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If I were you I would sue the anger management course. Would like to explain to us what had that has to do with a monumental waste of our money? And you wonder why no one takes you seriously? Perhaps, instead of changing your user name, you should just try to engage your brain before posting?

Little wonder the Palestinians are fighting back. https://amp.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/24/israeli-far-right-minister-bezalel-smotrich-annex-west-bank

Perhaps the Greens should change their name to Lemons? 😉

Not something to be proud of. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/nigel-farage-claims-donald-trump-has-learned-a-lot-from-studying-his-speeches/ar-BB1oLO5Q?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=050986a04ad94426809af0edbae2a8db&ei=15

We can argue about the decision all day long but surely there was enough there for a VAR referral?

There is an old Turkish proverb doing the rounds at the moment which is very apt. “The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was very clever and convinced the trees that, because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them.” Man of the people indeed.

Not looking good!

Shearer agreed with you.

Which means you are stuck with a shit government for 5 years. There is very little black and white in politics but if you have a government with a massive majority you can wave goodbye to grey (compromise). Our current voting system means we get a government that the majority of voters don’t want doing things the voters don’t want done. Democracy is all about government of the people by the people for the people, not for a minority. The LibDems managed to put the brakes on some of the Tories worst policies, but once they were gone we had further years of worse damage. I agree, it hampers governance by the main party, why is that a bad thing if most people didn’t vote for that party? Isn’t that what democracy is meant to be about?

Would more people be encouraged to vote if we had PR? There are a number of pros and cons but the current FPTP system is not democratic and doesn’t reflect the voting wishes of the public.

“I have often thought, Paul, that fishing is like making love to a beautiful woman. First clean and inspect your tackle, carefully pull back your rod cover and remove any dirt or gunge that may have built up whilst not in use. Then extend your rod to its full length and check that there is no kink or any wear, particularly at the base where the grip is usually applied. Make sure that you have a decent float, plenty of bait and that there is plenty of shot in your bag…”

At least we can agree on this.

Meanwhile, on the West Bank https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-forces-strap-wounded-palestinian-jeep-during-raid-2024-06-22/

Go back and read what I said. You will notice that I said had he been asked the question, not if he had said anything about it. Two very different things. As for following Farage’s career (Nigel to you I note), how you can pretend that I know more about it than you, his chief brown noser, deserves the only response you understand…. 😂

I suggest you go and look more closely about how the Reform UK contract and their economic policy will affect normal people. The person who is full of shite is the person you idolise.

Only in your case Weston it normally backfires.

There might be one Green lurking amongst us. I wouldn’t want them to feel slighted.

Asian rape gang?

Apologies to any Green voters here. I forgot to add them to list so you will need to vote for them under Other. I tried to set the poll up several times but kept getting something wrong. I had them on all of my other attempts but missed them off when I did the last successful one. Sorry! 🙄

You have to be a certain kind of “special” to find anything remotely funny about the situation in Gaza.

You don’t feel “morally superior” when you think you have taken the piss out of someone on here for posting an opinion? People in glass houses…

You do understand that his economic policy goes further than just raising a tax threshold and that has other consequences? Maybe not. Go check out the likely consequences of his “contract.” Go on Duckie, you know you want to, go and vote for him in the poll. His economic policy has been called “Liz Truss on steroids.” https://ifs.org.uk/articles/reform-uk-manifesto-reaction Anyway, I didn’t see the interview but was Farage asked his opinion about should Putin be successful in controlling Ukraine, he will have a NATO country right on his border. His argument for invading Ukraine is that he was reacting NATO expansionism up to his border. How does that work if by his own actions he has a NATO country on his doorstep?

I wouldn’t trust him/Reform with foreign policy or domestic policy and, from what he has said so far, the NHS would not be safe in his hands. His tax policy shows that he will just look after the rich, as if they haven’t been looked after well enough over the last 14 years. The sad thing is he is planning to screw the very people he says that he is one of, and they will vote for him anyway.

Our press isn’t working and part of the reason is because he is often either not where he should be or he is not fit enough to do the required running. It is not just his fault but for the press to work you have to hunt in packs. I don’t doubt his goal scoring record but if a team is set up to play in a certain way and is easy to play through if every player isn’t playing their part, you can’t carry passengers. He was unfit towards the end of the season and doesn’t look fit now. He isn’t the only player we have who can score goals but we have to make the opportunities too. He has been poor in this tournament so far.

I think it is pretty clear that whoever wins the election is in for a hard time. The lack of investment in public services for 14 years has left the next government with an uphill struggle for years. Taxes need to go up but are already too high. The growth we need isn’t going to come without investment. I don’t envy the task of the next PM but one thing is for sure, it would be absolute madness to vote the people back in who are responsible for getting us into this mess in the first place. Hopefully we will not only get a different government, but also a different main opposition party too.