Thread 9 Burnham - Bruadar Oidhche Shamhna? Am faca tu tòn Farage?

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It certainly puts into perspective the current craze of Badenoch to cut welfare to fund defence.

Agree. There were numerous rumours circulation in 2020 about the Royal Family's distaste for Johnson.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

They are probably considering a VIP lane for work houses

Paying cat tax.

The correct word for Mr Johnson is traitor. He should have been charged with treason along with Jacob Rees-Mogg who went to Balmoral to get approval of the unlawful act.

Agree. It may also explain the opposition to asylum seekers being houses in empty Army barracks.

Better to have the feckless poor enclaved.

"Labour are already spending too much on Britain's welfare state, now is not the time for Andy Burnham to be providing global welfare" says Badenoch.

She just can't help herself, can she? It is possible, surely, to set out the argument against an apology without this sort of spite?

Not for Badenoch. Half an excuse and she’s all over it.

She has the support of Elon Musk on this 😬

It's all about not dwelling on the past and moving forward.

So the post office scandal - move along now nothing to see here.

Hillsborough, Aberfan and Grenfell as well.

Let's not forget the money the Conservative government sent to Rwanda for very little return. If that wasn't global welfare then it must have been ... incompetence?

Ah but according to Braverman, we should celebrate that the UK ended slavery.

So don't look back unless...

Don't look back unless a Labour Government messed it up.

That as well

I wonder if Badenoch considers the money paid to slave owners "welfare"?

Nobody has ended slavery

There is a way to kneecap them all. A very simple YES/NO referendum on whether people want to pay tax. If NO wins everyone can fend for themselves. If it's YES, then the Tories can shut up about cutting it because of the will of the people.

It would only be the second most stupid referendum the UK will have held too.

According to Braverman

"Let’s also not forget the role Britain played in ending slavery- often overlooked in our schools, museums and by the BBC"

She doesn’t know another way to do politics, basically. And it isn’t ‘global welfare’, Burnham has ruled out reparations!

Burnham has ruled out reparations.

So what on earth is the gibberish about ‘global welfare’?

God knows.

Step 1) get an apology
Step 2) use the apology as justification of obligation to pay reparations

So it’s basically hysteria generating stuff.

As per usual.

Yes.

The Dutch government apologised in 2022, the king in 2023, no direct reparations have been paid.