Off Topic The Politics Thread
- Thread starter ForestHillBilly
- Start date
-
Please bear with us on the new site integration and fixing any known bugs over the coming days. If you can not log in please try resetting your password and check your spam box. If you have tried these steps and are still struggling email [email protected] with your username/registered email address
-
- Status
Traditionally Labour is the party of high taxation, but I know Tories who are now saying that the basic rate of income tax needs to be raised in order to fund the struggling NHS. Since Mrs Thatcher used a massive privatisation program to cut taxes the conventional political wisdom has been that if you raise taxes you lose. Gordon Brown's stealth taxes and costly PFI deals postponed the day of reckoning, but I think that day is here now, and the electorate have to accept the financial realities. No-one wants to die and everyone wants to go to heaven
.
.
Any anger about Sadiq Khan's decision not to pour any more public funds into the Bridge Garden?
None whatsoever... vanity project by Boris!.... Khan should have just cancelled it when he came into office rather than having an enquiry.
It's clear now that Corbyn will not resign after getting thrashed in the election, so I must hope that the Party Conference in September manages to change the leadership election rules. This is Ed Miliband's legacy. BTW, does anyone know what became of the Edstone?
The big political story today...
You must log in or register to see images
I like Diane on 'This week' but then again she does not have to do any thinking on that programme... just sit there and look pretty
It's reassuring to know that Diane will be in charge of MI5 and our security services in a mere 5 weeks.
The fact that Jeremy is "not embarrassed in the slightest" by her bumbling performance shows he's got no interest in winningI like Diane on 'This week' but then again she does not have to do any thinking on that programme... just sit there and look pretty
I'd take that, there's plenty of time left for Team Corbyn to wreak more havoc on their own party, as Diane Abbott proves.
Yep. You can see how he loves the adulation of the Corbynistas as he talks about all the wonderful things a Labour government will do, while knowing full well he will never get that responsibility. Whatever he says publicly,he knows that.Corbyn is happy just to be the Leader of the Labour Party
Labour to under win 150 seats.
Con to win 390-410 IMO.
Diane Abbot to claim a pint of milk costs £1,456
Con to win 390-410 IMO.
Diane Abbot to claim a pint of milk costs £1,456
Drumpf has, by firing James Comey, made impeachment a real possibility down the line. Sounding off on Twitter won't help him much.
General election 2017: Jeremy Corbyn says 'I'm not a pacifist'
Seems a strange thing for a pacifist to say?
You must log in or register to see images
Seems a strange thing for a pacifist to say?
Nothing wrong with being a pacifist in all honesty. There's too many good looking women to chat up and too much whiskey to drink, as opposed to getting your brains blown out for some old bint sitting in a palace.
- Status