Recent content by Maticmaker

No, sorry not me..... but @Matt Varnish does 'standout'.... probably 'does what it says on the tin' ;)

That 'Brexit' has a lot to answer for!!! ;)

Spot on Paul that is exactly Farage's plan for leveraging in discontented Tory votes. He knows that those arriving in small boats are a small part of both legal and illegal immigration, but it is (at least to the majority of the public) the 'high-viz', part. Farage also knows a Conservative...

I would suggest that the larger the majority the more quickly a Labour government can move to 'moving the dial' significantly for the majority of people. I suspect a smaller seat majority will mean more disruption internally for the Labour government with individuals wanting their 'pound of...

Unless Starmer gets a large majority a Labour government wont be able to deliver anything of note. Even with a large majority he will have to be ruthless with party discipline and it will take at least two terms to start to move the dial. Key point - how many average commuters will be voting...

Good result, but we are not getting anymore difficult to play against, e.g a team adrift at the bottom of the league scored twice, at OT. However, even when we went behind I never had the feeling we would lose, but it worried me how much we still struggle to beat poor opposition. Lets see what...

'Waiting to fill dead men's shoes' what a political slogan for the 21st Century. I truly hope the young have a better aspiration for future government than that ;)

I suppose if you are going to make documentaries about your business, then a partnership with such as Disney is the way to go. Here was me thinking that with the re-introduction of standing areas, we were going back to the old ways of watching football, but alas I'm just an old-timer kidding...

Exactly, if Starmer gets the massive majority it must not be wasted. The scale of thinking has to be on what will change the lives (move the dial) of the majority of the population. The 'Articles of War' on this need to be drawn up in the first term, the ground laid, etc. It won't be delivered...

With respect I think you ought to read my posts again. I have pointed towards how the Tories operate, of which the strong point is they have managed to retain power even after all the mis-steps etc. They know generally how to obtain and retain power. Everything from the way they choose their...

We will have to wait and see, I don't see how he can do much worse that the present lot. Britain may not carry the weight it once did, but the world is changing and Starmer will need to recognise the place we fit in the new order. Which will take another turn if Trump gets back in the US and...

Thanks Paul can rely on you, but it's not all self inflicted, some were 'events' over which we had no control; however some Tory reaction to these events could be described as self inflicted... give you that! ;) I think Starmer just might be made of stronger stuff, he has turned the public face...

"Laying the groundwork" is what gets done. Part of that 'laying the groundwork' will be the emergency measures he can take, to ease problems, but it will be limited. However, fourteen years of misrule ; including major unplanned economic changes (because they didn't expect a 'leave' result)...

This is the bit that counts getting into Government. With a large majority is the next bit, because it widens the options, popularity only comes into it when Starmer (or whoever) begins to roll out the policies. When the majority is small the range of policy options open is limited and the...

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