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Do you want to discuss boring politics? (15 Viewers)

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Deleted member 5849

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  • Jan 16, 2024
  • #32,866
Grendel said:
I think I have voted for Tories 4 times. I think twice under thatcher and Johnson and I may have with Major - I can’t recall. To my eternal shame I voted Lib Dem once under Clegg.

Other than that I’ve voted green in most elections as they like animals

I probably regret not voting for Corbyn and McDonnell in 2017 as they would have I suppose offered an honest form of politics as Thatcher vs Kinnock did - Corbyn and his nonsense over brexit ruined him in 2019

I doubt I’ll be bothering to vote again
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Oi, you voted Blair too...
 

Grendel

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  • Jan 16, 2024
  • #32,867
PVA said:
You had no issue with arming Saudi Arabia when it suited your point at the time.
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i don’t have an issue with it
 

David O'Day

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  • Jan 16, 2024
  • #32,868
@Grendel I am interested why you tried to bring up Kier Starmer ifit wasn't a failed attempt to link the current Labour leadership to this scandal?
 
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SBT

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  • Jan 16, 2024
  • #32,869


Major vibes in this thread tonight
 

skybluetony176

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  • Jan 16, 2024
  • #32,870
Ain’t it funny when someone who’s spent the last 8 years gloating that their side won is now deluded with politics. I’d gloat about it but the truth is no one won over the last 8 years. Well unless you’re a donor to a secretly funded “think” tank or a crony of a Tory MP or Putin.
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Jan 17, 2024
  • #32,871
Not saying I buy into the idea of blaming of any single individual for the Horizon scandal rather the entire system itself, but this is funny nevertheless


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fernandopartridge

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  • Jan 17, 2024
  • #32,872
What a stupid c**t he is


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skybluetony176

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  • Jan 18, 2024
  • #32,873
fernandopartridge said:
What a stupid c**t he is


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What a snowflake. Ooo, they hurt my feelings so I abstained.
 
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SBT

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  • Jan 18, 2024
  • #32,874
Baffling how the Rwanda issue is apparently important enough to derail the entire government, but also not more important than being laughed at by some Labour MPs. The whole thing is a farce.
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Jan 18, 2024
  • #32,875
SBT said:
Baffling how the Rwanda issue is apparently important enough to derail the entire government, but also not more important than being laughed at by some Labour MPs. The whole thing is a farce.
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The whole underlying issue is an overblown distraction

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skybluetony176

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  • Jan 18, 2024
  • #32,876
fernandopartridge said:
The whole underlying issue is an overblown distraction

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It ain’t even working. Yougov poll for the Times has the government polling at 20%, lowest since the Truss debacle. The longer he waits to call a GE the worse it gets.
 
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David O'Day

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  • Jan 18, 2024
  • #32,877
skybluetony176 said:
It ain’t even working. Yougov poll for the Times has the government polling at 20%, lowest since the Truss debacle. The longer he waits to call a GE the worse it gets.
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It stupid that he is not calling it before the may locals and mayoral elections as a they coud if they go teh way of the polls be the finalnail in any chance of a come back
 

skybluetony176

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  • Jan 18, 2024
  • #32,878
David O'Day said:
It stupid that he is not calling it before the may locals and mayoral elections as a they coud if they go teh way of the polls be the finalnail in any chance of a come back
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Plus the extra cost of having another polling day. Richard Tice was saying recently it cost £280K to the public purse to run a by-election. I presume that’s the same cost for each seat in a GE give or take. Just from a cost exercise it doesn’t make sense before you even factor in things like school closures twice in a year for polling day instead of one.
 

shmmeee

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  • Jan 18, 2024
  • #32,879
Ouch

 

shmmeee

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  • Jan 18, 2024
  • #32,880
This stuff isn’t even funny any more. These people are simply unqualified and shouldn’t be in a job.

 
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skybluetony176

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  • Jan 18, 2024
  • #32,881
Love the way Sunak claims it’s the will of the people. No one has ever voted on this, it wasn’t proposed until 2022and the last GE was 2019. If he’s so sure it’s the will of the people call a GE and put it in your manifesto.

Also the letters of no confidence are going in again. He doesn’t even have the will of his own party let alone the people.
 
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Deleted member 9744

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  • Jan 18, 2024
  • #32,882
shmmeee said:
This stuff isn’t even funny any more. These people are simply unqualified and shouldn’t be in a job.

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You'd sort of expect the people who govern our country to be intelligent and knowledgeable would you? It is staggering how stupid quite a lot of them are.
 
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shmmeee

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  • Jan 18, 2024
  • #32,883
Deleted member 9744 said:
You'd sort of expect the people who govern our country to be intelligent and knowledgeable would you? It is staggering how stupid quite a lot of them are.
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Like, democracy and everything, stupid people in the commons per se isn’t terrible. But they shouldn’t get anywhere near government.
 
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PVA

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  • Jan 18, 2024
  • #32,884
shmmeee said:
Ouch

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Oof.

That would give the Tories 5 seats, which although not good for democracy would be hilarious let's be honest.
 

shmmeee

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  • Jan 18, 2024
  • #32,885
PVA said:
Oof.

That would give the Tories 5 seats, which although not good for democracy would be hilarious let's be honest.
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I mean “luckily” there’s a whole chunk of people over 50 who are quite happy with high house prices and low immigration.

But imagine if we restricted voting to working age
 

Mr Panda

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  • Jan 18, 2024
  • #32,886
Please not O'Boyle

The people vying to be Labour's candidate as MP in new Cov East seat

Three city councillors have put themselves forward to replace Colleen Fletcher in the newly named constituency
www.coventrytelegraph.net
 

Grendel

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  • Jan 18, 2024
  • #32,887
shmmeee said:
I mean “luckily” there’s a whole chunk of people over 50 who are quite happy with high house prices and low immigration.

But imagine if we restricted voting to working age
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There’s no legal limit to working age
 

shmmeee

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  • Jan 18, 2024
  • #32,888
Mr Panda said:
Please not O'Boyle

The people vying to be Labour's candidate as MP in new Cov East seat

Three city councillors have put themselves forward to replace Colleen Fletcher in the newly named constituency
www.coventrytelegraph.net
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Will be Creagh I reckon. Got the recognition.
 

shmmeee

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  • Jan 18, 2024
  • #32,889
Grendel said:
There’s no legal limit to working age
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Do you think more or less 18-65 year olds work as a percentage than 65+
 

David O'Day

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  • Jan 18, 2024
  • #32,890
Mr Panda said:
Please not O'Boyle

The people vying to be Labour's candidate as MP in new Cov East seat

Three city councillors have put themselves forward to replace Colleen Fletcher in the newly named constituency
www.coventrytelegraph.net
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Creagh has got to be favourite and lots of people think o'boyle is a nob
 

Grendel

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  • Jan 18, 2024
  • #32,891
shmmeee said:
Do you think more or less 18-65 year olds work as a percentage than 65+
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Er that’s not what you said - there are over a million employed over 65 and 68 is now the retirement age
 
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wingy

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  • Jan 18, 2024
  • #32,892
shmmeee said:
I mean “luckily” there’s a whole chunk of people over 50 who are quite happy with high house prices and low immigration.

But imagine if we restricted voting to working age
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Don't think the blue rinse are saving them this time, just be that special operation they're going to unload!
I see inflation went up again,oh due to tax on fags and beer, doesn't mention all the free money they've just unloaded again, how's the currency doing,oh just keep it internetnal let inflation rip?
 

David O'Day

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  • Jan 18, 2024
  • #32,893
I enjoyed Therese Coffey showing she is thick as pig shit
 
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wingy

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  • Jan 18, 2024
  • #32,894
Gas in plentiful supply why are then putting up by five % when they had the last two years get that will be the power equivalent so electricity as well!
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Jan 18, 2024
  • #32,895
wingy said:
Gas in plentiful supply why are then putting up by five % when they had the last two years get that will be the power equivalent so electricity as well!
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Especially when they buy ahead. The prices are lower in January than they were in July when prices usually drop off anyway:

UK Natural Gas - Price - Chart - Historical Data - News

UK Gas decreased 16.41 GBp/Thm or 13.09% since the beginning of 2025, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. UK Natural Gas - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on March of 2025.
tradingeconomics.com
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Jan 18, 2024
  • #32,896
fernandopartridge said:
Especially when they buy ahead. The prices are lower in January than they were in July when prices usually drop off anyway:

UK Natural Gas - Price - Chart - Historical Data - News

UK Gas decreased 16.41 GBp/Thm or 13.09% since the beginning of 2025, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. UK Natural Gas - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on March of 2025.
tradingeconomics.com
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Heard the new cap should be 10% lower in April. About time. If true this should help bring overall inflation down again. To be fair though the prices still look like they’re running well ahead of what they were pre war. Moving in the right direction at least

Gas prices per therm Great Britain 2025 | Statista

In January 2025, day-ahead baseload gas prices in Great Britain rose to more than 123 pence/therm, a 70 percent increase compared to January 2024 prices.
www.statista.com

ps obviously hasn’t helped that we’ve got fuck all storage
 
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wingy

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  • Jan 18, 2024
  • #32,897
CCFCSteve said:
Heard the new cap should be 10% lower in April. About time. If true this should help bring overall inflation down again. To be fair though the prices still look like they’re running well ahead of what they were pre war. Moving in the right direction at least

Gas prices per therm Great Britain 2025 | Statista

In January 2025, day-ahead baseload gas prices in Great Britain rose to more than 123 pence/therm, a 70 percent increase compared to January 2024 prices.
www.statista.com

ps obviously hasn’t helped that we’ve got fuck all storage
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A cynic might say an electoral opportunity?
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Jan 18, 2024
  • #32,898
wingy said:
A cynic might say an electoral opportunity?
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haha, I’m sure Sunak will try to use it. I don’t think whatever happens or whatever he does now, will move the dial materially though. Election might end up closer than the polls suggest but still think strong Labour majority
 
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PVA

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  • Jan 18, 2024
  • #32,899
Fuck me

 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Jan 18, 2024
  • #32,900
PVA said:
Fuck me

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Post truth
 
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