UK Politics Thread part II

[MGR1]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Best make it quick then and don't forget to close the door behind you.

This highlights an omnipresent problem: policy platforms apart, Reform's "Too English" to succeed in Scotland, the SNP are "Too Scottish" for the rest of the UK.

Until and unless the Western Central Belt stop voting for them en masse (which is the only way to get rid of them, demographics and political weighting being as they are), the SNP are going to be a feature of the British political landscape for the forseeable future. There isn't much the rest of Scotland can do about it. Not enough people, simple as.

Mike.

[Jimbuna]

Looking forward to watching Hunts autumn statement on tv where no doubt he will attempt to bribe the public into voting Tory next year.

Personally, I'm undecided because I feel that currently Labour are no better but after thirteen years of Tory rule perhaps they deserve a chance.

More from me after the details are made public.

[Moonlight]

French police chief in charge of stopping illegal migrant Channel crossings to Britain has been 'absent' most of the past 14 years playing golf and swimming instead, damning internal report claims

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...rt-claims.html

I wondered why thousands of Migrants have been able to cross the channel so easily, now we know why.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Looking forward to watching Hunts autumn statement on tv where no doubt he will attempt to bribe the public into voting Tory next year.

Personally, I'm undecided because I feel that currently Labour are no better but after thirteen years of Tory rule perhaps they deserve a chance.

More from me after the details are made public.

Just the one positive for me as far as I'm concerned...

'The state pension will increase by 8.5% from April 2024 to £221.20 a week, as the government honours the triple lock'

So no Tory votes from my household and if Labour offer nothing more next year I'll have to give serious consideration to voting Lib Dem.

[Moonlight]

^Jesus Christ!, I'd book yourself an appointment with a psychiatrist first old boy, don't tell them that you're thinking of voting LibDem until the 4th or 5th session, you'll need to break the ice first as that kind of confession could send them over the edge.

[Jimbuna]

To top it all off and despite Rishi's promise to tackle illegal immigrants, the 2022 figure of 606,000 has now risen to 672,000

[Jimbuna]

[Moonlight]

More begging letters, it's never ending with the Labour Party.

Tories hit the panic button after net migration is upgraded by the equivalent of the population of Cambridge to ANOTHER new record of 745,000 a year - driven by arrivals from outside the EU looking for work

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...shi-Sunak.html

HMS Great Britain is heading full throttle through the ice floes, very soon we're going to hit one of them head on, "Well Done" to all of our Political Parties who have wanted this to happen, the Takeover will be complete in less than 20 years.

All Hail our new master, Mohammed "**** off you White Currants" Mohammed.

[Jimbuna]

This article explains adequately my main grievance with the current government.

Millions of pensioners paying more income tax now than when Tories took power
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/othe...39552656&ei=15

[Moonlight]

This is my main grievance with the Tories, they've turned the UK into a stinking rubbish tip where the rats of the earth infest our streets.

'When do we say: enough is enough?' Ex-Home Secretary Suella Braverman demands major new clampdown on legal immigration to ease pressure on housing and the NHS as net arrival numbers are revised UP to new record of 745,000 in a year
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...migration.html

[Jimbuna]

Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick has drawn up a set of proposals to attempt to cut immigration to the UK.

The ideas, which he has shared with No 10, are not yet government policy, but are being discussed internally.

Among the suggestions are a required minimum annual salary of £35,000 in order to receive a work visa.

It comes after official figures put last year's net migration figure higher than previously thought - at a record 745,000 people.

This has led to calls for more action to bring down migration from Tory MPs.

Rishi Sunak said "levels of immigration are too high" and need to come down "to sustainable levels".

The prime minister added that the government's plans to clamp down on dependents of students arriving in the UK is "the single toughest measure that anyone has taken to bring down the levels of legal migration in a very long time".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67515674

£35,000 and fewer dependants sounds all well and good but what about the illegals?

[Moonlight]

I remember a minimum annual salary being bandied about around Priti Patels' Home Secretaries time, I think the Tories finally settled on a salary of £0 pounds and a benefit handout of £25,000 or more, I always said that the Tories would **** everything up as usual and I was right.

[Jimbuna]

Meanwhile, north of the border....

Former first minister Alex Salmond has launched legal action against the Scottish Government over its botched investigation of harassment complaints against him.

The Court of Session confirmed to the PA news agency on Friday the case, Alex Salmond v Scottish ministers, had been called.

The Herald reported the now-Alba Party leader has alleged “misfeasance” by civil servants and is seeking £3 million in damages and loss of earnings.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknew...7999250e&ei=27

[MGR1]

It's all very Macbeth, but with an uglier cast.

Mike.

[Jimbuna]

I'm not sure how successful he'll be ...going up against the 'system' and all that.