The Labour Government

Chippy_boy said:
I'll post this here, not looking for any replies. Not even expecting the Labour zealots to watch it. If any of you do though, just let the first 3 or so minutes sink in. Please don't come back saying how it's all perfectly justifiable. It isn't. You know it isn't. I know, we all know. So let's not getting into a silly discussion about how it's all perfectly normal and OK. It just makes you look daft, and I am not going to engage in any such nonsensical discussion anyway, so there's no point. Just watch it, let in sink in a bit and reflect on what sort of bloke is in No 10.

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GB News. That agenda-free bastion of impartiality. Fucking hilarious.
 
Vic said:
My aunt's student lodger took me as a kid. I remember her name - Carole Proudfoot - partly because one of the Belle Vue monkeys sat there wanking, and you tend to remember sights like that.
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Are you sure it wasn’t you sat there wanking?

:-)
 
Chippy_boy said:
I'll post this here, not looking for any replies. Not even expecting the Labour zealots to watch it. If any of you do though, just let the first 3 or so minutes sink in. Please don't come back saying how it's all perfectly justifiable. It isn't. You know it isn't. I know, we all know. So let's not getting into a silly discussion about how it's all perfectly normal and OK. It just makes you look daft, and I am not going to engage in any such nonsensical discussion anyway, so there's no point. Just watch it, let in sink in a bit and reflect on what sort of bloke is in No 10.

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Looking at the world through sleaze-tinted glasses! Hahahahahahahaha! Just sums up the cesspit of Westminster.
 
Blue and true said:
GB News. That agenda-free bastion of impartiality. Fucking hilarious.
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Yet here we are and very quietly, Starmer and co are saying they won’t accept anymore free clothes despite claiming for days no rules where broken and many on here saying nothing to see, move on……

Clearly the mood music is changing, someone at the top feels things have not been done correctly and there are things to see and that have to stop.

Starmer promised he would ban the freebies completely whilst leader of the opposition. He hasn’t, he and others have been exposed as being a tad hypocritical over the issue and are now busy trying to row back.

Let’s see if he is good to his word and Parliament puts a stop to MP’s receiving free gifts which we all know are never ever really free.

He does he will get the plaudits, he doesn’t, he will get stick and rightly so.
 
blueinsa said:
Yet here we are and very quietly, Starmer and co are saying they won’t accept anymore free clothes despite claiming for days no rules where broken and many on here saying nothing to see, move on……

Clearly the mood music is changing, someone at the top feels things have not been done correctly and there are things to see and that have to stop.

Starmer promised he would ban the freebies completely whilst leader of the opposition. He hasn’t, he and others have been exposed as being a tad hypocritical over the issue and are now busy trying to row back.

Let’s see if he is good to his word and Parliament puts a stop to MP’s receiving free gifts which we all know are never ever really free.

He does he will get the plaudits, he doesn’t, he will get stick and rightly so.
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There were no rules broken and they have realised that it isn’t just about that, it the optics that things like this give off.

Hopefully, as you say, this will nail down their resolve to stop all the fucking sleaze that has gone on in the past and get rid of those that lobby for personal gain.
 
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Blue and true said:
GB News. That agenda-free bastion of impartiality. Fucking hilarious.
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Genuine question open to all, what sources are acceptable I see
GB news
BBC
The Telegraph
The Mail
The Sun
The Express
Have all been derided as sources recently.
 
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The Future’s Blue! said:
There were no rules broken and they have realised that it isn’t just about that, it the optics that things like this give off.

Hopefully, as you say, this will nail down their resolve to stop all the fucking sleaze that has gone on in the past and get rid of those that lobby for personal gain.
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Again, he is on record as saying he was appalled at MP’s taking free gifts and he would change the rules when elected.

Clearly, he isn’t appalled at all is he and he has no intention of changing anything?
 
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Blue and true said:
This thread is a thing of beauty, all these hardline Tories suddenly finding a conscience and tying themselves up in hypocritical knots.
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Perfect summing up apart from they occasionally try humour as well, but fail at that too.

Unsurprising as the most modern right wing comedian is still Lee Hurst.
 
metalblue said:
This should concern Reeves. Consumer confidence has dropped 7 points in the last month to -20. Her budget needs some cheer in it.

www.bbc.co.uk

Consumer confidence tumbles ahead of Budget

Some economists have linked a drop in consumer confidence to officials' warnings of a painful Budget.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
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Whist not great, it’s not actually been positive since early 2016, so something must have happened then..
 
blueinsa said:
Again, he is on record as saying he was appalled at MP’s taking free gifts and he would change the rules when elected.

Clearly, he isn’t appalled at all is he and he has no intention of changing anything?
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You've just posted Starmer has said he'll stop accepting the free clothes?
 
mackenzie said:
I don't like monkeys. I was taken to Belle Vue when I was about 4 and one showed me it's arse. I was mortified lol
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We haven't evolved that much really have we? I went to college with a lad who liked to moon a lot. He was eventually cured of it when he fell out of a bedroom window doing it.

My vague recollections of both the zoo and the circus all carry a faint feeling of being freaked out, strangely apart from the clowns which I loved.

Nothing to do with the Labour government but that conversation seems to have got well and truly bogged down. Hopefully their conference will kickstart the conversation in a more interesting direction.

(Btw the monkey forest at Trentham is excellent and may cure you of your dislike).
 
threespires said:
We haven't evolved that much really have we? I went to college with a lad who liked to moon a lot. He was eventually cured of it when he fell out of a bedroom window doing it.

My vague recollections of both the zoo and the circus all carry a faint feeling of being freaked out, strangely apart from the clowns which I loved.

Nothing to do with the Labour government but that conversation seems to have got well and truly bogged down. Hopefully their conference will kickstart the conversation in a more interesting direction.

(Btw the monkey forest at Trentham is excellent and may cure you of your dislike).
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Without wanting to derail the thread, I doubt it lol
My son lives in Czech Republic and we went to the zoo in Jihlava last year when I visited. The monkey there showed it's arse to me too...perhaps it's just me hahaha. And as @Vic said ..they do other things too ;-)
Much prefer baby elephants.
 
blueinsa said:
Yet here we are and very quietly, Starmer and co are saying they won’t accept anymore free clothes despite claiming for days no rules where broken and many on here saying nothing to see, move on……

Clearly the mood music is changing, someone at the top feels things have not been done correctly and there are things to see and that have to stop.

Starmer promised he would ban the freebies completely whilst leader of the opposition. He hasn’t, he and others have been exposed as being a tad hypocritical over the issue and are now busy trying to row back.

Let’s see if he is good to his word and Parliament puts a stop to MP’s receiving free gifts which we all know are never ever really free.

He does he will get the plaudits, he doesn’t, he will get stick and rightly so.
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When did he say this?

I've had a look but can't find anything about banning gifts and it would be a good gotcha for the press to cite in their recent coverage.
 
blueinsa said:
Yet here we are and very quietly, Starmer and co are saying they won’t accept anymore free clothes despite claiming for days no rules where broken and many on here saying nothing to see, move on……

Clearly the mood music is changing, someone at the top feels things have not been done correctly and there are things to see and that have to stop.

Starmer promised he would ban the freebies completely whilst leader of the opposition. He hasn’t, he and others have been exposed as being a tad hypocritical over the issue and are now busy trying to row back.

Let’s see if he is good to his word and Parliament puts a stop to MP’s receiving free gifts which we all know are never ever really free.

He does he will get the plaudits, he doesn’t, he will get stick and rightly so.
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I agree, let's see if he is as good as his word. I'll go on record by saying no politician, of any persuasion, should be claiming gifts off anyone. And I've already gone on record with criticism of the WFA being taken from many. But I'm not going to be drawn into the pontificating of GB News, of all outlets.

What I find funny are the numerous posters, and they know who they are, now expressing concern over the neediest in society being shat on; and for fifteen years prior they maintained radio silence on these issues.
 
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