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Ian1779

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  • Nov 13, 2023
  • #31,781
Deleted member 5849 said:
Man, did that mean you voted for Peter Bone?!?
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It did - I remember him looking a bit like Sven Goran Eriksson.
 
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Grendel

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  • Nov 13, 2023
  • #31,782
Ian1779 said:
It did - I remember him looking a bit like Sven Goran Eriksson.
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Were you his Ulrika?
 
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Ian1779

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  • Nov 13, 2023
  • #31,783
Grendel said:
You are a Cameron babe along with Tony - just be happy today is the Second Coming of the Tory Blair

Tony to be fair will be glued to the jungle to see Nigel sucking on a Penis and dreaming it could be him
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I should Cameron really for turning me into a leftie….

As for Blair…. What an absolute c*** - send the ghoul to The Hague
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Nov 13, 2023
  • #31,784
Ian1779 said:
It did - I remember him looking a bit like Sven Goran Eriksson.
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No wonder you're so anti Starmer, the only way to correct that is to go full Lenin!
 
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Ian1779

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  • Nov 13, 2023
  • #31,785
Grendel said:
Were you his Ulrika?
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Well it appears I would have fitted the mould far more than I realised at the time.
 
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Ian1779

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  • Nov 13, 2023
  • #31,786
Deleted member 5849 said:
No wonder you're so anti Starmer, the only way to correct that is to go full Lenin!
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Nailed on Corbynista really…. Helps me find my inner peace.
 
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wingy

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  • Nov 13, 2023
  • #31,787
Anyway just having a family what's app convu,did know that from 1936 you could purchase a council property, seems to be a branding issue there.
 

skybluetony176

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  • Nov 13, 2023
  • #31,788
Sounds like Sunak is safe for a while. This meeting of the far right Tories looks to be an anticlimax, reported about only 8 MP’s have turned up although they’re claiming more are joining on zoom. About the most interesting thing about it was that 50p Lee turned up to it. Maybe another resignation in the offing.
 

David O'Day

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  • Nov 13, 2023
  • #31,789
skybluetony176 said:
Sounds like Sunak is safe for a while. This meeting of the far right Tories looks to be an anticlimax, reported about only 8 MP’s have turned up although they’re claiming more are joining on zoom. About the most interesting thing about it was that 50p Lee turned up to it. Maybe another resignation in the offing.
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he heard there was a buffet
 

Grendel

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  • Nov 13, 2023
  • #31,790
It’s astonishing when you yearn for the Theresa May years
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Nov 13, 2023
  • #31,791
Grendel said:
It’s astonishing when you yearn for the Theresa May years
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The days when a bribe to the DUP was our biggest concern
 

rob9872

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  • Nov 13, 2023
  • #31,792
Grendel said:
It’s astonishing when you yearn for the Theresa May years
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Tbf she had a divided party and her legacy was failure of a Brexit deal, that I don't think anyone at that time could've feasibily delivered. Wrong time only imo. She has more integrity than many of those before or after her and I think if she was PM now then we'd be in a far better place. I genuinely believe in different circumstances that she could've been a very good leader. Reading the past few pages of balanced opinion about the horrible Tories, I'll not expect any likes for this, as my first post on this thread for ages. I think I'll go back into hibernation now.
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Nov 13, 2023
  • #31,793
rob9872 said:
Tbf she had a divided party and her legacy was failure of a Brexit deal, that I don't think anyone at that time could've feasibily delivered. Wrong time only imo. She has more integrity than many of those before or after her and I think if she was PM now then we'd be in a far better place. I genuinely believe in different circumstances that she could've been a very good leader. Reading the past few pages of balanced opinion about the horrible Tories, I'll not expect any likes for this, as my first post on this thread for ages. I think I'll go back into hibernation now.
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I agree with you about the hand she was dealt. She was the best of the post 2010 prime ministers.

The Tories have been an utter disaster all in all though.

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Deleted member 9744

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  • Nov 13, 2023
  • #31,794
rob9872 said:
Tbf she had a divided party and her legacy was failure of a Brexit deal, that I don't think anyone at that time could've feasibily delivered. Wrong time only imo. She has more integrity than many of those before or after her and I think if she was PM now then we'd be in a far better place. I genuinely believe in different circumstances that she could've been a very good leader. Reading the past few pages of balanced opinion about the horrible Tories, I'll not expect any likes for this, as my first post on this thread for ages. I think I'll go back into hibernation now.
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Integrity? She who started hostile environment, tried illegally to strip Windrush generation individuals of their means of staying here and refused to meet anyone at Grenfell and stayed behind the police lines showing no compassion. Hardly screams integrity to me.
 
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shmmeee

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  • Nov 13, 2023
  • #31,795
May did some good stuff, tried to tackle the social care crisis and nearly lost her job for it, did good work on modern slavery, and did the absolute best Brexit deal given the ludicrous constraints put on her.

I mean, still a Tory, but I think I’d have trouble coming up with a similar small list for the others.
 
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wingy

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  • Nov 14, 2023
  • #31,796
Deleted member 9744 said:
Integrity? She who started hostile environment, tried illegally to strip Windrush generation individuals of their means of staying here and refused to meet anyone at Grenfell and stayed behind the police lines showing no compassion. Hardly screams integrity to me.
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It's no good laughing at the comment really is it Grendel, the comments accurate as far as I can tell?
The style of bravermen being that of the sub continent, she wouldn't have had a chance allowed her if Enoch had succeeded, England's still not ready I think.
 
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Deleted member 9744

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  • Nov 14, 2023
  • #31,797
shmmeee said:
May did some good stuff, tried to tackle the social care crisis and nearly lost her job for it, did good work on modern slavery, and did the absolute best Brexit deal given the ludicrous constraints put on her.

I mean, still a Tory, but I think I’d have trouble coming up with a similar small list for the others.
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How did she try to tackle the social care crisis? She certainly did not succeed. She was consumed with Brexit and I think when the covid enquiry reports her failure to ensure proper planning for a pandemic means her legacy will be that she was one of the key reasons for the high deathtoll. Her Government explicitly failed to respond to a report saying we needed to have a plan, including things like PPE. The more I think about it the worse I realise she was.

Oh and let's not forget the vans she sanctioned to go around in North London telling immigrants to 'go home'. She was the precursor and laid the ground for Patel and Braverman. Such integrity!
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Nov 14, 2023
  • #31,798
Deleted member 9744 said:
How did she try to tackle the social care crisis?
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Think this is it

'Dementia tax' and social care funding: the Conservative plans explained

Everything you need to know about Theresa May’s proposals to change the funding of social care
www.theguardian.com
 
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wingy

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  • Nov 14, 2023
  • #31,799
What was Boris's plan?
 

skybluetony176

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  • Nov 14, 2023
  • #31,800
wingy said:
What was Boris's plan?
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Be world king by any means?
 
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wingy

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  • Nov 14, 2023
  • #31,801
skybluetony176 said:
Be world king by any means?
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Was it a tax which was promptly dropped?
 

shmmeee

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  • Nov 14, 2023
  • #31,802
Deleted member 9744 said:
How did she try to tackle the social care crisis? She certainly did not succeed. She was consumed with Brexit and I think when the covid enquiry reports her failure to ensure proper planning for a pandemic means her legacy will be that she was one of the key reasons for the high deathtoll. Her Government explicitly failed to respond to a report saying we needed to have a plan, including things like PPE. The more I think about it the worse I realise she was.

Oh and let's not forget the vans she sanctioned to go around in North London telling immigrants to 'go home'. She was the precursor and laid the ground for Patel and Braverman. Such integrity!
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She put forward an actual plan to fund it which is more than anyone else in the last thirty years. Then it nearly cost her the election against Corbyn and it had to be dropped. I’m not saying she’s the worlds greatest PM. I’m saying she tried to do some good things. Which is more than the other four.
 
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Deleted member 9744

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  • Nov 14, 2023
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shmmeee said:
She put forward an actual plan to fund it which is more than anyone else in the last thirty years. Then it nearly cost her the election against Corbyn and it had to be dropped. I’m not saying she’s the worlds greatest PM. I’m saying she tried to do some good things. Which is more than the other four.
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She was better than the other four but she was truly horrendous.

She started all the nonsense about leaving the European Convention on Human Rights and her stupid red lines on Brexit meant that staying in the single market couldn't happen. Her reign was very damaging.
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Nov 14, 2023
  • #31,804
shmmeee said:
She put forward an actual plan to fund it which is more than anyone else in the last thirty years. Then it nearly cost her the election against Corbyn and it had to be dropped. I’m not saying she’s the worlds greatest PM. I’m saying she tried to do some good things. Which is more than the other four.
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That’s the problem with politics and to some extent a lot of the public. We have glaring issues in society but when someone acknowledges it and suggests a potential solution which might cost us, everyone jumps on it….usually without any credible alternative….so problems don’t get solved and issues get worse

It was the same when NIC got raised to cover an increase in social and initially health care. Everyone up in arms. People need to understand, we live longer, need more care so unfortunately are going to have to put more in the pot to cover it.

Not saying Mays was the ideal solution but at least she had the balls to try to address it. The mistake she made was putting it in the manifiesto. She should’ve just proposed it at a later date, but from memory, I think this was her way of forcing something through against dissenting voices within her own party ie got mandate from country via election. Didn’t go to plan !
 
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shmmeee

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  • Nov 14, 2023
  • #31,805
CCFCSteve said:
That’s the problem with politics and to some extent a lot of the public. We have glaring issues in society but when someone acknowledges it and suggests a potential solution which might cost us, everyone jumps on it….usually without any credible alternative….so problems don’t get solved and issues get worse

It was the same when NIC got raised to cover an increase in social and initially health care. Everyone up in arms. People need to understand, we live longer, need more care so unfortunately are going to have to put more in the pot to cover it.

Not saying Mays was the ideal solution but at least she had the balls to try to address it. The mistake she made was putting it in the manifiesto. She should’ve just proposed it at a later date, but from memory, I think this was her way of forcing something through against dissenting voices within her own party ie got mandate from country via election. Didn’t go to plan !
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It’s a tough one because where the line between democracy and autocracy? I do think there needs to be some “A or B pick one” moment for some things. Politicians of all stripes too keen to kick thorny problems into the long grass.
 

skybluetony176

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  • Nov 14, 2023
  • #31,806
Deleted member 9744 said:
She was better than the other four but she was truly horrendous.

She started all the nonsense about leaving the European Convention on Human Rights and her stupid red lines on Brexit meant that staying in the single market couldn't happen. Her reign was very damaging.
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Her red lines were clearly an agreement with the Brexit hardliners for Ledsom to drop out leaving her as PM. If she had any sense she would have been the one dropping out leaving a leaver to deal with the mess that brexit was always going to be. She was never going to be allowed to deliver brexit, she was only ever there as they needed someone to blame for the mess. As someone once said she was offered up as some sort of pallet cleanser ahead of a leaver taking the reins. Kind of ironic that it ended up being Boris taking up the reins who resigned over May’s first brexit deal which ultimately ended up being the one he ended up delivering himself. Although I suspect that there was more detail in the May version.
 

David O'Day

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  • Nov 14, 2023
  • #31,807
Didn't realise Ric Holden was their new chairman, lol
 

shmmeee

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  • Nov 14, 2023
  • #31,808
So, I take it we don’t need to keep questioning why Corbyn didn’t get elected after his Piers Morgan interview?
 
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chiefdave

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  • Nov 14, 2023
  • #31,809
shmmeee said:
So, I take it we don’t need to keep questioning why Corbyn didn’t get elected after his Piers Morgan interview?
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The most shocking thing about this post is the idea that people actually watch Piers Morgan
 
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shmmeee

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  • Nov 14, 2023
  • #31,810
chiefdave said:
The most shocking thing about this post is the idea that people actually watch Piers Morgan
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Its all over Twitter, I wouldn’t even know how to watch Talk TV TBF
 
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wingy

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  • Nov 14, 2023
  • #31,811
shmmeee said:
So, I take it we don’t need to keep questioning why Corbyn didn’t get elected after his Piers Morgan interview?
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What that we're now witnessing a genocide and can't say as such?
 

shmmeee

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  • Nov 14, 2023
  • #31,812
wingy said:
What that we're now witnessing a genocide and can't say as such?
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You can say it without getting irrationally angry at an interviewer for doing his job. He just had to say yes and move on. And that’s why he can’t do politics. He’s so easy to bait.
 
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wingy

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  • Nov 14, 2023
  • #31,813
shmmeee said:
You can say it without getting irrationally angry at an interviewer for doing his job. He just had to say yes and move on. And that’s why he can’t do politics. He’s so easy to bait.
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How would you stand up against it??
 

shmmeee

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  • Nov 14, 2023
  • #31,814
wingy said:
How would you stand up against it??
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Say yes Hamas are terrorists and that doesn’t justify the level of civilian deaths.
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Nov 14, 2023
  • #31,815
shmmeee said:
So, I take it we don’t need to keep questioning why Corbyn didn’t get elected after his Piers Morgan interview?
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Had to watch it after your post. Reaffirmed my view of him being unelectable, even if some of his policies would’ve been for the greater good. What was also concerning was Len speaking on his behalf, almost trying to protect him knowing that Corbo wouldn’t /couldn’t answer those specific questions. Possibly an indication of where the power lay during his leadership

Ps his justification for his comment about ‘friend from Hamas’ looks like it’s bullshit as well.
 
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