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Keith Sansum1 wrote:See Neil you avoid any critism of your leader.
Unlike Mr Mandelson who opined that KS could do with losing a few pounds and promptly got criticised himself for fat-shaming (whatever that is).
(Not my real name.)
Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Speaking of which I spoke to Mike Tapp, who was accompanied by Mr Mandelson (!), in Deal High Street this morning.
I would not be suprised if he actually found guacamole on sale in Deal chippys!
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
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Sadly there'll probably win election
But we are unlikely to see much change
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Weird Granny Slater
- Location: Dover
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Sadly there's no trace of 'guacamole' in my Polari dictionary.
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Neil Moors- Registered: 3 Feb 2016
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Will Labour take Dover and Deal? Up for grabs now folks.
victor matcham- Registered: 5 Oct 2021
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sorry to say that is a yes the blues are keeping the mp they have here now,and she will not get in again.
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Weird Granny Slater wrote:Sadly there's no trace of 'guacamole' in my Polari dictionary.
Just re-reading 'All The Devils Are Here'. Having lived here almost half a century it would seem that I used to be the only non-gay in the village!
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Neil
Noticed how quiet you have been (I do understand why )
I have said for some time it will be a Labour Govt and Tapp will probably win Dover
But it's what kind of party Is being elected for the ordinary person .
Starmer looks like he wants to be a light tory for the five years in office , and without major changes I would think in the five years the Tories will have regrouped
People are living in hope that Starmer will change ,but that's a seriously risky strategy
So not really much to look forward to
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Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
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Captain Haddock wrote:Just re-reading 'All The Devils Are Here'.
Recommend stealing? or library loan?
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Come on Neil
Let's hope you give some honest opinions soon
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Weird Granny Slater wrote:Recommend stealing? or library loan?
Deffo worth reading. Unfortunately as a bit of a bibliophile I had to buy another copy when I saw it for £2.50 in Canterbury Oxfam (esp when the shop assistant told me rather enigmaticaly that the author been found dead in his flat in Canterbury in circumstances 'as strange as any in his book'!)
Carer in middle of it now and says 'He loses it a bit in the section about Richard Dadd and Dickens' but then he gets back to the missing genitalia from dear Oscar's tomb so all is well again.
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Neil Moors- Registered: 3 Feb 2016
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I’m being quiet as honestly speaking, there’s not much to say. We are still circling, politically; the government has all but given up and putting its entire re-election strategy into a single plane taking off for Kigali. Labour so far ahead it doesn’t need to do anything other than appear competent.
Longer term I expect a Labour Party in government to move to the left. Just like in 97, the media will start supporting Labour as people like the Sun always end up backing the winning horse. At that point, Labour will have the cover they need to move to the left while the right regroups under who knows what.
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Move to the left? Doubt it Neil - there's not a lot of room to manouvre.
e.g. In the last election the Labour Manifesto was promising up to £58 BILLION (half the total education spending!) to compensate the WASPI women (i.e. those who were so stupid that they hadn't noticed that equality of retirement age was announced back in 1995)
Starmer/Reeves look like they wouldn't touch this with a bargepole!
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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It will be interesting to see how Labour deals with the added expence of half the working population sitting on their arses because they are worried about stuff and feel a little bit unhappy!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13226239/OBR-says-cost-sickness-benefits-set-rise.html"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Think there's so many things , or campaigns expecting the Govt to pay
Will Labour solve any?
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Neil Moors- Registered: 3 Feb 2016
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Keith Sansum1 wrote:Think there's so many things , or campaigns expecting the Govt to pay
Will Labour solve any?
Not all at once. We'll have at least a year of "the country's finances were left in an appalling state by the previous government" but one by one, they'll make progress.
Neil Moors- Registered: 3 Feb 2016
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Labour's 2024 manifesto is going to be so interesting. A huge challenge.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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I think most people have lowered expectations
Knowing Tories are on way out and not bothered about them.
Interested to know how Labour moved to the left last time must have blinked
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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The problem with Labour is going to be keeping party discipline if they end up like Boris with 'a large stonking majority'.
At this point individual MPs think that they can vote against the Government 'just this once' to show how principled they are on some single issue (Gaza, Immigration, WASPI women, junior doctors pay or whatever spring to mind) and start to enjoy appearing in the press and on television thinking that people are actually interested in their opinion rather than enjoying watching them fighting amongst themselves like ferrets in a sack.
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
victor matcham- Registered: 5 Oct 2021
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Reds not in yet.
