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I don’t think it’s just them. Your average man on the street (not sure about women so much - bet most think he’s a bit creepy) seem to quite like him, same as Johnson. Not my cup of tea but as I say, he’s a good communicator so can speak to people in a way which many politicians can’t. A lot of...

https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate Think he can sort one of these

Man of the people 😊 To be fair, as well as obviously playing on people’s fears, he’s a very good communicator, even if the substance behind it is questionable I’m not sure Sunak and Starmer, or a lot of politicians, have that ability to connect with normal people. Starmer made sure he’s got...

Just finished The offer. Probably been mentioned before but it’s a drama about the making of the godfather inc the challenges they had with the mafia and a mafia power struggle subplot. Loved it.

Nothing to do with financial crisis and the impacts of that ? That’s not denying austerity negatively impacted growth and public services. I’d imagine the costs and borrowing incurred from covid will outweigh the cost and impact of anything else edit - just to clarify I was talking financial...

I’ve not said it is ? There is a hole in both parties projections though. Hunt only met his fiscal rules in March budget with commitments to real terms public sector cuts. Reeves said she would follow fiscal rules so it will be either cuts or tax increases from somewhere In addition there’s...

Yeah, both parties have a ‘hole’ in their projections and neither are being honest with the electorate. The country’s likely to give labour the benefit of the doubt after 14 years though, which it’s difficult to argue with I don’t mind Sunak, certainly compared to Truss and Johnson but he’s...

In a fridge

To be fair, your question did make me wonder how government expenditure physically gets paid ie the mechanism. I honestly didnt know. I read that there’s something called a ‘ways and means facility’ run by BoE which by the looks of it the government uses for cashflow and deficits, It basically...

Not sure if it’s a myth but I always wash bananas as soon as I get home to get any ripening agents off them. Keep most of the other stuff in fridge whether advised to or not ps surprised if it’s not in Lib Dem’s manifesto though

Maybe, you know me though, ever the optimist

Spot on. This is also why I found it bizarre that Labour ruled out any increases to the major taxes over the next Parliament. Firstly, I don’t believe it will be possible and secondly, people are that frustrated by the poor public services, most would be willing to pay a bit more for improvement

I know they are. I’m not saying we can’t run a deficit (we need to). I’ve also said if it’s on infrastructure its likely to be far more acceptable/supported by the markets than random tax cuts. My point was that the markets will determine/dictate what is deemed acceptable and this will be...

Spot on. I said at the time, for all the shambles of the ‘Truss era’ it was interesting, and a little concerning, how much the markets dictated and will continue to dictate, policy where bonds/borrowing is involved (obviously can do what you want if you’re running a surplus). The alternative is...

Handsy

Let’s be honest I doubt many are planning on ‘procreating’ at that age and it would happen anyway. Agree with you and shmmeee that it should be standardised though I know what I was like at 16 and although sensible ish (got worse as I got older !) I was no adult !

But 18 to watch or buy porn. Strange rules

I’ve boosted my army joining requirements knowledge. All useful stuff 😊

I thought it was 4 but that’s not the point. The parent ultimately is the one who’s making the decision to allow it. Without the parent the kid (which is what they are) can’t join. Even if the parent allows, they join the college until they’re 17.5 when they start their training.

Only with parental consent and they can’t fight. ‘If you are under 17 years 6 months you will attend Army Foundation College, as a Junior Solider, before starting Standard Entry training’