Who is playing "things can only get better"?

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Good on them

agree !

Larry the cat came out of the door when the post speech interviews were taking place by the media. I was really hoping he would lick his bum. That would have rounded things off nicely

Boris Johnson didn’t even bother trying to hide his utter contempt and hatred for people in this country, whether they voted for him or not.

It was funny!

Well, we had the longest period of sustained low inflation since the 60s, low mortage rates, the National Minimum Wage, 14,000 more police, crime rate cut by 32%, record levels of literacy and numeracy in schools, 36,000 more teachers, 85,000 more nurses, 32,000 more doctors, heart disease deaths down by 150,000 and cancer deaths down by 50,000, paternity leave, Sure Start Childrens Centres, the introduction of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, 600,000 children lifted out of relative poverty, 1 million social homes brought up to standard, 1.8 million people helped to find jobs, free entry to national museums and galleries.

That's where we ended up. That's what can be done if you have the will and invest in the country instead of lining your mates pockets.

Yes.. and the fact that so many of the Labour supporters on these threads think that it was ‘genius’, is another indication.

Two words- Liz Truss! ...things can only get better.

It wasn’t for my family so I’m coming from my own experience. They’re all egotistical and totally out of touch with reality. Happy to be proven wrong. Didn’t the last Labour government end with a financial disaster? Am I miss remembering?

We're royally fucked however we vote.

But No More Tories.

Ewww. Just had to check out who Steve Bray is!! OMG.... he's that cringey knob who wasted many of my morning news watching.
Knighthood? Really. WTAF!!!!!!

You are 'miss remembering'.

The Labour government was not responsible for the 2008 recession. The recession was caused by the housing bubble bursting in the US which led to subsequent financial crises in other countries.

I'm busy singing D:Ream. Ear worm!

I remember my DF saying 'do yourself a favour, vote Labour'.

They're all crooks. All of them. None of them know what it is to live in reality. They're all part of the 'old boys club', back handers and 'favours'. Commercial deals with their mates that they have payback in dividends.

They have no fucking idea what every day life is like.

My dad was made redundant twice and not able to access benefits that would support a family of 4 including a dc at uni. £94 a fortnight simply wasn’t enough. My family were the poorest they’d ever been so I remember it well. We were sold a dream but it didn’t come up fruition. The Labour Party took out more loans than they could afford but sure. If it was so great why didn’t the electorate keep them in power?

I'm so sorry to hear that your family had a hard time then @TeenLifeMum .

So many people are struggling now under this government too. I fear for them if change doesn't happen.

Labour were in power for 13 years so the electorate did repeatedly vote to keep them in power.

Oh wow, I totally didn't get that this was a stunt. I thought the Tories were doing it and for some reason hadn't fixed the sound quality. Ha ha ha. Silly me 😀

who?
just checking

It's been in my head ALL afternoon now! Good tune though

I work in the nhs so this isn’t me defending the government! They haven’t given us any clue what our April 2024 pay rise will be, they delayed it, then have called an election before nurses strike even we don’t get the rise plus back pay in September (this is my speculation). Twats.

I'd take the noughties back with arms open wide, thank you!

That cunt is the reason I will never, ever, vote Labour.

The music just reminds me of when Tony Blair won in 1997 and what a shit show that turned out to be.

All politicians are the same, no matter which party. Things will never get better.

@TeenLifeMum I agree. Relevant to your post, I think a lot of people either don't know, don't remember, or don't care that it was the last Labour governments who first introduced the more punitive benefits system that harmed people like your dad.

I can't stand that song and now I've bloody got it stuck in my head!

Be great if things really did get better this time but so far I'm not convinced (but would love to be proved wrong).

Yeah, fake weapons of mass destruction, wars, the introduction of student fees and loans with ever increasing interest, the first steps towards the privatisation of the NHS, the introduction of a tax credit system that trapped people on benefits and gave employers the ability to not pay a living wage. Such strong left wing politics and all capped off with a global financial crisis. Golden times.

Because they always run us into near bankruptcy...

My DH has had successful cancer treatment in the last year and I can't thank the NHS (including you!) enough for looking after him so well. I wish you were treated better and hope your pay rise comes soon.

Having lived through the last Labour government things were generally much better then and that is what I am hoping for from the general election...for nurses and for all of us.