James105

Just waiting now for the leftists to declare that Labour didn't really win and do not have a mandate to govern as they only got 34% of the vote with 60% turnout. It's going to happen any time now. [crickets]

I find it fascinating (still) how people who supported lockdowns in the UK during covid (70%+ of people) are aghast at the fact that taxes have risen to pay for the incredible, unnecessary and catastrophic spending that was required to pay people £2500 per month to sit at home watching Netflix whilst economic activity was ground to a halt. It's like there has been some kind of collective amnesia about what happened during that time. The only reason taxes are not already higher than they are is that Labour were not in charge who wanted harder and longer lockdowns.

They haven't really done much better (in terms of vote share) than they did last time around with just a mere +1.7% increase and have just 34.3% of the vote (so far anyway).

Keir Starmer has a very unique definition of "working people" though and believes that only people who do not have savings are "working people". https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/06/18/starmer-leaves-door-open-to-tax-rises-for-millions/ https://archive.ph/6h2Et non paywall. The volume of "voter regret" from those that voted Labour is going to be staggering.

Interesting usage of the word "most" there. There is a teacher from Batley still in hiding in fear for his life for committing "blasphemy" in 21st century UK. How do you square that particular circle? Why is it that the politicians and the police are too cowardice to act against this particular group? They are fearful of them, that is why. If anyone blasphemes against literally any other religion do you think that person would need to be fearful of their lives and taken into protective custody? Since they are allowed to introduce an implicit blasphemy law by threatening to kill someone without consequence (just one example) then I'd say for sure this is a threat to British or any western society. Wouldn't you?

Unfortunately for these 2 girls, they are not high enough up on the identity victim pyramid so nothing will be done here as people of a certain religion will automatically be given more victim points. Next time one of them needs to identify as trans which will bump them up to the top of the victim pyramid and then action will be taken against the perps.

Headline should read: Thailand Considers Lifting Alcohol Ban (for the tiny percent of businesses that obey by this law) to Boost Restaurant Business for that very small percentage of rule followers.

Liar. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/keir-starmer-debate-transgender-issues-trans-women-are-women-b987688.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/keir-starmer-trans-rights-duffield-b1927169.html https://news.sky.com/story/keir-starmer-says-99-9-of-women-havent-got-a-penis-as-he-faces-questions-over-trans-rights-12848438

There is no excitement at all I can see out there at the prospect of a big Labour victory - this is nothing at all like 1997. The levels of dissatisfaction within a year for Sir Kneel Starmer will be off the charts unless he actually manages to introduce positive changes for the majority of the country and not just the 1% of the shouty people on social media he constantly tries to appease.

It's 300 baht at Jomtien but everyone else knows this is not an official fee. Not sure what they do with the money but presume they share it amongst themselves as some kind of "tip". I don't mind the 300 baht tip too much as no-one in this country gets paid what I would consider to be a fair wage, but I would for sure have raised my eyebrows somewhat at an 800 tip.

All seems a tad insignificant compared to the last Labour government no? How many wars did Blair take us into between 1997 and 2010? How many lives were lost due to the warmongering actions of the last Labour government? How many wars have the Tories taken us into over the last 14 years? I cannot stand the Tories but they are borderline pacifists in comparison to what came before them.

https://www.mandy.com/u/andrew-parker-1/ Fully paid up equity member. Equity were very quick to judge Laurence Fox for making sensible statements on Question time that were nowhere near the level of bile this guy stated. The fact they are being so quiet about this one is... unusual. Like I said, it has Jessie Smollet vibes about it.

There are a lot of Jessie Smollet vibes about this one. The canvasser is an actor who has previously done some work with C4. The language he used is simply too extreme to the extent it is unbelievable. I'd hold off making judgements until the truth actually comes out.

The Labour manifesto explicitly rules this out: https://labourlist.org/2024/06/labour-party-european-union-brexit-manifesto-2024/ “With Labour, Britain will stay outside of the EU. But to seize the opportunities ahead, we must make Brexit work. We will reset the relationship and seek to deepen ties with our European friends, neighbours and allies. That does not mean reopening the divisions of the past. There will be no return to the single market, the customs union, or freedom of movement.” They could well face similar decimation as the Tories next time around if they treat their manifesto with the same disdain as the Tories did with theirs.

This man is so, so weak. Whichever way the cultural wind is blowing is his opinion on things - he has zero convictions. Not a big deal when he is just the opposition leader but a bit different when he is PM in a few weeks. He discovered recently (in his 60s no less) that men have penises and women have vaginas. He previously said that men can self identify as women and if he was PM at the time no doubt the UK would have had the same farcical situation as Scotland where a male rapist was housed in a female prison. He now says this is a bad idea. He also took the knee to the corrupt BLM organisation. What a 5 years the UK has in store. Thank the all powerful sky wizard I am no longer a tax resident there.

People voted for change. Why do you think that is? Because they think the UK is being well run and were quite happy that manifesto promises were continuously broken? The referendum came along which meant for the first time in their lives their vote actually counted for something. It was a rejection of the globalist agenda and they were making the point they wanted the government to prioritise team UK rather than team world. The referendum could have been on anything really and the people would have voted against whatever the government/establishment was selling, it just happened to be on EU membership. Call it racist all you want as that word has no meaning any more and nowadays it is commonly used by people of lesser intelligence to describe people who think open borders are a terrible idea.

Tories: High taxes, high immigration, high spending. Labour: Higher taxes, higher immigration, higher spending. Yes, not quite the same but somehow worse. Yes we will get a Labour government and you will get to see how bad this is when the economy is not booming (as it was under Blair) and taxes have to be raised as the amount spent on debt interest is already higher than the cost of education so borrowing more is off the table. Of course Labour will try and target the rich people but the rich people will move somewhere else so it will be the normal folks getting hit with the tax rises to cover the wasteful spending they will want to implement. The next 5 years will be rough in the UK. Labour are not getting into government on a wave of optimism like last time, they are getting to be in government because the Tories need to be punished for not being Conservative. Rich folks are already leaving. Expect this to increase. https://www.standard.co.uk/business/millionaires-leave-uk-rich-high-net-worth-china-dubai-uae-florida-usa-dubai-henley-b1165154.html Lets hope it is just a single term so either reform or a reformed Conservative party that is actually conservative can repair the damage.

Stop voting for the establishment parties with their globalist agendas and vote for someone who believes in Britain and the concept of being an independent nation. It was never going to amount to much when the EU trough is so vast and the establishment piggies want to keep their snouts deep inside it. One day the people of the UK will wake up and realise that the current establishment parties do not and have not represented their interests for many, many years now. Sadly that will not be this election, but I have some hope for the next as there is little doubt the Labour government will be an absolute shambles and the Tory disaster will still be fresh in peoples minds. Maybe the next one the people will truly vote for change.

He can't be that wealthy if he feels the need to advertise products on the publicly funded tv service paid for by people who happen to have a TV in their home. Maybe the £1.5m he gets per year for doing half a days work per week during the football season isn't enough. Or perhaps he is just greedy and is far from the virtuous person you think he is.

Sure, if that party is blaming the state of economy on the actions of the government that they supported that caused the economic problems without accepting their role in this. If they had opposed lockdowns then they would have a point. They didn't. They wanted longer, harder lockdowns which would have caused even more economic damage.

Fine. If you want to be pedantic then obviously I meant the Labour opposition. Happy now?

The pandemic costs outweigh everything else you mention by a very very large margin. Shutting down the economy and giving people money not to work was a catastrophic mistake that made no material difference to the outcomes of Covid. The Labour government wanted longer and harder lockdowns and otherwise supported everything the Tories did. High levels of low skilled or no skilled immigration is great for big business who can take advantage of cheap labour but not so great for the working classes whose wages get depressed due to this, and since all these extra people need somewhere to live then this pushes up rents and the cost of buying a house which is now insurmountable for most normal people in the UK. Also, whilst some of these migrants may well be doing the jobs that Brits do not want to do (such as looking after old people) then unless these are the type of migrants who do not get old or move back to their home country when they do then they will become part of an ever increasing older population that needs looking after. No doubt you would want more immigrants to come in to look after the old immigrants? It's a Ponzi scheme that will some day crash the NHS and the welfare state that Leftists claim to love so much.

Which is why I included the Tories in the list. Here is a reminder of what I said as you chopped off the part that covered this in your quote: "Why are you worried about this? You already have plenty of choices as a lefty. You can choose Labour, Greens, Lib Dems, the Scottish and Welsh parties if you are in that area and the Conservatives. " Not sure if you are aware but "Conservatives" is the name of the party that people refer to as the "Tories". So as a lefty if you crave high taxes, high immigration, high energy bills to subsidise the green agenda and you want to leave future generations with massive debts where the costs of servicing the debt is higher than the cost of the NHS then either Conservative or Labour will satisfy this craving. There is just so much choice nowadays as a lefty.

Why are you worried about this? You already have plenty of choices as a lefty. You can choose Labour, Greens, Lib Dems, the Scottish and Welsh parties if you are in that area and the Conservatives. All of these parties will offer you high taxation, high immigration, high energy bills to subsidise the green agenda and massive borrowing that future generations can deal with. For those on the right of center that want a smaller state, lower taxes and less government interference there are slim pickings.

Right, so he didn't actually do any of those things then and you just made them up. Did he directly call for violence against the parents then? Do you have a link for that?