Good post. This is what gets missed in all the rhetoric.
Westminster Politics 2024-2029
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She also thinks people don't need a lunch break.
Do you not get steak on your lunch break? They probably did at United until Big Jim took it away.
She's fecking weird isn't she?
Windsor & Maidenhead council have had very public challenges long before any budget announcements, their debt has grown by £150m in the last decade. The current position/shortfall isn't linked to an NI increase.
You don’t mess with big sandwich and get away with it
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fecking hell. It’s genuinely terrifying to see them perpetually continue to increase in popularity.Nice knowing you Britain
They did one a week ago, it’s was Tories, Reform, Labour.
Who eats sandwich's for breakfast?
Me, nowt wrong with a a bacon and sausage sandwich with brown sauce
People who are hungry, packed themselves up and started work on the morning shift. 10'oclock is practically noon for them. (disclaimer I may have done this from time to time).
10am isn't breakfast and shift workers are bound to eat at "odd" times anyway.
Well yes - occasionally sure (assuming open arteries are needed) but someone who doesn't like moist bread and thinks that sandwiches are only for breakfast? All a bit weird if you ask me.
TBH I'm not sure I'd be keen on moist bread either, but I'm a Mancunian and in my world we put pretty much anything between 2 slices of bread and eat it at any point of the day - not so much now because US bread is disgusting and I only ever touch it when there's bugger all else left to eat!
But bread is inherently moist and when it isn't we complain that it is dry or old. I can't ever remember not liking bread because it was too moist. And yes - the US does bread about as well as it does coffee and tea i.e. terribly.
Reform has been flipping local by-election seatsNice knowing you Britain
From last night:
Blackbrook By-Election result
Victor Floyd - Reform UK: 546 votes
Sally Yeoman - Labour: 460 votes
There is a long way to go before a general, Labour is just making a right mess.
Unemployment numbers released on 17th, lets hope it's under 4.3%
Look council budgets are tight, NI isn't going to make them less tight as I've said even in a small businesse on minimum wage it's an average of £600 per person.
I really believe this is the one that is really going to bite young people in this country.
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Reform and Conservative coalition in the next general with Farage as PM. Nailed on.
I really think it’s easier to just ignore politics sometimes. The more time and effort you put into it the more depressing reality becomes
In that specific case it'll be a minuscule drop in the ocean. They're paying more in financing their debt each year, however that council is not a great example to use to try to make your point.
The distance to the next GE is the only redeeming thing here, but you also have to worry about how the development might be in the years to come.
I used it because of the timeline and the impact on the public, its almost the perfect storm for this to go sideways - I really hope they don't break the 5% cap in April.
If we look at Manchester City Council employs around 26,000 people, making it the largest employer in Manchester
26,000 x £600 is a lot of money.
The increases in employer National Insurance means that employers will have to pay an additional £900 for each employee on median average earnings.
https://ifs.org.uk/data-items/incre...rance-contributions-employee-earnings-2025-26
Doubt it tbh.
I think the more moderate Tories are seething at the implosion of their party and Farage's influence over it the past 5-10 years. They don't want anything to do with him and his brand. In the meantime, the more nutty Tories (Jenkyns, 30p Lee) appear to be slowly defecting to Reform and Badenoch is predictably proving to be a joke.
I wouldn't be surprised if the Tories out Badenoch before the next election because she's a) shite and b) they can't out-cnut Reform, they elect somebody more sensible (moderate) to try win the centre ground from Labour (slim pickings, but somebody like Cleverly) and refuse any election pacts with Reform. More nutters will defect to Reform. Reform will continue promising the world and ?????
Depends on how it got moist I guess
I disagree about US bread though, it's way way worse than any coffee they do, I don't drink tea so can't judge that
The story here is 16% turnout.
There is no enthusiasm for any of them. These are the ideal conditions for populism, historically its how the far right have always gained electoral power. Unless it changes, and with starmer only offering more austerity it is hard to see how it will, then I'd put farage odds on to be leading the pack in 2029.
The only real question is whether it is as leader of reform, or whatever they call the tory/reform group.
Absolute parody.
I love how The Spectator is misspelling Tory MP's names.
Let's be honest, economic growth figures can be very misleading. An economy can be 'growing' with millions left behind. I don't think many of us would object to a lower overall growth figure if it meant working people got better off, as opposed to a higher overall figure with the benefits flowing to the richest.
Yup. Seems inevitable.
No those are direct quotes from her including the sandwiches one. The Spectator has added some colourful commentary on it through.
I had seen the sandwich one. It was the redecorating one that had me scratching my head.
You can try to twist anything in favour of the party you like but come on now. There's nothing whatsoever positive about that news and I think if we get 3 months in a row her job will be under real pressure.