Thread 24 Starmer -Casting the net wider

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Farming can be a v stressful business, long before this IHT announcement.

Additional support was needed long ago now, its good they will be getting it.

Everyone has to pay IHT, inc family businesses, if above the TH, Farmers have a very generous scheme to work within.

One thing i've learnt though is Farmers are never happier than when they are complaining.

and you've proved that point derxa

I love how no one reads these threads and realise how politically diverse we are but come form threads aimed at one train of conversation to accuse us of having one train of conversation on a thread they could read and discover otherwise on.

I think the only thing we have in common without question politically is a disgust at reform!

We’re not keen on Tories either @itsgettingweird!

Probably. I mean I quite like using all the cliches as a kind of leftie bingo. It’s “time for the top political cliches this week for the polenta thread”

Diane Abbott not content - tick

Keir Starmer acts like service humanoid - tick

Jeremy Corbyn expresses concern - tick

New entry “Nigel Farage goes on holiday”

Ed Davey is seen on rollercoaster -
tick

Kemi the Bad bad Badenoch tells everyone they haven’t thought about things as much she has but she won’t tell you yet - tick

Falling out of this threads top ten - Boris Johnson, Suella Braverman and Jacob Rees Mogg

See you later, pop pickers

I agree. At present I am disappointed in Labour, worried about Reform, still disgusted at the Tories and somewhat bemused by the Lib Dems.

You've just reminded me that I need to have polenta again soon.

Thanks a bunch. I now have the popicker's theme in my head. And what a cracking tune it is.

Mmm....haven't had polenta for ages. Might consider it for next week's meal plan.

Oh dear, the Starmer private school thread has just gone properly bonkers!

It has!

Well, Reform did dangle 20% tax relief on fees in front of them.
I’m sure Farage will offer similar again.

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I’m currently disgusted at the Tories too. As a centric voter the true one nation Tories have some alliance with my politics. Not this current lot. And certainly have no alliance with my Tory MP!

Labour will be plonked in that category if Starmer goes any further right than he is currently. I want Labour to be Labour.

I hope Carla remains in the greens. I think I’m going there next!!!

Im going to be taking this swinging voter lark to a whole new level 😉

It always does. It's always bonkers.

I do wonder if Labour would ever look at proportional representation.
I don't think they would have anything to lose, and it would certainly be something radical.

Reform wouldn't oppose it.

It would just add an interesting mix to our politics.

Personally I love when a PM does a U Turn. It's a politics.

And no way is it a win for Reform either, because Andrea Jenkyns supported the means tested WFA.

Full disclosure - I'm not sure what polenta is or what it is for.

its a bit of self deprecating humour about the Blair years. Polenta is Italian peasant food by origin, but got elevated during the Blair years in rather expensive Islington restaurants. It’s basically porridge

I think it's yellow but that might be cous cous? I have very basic food tastes...

Yes it’s yellow. So too is cous cous

Well done Spurs from an Arsenal household.

Well, that's just silly.

Polenta is made from maize. Cous cous is a form of wheat. Both can be used in sweet as well as savoury dishes - to class it as porridge isn't doing it justice. Polenta makes a fabulous lemon cake for people who are gluten free. Cous cous is a great carrier of salads (basically you can dress it with salad dressings, add things like cherry tomatoes, nuts and seeds, crumbled feta etc.) and it is also delicious with Moroccan style casseroles.

I came home from choir and my menfolk were running around the living room shouting and hugging. And yet complaining.

It's very hard to ever know if Spurs fans are actually happy.

You lost me at maize...

But I think I may have actually had it in cake!