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Should the UK remain a part of the EU or leave?

  • Stay in

    Votes: 56 47.9%

  • Get out

    Votes: 61 52.1%
  • Total voters
    117
  • Poll closed .
Stroller said:
To be fair to Sunak, how could he possibly have known when he made his 6th June appointment for a very important interview with Paul Brand, that they would go and schedule a D-Day commemoration for the same date?
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I mean
There will be a commemoration next year about the same time of year
 
Taffvalerowdy said:
For me Starmer was as unimpressive as ever, whilst Sunak adopted the same ‘aggressive’ approach as he did in his debates with Truss. It didn’t help him then, and I don’t think it will now.

Starmer has said, Wales under Labour will be the blueprint for the UK under a future Labour Government, I sincerely hope that, if that is to be the case, the quality of Labour MPs in Westminster will be far better than those residing in Cardiff Bay.

Having lived under a Labour Government in Wales for 25 years, in some respects, I fear the worst - the NHS, school results are both worse in Wales, and having started out with the same average wage income as Scotland, it is now (I believe) c£3,000 lower in Wales.

And yet, I despair at the Tories ….

If ever a vote for None of the Above was appropriate….

In some respects, it’s a pity that Andy Burnham wasn’t the Leader of the Labour Party. I was in Manchester a few weeks ago for the BSA Conference and he gave the speech to welcome the delegates: in my opinion, he is far more impressive and charismatic than Starmer.

I felt then, as I do now, that if he were the Labour Leader, people would be voting ‘positively’ for him, whereas I feel that people will not be voting ‘for’ Starmer but against the Tories..
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Seems that The Daily Telegraph must be reading this thread <laugh>

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Sunak, in his sham apology, says that the issue of his desertion of the D-Day commemorations shouldn't be politicised.

Just what was it that you scuttled away for then, Rishi? Oh yes, a political interview in which you will have doubled down on your lies about Labour's tax plans.
 
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Survived 15 minutes of the great debate. Didn’t realise that Farage is yet another shortarse, like Starmer, Macron, Zelensky, Johnson and of course little Rishi.

Of course all born leaders, not driven by any kind of complex whatsoever. Napoleon Dynamite.

By the time I decided TOTP 1996 was be a better call (confirmed, Garbage first up) not a single answer had attracted any applause from the audience. And yes, an ancient TOTP much more interesting than an England friendly for me.
 
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sb_73 said:
Survived 15 minutes of the great debate. Didn’t realise that Farage is yet another shortarse, like Starmer, Macron, Zelensky, Johnson and of course little Rishi.

Of course all born leaders, not driven by any kind of complex whatsoever. Napoleon Dynamite.

By the time I decided TOTP 1996 was be a better call (confirmed, Garbage first up) not a single answer had attracted any applause from the audience. And yes, an ancient TOTP much more interesting than an England friendly for me.
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Shirley :emoticon-0152-heart:emoticon-0152-heart:emoticon-0152-heart
 
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sb_73 said:
Survived 15 minutes of the great debate. Didn’t realise that Farage is yet another shortarse, like Starmer, Macron, Zelensky, Johnson and of course little Rishi.

Of course all born leaders, not driven by any kind of complex whatsoever. Napoleon Dynamite.

By the time I decided TOTP 1996 was be a better call (confirmed, Garbage first up) not a single answer had attracted any applause from the audience. And yes, an ancient TOTP much more interesting than an England friendly for me.
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You’re right, it’s dire.

I don’t recall as “meh” an election campaign in my lifetime. Labour will get in because they’re not the Tories. That’s about it, really. Meh.
 
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sb_73 said:
Survived 15 minutes of the great debate. Didn’t realise that Farage is yet another shortarse, like Starmer, Macron, Zelensky, Johnson and of course little Rishi.

Of course all born leaders, not driven by any kind of complex whatsoever. Napoleon Dynamite.

By the time I decided TOTP 1996 was be a better call (confirmed, Garbage first up) not a single answer had attracted any applause from the audience. And yes, an ancient TOTP much more interesting than an England friendly for me.
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Napoleon was actually taller than the average Frenchman at the time. British propaganda painted him as a midget.
 
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This is not overtly political

But what is wrong with having a dull prime minister.

I would love a dull but competent PM

Boris was never dull.. There was always something to see and hear from Boris.
Truss was never dull.

I had hopes for Sunak, who seemed a bit dull but turned out to be somewhat incompetent especially on the campaign trail.

Bring on a dull PM...

I just hope Starmer will be competent in what he does
 
72% of Labour voters would use private healthcare to avoid a loved one being stuck on a long waiting list, according to YouGov. Last night, Farage was recommending looking at the French healthcare system, where those with money buy insurance to cover their health needs.

Starmer and Streeting are looking like dinosaurs.
 
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