I honestly think this lot will come into power in 5 years time, and they want to scrap the equality act, which protects Autistic and other disabled people from discrimination. This means, people will be allowed to treat the disabled anyway they like and employers won't have to accomdate adjustments.
This is dangerous, and I am quite worried if they get in 5 years time, disabled people will suffer.
Thank you for writing that. Trump frightens me regardless of the November result.
Sound bites can and do work, but I think you need to have a bit more substance overall. I think everyone was sick of Brexit, by 2019 and did just want it over. I've yet to see anything of substance from Reform, like foreign policy, economic policies apart from handing everything to the already wealthy and stopping benefits and workers rights.
I think Trump is a danger, whether he wins or not there will be trouble, if he loses, especially by a nearly 50/50 split vote then he's going to claim that he was robbed and I fear a second American Civil War will ensue. That could still happen if he wins of course, the other 40 odd percent of the American people could rise up against his vindictiveness, I think he will set about punishing everybody he's fallen out with, or anyone who looked at him funny and that's just at home. His foreign policy seems to be tariffs on everybody especially China and giving Ukraine to Russia, the Gods alone know what he'll do in the Middle East, but it won't be good.
I think it will be interesting to see what happens with disaffected miitary and intelligence types, he will probably go after them, especially those who told him he couldn't turn troops on his own people, now he seems to think the national guard will do his bidding, but I'm not so sure.
But they do not have any real leverage on the Labour Party. Leveraging a party that is not in power has very little effect. They have proven to be potentially dangerous, but I think that, like in the 1930s when nation after nation (nations with little democratic history for the most part), fell under the heel of Fascists, there are too many fundamentally decent people in the UK for them to make the headway that the Front Nationale/Rally Party has in France, for example.
Labour has drifted to the right unfortunately.
In 1971, or there about, Pete Townshend wrote
"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss."
Won't Get Fooled Again?
Yes, we will!
As with New Labour,it's Labour's /Starmer's approach to welfare that is most personally alienating.I have no time however for the dishonesty and unreasonableness of the r/w MSM who are demanding that Labour do in <6 months what the Tories chose not to do/ were just too stupid to do in 14 years.
they've nothing but sound bites to offer.
Yes, but sound bites work. Remember "Get Brexit Done." Populism is on the rise all over the world.
Trump is the ultimate conman and his minion Johnson was an inveterate liar. The famous statement by Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels that if you repeat a lie often enough it becomes the truth is still being played out. "They stole the election." Farage is a disciple of Trump.
I think they're a one trick pony, having forced a referendum and conned people into leaving the EU, they'e nothing left, Farage himself is quite popular, a bloke you can have a pint with etc, they've nothing but sound bites to offer.
I think that UKIP/Brexit/Reform whatever the Farrageite party is called at any particular time only had any real power through leveraging the Tory Party.
And that's exactly what they did to create the shambles that is Brexit. We neglect them at our peril.
I think that UKIP/Brexit/Reform whatever the Farrageite party is called at any particular time only had any real power through leveraging the Tory Party. The Tories were frightened by them, but now the Tories are a basket case they have very little power, they are just one more lunatic fringe party.
Labour has drifted to the right unfortunately. I'm hoping that the Prime Minister will be replaced by someone else from the party eventually. Given his unpopularity.
I agree, Cat. I feel like things are happening to make sure that Labour stay in power for a long time. I would have thought that a good thing in my younger days as I believed they supported the poorer sections of society, but now I don't think they do - it seems they are trying to get people off benefits, and they have stopped the winter fuel payment for most pensioners too.
It seems that there isn't much difference between the parties to me, sadly.
We live in volatile political times. In 2019 Boris Johnson was elected with a majority of 80 seats, which was,at the time, considered to be unassailable at the 2024 election. Five years later and Labour has a majority of 157 seats. In 1964 Harold Wilson is quoted as saying "A week is a long time in politics.". It turns out he way correct.
It is true that five years is a long time but one should not ignore these so-called fringe parties. They are dangerous ideologues.
In 2011 had one suggested Donald Trump would be the next POTUS one would have been denounced as crazy or an idiot; or both. in 1956 H. L. Mencken foresaw the likes of Trump when he wrote:
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
Such prescience.
It is report that Albert Einstein once said or wrote "Two things are infinite: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe," or words to that effect.
In a couple of weeks the America people may well just vote in a dictator. That Einstein knew a thing or two, didn't he?
We should all be concerned, not just the disabled.
Be afraid, be very afraid. (Mel Brooks)
When it comes to disability it more a case of which political party is least worst for the disabled and/or vulnerable, than any party getting a score in the plus column.IMO the vast majority of the conservative party and also Reform, are so morally and intellectually bankrupt they should be in places that deal with the criminally insane.
You're talking total sense my friend. Maybe you should run for parliament your own self! I don't think we've had and out and proud Autistic MP yet. Unless I'm mistaken.
This is the same party that doesn't want people on benefits, the benefits bill is going to go right up, because people won't be able to cope in work, because employers will have the ability to fire them for any reason
I agree.
Whoever the new tory leader will be, is just as bad as them as well
I'm totally opposed to them. For this and many other reasons and I would never consider voting for them.
With Kemi Badenoch's comments about autism, she's as just as bad as they are to be honest. Hoping for the Liberal Democrats to come in
