In theory, yes. In reality, probably not and definitely not if the opposition is fractured and preferring to stay in opposition than accept we’ll never have a genuinely left-wing government. Circa 40% of those who do vote will vote Tory if Johnson or whoever is PM by then broke into their house and shat on their kids. Very few voters actually make a difference in our chosen type of democracy.
So it is possible….and I personally don’t see any reason why it isn’t possible. Working people will soon see what the Tories really are, like they have seen the Labour Party for what they have now become. It will happen
Anything is possible. I once saw Marc Nygaard smash in a half volley from 30-odd yards. But to get the millions of “working people” required to give enough of a **** about the two main parties to both vote at all and vote for the same alternative under an FPTP system is like hoping for 46 Nygaard half volley goals a season. The more successful it is, the more it puts a dent in Labour while barely laying a glove on the Tories.
Nice spin. I've come to expect no less from the Anti-Tory brigade. The government are returning the Universal Credit payments back to normal, now. Folk on benefits were handed an unexpected, but welcomed, extra £20 a week to help them through the pandemic. We have to be realistic and understand the time was always going to come when we started to tighten our purse strings and claw back some of the money that Socialist Sunak went overboard on. Benefits returning to normal and a tax rise is the result of these actions. For what it's worth, the Conservatives got it wrong with the uplift to peoples benefits. During lockdown folks savings mainly went up and not down. Nobody on benefits needed any extra money to get through it. It should have been held back until now when we are coming out of the lockdown and prices are rising. Farmers can't get workers for their farms because they aren't advertising the jobs that they have available. They want to continue underpaying foreign workers rather than paying the British people a decent wage. You really haven't been paying attention, have you?
You're quite right, I haven't been paying attention to Isobel Oakeshott and if you think that people on Universal Credit should dip into their savings, I really don't wish to pay any further attention to you either.
The thing is though Strolls….he’s got a point. You can hide your head in the sand as deep as you like but there’s a lot of truth in what he has said (as the clip shows)
I don't hold any particular candle for turkey farmers, Stainesy. This bloke thinks that Sunak is a socialist and that people on Universal Credit should be dipping into their savings. Strange bedfellows you have.
But that isn’t what he’s saying though Strolls. Agree with you about the Turkey Farmer……he’s obviously a ****
I said people on benefits didn't need any extra money during the lockdown. On a separate issue, I said folks savings mainly went up and not down during lockdown. I never mentioned anybody employed/unemployed dipping into their savings. Let's keep this factual, please. The reason I call the chancellor Socialist Sunak is because I believe he spent too much during the pandemic and most of it was wasted cash. Eat out to help out. Never seen the point in that and it will have cost the taxpayer a fortune. £20 a week extra for UC. I never understood that because it wasn't needed. Now, they're removing it at a time when all of our bills are on the rise. This should have been the time to give people extra money. The Conservatives got that back to front. They've got it wrong. Furlough scheme and grants for businesses. Pretty much everybody I know who was able to take advantage with that went on to take a bit of a liberty with it, tbh. Good idea but far to relaxed and carefree with it.