Labour isn't working - Thread 8

[TheNuthatch]

A chat thread for those who don't like this Labour government.

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.

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One migrant and they've had to cancel it 😂😂

Well, well, well. Can't say I'm surprised. France must be laughing so hard right now. It's embarrassing

Dont be like that TNh - Starmer is smashing the gangs, ok?

So, it’s actually 1000 in - zero out.

Got it.

That's too fucking funny 🤣🤣

ONE bloke and the lawyers have stopped the flight 🤣🤣🤣

It’s simply beyond parody - they need to bring back the original non-woke version of Spitting Image, pronto.

One! Poor person, the pressure to be the one Starmer needs to go for votes

Glad it got cancelled, ha

OMFG!

It is like that isn’t it, I try and find the funny side to prevent myself slowly losing the will to carry on.

This is why Reform will win the next election.

Starmer should dig out his old peruke and go back to being a virtuous twat for a living. I'm sure it's still in his dressing up box somewhere.

Yes! Spitting image would have a field day with this lot.
You've cheered me right up tonight, thank you. I needed a giggle after today.

Me too. I have to laugh on those dark days. Its a coping mechanism 😁

@GabrielsOboe the truth is we don't know howany are coming in ,not everyone coming in is presenting for the hotels etc. many have links here and meet friend and family ,slip away
We still have stow aways in lorries etc
So I bet that 1000 is a conservative estimate

Yes, sorry - it was for ratio, more than accuracy.

That explains why they've all been so shifty about how many migrants, and when. It was just one bloke and he's going nowhere! 😂

We are due to receive migrants from France on Saturday according to reports.

I read several reports over the weekend saying there woukd be 100 migrants returned by plane to Paris today. What happened to the other 99? This whole one in one out is just more predictable Labour shambles, I fully expect we will end up taking loads and deporting none,

So 1 in 1 out has turned into "yes, we'll take a load extra. No need for you to take any in return"

Utter fiasco.

UK could raise nearly £2bn by taxing SUVs in line with European countries, study shows

Thinktank says an ‘SUV loophole’ means UK buyers pay up to 20 times less tax on biggest models than in neighbouring nations.

The Transport & Environment thinktank has urged the government to use the autumn budget to bring in a levy on the largest vehicles, which it said would reflect the damage they caused to the environment and infrastructure.

Now Guardian.

First ‘one in, one out’ deportation flight reportedly takes off without migrants
Group of people who crossed Channel by boat understood not to have been on Air France plane after legal challenge

Nadeem Badshah
Mon 15 Sep 2025 23.46 BST
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The first flight to France carrying people who crossed the Channel under Keir Starmer’s “one in, one out” deal has not taken place as planned, according to reports.
A small group of individuals were removed from an Air France flight on Monday due to travel from Heathrow to Paris after a legal challenge, according to multiple newspaper reports.

The passenger flight went ahead without any people who crossed the Channel on board and is one of several throughout the week on which the Home Office has booked seats. A government source said the first deportation flights under the deal with France are expected to take place this week.

Lots of headlines about that this morning

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15101645/First-one-one-flight-France-deport-one-Channel-migrant-abandoned.html

£2B investment paused this year by Big Pharma

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/16/big-pharma-firms-uk-investment-trump-msd-eli-lilly-astrazeneca

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/15/first-one-in-one-out-deportation-flight-reportedly-takes-off-without-migrants

And, what with living in a previous Red Wall area, I already knew (Reform are capturing previous Labour strongholds):

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/16/labour-safe-seat-reform-constituency-knowsley-liverpool

Has anybody read the thread about the country being pushed to the far right?

I have so many responses / counter arguments I could make to respond to the comments made by voters on the left, but just can't be arsed to get into a debate. The sense of superiority emanating from some of them is just 🙄