General Election 2024: General UK Politics Discussion here

[RollingJ]

3 minutes ago, High Chaparral said:

Harriet Harman is using that excuse to explain why the new Labour government is doing so badly.

They have a legal 'brain' at the helm, so that excuse is a little weak.

[crookesey]

26 minutes ago, hackey lad said:

They were telling us for months they had all the plans in place and were going to hit the ground running. 

But in what direction? 😉

[High Chaparral]

29 minutes ago, hackey lad said:

They were telling us for months they had all the plans in place and were going to hit the ground running. 

Talk is cheap.

[hackey lad]

7 minutes ago, High Chaparral said:

Talk is cheap.

Not as cheap as some new spectacles.

[cressida]

6 minutes ago, hackey lad said:

Not as cheap as some new spectacles.

Do you wear specs.?

[hackey lad]

7 minutes ago, cressida said:

Do you wear specs.?

Now and again 

[cressida]

It took a  long time before my ex told me he wore specs,  he had to - driving lessons,  didn't worry me.

[Mister M]

On 19/09/2024 at 19:42, Mister M said:

Speaking of Brexit, Farage has been in the news claiming that he's been advised not to hold constituency surgeries in Clacton as there is a fear he may be the target of knife crime ....Yet he's been over to USA since the election about 4 or 5 times where there is much more knife crime:

 

Farage said he had been given guidance by “the [Commons] speaker’s office, and beneath the speaker’s office there is a security team who give advice and say you should do some things and not do others.

However, a source told the Guardian this was not advice that the office of the speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, or the security team would give to any MP as it would interfere with their democratic duties. They would, however, offer advice on how measures could be taken to ensure safety, the source said.

 

Farage claims he received official advice not to hold constituency surgeries | Nigel Farage | The Guardian

 

I wonder if this will become the new excuse for "workshy scroungers" as right wingers like to call them, at the dole office?

 

Oh fancy that:

Farage backtracks on claim security advice blocks him from constituency surgery

[cressida]

Actually,  I can see the sense in him not doing surgeries, after the Leigh-on-Sea MP  was shot,  there are fanatics who can't control themselves maybe still to emerge,  hope the Intelligence services are on it.

[butlers]

It was a transparent  lie from the moment he said it, awfully  convenient  too.