Elections and politics

Is anyone else interested? I'm not party political, because I find to much that is disagreeable about the various parties, for every plus point theres an equal minus one.

I realise this might be contravercial to some, is politics a taboo subject on here?

What autism friendly policies would you like to see parties take up?

Parents
  • I am wondering if everyone in England or the whole of the UK get a recent letter from the Prime Minister. It had a questionnaire, so thinking I could make suggestions I started reading it, but then realised it was multiple choice with nowhere to put our own ideas and seemed to be aimed at finding out if we would be voting for him. Needless to say I didn't complete it.

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  • I am wondering if everyone in England or the whole of the UK get a recent letter from the Prime Minister. It had a questionnaire, so thinking I could make suggestions I started reading it, but then realised it was multiple choice with nowhere to put our own ideas and seemed to be aimed at finding out if we would be voting for him. Needless to say I didn't complete it.

Children
  • I think that the only letter we got from the PM here in Manchester was about lockdown here in the U.K. and it was at that point that I realised that our world would never be the same again - I recall getting that letter in the post and my heart sank, realising at that point the situation around the world and with huge concern for my extended family in Ireland, as aside from the fact that I live alone here in the U.K. my thoughts turned to future generations - we have been through sheer hell in the past 4 years since 2020 right around the world - I don’t have children myself, but starting with the actual babies of today, I’ve often wondered about what kind of world they will inherit, given the enormity of the potential consequences for them growing up as we move forward, as our world is changing but not in a good way - people like us can clearly see what is going on around the world and we can only do our best to try to guide those around us to make the correct choices as we navigate the post-Covid world 

  • I think I might have had one of those questionaires, I did fill it in, not with the answers they would of wanted, but I think it got thrown away before I could post it. Anything that comes from CCHQ tends to get laughed at before going to the recycling. I don't think any of the other's bothered.

    We had Police and Crime Commisioner elections here, no council ones, I dont' see the point of PCC's, what are they supposed to do, well I know what it is they say they do or are going to do, but how? Do the police not know what sort of crime is happening in their area? Ours was for the whole of North Wales, none from round here, they all seemed to be more urban than rural and crime is different in rural to urban areas. None of them even bothered to leaflet us or make any contact at all, how does this add to any accountability? All but 1 were members of various political parties and I thought the police were supposed to be independent of politics or party politics at least. I mean we know they're not really, they do as the government of the day tell them, but shouldn't they at least keep up the charade?

  • i didnt get that...
    i never get that type of thing, i guess the north west isnt important enough..

    do you live in london or oxford or one of those other famous english places? they only seem to ever do surveys in those places and it gets totally wrong idea of the nations views because of that