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How many more ways to fuck up the country can this government invent?

I’m 58 and have never ever seen a government so full of lying, corrupt twats who just don’t give a shit.

And as l grew up under Thatchet l think that’s saying something! It’s like a horror show watching them.

Except, it wasn’t very long ago, you didn’t need a visa to work in 27 other countries. You could just get a job and go. You could retire to Spain, Italy or France. Your children could study in other countries. This got taken away from 60 million people by 17.4million people who believed the bloated, corrupt liar who is currently our PM.

Under no objective measure can the tories be seen as safe with the economy.

Unfortunately people still believe the spin.

bUt jErOmBlY cRoMbLyN

Agreed on all points. Fifth richest nation in the world! We could do with a huge shift in attitudes around tax as well. Government spending has to be kept under control, obviously, but a lot of it is absolutely essential for a healthy developed economy/society to function, and it needs proper funding. That comes from tax. If tax was re-labelled 'Services subscription' or something like that, I wonder if people would be less keen on avoiding it and if the rich would part with their fair share rather than spend a small fortune on tax advisers to find ways not to pay.

The gap between rich and poor in this country is a disgrace. It should be getting smaller, not larger. In this respect the US is a very poor model for us. Also, social mobility is going backwards. When I was growing up in the 1960s and 1970s we were in an unparalleled period where people who'd grown up in lower income households were finally getting decent health care and education thanks to the Welfare State and were moving on to university and professional jobs. Unfortunately many of them kicked the ladder away behind them so their own children, brought up in the affluent middle class, would be OK. And now we're back to Old Etonians seeing power as their right.

I used to be such a news hound in my 20s, 30s, 40s…. And at the grand old age of 55, I can only muster enough enthusiasm to flick through the front pages on my news app.

The press are utterly corrosive.

I thought that being an MP or PM for that matter came more from a vocational need to serve the people and our country. It came from the heart, like teachers, doctors and nurses. You didn’t do it for the money… or at least the money came second.

It was your chance to change people’s lives for the better, to show leadership and lead by example.

I see NONE of that.

God forbid we'd have had a national education service with people now needing to retrain as the economy shifts post covid

God forbid broadband would have been seen as an essential service and provided to people free/low cost during a national crisis that had kids for school and adults for work relying on it

God forbid more money would have been put in the NHS at a time of crisis and that we would at least have remained in the customs union and single market to mitigate some of the Brexit lunacy

God forbid our power infrastructure would have been nationalised and taken away the profit of these energy companies that are now charging the earth to provide another essential service

God forbid our public transport would have been nationalise during our current fuel crisis while that doesn't help everyone out but would have at least saved some people from spending the extortionate amount they have to just to work

God forbid building more houses and not dragging out one of Thatchers disgusting policies from the 70's to decimate even more of our housing stock

I doubt vegan, cycling Corbyn would have broken his own lock down rules to party in number 10 tbh

As with Brexit us devolved nations get whatever shite the English want YES CYMRU

Agree with you OP. We’re in a terrible place yet people will still back the government. I despair!

I think its worse than that. I think the quality of aĺl of our politicians of whatever flavour is at an all time low, not just the tories.

Can you point me towards the markers of this massive recession/depression?
As I'm not seeing it.
The jobs market is bursting at the seams, and the roads and airports are full of people carrying out their economic business.

My business in my industry is booming, in fact, the whole industry is booming.
Dp's industry booming, however, they are having trouble recruiting and those they have recruited are already behaving like twats.
Both new starts have had a day of sickness in the first month.
If it was up to me they'd be sacked.

It’s been all over the news!

Hrpuffnstuff1 I presume you don’t read a newspaper (other than the Sun or the Mail), or watch the news because otherwise you’d be aware of the facts re our economy.

It’s been all over the news!

And not just in the UK, it's affecting much of the world.

Dp's industry booming, however, they are having trouble recruiting and those they have recruited are already behaving like twats.
Both new starts have had a day of sickness in the first month
If it was up to me they'd be sacked*
Lets hope they take advantage of the large numbers of job vacancies and leave then. People can’t help being ill

Britain is predicted to grow the least of all the wealthy nations and has the highest inflation rate.

And you may be not seeing it yet

But wait till October…

Let’s be honest here, nearly everyone complaining that they have lost the right to work in the EU would never have tried, and of those who would most still can.

Maybe stop voting for the corrupt cretins..? Just a thought.

Let’s be honest here, nearly everyone complaining that they have lost the right to work in the EU would never have tried, and of those who would most still can.

If they are prepared to jump through hoops to do so.

But let's have more honesty - most people don't want to do a lot of things but we don't stop those who do want to do them. Take for example, study medicine - I had no ambition whatever to study that, but do think we need to encourage those people who do want to do so.

Unfortunately we're back to the state of a horrendous Tory party (except they're much, much worse) who can do what they choose because there is no effective or electable opposition. I, like many other traditional Labour voters, am completely politically homeless, there currently isn't a party that I want to vote for. When I vote, it will be for my current MP because she's a good MP and we're a red constituency so it won't be significant. If I was in a borderline constituency though where my vote might actually count, I don't know what I'd do.

Mostly they don’t.

@JustAnotherPoster00 I wonder how many Labour voters, like Brexit voters, who listened to the crap of mainstream media and decided he would drag us into communism have their heads in their hands and are thinking, if only. It's not only that people voted Tory, they didn't vote Labour and we're all paying.

I want to take to take to the streets now- I’ve had enough!!

I’ve never protested before against any government. I’m not aligned to any party. But I feel this is building up to a summer of protest- like the poll tax uprising which brought down Thatcher.

I would love it if us mums rise up and take to the streets. I think that would be powerful

@Vikki69 ''who would you rather have?''

Someone who isn't an incompetent, narcissistic, dangerous liar would be a good start.

But seriously if you think Johnson is the best we can get you need to rethink...a goldfish who just had a lobotomy would do better than the current PM...

NotKev companies and universities in the EU will take on EU nationals over having to go through the visa process for a UK national. I’ve already seen it happen in my industry.

It’s the reason my dc are now dual UK/EU nationals so they can apply for courses or jobs in the EU should they wish.

You know things are bad when you think back to your childhood politicians - Thatcher, Lamont, Britton, Douglas Hurd, Ken Baker, Chris Patten, Ken Clarke ... and they seem like statespeople!

I mean we were not a Tory household - my father would have cut off his own arm before he voted for thatcher...but still!

I despair at the Tory children running this country into the ground, they have such limited intellect and a non functioning moral compass. However, people voted them in, they wanted personalities rather than capabilities 🤷🏻‍♀️