I'm, Lazarus, no, l'm Lazarus, can we make a film, l'm Exile, no, l'm Grizzled Wanderer, l mean, l'm Exile.
Whenever I watch daytime TV there are endless adverts asking me to send money for poor disadvantaged people in countries around the world. 'Please send money, these poor children are having to swim in water polluted with raw sewage.' 'Please send money to help these poor people with medical procedures to improve their lives'. Please send money so families don't live in poverty and have to use food banks to feed their children.' Oh no, hang on that's the UK after 14 years of Tory 'improvements and initiatives'
Your "I make less money than a nurse of equivalent time in the workforce." comment intrigues me. Care to explain? I exchanged DM with Exile over a year ago after we had a few spats, and he advised his eventual joy after a change of jobs. Where this is taking me, I have no idea. Jury's out.
I think he's going to win the seat. Sadly there's plenty of people out there who see him as a "calls it as he sees it" kind of bloke. There's a market in this country amongst certain older demographics who like to see people get called out, even if they don't have a practical solution. It's the equivalent of the Di Canio fanboys in our support who ignore the performance and the lack of tactics because "he has them sussed".
There's no such thing as a self made man. A lot of people forget that. Yes, you may have done well for yourself and worked hard, but you've done it by standing on the shoulders of everyone who went before you, those who created our education system, those who created the welfare state, those who created the NHS, those who built our economy etc. Literally everything that happened in the history of this country put you in the exact right place and time to succeed. It's brilliant that people take that opportunity and do well for themselves, but we should be making it easier for others to follow, not pulling the ladder up just so we can have that slightly bigger house with the extra bathroom that you don't really need.
I suspect Labour have cracked a bottle of champers or too tonight knowing Farage is in the game. Best news they could have had I supect.
I've been in the workforce for thirty years and don't get paid as much as a nurse who's done thirty years does. I know this because I have nurses in my extended family. Oh, and **** the jury. It's not a private invite only forum and nobody but the moderators have the authority to police it. So the self appointed committee can stick it up their collective arses, if there's any room left up there.
Apologies for having a go at you and mistaking you for the Exile II Still doesn't mean I'll agree with you as our political views differ so much.
Back to the thread subject. Sky predicting a 194 majority for Labour. I wonder if Reform will take seats from the Tories or make a dent in that majority. If anything demonstrates the failure of all parties, it's that Nigel ****ing Farage is front and centre again in this vote.
I think he will probably subtract votes from Labour as well mind, remember that the Tories got massive numbers in the last GE, a lot of those are planning on switching back to Labour (red wall, lending their vote to Tories etc). They could totally flop like and get a tiny percentage that impacts nobody also.
We were promised levelling up, 40 new hospitals, a high wage economy, control of our borders and NHS waiting lists coming down rapidly ... ... it's all been an absolute disaster with endless PM's, cabinet ministers and sleaze by the bucket load. Discecting every little nuance of Farage, Abbott or whatever is totally irrelevant, the Tories wjll be kicked out because they're shyte and enough people are sick to death of the endless attention seeking headlines. Sorry to spoil the ending to this story, for everyone, but Labour win
That isn't in doubt, what's interesting is the death of the Tories because it looks like it might be over for them, like the Whigs of the past, relegated to something quaint and interesting to read about on wikipedia. What comes in their place though, is what I'm interested in. I do wonder if some of the moderate lefties will lament the Tory death in a decades time.
