Political Discussions And Ranting Thread

[En Passant 3,741]

1 minute ago, The Old Crem said:

Labour U turn and decide to keep the single person council tax discount says the Telegraph.. 

 

I'm not sure how that's a U-turn since they never expressly said they were implementing it in the first place.

So far as I'm aware they've simply said they're not ruling any measure out that hadn't been previously (i.e. income tax, VAT and NI)

 

Further, since they've already got a good deal of bad press over the cessation of Winter Fuel Payments for pensioners I'd imagine that whacking all solo pensioners for another 500 quid a year (based on a 2k average council tax) is not going to look pretty (this only my opinion)

[The Old Crem 3,606]

27 minutes ago, En Passant said:

 

I'm not sure how that's a U-turn since they never expressly said they were implementing it in the first place.

So far as I'm aware they've simply said they're not ruling any measure out that hadn't been previously (i.e. income tax, VAT and NI)

 

Further, since they've already got a good deal of bad press over the cessation of Winter Fuel Payments for pensioners I'd imagine that whacking all solo pensioners for another 500 quid a year (based on a 2k average council tax) is not going to look pretty (this only my opinion)

It’s sort of a u turn as in politics not ruling out something tends to imply it’s going to happen. 

[En Passant 3,741]

16 hours ago, The Old Crem said:

It’s sort of a u turn as in politics not ruling out something tends to imply it’s going to happen. 

 

I'm sorry crem but that is simply speculation again. Partly yours.

There are numerous examples of media outfits asking if something is going to happen on the basis that a non-commital answer implies its a possibility or even probability, this creates news when there is none.

 

I scan The Guardian (as the only 'broadsheet' available freely now) and ask of each article "Is this news? Or woulda/coulda/shoulda?" You may be surprised at the number of articles that are the latter even when not marked as 'opinion'.

[The Old Crem 3,606]

1 minute ago, En Passant said:

 

I'm sorry crem but that is simply speculation again. Partly yours.

There are numerous examples of media outfits asking if something is going to happen on the basis that a non-commital answer implies its a possibility or even probablility, this creates news when there is none.

 

I scan The Guardian (as the only 'broadsheet' available freely now) and ask of each article "Is this news? Or woulda/coulda/shoulda?" You may be surprised at the number of articles that are the latter even when not marked as 'opinion'.

True but politicians really should say no we not doing that particularly on things that would only negatively affect people and has no direct positive effects.

[Toast 16,140]

I told you why they weren't denying it.

 

On 15/09/2024 at 11:14, Toast said:

 I suspect that this is a rumour put out to distract from the winter fuel payment cock-up.  Give people something else to be outraged about and then have nothing come of it.

 

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1 hour ago, En Passant said:

 

I'm sorry crem but that is simply speculation again. Partly yours.

There are numerous examples of media outfits asking if something is going to happen on the basis that a non-commital answer implies its a possibility or even probablility, this creates news when there is none.

 

I scan The Guardian (as the only 'broadsheet' available freely now) and ask of each article "Is this news? Or woulda/coulda/shoulda?" You may be surprised at the number of articles that are the latter even when not marked as 'opinion'.

 

Most of the content of news media these days is made up of speculation, repitition and denial.

[RoverAndOut 4,746]

8 hours ago, AstroKat said:

Since the removal of the single person council tax reduction was merely speculation, though not publicly ruled out, this is not technically a U turn.

 

It is in Crem's world, where it had already been conceived and implemented to disastrous effect. Of course, in the real world, there was a lot of hot air, nothing was said or announced and now he's formally ruled it out. So now he's apparently u-turning on decisions he never even made. 

 

I mean...when are we going to ban him?

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10 hours ago, RoverAndOut said:

 

It is in Crem's world, where it had already been conceived and implemented to disastrous effect. Of course, in the real world, there was a lot of hot air, nothing was said or announced and now he's formally ruled it out. So now he's apparently u-turning on decisions he never even made. 

 

I mean...when are we going to ban him?

 

If Crem had just stuck to "the Torygraph are reporting that the council tax reduction will stay" or words to that effect, it would have been fine. It was the addition of his U-turn spin that was irritating (at the very least). It's a habit he can't seem to break, and just rubs people up the wrong way.

[Bibliogryphon 9,582]

To be fair Martin Lewis is spinning the decision this way

[Toast 16,140]

Crem's posts

 

 

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

[The Old Crem 3,606]

Can the budget happen now. Not in a month. Get it over and done with because the buildup to it is very tiring.

[Toast 16,140]

Not the only thing that's very tiring.

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

 

Refreshing to have different faces in the memes!

 

[The Old Crem 3,606]

Austrian general election on Sunday and the far right are the front runners to be the largest party and enter a coalition with the main centre right (Who have become not far of far right themselves) party. The far right there is very much a pro Russian far right party.

[The Old Crem 3,606]

https://www.gbnews.com/politics/wes-streeting-nhs-british-foreign-nurses-choppers-political-podcast
Wes Streeting’s desire to want the top job is the most obvious of all the cabinet. 

[prussianblue 1,035]

Scottish Tories have elected a new nonentity/leader.

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1 hour ago, prussianblue said:

Scottish Tories have elected a new nonentity/leader.

I'll look forward to not caring when he inevitably resigns in a few months.

[The Old Crem 3,606]

Rosie Duffield has resigned from the Labour Party and will be an independent MP. 

[Brad252 807]

Starmer needs to get a grip here as this is starting to spiral out of control.

 

However when it comes to Duffield, I'm surprised she lasted as long as she did in Labour: in the last parliament she made no secret of her troubled relationship with the party (whether or not her own views are right), openly said once she was considering her position in the party and repeatedly said Starmer was ignoring her. After Corbyn and his loyalists if someone was going to jump ship it was going to be her.

[RoverAndOut 4,746]

Is there anybody in the world surprised that Rosie Duffield has quit the Labour Party? A ticking timebomb for at least 2 years. Doing so at a time of peak weakness. How ever much the left froth and the right shout and scream, Sir Keir has a majority of more than 160, he can largely do what he likes. I would appreciate it if he could clean his act up though, stop the amateur mistakes and crack on with solving some of the issues this country faces. Lots of words and plans but not a lot of action yet (I know that's not all his fault, summer then conference season - just imagine if Rishi had called the election in May like he was meant to!) and plenty of pain but not much in the way of rewards. All this nonsense is taking up the room because there's nothing else to talk about. Let's see some practical steps that sure up the finances, make people feel more confident and start to move the country in the right direction. No problem with him taking executive tickets at Arsenal, fully understand the security risks and he's had a season ticket for years. The clothes and stuff is a trickier issue, some of it is a storm in a teacup (Angela Rayner in NYC) but the clothes gifts are awkward when he's so personally wealthy. That said, the double standards from the Tories on this is incredible - do they remember their saviour Boris?

[The Old Crem 3,606]

Canada’s politics is very fascinating at the moment as it is becoming more European in nature and less like the English speaking world. 

[Brad252 807]

14 hours ago, RoverAndOut said:

Is there anybody in the world surprised that Rosie Duffield has quit the Labour Party? A ticking timebomb for at least 2 years. Doing so at a time of peak weakness. How ever much the left froth and the right shout and scream, Sir Keir has a majority of more than 160, he can largely do what he likes. I would appreciate it if he could clean his act up though, stop the amateur mistakes and crack on with solving some of the issues this country faces. Lots of words and plans but not a lot of action yet (I know that's not all his fault, summer then conference season - just imagine if Rishi had called the election in May like he was meant to!) and plenty of pain but not much in the way of rewards. All this nonsense is taking up the room because there's nothing else to talk about. Let's see some practical steps that sure up the finances, make people feel more confident and start to move the country in the right direction. No problem with him taking executive tickets at Arsenal, fully understand the security risks and he's had a season ticket for years. The clothes and stuff is a trickier issue, some of it is a storm in a teacup (Angela Rayner in NYC) but the clothes gifts are awkward when he's so personally wealthy. That said, the double standards from the Tories on this is incredible - do they remember their saviour Boris?

She will now join Graham Linehan and JK Rowling in a band called TERF, Wind and Fire.

[Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218]

18 hours ago, RoverAndOut said:

Is there anybody in the world surprised that Rosie Duffield has quit the Labour Party? A ticking timebomb for at least 2 years. Doing so at a time of peak weakness. How ever much the left froth and the right shout and scream, Sir Keir has a majority of more than 160, he can largely do what he likes. I would appreciate it if he could clean his act up though, stop the amateur mistakes and crack on with solving some of the issues this country faces. Lots of words and plans but not a lot of action yet (I know that's not all his fault, summer then conference season - just imagine if Rishi had called the election in May like he was meant to!) and plenty of pain but not much in the way of rewards. All this nonsense is taking up the room because there's nothing else to talk about. Let's see some practical steps that sure up the finances, make people feel more confident and start to move the country in the right direction. No problem with him taking executive tickets at Arsenal, fully understand the security risks and he's had a season ticket for years. The clothes and stuff is a trickier issue, some of it is a storm in a teacup (Angela Rayner in NYC) but the clothes gifts are awkward when he's so personally wealthy. That said, the double standards from the Tories on this is incredible - do they remember their saviour Boris?

I cannot recall a post that is so full of shit that it makes our rivers and seas look positively clean. If people cannot tell the difference between legality and morality then we are all fucked. Not only are the policies of this government utterly wank  ( see Ed Milliband as a prime example of being a thick cunt pushing policy ) they are a bunch of gift receiving grifting bastards that have NO excuses whatsoever when they were calling out the previous wank regime for having their noses in the trough. Seriously, what fucking planet do people live on when they believe that there is a crumb of mitigation in what Starmer, et, al, have done, taking money and gifts, personally, from a shifty cunt like Lord Ali. Of course, because the Tories did it, it was sooooo much worse,  wasn't it! Hey, so long as it's socialists fucking us all over and mugging us off, it's ok, they have our best interests at heart, right!  Can't wait for their defenders to keep on defending when the shit starts to hit the fan much more than it is at the mo. This, ladies and gents, is just the beginning.....

[The Old Crem 3,606]

Their leader and potentially the next chancellor is basically an European Trump with a record of loving Russia and saying some very crazy things.