Remember, children, you voted this man in. Judging by his behaviour over the last few days I think you might regret it.
members.parliament.uk/member/4โฆ
#politics #anarchy
Politics Feed reshared this.
BBC Weather this morning.
"There is a severe weather warning in place until Saturday"
That'll be just for today, then, won't it? ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
stannard likes this.
๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ: "We need a quick fix that makes it look like we are 'doing something'
๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ: "Tax the rich?"
๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ: "Not yet, we're saving that for when we're really in the shit."
๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ: "Build some prisons? We've got plenty of workers flocking across the English channel now."
๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ: "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
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c047dkโฆ
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)
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.
order-order.com/2024/07/09/lanโฆ
Landlords Across Britain Selling Up Ahead of Labour Crackdown On Rental Market โ 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)
dick_turpin reshared this.
dick_turpin likes this.
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. ๐คฃ
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c51y4zโฆ
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)
news.sky.com/story/new-chancelโฆ
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...
"๐ค๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐น๐ฒ๐!"
Poor Margaret must be spinning in her grave. ๐ข
leftfootforward.org/2024/07/maโฆ
#politics #GE2024
Margaret Thatcher's old seat of Finchley has been GAINED by Labour - Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
Labourโs 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)
nachtet likes this.
Politics Feed reshared this.
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.
birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlโฆ
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
Politics Feed reshared this.
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.
like this
reshared this
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.
76 people have now taken my UK General Election Quizโฆbut the average score is down to 3/10. Boo!
Can you do better? Help boost the score average and have some fun while waiting for the results to come in!
#UKElection
#Quiz
#GTTO
#ToryDeathParty
jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/20182โฆ
UK General Election Quiz
Itโs almost general election time here in the UKโฆso letโs get in the mood to vote with some questions about general elections gone by.JetPunk
reshared this
Juggling With Eggs likes this.
Itโs always the way with Jet Punk quizzesโฆitโs quick fire, either you know it or guess!
Vote share seems to be the thing that confused everyoneโฆbeing a politics nerd itโs what Iโm interested to see about todayโs election. People are saying Starmer could win a landslide on a vote share that is comparable or less than what Corbyn got at last election.
Juggling With Eggs likes this.
I find I get like thatโฆitโs even harder with the quizzes that are not multiple choice and you have to type the answer at speed on a phone!
dick_turpin likes this.
stannard likes this.
reshared this
"HAPPY TREASON DAY."
like this
dick_turpin reshared this.
#politics #GE2024 #vote #KeepTheFaith
Politics Feed reshared this.
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 ยฃ60M 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.
Politics Feed reshared this.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป.
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?
stannard likes this.
dick_turpin reshared this.
#politics #GE2024 #vote
#politics #GE2024 #vote
like this
dick_turpin reshared this.
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."
๐คฃ
Jfrench likes this.
It's not all quail eggs and salmon for breakfast.
I wonder if he's humming:
โซ โช "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,โ what else could I do?
I said "I'll... I'll see what I can do" โฌ โฉ
standard.co.uk/news/politics/gโฆ
#politics #GE2024 #vote
Tories narrow gap to Labour in poll as Sunak says election result not โforegone conclusionโ
Poll shows the Conservatives have closed their gap behind Labour to 15 points, the smallest lead for Sir Keir Starmerโs party for a monthMatt Watts (Evening Standard)
Politics Feed reshared this.
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
Politics Feed reshared this.
-- Jimmy Carr
#politics
reshared this
ecency.com/holiday/@dickturpinโฆ
#hive
Steve likes this.
dick_turpin reshared this.
dick_turpin reshared this.
โซ โช "And it's all gone quiet over, all gone quiet over there...." โฌ โฉ
news.sky.com/story/labour-candโฆ
#politics #electiongambling
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 ยฃ100,000 that the candidate donated to the party.Jennifer Scott (Sky News)
Politics Feed reshared this.
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?
๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ
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. ๐ ๐
dick_turpin reshared this.
Who would make the better Prime Minister is the wrong question. Who you would want as Prime Minister is more how things are going these days.
#Politics
Politics Feed reshared this.
So I bought some #Huel greens (ยฃ50). I'm not sure what to make of it, tbh. It seems to have a slight metallic after taste. For my palate, maybe I need a bit more than a flat scoop, as it tastes watery. Finally, I'm wondering if you're supposed to drink the whole lot in one go. I thought you sipped at it? ๐คทโโ๏ธ
I'll carry on, though. I need to, I've got fifty quids worth.๐คฃ
๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐.
So, will he be forcing people who sell their homes to accept the first offer made by a prospective buyer? What about car auctions? Must they accept the first offer?
How on earth will this work? Will he set rental tariffs on all properties? That's a lot of work. Who is going to manage that, and where will the money come from to run it? Will Landlords feel it's a worthwhile market to stay in, or will they sell all their properties? In this case, how does that help the housing shortage when there are even more properties on the market that only a few can afford to buy?
Maybe some Housing Ombudsman who you can moan to? But how long will it take to resolve your case while you're waiting on the streets?
Even Kier Starmer himself couldn't answer that question last night because not only is it a stupid, unworkable fop to the voter. Yet again, it's Labour looking to take from someone who has something. It's all Labour knows! You spend your money, time, and effort buying a small property portfolio, probably as an investment for your retirement, and along comes Labour: "๐๐ฐ๐ฉ! ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ! ๐๐ฆ'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ."
thesun.co.uk/money/28621666/laโฆ
Labour will BAN landlords launching โbidding warsโ between tenants to hike up prices, Keir Starmer vows...
GREEDY landlords will be banned from setting up โbidding warsโ between prospective tenants, Sir Keir Starmer vowed today. At a campaign visit in York, the Labour chief pledged to introduce a new laโฆNoa Hoffman (The Sun)
#politics #ToryScandal
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/โฆ
Second Tory candidate investigated over alleged bet on election date
Laura Saunders is reported to be under investigation by Gambling CommissionTim Sigsworth (The Telegraph)
Politics Feed reshared this.
Remember children. While you were busy making as many posts as possible to "Get the Tories out", you let Farage in!
Don't forget to thank all those who relentlessly slagged the Conservatives off across all the Social Media platforms, including biased journalists, on the 4th of July. You deserve all you get.
#politics #ShortSighted #PoliticalIgnorance
reshared this
I'm convinced (For the minute) ReformUK will be the opposition. That's still "In" in my book.
What needs to be taken into consideration is that parties like the Greens are picking up [tactical] votes. I'm really worried the Tories could be fourth or worse. Some might naively think that's good, but it will be terrible for the UK, in my opinion. This country needs an experienced, established opposition.
@neil Sorry - what's your source for this prediction ? If you honestly believe that, get down the bookies now and get ยฃ100 on it.
You understand how FPTP works, right ? 14% in the polls is meaningless in terms of seats.
'In its first MRP model of the 2024 general election, Ipsos estimated Labour could win 453 seats and the Conservatives 115, giving Keir Starmerโs party a majority of 256 and inflicting the Toriesโ worst ever defeat'.
theguardian.com/politics/articโฆ
Labour landslide projected with dozens of Tory-held seats on knife-edge
Data showing 15% swing away from Conservatives since 2019 likely to stoke partyโs fears of โextinction-level eventโ at general electionPippa Crerar (The Guardian)
Even if the tories come third in vote share, theyโll still not be third in seats. If we had proportional representation, itโd be a different story.
Agree on the need for a solid opposition, and I do worry slightly about what will be left in terms of quality on the opposition bench in the next parliament.
@neil
The attached image is a bit out of date (Labour 406 seats). I saw a projection yesterday that Labour would gain 526 seats. My own view is the Greens are pathetic, LidDem are useless, SNP (Who?) NI, Plaid and the rest of the Heinz 57 lot will never be able to form a viable safety net. Having said that, who knows what will happen on polling day? We've seen the pollsters get it massively wrong before.
Steve
in reply to dick_turpin • • •> In March, the then-Conservative government announced plans to release prisoners up to two months early in a bid to ease overcrowding.
dick_turpin
in reply to Steve • •Steve
in reply to dick_turpin • • •If prison worked then we wouldn't have so many locked up. Many will be in for non-violent crimes. I don't expect they will give rapists and killers an early release.
But I know you have to find fault at every opportunity :) Let's hear about the lunacy of Braverman!
dick_turpin
in reply to Steve • •Steve likes this.
Steve
in reply to dick_turpin • • •dick_turpin likes this.