It’s very Tory and very pro-Brexit on this board mate. ‘Floating’ voters and Remainers like myself are very much in the minority.
We have differences true but the one thing we have in common is we are all Bristol City supporters and thats the tie that binds, all contributors are welcomed, all points of view are valid as long as not606 rules are observed.
It was a joke about the culture wars the Tories will campaign on (they’ve already admitted they’ll do so) as they have literally nothing else to convince people they should get their vote. In the past we had the myth they were good with the economy or crime or immigration. Now we have nothing tangible as far as I can see so they’ll have to play on emotions as they did in 2019 and as the Leave campaigners did successfully in 2016.
The culture war is not the hegemony of the right. The combatants are left and right. The cultural focus on the trinity of gender, sexuality, race as critical social justice is driven by the extremes of the left.
'22 net migration was 504,000 '23 net migration is forecast 650,000 to 1million. And bloody Sunak worries about a few coming here on boats. Ffs sort the main issue - 504,000 - stop playing round the edges. The strikes have hit the UK economy hard as the numbers who haven't gone back to work since Covid. The Lords and lawyers continue to frustrate and delay at every juncture. The Tories deserve shafting for allowing this chaos. Starmer and co on 'steroids' is what we have to look forward to Autumn next year. May the Lord help us.
I agree. The left, particularly the more radical left, isn’t averse to a good culture war either. However, the other parties aren’t going to have to defend declining living standards, high inflation, declining real wages, failing infrastructure, widespread corruption and the failure of their one big 2019 election pledge even though some will still find a way to blame Labour so I’m hopeful for both a Labour majority and the obliteration of the Tories along with a few big Portillo moments for the architects of our country’s decline.
The Tories will receive their just consequences at the polls. I fear what the radical elements of Labour will pursue. In Bristol, here in South Bristol a working class Labour voting strong hold we don't have a Labour party that culturally supports us. Culturally we are seeing left wing radical initiatives that adversely impact on our lives, as an example our Labour Council dislikes our vehicles and our choices to use them in our City, leading to policy that effects negatively our lives.
Wasn't last year more about 100k from Ukraine and God knows how many from Hong Kong. To possibly DOUBLE that figure to 1million net this year is just unsustainable.
They’re all at it. Bl00dy politicians…… https://news.sky.com/story/tory-cri...opponents-during-local-elections-bid-12879194 He should be sacked from his police job and ANYONE doing this should be banned from their party for this behaviour.
I agree it’s a big number but needs some context. I don’t have these answers but… How many are students? How many have employment already or are going into a profession we’re desperately lacking in? Where are they going- parts of the country are under-populated? There’s a large element of our media that have convinced a big chunk of people that immigrants are benefit-seeking drains on society when the data doesn’t back that up at all. We used to be able to return EU migrants after three months if they didn’t meet some strict criteria but I’ve no idea if we can do similar now.
Rees is colonising the centre with woke middle class students and Labour and the greens will continue this with thousands of homes from Bedminster to Temple Meads being built for more middle students to strengthen labours woke grip. The centre is turned into an area that isnt for Bristolians. Working class people cant live in the centre and they are being priced out of BS3/4. Their creating a City where Bristolians dont go to the centre, dont live in it and cant drive through it. We are losing our own City!!
Fairly sure I’ve driven through it on the way to Ashton Gate. Nice city from what I’ve seen of it. Being a bit “woke” may not be an awful thing.
I got fined last week for not paying Bristol’s Congestion Charge. I flew to Malaga from Bristol airport and I remembered to pay the charge on my way out but completely forgot on the way back - until the fine landed on my doorstep. Bunch of bastards. I’ll drive around it next time, belching more of my diesel fumes into the air than I would driving straight through town.
Yes it is a nice City if you can afford to live in the nice bits still. The nice bits are being hived off to rich students and middle class people who can afford what was our City. Bristols a massive destination for people from London to move into. The ones who can afford all these hyper expensive flats being built in Stokes Croft or Bedminster the colonisation of even St Pauls is starting. Out out out go working class people. Its an invasion and we are victims of labour and the greens. Woke here is greedy and selfish and intolerant. Millions are spent on their vanity projects, in South Bristol their closing down our parks our infra structure is falling apart. Amenity after amenity is shut down. They will put a ****ing net zero carbon neutral moat around us eventually so us oiks cant get out and cant be seen making their progressive centre look scruffy.
Spot a may. Being woke may be an awful thing. Woke people may believe they are standing up to social injustice. Woke politics, the politics of identity and environmentalism may be creating social injustice and division. I would not use may there, I would state it is.
I thought that originally 'Woke' stood for inclusion and human respect for everyone, regardless of colour, religion, sexual orientation etc etc - which has to be a good thing IMHO. The trouble is, as with all these 'movements' it's been hijacked by the hard left, who use it to preach intolerance, hatred and division. The term 'Woke' has now been distorted to signify a vitriol of hate, spite and serious prejudice against anyone that is heterosexual, white, Christian, British etc.
