Westminster Politics

Drainy said:
Ok, but the movement towards making life miserable for immigrants moving to the UK is despicable.
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That'sHernandez said:
The article is specifically about social housing, i.e. provided by your local council. They want councils to prioritise housing British people over immigrants.
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I am an immigrant myself and have been at the wrong end of government decisions frequently. I am just saying that people who are not physically living in the country and corporations shouldn't be allowed to buy property in the UK. I know friends in the USA and back home who buy UK property as investment. This shouldn't be allowed. Similarly allowing corporations to buy property is just asking for rent and price rises.

I went on a tangent from social housing article. I am not familiar with social housing so can't comment on it.
 
"His utter incompetence in every sense is now offending me on behalf of politicians everywhere"

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Sweet Square said:
I really doubt this will happen but it would be fecking funny if it did

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With that sort of majority you could tell the right wing media to feck right off, you wouldn’t have to pander to them at all and instead you could bring in Leveson-2 and spend the next five years bringing in solid media regulations and ensuring that rich individuals and corporations cannot have the political power they currently exploit.

Starmer however will still spend 5 years twerking for Murdoch only to be brutally betrayed by him.
 
Pexbo said:
With that sort of majority you could tell the right wing media to feck right off, you wouldn’t have to pander to them at all and instead you could bring in Leveson-2 and spend the next five years bringing in solid media regulations and ensuring that rich individuals and corporations cannot have the political power they currently exploit.

Starmer however will still spend 5 years twerking for Murdoch only to be brutally betrayed by him.
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Something something you need to be in power to make effective progressive changes. Starmer won't push for PR, he won't make any rightful changes towards pushing for affordable housing or green initiatives, and he certainly won't stop selling arms to pariah states like Israel and Saudi. He's a Temu Tory with a red tie that'll do the same neoliberal song and dance until he ends up being abandoned entirely by his base, all the while the Tories manage to rally behind someone who isn't hopelessly atrocious. 105 year old Rupert Murdoch will then switch allegiances yet again and Starmer will then be left trying to weasel himself into a role as some sort of peace envoy or C(nut)-level role at a tech company, and we'll do it all over again.
 
TheGame said:
:lol: :lol: :lol: (hasn't be verified the second one is true but all accurate descriptions!).



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describing Matt Hancock as “Weaker than a nuns piss,” Liz Truss as “About as much use as a marzipan dildo,” and referring to Suella Braverman as “Shitler.”
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bring back the sturge. if someone’s going to be pilfering the coffers, i’d rather it be someone who’s got their head screwed on.
 
Pexbo said:
With that sort of majority you could tell the right wing media to feck right off, you wouldn’t have to pander to them at all and instead you could bring in Leveson-2 and spend the next five years bringing in solid media regulations and ensuring that rich individuals and corporations cannot have the political power they currently exploit.

Starmer however will still spend 5 years twerking for Murdoch only to be brutally betrayed by him.
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Yep. Could be Obama levels of wasting away a golden opportunity to improve the country. Tbh Starmer probably views this type of majority as a nightmare.
 
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Sweet Square said:
Yep. Could be Obama levels of wasting away a golden opportunity to improve the country. Tbh Starmer probably views this type
Of majority as a nightmare.
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File under the sort of problems you hope to have.

There are always going to be coalitions within parties that take some massaging to go with you, or bending to keep happy but better than being useless to everyone in opposition
 
Drainy said:
There are always going to be coalitions within parties that take some massaging to go with you, or bending to keep happy but better than being useless to everyone in opposition
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You might want to look up how Starmer has run the Labour party under his leadership.
 
Pexbo said:
With that sort of majority you could tell the right wing media to feck right off, you wouldn’t have to pander to them at all and instead you could bring in Leveson-2 and spend the next five years bringing in solid media regulations and ensuring that rich individuals and corporations cannot have the political power they currently exploit.

Starmer however will still spend 5 years twerking for Murdoch only to be brutally betrayed by him.
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It is not going to happen but it would be a tremendous boost for democracy in the UK if it did.

If ever a party deserved an absolute electoral kicking its this Tory one. Send the message serve us or look what happens when we find out you were self interested, incompetent, corrupt, lying cnuts.

I always knew they were but others seem to take some convincing.

There are, like you suggest here, some very obvious moves a Labour govt can make which will improve matters. Put the corrupt on trial, ban overseas ownership of the press, etc.

Anyway, back to the real world, any sort of win will do.
 
Don't Kill Bill said:
It is not going to happen but it would be a tremendous boost for democracy in the UK if it did.

If ever a party deserved an absolute electoral kicking its this Tory one. Send the message serve us or look what happens when we find out you were self interested, incompetent, corrupt, lying cnuts.

I always knew they were but others seem to take some convincing.

There are, like you suggest here, some very obvious moves a Labour govt can make which will improve matters. Put the corrupt on trial, ban overseas ownership of the press, etc.

Anyway, back to the real world, any sort of win will do.
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Great post.
 
Buster15 said:
Sorry but I really can't believe that the Tories would get less seats than the Liberals.
Just not going to happen.
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I tend to agree.
The only situation where something like that being remotely possible is where Reform do a 'strategic strike number' on the Tories, from the right; the Liberals from the 'soft underbelly' one nation Tories and Labour strike down the middle with those who just want rid, such that there is only a 'rump' of Tory seats left in the shires.
 
That'sHernandez said:
The article is specifically about social housing, i.e. provided by your local council. They want councils to prioritise housing British people over immigrants.
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I don't think that's an especially controversial stance to take.
 
11101 said:
I don't think that's an especially controversial stance to take.
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Not for xenophobes or racists, sure. Personally I think people should be prioritised as per their needs, not the colour of their skin or where they are originally from.

The lack of housing isn't caused by inward migration, it's caused by 14 years of Tory austerity.
 
11101 said:
I don't think that's an especially controversial stance to take.
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not unlike not wanting asylum seekers housed in 4 star hotels, living in luxury. when the reality is actually somewhat different.
 
That'sHernandez said:
Not for xenophobes or racists, sure. Personally I think people should be prioritised as per their needs, not the colour of their skin or where they are originally from.

The lack of housing isn't caused by inward migration, it's caused by 14 years of Tory austerity.
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Any country has an obligation to its own citizens, first and foremost.
 
That'sHernandez said:
Not for xenophobes or racists, sure. Personally I think people should be prioritised as per their needs, not the colour of their skin or where they are originally from.

The lack of housing isn't caused by inward migration, it's caused by 14 years of Tory austerity.
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It's caused by 30+ years of policy
 
TheGame said:
:lol:
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I know this country has shifted right but if Badenoch or Braveman were leading the Tory party into a general election off the back of the 14 year shit show I genuinely believe that they’d be under threat of the Lib Dem’s pushing them into 3rd place.
 
If Sunak doesn't make it to the election, I could seriously see the tories going under 50 seats. People won't be able to take another switch. Just pure rage will come over the electorate and I think the reform protest vote jumps again, and anyone still voting for Rishi as a "centrist" goes labour.
 
WPMUFC said:
If Sunak doesn't make it to the election, I could seriously see the tories going under 50 seats. People won't be able to take another switch. Just pure rage will come over the electorate and I think the reform protest vote jumps again, and anyone still voting for Rishi as a "centrist" goes labour.
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Good. Hope they rot
 
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