Politics Thread 7: Dishy Rishi's Cabinet of Horrors

[Moggy]

Ahh yes, immigration status is the real story here.

[rinks]

Also, are we really expected to believe that a Tory MP couldn't get his hands on five grand? (Bearing in mind an MP's monthly salary alone is £7500.)

[poshrule_uk]

He did get his hands on it, that's what they do, they lie and cheat before they think they are above the law.

[rinks]

But I mean, from his own accounts.

[BID0]

But I mean, from his own accounts.

Why spend your own money when you can spend someone else’s. I think that was something Margaret Thatcher said anyway.

[Moggy]

Also, are we really expected to believe that a Tory MP couldn't get his hands on five grand? (Bearing in mind an MP's monthly salary alone is £7500.)

Depends how much he's spending on prostitutes each month.

[Godzilla]

"Rent boy lover refused entry three times"

They knew what they were doing with that headline.

[Garth]

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[Rex Kramer]

Sounds to me like every week he delays the GE, the less votes they're getting. He certainly can't wait until December in case there's a cold snap before that shuffles off a bunch of his support.

[Moggy]

British people really hate their grandkids.

[Squinty]

Nothing they can do will make them look electable next time. If they had any sense, they'd take the defeat as soon as possible and try to rebuild their image.

I obviously hope they fail hard at this.

[Rex Kramer]

There is a generation that spent their childhood being repeatedly told how easy they have it because their parents lived through a war. Its no surprise that a lot of them are bitter and seem insistent on making everyone else's existence as difficult as possible.

[rinks]

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

[Victor Mildew]

There is a generation that spent their childhood being repeatedly told how easy they have it because their parents lived through a war. Its no surprise that a lot of them are bitter and seem insistent on making everyone else's existence as difficult as possible.

There's also the direct comparison they have with their parents having stupidly cheap mortgages with comparatively high wages, coupled with low cost of living. Then when they get to the age where they should be able to have the same things, absolutely everything is out of reach unless mummy and daddy bail them out, which a lot of them won't because they got theirs and strawberry float you. Seeing them hoard wealth like smaugh and the Tories enabling that behaviour does nothing.

You have the tories assuming the people with these well of parents will naturally want to follow, which they won't. Bunch of banana splits, get the strawberry floaters out.

[Moggy]

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

Eventually it will of course, but it won't be the under 25s that do it, unless we are talking about many many decades in the future.

[Moggy]

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

Utter banana split of a generation.

[rinks]

Worryingly high in 50-64 too. Which is where I am. I might need to cancel myself.

[Moggy]

Worryingly high in 50-64 too. Which is where I am. I might need to cancel myself.

At least Tory + Reform is less than 50% in your age group.

When it's over 50%, we will have to ban you. Just to be safe.

[Grumpy David]

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:

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[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……