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- Sat 29 Jan, 2022 4:55 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th January 2022
- Replies: 47
- Views: 5400
Re: Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th January 2022
Strangely enough, when I went shopping last week, there were still some frozen Richmond sausages left. They were the last ones to go after every other kind, including the little cocktail ones and pigs in blankets. I normally buy Walls or Sainsburys own brand myself, which are ok and handy to have in...
- Sat 29 Jan, 2022 1:42 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th January 2022
- Replies: 47
- Views: 5400
Re: Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th January 2022
So if the media fails to report the Dover lorry queues and the effects of Brexit, what do the public make of the massive gaps on supermarket shelves? Do they blame Sainsburys/Tescos? How do Sainsburys/Tescos feel about that? And will I ever be able to buy Walls frozen sausages again? They've been mi...
- Fri 28 Jan, 2022 5:45 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 28th January 2022
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3985
Re: Friday 28th January 2022
The NI rise was supposed to pay for social care, wasn't it? You may be right that disowning it might not be as popular as backbench Tories think. Paying more tax to fund health and social care is often quite popular with the public. I wonder if they're worried that if they defend the tax to pay for ...
- Fri 28 Jan, 2022 12:48 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 28th January 2022
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3985
Re: Friday 28th January 2022
Is it just me or are Tory MPs actually trying to get away with pretending they're on the public's side and upset about the NI hike they all voted for? It's like Jeremy Hunt wistfully lamenting what a terrible state the NHS was in when he was Health Secretary - like it had absolutely nothing to do wi...
- Thu 27 Jan, 2022 8:00 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 27th January 2022
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4011
Re: Thursday 27th January 2022
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/27/universal-credit-claimants-face-tough-sanctions-in-uk-job-crackdown Universal credit claimants face tough sanctions in UK job crackdown Jobseekers will have just four weeks to find employment in their preferred sector under the government’s Way to Work...
- Wed 26 Jan, 2022 12:45 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 26th January 2022
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2275
Re: Wednesday 26th January 2022
There were a lot of references to Starmer being a lawyer from Johnson today, so I assume the Tory calculation is that the general public actually prefer the latter.
- Wed 26 Jan, 2022 12:43 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 26th January 2022
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2275
Re: Wednesday 26th January 2022
Starmer seemed keen to extract a promise from Johnson that he would make the full Sue Gray report available to MPs, which he appeared to get. I assume there's a strategy behind this.
- Wed 26 Jan, 2022 12:31 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 26th January 2022
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2275
Re: Wednesday 26th January 2022
Boris Johnson at his rambling, blustering worst. His distraction attempts included references to the cost of living crisis and Russia, neither of which reflect well on current government, given the lack of action on fuel prices and unhelpful national insurance hike plus the US concerns about Russian...
- Tue 25 Jan, 2022 8:37 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday, 25th January 2022
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3256
Re: Tuesday, 25th January 2022
It's what Boris Johnson has not been doing that's the real problem, rather than what he has. Not doing the following is almost certainly what he has been supported into power to not do: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/jan/25/pressure-grows-on-uk-to-beef-up-measures-to-tackle-economic Pressure g...
- Thu 20 Jan, 2022 3:47 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 20th January 2022
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4289
Re: Thursday 20th January 2022
Well, up to a point. Even if 50% is too high, 10% going to degree level education was far too low and meant many deserving people missed out. Many deserving people still miss out on top jobs, though, the difference is that these days they miss out after three years of study and pushing thirty grand...
- Thu 20 Jan, 2022 1:22 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 20th January 2022
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4289
Re: Thursday 20th January 2022
We used to send 10% of the population to university because 10% of jobs required a degree. Now we send 50% of the population to university but still only 10% of jobs require a degree. I don't really know how universities fix that, really. Lots of jobs that don't really need a degree only take people...
- Tue 18 Jan, 2022 11:46 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 18th January 2022
- Replies: 37
- Views: 5375
Re: Tuesday 18th January 2022
It seems Raab is just as useless at defending Johnson as he is at everything else
- Tue 18 Jan, 2022 10:26 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 18th January 2022
- Replies: 37
- Views: 5375
Re: Tuesday 18th January 2022
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/four-day-working-week-pilot-launched-in-the-uk-308577/ Four-day working week pilot launched in the UK The trial follows the 100:80:100 model: 100 per cent of the pay for 80 per cent of the time, in exchange for 100 per cent productivity. I think this is a great...
- Mon 17 Jan, 2022 2:26 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 17th January 2022
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2449
Re: Monday 17th January 2022
Not the most important point, but they're not going to get very far with the younger demographic using the word "dishy". Young people don't know what it means. If rhyming's important, "fit git" might work, though ;) In other news, after somehow dodging it when my daughter had it ...
- Wed 12 Jan, 2022 1:02 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 12th January 2022
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3843
Re: Wednesday 12th January 2022
Starmer didn't simply call for Johnson to resign. He listed the way in which it appears Johnson has broken the ministerial code and observed that breaking the ministerial code is a resigning matter. A subtle difference I kmow, but I think the way he set it out is quite effective. From the G liveblog...
- Thu 06 Jan, 2022 8:57 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 6th January 2022
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2801
Re: Thursday 6th January 2022
That's precisely what they're saying Willow, that the jury were a bunch of 'woke' lefty Bristolians who were egged on by a celebrity 'marxist' historian. "lefty Bristolians"!!! :rofl: Or a jury of their peers, as some might say. Suggesting a jury is biased because its members come from th...
- Thu 06 Jan, 2022 7:28 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 6th January 2022
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2801
Re: Thursday 6th January 2022
Incidentally, if the opinion of 12 ordinary people picked at random doesn't constitute "the will of the people" I'm not sure what does. Unless the complaint from the right is that "the people" can be easily and maliciously led astray by outside, biased sources - such as activist ...
- Thu 06 Jan, 2022 7:01 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 6th January 2022
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2801
Re: Thursday 6th January 2022
Re the Colston Four, I've been reading the Secret Barrister's book I got for Christmas and he does a potted history of trials in this country and strangely enough juries have always been a bit bolshie and would, on occasion, find people innocent or guilty of a lesser charge, not because they thought...
- Wed 05 Jan, 2022 1:43 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 5th January 2022
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4420
Re: Wednesday 5th January 2022
...its not until 3PM today for some reason.
That did confuse me. I suspect I'll have lost interest by then.....
That did confuse me. I suspect I'll have lost interest by then.....
- Tue 04 Jan, 2022 1:21 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 4th January 2022
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4338
Re: Tuesday 4th January 2022
@frog222
That's an interesting tit-for-tat going on the US which you linked yesterday. I wonder if it'll have the desired effect.
That's an interesting tit-for-tat going on the US which you linked yesterday. I wonder if it'll have the desired effect.
- Mon 03 Jan, 2022 2:04 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: New Year's Day - Saturday, 1st January 2022 (& Sun & Mon)
- Replies: 51
- Views: 7799
Re: New Year's Day - Saturday, 1st January 2022 (& Sun & Mon)
I've been watching quite a bit of Kdrama on Netflix lately and something that particularly stands out is that they frequently reference the corrupt relationships between politicians, businessmen and the media. Themes such as gentrification, bribery and corruption come up again and again, often as a ...
- Sat 01 Jan, 2022 3:23 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: New Year's Day - Saturday, 1st January 2022 (& Sun & Mon)
- Replies: 51
- Views: 7799
Re: New Year's Day - Saturday, 1st January 2022 (& Sun & Mon)
Happy New Year everyone. The London fireworks tv show was kind of naff, I thought. I never realised before that all the people actually there enjoying it in person was what made watching it on tv from home fun. Without the crowds it was very underwhelming. Same everywhere I guess and fair enough, of...
- Sat 25 Dec, 2021 1:25 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Xmas Eve, Xmas day & Boxing Day 2021
- Replies: 55
- Views: 8373
Re: Xmas Eve, Xmas day & Boxing Day 2021
Happy Christmas everyone from the damp, windswept Mendips.
I got a copy of the book by The Secret Barrister to cheer me up/depress me, not sure which!
I got a copy of the book by The Secret Barrister to cheer me up/depress me, not sure which!
- Wed 22 Dec, 2021 6:10 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 22nd December 2021
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2327
Re: Wednesday 22nd December 2021
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/22/omicron-covid-restrictions-young-people https://mobile.twitter.com/OwenJones84/status/1473693367175364619?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet Compared with some of the things he comes out with this latest article from Owen Jones...
- Wed 22 Dec, 2021 5:58 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 22nd December 2021
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2327
Re: Wednesday 22nd December 2021
Owen Jones "controversy"?
- Wed 22 Dec, 2021 4:31 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 22nd December 2021
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2327
Re: Wednesday 22nd December 2021
In a way, it could turn out to be a blessing as people who were comfortable when the economy was stable pre-Brexit could well of gone on voting Tory forever, to the detriment of those struggling with housing insecurity, lack of social care and food poverty etc, but now formerly complacent Tory voter...
- Wed 22 Dec, 2021 2:31 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 22nd December 2021
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2327
Re: Wednesday 22nd December 2021
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/dec/22/food-shortages-hitting-britons-more-than-many-in-eu-poll-finds You'd think that no one who voted for Brexit voted for food shortages but then again you see all the smug people on social media explaining there's still enough food, just not the particul...
- Fri 17 Dec, 2021 12:58 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 17th December 2021
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3665
Re: Friday 17th December 2021
This bit from the Times article about the govt's by-election defeat quoted in the G liveblog today caught my eye: That, of course, was not the only reason the Lib Dems romped home. Each seat has its own idiosyncrasies, particularly in rural England, and slow ambulance response times, poor transport ...
- Mon 13 Dec, 2021 11:42 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 13th December 2021
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3646
Re: Monday 13th December 2021
https://mobile.twitter.com/lewis_goodall/status/1470354999540690953 "Offering" boosters. Not actually giving them though. There don't appear to be any appointments before January. Could this backfire on Johnson? He definitely said everyone could get a booster before the end of the year and...
- Mon 13 Dec, 2021 11:31 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 13th December 2021
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3646
Re: Monday 13th December 2021
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/13/no-more-home-covid-tests-available-says-nhs-england?CMP=twt_gu&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium#Echobox=1639394140 No more home Covid tests available, says NHS England Given how quickly Omicron is spreading, how realistic (and, indeed, expensive) is...
- Sun 12 Dec, 2021 10:46 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th December 2021
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3049
Re: Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th December 2021
Well there was a schedule for boosters and slots to match until recently when they suddenly decided you could have a booster after 5 mths, 4 mths, 3 mths..... Then tonight Boris is "everyone get a booster, on your marks, get set, go" and now when you log on to the booking site there's like...
- Sun 12 Dec, 2021 7:33 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th December 2021
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3049
Re: Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th December 2021
Such a shame Max couldn't just win it from pole in an uncontroversial manner. On a track where overtaking is hard, he gave it away to Hamilton off the line and then trailed around for the rest of the race a distant second. Yes, safety cars can cause winners and losers in an unfair manner but it wasn...
- Sun 12 Dec, 2021 5:00 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th December 2021
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3049
Re: Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th December 2021
Who has had their booster thus far, getting mine on Wednesday. My husband had the letter through so went on the website to book but there were very few slots available and nothing local and nothing at the large vaccination sites where we went for all the others, just pharmacies and community centre...
- Fri 10 Dec, 2021 8:06 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 10th December 2021
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2691
- Tue 30 Nov, 2021 10:53 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 30th November 2021
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4443
Re: Tuesday 30th November 2021
I did say a "little" unfair. I agree it was a wrong policy to pursue, but my concern is Labour are being judged on the Coalition and Tory government's execution of that policy, when those who actually implemented it should be the ones held accountable.
- Tue 30 Nov, 2021 5:36 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 30th November 2021
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4443
Re: Tuesday 30th November 2021
Well well, when I was 'migrated' from Incapacity benefit to ESA in 2011, I failed the Work Capability Assessment (made more difficult by Yvette Cooper), then had to spend a year appealing the decision only to have it reversed in 5 minutes by a tribunal, I always blamed Iain Duncan Smith. Smith you ...
- Mon 29 Nov, 2021 6:04 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 29th November 2021
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2898
Re: Monday 29th November 2021
@frog222
I'm sorry to hear your daughter's MS was made worse by covid and the vaccine. Neurological illnesses can be so unpredictable, it's hard to know what will cause a relapse, making choices around vaccinating or shielding quite difficult for some people to know what to do for the best.
I'm sorry to hear your daughter's MS was made worse by covid and the vaccine. Neurological illnesses can be so unpredictable, it's hard to know what will cause a relapse, making choices around vaccinating or shielding quite difficult for some people to know what to do for the best.
- Mon 29 Nov, 2021 5:12 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 29th November 2021
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2898
Re: Monday 29th November 2021
They ditched bubbles and actively encouraged the resumption of all school assemblies and dropped mask use before vaccinations even started. Why? Herd immunity. What other explanation could there be? Herd immunity instead of vaccines might have made some kind of cynical sense but having already comm...
- Mon 29 Nov, 2021 1:15 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 29th November 2021
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2898
Re: Monday 29th November 2021
Had to switch off Radio4 as some teachers’ union person whispered her case politely instead of telling them forthrightly that pretending a very few minutes in corridors was more infectious than hours in closed classrooms was utter fucking bollocks. It might have had some relevance when they had cla...
- Sun 28 Nov, 2021 9:20 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th November 2021
- Replies: 49
- Views: 6314
Re: Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th November 2021
It might be something to do with the Scots and Welsh having decent examples in government to follow, while the English have been encouraged by a flabby feckless man child to be thoughtless arseholes. There's also peer pressure, I've had (gentle) arguments with a couple of friends who stopped wearin...
- Wed 24 Nov, 2021 12:30 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 24th November 2021
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2100
Re: Wednesday 24th November 2021
From the G liveblog: Starmer says working people are being asked to pay twice. They pay national insurance when they work, and when they retire they will have to sell their homes, because they will not be protected. He says it is a classic Covent Garden pick-pocketing operation. The PM entertains th...
- Sun 21 Nov, 2021 10:35 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st November 2021
- Replies: 48
- Views: 6113
Re: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st November 2021
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/21/icu-is-full-of-the-unvaccinated-my-patience-with-them-is-wearing-thin Translating this to the choice not to take the vaccine, however, I find my patience wearing thin. I think this is for a number of reasons. Even if you are not worried about your own r...
- Fri 19 Nov, 2021 12:57 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 19th November 2021
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1847
Re: Friday 19th November 2021
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/nov/18/rollout-third-covid-jabs-england-condemned-shambolic Rollout of third Covid jabs in England condemned as ‘shambolic’ The budget for publicising and communicating important government policies was one of the earliest victims of austerity and we continue...
- Fri 19 Nov, 2021 8:21 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 19th November 2021
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1847
Re: Friday 19th November 2021
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... h-promises
I'm not sure the Tories learnt the right lesson from what happened to the Libdems over tuition fees.The HS2 climbdown will hit the ‘red wall’ Tories: this is about far more than trains
- Thu 18 Nov, 2021 1:40 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 18th November 2021
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3403
Re: Thursday 18th November 2021
So much for still being PM in 2060. Even 2022 is starting to look a bit doubtful.
- Sat 13 Nov, 2021 6:23 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th November 2021
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3788
Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th November 2021
Brexit is good for the Tories, though, and shit for Labour. It's not surprising they don't want to talk about it. Corruption, on the other hand, is bad for the Tories and plays to Starmer's strengths. Also, I feel climate change is up for grabs at the moment, Labour need to position themselves so th...
- Sat 13 Nov, 2021 1:35 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th November 2021
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3788
Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th November 2021
Re Brexit I think it also has to be remembered that there is a huge difference between rejoining compared to not leaving in the first place. Which is why those behind Brexit were so desperate to get it over the line, regardless of the damage it would do to the country, and worry about the details la...
- Fri 12 Nov, 2021 8:15 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 12th November 2021
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2037
Re: Friday 12th November 2021
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/12/no-10-faces-legal-challenge-to-pms-support-for-priti-patel-on-bullying-claims No 10 faces legal challenge to PM’s support for Priti Patel on bullying claims This is interesting. Does the ministerial code have any legal standing at all or is it just wi...
- Mon 08 Nov, 2021 1:04 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 8th November 2021
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2078
Re: Monday 8th November 2021
According to the G live blog Boris Johnson won't be able to make the sleaze debate because he's on a slow train from the NE. I particularly liked this bit: When journalists pointed out that last week Johnson took a private jet so that he could return from the Cop26 conference in Glasgow for a privat...
- Thu 04 Nov, 2021 1:09 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 4th November 2021
- Replies: 66
- Views: 8838
Re: Thursday 4th November 2021
Chaos Theory of government ? They want us to be so dizzy we don't know which way is up ! Imagine how annoyed Leadsom and the other 249 who voted for it are though, having hung themselves out to dry for nothing. I'm pretty sure this isn't the outcome No 10 was looking for. Two things leap out as to ...