Published on 12, July, 2020
Well that was a thumping majority, but I think a wide but shallow one. Reform did less well that exit polls predicted, for which I'm glad, but they have quite a high vote share. THe LibDems had a brilliant night.
A nice collection of Tory scalps for new MP's, Rees Mogg and Truss amoung them.
I stayed up until 3am and then had to go to bed, so I didn't see the big scalps taken, I'm tired today though.
It dosen't feel all unicorns and rainbow, frollicking fauns, and splashing mermaids, but I'm glad we've got some change, but it's a poisoned chalice for Starmer and gang, this country has so many problems in need of fixing. But I hope we have a stable government and not all this continual chopping and changing of PM and other ministers, I think part of the problems have been caused by so many reshuffles, ministers don't have time to get on top of their brief before they're moved on. That means any policy objectives they had are discarded by the successor, so nothing gets done and the rot sets deeper.
Re Starmer being boring, and other thoughts. Personally I prefer boring but brilliant to charismatic but crass(Farage,Boris Johnson). It amazes me how many people have a myopic and somewhat irrational mindset about taxes. They want good public services but don't want to pay a sensible price for them. The Tory policy of penny pinching results in more than was saved having to be used to fix the damage it caused. I think Labour have a hard task in front of them. The Tories have crapped all over the living room of politics, and Labour has to get rid of the stench before much can be done in the way of much needed renovations. Realistically that's a 2 term task. Can Labour do enough to persuade voters that they deserve that 2nd term in charge? That'll require bucking the trend whereby the Tories f*** up the economy, Labour don't do enough in voters' eyes to fix things - and the Tories get voted back in.
Personality over politics is what's become the problem. But the media are the real problem. How long is it going to be before things start unnecessarily trying to be dug up on politicians of the new government. No one is perfect and they need to be allowed to get on with running the country.
I'm hoping this new government will restore some much needed integrity to proceedings. That politics is about just that rather than sleaze and scandal and complete ineptitude.
As for tax, I wonder that people wouldn't mind paying more if we actually got value for money.
out_of_step said:I'm hoping this new government will restore some much needed integrity to proceedings. That politics is about just that rather than sleaze and scandal and complete ineptitude.
Agreed and, more importantly, who is that woman in your Avatar?
I am confident to say, for a change, I did NOT start this one !!
Sporadic Sparkly said:Oh, and a first name I daren't mention, but was the same as an Enid Blyton character in 'The Folk of The Faraway Tree' (before it got changed and included an 'R')?
We are talking Fannys here I suspect.
Is this an episode of Stars in their eyes? If I am not very much mistaken, your profile pic suggests you have turned into a celebrity cook from yesteryear.
Why do I find myself thinking about vigorously stuffed turkeys and Christmas dinners?
Oh, and a first name I daren't mention, but was the same as an Enid Blyton character in 'The Folk of The Faraway Tree' (before it got changed and included an 'R')?
A bald topic.....hair hair.
Immac-ulate humour.
Number said:why you are running your hands along the side of a distressed looking albino badger?.....and why did you shave it (the badger.)
Luckily it's not a shaven beaver.
OK, if that is you in the picture, can you explain why you are running your hands along the side of a distressed looking albino badger?.....and why did you shave it (the badger.)
It's me!