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Post by WH241 on Jan 31, 2023 17:48:12 GMT
Testing times for the Government!
Strikes on Wednesday 1 February will disrupt daily life - No 10
Mass strike action on Wednesday will cause "significant disruption", Downing Street has said.
Teachers, university workers, civil servants, train and bus drivers are all due to walkout during the day.
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Post by northlondon83 on Feb 25, 2023 21:22:26 GMT
Labour on course for landslide election victory: www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/labour-on-course-for-landslide-election-victory-as-poll-shows-them-beating-tories-on-almost-every-policy-area/ar-AA17TII7Although it's a long time to go, I can certainly see the country turning from blue to red in the next two years. A year ago yesterday all Covid restrictions were lifted in an attempt to please the public however this was politicially motivated in an attempt to distract them from Partygate. The UK's economy has seen the worst growth out of all G7 countries in 2022 whilst inflation has been huge, although falling now, but many won't forget the tumultuous political events of 2022. I can certainly see the Tories losing a lot of seats in the next election in London alone: Carshalton and Wallington > Lib Dems Chipping Barnet > Labour Romford > Labour Wimbledon > Lib Dems Uxbridge and South Ruislip > Labour Also interesting to note that Luciana Berger, who was formerly part of the Labour Party, who switched to the Lib Dems in 2019 but failed to win the Finchley and Golders Green seat, has rejoined Labour, due to accepting Keir Starmer's apology regarding antisemitism. The announcement last week that Jeremy Corbyn will not stand as a Labour candidate next year would most likely have influenced her decision www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newslondon/luciana-berger-rejoins-labour-party-after-leaving-amid-antisemitism-row/ar-AA17VZ3B
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Post by ThinLizzy on Feb 26, 2023 0:11:49 GMT
Labour on course for landslide election victory: www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/labour-on-course-for-landslide-election-victory-as-poll-shows-them-beating-tories-on-almost-every-policy-area/ar-AA17TII7Although it's a long time to go, I can certainly see the country turning from blue to red in the next two years. A year ago yesterday all Covid restrictions were lifted in an attempt to please the public however this was politicially motivated in an attempt to distract them from Partygate. The UK's economy has seen the worst growth out of all G7 countries in 2022 whilst inflation has been huge, although falling now, but many won't forget the tumultuous political events of 2022. I can certainly see the Tories losing a lot of seats in the next election in London alone: Carshalton and Wallington > Lib Dems Chipping Barnet > Labour Romford > Labour Wimbledon > Lib Dems Uxbridge and South Ruislip > Labour Also interesting to note that Luciana Berger, who was formerly part of the Labour Party, who switched to the Lib Dems in 2019 but failed to win the Finchley and Golders Green seat, has rejoined Labour, due to accepting Keir Starmer's apology regarding antisemitism. The announcement last week that Jeremy Corbyn will not stand as a Labour candidate next year would most likely have influenced her decision www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newslondon/luciana-berger-rejoins-labour-party-after-leaving-amid-antisemitism-row/ar-AA17VZ3BThe Conservative Party have (sadly) a pretty strong majority in the Romford constituency, so the Labour Party will really have to be going some to win in Romford. That being said, the local MP has been "missing" from the House of Commons for a good while now for "unknown reasons" and hasn't been seen much in the local area representing their constituents for "unknown reasons." I think there will be a lot of Tory MPs up and down the country right now looking at their pretty slim majorities wondering what they could be doing after the next election
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Post by northlondon83 on Mar 6, 2023 14:21:19 GMT
So yet again, Boris Johnson has claimed that he believed that the events he attended that took place during Covid lockdowns and when restrictions were imposed, were not against the rules. If he had straight up admitted that he made a mistake regarding breaking the rules, then I'd have some respect for him. However he has continued to lie and deny that any rules were broken, whilst millions were stuck in lockdown, thousands were dying and no one was able to see their loved ones die in hospital. The fine imposed on him was way too lenient and ineffective, he has so much money so it wouldn't deter him from doing it again. I think he should be expelled from the party, only that will teach him a lesson. news.sky.com/story/boris-johnsons-partygate-bash-dismissed-as-just-soggy-sandwiches-and-a-slice-of-birthday-cake-by-ally-12825533And then there's people who actually support him and believe that he did no wrong? Outrageous! His personality is really going to haunt the Tories as he is the biggest reason why people have lost trust in the Tories. Had the pandemic never happened, or if we had someone credible of doing the job without leading a Jekyll and Hyde life behind the scenes, then maybe the Tories would still have a chance in the next election. But now you can say bye bye to the Tories in 2024. They are finished.
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Post by capitalomnibus on Mar 6, 2023 15:27:19 GMT
So yet again, Boris Johnson has claimed that he believed that the events he attended that took place during Covid lockdowns and when restrictions were imposed, were not against the rules. If he had straight up admitted that he made a mistake regarding breaking the rules, then I'd have some respect for him. However he has continued to lie and deny that any rules were broken, whilst millions were stuck in lockdown, thousands were dying and no one was able to see their loved ones die in hospital. The fine imposed on him was way too lenient and ineffective, he has so much money so it wouldn't deter him from doing it again. I think he should be expelled from the party, only that will teach him a lesson. news.sky.com/story/boris-johnsons-partygate-bash-dismissed-as-just-soggy-sandwiches-and-a-slice-of-birthday-cake-by-ally-12825533And then there's people who actually support him and believe that he did no wrong? Outrageous! His personality is really going to haunt the Tories as he is the biggest reason why people have lost trust in the Tories. Had the pandemic never happened, or if we had someone credible of doing the job without leading a Jekyll and Hyde life behind the scenes, then maybe the Tories would still have a chance in the next election. But now you can say bye bye to the Tories in 2024. They are finished. Well, the same was said after the poll tax riots and then after Thatcher was ousted in 1990. It was said the Conservatives would never win the 1992 election and to my surprise and many others they won. So saying they are finished do not rule anything out just as yet.
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Post by southlondon413 on Mar 6, 2023 15:40:04 GMT
So yet again, Boris Johnson has claimed that he believed that the events he attended that took place during Covid lockdowns and when restrictions were imposed, were not against the rules. If he had straight up admitted that he made a mistake regarding breaking the rules, then I'd have some respect for him. However he has continued to lie and deny that any rules were broken, whilst millions were stuck in lockdown, thousands were dying and no one was able to see their loved ones die in hospital. The fine imposed on him was way too lenient and ineffective, he has so much money so it wouldn't deter him from doing it again. I think he should be expelled from the party, only that will teach him a lesson. news.sky.com/story/boris-johnsons-partygate-bash-dismissed-as-just-soggy-sandwiches-and-a-slice-of-birthday-cake-by-ally-12825533And then there's people who actually support him and believe that he did no wrong? Outrageous! His personality is really going to haunt the Tories as he is the biggest reason why people have lost trust in the Tories. Had the pandemic never happened, or if we had someone credible of doing the job without leading a Jekyll and Hyde life behind the scenes, then maybe the Tories would still have a chance in the next election. But now you can say bye bye to the Tories in 2024. They are finished. Playing devils advocate but if you believe something to be true, in this case not against the rules, where is the lie?
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Post by northlondon83 on Mar 6, 2023 15:40:06 GMT
So yet again, Boris Johnson has claimed that he believed that the events he attended that took place during Covid lockdowns and when restrictions were imposed, were not against the rules. If he had straight up admitted that he made a mistake regarding breaking the rules, then I'd have some respect for him. However he has continued to lie and deny that any rules were broken, whilst millions were stuck in lockdown, thousands were dying and no one was able to see their loved ones die in hospital. The fine imposed on him was way too lenient and ineffective, he has so much money so it wouldn't deter him from doing it again. I think he should be expelled from the party, only that will teach him a lesson. news.sky.com/story/boris-johnsons-partygate-bash-dismissed-as-just-soggy-sandwiches-and-a-slice-of-birthday-cake-by-ally-12825533And then there's people who actually support him and believe that he did no wrong? Outrageous! His personality is really going to haunt the Tories as he is the biggest reason why people have lost trust in the Tories. Had the pandemic never happened, or if we had someone credible of doing the job without leading a Jekyll and Hyde life behind the scenes, then maybe the Tories would still have a chance in the next election. But now you can say bye bye to the Tories in 2024. They are finished. Well, the same was said after the poll tax riots and then after Thatcher was ousted in 1990. It was said the Conservatives would never win the 1992 election and to my surprise and many others they won. So saying they are finished do not rule anything out just as yet. Labour have been much higher in the polls this year than the Tories so unless Starmer is found guilty of doing/saying something equally as controversial, then I'm sure Labour will win this election.
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Post by northlondon83 on Mar 6, 2023 15:43:31 GMT
So yet again, Boris Johnson has claimed that he believed that the events he attended that took place during Covid lockdowns and when restrictions were imposed, were not against the rules. If he had straight up admitted that he made a mistake regarding breaking the rules, then I'd have some respect for him. However he has continued to lie and deny that any rules were broken, whilst millions were stuck in lockdown, thousands were dying and no one was able to see their loved ones die in hospital. The fine imposed on him was way too lenient and ineffective, he has so much money so it wouldn't deter him from doing it again. I think he should be expelled from the party, only that will teach him a lesson. news.sky.com/story/boris-johnsons-partygate-bash-dismissed-as-just-soggy-sandwiches-and-a-slice-of-birthday-cake-by-ally-12825533And then there's people who actually support him and believe that he did no wrong? Outrageous! His personality is really going to haunt the Tories as he is the biggest reason why people have lost trust in the Tories. Had the pandemic never happened, or if we had someone credible of doing the job without leading a Jekyll and Hyde life behind the scenes, then maybe the Tories would still have a chance in the next election. But now you can say bye bye to the Tories in 2024. They are finished. Playing devils advocate but if you believe something to be true, in this case not against the rules, where is the lie? But where is the proof that Boris Johnson hasn't broken the rules? It has been proved many times that Boris Johnson broke the rules Here's one example: From the Independent, 25/5/2022 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/boris-johnson-partygate-police-sue-gray-b2086894.htmlBoth the prime minister and Mr Sunak have apologised and paid their fines, with Mr Johnson saying: “In all frankness at that time it did not occur to me that this might have been a breach of the rules. Of course, the police have found otherwise and I fully respect the outcome of their investigation.” He said he understood “the anger that many will feel that I myself fell short when it came to observing the very rules which the government I lead had introduced to protect the public”.
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Post by southlondon413 on Mar 6, 2023 15:52:27 GMT
Playing devils advocate but if you believe something to be true, in this case not against the rules, where is the lie? But where is the proof that Boris Johnson hasn't broken the rules? It has been proved many times that Boris Johnson broke the rules Here's one example: From the Independent, 25/5/2022 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/boris-johnson-partygate-police-sue-gray-b2086894.htmlBoth the prime minister and Mr Sunak have apologised and paid their fines, with Mr Johnson saying: “In all frankness at that time it did not occur to me that this might have been a breach of the rules. Of course, the police have found otherwise and I fully respect the outcome of their investigation.” He said he understood “the anger that many will feel that I myself fell short when it came to observing the very rules which the government I lead had introduced to protect the public”. Paying a fine is not an admission of guilt and its ludicrous to put the two together. Motorists pay fines all the time just to close the issue. I have customers in my business pay their invoices just to close out the issue. If both of them had fought the issue it doesn’t add anything it just opens them up to further scrutiny. As for Sue Gray given the recent revelations about her sons apparent closeness to Starmer, the Labour Party and her being offered a job she isn’t worth considering anymore.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Mar 11, 2023 20:34:18 GMT
Labour on course for landslide election victory: www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/labour-on-course-for-landslide-election-victory-as-poll-shows-them-beating-tories-on-almost-every-policy-area/ar-AA17TII7Although it's a long time to go, I can certainly see the country turning from blue to red in the next two years. A year ago yesterday all Covid restrictions were lifted in an attempt to please the public however this was politicially motivated in an attempt to distract them from Partygate. The UK's economy has seen the worst growth out of all G7 countries in 2022 whilst inflation has been huge, although falling now, but many won't forget the tumultuous political events of 2022. I can certainly see the Tories losing a lot of seats in the next election in London alone: Carshalton and Wallington > Lib Dems Chipping Barnet > Labour Romford > Labour Wimbledon > Lib Dems Uxbridge and South Ruislip > Labour Also interesting to note that Luciana Berger, who was formerly part of the Labour Party, who switched to the Lib Dems in 2019 but failed to win the Finchley and Golders Green seat, has rejoined Labour, due to accepting Keir Starmer's apology regarding antisemitism. The announcement last week that Jeremy Corbyn will not stand as a Labour candidate next year would most likely have influenced her decision www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newslondon/luciana-berger-rejoins-labour-party-after-leaving-amid-antisemitism-row/ar-AA17VZ3BI wonder whether Luciana will be a Labour candidate in the area next year and win the seat? Whereas for a while most polls had Labour leads over 20%, now most have leads under 20%. Leaving aside his own Covid fine, Rishi is looking more statesmanlike and a safer pair of hands than his 2 predecessors. He has negotiated with the EU to regain more trade flexibility between Britain and Northern Ireland, wholesale gas prices are falling as is inflation, the economy grew in January, and the Tories look more orderly than last year as the only opposition from the back benches is coming from notorious MPs anyway. Although I would like a change of government, I do not see recent Tory troubles as a reason for an early General Election. I reckon many people calling for an early GE would then moan about too much politics in the media.
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Mar 11, 2023 20:38:13 GMT
Labour on course for landslide election victory: www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/labour-on-course-for-landslide-election-victory-as-poll-shows-them-beating-tories-on-almost-every-policy-area/ar-AA17TII7Although it's a long time to go, I can certainly see the country turning from blue to red in the next two years. A year ago yesterday all Covid restrictions were lifted in an attempt to please the public however this was politicially motivated in an attempt to distract them from Partygate. The UK's economy has seen the worst growth out of all G7 countries in 2022 whilst inflation has been huge, although falling now, but many won't forget the tumultuous political events of 2022. I can certainly see the Tories losing a lot of seats in the next election in London alone: Carshalton and Wallington > Lib Dems Chipping Barnet > Labour Romford > Labour Wimbledon > Lib Dems Uxbridge and South Ruislip > Labour Also interesting to note that Luciana Berger, who was formerly part of the Labour Party, who switched to the Lib Dems in 2019 but failed to win the Finchley and Golders Green seat, has rejoined Labour, due to accepting Keir Starmer's apology regarding antisemitism. The announcement last week that Jeremy Corbyn will not stand as a Labour candidate next year would most likely have influenced her decision www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newslondon/luciana-berger-rejoins-labour-party-after-leaving-amid-antisemitism-row/ar-AA17VZ3BI wonder whether Luciana will be a Labour candidate in the area next year and win the seat? Whereas for a while most polls had Labour leads over 20%, now most have leads under 20%. Leaving aside his own Covid fine, Rishi is looking more statesmanlike and a safer pair of hands than his 2 predecessors. He has negotiated with the EU to regain more trade flexibility between Britain and Northern Ireland, wholesale gas prices are falling as is inflation, the economy grew in January, and the Tories look more orderly than last year as the only opposition from the back benches is coming from notorious MPs anyway. Although I would like a change of government, I do not see recent Tory troubles as a reason for an early General Election. I reckon many people calling for an early GE would then moan about too much politics in the media. Because of the turmoil, it'll be likely that the GE might actually be pushed into early 2025. The Tories will want to cling onto power as much as they can so probably won't call an election any earlier than they need to. I don't think the Tories have a change, but some recent polls show Westminster voting intention resulting in the Tories not even making the official opposition. The SNP would. Now with Sturgeon going, and the SNP also seemingly becoming weaker Labour is likely to benefit hugely. But most importantly we shouldn't have two parties that are not he same side of the political spectrum making up both the government and the opposition as there won't be any accountability.
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Post by ServerKing on Mar 11, 2023 21:05:08 GMT
It's all one hot mess. Rishi sent a £500m "incentive" to Macron in an attempt to stop migrants in boats, no guarantee France will build those detention centres (remember the mess of Sangatte), we've seen how weak these political parties are. At least the SNP aren't banging on about Scottish Independence every 5 minutes. I think voters, like Spurs fans have come to realize any glimpse of good will come with a generous serving of disappointment
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Post by capitalomnibus on Mar 18, 2023 9:03:03 GMT
I wonder whether Luciana will be a Labour candidate in the area next year and win the seat? Whereas for a while most polls had Labour leads over 20%, now most have leads under 20%. Leaving aside his own Covid fine, Rishi is looking more statesmanlike and a safer pair of hands than his 2 predecessors. He has negotiated with the EU to regain more trade flexibility between Britain and Northern Ireland, wholesale gas prices are falling as is inflation, the economy grew in January, and the Tories look more orderly than last year as the only opposition from the back benches is coming from notorious MPs anyway. Although I would like a change of government, I do not see recent Tory troubles as a reason for an early General Election. I reckon many people calling for an early GE would then moan about too much politics in the media. Because of the turmoil, it'll be likely that the GE might actually be pushed into early 2025. The Tories will want to cling onto power as much as they can so probably won't call an election any earlier than they need to. I don't think the Tories have a change, but some recent polls show Westminster voting intention resulting in the Tories not even making the official opposition. The SNP would. Now with Sturgeon going, and the SNP also seemingly becoming weaker Labour is likely to benefit hugely. But most importantly we shouldn't have two parties that are not he same side of the political spectrum making up both the government and the opposition as there won't be any accountability. Doubt it, Scotland has changed a lot, many profess never to vote Labour or Conservative anymore. So cannot see them regaining ground even though Sturgeon is gone.
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Mar 18, 2023 9:35:18 GMT
Because of the turmoil, it'll be likely that the GE might actually be pushed into early 2025. The Tories will want to cling onto power as much as they can so probably won't call an election any earlier than they need to. I don't think the Tories have a change, but some recent polls show Westminster voting intention resulting in the Tories not even making the official opposition. The SNP would. Now with Sturgeon going, and the SNP also seemingly becoming weaker Labour is likely to benefit hugely. But most importantly we shouldn't have two parties that are not he same side of the political spectrum making up both the government and the opposition as there won't be any accountability. Doubt it, Scotland has changed a lot, many profess never to vote Labour or Conservative anymore. So cannot see them regaining ground even though Sturgeon is gone. Think it would probably be worse should SNP retain seats, it's clear Labour now is making government whether they gain any seats in Scotland or not. Should SNP continue to dominate Scotland then the chances of the Tories making opposition diminishes instead. While the Tories are a vile party from the top to the bottom, its important that they do make opposition in order to keep Labour in check. An SNP in opposition would just be saying yes to anything Labour does, and screaming for Scottish independence every few days. There'd be no accountability.
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Post by southlondon413 on Mar 18, 2023 14:06:42 GMT
Doubt it, Scotland has changed a lot, many profess never to vote Labour or Conservative anymore. So cannot see them regaining ground even though Sturgeon is gone. Think it would probably be worse should SNP retain seats, it's clear Labour now is making government whether they gain any seats in Scotland or not. Should SNP continue to dominate Scotland then the chances of the Tories making opposition diminishes instead. While the Tories are a vile party from the top to the bottom, it’s important that they do make opposition in order to keep Labour in check. An SNP in opposition would just be saying yes to anything Labour does, and screaming for Scottish independence every few days. There'd be no accountability. It’s clear right now, but in politics 18 months is a lifetime and lot can happen between now and the next election. It was only 18 months again that Labour were completely unelectable, so your statement seems a little bold and premature.
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