Off Topic The politics thread - Starmer/Reeves/Farage etc.

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I thought Vlad just liked Nige and Boris and that’s why he funded the Brexit campaign. Nothing sinister ;-)

Correct Putin, wanted the UK out of Europe as this was good news for Russia, making their enemies weaker.
F agash, did make speeches saying Russia was the bad guy, whilst taking money from them via the back door (also defrauding the EU as well).
 
Labour planning £10 BILLION splurge on asylum housing ...

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13 hours ago — Home Office sources said the new contracts were likely to restrict contractors from using hotels to house asylum seekers apart from in ...


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The Home Office has been accused of wasting billions of pounds on hotels for asylum seekers over the last six years.
 
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Home Office squandered billions on asylum hotels, MPs say

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6 days ago — The Home Office has "squandered" billions of pounds of taxpayers' money on asylum accommodation, according to a report by a committee of MPs

Billions squandered on asylum hotels because of Home ...


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6 days ago — Home Office oversight over asylum accommodation is chaotic and incompetent, causing costs to spiral, influential group of MPs warns.
 
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The Home Office's management of asylum accommodation

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6 days ago — Home Office spending on asylum support rose from £739 million in 2019–20 to a peak of £4.7 billion in 2023–24. In 2024–25, the Home Office ...



Migrant hotel blunders cost taxpayer billions

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6 days ago — Home Office accommodation contracts for 2019-2029 have tripled from £4.5 billion to £15.3 billion.


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6 days ago — Contractors made 'excessive' profits without Home Office imposing effective penalty clauses or clawbacks, MP report finds.
 
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Nine hospitalised with 'life-threatening injuries' after Huntingdon train stabbing

2 men arrested and both are British Citizens.

Nothing to suggest that it was a terrorist attack.
 
Nine hospitalised with 'life-threatening injuries' after Huntingdon train stabbing

2 men arrested and both are British Citizens.

Nothing to suggest that it was a terrorist attack.

Both Black British males of Caribbean descent apparently. Does say counter terrorism police are investigating though. I’d be surprised if it’s not a terror related incident given it was an attack on strangers and how many were targeted
 
There was the Tories austerity, following the financial crash, which was the wrong action to remedy the economy.
Then Brexit (i voted for it), with Bonko Johnston's botched hard Brexit hitting the economy hard.
The pandemic hit us hard, both with the huge sums the government had to spend/borrow and hurt the economy.
Liz Truss's disastrous brief reign was not helpful

That litany of problems now needs fixed

Starmer, who is boring and has a charisma bypass together with Reeves, have not made a great start in sorting this out

The plan as I understand it, is to kick start the economy, by building lots of houses and changing to nuclear and wind. Whilst getting the NHS and social care on a proper footing.

There is a theory (Laffeter?) that there is a point at which increasing taxes ends up with reduced takings. Similarly it also seems we have reached the point that too many illegal (and legal) immigration is occurring.

People are fed up with the tories and labour, understandable, but the idea that F agash and Deform can sort this mess is laughable.
 
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Both Black British males of Caribbean descent apparently. Does say counter terrorism police are investigating though. I’d be surprised if it’s not a terror related incident given it was an attack on strangers and how many were targeted
The authorities will try to push the narrative that these people have "mental health problems" no doubt. We all know what religion these people will be already, as above why else would anyone randomly stab complete strangers and do it on a train so they can't escape.
 
I used to live in Cambridgeshire and my wife's employer at that time had a head office in London which she would need to go to from time to time, she could have been on that train, absolutely horrific to think about.
 
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I know loads on here hate him. BUT I know him very well and he is a good bloke not what all the bad **** written about him.
 
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