Updated: Boris resigns as party leader

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Chris

On the plus side, things are looking up for the domestic cheese industry.

Bet she can't find another country where 98% of the population are lactose intolerant but love cheese

[Paddy1]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Surely, they should have the same spending power?

If you want total equality, that’s the road you would take. Unfortunately, the equality warriors are not wired to apply common sense.

Surely, this should apply to pensions too, yes?

Originally Posted by Paddy1

Surely, this should apply to pensions too, yes?

Think how much that would save the taxpayer! Pensions is a huge bill. Truss should try it.

[GrimUpNorth]

Originally Posted by Damien

Think how much that would save the taxpayer! Pensions is a huge bill. Truss should try it.

I wonder what percentage of the paid up Conservative membership is of pension age .

[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by Damien

Liz Truss has backtracked on her plan to pay civil servants outside of London less: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62390016



Tories outside of London clearly concerned how a paycut (or small pay rises) in the North would be perceived by voters.

She was being silly in the first place. Isn't levelling up supposed to do away with regional salaries? Joining the dots seems not to be her bag.

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Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth

I wonder what percentage of the paid up Conservative membership is of pension age .

You'll be a pensioner one day, irrespective of any party membership or support.

[pip08456]

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Bet she can't find another country where 98% of the population are lactose intolerant but love cheese

Do you have a link for that?

Sunak wants to class anyone who 'hates' or 'vilifies' Britain as extremists who'll be targetted by anti-terrorism laws. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...proposals.html

The former chancellor said he would extend the Government’s definition of ‘extremism’ to include those who attack British values and ‘our very existence’ if he becomes prime minister.

Not a slippery slope at all.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by pip08456

Do you have a link for that?

Pretty sure you were given one the last time you badgered me on this during the brexit transition period thread, not sure why you're so fascinated by Japanese toiletry habits but it's well known between 70%- 98% are lactose intolerant and when you think about it for a moment it's not surprising, they haven't had thousands of years to get used to the joys of dairy, the fact they love it regardless says more about their strength of character than the cleanliness of their toilets imo

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

What like when she encouraged people to illegally fight in Ukraine you mean

She's a car crash and the perfect figure head for that shower of a parliamentary party

Every politician makes gaffes. Labour isn’t immune, so don’t kid yourself.

Liz Truss should turn out to be a fine PM.

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Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth

So it's not levelling up anymore, it's levelling down. I take it from your comment you'd quite like the idea of building walls. However, instead of getting all political about it, tell me what level of universal disposable income should we aim for? How much are you willing to sacrifice so you're equal to the people in the most deprived areas of the country? Many of those people you think should be behind a wall are really struggling and many of them work for organisations which already pay the same poultry wage across the county. So tell me, in your socialist utopia where everyone is paid the right amount for their area, just how little is enough?

As I said, the proposed policy was about spending power. The principle has already been established with London Weighting. It’s just developing on that theme.

You don’t seem to understand that the glaring disparity between public and private sector wages in deprived areas is what keeps companies from investing in these areas. Ultimately, as more companies establish themselves in these deprived areas, they will become wealthier parts of the UK and wages will rise naturally.

This is what people with a Left-wing disposition just don’t get. They’d rather see deprived areas remain deprived so the inhabitants will vote Labour. The signs are that red wall populations are beginning to grasp that Labour’s approach is keeping them down.

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Originally Posted by Mr K

Than where? There are some equally expensive places 'up norf', with poorer public transport and more expensive commuting options. Variations within regions can be massive, between run down city suburbs and posh rural areas.
The whole concept is nuts as the nutty woman has had to admit herself. Hardly 'levelling up' was it?

Maybe she should do thinking first. Top tip that. Must be the biggest and quickest u turn by somebody who hasn't even ot the job yet.....

As expensive as London? No way, Mr K!

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Originally Posted by Paddy1

Surely, this should apply to pensions too, yes?

Yes. But local government and civil service pensions are based on salary, so that is taken care of in any case.

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Originally Posted by Damien

Sunak wants to class anyone who 'hates' or 'vilifies' Britain as extremists who'll be targetted by anti-terrorism laws. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...proposals.html

.

Some on here had better watch it, then!

[pip08456]

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Pretty sure you were given one the last time you badgered me on this during the brexit transition period thread, not sure why you're so fascinated by Japanese toiletry habits but it's well known between 70%- 98% are lactose intolerant and when you think about it for a moment it's not surprising, they haven't had thousands of years to get used to the joys of dairy, the fact they love it regardless says more about their strength of character than the cleanliness of their toilets imo

I'm not interested in Japan. Your comment was in reply to a UK issue.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Every politician makes gaffes. Labour isn’t immune, so don’t kid yourself.

Liz Truss should turn out to be a fine PM.[COLOR="Silver"]

A gaffe makes you look stupid, inciting people to break the law or indeed giving a hostile nation the ability to imprison one of our citizens longer isn't a gaffe, it's careless negligence and highlights exactly how inappropriate these people are for the office they hold

Originally Posted by pip08456

I'm not interested in Japan. Your comment was in reply to a UK issue.

Actually my comment was about the future pm and her Japanese cheese deal, anymore inane questions, no, good

[Itshim]

Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth

Who would have thought that when we need 40,000 nurses, 50,000 doctors, 6,000 police officers, 100,000 care workers etc that the best way to recruit them would be to cut the salary? Only the caring conservatives think that much of 'hard working people'. They really should be ashamed that one of the 'best' 2 candidates for the top job suggested it and that nobody saw there'd be a backlash. Wow, just wow.

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Why don't we build a big wall round the poorer areas while we're at it, you know to keep the riffraff in?

Yes please

[GrimUpNorth]

Originally Posted by Itshim

Yes please

Or maybe build the walls round the richer areas?

[daveeb]

Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth

Or maybe build the walls round the richer areas?

They seem to do that already especially in the US, with an armed security guard on the gates for good measure.

[GrimUpNorth]

Originally Posted by daveeb

They seem to do that already especially in the US, with an armed security guard on the gates for good measure.

We came close to buying a house in a gated community but Mrs G raised the good point of why do 2 people need a house with 4 bathrooms. I think we're much happier where we ended up - surrounded by normal people who don't think their something special.