General Election Thursday 4th July 2024

[James Cutting]

yes Gary and along with her wing man i'm pretty good at reading peoples faces and that man is sheepish and does not answer a straight question and looks like the man behind the mask
some people are in for a Big shock i'm afraid, and i hope in future they voice there dismay here on FC

Just like the tories then Baz???

[James Cutting]

Gary's right. A change is simply needed from the Tories.

Will have to be a tactical vote for me here, too close between Tories and Lib Dems but anything to keep them out.

[C24]

Just offering up a quiet prayer for the mods tonight

. Locking the thread after the polls close might be less work

[cat1]

Just offering up a quiet prayer for the mods tonight

. Locking the thread after the polls close might be less work

wise decision...

I'm guessing you value your sleep

[slogen51]

I always think one should vote for the Party rather than the personality, Slogen. Not looking forward to the FTSE dropping rapidly in the near future!!.

I vote on an ideological basis so yes Liz has at least one vote

[iainpeden]

I always think one should vote for the Party rather than the personality, Slogen. Not looking forward to the FTSE dropping rapidly in the near future!!.

I vote on an ideological basis so yes Liz has at least one vote

Then I hope you are prepared for the millions of invoices from people who have viciously increased mortgages expecting you to contribute.

[James Cutting]

Blows my mind that anyone out there can sit down and think "Yeah do you know what, Liz Truss gets my vote, I can rely on her" especially after her "PM" stint!! She can't even fix the crumbling King's Lynn hospital! Or outlive a lettuce

[slogen51]

I always think one should vote for the Party rather than the personality, Slogen. Not looking forward to the FTSE dropping rapidly in the near future!!.

I vote on an ideological basis so yes Liz has at least one vote

Then I hope you are prepared for the millions of invoices from people who have viciously increased mortgages expecting you to contribute.

My mortgage rate back in the day reached 15%

Everyone seems to want someone else to pick up the bill for them these days

[James Cutting]

Yeah, and your house probably cost £15k, not £310k!

[baz1]

i got 100% mortgage when i bought my council house and got £10 k discount

[plmc135]

Some big Tory names expected to lose their seats. Rees-Mog, IDS, Chaps, Hunt, Mordent

Great news!

So which muppets do you want to replace them with?

[James Cutting]

There's nobody as bad as Mordent or Rees-Mogg.

[slogen51]

Yeah, and your house probably cost £15k, not £310k!

What are you talking about - i don't usually respond to you because generally there is no point but seriously

It was a struggle - I had a lodger to make ends meet - prices were lower but so were wages

I also said I vote on ideology , but you can't accept that and try to ridicule people you don't agree with - it is my decision how I vote thank you very much as I don't want this country run by socialists like your self who by the way said they wanted England to lose in the Euros the other day - I suppose you will be cheering on Switzerland this Saturday

Socialism the tolerant party - what a joke

Blair sowed seeds that could have ruined this country and might still do with the way immigration is heading and the diluting of the British way of life.

[James Cutting]

It's easy to reply and get a wind up and take something far too seriously

Yeah, I did, because it would've got Southgate out quicker

Blair finished in 2007, and then add the 14 years of Tories into the mix, which has fixed us right up, nice one!! As long as your pensions safe it doesn't matter for the future

[slogen51]

Very difficult to shut the gates once they have been thrown open without negotiation during enlargement

By the way it was a two bed flat with a lodger - not a house

What were we talking about - oh yes the forgone conclusion that is the General election

Doesn't affect me I am retired and under Thatcher I was able to get decent jobs and a pension so the Tories did alright by me - I sound smug but there you go. I think you can only vote for your own circumstances and what is right for you

Just occurred to me there is a weird correlation between you wanting England to lose to get rid of Southgate ( he was good with Villa plus Euro Final and world cup semi) and me voting for Truss who I don't like but she is the Tory candidate and I want a Socialist even less than Truss as an MP

[slogen51]

The Rwanda solution isn't new

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co ... 827016.amp

Papers released from 2023 reveal Blair was presented with a similar option

Papers from 2003, released by the National Archives, show Mr Blair was increasingly frustrated by the failure to deter people from coming to the UK.

He had called for more "radical" ideas.

Other suggestions presented to him included safe havens overseas for those whose asylum claims were rejected.

In a paper entitled "Asylum: the nuclear option", advisers even questioned whether the UK needed an asylum system at all, because refugees would already have passed through a safe country before reaching Britain's shores.

Some of the ideas discussed in "brainstorming" sessions have strong parallels with the policies of the current government, though the most controversial measures were never enacted by the Labour administration.

[iainpeden]

Slogen51 - re.your last two posts.
There appears to be some irony in your supporting Truss because you don't want a socialist and yet she was strong on the Rwanda plan which, according to your evidence, was originally a "socialist" plan.

[C24]

? Mods
Any possibility of removal from the thread Philly1971?

Other less offensive posts have been removed quicker

[iainpeden]

I’d suggest TealRain’s is even more offensive.

[Nighthawke]

Just use the "Report" button on the concerning post(s) (exclamation mark icon if not familiar).