I think it was worse than that, from an understanding of the Labour party perspective. Starmer has talked for a year about bringing decency back to politics. About standards MPs should live by. When Johnson accused him of not prosecuting Saville it was a real low point for me. Starmer was rightly angry and so were his party, plus many from the tory side. Now he stands by every word of the statement Sunak doesnt think child sex offenders should go to prison. For me it is hypocritical of him and those that have also defended it. It is a big own goal and jduging by the media coverage, that is still going on, has opened up some cracks inside the party. I know the tories have fought these dirty campaigns before. I have no support for them either. But when you have a massive lead in the polls to stoop to what in my opinion is as low as the tories you arent giving me any hope of different behaviours when they are inevitably in govt. So my conclusion is all this talk over the last year about decency and standards just been nonsense.
Oh they care about the welfare of SOME people. A select few people from their network of chums to be given taxpayers money in the billions to swell their already bulging bank accounts. It's the "plebs" like you and me who make up 99% of the population they couldn't give a **** about.
What beats me is they never get away with it which just shows how thick they really are. Journalists don’t let anything drop these days they will dig forever if they have to.
I agree it was a massive own goal and has caused a conflict within the party, but I think they will be OK. It's going to take something monumental to have less trust in Labour than the current govenrment. The daft thing is all he had to do was admit it was a mistake but he doubled down and thats put more pressure on him.
When I worked for a Russian* in the south of France, the 187th richest man on the planet, I had to create a limited company in Portugal where my salary was paid for 'building services and consultancy'. I had to engage Mrs Smug as a sub-contractor and pay her from my Portuguese company. The savings, in tax, must have been miniscule compared to his wealth but they refused to employ me unless I agreed. The mega-rich are absolutely fanatical about avoiding tax, making more money and never ever have enough ... ... they take ridiculous risks because they believe they're above the law or will never be caught. (Think Boris Johnson but someone who doesn't keep scrounging money from other people.) *https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...e-of-worlds-largest-superyachts-from-oligarch
I have had my first flyer through the door today for the local election. From the independant candidates. There are more independant candidates this time, and they tell a compelling story to be honest. Interestingly one of the current councillors is standing as independant having been a labour councillor. Not sure if she is one of those given the boot by central labour, or has swapped of her own accord. The current council has been mostly useless. Labour led but with a lot of support from tories and the greens when big ticket items come up when they all seem to be in agreement. Funnily we got a big council tax increase despite the new labour party pledge. Anything decent from a community stand point has been down to volunteers largely, often led by one of the independant candidates now standing. I was planning to vote Lib Dems. Nice to see something different on offer though. Might well change my vote.
According to a recent Keir Starmer statement, 35,000 women in the UK have a penis. He said that 99.9% of women in the UK don't have one, with the population of women being around 35 million I'd better check Mrs. A.s anatomy later . . . . she's been a bit 'distant' recently
If she has she'd probably be about six inches closer. Joking aside, the whole debate around this is crackers.
Yesterday/Fantasy "Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Home Secretary Ms Braverman have said that 'stopping the boats' across the Channel is a crucial priority." Today/Reality "More than 5,000 migrants could have crossed the English Channel already this year - and dozens more made the journey today as smugglers take advantage of mild weather." By Arthur Parashar 01:16 18 Apr 2023
I wonder if some trickle down economics will benefit us in the UK? Boom time, world's 2nd biggest economy grows by 4.5% in the first quarter... Trump doesn't like this... Chiinaaa
Unemployment up from 3.7% to 3.8%, cost of labour gone up but businesses want labour to be cheaper and vacancies still high at 1.1m (dropped 47k). People not spending at present due to the cost of living crisis.
We'd 26 Oct 2022 "The Government has missed a deadline set by Boris Johnson to sign a free trade deal with India, prompting questions over the future of the negotiations under incoming prime minister Rishi Sunak. Earlier this month, Downing Street insisted there was no rush for Britain to finalise an agreement amid reports that talks with the government of Narendra Modi were close to collapse." Tue 18 Apr 2023 India and Russia have entered “advanced negotiations” over a free trade agreement that aims to build closer economic ties as most western governments push to isolate Moscow over the war in Ukraine. In a development likely to add to tensions in Washington, London and EU capitals, Russia and India’s trade ministers said on Monday the two countries were in talks to strike a free trade deal.
