Quote from: Wellsy on July 23, 2022, 03:16:01 pmThe entire establishment these days seems to be built on absolving oneself of any responsibility and putting that on the head of something else. Border issues? France. Energy prices? Ofgen. Cost of living? Bank of England. Rail disruption? Up to Network Rail.It's government by excuses. They have no idea and no plan. There's nothing to it.Too true. There is a widespread reliance on arms length agencies to do things that the government ought to just be doing itself. They expect to make decisions and not take any flak if it goes wrong. You missed massive waiting lists blame the head of the NHS, not the health secretary; and if all else fails blame COVID, or Russia anyone but the f___ing incompetent government, and definitely not Brexit because there's no chance that's been a total disaster is there?
The entire establishment these days seems to be built on absolving oneself of any responsibility and putting that on the head of something else. Border issues? France. Energy prices? Ofgen. Cost of living? Bank of England. Rail disruption? Up to Network Rail.It's government by excuses. They have no idea and no plan. There's nothing to it.
The delays at Dover are obviously bad for France. Tourism is a principal export and a mayor contribution to the balance of payment (Tourism, art and luxury goods is basically what France does for a living). In French media, the local administration is blaming an unforeseen technical incident in the tunnel.https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/royaume-uni/embouteillages-a-la-frontiere-le-port-britannique-de-douvres-accuse-la-france-de-ruiner-les-vacances_5272057.html
Liz Truss appears to be arguing that she had some sort of deprived childhood in the ghetto when she went to school in Roundhay. Jonny Mercer is quite right that its just embarrassing, from both candidates but especially Truss.
Being a senior conservative is a recipe for being woefully out of touch.
...The comfortably off have absolutely no idea what "the cost of living crisis" actually is, or how long it's really been going on.
Unlikely.Mean house price Roundhay: £332,385. https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/roundhay.htmlMean house price Leeds: £251,878. https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/leeds.htmlMean house price UK: £283,000 https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/bulletins/housepriceindex/may2022
Quote from: TobyD on July 26, 2022, 10:28:29 amLiz Truss appears to be arguing that she had some sort of deprived childhood in the ghetto when she went to school in Roundhay. Jonny Mercer is quite right that its just embarrassing, from both candidates but especially Truss.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/18/liz-truss-roundhay-school-foreign-secretary-education
Is Truss just Boris in drag?
Quote from: Johnny Brown on July 26, 2022, 12:03:07 pmBeing a senior conservative is a recipe for being woefully out of touch.Not just senior conservatives, plenty of the well off (and often conservative voters) are amazingly unaware of where they fit in compared to the wider population.
That argument feels very old and tired PB. If a LP MP can't support working people in need of a improved pay and conditions, against the interests of those whom have multiplied their wealth and extracted profits ruthlessly, then really what is the point of the LP? The majority of the public support the workers, there is a Labour movement happening, the Labour Party should be a part of it and would benefit from showing solidarity with the unions. Given that the LP was founded by unions, is funded by unions, has many MPs from union backgrounds.... the dictat from Keir and his advisors feels like an inflammatory act in itself. If it means getting closer to a fairer society and protecting the environment then I would argue that criticism and challenge (call it infighting if you like) are entirely necessary.
Look at polling on whether people support the strikes or not. They would gain the support of the majority of the general public on this one.
Labour is not interested in the average voter. It is interested in the marginal voter, the one who needs to be persuaded to vote for us. Appealing to what the average Labour voter wants is comfort blanket politics rather than gunning to win.If you look up thread I posted a good thing about this from a US Democrat on just this topic.