A Political Thread pt. 2

[The Seeker]

 

[The Seeker]

 

[Bada-Bing!]

"I believe our interests are best served by the Prime Minister getting on with the job of Government"

God I ******* hate this line so much. I swear if I ever meet my MP face to face and he says that I will lose it, they weren't "getting on with the job" before and were ******* everything up. Apparently all misconduct should be swept under the carpet so you can "get on with the job", good luck trying that in any other profession.

I believe a reply along the lines of:

"If you have neither the cognisance or intellect to recognise either lying or empty apologies, then it would sadly appear you are not competent enough to satisfactorily represent this constituency.
Unless of course you do recognise the Prime Minister's actions are entirely in self-preservation with all other considerations set aside, in which case you are morally unfit to represent this constituency"

May be in order.


No point being civil to someone when they are either lying to you or don't give a f*k about your view.

Pretty much told him what he said was nonsense and pointed out trust in BJ has irretrievably broken down. He must go!

Doubt he'll reply but will post up if he does.

 

[Reiser99]

Pretty much told him what he said was nonsense and pointed out trust in BJ has irretrievably broken down. He must go!

Doubt he'll reply but will post up if he does.

Tbh it's probably a copy and paste from his staff.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Ukrainian journalist confronts Russia’s Sergei Lavrov with grain theft claim

Unscripted question appears to catch foreign minister off guard in Turkey, where he was discussing plans for a grain export corridor from Ukraine

www.theguardian.com

 

[Bada-Bing!]

 

[Which Tyler]

Wow, fair play Laurence

Good afternoon,

Thank you for sending me your thoughts regarding the publication of the Sue Gray report and the Vote of No Confidence which took place on Monday 6th​ June. I have previously expressed that I wanted to wait for the full report to be published before coming to a final decision, and since its publication I have considered all of my the opinions of my constituents in coming to a conclusive judgment.

Due to the weight of the evidence provided in the report and in previous weeks, I made the decision to vote against the Prime Minister.

My view was based on the fact that Boris Johnson's casual approach to the management of many people in 10 Downing Street during the Covid pandemic was unacceptable. Sue Gray's report detailed some of the activities which took place on his watch, and this is offensive to millions of people who had their freedoms restricted to the extent that, like me, they were not even able to visit their dying loved ones nor to properly grieve them. And his attempts to cover up this behaviour is what has disappointed many people. Honesty and integrity have to be paramount.

The fact that 148 MPs voted the way we did should send a message to Boris Johnson, and I hope that this has been enough to encourage the Prime Minister to reflect on the past few weeks and to respond accordingly.

I would like to thank you again for letting me know your views.

Kind regards,

 

[ncurd]

I'm honestly in shock at that one, I guess he's one of Baker's allies so kinda makes sense.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Capitol riot hearing: Trump accused of 'attempted coup'

A prime-time hearing airs a clip of Ivanka Trump distancing herself from her father's vote fraud claims.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Reiser99]

Boris Johnson sets out plan for benefit claimants to get mortgages

Boris Johnson focuses on boosting home ownership as he seeks to relaunch his premiership.

www.bbc.co.uk

So Johnson's first attempt to reset his premiership is to contribute more to the housing crisis in this country.

If there was a large stock of affordable housing this maybe it would help, but the biggest problem is a lack of housing mainly due to a combination of right to buy and successive governments not building enough housing. Tories have had over a decade to get building and they've done diddly squat. They are also well behind on their 2019 pledge to build more houses.

 

[Gavin]

Boris Johnson sets out plan for benefit claimants to get mortgages

Boris Johnson focuses on boosting home ownership as he seeks to relaunch his premiership.

www.bbc.co.uk

So Johnson's first attempt to reset his premiership is to contribute more to the housing crisis in this country.

If there was a large stock of affordable housing this maybe it would help, but the biggest problem is a lack of housing mainly due to a combination of right to buy and successive governments not building enough housing. Tories have had over a decade to get building and they've done diddly squat. They are also well behind on their 2019 pledge to build more houses.

I was listening to Eddie Mair talking to Therese Coffey and it was incredible. He highlighted that no one is on board for it

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Rishi Sunak accused of wasting billions servicing government debt

The Treasury should have insured government debt against interest rate rises, a research institute says.

www.bbc.co.uk

Nice one Rishi.

 

[Which Tyler]

Rishi Sunak accused of wasting billions servicing government debt

The Treasury should have insured government debt against interest rate rises, a research institute says.

www.bbc.co.uk

Nice one Rishi.

Just because people (and this definitely includes me) have difficulty keeping perspective on big numbers like this, or the oh-so-successfull Serco's Test&Trace, or....

£11Bn... if you spent £1 every second, day or night... it would take 350 years to burn through £11Bn (assuming zero interest on the reserve).

To do that in reverse with Serco T&T would take you back to before Alfred the Great, and almost certainly into Roman Britain (ETA, that's up to March 2021, it went on another year after that, so certainly into BCE dates).
Do the same with Brexit and Stonehenge was being built around the time Johnson forced his deal through parliament

 

[Which Tyler]

Just because people (and this definitely includes me) have difficulty keeping perspective on big numbers like this, or the oh-so-successfull Serco's Test&Trace, or....

£11Bn... if you spent £1 every second, day or night... it would take 350 years to burn through £11Bn (assuming zero interest on the reserve).

To do that in reverse with Serco T&T would take you back to before Alfred the Great, and almost certainly into Roman Britain (ETA, that's up to March 2021, it went on another year after that, so certainly into BCE dates).
Do the same with Brexit and Stonehenge was being built around the time Johnson forced his deal through parliament

He's been reading my posts!

 

[McTallshort]

Price of diesel at my Tesco has gone up 8ppl in a couple of hours. How can this be justified?

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Price of diesel at my Tesco has gone up 8ppl in a couple of hours. How can this be justified?

It can't but as long as you need it then you and others will pay for it. But it's just not sustainable.

This will just accelerate the move to EVs and renewables.

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

It can't but as long as you need it then you and others will pay for it. But it's just not sustainable.

This will just accelerate the move to EVs and renewables.

I read that 11% of all cars sold in March globally were full EVs, a 60% rise year on year. And that was before petrol prices got a bit silly. The Middle East autocrats are far less prepared to let the oil flow than they have been in the past, so it's time to kick them in the nether regions. The days of pandering to dictators who inherit natural resources could simply be put to bed if politicians were of a mind.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Over in Lalaland on Fox News:

 

[Bada-Bing!]

I read that 11% of all cars sold in March globally were full EVs, a 60% rise year on year. And that was before petrol prices got a bit silly. The Middle East autocrats are far less prepared to let the oil flow than they have been in the past, so it's time to kick them in the nether regions. The days of pandering to dictators who inherit natural resources could simply be put to bed if politicians were of a mind.

When I say accelerate I mean faster than if Russia had not invaded Ukraine.

Getting enough charging points across the country and accessibility to them at home and on streets/countryside is a major issue.

They are stopping new combustion engine vehicles from 2030, but that doesn't stop the second hand market of the vehicles, so there will still be plenty of those around and consequently will still need fuel. Plus we haven't talked about heating of homes.

The restriction of supply and use of Russian oil and gas and Middle East not making up the deficit only pushes up prices in the short to medium term. Russia will only sell their surplus supply to willing nations - namely China and India.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

As expected my local MP came back with the usual crap regarding Johnson and said he voted to support Johnson. Filled with nonsense about how Johnson was deeply regretful, had instituted changes blah blah. Spineless toad.