General Election 2024: General UK Politics Discussion here

[alchresearch]

There was a by-election yesterday.  OK, it was only a council one but:

 

 

[Tony]

21 minutes ago, Delbow said:

 

Oh, that's ok then. I wasn't aware that morals had a use by date. 

 

As for the rest of your post - the idea that the British state and ruling class works tirelessly for the benefit of its citizens is a ridiculous fantasy. I'm not going to pick sides from a choice of grasping, power hungry ruling classes who are in it for themselves. Their battles are not my battles and I'm not going to cheer for one side on the basis that they administrate the land mass I currently reside on.

 

Of course morals have a use by date. Natural events aside, history of nothing but a sequence of changing morals. 

 

As for the rest of your post, are your morals better represented by the UK or China? The question is binary. UK or China? 

Edited Friday at 10:58 by Tony

[alchresearch]

Breakfast anyone? Only £30,000

 

Labour had offered company bosses breakfast with the business secretary, Jonathan

Reynolds, for up to £30,000

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/oct/04/dont-do-it-again-miliband-tells-labour-over-30000-breakfast-with-minister

[Delbow]

11 minutes ago, Tony said:

 

Of course morals have a use by date. Natural events aside, history of nothing but a sequence of changing morals. 

 

As for the rest of your post, are your morals better represented by the UK or China? The question is binary. UK or China? 

 

You can present it as a binary if you want, but it's a false binary. UK or China? Neither.

[RollingJ]

5 minutes ago, alchresearch said:

Breakfast anyone? Only £30,000

 

Labour had offered company bosses breakfast with the business secretary, Jonathan

Reynolds, for up to £30,000

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/oct/04/dont-do-it-again-miliband-tells-labour-over-30000-breakfast-with-minister

Or, to correct Milliband's comment (as presented above) - don't get caught doing it again.

[Tony]

11 minutes ago, Delbow said:

 

You can present it as a binary if you want, but it's a false binary. UK or China? Neither.

 

I expected that answer but let's drill down into it. 

 

Which one would you rather live in? UK or China? 

[Mister M]

30 minutes ago, Tony said:

 

Of course morals have a use by date. Natural events aside, history of nothing but a sequence of changing morals. 

 

As for the rest of your post, are your morals better represented by the UK or China? The question is binary. UK or China? 

Which morals have a use by date?

[Delbow]

8 minutes ago, Tony said:

 

I expected that answer but let's drill down into it. 

 

Which one would you rather live in? UK or China? 

 

The answer to that is very long. But the short answer is that I'm ambivalent

[Mister M]

26 minutes ago, alchresearch said:

Breakfast anyone? Only £30,000

 

Labour had offered company bosses breakfast with the business secretary, Jonathan

Reynolds, for up to £30,000

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/oct/04/dont-do-it-again-miliband-tells-labour-over-30000-breakfast-with-minister

Good for Milliband. I agree with him.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

[Delbow]

Just now, Mister M said:

Good for Milliband. I agree with him.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

 

Yep, that's Tory behaviour through and through.