Thread 43 Sunak - Seriously Scapegoating

[DuncinToffee]

Buckle up for the local elections 🍿

Previous thread here
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5059786-thread-42-sunak-ping-pong-with-the-enemies-of-the-people?page=40

Been away for the weekend for a reunion in St Andrews of my old hall of residence, so have a lot to catch up on (both at the reunion - 40 years! and these threads)

In the mean time, this is what my SIL was greeted with when she went in to feed the boys A suitable cat tax, methinks

Is it acceptable to pay Dog Duty rather than Cat Tax.

Definitely. Or a rabbit tithe.

Of course it is. We accept cats, dogs, vases and back passages too.

Here too. I’ll go along to cancel out my bloke’s vote.

Confirmed, he's not voting Tory!

Have we told Rwanda this?

Something I read ages ago seems to think Rwanda only had the capacity to process 100 a year. Quite. Lot of the 93,000 are going to be long dead by the time they get to the front of the queue.

PCC and district council elections here. Polling Station was quieter than GE but doing reasonable trade.

Shame to think today would have been the GE (under Fixed Term Parliaments Act) - would have made for a decent Bank Holiday weekend regardless of weather.

Got no pets, does this work as a poll tax?

I suspect this one would vote for whoever gave him a treat. Luckily he's 6 so too young to vote.

Regardless of capacity, Rwanda only has the intention to process "0" asylum seekers. And so far they are well up on that.

So I'm watching Tora! Tora! Tora! while recovering from dental surgery. I'm hoping it's not going to be Tory! Tory! Tory! in the mayoral elections later.

Sorry. Blame the painkillers! 💊 😀

All going well then...

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/02/minister-sorry-as-veterans-find-id-card-not-valid-for-english-elections?CMP=share_btn_url

Proud to report that DS2 voted in West Mids mayoral election today. I think he took along at least two housemates.

They could so easily expand the range of permitted ID, but that would undo its primary intent. Maybe this particular unintended consequence will focus minds.

I hope it’s the second thing Labour repeal once they get in.

It was widely predicted a while back that the sort of people who go "bloody well done" about voter ID were also exactly the sort of people who would never assume it would apply to them.

Tom Hunt should realise that if an MP struggles with voter ID then what about many others who are not in his fortunate position? ie having constituency staff who can help him out.

Quite how the Tories can introduce this policy and electoral commission go along with it when its sole purpose is to hinder the younger vote is a real scandal.

What gets me with the Tom Hunt debacle is that the solution is an emergency proxy vote.
There's absolutely nothing the ID requirement "solves" that couldn't have been achieved by asking people to bring their voter card with them instead. It's posted to every voter anyway, and shows you at least live there.

Great thread in site @IClaudine

https://twitter.com/charlotterlynch/status/1785978194635391231?t=eAAtHjKGj5_obwg2PlobFg&s=19

Protestors in Peckham surrounding a coach outside of a hotel which they believe is here to take migrants to the Bibby Stockholm.

Groups say they received ‘intelligence’ the coach was going to three other locations to pick people up & removals happening all over the country

....
BREAKING: The bus is gone 🚨

It’s empty and has been driven away by police. Arrests made as people tried to block it’s exit

Thank you piggy. I was in two minds about saying anything, but it has been so bad the last few days, I couldn't not.

I don't understand how Tom Hunt managed not to have ID, was he in a room with bad people and they confiscated his passport, driving licence etc?

I went and looked at the UC thread. Poisonous.

Yes well done IClaudine

I am not affected but the agenda is so obvious hence your title suggestions is so fitting