Local Elections 2026

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by Damien

I still think part of the problem is that no one is honest about the challenges the country faces and the trade-offs that need to be made. It's easy for people to be cynical about politics and believe populist policies from the Greens and Reform if they think there are easy ways to fix the problems in the country that successive governments have just decided not to do.

The lack of real growth since 2008 is killing us.

if the bone idle got jobs instead of handouts things might change

[Mr K]

Originally Posted by papa smurf

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if the bone idle got jobs instead of handouts things might change

Ageing population, triple lock, the young increasingly disengaged from a country stacked against them.

Plus the 2016 suicide note at the ballot box. The same mugs are falling for the same guy that sold them that. As much as they want to blame politicians, there's nobidy to blame but themselves.Thats why the country is screwed. RIP the UK.

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by Mr K;36215173[B

]Ageing population, triple lock[/B], the young increasingly disengaged from a country stacked against them.

Plus the 2016 suicide note at the ballot box. The same mugs are falling for the same guy that sold them that. As much as they want to blame politicians, there's nobidy to blame but themselves.Thats why the country is screwed. RIP the UK.

i see you're still envious of pensioners,and still sour about brexit.

Originally Posted by papa smurf

i see you're still envious of pensioners,and still sour about brexit.

Yep, that green streak is still showing, next to the grapes.

You can advocate for the triple-lock. I would keep it until at least our pensions match those of some European countries, but you would have to pay for it. If it keeps increasing beyond the growth needed to pay for it, then it will take up an increasing percentage of our budget.