Off Topic US General Election

The Tories certainly helped. But Labour clearly made themselves more electable in exchange for being less principled, in a very deliberate way. You don't have to like or respect it, I don't necessarily, but I'm glad they did it in order to get in. It's the game politicians have to play now in order to get into power in the system we have.

 

It's been a pretty disastrous start, have we ever seen anyone drop so quickly in approval ratings this early into their term?

 

And what was your contribution? You don’t live here or pay taxes here so what interest or business is it of yours?

 

It depends on what he decides to do regarding tariffs because that seems to be the only economic policy he has really talked about at large. He seems to think that tariffs are fines paid by the country they are imposed on, but if it's all foreign imports, then anybody in the UK who sells to the USA is going to be impacted. I'm sure he'll have at least one sane economic advisor who will make sure he doesn't go mental with it so we might catch a break, but I doubt it.

 

I have property, assets, family and pay tax in the UK. I hope this clears it up for you.

 

There are plenty in the business who can give you counselling to help you cope. Most of us just carry on without having a nervous breakdown.

 

Spot on, they effectively expunged the left wing part of the party which alienated a lot of younger people and those who stand with Palestinians and more socialist ideas. Which worked and got them into power, but they don't seem very keen on taking up the ideals that that made them more appealing to the Tories in the first place.

 

Assets? Not a working person according to Labour then,

 

It was a two minute response pal, hardly a breakdown.

 

What were Harris’s plans regarding the economy? Don’t know as she never mentioned economics.

 

The Conservatives p!ssed us all off,they blew a huge majority with sleaze and utter stupidity.It will take a superhuman effort by Badenoch(or whoever they have in charge in 4 years time) to rebuild a party in time for the next general election.

Labour reaped the benefits of disillusioned Tories not turning up to vote(why would they)?And since the election the Labour Party have made cock-up after cock-up and their own support has dwindled.The alternative is Farage FFS.

Most honest,hard working Britain's are totally disillusioned with the whole lot of it and rightly so...Our Country is rudderless!!

 

Apparently if you respond point by point to someone it's a breakdown, but if you give a short, concise response you're 'ignoring points raised'. Another example of not having an option in a discussion with some people that they'll accept.

 

I don't get the idea that putin wants to take over Europe. IF there was a seed 8n his mind to recreate the old big Russia why didn't he go south first and pick up some minor easier places rather then head first into the west back garden.
I did live out there for a while and know like Moldova/transnistria there are a lot of people who found themselves on the wrong side of a border.
It really is much more complicated than the land grab the media present.

 

They only got 20% of the eligible voters voting for them. Hardly a ringing endorsement.

 

Sadly, this is probably the case. There has been a recent stripping back of women's rights through Roe v Wade, so it's no surprise that they don't want one running the country.

 

Completely agree...if we went to the polls tomorrow I've honestly no idea what I'd do.

I don't think labour will have a sniff next election though once people have 5yrs of kier

 

I didn't say Putin wanted to take over Europe?

 

Russians were in other states in the USSR because they were an occupying force.

 

I really wasn't giving them one

 

Read Peter Hitchens for his thoughts on what went on in Ukraine