This is the problem with Politicians aren't prosecuted for their actions, these bunch of criminals simply keep burning down the protections and laws that protect us. They just keep getting away with it with minimum fuss.
Braverman is dumb as a rock
No she isn’t and this is the error most make with these people.
They're not thick, daft, morons or any other antonym, they are lightweight Champaign fascists, deliberately eroding the integrity and validity of institutions and procedures designed to scrutinise the actions of the sitting government.
She really is. She’s not a smart woman.
These people are not smart. They are well educated. That’s it. If we collectively woke up to that fact we’d all be a lot better off.
They believe despicable things and pursue agendas and policy based on them. There are no original thoughts. They’re not creative. They’re not solving problems. They’re just shitty people doing shitty things.
Yes, but that makes them cnuts, not idiots. They have had a mandate over the last 40-50yrs of othering, pushing RW agendas, and squeezing every drop out of the workers whilst systematically destroying systems of oversight and scrutiny.
And we as a nation keep voting them in to power…
So who is the greater fool?
So if your cancer isn't caught early, it is the fault of nurses for asking for enough money to eat. Not the £37 BILLION wasted on test and trace.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...-test-trace-dido-harding-report-b1814714.html
First past the post doesn't help one bit.
The Tories got 43.6% of the vote at the last election on a 67.3% turnout.
My useless maths aside, that''s what, 30% of the entire electorate voting Blue?
The reason they hate electoral reform is that they know it all but guarantees a progressive majority in this country.
But again that’s a product of Tory, RW rhetoric. They and their media partners constantly push narratives about ‘Labour causing the 2008 crash’ and ‘the perils of proportional representation’ in order to keep themselves in power.
They are smart, malignant forces who hide behind images of incompetence in order to appear relatable.
First past the post doesn't help one bit.
It does when your Party are the FPTP!
The one strong point of this system is whoever achieves that objective gets first crack at forming a Government and if they have the overall working majority they can start to implement their manifesto. Power is truly in the hands of the people or if you prefer 'democracy'.... any other system that relies on parties 'scratching around' to reach agreement with others tends to mean that deals are done behind closed doors, or as they use to say in 'smoke-filled rooms'. Where the public only gets to know the final outcome and everyone taking part is 'whipped' into secrecy.
Proportional representation sounds a fairer bet, but in its purest form, would mean umpteen smaller parties all trumpeting their own requirements,' talk-talk,' beer and sandwiches all round and gatherings which would make the recent party-gate events look mild and there would still be a good chance that nothing ever got done.
Its true that under FPTP, having 80+ seat majorities are also to be decried. Thankfully Boris didn't get to implement the worse excesses of his overwhelming margin of power, but only because the red-wall Tory MP's had one eye on the next GE.
To exercise power you have to win it, to win it you have to 'follow the Herd' otherwise they will leave you behind. Brexit has given many a taste for 'exercising their muscles' not because of its objectives, but how it operated, i.e. a massive pressure group made up mostly by people who felt (albeit for different reasons) completely p***ed-off they threatened to apply political 'weight' at a single point 'weak point' (in this case) the heart of the Tory party who realised they could be obliterated if they didn't grab the Brexit mantle from Farage and Co. Opportunists such as Farage and Boris read these signs ages before the rest of us.
At last Keir Starmer seems to realise that he cannot afford to let it happen again and is waking up to the necessity of''walking the line'.
I was speaking to my local (Tory) MP, Simon Clarke, this week about the state of the country. The man who, when Liz Truss becomes PM is likely to become our new Chancelor of the Exchequer, is STILL BLAMING LABOUR for the state of the country in 2022!
With that in mind I’d like to highlight a few legacies of the last 12yrs of Tory ‘leadership’:
FOOD BANKS: In 2010, this country had less than 100 registered Food Banks. In 2022 we have more Food Banks than McDonalds restaurants! Not only that, we now have Food Banks rejecting potatoes and fresh vegetables, because people can’t afford the energy to boil them!
BABY BANKS: These have started to appear in recent years. Identical to Food Banks except to provide baby products to those people / families that can’t afford then!
WARM BANKS: I only heard about this on Friday and it absolutely floored me! Councils and charities are putting together plans to open up public buildings that have heating to the general public, so they can have places to get / stay warm when they find themselves unable to afford to heat their homes.
A reminder, we are apparently one of the wealthiest countries in the world! But according to Liz Truss what we should be most worried about are cheese imports.
To quote her, “THIS.IS.A.DISGRACE!”
Bloody hell! This kind of thing should be in double pages in the tabloids or plastered over bill boards by led by donkeys. Utterly disgrace every point.I was speaking to my local (Tory) MP, Simon Clarke, this week about the state of the country. The man who, when Liz Truss becomes PM is likely to become our new Chancelor of the Exchequer, is STILL BLAMING LABOUR for the state of the country in 2022!
With that in mind I’d like to highlight a few legacies of the last 12yrs of Tory ‘leadership’:
FOOD BANKS: In 2010, this country had less than 100 registered Food Banks. In 2022 we have more Food Banks than McDonalds restaurants! Not only that, we now have Food Banks rejecting potatoes and fresh vegetables, because people can’t afford the energy to boil them!
BABY BANKS: These have started to appear in recent years. Identical to Food Banks except to provide baby products to those people / families that can’t afford then!
WARM BANKS: I only heard about this on Friday and it absolutely floored me! Councils and charities are putting together plans to open up public buildings that have heating to the general public, so they can have places to get / stay warm when they find themselves unable to afford to heat their homes.
A reminder, we are apparently one of the wealthiest countries in the world! But according to Liz Truss what we should be most worried about are cheese imports.
To quote her, “THIS.IS.A.DISGRACE!”
And in terms of smoke filled rooms, the electorate don't get to decide on the manifestos,
Yes they do, they get to vote for them (or not) at the election.
However what voters are not told at the election is that when parties have to negotiate for power/seat at the table (whether in smoke-filled rooms or not) about the terms of the 'horse trading' that goes on and so nobody outside the room knows the real price paid. How many of the Lib-Dem voters would have changed their minds if they knew their prize policy on University fees was to be scuppered, so their leaders got a seat at the Government table.
Voting should also be made compulsory, like Australia, with a dedicated option on the ballot saying "none of you bastards".
Octopus Energy asks government for £1bn to buy Bulb
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62367992
Octopus Energy is seeking £1bn in taxpayer funding to take over collapsed rival Bulb from the UK government.
Bulb, which went bust last November, is currently being run by the state through the energy regulator Ofgem.
The £1bn funding is part of a package being discussed where Octopus would also pay more than £100m for Bulb's customers as well as entering a profit-sharing deal with the government.
The government declined to comment "due to commercial sensitivity".
The state bailout of Bulb is already expected to cost the taxpayer around £2bn by next year. But the Office for Budget Responsibility, the government's independent forecaster, said in March: "Given the volatility in global energy markets, there remains uncertainty around the final cost."
It is understood that the additional £1bn being sought by Octopus, which was first reported by Sky News, would be paid back in full over time.
It would be used to purchase energy in advance through a practice known as hedging.
Octopus Energy declined to comment.
Since Bulb's collapse in November, the price of wholesale gas has jumped by 78%, exacerbated by Russia's war in Ukraine and the Kremlin's decision to reduce energy supplies to Europe.
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Nationalisation, British style.
Said it before. Dorries is unhinged.
Will probably be sold under valuation, with no interest on loan, and no stake of future profit, so Government friends and donors can make a nice profit.Absolutely in favour of this as long as Octopus agree to pay interest on the loan within a minimum period and the Gov get a share of future profits.
Anything else is pitiful.
If you truly believe the bolded then you've not been paying attention.It does when your Party are the FPTP!
The one strong point of this system is whoever achieves that objective gets first crack at forming a Government and if they have the overall working majority they can start to implement their manifesto. Power is truly in the hands of the people or if you prefer 'democracy'.... any other system that relies on parties 'scratching around' to reach agreement with others tends to mean that deals are done behind closed doors, or as they use to say in 'smoke-filled rooms'. Where the public only gets to know the final outcome and everyone taking part is 'whipped' into secrecy.
Proportional representation sounds a fairer bet, but in its purest form, would mean umpteen smaller parties all trumpeting their own requirements,' talk-talk,' beer and sandwiches all round and gatherings which would make the recent party-gate events look mild and there would still be a good chance that nothing ever got done.
Its true that under FPTP, having 80+ seat majorities are also to be decried. Thankfully Boris didn't get to implement the worse excesses of his overwhelming margin of power, but only because the red-wall Tory MP's had one eye on the next GE.
To exercise power you have to win it, to win it you have to 'follow the Herd' otherwise they will leave you behind. Brexit has given many a taste for 'exercising their muscles' not because of its objectives, but how it operated, i.e. a massive pressure group made up mostly by people who felt (albeit for different reasons) completely p***ed-off they threatened to apply political 'weight' at a single point 'weak point' (in this case) the heart of the Tory party who realised they could be obliterated if they didn't grab the Brexit mantle from Farage and Co. Opportunists such as Farage and Boris read these signs ages before the rest of us.
At last Keir Starmer seems to realise that he cannot afford to let it happen again and is waking up to the necessity of''walking the line'.
It does when your Party are the FPTP!
The one strong point of this system is whoever achieves that objective gets first crack at forming a Government and if they have the overall working majority they can start to implement their manifesto. Power is truly in the hands of the people or if you prefer 'democracy'.... any other system that relies on parties 'scratching around' to reach agreement with others tends to mean that deals are done behind closed doors, or as they use to say in 'smoke-filled rooms'. Where the public only gets to know the final outcome and everyone taking part is 'whipped' into secrecy.
JRM's summer vibes.
Evil villain vibesJRM's summer vibes.
It does when your Party are the FPTP!
The one strong point of this system is whoever achieves that objective gets first crack at forming a Government and if they have the overall working majority they can start to implement their manifesto. Power is truly in the hands of the people or if you prefer 'democracy'.... any other system that relies on parties 'scratching around' to reach agreement with others tends to mean that deals are done behind closed doors, or as they use to say in 'smoke-filled rooms'. Where the public only gets to know the final outcome and everyone taking part is 'whipped' into secrecy.
Proportional representation sounds a fairer bet, but in its purest form, would mean umpteen smaller parties all trumpeting their own requirements,' talk-talk,' beer and sandwiches all round and gatherings which would make the recent party-gate events look mild and there would still be a good chance that nothing ever got done.
Its true that under FPTP, having 80+ seat majorities are also to be decried. Thankfully Boris didn't get to implement the worse excesses of his overwhelming margin of power, but only because the red-wall Tory MP's had one eye on the next GE.
To exercise power you have to win it, to win it you have to 'follow the Herd' otherwise they will leave you behind. Brexit has given many a taste for 'exercising their muscles' not because of its objectives, but how it operated, i.e. a massive pressure group made up mostly by people who felt (albeit for different reasons) completely p***ed-off they threatened to apply political 'weight' at a single point 'weak point' (in this case) the heart of the Tory party who realised they could be obliterated if they didn't grab the Brexit mantle from Farage and Co. Opportunists such as Farage and Boris read these signs ages before the rest of us.
At last Keir Starmer seems to realise that he cannot afford to let it happen again and is waking up to the necessity of''walking the line'.
JRM's summer vibes.
So the plan is to use the money to hedge future gas supplies now, right at the top of the market? That sounds a surefire way to need a further taxpayer bailout in a year or two.Octopus Energy asks government for £1bn to buy Bulb
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62367992
Octopus Energy is seeking £1bn in taxpayer funding to take over collapsed rival Bulb from the UK government.
Bulb, which went bust last November, is currently being run by the state through the energy regulator Ofgem.
The £1bn funding is part of a package being discussed where Octopus would also pay more than £100m for Bulb's customers as well as entering a profit-sharing deal with the government.
The government declined to comment "due to commercial sensitivity".
The state bailout of Bulb is already expected to cost the taxpayer around £2bn by next year. But the Office for Budget Responsibility, the government's independent forecaster, said in March: "Given the volatility in global energy markets, there remains uncertainty around the final cost."
It is understood that the additional £1bn being sought by Octopus, which was first reported by Sky News, would be paid back in full over time.
It would be used to purchase energy in advance through a practice known as hedging.
Octopus Energy declined to comment.
Since Bulb's collapse in November, the price of wholesale gas has jumped by 78%, exacerbated by Russia's war in Ukraine and the Kremlin's decision to reduce energy supplies to Europe.
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Nationalisation, British style.
So the plan is to use the money to hedge future gas supplies now, right at the top of the market? That sounds a surefire way to need a further taxpayer bailout in a year or two.
Privatise profits, nationalise losses. Tory socialism.Yep, and it is such a good idea that apparently they can get no private investment for it, meaning it will be all of us that cover the failure.
If you truly believe the bolded then you've not been paying attention.
But it isn't at all is it? Because FPTP doesn't deliver governments which represent the majority of voters.
as if conjecture based on personal experience of committee work and general speculation was the only way to answer that question
This means that political parties tend to be genuine communities of shared views or shared interests in a way that is not the case in a FPTP system -
Evil villain vibes
If Boris had been around for the run up to the next GE, we would have seen not only the 'low hanging fruit' gathered in by him and his pals, but the trees would be ripped up as well! Some Tories feared they were heading towards a colossal defeat at the next GE (some still believe that) and they would have used Boris to activate a 'scorched earth' departure.
Ben Wallace with his military background knows there is a time to fight and a time to retreat, that's why he didn't enter the race to replace Boris.
Starmer keeps his nerve, he should scrape in, if he can find a few good clearly costed policies to get us through for the next few years, and he can get something in Scotland, then he could have the highest number of Labour seats at Westminster in years.
No but it generally delivers the majority of votes needed to govern
Of course not, but its one way to answer that question!
Yes, but who decides which community is on the 'front row' and who is on the 'back row' when the 'goodies' are handout,?'Leveling' up of any kind would be practicably impossible(probably is now, given where we are) also how this country thinks e.g." every Englishman's home is his castle" would create even more local divisions. People tend to band together in large political parties like the Tories and Labour, because these are the 'heavyweights' who have a chance of getting something done, lots of smaller minority groups scrambling to reach a consensus would be potentially disastrous, we would finish up having more changes of governments than in Italy (Scusi!)