Politics Thread 7: Dishy Rishi's Cabinet of Horrors

[Tomous]

We should lower the voting age. Anyone who can work and be taxed should be able to vote.


Now, if you want to extend that and ban voting for those over the retirement age, I won't argue

[Victor Mildew]

Just noticed how high support is for Reform in the over 65s group.

Utter banana split of a generation.

We probably should have an upper age limit on voting, what with the decline in mental capability. If under 18 is too young then maybe over 65 is too……

Why should Jawa be excluded from voting?

[jimbojango]

Just noticed how high support is for Reform in the over 65s group.

Utter banana split of a generation.

We probably should have an upper age limit on voting, what with the decline in mental capability. If under 18 is too young then maybe over 65 is too……

Why should Jawa be excluded from voting?

Because he has defected to an android tablet. Apple subscribers are now the only people eligible to vote, the rest will be kept in a vr limbo state using unremovable Vision Pro headsets. All hail our corporate overlords, and pray to the ghost of Steve Jobs.

[Gideon]

We should lower the voting age. Anyone who can work and be taxed should be able to vote.


Now, if you want to extend that and ban voting for those over the retirement age, I won't argue

You shouldn’t get to decide the future if you don’t have one.

[Moggy]

We should lower the voting age. Anyone who can work and be taxed should be able to vote.


Now, if you want to extend that and ban voting for those over the retirement age, I won't argue

You shouldn’t get to decide the future if you don’t have one.

A 70 year old could very well live another 30 or more years.

[Grumpy David]

Peter Murrell charged with embezzlement in SNP probe

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-68850088

The husband of former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been re-arrested in connection with the ongoing investigation into the finances of the Scottish National Party.

EDIT: The husband of former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been charged in connection with the embezzlement of funds from the Scottish National Party.

[Outrunner]

We should lower the voting age. Anyone who can work and be taxed should be able to vote.


Now, if you want to extend that and ban voting for those over the retirement age, I won't argue

You shouldn’t get to decide the future if you don’t have one.

I mean, we're all going to die soooo....

[Tineash]

Peter Murrell charged with embezzlement in SNP probe

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-68850088

The husband of former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been re-arrested in connection with the ongoing investigation into the finances of the Scottish National Party.

EDIT: The husband of former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been charged in connection with the embezzlement of funds from the Scottish National Party.

Finally!

[Hexx]

twitter.com/AdamBienkov/status/1781040812517646534

twitter.com/snigskitchen/status/1781063699920236913

[KK]

Oh come on…like there’s going to be a need for future print editions. The bargain bins in The Works can only take so much.

[Garth]

twitter.com/JayMitchinson/status/1780969030896988335

twitter.com/BestForBritain/status/1781057617734815940

[Rocsteady]

Beginning to think history might repeat itself: Canada's 1993 election had the incumbent "Progressive Conservatives" go from 156 seats down to 2 whilst Reform went from 1 seat to 52.

Millennials are now the largest voting bloc and a future Labour government will be more reliant on this demographic, we might even see a shift away from work related taxes to wealth related taxes (boomer taxes).

Starmer's majority is going to be so large that his largest opposition will be other Labour MPs.

I read somewhere that, alarmingly, under 25s are increasingly favouring the Tories. So generationally, it'll swing back at some point.

There's divergence between men and women too:

twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1750849189834022932

twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1750849197421601160

twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1750849207567593523

Poland has the same, shown in studies but also it's just extremely evident when talking to folk that the women are generally way more liberally minded

[Benzin]

Probably because it would seem most young men are obsessed with twats like Andrew Tate telling them they're not real men because of silly things like monogamy and women's rights.

[Qikz]

twitter.com/i/status/1780567186836246565

[Gideon]

https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/19/sunak-to-cite-britains-sicknote-culture-in-bid-to-overhaul-fit-note-system

Super psyched that disabled people/people on benefits are back in the firing line, it feels almost nostalgic. As the grandchild of an immigrant I feel so special, having so much attention paid to me

[Moggy]

https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/19/sunak-to-cite-britains-sicknote-culture-in-bid-to-overhaul-fit-note-system

Super psyched that disabled people/people on benefits are back in the firing line, it feels almost nostalgic. As the grandchild of an immigrant I feel so special, having so much attention paid to me

Channel 4 realising they might be able to revive Benefits Street:

[Squinty]

Punching down is part of our culture

[rinks]

The number of MPs standing down at the next election has reached 100!

63 of them are rats leaving the Tory ship.

[Moggy]

The number of MPs standing down at the next election has reached 100!

63 of them are rats leaving the Tory ship.

Shame it's not 650.

[Oblomov Boblomov]

The number of MPs standing down at the next election has reached 100!

63 of them are rats leaving the Tory ship.

Shame it's not 650.

Moggy confirming he wants to see 650 Reform UK MPs elected this year .