This country is doomed

There is, but younger generations seem to be rejecting it.

There is a growing tendency to prioritise health, both physical and mental.

I guess I'm just left wondering if they have it at least partly right?

Keir Starmer has all the charm of a robot. Pre AI.

David Peckham, I so agree with your post!
The Greens have elected a leader who resonates with the younger voters by being personable ( Hannah Spencer seems like this too)
If it’s real or not , I don’t know , but it seems to have worked. I don’t agree with their policies, but for some politicians to have the gift of appearing to be your friend seems to work. For all his many faults , Boris Johnson had that gift ( as does Andy burnham)
Unfortunately it’s passed Sir Keir starmer by!

I have hardly posted in the last month, but if I am commenting it’s because of the laughable things you are writing that stick out like a sore thumb among other posts.

And which “anti-semitic policies” is Polanski shooting himself in the head with?

Same but it’s an odd point to make when the use of first names is so common and widespread. Some people wouldn’t even know who you meant if you said Johnson, so ubiquitous has Boris become.

Yep - Reform seem really bitter at tactical voting but they just need to accept it and take the L on this.

The basics as I see it are that both labour and conservative have failed their core voters. Neither have delivered what the centre right or centre left want and have become a jumbled mess of who knows what. Neither party has any soul. I’m very much a god king and country type but the conservatives are no longer that. Equally if you are a traditional labour voter all you’ve seen is rich Islington elites pushing trans rights and free Palestine at the expense of what matters to you trying to make ends meet day to day. Both parties have completely lost their core values and voting base, and this is why there is the huge political shift happening in this country.

So, in steps reform and the Green Party. Reform’s tactics are pretty easy to understand - sell the Britain first message and restore national pride. This will appeal to huge numbers of voters who are tired of being called racist or nazi for being concerned about large scale unchecked immigration that has seen public services and traditional communities ripped apart. They were promised that Brexit would deliver control of our borders but in reality it has achieved nothing of the sort.

And then the Green’s. I can see the strategic playbook a mile off. Align yourself with Palestine and trans rights and attract vast swathes of voters to your cause. A home for the guardianista academic types who would have traditionally voted labour married uncomfortably to at the very least conservative Islam, if not radical, and of course the woke elements of the current culture wars. Clever really. Does this voting base care about deforestation or the plight of polar bears? Some might but who really cares, the greens are tired of having no seats in parliament and this is their opportunity given the void left by the traditional Labour Party. They are debating shortly on whether Zionism should be equated with racism, and in essence supporting a single Palestinian state which will eradicate Israel and align the Green Party with the stated goals of Hamas. This motion is being tabled by Lubna Speitan a member of various pro-Palestinian groups. This is the same Hamas lest we forget who raped and slaughtered women and babies amongst others on October 7th 2023. Make no mistake that this is antisemitism dressed up with blonde hair and a green jacket.

Support who you want but do it with your eyes open.

Well I do. I never refer to politicians that way on here. I would either use only the surname or the first name and surname.

“I like Greens, I like living in an ideological fantasy world!”

There is a middle ground that most of us manage to find though.

Well it is quite concerning. The greens are fucking crazy. And so are reform.

So…. 🫣

WHERE ARE THE NORMAL PEOPLE

alright let’s just get a Trump in? I’m sure that will help the country. knock it off will you. Reformat a hateful divisive party

Presumably you feel the same about all the posts about Kemi, Ange and Rachel from Accounts?

THAT. IS. WHAT. FARAGE. WANTS.

He is working from the Trump play book!

He dreams of reducing our rights and fleecing us blind, all while his billionaire pals buy up housing and high streets and force us online, where they get to fleece us all over again!

Pure scum.

I genuinely think this is a societal issue.

It's too much of a sweeping generalisation to make the claim that 'young people don't want to get their hands dirty' - something that was said to me this week by a garage owner who can't find mechanics or trainees - and that all they want is to be influencers or famous BUT there is a down trend in young people going into trades .

They are also shunning roles in which they are expected to work long hours for trial periods or low wages and when in work they are sticking to working hours and taking days off for reasons such as 'mental health days'.

The question is - are they right? Is it actually OK that older generations have run themselves into the ground and suffered mentally due to the stresses of the workplace? Have we had the balance wrong and they have a point?

I'm honestly torn on this one.

Either way, what we know for sure is that Farage is an absolute boot licker for big business and OBVIOUSLY would clap his trotters together at the notion of reducing minimum wage for ANYONE.

Again - NOT on the side of the workers!

It makes me cringe when people say, “Hannah” as if they know her. As if she’s their friend. As if she’s the popular girl they want to hang out with.

Both beat Labour. I agree it’s good stuff.

The Greens stopped Reform winning. What's not to like?

I am thrilled the Greens won. I really like Hannah.

The way Keir has behaved towards the greens (and not Reform) during this campaign, and following the result has really shown his true colours and that it was never about right vs left, it’s about the rich vs the rest of us! He is spiralling and I’m here for it.

Without corroborative evidence I wouldn't come to any conclusion at all.

Cheer up 😁. Could be worse like living in Trump's USA 🤯

I didn't say they were perfect but at least you get a consensus and not so much of the sweeping changes every four years costing millions of pounds because a different party is in and they have completely different opinions.
We need cross party agreement on Health, Education, Transport and Energy but under the system we have we'd never get it

That's talking about the Green Party Council, not the leadership.

Edit: I was dead wrong, my bad. The same text is repeated.

Two cases involving Shahrar Ali, and more cases pending or in the crowd funding stage.

Many others have been expelled for completely sensible gender critical views, but for perfectly understandable reasons haven't all decided to take court action.

But the key question is- why would I vote for a party that would expel me as a member?