Off Topic The threat from the Far-Right

Apologise for calling me a mag, blow me a kiss and put each other on ignore as been requested.

 

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Well if the peace deal between Israel v Terrorists hold will all of the leftys who were demonstrating in this country get there job seekers allowance back

 

Give it a rest mate it becoming boring, did your parents ever say a poem to you when you were young about sticks and stones. People come on here to read and post about political situations not about snivelling cry babies

 

Good read, one of the main problems with the main parties are they are lead by a small group of blinkered members, when the cons were struggling all you heard was we need to move more to the right, now Labour, all we seem to hear is they need to move more to the left to fight Reform both opposite direction to what the vast majority wants.

 

The main problem is the system. Not enough qualified people making intelligent decisions.....far too many soundbite policy thrusts designed in the short term to gain votes to retain or gain power. No honesty and recognition that the problems we face have been decades in the making and will take decades to fix. There is no short term answer...the system is broken,and until it's changed,we will continue to limp.

 

Problem with politics is that, to me it is an important job being an MP. Yes you need no experience in anything or qualifications to be an MP. You should have to be a min 30yo with real life experiences to be an MP not just straight out of uni or been a political researcher in a small political bubble. You should also have some connections to the seat you are trying to win.

 

You're quite right in identifying that the selection by the prospective parties of their election candidates is based more on background,ethnicity,looks,ability to communicate,far more than it is based on life experience and connection to the constituency area,which goes to my point about the dash for votes.
One of the main problems,which,imo, has added to the fundamental problems in the last 30 years or so,has been the lack of career committment by prospective candidates. Many of them simply see becoming an MP as a step to an enhanced monetised life elsewhere after a 5 or 10 years stint in office,contributing to the short-termism I'm railing against. We don't seem to have any statesmen/women any more......they're all too fickle and don't command any feelings of inspiration.

 

Indeed. Even the political characters of the past that I disliked (mainly conservative), I had respect for. They had gravitas and were strong politicians.

 

‘Labour are doing great with the NHS. Waiting times are coming down all the time.
Nobody is giving them the credit that they deserve for this’



NHS waiting lists for planned treatment in England rose again in August — the third month in a row — to 7.41 million procedures - about 12,000 more than in July.

 

I saw that being discussed on TV in parliament. They said the list don't show the number of cancellations, So it looks like the lists have indeed come down , but after a month or so you have to take into account all of the cancellations. My daughter's friend needs an op to replace a battery that sends the signals for her bodily functions to work, It's just been cancelled again that's 3 times, How this poor girl suffers is beyond a joke, she is now housebound as the strain of even walking could cause an attack.

 

Awful situation for the lass, I wonder where the checks and balances are for this?

 

Reform are taking us to a dark place. Both main political parties are to an extent mimicking hate and need to grow some knackers. Not often I agree with Edwina Currie but this is just racism and makes all people of colour feel targeted. It needs others in his party to tackle this - Cleverly etc. There’s a time when party loyalty should be crossed
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I’ve heard people on here say ‘it’s just the illegals’ but I suspect some will side with this

 

You ok Mark? ​

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On a serious note, how sweet would it be. The amount of polarisation and tension this has created in our world, creeping into terrorism here with British subjects, never mind the horrendous slaughter over there. It needs to be enforced by collective forces. I’m not a man of God but praying it stops.

 

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My current MP was "parachuted into a safe seat" from Oxford. He'd probably never even heard of places like Stanley and Chester-le-Street until he was sent here. I do think it should be someone who lives or has a strong connection with the area they are representing, so they have a better understanding of the issues people are wanting to raise.

 

That is why in the back of my mind I have a dislike of labour and probably takes more persuasion to vote for them, the local labour MP was more concerned about Birmingham and Guildford than Sunderland who he was supposed to represent

 

Yet knifing attacks happen every other day now, by the religion of peace, and it's only ever placed on a little mention in the local rags . not to mention the amount of grapes i bet if i had a little dig around I could pick up around 12 just today

 

Not defending your MP because I’m not a fan of ‘professional MP’s’ though I do see sense in subject matter experts, but I’m not sure on the local thing. I think for democracy to work we need the votes to be representative of the MP’s, not just based on constituency level. A balanced consensus of opinion. I think it’s important there is a local system of delivery and engagement with the people of course but I like PR and I believe more in the concept of consensus. I realise many will disagree but if 10% vote and don’t get representation it’s a significant number not heard.