General Election 2024: Landslide Labour Win

[hackey lad]

2 minutes ago, Prettytom said:

She’s the mud slinger.

 

She’s based her tawdry career on it. 
 

Are you in favour of gay conversion therapy?

Silly question.

[Mister M]

Just now, hackey lad said:

Fair enough , that’s not on my reading list .

Yes, I noticed that as soon as Lord Mann's came up in support of Starmer, you could tell the Tories were deflating 

[crookesey]

42 minutes ago, Mister M said:

But you must be aware of the difficulties many young, and not so young people are facing: getting on the housing ladder, finding a job where you don't need another to top your wages up; coping with debt from university etc.

My generation has a habit of going without in order to further our children’s opportunities in life, as our parents did for us.

[hackey lad]

Just now, Mister M said:

Yes, I noticed that as soon as Lord Mann's came up in support of Starmer, you could tell the Tories were deflating 

??? 

[Mister M]

Just now, crookesey said:

My generation has a habit of going without in order to further our children’s opportunities in life, as our parents did for us.

And I'm sure that many people who cannot afford housing, study, pensions, will need a bit more than parents who have a habit of going without to help their children.

[Mister M]

1 minute ago, hackey lad said:

??? 

John Mann stood down as an MP in 2019 before the general election and took up a full-time role as the UK's independent adviser on Antisemitism, at the  Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

[crookesey]

1 minute ago, Mister M said:

And I'm sure that many people who cannot afford housing, study, pensions, will need a bit more than parents who have a habit of going without to help their children.

Well it appears to have worked for many of us, to be fair alcohol and cigarettes didn’t take up the same percentage of income in my day.

[melthebell]

28 minutes ago, Al Bundy said:

But but Conservatives.....

 

 

but but but it only happens under labour......at least have an even playing field

[Mister M]

1 minute ago, crookesey said:

Well it appears to have worked for many of us, to be fair alcohol and cigarettes didn’t take up the same percentage of income in my day.

I wouldn't have thought it was spending money on ciggies is the reason for people not being able to afford what their parents did, as rates of tobacco smoking have gone down markedly.

[crookesey]

2 minutes ago, Mister M said:

I wouldn't have thought it was spending money on ciggies is the reason for people not being able to afford what their parents did, as rates of tobacco smoking have gone down markedly.

When I drive past what I class as rough pubs there is never a shortage of folk smoking outside them.