Remember children. You voted this lot in.
Winter fuel payments will now be means tested.
Never mind whose fault it is. Taking money from vulnerable pensioners can't be right?
#Labour
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FBI director casts doubts on Trump being struck by bullet during assassination attempt
Christopher Wray told members of the House Judiciary Committee that he doesn’t know if the bullet ‘landed somewhere else’James Liddell (The Independent)
#politics #Labour #democracy
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Labour suspends seven rebel MPs over two-child benefit cap
The government comfortably won the vote despite growing pressure from some of its own MPs to scrap the policy.Sam Francis (BBC News)
There's going to be lots of unhappy residents up and down the country.
I can see it now: "Why must they come here? This is not what I voted Labour for! Getting free houses........" 🤣
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Bibby Stockholm barge to be closed amid Labour asylum overhaul
The vessel was brought into use by the Conservatives to tackle high hotel bills, but the government said it would focus on getting through the backlog of asylum cases instead.Jennifer Scott and Alix Culbertson, political reporters (Sky News)
The solution to this Rental problem is to make it illegal to offer properties for rent that are mortgaged, and only accommodation wholly owned by the landlord can be rented or leased.
This has two effects
1. The landlord is forced to offer reasonable rents because around 90% of the figure will be total profit.
2. Fewer homes will be purchased because tenants will no longer pay the landlord's mortgage, thus increasing the stock of available houses for purchase. In the long term, this will bring house prices down as more choices will be available.
#Renting #Landords #Housing #ukgovernment
'𝗜 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 £𝟱𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝘆 𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲'
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Renters face affordability block to buying a home
Renters are four times less likely than current owners to be able to afford a home, research suggests.Colletta Smith (BBC News)
Remember, children, you voted this man in. Judging by his behaviour over the last few days I think you might regret it.
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#politics #anarchy
BBC Weather this morning.
"There is a severe weather warning in place until Saturday"
That'll be just for today, then, won't it? 🤦♂️
𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿: "We need a quick fix that makes it look like we are 'doing something'
𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗮: "Tax the rich?"
𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿: "Not yet, we're saving that for when we're really in the shit."
𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗮: "Build some prisons? We've got plenty of workers flocking across the English channel now."
𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿: "I've got a better idea. Release prisoners early because they can't be that bad, can they? Plus, we can tell everyone how clever we are in reducing overcrowding within the first few days of taking over."
#politics #Labour
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More prisoners to be released early to ease overcrowding
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says it was "reckless" to let prisons get so full.Kate Whannel (BBC News)
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If this is true, it's the worst possible outcome for Labour. It will mean even less affordable accommodation if we accept that renting is cheaper than buying a house. These properties will be bought for home ownership, not for renting.
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Landlords Across Britain Selling Up Ahead of Labour Crackdown On Rental Market – Guido Fawkes
British landlords are quitting the private rented sector en masse and putting their properties on the market ahead of Labour's first King's Speech. TheRoss Kempsell (Guido Fawkes Organisation)
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It still takes that option off the table. I did a very brief search earlier because another thought crossed my mind. Apparently, the least viable lease you can sell on a property is 40 years in terms of what banks will lend mortgages against. So, I wonder if any Landlords will consider selling leases as an immediate cash injection to use on other projects while (hopefully, if they survive) having a retirement asset to sell off once the lease reverts back to them.
I await the "Equity Release For Landlords" scheme. 🤣
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Voters for French far-right say 'dirty tricks' won election
RN voters tell the BBC they were angered by alliances they say kept their party from power.Ido Vock (BBC News)
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New chancellor Rachel Reeves announces mandatory housing targets 'to get Britain building again' - and lifts onshore wind ban
In her first speech as chancellor, Rachel Reeves has outlined how Labour plan to tackle the need for more homes across the UK.Alix Culbertson (Sky News)
At least you won't be bankrupt like we will in about three years.
Do you think you'll get Trump for a second term? Americans can't possibly elect that senile old fool Biden?
I'm not sure it'll matter at this point. Both sides are starting to sound like they're the IRA and Sinn Fein gearing up for a long conflict akin to The Troubles. That would tear us apart in fairly short order if the Capitol Insurrection was any indication.
It is too early in the day to be so maudlin. I can't deny it is looking pretty bad. On the bright side there is still plenty of countryside for all to visit here in the Americas...
"𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗩𝗮𝗿𝘂𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗘𝗮𝗴𝗹𝗲𝘀!"
Poor Margaret must be spinning in her grave. 😢
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Margaret Thatcher's old seat of Finchley has been GAINED by Labour - Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Labour’s Sarah Sackman took Finchley and Golders Green from the Conservatives, defeating Tory rival Alex Deane who polled 17,276, while Sackman secured 21,857 votesBasit Mahmood (Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate)
My former MP Eddie Hughes, who buggered off to what I presume he thought was a safe seat in Tamworth, is out of a job.
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Maybe if he had stayed with the Constituency, he might have won because he was well-liked in the town.
#politics #GE2024
Tamworth general election results for 2024
The centre of a parliamentary by-election just last year when former MP Chris Pincher downBirmingham Live
And so, as everyone knew, the Conservatives are barely represented in UK society today, having suffered the worst defeat in British political history. While there will be lots of jubilation for those who voted Labour, I can't help feeling that the biggest factor in their victory was that the Tories handed it to them on a plate, not only with their behaviour but also the arrogance of their belief in the former majority they held and that it wasn't won through any groundbreaking manifesto promises. In my opinion, a large proportion voted Labour to "Get the Tories out". To coin a phrase: "How the mighty have fallen." But as has been pointed out, that's democracy for you, and it proves that "Votes" do count.
Obviously, as a lifelong Tory voter myself, I'm not convinced that Labour is the answer or can address the problems facing us today, but they now have five years and an unbeatable majority to prove myself and my fellow Conservative voters wrong. From my point of view, all I can hope for now is for the Party to overhaul itself and look for By-Election opportunities to start clawing seats back.
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so it turned out even Brexit couldn't heal there internal divisions.
It's just a shame they could not put the country first, rather than their internal problems.
It will be interesting to see when Sunak steps down.
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"HAPPY TREASON DAY."
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#politics #GE2024 #vote #KeepTheFaith
I agree the Iraq war was a warcrime.
Regarding the tories:
We've also had Liz Truss losing 30bn quid in one week because she was criminally reckless and stupid, we had billions of public money stolen by the tories through the PPE and TrackandTrace scandals.
Brexit was driven by the tory right, and the the tory press lied on their behalf.
Thatcher privatised the water industry, which has led inevitably to our rivers and sea being full of shit.
I agree, Truss was not only a massive mistake but a huge disappointment given she was billed as the reincarnation of my hero Maggie.
With regard to PPE, Furlough, and, let's not forget, the Nightingale hospitals at £60M a pop, it depends on your perspective. While I was stunned at how the government literally handed over cash without any checks or balances, one could argue it was the right thing to do at the time, given everyone was shit scared of dying. Personally, I'd far rather they threw money away rather than clamp down on bureaucracy. What should have happened was for the Royal Commission to look into ALL payments made by the government at that time, with powers to recover funds where appropriate.
I agree with Margaret Thatcher. It is not the government's role to run businesses and provide employment. Where it all falls down is the likes of OFWAT, either not having enough power or not really doing their job properly and sanctioning the arse off, in this case, the water companies.
𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻.
Wanna know why I'm a moaning caaant? This is why.
A guy has a 2011 PC running W7, but Office won't activate on it. He sends us a second PC he's found and asks us to transfer everything over. The only trouble is that it's that old story: "If it's slung up the back of a cupboard, there's a reason." It's a 2009 PC!
I offer him an i5, 32GB 256 M.2 plus M365; he tries to tell me they have a bunch of M365 licenses and "Can't we use one of those?" after telling him to basically fook off, he then says, "Well, you can have it here in a bit can't you?" I have to explain that; basically, he's wasted the morning, and now our guys are starting lunches, and if he's lucky, he'll have it this afternoon.
Why do people take three weeks to decide and then think they can have it within the hour?
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if your preferred candidate doesn't win you get no representation of your views.
If there is someone with a realistic chance of winning who partially represents your views and you vote for them you may at least get some representation.
And of course if everybody does that the parties that are least worst get in.
Where it falls down even more is it the least worst option crosses some red lines. Then you either vote for something you don't agree with, vote for someone who you know won't get in or stay home.
I can't really blame people for staying home. If a party wants people to vote, then convince them. "Voter apathy" is really blaming the wrong people.
I don't believe in proportional representation; I think that only increases the chance of someone "Getting in" who one didn't vote for. I think it's a problem that's getting worse in everyday life, tbh. There is far too much choice. You should see my arguments around my local fish & chip shop.
"Is that a special?"
"WTF is a special? I just want fish-n-chips."
🤣
It's not all quail eggs and salmon for breakfast.
I wonder if he's humming:
♫ ♪ "I wanna live like common people
I wanna do whatever common people do
Wanna sleep with common people
I wanna sleep with common people like you."
Well, what else could I do?
I said "I'll... I'll see what I can do" ♬ ♩
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Tories narrow gap to Labour in poll as Sunak says election result not ‘foregone conclusion’
Poll shows the Conservatives have closed their gap behind Labour to 15 points, the smallest lead for Sir Keir Starmer’s party for a monthMatt Watts (Evening Standard)
Before people start throwing their toys out of their pram, both the Tories and Labour have been guilty of racism! Labour still has a problem with antisemitism, and the Conservatives have had to deal with Islamaphobia.
If there is such a thing as "Tactical voting", that must mean your votes count!
Remember, you might be stuck with someone for five years, or less, and then you can vote in someone else once the dust has settled.
#politics #Thursday #vote
"It's never over til the fat lady sings!"
-- Jimmy Carr
#politics
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♫ ♪ "And it's all gone quiet over, all gone quiet over there...." ♬ ♩
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Labour candidate suspended after betting against himself
The Gambling Commission launches an investigation into Kevin Craig, who was seeking to become the party's MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, and Labour is understood to be returning £100,000 that the candidate donated to the party.Jennifer Scott (Sky News)
Here's an idea.
You don't like Farage's idea of net zero migration?
Disgusted at Sunak's Rwanda idea?
Wondering why you've worked hard to get ahead only to be taxed because you apparently have broader shoulders?
𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽
Everyone who feels, quote: "Let 'em all in." can pay a fee per week or month (Depending on how you're paid) and pick an immigrant to sponsor, a bit like those "Adopt a Giraffe" schemes. That way, nobody is unfairly taxed, and nobody can complain. 🃏 😉
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in reply to dick_turpin • •So a couple of people have said to me, "They've got plenty of money!" (i.e. pensioners) Even the wife said, "Have you seen all the pensioners in Marks & Spencer?"
My response is the same as Jeremy Clarkson's. "So, in other words, you work hard all your life and put some money aside so that your retirement, where you have no other income other than your pension, is slightly more comfortable and along comes a group of people who notice you have a couple of quid and take it off you to give to some workshy layabout. And they call that socialism."
I'm not angry because I already knew this was the kind of thing Labour does and will always do. The Labour Party may well change its outward appearance, but at its core, the only idea they have is to take from one to give to another. Labour's idea of 'growth' is to increase the size of public employees so that:
A. There are more union members.
B. Employment and wage increases are guaranteed.
#RantOver