Anything Political

[philmayfield 6,103]

Can't be any worse than the two contenders! 

[Cliff Ton 10,449]

1 hour ago, Brew said:

I may have dreamed this, have I just read that a significant number want Johnson to retract his resignation?

 

A significant number of who/what ?  

[Brew 5,403]

I've read two quotes in the press. One said 65%, the other 85%, preumably of those conservative memebers able to vote in the election. The Mirror is quoting 'thousands', The Telegraph and Huffingfon Post are also reporting similar...

 

I don't think it can happen, but it seems some members want his name on the ballot paper in order to re-elect him as leader. Perhaps he'll emulate Trump and storm parliament!

 

Just as there was a rush to register for the Labour leadership, there is something similar happening for the Conservatives.

[philmayfield 6,103]

As a former Conservative I no longer know which party to support next time. It's a sorry state of affairs.

[Brew 5,403]

6 minutes ago, philmayfield said:

As a former Conservative I no longer know which party to support next time. It's a sorry state of affairs.

Join the Liberals, I'm sure there's still room on the fence.

 

[philmayfield 6,103]

I'm not sure what they stand for but I gather they're a bit lefty. Nearby Southwell, oddly enough, seems to be a place for Lib. voters judging by the posters at election times.

[Brew 5,403]

4 hours ago, philmayfield said:

I'm not sure what they stand for

 

Nor is anyone else..... including the Liberals

[Oztalgian 3,262]

Looking at the UK press and reading about the cost increases in energy, food and groceries and other goods and services. I can sympathise with anyone on a fixed income but what is/can your new glorious do about it?

Back in 1972 inflation was 7.13% and mortgage interest rates were 7.38%.

I cannot recall a massive plea for government assistance for cost of living or did I miss it because I was too busy working all the overtime I could just to pay for the shopping, my gas and electric bills and the mortgage?

[philmayfield 6,103]

The economic situation is serious but it’s the tendency of the media to hype up every situation into a catastrophe these days.

[Jill Sparrow 10,302]

Back in the 80s, interest rates went up to 15%, which was painful for those paying mortgages... including yours truly!  If that happened now,there would be riots. We just had to grin and pay up.

[LizzieM 9,504]

I totally agree Oz. Those of our age remember how our parents struggled, even if we didn’t actually realise it at the time.  Nowadays folk expect everything on a plate, handouts, food banks and benefits for just about everything.  We got a few pounds a week family allowance (but not for the first child I remember)  I honestly think that we now have too many immigrants on our little island, all receiving benefits and hospital care.  They all come here, have a load of kids and live off our tax money.  

[Cliff Ton 10,449]

 

Bearing in mind most of the media is written by 'youngsters' who weren't around in the 70s when inflation was really high, or the 90s when interest rates were high.

 

Most journalists today have never known inflation or interest at anything more than 3-4%.

[RadFordee 68]

32 minutes ago, Jill Sparrow said:

Back in the 80s, interest rates went up to 15%, which was painful for those paying mortgages... including yours truly!  If that happened now,there would be riots. We just had to grin and pay up.

Same here jill & when we found ourselves struggling with a toddler & only one wage coming in i took on a bar job three evenings a week to give us a bit of extra income. Wouldn't have dreamt of asking for handouts which is what everyone seems to expect nowadays.

[RadFordee 68]

41 minutes ago, LizzieM said:

I totally agree Oz. Those of our age remember how our parents struggled, even if we didn’t actually realise it at the time.  Nowadays folk expect everything on a plate, handouts, food banks and benefits for just about everything.  We got a few pounds a week family allowance (but not for the first child I remember)  I honestly think that we now have too many immigrants on our little island, all receiving benefits and hospital care.  They all come here, have a load of kids and live off our tax money.  

Couldn't agree more lizzie & in my opinion its one of the reasons why our ex service personnel & oap's have to rely on charity to help them out in their time of need.

[radfordred 6,284]

She’s got her knockers ......... 

 

[Alpha 176]

I agree with LizzieM regarding the immigrant issue, far too many for a small island.

 

How many of the refugees/immigrants do the do gooder's invite into their homes or would offer to feed and accommodate them?

 

As for the interest rates of the 80/90's I remember 17% at one time. The pre-millenium's havn't experienced any real hardships yet, but that's soon to change.

[Beekay 5,133]

In my humble two pennorth, it's not Immigration but more of a case of Invasion.

[philmayfield 6,103]

@radfordred ....... but are they in a twist?

[woody 552]

About time we started to repel boarders and not be such a soft touch. If they don't use the accepted way of requesting entry then the only action is to send them on an immediate return journey.

[Beekay 5,133]

Turn the boats round before they leave French waters.

[Oztalgian 3,262]

12 hours ago, LizzieM said:

We got a few pounds a week family allowance (but not for the first child I remember)  

I always seemed to earn just enough to not qualify for much assistance and the same when we came to OZ. I get a pension from my time working in the UK but the Australian government deducts it from the the "part pension" I get as my assets that I have worked and saved for during my working life are too high for a full pension.

[Oztalgian 3,262]

So, Mary Elizabeth Truss is the new glorious leader.

Looking from afar it seems as if she blows around in the wind and changes her views to suit the next stage in her political ambitions. I have a funny feeling that she cannot be doing that now she is Prime Minister. If the party does not unite behind her she will not last long before the knives are out and perhaps Boris will be resurrected as a born again Messiah. Meanwhile on the other side of politics does Labour have anyone who is capable of cutting through after the dismal failure of Comrade Corbyn and the invisible Keir Starmer?

[Stavertongirl 1,719]

I do not usually take much notice of what is happening in the world of politics, to be honest it never seems to make any difference to my circumstances who is in power. But I find the new prime minister somewhat alarming looking at her track record and some of her utterances (eg tax cuts) and have a horrible feeling she could be out of her depth? 
Like Octalgian I am just above the threshold for Pension Credit so will miss out on some of the help being offered, but rightly it is going to those in greatest need as it should. It is all a bit worrying, my summer bills have gone up by 50% before the next price rise comes in. Looks like thermals and blankets will be in order in winter!
 

[Dark Angel 138]

To quote Spike Milligan : 

                                       It doesn’t matter who you vote for

                                      The government always get in.

[DJ360 6,720]

It really doesn't matter to the prospects for the country that a slim majority of a tiny minority have chosen a vacuous, limited and unprincipled woman to replace a corrupt, lying, lazy, self obsessed man as our next Prime Minister.

As things stand, all that is required is for the Tory PM to continue enacting the wishes of the anti democratic, proto fascist 'donors', oligarchs, absentee press barons etc.. etc..who now own the Tory party and will ...if not stopped..soon own us all.