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Post by lj61nwc on Nov 5, 2024 21:51:26 GMT
Taken from the same article: Also means not all of it is ... As some are paid to grow trees. I concede, didn't see that they said "exactly the same amount" but we can agree the shift from agricultural to non is quite small up until this point. Although, i'm unsure of what the lift of the onshore windfarm ban will entail for agricultural land in the upcoming years |
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Nov 9, 2024 8:35:01 GMT
But I don't believe any of Labour's leaders have been mediocre, Starmer has obviously won a 400 seat majority while the others while poor appealed to a voter base. Okay, mediocre may be the wrong term to use. I don’t believe that Starmers 400 odd seats have anything to do with likability or mediocrity. He has quickly become the most disliked PM in recent years with his approval rating plummeting faster than a Boeing 737Max. It was a rock and a hard place for many voters, clearly reflected in a lower overall turnout estimated to be around 60%. Starmer has already proved to flop like a fish on dry land dropping the overwhelming majority of his rhetoric and promises from the last few years. Given what has become evident since July I don’t believe the party would win that majority again. But that doesn’t mean the conservatives would either. Given that Labour got in with just 34% of the vote, and on a low turnout at that, and a chunk of the Tory vote has defected to Reform, the combined Tory/Labour vote has dipped from 82% in 2017 to 58% in 2024. I have seen a prediction that we may never, or at least for a long time, see another majority government elected. |
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Post by capitalomnibus on Nov 10, 2024 11:50:54 GMT
Trouble is it shows Labour as a farce. They do not trust anyone from a none white background or a female to lead top roles.. You also forgot Theresa May. And Corbyn and Ed Milliband were a roaring success on your basis then. Or maybe the person that was elected was based on merit and not the colour of their skin? Not true in the Labour party though. The same way before the election various people of colour were barred from running for MP in certain London constituencies. |
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Post by capitalomnibus on Nov 10, 2024 11:52:02 GMT
Trouble is it shows Labour as a farce. They do not trust anyone from a none white background or a female to lead top roles.. You also forgot Theresa May. And Corbyn and Ed Milliband were a roaring success on your basis then. Corbyn & Milliband are white males - the conversation is about those who are of different genders & backgrounds. And no, they weren’t roaring successes either just to be clear David Milliband was the better candidate, but his brother Ed was chosen. |
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Post by capitalomnibus on Nov 10, 2024 11:57:39 GMT
Sadiq Khan is the first person of colour to be Mayor of London. David Lammy the second black foreign secretary and Rachel Reeve first female chancellor. The first woman Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was never popular as a person, however her policies were, Kier Starmer could replicate the same policies and would win the general election in 2029 by a landslide. I have issues with farmers paying inheritance tax, they should pay 40% like everyone else has to. And Lammy is not a popular person either. |
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Nov 10, 2024 16:01:11 GMT
Or maybe the person that was elected was based on merit and not the colour of their skin? Not true in the Labour party though. The same way before the election various people of colour were barred from running for MP in certain London constituencies. I know of Faiza Shaheen at least. |
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Post by buspete on Nov 10, 2024 22:13:56 GMT
If Faiza Shaheen was selected for Chingford and Woodford Green she would have won and Iain Duncan Smith would’ve been unseated but at the prospect of losing Finchley and Golders Green, Hendon and Chipping Norton.
It is not down to race that Faiza Shaheen wasn’t selected, but down to what she posted on social media.
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