General Election - 4th July 2024

[Kompany Car]

Worth remembering A Clockwork Orange was written in 1962. That’s not a coincidence, there’s a reason it resonated.

A clockwork orange didn’t really become well known until Kubricks movie was released in the early 70s. Whilst the gangs of the early 60s did influence his writing, the extreme levels of violence depicted were understood to be based upon an attack on his first wife during WW2 by US servicemen.

https://www.anthonyburgess.org/a-clockwork-orange/

Anyway let’s hope whoever gets in ensures that there a shift towards a more equitable society and they stop the rot that has set in in some communities.

 

[johnnytapia]

Who’s the third Tory voter?
We’ve got Brewster, Worsley has abandoned ship, that leaves another 2.
Come on, don’t be shy...

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

A clockwork orange didn’t really become well known until Kubricks movie was released in the early 70s. Whilst the gangs of the early 60s did influence his writing, the extreme levels of violence depicted were understood to be based upon an attack on his first wife during WW2 by US servicemen.

https://www.anthonyburgess.org/a-clockwork-orange/

Anyway let’s hope whoever gets in ensures that there a shift towards a more equitable society and they stop the rot that has set in in some communities.

Good info, thanks. And I agree, it’s all a bit by the by, it is a problem that we should take seriously as it’s symptomatic of a lot of other failings.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Manifesto 2024 — Count Binface

www.countbinface.com

 

[Vic]

Two thirds of council-run youth centres have closed

Research by the Unison trade union has found that more than two thirds of council-run youth centres in England and Wales have closed since 2010 - with 1,243 facilities closed and just 481 still in operation by the end of March 2023. By the end of the year, fewer than half of councils still operated their own youth centres, the union said, arguing closures are leaving vulnerable young people at greater risk from issues ranging from drug and knife crime to mental health challenges. Unison's head of local government, Mike Short, said years of council funding cuts "have hit hard and left vulnerable youngsters high and dry", while a "decade and more of austerity has undone much of the previous good work and created a lost generation of youngsters".

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Who’s the third Tory voter?
We’ve got Brewster, Worsley has abandoned ship, that leaves another 2.
Come on, don’t be shy...

Brewster has a burner account, remember?

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

This is a fun poll

 

[TinFoilHat]

Rachel Reeves to seek ‘improved’ UK-EU trade terms if Labour wins election

Shadow chancellor also wants to secure billions of pounds of investment via an international summit

www.ft.com

 

[bluenova]

Two thirds of council-run youth centres have closed

Research by the Unison trade union has found that more than two thirds of council-run youth centres in England and Wales have closed since 2010 - with 1,243 facilities closed and just 481 still in operation by the end of March 2023. By the end of the year, fewer than half of councils still operated their own youth centres, the union said, arguing closures are leaving vulnerable young people at greater risk from issues ranging from drug and knife crime to mental health challenges. Unison's head of local government, Mike Short, said years of council funding cuts "have hit hard and left vulnerable youngsters high and dry", while a "decade and more of austerity has undone much of the previous good work and created a lost generation of youngsters".

I was reading up on the National Citizen Service, and it said that from 2014-2018 it gobbled up 95% of all government spending on youth services!

 

[TinFoilHat]

Downloaded the majority of party manifestos for a proper read. Apart from Galloway's... Ironic his website promotes wealth redistribution then asks you to buy his manifesto.