Unfeckingbelievable. It is almost as if they are deliberately trying to wind us up.
Exactly my thinking. Those celebrating the current polls are grasping imo. Tories are polling very well considering how many covid clusterfecks they have created, even when compared with similar countries to the UK.
It’s like these people project their inability to understand simple human compassion onto everyone else, we aren’t all monsters!
He is an absolute scum bag. UNICEF are not making a political move, they are following the high numbers of child poverty in the UK which have rocketed over the last 10 years.
Hope he chokes on his food and his nanny isn’t there to save him.
Same! This has irked me more than his comments on Grenfel (blaming the victims), it’s really angered me.
Definitely, they were elected based on 3 words. That about sums up their level of competency too.
the cheek to moan that charities aren’t letting British kids starve to death, whilst he makes tens of millions of pounds that I imagine barely even end up in the British tax payers pot.When is it going to be possible for y’all to vote this current cadre of scum out of office & start eradicating such lunacy in your government? How many election cycles?
I believe it’s 2024, unless a snap election is called before then.
What are the machinations for calling a snap election? Is it a difficult process? When’s the last time that occurred?
The previous election was a snap election, basically everyone in parliament has to agree, or a 2/3rds majority? I think? I’m not 100% sure but the tories have 0 incentive to make it happen so we’re stuck with them.
Actually their manifesto was to overturn the fixed term parliament act so a snap election can be called
Aaah okay then, wasn’t the FTPA only put in place recently?
Yes by the cameron clegg coalition... it was seen as a way of portraying stability and that the coalition wouldn't collapse easily
Yeah, 2011. A lot of people just read the headline and assumed it would be impossible to hold an unscheduled election. However all it takes is a vote of no confidence, always possible after a hung or-near hung election, or a two thirds majority. In the latter case it would be extremely difficult for an opposition to say it didn't want an election, so in practice it's back to any time the government wants one. How I read it anyway.
The same reason why the Tories say rich people should be left alone to make more money and aspire for a better life, or how people shouldn't be given handouts and should be supported in their quest for a better life. But as soon as someone who has come up from nothing and has successfully created a better life for themselves - effectively the thing Tories say they want - they get insulted for having wealth if they say anything the Tories don't like.
Whereas Boris Johnson struck you as competent? More like the village idiot, no?
I'm pretty sure whatever happens in a few weeks (but probably a spike in infections) it will be blamed on people having parties for new years eve
It's terrifying isn't it? Some people, left to their own devices and common sense will cause chaos and heartache for the masses. I can't believe the majority of mps voted for and allowed this to happen. The opposition in particular should be ashamed
I'm not sure people would have listened if the government said no mixing at Xmas either - don't think there was a great solution and it will be interesting to see how other countries handle it and if the results are any better.
