will be a start. So much of the damage has been at a structural level and fixing it won't lead to visible results any time soon, and I think most sensible people understand that. Of course there will be people campaigning that their cause is prioritised, and I those who aren't fans of Starmer (Tories and parts of the Labour party alike) that have resigned themselves to the likely result are already trying to create an environment whereby not fixing things in the first few months will be seen as a failure. But whether or not people voting Labour are realistic about the timeline for change, they will have time before the next general election. I fully expect things to stay fairly rubbish for a while. A big part of the problem with the doctors strikes has been the current government's unwillingness to get around the table. It seems they are deliberately misrepresenting concerns and goading NHS staff into striking so they can complain about the unions and staff in tv interviews. I don't think issues around staff and pay in the NHS will be resolved any time soon - if ever. And that's only one of many things in the NHS that needs attention. But I am hopeful that further strikes can be avoided for the time-being if the government of the day shows willingness to listen, commit to some interim improvements while acknowledging it's not the 'final offer' and isn't trying to use negotiations to undermine the whole ethos of the NHS. Rachel Reeves said we would see tangible benefits during the first term |
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Post by aspieandy on Jun 30, 2024 23:23:05 GMT
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