That's certainly possible, the country is in a right mess and I don't envy whoever gets in.
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That's certainly possible, the country is in a right mess and I don't envy whoever gets in.
Aye. Blair and his team looked young and dynamic, that was a huge part of their appeal.
This guy will be like Gareth Southgate. Lawyers are very poor politicians because their entire professional life is dodging anything that they could be pinned down on.
I have a lot of thoughts about Farage's relationship with the working class, about class collaboration and how the middle class are actually the problem and that there's strong scope in the future for collaboration between the patriotic elements of the working and upper classes.
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I don't believe there's any scope at all ...
... I say that on the back of many years being working class working for, and among, the upper classes.
And, at that point, I'm off to work so I can get finished in time for the football.
Dissected every single lie and piece of disinformation that bloke had "read" on Faecesbook, Daily Mail and the Super Soaraway Scum until he had to admit that they weren't in fact true. Was like a cat playing with a mouse. Terrific stuff
As is he mate Trump.
The wife is now not voting Labour after a personal letter from Starmer this morning.
She is outraged by it.
JK Rowling has criticised Labour for "abandoning" women over its stance on the rights of transgender people.
Writing in the Times, external, the Harry Potter author said she would struggle to vote for Sir Keir Starmer, saying she had a "poor opinion" of his character.
The former Labour donor accused the party under Sir Keir's leadership of a “dismissive and often offensive” approach to women's concerns.
Labour said it was "the party of women’s equality, with a manifesto that puts women front and centre".
Rowling's comments come after Sir Keir appeared to shift his position on transgender rights in Thursday's BBC Question Time election special.
Last year, the Labour leader said "99.9% of women" do not have a penis and in 2021 stated it was "not right" for Labour MP Rosie Duffield to say that "only women have a cervix".
On Thursday night, he said he agreed with former Labour leader Sir Tony Blair's position on the issue, saying "biologically, a woman is with a vagina and a man is with a penis".
Asked about his previous comments on Ms Duffield, he said the debate at the time had become “very toxic, very divided, very hard line”.
In her Times article, Rowling said: "The impression given by Starmer at Thursday's debate was that there had been something unkind, something toxic, something hard line in Rosie's words, even though almost identical words had sounded perfectly reasonable when spoken by Tony Blair."
She added: "For left-leaning women like us this isn't, and never has been, about trans people enjoying the rights of every other citizen and being free to present and identify however they wish.
"This is about the right of women and girls to assert their boundaries. It's about freedom of speech and observable truth."
Writing in the Times, external, the Harry Potter author said she would struggle to vote for Sir Keir Starmer, saying she had a "poor opinion" of his character.
The former Labour donor accused the party under Sir Keir's leadership of a “dismissive and often offensive” approach to women's concerns.
Labour said it was "the party of women’s equality, with a manifesto that puts women front and centre".
Rowling's comments come after Sir Keir appeared to shift his position on transgender rights in Thursday's BBC Question Time election special.
Last year, the Labour leader said "99.9% of women" do not have a penis and in 2021 stated it was "not right" for Labour MP Rosie Duffield to say that "only women have a cervix".
On Thursday night, he said he agreed with former Labour leader Sir Tony Blair's position on the issue, saying "biologically, a woman is with a vagina and a man is with a penis".
Asked about his previous comments on Ms Duffield, he said the debate at the time had become “very toxic, very divided, very hard line”.
In her Times article, Rowling said: "The impression given by Starmer at Thursday's debate was that there had been something unkind, something toxic, something hard line in Rosie's words, even though almost identical words had sounded perfectly reasonable when spoken by Tony Blair."
She added: "For left-leaning women like us this isn't, and never has been, about trans people enjoying the rights of every other citizen and being free to present and identify however they wish.
"This is about the right of women and girls to assert their boundaries. It's about freedom of speech and observable truth."
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A nodding dog would be a massive improvement on any of the last 3 or 4 Prime Ministers. Getting the Tories out is no.1 priority
Followed swiftly by the house of Lords.
Just had the Labour leaflet through the door.
Not a single local issue on it, just the parroting of the not backed up overall promises.
Shredder.
Not a single local issue on it, just the parroting of the not backed up overall promises.
Shredder.
What's the most important local issue, they should be addressing, for you?
I was going to say pot holes for me, but we are way past pot holes over here, won’t be long before there will be new Lakes announced
I was going to say pot holes for me, but we are way past pot holes over here, won’t be long before there will be new Lakes announced
For me it's how they can put some life back into Leven town centre which is slowly dying ...
... although, tbf, it seems like a national issue as much as local.
Personally I think local elections are different to general elections ...
... it's no insult to your local MP to want this government out imo.
I was going to say pot holes for me, but we are way past pot holes over here, won’t be long before there will be new Lakes announced
Pot holes, outdated transport network generally whatever mode you use, and the fact they can't shut down community facilities quickly enough, so you end up with nothing in your village and no way of getting anywhere else if you don't own a car.
Is that because after a 1000 years the country is still basically ran by the Normans?