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shmmeee

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  • Feb 26, 2024
  • #33,811
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
Seems mad in a day where we want to be eco-friendly, make the place healthier and greener and help wildlife that a hedge is banned.

Maybe one over a certain height, but altogether is mad.
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Not banned. I just have to have council permission to do literally anything to the front of the house. Can’t have me disrupting the beautiful Bedworth council estate feel of the place. Standards to uphold.
 
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wingy

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  • Feb 26, 2024
  • #33,812
Get ready for the next wave of inflation to hit,being prepped nicely for it with the peice on Sky news this morning , expect it to hit around October!
Start growing your own lads there won't be anything on the shelves when they're done!
 

skybluetony176

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  • Feb 26, 2024
  • #33,813
I see Anderson has released a statement through GB News basically doubling down on what he said

Mr Anderson said: "If you are wrong, apologising is not a sign of weakness but a sign of strength.

"But when you think you are right you should never apologise because to do so would be a sign of weakness."
 

skybluetony176

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  • Feb 26, 2024
  • #33,814
wingy said:
Get ready for the next wave of inflation to hit,being prepped nicely for it with the peice on Sky news this morning , expect it to hit around October!
Start growing your own lads there won't be anything on the shelves when they're done!
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What they said?
 
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wingy

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  • Feb 26, 2024
  • #33,815
skybluetony176 said:
What they said?
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Route's round the sea? Time to get into Brics.
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Feb 26, 2024
  • #33,816
skybluetony176 said:
I see Anderson has released a statement through GB News basically doubling down on what he said

Mr Anderson said: "If you are wrong, apologising is not a sign of weakness but a sign of strength.

"But when you think you are right you should never apologise because to do so would be a sign of weakness."
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let’s be honest he looks/sounds far more focussed on his GB news gig than his political career…no bad thing long term
 
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skybluetony176

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  • Feb 26, 2024
  • #33,817
wingy said:
Route's round the sea? Time to get into Brics.
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Makes sense. I think it adds about 2 weeks on sailings from Asia to Europe by circumnavigating Africa instead of going through the Red Sea and Suez Canal. That’s going to affect the cost of shipping so oil and electronic goods will be hit hardest with the consumer ultimately paying the cost as the last link in the chain.
 

skybluetony176

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  • Feb 26, 2024
  • #33,818
CCFCSteve said:
let’s be honest he looks/sounds far more focussed on his GB news gig than his political career…no bad thing long term
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Wouldn’t be surprised to see him switch to Reform. I suspect he feels his best chance of reelection is with them and not the Tories and to be fair to him given where his seat is he would probably be right if that’s his thinking. Can’t see him wanting to give up either gig personally.
 
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wingy

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  • Feb 26, 2024
  • #33,819
skybluetony176 said:
Wouldn’t be surprised to see him switch to Reform. I suspect he feels his best chance of reelection is with them and not the Tories and to be fair to him given where his seat is he would probably be right if that’s his thinking. Can’t see him wanting to give up either gig personally.
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Don't know about that, get the debate started,few fireworks,bring it on just in time for the election?
 
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wingy

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  • Feb 26, 2024
  • #33,820
skybluetony176 said:
Makes sense. I think it adds about 2 weeks on sailings from Asia to Europe by circumnavigating Africa instead of going through the Red Sea and Suez Canal. That’s going to affect the cost of shipping so oil and electronic goods will be hit hardest with the consumer ultimately paying the cost as the last link in the chain.
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Guess perfect time for another 10p -20p per litre on fuel?
 
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wingy

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  • Feb 27, 2024
  • #33,821
So after getting 650k in last year Cleverly goes to the States to give a speech about doing the opposite and preventing the brain drain! 🫣
Of course that would take paying the rate here first?young doctor's anyone!
 

shmmeee

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  • Feb 27, 2024
  • #33,822
wingy said:
So after getting 650k in last year Cleverly goes to the States to give a speech about doing the opposite and preventing the brain drain! 🫣
Of course that would take paying the rate here first?young doctor's anyone!
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Let me guess “cut tax”, you’d have to cut mine to -200% to make going to the States not financially viable. Whereas actually what makes me want to leave is the state of public services, the public realm and the housing market. Bet he doesn’t mention those.
 
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wingy

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  • Feb 27, 2024
  • #33,823
TBF he's going to accentuate the effect on poorer countries,but my bit is that we have to stop that first?🫣
 

shmmeee

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  • Feb 27, 2024
  • #33,824
wingy said:
TBF he's going to accentuate the effect on poorer countries,but my bit is that we have to stop that first?🫣
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Ah the old “India needs doctors/Polamd needs builders too” argument. Of course stopping all our doctors heading to Australia would help too.

This is the problem with a far right govt, everything looks like a culture war, I can’t remember the last time this govt proposed a policy that wasn’t some amorphous blob of money that inevitably never arrives. Or a tax cut.
 
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wingy

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  • Feb 27, 2024
  • #33,825
shmmeee said:
Ah the old “India needs doctors/Polamd needs builders too” argument. Of course stopping all our doctors heading to Australia would help too.

This is the problem with a far right govt, everything looks like a culture war, I can’t remember the last time this govt proposed a policy that wasn’t some amorphous blob of money that inevitably never arrives. Or a tax cut.
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71% of voters are wise to the ruse up from around 35% so carry on for me!
 

shmmeee

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  • Feb 29, 2024
  • #33,826
This is about the Tories, but could be Labour in 2019 as it’s very basic electoral hygiene here: suck it up, stop whining, face the voters, be positive.

Whiners and Winners

Blaming The Blob will get the Tories nowhere.
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Feb 29, 2024
  • #33,827
shmmeee said:
This is about the Tories, but could be Labour in 2019 as it’s very basic electoral hygiene here: suck it up, stop whining, face the voters, be positive.

Whiners and Winners

Blaming The Blob will get the Tories nowhere.
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk
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The blob are both completely useless bureaucratics who don't do anything but also in complete control of everything

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Ian1779

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  • Mar 1, 2024
  • #33,828
 
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clint van damme

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  • Mar 1, 2024
  • #33,829
Ian1779 said:
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I'm not a fan but this could be pretty amusing.
Got him blocked on twitter but might unblock him for a bit, see what he gets up to.
 

dutchman

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  • Mar 1, 2024
  • #33,830
He'll only be there for a few months then Labour will win it back again.
 
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  • Mar 1, 2024
  • #33,831
dutchman said:
He'll only be there for a few months then Labour will win it back again.
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Let's hope so, the man's a genuine nutter
 

skybluetony176

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  • Mar 1, 2024
  • #33,832
Deleted member 5849 said:
Let's hope so, the man's a genuine nutter
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Who? This guy?

 
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clint van damme

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  • Mar 1, 2024
  • #33,833
Tice hinting at electoral fraud, the B and M Donald Trump.
 
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Ian1779

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  • Mar 1, 2024
  • #33,834
clint van damme said:
Tice hinting at electoral fraud, the B and M Donald Trump.
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He didn’t get enough racist nans with their postal votes.
 
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shmmeee

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  • Mar 1, 2024
  • #33,835
fernandopartridge said:
The blob are both completely useless bureaucratics who don't do anything but also in complete control of everything

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Just like the Labour right?
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Mar 1, 2024
  • #33,836
Has Galloway even been to Rochdale?

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fernandopartridge

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  • Mar 1, 2024
  • #33,837
shmmeee said:
Just like the Labour right?
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Insert 'intended to benefit ordinary people' between 'anything' and 'but'


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skybluetony176

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  • Mar 1, 2024
  • #33,838
Why does Galloway always wear that black hat with a black suit? When I see Galloways pictures in the media I automatically think of the SS baddies in movies such as Steven Merchant in Jojo Rabbit or the guy from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
 
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wingy

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  • Mar 1, 2024
  • #33,839
shmmeee said:
Just like the Labour right?
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Sorry aren't they on the left?
 

shmmeee

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  • Mar 1, 2024
  • #33,840
wingy said:
Sorry aren't they on the left?
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Well there’s a can of worms. You’d think so cos it would be pretty weird to be in opposition for 14 years otherwise when you could just be in government.
 
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wingy

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  • Mar 1, 2024
  • #33,841
shmmeee said:
Well there’s a can of worms. You’d think so cos it would be pretty weird to be in opposition for 14 years otherwise when you could just be in government.
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It was a play on words shmmeee!
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Mar 1, 2024
  • #33,842
wingy said:
Sorry aren't they on the left?
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Centre right probably from previous generations of the party
 
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skybluetony176

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  • Mar 1, 2024
  • #33,843
Without Israel being on the agenda it would have been interesting to see how well the independent who came second would have fared. Fought the election on local issues only from what I can gather while looking to represent the entire community regardless of faith etc. 21% of the vote from nothing.

The other interesting aspect was how badly reform done. Votes on the day don’t seem to reflect their standing in the polls which shouldn’t come as a surprise. The Excellent Dan Hodges pointing out that that should encourage Sunak to call an earlier GE rather than wait until autumn. Let’s face it every day Sunak waits for a GE the more shit comes out about his party and the more disconnect the electorate feels from the Tories. The longer he waits the more Tory votes will be shed to the other parties including Reform on the day as well as in the polls.
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Mar 1, 2024
  • #33,844
skybluetony176 said:
Without Israel being on the agenda it would have been interesting to see how well the independent who came second would have fared. Thought the election on local issues only from what I can gather while looking to represent the entire community regardless of faith etc. 21% of the vote from nothing.

The other interesting aspect was how badly reform done. Votes on the day don’t seem to reflect their standing in the polls which shouldn’t come as a surprise. The Excellent Dan Hodges pointing out that that should encourage Sunak to call an earlier GE rather than wait until autumn. Let’s face it every day Sunak waits for a GE the more shit comes out about his party and the more disconnect the electorate feels from the Tories. The longer he waits the more Tory votes will be shed to the other parties including Reform on the day as well as in the polls.
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Large independent or smaller party support screws with the fptp system
 
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OffenhamSkyBlue

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  • Mar 1, 2024
  • #33,845
In relation to the Rochdale result, they were saying on the radio this morning that if Labour don't change some of their rhetoric/vernacular on Israel/Palestine they could lose a lot of voters at the GE. They were totally bollocksed during the Corbyn era by adopting the warped definition of anti-semitism such that it includes any criticism of actions by the Israeli state, and are now shit-scared of supporting the Palestinians at all.

They also had some clown masquerading as a Professor of Politics on, saying that "it can't be just Muslims voting for Galloway - the population of Rochdale identify as 19% Muslim, but Galloway got 40% of the vote".
Eh? He may be a whizz at politics but he knows fuck-all about basic arithmetic!

Population of the whole of Rochdale Borough was 223,800 at the 2021 census, of whom 18.8% said they were Muslim.
The parliamentary constituency of Rochdale has an electorate of about 78,000, so assuming the religious demographic in the constituency is the same as the wider Borough, this would mean that approximately 14,800 Muslims were able to vote, and may have been more likely to turn out to vote on this issue than the overall turnout of 40%.
Galloway got 12,000 votes, so it is entirely possible that the vast majority of his electors were Muslim, and the Prof has got his sums wrong! If they turned out, fair play to them.
 
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