General Election - 4th July 2024

[SebastianBlue]

Anyone casting a vote in a general election off the back of a football result needs certifying.

Starting a war would be much more plausible, for the feel good vote.

[gestures broadly in the direction of a sizeable portion of the British electorate]

 

[BobKowalski]

It’s going to be a long six weeks, my early prediction is a labour win, with one of the biggest swings ever, it won’t give them a thumping majority but they should get over the line, but they may need help off some of the other parties which could make things very interesting

Either way people need to get off their collective arses and vote, high turnouts make politicians sit up and take notice, apathy makes them think you are content, mark my words this country will struggle to keep itself together if this shower of charlatans get back in again

Labour with a majority deep into the one hundreds. And that’s a conservative estimate. Pun intended.

 

[KS55]

We won the league in 1968 under a Labour government. We won the Cup in 1969 under a Labour government.

We won the League Cup in 1970 under a Labour government. We won the ECWC in 1970 under a Labour government.

We won the 1976 League Cup under a Labour government.

And under the last lab gov which was the subject of the post?

 

[KS55]

Seems like a pretty easy choice.

It rather depends on where I stand currently. None of those people will remotely represent my views. One of them appears to represent yours, if you think the choice is easy.

 

[KS55]

If fanbases were anything to go by, The Monster Raving Loony Party would win every seat in Liverpool by a landslide.

Are you sure they are not cheating? Their emails suggest they plan to sent Evertonians to Ruanda, make Liverpool a colony of the Isle of Man, and import millions of South Americans under 18.

 

[KS55]

Under the last Labour government we had a funded NHS hardly any waiting lists, and investment in public services we’ve had 14 years of effective austerity the whole country is breaking down there is a clear choice

Er…. There has been no austerity and Health spending has gone thru the roof. Debt has increased exponentially. I dont expect the election will be fought around actual facts or, more importantly, the real needs of the people. Count me out.

 

[KS55]

Bollocks.

Do you understand that inflation is cumulative?

or that when inflation goes down it does not mean prices go down?

Mortgages are at record levels for recent times (still) and inflation being down to 2.3% just means people are getting more broke more slowly.

Non sequitur.

 

[KS55]

Anyone casting a vote in a general election off the back of a football result needs certifying.

Starting a war would be much more plausible, for the feel good vote.

There is a myth that Wilson won the election in 1966, because England won the World Cup. Commentators rattled this off ad nauseam in the 1970s. The election was in March.

 

[Ducado]

Er…. There has been no austerity and Health spending has gone thru the roof. Debt has increased exponentially. I dont expect the election will be fought around actual facts or, more importantly, the real needs of the people. Count me out.

They are spending just to stand still simple fact is the Public services were cut to the bone now they just don’t have the capacity, look at how many beds the NHS had lost over the last 14 years, a law and order system creaking I could go on, I saiid effective austerity, as was proven in the 80s it always costs more to put right the effects of austerity than the amount saved, plus you then have the huge social costs

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

The rat-faced **** is simply regurgitating his rain-soaked performance from earlier.

Watched his speech on the news and he cut a sorry figure to my eyes. So he should too, they have fucked the place

 

[Bluesince1979]

I said in an earlier post that ALL politicians are weirdo’s who have a strange way of speaking.

Just been proved right , flicked bbc news on and the lib dem deputy leader is on, no idea of her name. As shes talking she has a massive cheesey grin and at the end of each sentence her smile gets huge. Like oddly huge. Has she been told to talk like this? If one of my mates spoke like this id think there was something up with them.
As i say … weirdos

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

I said in an earlier post that ALL politicians are weirdo’s who have a strange way of speaking.

Just been proved right , flicked bbc news on and the lib dem deputy leader is on, no idea of her name. As shes talking she has a massive cheesey grin and at the end of each sentence her smile gets huge. Like oddly huge. Has she been told to talk like this? If one of my mates spoke like this id think there was something up with them.
As i say … weirdos

I actually don’t think that’s any kind of media training or anything, that’s just her authentic self. If you look up pictures of Daisy Cooper going back decades you’ll struggle to find a photo where she’s not flashing a ridiculously wide smile. In the same way Priti Patel has that resting smirk, she has a resting full beam smile.

It is a bit unsettling I’ll give you that.

 

[Lowtower]

What a choice to be left with.

What are these Changes that Keith is proposing?

 

[KS55]

I actually don’t think that’s any kind of media training or anything, that’s just her authentic self. If you look up pictures of Daisy Cooper going back decades you’ll struggle to find a photo where she’s not flashing a ridiculously wide smile. In the same way Priti Patel has that resting smirk, she has a resting full beam smile.

It is a bit unsettling I’ll give you that.

Remember when Tory spokesmen were told to give speeches in a ‘power stance’ with one foot firmly planted 2 feet in front? Looked ridiculous.

 

[Bluesince1979]

I actually don’t think that’s any kind of media training or anything, that’s just her authentic self. If you look up pictures of Daisy Cooper going back decades you’ll struggle to find a photo where she’s not flashing a ridiculously wide smile. In the same way Priti Patel has that resting smirk, she has a resting full beam smile.

It is a bit unsettling I’ll give you that.

Fair play , looked like a simpleton though :))

 

[Bluesince1979]

Remember when Tory spokesmen were told to give speeches in a ‘power stance’ with one foot firmly planted 2 feet in front? Looked ridiculous.

Was it Miliband that on the live tv debates used to finish what he was saying and look into the camera and do a big grin?

Used to make me laugh and vomit in equal measures

 

[Nethermoor]

I think at this point we just need change. These cunts have fucked everything for years. The facts on food banks and the underfunding of councils just as a two starter.

Let's give labour a fair crack to make this country at least a bit easier to live in. Tax the rich and feed the poor.

Fuck Rwanda off, have a proper method of applying for asylum.

Sort housing out. Nationalise the trains AND NATIONALISE THE ENERGY.

 

[MCFC Wirral]

I think Rishi will step down when the Tories lose the election.

 

[KS55]

They are spending just to stand still simple fact is the Public services were cut to the bone now they just don’t have the capacity, look at how many beds the NHS had lost over the last 14 years, a law and order system creaking I could go on, I saiid effective austerity, as was proven in the 80s it always costs more to put right the effects of austerity than the amount saved, plus you then have the huge social costs

This is the sort of thing that politicians say. It is maddenly fact free. The fall in the number of nhs beds owes almost nothing to austerity but is driven by changes in medical practice and the move to greater care in the community. The number of beds has fallen steadily for over 30 years, roughly in line with other countries’ advanced health services.
If you were really interested in nhs issues you would consult the Kings Fund, the best source of nhs research and which currently carries a full study of nhs bed history.
See Kings Fund.org.uk.

 

[Blue Maverick]

The only problem Labour have is it will take more than one term to right the wrongs, there is so much wrong people need to realise there isn’t a magic wand. Labour will have no idea how much is left in the pot, so they can cost all the stuff they want but there may not be the cash to do it.