General Election - 4th July 2024

Who will you be voting for in the General Election?

  • Labour

    Votes: 266 56.8%

  • Conservative

    Votes: 12 2.6%

  • Liberal Democrat

    Votes: 40 8.5%

  • Reform

    Votes: 71 15.2%

  • Green Party

    Votes: 28 6.0%

  • Other

    Votes: 51 10.9%
  • Total voters
    468
SkyBlueFlux said:
The “they’re all the same” crowd just baffle me endlessly.

So Angela Rayner and Jacob Rees-Mogg are “the same”.

Errrr yeah… sure mate… whatever vacuous bollocks you have to tell yourself…
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i find it utterly astounding that anyone can think Raynor is fit for office. Truly frightening.
 
metalblue said:
There have been around 1.7m mortgages taken out since Truss’s budget so where the 3.5m came from is anyone’s guess. The impact of Truss would have been felt in end Q3 and in to Q4 2022, around 136,000 people who remortgaged at higher fixed rates that were a consequence of the mini budget. At time of mini budget 2 yr fixed rates where 4.74 peaking 4 weeks later to 6.65. In the immediate aftermath of the mini budget the pound tumbled, the BoE raised rates to compensate for the extra risk. In short it had become more risky to lend money to the UK following on from Truss’s policy announcements.

Inflation was already high and there was a realisation in the markets that it was sticky. Interest rates around the world rose in response which started early in 2022 peaking globally summer last year and remain high, although we may see a cut next month.
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Add all three blue bits
 
What a fucking weird election this has been so far.
Thank fuck it’s over tomorrow and this awful Government will be consigned to history.
I keep hearing about a Labour “supermajority” and whether that will be a good or a bad thing - it seems to be the only argument being advanced by Sunak & Co. Typically and probably unsurprisingly, it’s all total bollocks as there’s no such thing. Supermajority is a feature of US politics (2/3 majority vote needed on certain matters) but doesn’t exist in Westminster. Starmer and Labour will be able to pass legislation on a simple majority and will have no problems in implementing its programme.
The press and media coverage has been fucking dire.
Labour will have their work cut out but I wish them well for all our sakes.
 
Hutchymcfc said:
Time will tell if there a difference, I’m saying won’t be a difference
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It’ll be the same old story ‘they left us skint’ … ‘we can’t do this now, there’s no money’ …. ‘that last lot didn’t tell the truth’ .. heard it all before, there will be no difference. One thing for certain, they’ll all get richer.
 
Worsleyweb said:
i find it utterly astounding that anyone can think Raynor is fit for office. Truly frightening.
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I think, inadvertently, you just proved my point.

Though I’m not sure how you’re measuring fitness for office beyond “their opinion differs from mine”.

If we apply the standard of “follow the law” as a bare minimum to be fit for office (which seems reasonable), then Rees-Mogg is somebody who the Supreme Court judged had unlawfully misled the Queen about the prorogation of Parliament. So not sure why he would escape a mention in that particular conversation.
 
Hutchymcfc said:
Time will tell if there a difference, I’m saying won’t be a difference
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Why not if nothing else a party wanting to work with the EU, a oarty not ignoring international law and yhe courts, a part that at least believes inimproving NHS and efuccation. Besides which there are more than 2 parties standing
 
SkyBlueFlux said:
I think, inadvertently, you just proved my point.

Though I’m not sure how you’re measuring fitness for office beyond “their opinion differs from mine”.

If we apply the standard of “follow the law” as a bare minimum to be fit for office (which seems reasonable), then Rees-Mogg is somebody who the Supreme Court judged had unlawfully misled the Queen about the prorogation of Parliament. So not sure why he would escape a mention in that particular conversation.
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Heaven forbid we'd have someone involved in government who's shown the spirit, the nouse and the discipline to get her life on track and make something of herself after a less than auspicious start.

Much better to be governed by spineless, entitled, criminal, narcissistic twats who've got better accents.
 
SkyBlueFlux said:
As I’ve said previously on this topic… There is currently a greater chance of asylum applicants drowning in the Channel than being sent to Rwanda.

Now as poor as Rwanda’s human rights record might be, I suspect death may be a stronger deterrent.

So it begs the question, if a small chance of death doesn’t stop them coming, why do Tories think a small chance of being sent to Rwanda will?
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They don't think it will deter migrants.
They think such a policy will win them votes from the xenophobic/racist elements in society that might otherwise be tempted to vote Reform/UKIP etc.
 
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