To finally be looking forward to a GE?

[Cadela]

The past election/PM changes have been horrendous. The visceral disappointment was awful each time.

I can’t wait to actually celebrate this year. I know, I know, Labour are going to set fire to the economy and tax everyone £3mil each and it’ll cost you 4 trillion a month to send you kid to private school, and all women will perish immediately because only Tories know what a woman is

But finally! It’s been a long fucking time coming.

Well it won't be done under Labour either. It will require cash and we ain't got none.

Well VAT will drive that discrepancy as house prices go up more near top state / grammar

Absolutely - this is something both parties have to face so this idea that the Tories are just evil and that explains the decline in public services is just silly. It’s difficult to really understand much difference between the parties and Labour’s policies on women’s rights mean I won’t vote for them. I’ve never voted Tory tho so I will need to see what else is available locally.

When you're in a hole though you stop digging.

The tories have had their chance.

This is true- VAT could well increase pressure on school’s overall, it’s not going to raise significant revenue. It will certainly increase pressure on well performing schools.

My gut feeling is it won't be quite the landslide that everyone's expecting. I wouldn't be surprised if we end up with a hung parliament.

Not sure I understand your post? Apologies.

I do agree that if it had been a labour chancellor giving so much money away in furlough and bounce back loans and ' eat out to help out' schemes during the pandemic and all the rest of it , the right would have been in uproar
If it hadn't been for years of austerity and the NHs had been properly funded years prior to 2020 , maybe they wouldn't have had to lockdown for as long.
Boris Johnson wrote a piece for the Telegraph a week before lockdown saying pretty much the same things about why we would need to lockdown , but I can't do links to back this up.
Other countries also had lockdowns too. On mumsnet you'd think it was only the UK who did this.
Not that I believe that that the LP may have handled the pandemic any better or worse , but it's strange how the money lost to these various schemes has been written off and not much claimed back. Some company owners were surprised how easy it was to claim. An lbc phone in about this was an eye opener.
( I know a few people who did quite well out the government over lockdown too)

I’d be astonished. Have you seen the electoral carnage in the last couple of days?

As a SEND teacher I find your second paragraph really offensive.

Lucky for you you can afford private eh?

Not in some areas it won't because catchment isn't the priority.

I can also see a hung parliament on the cards too this GE.

I’m not sure what you mean?

House prices are impacted near top grammar / state here. I mostly know the SE though

What are you referring to?

It's a cliche but the definition of insanity is repeating the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome. Einstein I believe.

The tories have destroyed the country. Its utter madness to consider voting for them. Turkeys voting for Christmas.

I think Labour landslide. Not because people want to vote for them. They just don't want to vote for the Conservatives.

The Conservative ls have been in power too long and have gone through Brexit and Covid. They have run out of ideas, are worn out, no optimisim or dynamism. The pendulum will swing the other way to the left as is natural in the general scheme of things. So we will have a Labour government. Nothing much will change. Unless as I suspect Kier (Corbyns man) is the real deal on the red front. Then we are in for a sh*show. But nothing much to do about it as we probably can't have another Conservative term of government.

I envy your sense of hope in Labour.

@Anuggetofpurestgreen Unless as I suspect Kier (Corbyns man) is the real deal on the red front. Then we are in for a shshow.*

Why call him that when he has expelled Corbyn from the party?!

One argument on this thread is that private school parents will simply buy property close to the best state schools, therefore displacing other families.

I'm saying that action would be pointless in some areas as catchment/distance is not the priority on eligibility.

I was a tory voter. Never again

I agree with you but I hope that will change one day. Or we have a new party replacing them.

Yes other countries had lockdowns too I agree. Our furlough scheme and business support was incredibly generous by international standards. Other countries are also in the crapper economically speaking - look at Germany (the economic powerhouse of the EU) and other EU countries. We are living in the decline of the West. It's happening everywhere. I am sceptical Labour can save the day and uninspired by them all.

Had to. Corbyns membership was untenable and would lose Sir Keir votes. He is nothing if not practical on the self-preservation front. But he supported Jeremy as the next PM and .many people won't forget that. But not enough to lose Labour the next election.

Anyway, what I meant was, he believes the same as Corbyn does. He's just more presentable.

It’s always distance here. For most people bar some supported exceptions

Grammar has selection but that will be hotly contested by families with extra funds

What criteria are you using where you are?

Which polls are you looking at?

https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/prediction_main.html

Yes agree with this. Labour Landslide bordering on elected dictatorship likely to be the outcome (ie the size of the majority is so big that they can do anything unchallenged as there is no meaningful opposition). That is not healthy.