Where do we start

[BobKowalski]

I think it's irrelevant who is in charge and the biggest problem is one of attitude of the entire country. We seem to be dominated by hate and there is just no togetherness. People just seem to want their own way and alternative opinions are not appreciated. Even media outlets are despised by these warring tribes because they do not output 'the truth' as believed by the all knowing. I do not know anyone who objects to peaceful protest but I know shitloads of people who object to non peaceful protests. Look at Brexit, we had a vote but apparently people voted wrongly and need to be re-educated (why not just campaign for another vote rather than carrying on the hate fest)? Hate, yes hate, lies at our decline, I think people enjoy hating, they convince themselves their hate is justified. I watched 'the Last Czar' on Netflix over the last week, this culminates in the communist overthrow of the evil (incompetent) Romanov dynasty. Happy days you might think. No, it ends with the communists shooting the Tsar and Tsarina to death in a cellar and then using bayonets to finish off the five Romanov children. Just hate replacing hate.

It isn’t irrelevant.

 

[Postman Pep]

Agree but shame neither party is standing on a platform to do this. Both want an American style system and are running the NHS into the ground. Wes steering is possibly even more right wing than a Tory health minister

Probably about the same. The key difference is because, unlike the Tories, Labour are trusted on the NHS. Therefore they will have a greater mandate for 'reform'. In other words people uncomfortable with further privatisation will turn a blind eye because it is their team doing it.

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

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Hanging every member of parliament would be a good start

 

[mosssideblue]

A very good start would be to instigate Leveson 2 and sort out the corrupt media. The media create 95% of hatred and disaffection. The Daily Mail, GB News and their ilk are nihilists who want to destroy society and civilisation so their buddies can enjoy more power and less taxation.

(There is more chance of Starmer putting on a Lenin hat and climbing Nelson's Column with a big red flag.)

The tax system needs a complete overall to make it more rational and cut the 1001 ways of dodging tax. I would make a start - but only a start - by making cash-in-hand work illegal.

ID cards for all. Negotiate with the EU for reciprocal use as passports in Europe. Make it mandatory for them to be recorded by employers and all services such as the NHS. No ID card, no access to employment or services.

Prosecute all the corrupt cunts who have stolen public money during the last 14 years. Don't jail them, make them repay every penny with interest plus a heavy fine on top.

How would you suggest policing the cash in hand work?

 

[BrianW]

How would you suggest policing the cash in hand work?

I didn't say it would be easy but you would start with fines for both employer and employee.

I would make every taxi take cards and issue a VAT receipt for every trip, to give but one example. The black economy is very damaging and needs to be smashed.

 

[BobKowalski]

How would you suggest policing the cash in hand work?

While cash exists you can’t. Even in a pure cashless society there are ways around payments going through your official books.

People will always be open to a deal that benefits both parties.

 

[BobKowalski]

I didn't say it would be easy but you would start with fines for both employer and employee.

I would make every taxi take cards and issue a VAT receipt for every trip, to give but one example. The black economy is very damaging and needs to be smashed.

There will always be a black economy and that money will usually find a way back into the official economy given that money is invariably spent on goods etc.

Attempting to crack down on every instance will be counterproductive and probably cost more to police than you would save.

 

[abu13]

I honestly think the country is beyond saving, i have no trust in any politician.

I believe that it would take a huge public uprising against those in power to instigate any meaningful change.

 

[mosssideblue]

While cash exists you can’t. Even in a pure cashless society there are ways around payments going through your official books.

People will always be open to a deal that benefits both parties.

Exactly

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

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Yeah, so the likelihood is that we'll get less done than previously - and that didn't amount to a full bag of shite. I expect the area inside the M25 will be reasonably catered for and the rest, well, we can go an fuck ourselves if we wanted good government.