11 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

well i left school in 1977 worked ever since , never been hungry and never used a foodbank and don't have much time for those who have to be honest

Bet you get invited to lots of parties.

11 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

Exactly anyone can take their free food    wide open to abuse , some of it probably ends up on the shelves of certain corner shops too  but who cares if it produces statistics that falsely indicate poverty

"certain corner shops"?  Please explain just what you mean.

11 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

dont forget the 6 kids  x-box,  flat screen tv i phone , tattoos , designer trainers. drugs and of course  drink  oh and travelling everywhere in a taxi

Just what have the rightards got against us in the lower orders owning flat screen tv's and i phones?

After all, it's just what our controllers at 55 Tufton Street SW1 need us to consume in order that their comfortable lifestyles are perpetuated.

7 minutes ago, Red Forever said:

Just what have the rightards got against us in the lower orders owning flat screen tv's and i phones?

After all, it's just what our controllers at 55 Tufton Street SW1 need us to consume in order that their comfortable lifestyles are perpetuated.

Just as an aside, what TVs are available other than flat screen ones? And how does one go about claiming their lavish dole money without access to the internet?

The grumpy old right wingers on here have a mindset that dates from the time of the Flintstones... 

32 minutes ago, Red Forever said:

Just what have the rightards got against us in the lower orders owning flat screen tv's and i phones?

After all, it's just what our controllers at 55 Tufton Street SW1 need us to consume in order that their comfortable lifestyles are perpetuated.

The issue seemed to be with those on benefits being given expensive goods .

   You say "us" : Are you unemployed and in receipt of UK benefits and been given iphones and televisions ?

  I do hope that you havent retired to the tropics and still consider yourself "poor" and hard done by 

13 hours ago, possum1931 said:

Beat patrol police?? When was the was time there actually were beat patrol police in the UK?

Depends which beat is being played. They love a good dance at the right time.

 

 

Chasing criminals? Not so much...

8 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

I seriously doubt they will last that long. 

So how will they be removed?

 

You think they are going to call an election? ????

20 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

So how will they be removed?

 

You think they are going to call an election? ????

They'll have no choice in two years.  Truss and her Chancellor are likely to be removed before then, though.

Liz Truss’s premiership has got off to the worst start possible

 

C'mon, let her get her a_se on the chair!  Then sock it to her.

 

There was a US political gasbag who declared Bill Clinton a failure before his inauguration, never read his column again after that.

 

 

11 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

They'll have no choice in two years.  Truss and her Chancellor are likely to be removed before then, though.

2 years is an awfully long time in politics.

 

Think of it like the World Cup. Every four years. Teams try and peak for the tournament, not half way between the last one and the next one. It's the perfect time to implement unpopular measures like these, because opinion polls don't matter and the results of such policies can be seen in time for the next election.

 

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

So how will they be removed?

 

You think they are going to call an election? ????

I was talking about truss.
 

I didn’t think may would call an election after a walking holiday epiphany. 
 

I didn’t think sunak et al would turn on johnson. 
 

I honestly did not believe at first the tory base would be stupid enough to vote in truss. 
 

Yet all happened. 

I doubt truss will last two years and her chancellor almost certainly won’t. 

 

6 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

I didn’t think may woukd after a walking holiday epiphany. 
 

I didn’t think sunak et al would turn on johnson. 
 

I honestly did not believe at first the tory base would be stupid enough to vote in truss. 
 

Yet all happened. 
 

 

I thought the party MPs selected the PM, not the voters.

2 hours ago, Red Forever said:

Bet you get invited to lots of parties.

plenty actually , but I don't see what that's got to do with anything

2 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I thought the party MPs selected the PM, not the voters.

Where did I say different?

 

Though it could be argued that at a general election the voters know who will be pm based on which party wins, I was referring to the recent leadership contest. 

Just now, thaibeachlovers said:

I thought the party MPs selected the PM, not the voters.

The Party MPs select the ‘candidates for PM’, the Constituency Party Membership then vote to select the winning candidate.

1 minute ago, Bluespunk said:

Where did I say different?

I honestly did not believe at first the tory base would be stupid enough to vote in truss. 

1 minute ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I honestly did not believe at first the tory base would be stupid enough to vote in truss. 

Yes?

 

As party leader.

Did you not notice the recent leadership contest?

1 minute ago, Bluespunk said:

Yes?

 

As party leader.

Did you not notice the recent leadership contest?

He doesn’t understand how the selection process works.

Just now, Bluespunk said:

Yes?

 

As party leader.

Did you not notice the recent leadership contest?

Fair enough.

 

I'm not very interested in UK politics, so not really, though I did realise that she replaced Johnson as PM.

2 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

Yes?

 

As party leader.

Did you not notice the recent leadership contest?

Do you think that Boris would have done a better job that Liz ?

1 minute ago, Bday Prang said:

shops situated on corners   not that difficult to undesrstand for anybody with an education

No, that is covered by 'corner shops'.  What extra information are you trying to imply with your use of the word 'certain'?

2 hours ago, Red Forever said:

Just what have the rightards got against us in the lower orders owning flat screen tv's and i phones?

After all, it's just what our controllers at 55 Tufton Street SW1 need us to consume in order that their comfortable lifestyles are perpetuated.

interesting use of the word "our"  haw many benefit claimant's to you think you are addressing on here? 

2 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Do you think that Boris would have done a better job that Liz ?

Boris was amusing so I'm sorry he's gone. Far as I can see none of the current lot of politicians anywhere are doing a good job, so IMO it doesn't really matter whether it's bad or worse in charge..

1 minute ago, Slip said:

No, that is covered by 'corner shops'.  What extra information are you trying to imply with your use of the word 'certain'?

the ones that also don;t understand "multipack not to be sold separately"   

7 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Do you think that Boris would have done a better job that Liz ?

That wasn’t the choice.

 

The choice was Truss or Sunak, the Tories made the wrong choice.

 

And the outcome was predictable:

 

 

13 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I honestly did not believe at first the tory base would be stupid enough to vote in truss. 

I thought it was obvious the Tory party membership would never vote for a non-White leader. 

 

If a white man had been in the running Liz wouldn't have been selected either. 

6 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

shops situated on corners   not that difficult to understand for anybody with an education

Just FYI, he's trying to infer you are a racist, without actually saying it.

 

An accusation that is thrown around so liberally by the left that it has become pretty much meaningless. If he is looking for real racism, I would suggest he check the Labour MP's comments about the Chancellor at the Labour Party conference. It would appear that anti-semitism is not the only issue for Labour to deal with.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-63050482

 

 

 

 

1 minute ago, BritManToo said:

I.thought it was obvious the Tory party membership would never vote for a non-White leader. 

That's not my quote. You need to attribute it to Bluespunk.

I was quoting him.

Troll comment and response removed.

1 minute ago, Chomper Higgot said:

That wasn’t the choice.

 

The choice was Truss or Sunak, tge Tories made the wrong choice.

 

And the outcome was predictable:

 

 

Although the increase in interest rates were pretty much known by all at the time  , it was inevitable after the USA's inflation rate figures were released and the U.K really had to follow suit , so it doesn't matter who would have been in charge , UK's interest rates needed to rise and that was common knowledge.