The Reform Thread

[Turkish]

4 hours ago, egg said:

The "I may as well try the new lot" attitude to choosing a government is mental. If your local car wash has gone downhill, sure, give the new guys down the road a go. But taking that approach to your government, who's decisions touch every aspect of your life for 5 years, plus a legacy period beyond, is bewildering. 

We're fucked though arent we. They're all absolute shit. Starmer is a proper wet lettuce, the rest of his cronies are just as bad, Tories less said about them the better. So what are the options? Country is absolutely fucked and there is no one you can believe in to sort it out, so no wonder people are taking the "might as well give them a go" they're probably thinking they cant be as bad, well they can, but then again do what you've always done you'll get what you always got.

[Lord Duckhunter]

23 hours ago, sadoldgit said:

GB News our equivalent of Fox News 

So fucking what. It’s not like  you’ll get chucked into  jail for not paying for it, or have to pay  for  it to watch another channel.,If you don’t like it, don’t fucking watch it…

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

So fucking what. It’s not like  you’ll get chucked into  jail for not paying for it, or have to pay  for  it to watch another channel.,If you don’t like it, don’t fucking watch it…

C'mon. If he went on to apply that to Robinson, Hopkins, Farage and Trump, he'd have so much time on his hands he'd have go out, blinking and startled, into the sunlight of the real world. Real brunches with real people.

Mind you, there's always LBC and the Guardian website. Back inside to safety! 🙂

[sadoldgit]

Having just put up council tax by 3.99% the KCC have awarded themselves a pay rise of 3.8%. Hmmm…

[egg]

4 hours ago, Turkish said:

We're fucked though arent we. They're all absolute shit. Starmer is a proper wet lettuce, the rest of his cronies are just as bad, Tories less said about them the better. So what are the options? Country is absolutely fucked and there is no one you can believe in to sort it out, so no wonder people are taking the "might as well give them a go" they're probably thinking they cant be as bad, well they can, but then again do what you've always done you'll get what you always got.

It's always possible to be more fucked, and sometimes it's the lesser of evils. 

A reform government would be diabolical on so many levels imo. 

I describe myself as politically homeless as none of the parties talk my language at the moment, but that'd never make me go for the "fuck it, let's try them" option. 

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

4 hours ago, Turkish said:

We're fucked though arent we. They're all absolute shit. Starmer is a proper wet lettuce, the rest of his cronies are just as bad, Tories less said about them the better. So what are the options? Country is absolutely fucked and there is no one you can believe in to sort it out, so no wonder people are taking the "might as well give them a go" they're probably thinking they cant be as bad, well they can, but then again do what you've always done you'll get what you always got.

Yes, my friends are very much apathetic on where we are. 

A lot of people are just run down from all the shit over the last 20 years I guess. From the credit crunch, to austerity, Ukraine, populism and so on.

I dont agree with the lets give someone else a try, my feeling is that they'd be a lot worse from what I've seen and heard.

[Weston Super Saint]

2 hours ago, sadoldgit said:

Having just put up council tax by 3.99% the KCC have awarded themselves a pay rise of 3.8%. Hmmm…

Lol.  How can you moan about a 3.99% council tax raise whilst other counties (mine especially!) are going up 8.99%!  

[The Kraken]

22 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Lol.  How can you moan about a 3.99% council tax raise whilst other counties (mine especially!) are going up 8.99%!  

Ouch.

Got my notification yesterday, So’ton going up by a tiny smidge under 5% (police and fire up by slightly more).

[Gloucester Saint]

36 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Lol.  How can you moan about a 3.99% council tax raise whilst other counties (mine especially!) are going up 8.99%!  

Could be worse, neighbouring Worcestershire (Reform) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y68r40yzgo