Question Time

BlueHammer85 said:
First I’ve heard of him last night, as a Tory he wasn’t the worst. Not saying a lot.
Click to expand...
He backed Truss and Kwarteng’s budget and praised how they had strengthened the Pound, 45 mins before it hit an all time low against the Dollar.

Hes obviously unable to critically think and is merely a vessel to blow smoke up whoever is his leader at the time.
 
Churchlawtonblue said:
Thats a good point, but are you saying that in the last 20years we have had nearly 3million more people with dementia who now qualify for disability benefit? Seems a lot to me?
Click to expand...
Dementia was an example he gave, there are lots of reasons for being disabled and age is not always a factor. I feel you are seeking an answer you want to hear rather than looking at this from the point of reality regarding the numbers of people claiming disability allowance. Yes, it hs increased, but I don't believe there will be an answer that scratches your itch

Believe me, to get PiP, you have to satisfy stringent criteria
 
Last edited:
Dubai Blue said:
The problem isn't so much the potentially rhetorical question he asked, it's this line: "There's an exclusion on people from Rwanda being sent to Rwanda."

That's the giveaway that he has absolutely no clue whatsoever about the country he and his party deem to be safe.
Click to expand...

response of the lady 2 seats along that sums him up - the shock at his ignorance
 
mosssideblue said:
Dementia was an example he gave, there are lots of reasons for being disabled and age is not always a factor. I feel you are seeking an answer you want to hear rather than looking at this from the point of reality regarding the numbers of people claiming disability allowance. Yes, it hs increased, but I don't believe there will be an answer that scatches your itch

Believe me, to get PiP, you have to satisfy stringent criteria
Click to expand...
Not really looking for something that scratches an itch lol, I am genuinely puzzled by it, but I do genuinely feel more informed by these exchanges. I know a couple of people who are struggling with long covid, but both are managing to work. I also see the correlation with age and dementia, I certainly know a fair few people who have this horrible disease. I hadnt really put two and two together. Cheers
 
Last edited:
Alan Harper's Tash said:
He backed Truss and Kwarteng’s budget and praised how they had strengthened the Pound, 45 mins before it hit an all time low against the Dollar.

Hes obviously unable to critically think and is merely a vessel to blow smoke up whoever is his leader at the time.
Click to expand...

Fair enough. Not a chance in hell they're getting my vote anyway.
 
I'm With Stupid said:
So having gone to the doctor to get treatment because you're ill, you then, rather than having the doctor quickly fill out a form, have to go to another person for another consultation to get a sick note? Genius.
Click to expand...

I can understand one fucking plum coming out and showing the nation how utterly fucking brain dead he is. But in this case I think this plum has shown the nation how utterly brain dead this Conservative government is.
 
BlueHammer85 said:
Wouldn’t often stick up for a Tory but clearly he was just having a bit of a brain fart understanding the question and when the penny dropped clarified about the safety legislation for not being sent there if in harm - so he did recover I felt.
Click to expand...
I just think he failed to grasp the point. If you're a Congolese war refugee could you be deported to the country that's at war with Congo? (That said, which Congo is actually at war at Rwanda?)
 
Vic said:
I just think he failed to grasp the point. If you're a Congolese war refugee could you be deported to the country that's at war with Congo? (That said, which Congo is actually at war at Rwanda?)
Click to expand...

Well, DR Congo is the one with the border.

Rwanda has supported rebels in DRC.
DRC has supported rebels against Rwanda.
It's been rumbling since the genocide in Rwanda.

This has some recent history:
en.wikipedia.org

Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda tensions (2022–present) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

The border with DRC is mostly lake and the volcano park where the gorillas are - that area is absolutely stunning.
 
Churchlawtonblue said:
Not really looking for something that scratches an itch lol, I am genuinely puzzled by it, but I do genuinely feel more informed by these exchanges. I know a couple of people who are struggling with long covid, but both are managing to work. I also see the correlation with age and dementia, I certainly know a fair few people who have this horrible disease. I hadnt really put two and two together. Cheers
Click to expand...
It's worth mentioning that disability benefit includes things the government pays for to help get people to work, not just benefits for staying at home and not working.
 
metalblue said:
Only one that came out of last night with any credit was Daisy Cooper from the Lib Dem’s.

Shambles from our so called main parties.
Click to expand...
The lib-dems can promise free beer and a World Cup winning England team, because they know they will not form the next government so any pie-in-the-sky promises will never have to be fulfilled.
Sadly the two main parties have to keep their powder dry and avoid making themselves a hostage to fortune, sometimes at the cost of making themselves look clueless and unwilling to answer.
It‘s one of the real downsides to the in-yer-face combative system we have.
 
Bodicoteblue said:
The lib-dems can promise free beer and a World Cup winning England team, because they know they will not form the next government so any pie-in-the-sky promises will never have to be fulfilled.
Sadly the two main parties have to keep their powder dry and avoid making themselves a hostage to fortune, sometimes at the cost of making themselves look clueless and unwilling to answer.
It‘s one of the real downsides to the in-yer-face combative system we have.
Click to expand...

Not sure promising to back the outcome of the ICC and arrest Netanyahu if the opportunity arose is pie in the sky. Something neither Bridget Phillipson or Mark Spencer could bring themselves to say, tripping over their tongues in the process.

This country used to stand up for rule of law. As Daisy Cooper said, we cannot allow these crimes to go unnoticed.

She didn’t promise anything fanciful either or at least no more fanciful than anyone else on the panel. Investing in primary care and mental health to save costs when people hit crisis, sorting out self employed imbalances (IR35), and tax big business (perhaps unrealistic but the global tax regime will help). All pretty sensible stuff, audience certainly preferred her answers to anyone else’s.
 
metalblue said:
Not sure promising to back the outcome of the ICC and arrest Netanyahu if the opportunity arose is pie in the sky. Something neither Bridget Phillipson or Mark Spencer could bring themselves to say, tripping over their tongues in the process.

This country used to stand up for rule of law. As Daisy Cooper said, we cannot allow these crimes to go unnoticed.

She didn’t promise anything fanciful either or at least no more fanciful than anyone else on the panel. Investing in primary care and mental health to save costs when people hit crisis, sorting out self employed imbalances (IR35), and tax big business (perhaps unrealistic but the global tax regime will help). All pretty sensible stuff, audience certainly preferred her answers to anyone else’s.
Click to expand...
That‘s my point.
The audience preferred her answers because she said things they wanted to hear - good old fashioned popular promises that they will never be pushed to fulfil, and I don’t recall her being pushed like the other two parties to tell us how the lib-dems were going to finance their policies and promises
The other two parties have to be very careful at this point to not provide ammunition to their opponents or sympathetic media as they know things get cast up and twisted and lied about.
The real tragedy is that the two major parties are forced to put electoral priorities above the priorities for the nation.
They are pretty much mutually responsible for this.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Unread Posts

Don't have an account? Register now and see fewer ads!

SIGN UP
Back
Top