Reform UK's chronicles

[Itshim]

Loving this
Farage goes through some of the party's victories so far and congratulates the Reform UK candidates who have now been elected - notably the county council in Durham, a Labour heartland.

"I would advise anyone working for Durham County Council on climate change initiatives, or diversity, equity and inclusion, or thinks they can go on working from home, I think you all better really be seeking alternative careers very, very quickly."

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by Itshim

Loving this
Farage goes through some of the party's victories so far and congratulates the Reform UK candidates who have now been elected - notably the county council in Durham, a Labour heartland.

"I would advise anyone working for Durham County Council on climate change initiatives, or diversity, equity and inclusion, or thinks they can go on working from home, I think you all better really be seeking alternative careers very, very quickly."

Should make some good savings there once all that is in the bin

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Itshim

Loving this
Farage goes through some of the party's victories so far and congratulates the Reform UK candidates who have now been elected - notably the county council in Durham, a Labour heartland.

"I would advise anyone working for Durham County Council on climate change initiatives, or diversity, equity and inclusion, or thinks they can go on working from home, I think you all better really be seeking alternative careers very, very quickly."

Councils are pretty lean, having their funding halved since 2010 and seeing increased demand for adult social care so I doubt there's any fat to cut.

A touch hypocritical of Five Jobs to criticise people working from home given he's a rare visitor to his own constituency.

[Jaymoss]

Round my way 7 out of 8 council seats went to reform and the 8th to the greens

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by Jaymoss

Round my way 7 out of 8 council seats went to reform and the 8th to the greens

The greens are all barking mad

Whats wrong with Working from Home ?

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Paul

Whats wrong with Working from Home ?

Farage and Musk say it's woke but practice it themselves. They seem to trust themselves to work from home but not their underlings.

[Sirius]

Well the Labour and Conservative supporters will have sensed a disturbance in the Force today. No matter how they frame their arguments for and against a given party they should start to be concerned.

Personally i hope come the next election both Labour and the Conservatives are given the kicking they deserve. I already know who i will vote for unless there is a similar disturbance in the force but somehow i cannot see it happening. The conservatives are going to need a total rebuild from the ground up, Labour have pissed off to many pensioners over the Winter fuel theft and if rumours are to be true they are about to stab the disabled in the back as well.Numbers wise that a sizeable chunk of voters

Originally Posted by Sirius

Well the Labour and Conservative supporters will have sensed a disturbance in the Force today. No matter how they frame their arguments for and against a given party they should start to be concerned.

Personally i hope come the next election both Labour and the Conservatives are given the kicking they deserve. I already know who i will vote for unless there is a similar disturbance in the force but somehow i cannot see it happening. The conservatives are going to need a total rebuild from the ground up, Labour have pissed off to many pensioners over the Winter fuel theft and if rumours are to be true they are about to stab the disabled in the back as well.Numbers wise that a sizeable chunk of voters

It's not a rumour. They're looking to reduce PIP payments.

[1andrew1]

Good graphic from the FT showing the winners and losers in the council elections. The Conservative losses and Reform gains are almost equal.

[Jaymoss]

Originally Posted by Damien

It's not a rumour. They're looking to reduce PIP payments.

I thought the cuts were just no yearly increases for a long time so effective cuts rather than dropping the amounts?

[Pierre]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

I'd hardly call the Labour Party left wing, the Lib Dems are the nearest we have (in the major parties) to a left wing party these days. You are right though, at the moment Labour seem on course to piss off as many people as possible.

They’re all left of centre, apart (at the face of it) from Reform.

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Councils are pretty lean.

There you go again, you comedy genius you,

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Farage and Musk say it's woke but practice it themselves.

Just proves what morons they are.

Our company has moved out of a huge 4 floor office block they leased into a single floor in a smaller building as 90% WFH now.
For the changeover, which is taking about 4 weeks, they told everyone to WFH if possible.

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In the meantime Reform took control of almost everything around me, they took Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire & Staffordshire, they also took the most seats in Leicestershire, but were 3 short of overall control (needed 28, got 25).

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Pierre

There you go again, you comedy genius you,

If you understood the smallest thing about the impact of adult social care costs on councils and the tough funding choices they make, you would be somewhat less generous in your 'praise'.

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Originally Posted by Pierre

They’re all left of centre, apart (at the face of it) from Reform.

Your ability to make me chuckle never ceases with this little gem. So you're now inviting forum members to join you in your Lewis Carrollesque world in which the Party that threatened to send unlawful immigrants to Rwanda is to be viewed as 'left of centre'. I think you've been watching too much Maga TV!

[Pierre]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

If you understood the smallest thing about the impact of adult social care

. I’ve built a annexe to my home to house my Mother in Law as she was diagnosed with dementia four years ago. I am well versed in the Adult care …….or should I say the lack of it.

tough funding choices they make

is that why half of them are bankrupt.

Your ability to make me chuckle never ceases with this little gem. So you're now inviting forum members to join you in your Lewis Carrollesque world in which the Party that threatened to send unlawful immigrants to Rwanda is to be viewed as 'left of centre'. I think you've been watching too much Maga TV!

Also the party that let them all in, and a practice happily continued by the slightly leftier party that followed.