General Election - 4th July 2024

[bluethrunthru]

Imagine the LD as the opposition. It might actually mean PMQ’s had reasonable questions and proper answers!

People will soon be complaining that its boring because its just two ageing men asking each other questions about things I can't be bothered to research and nobody shouts any more.

You know like the way its supposed to be.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Embarrassing, desperate cunts.

 

[kaz7]

Trussonomics only impacted for a short while so it’s not still having an effect on “most mortgage holders”. The rest is inflation driven which we would have worn come what may.

The people who came off their fixed rate are paying hundreds more a month thanks to truss , they will be feeling it for years, take your tory glasses off

 

[metalblue]

The people who came off their fixed rate are paying hundreds more a month thanks to truss , they will be feeling it for years, take your tory glasses off

Absolutely, but most people didn’t though. Which was my point…perhaps if you put your glasses on you’d have read it properly ;)

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I've got a dilemma on Thursday. I want this bunch of incompetent, dogma-driven, venal, corrupt, self-serving grifters confined to the history books. In my constituency (Bury South) the best chance of doing that is Labour.

It's very marginal so the Labour candidate should win. However, the problem is that it's Christian Wakeford, who crossed the floor from the Tories two years ago.

He'd disagreed with the party on a key issue, and was allegedly told a school that was promised in Radcliffe (quite a deprived part of Bury South) wouldn't be funded if he voted against the party line on that issue. Yet there's more than a suspicion that he defected because he could see what was coming and wanted to be sure he retained his seat.

He's going to win but I'm struggling to convince myself to put that 'x' against his name.

@BTH - convince me that he's serious about his political beliefs. Otherwise I'll vote Green, Lib Dem or even Communist.

 

[kaz7]

I've got a dilemma on Thursday. I want this bunch of incompetent, dogma-driven, venal, corrupt, self-serving grifters confined to the history books. In my constituency (Bury South) the best chance of doing that is Labour.

It's very marginal so the Labour candidate should win. However, the problem is that it's Christian Wakeford, who crossed the floor from the Tories two years ago.

He'd disagreed with the party on a key issue, and was allegedly told a school that was promised in Radcliffe (quite a deprived part of Bury South) wouldn't be funded if he voted against the party line on that issue. Yet there's more than a suspicion that he defected because he could see what was coming and wanted to be sure he retained his seat.

He's going to win but I'm struggling to convince myself to put that 'x' against his name.

@BTH - convince me that he's serious about his political beliefs. Otherwise I'll vote Green, Lib Dem or even Communist.

Hold your nose and vote labour please , getting the tories out is the most important thing this time

 

[Crypto lemming]

I have to agree with the comments made by Inbetween said.Its incredible how shareholders are criticised so much,they invest in PLC’s and is it so unacceptable to expect a reward,of course they want some financial reward for risking their money,what’s wrong with that.If the company goes bust then they lose all their money that’s the risk they take,conversely if you deposit money in a Building society or Bank your money is protected upto £85K and in reality as was seen in 2008 all your money was covered by the Government.As a shareholder you provide investment for a company,as a Building society customer you are a money lender,simple as,yet your money is safer than a shareholders,you never hear anyone say how greedy a Building society customer is,funny that.Let’s see things for what they are,as sung in The Italian job,this is a self preservation society,that is reality.With regards to the election,I am traditionally a Conservative but my word I hope that they receive a bloody good hiding on Thursday.Let’s be honest this country is on the slippery slope and has been for a long time but the way this lot have run it down in every way in the last fourteen years is an absolute disgrace,let the Socialists have a go,it’s not possible to do a worse job surely

 

[bluenova]

I've got a dilemma on Thursday. I want this bunch of incompetent, dogma-driven, venal, corrupt, self-serving grifters confined to the history books. In my constituency (Bury South) the best chance of doing that is Labour.

It's very marginal so the Labour candidate should win. However, the problem is that it's Christian Wakeford, who crossed the floor from the Tories two years ago.

He'd disagreed with the party on a key issue, and was allegedly told a school that was promised in Radcliffe (quite a deprived part of Bury South) wouldn't be funded if he voted against the party line on that issue. Yet there's more than a suspicion that he defected because he could see what was coming and wanted to be sure he retained his seat.

He's going to win but I'm struggling to convince myself to put that 'x' against his name.

@BTH - convince me that he's serious about his political beliefs. Otherwise I'll vote Green, Lib Dem or even Communist.

I'll be voting for him - but campaigning elsewhere.

Absolutely no chance he'll lose - it was one of the most marginal seats in the country - the third smallest majority on Labour's target list of Tory seats.

Did you read the Guardian profile of him after he switched? He let Helen Pidd follow him round for the day, so you'll learn a little more about him: https://www.theguardian.com/politic...ristian-wakeford-crossing-floor-dont-throw-up

 

[bluenova]

Prefer this one...

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Prefer this one...

Mad to think Becky will be in her mid-30s now!