Peterthegreat
Established Member
Hell hath no fury.....The irony of Theresa May's allies taking down Johnson when it was Johnson's allies who sealed May's fate.
Hell hath no fury.....The irony of Theresa May's allies taking down Johnson when it was Johnson's allies who sealed May's fate.
I'd be more surprised if Conservative MPs didn't go around backstabbing each other.The irony of Theresa May's allies taking down Johnson when it was Johnson's allies who sealed May's fate.
A LACK of funding means Hampshire County Council is on a ‘journey to bankruptcy’, councillors have warned.
The Conservative-led authority has written to MPs across Hampshire, urging them to back a call for more sustainable funding. Some 26 other authorities have joined the county council in asking for better funding.
It comes as the council prepares to cut £80m from its budget by April 2023, slashing spending for transport, children’s services and more.
At today’s cabinet meeting in Winchester, Conservatives will discuss the situation and how best to progress.
But Liberal Democrat opposition spokesman for economy, transport and environment, Cllr Martin Tod, fears the situation is only going to get worse.
He said: ‘The current financial model simply isn’t sustainable – we’re basically on a journey to bankruptcy.
‘The situation is dire, and everyone is cutting back to the bare bones of what the council is responsible for.
‘In the past, councils had their own money to do their own thing; now everything is done through bidding to central government, which doesn’t guarantee anything.
‘What that means is the people who know the area best can’t make the decisions.’
Cllr Tod added he agrees with the Conservatives in wanting a long-term financial agreement with the government as council tax ‘isn’t the answer’.
The government has delayed the Fair Funding Review, which has raised concerns among politicians.
The councils that have jointly written to the government have proposed a short-term spending ‘floor’ which would at least give authorities an indication of the minimum amount of funding they would receive each year.
Hampshire council leader Keith Mans, said: ‘For a long time, shire councils like Hampshire have received the short straw when it comes to funding from central government, and with another delay to government’s Fair Funding Review, we face a further three-year funding drought for those authorities at the bottom end of the funding table.
They are all at it, the only difference is Labour stab their leaders in the back, the Tories do it in the front.I'd be more surprised if Conservative MPs didn't go around backstabbing each other.
The way that Sturmer undermined the Labour party position on Brexit pre GE2019 was a clear example of front-stabbing; he clearly wanted to ensure that Corbyn-led Labour lost badly. Since then, the way he has treated people like Corbyn, Long-Bailey and Ken Loach is disgraceful.They are all at it, the only difference is Labour stab their leaders in the back, the Tories do it in the front.
When you have a populist politician whose career has been built on personality (good old Boris, what a laugh, bit of a rogue but you can't help loving him), it's natural that people will focus on his personality to attack him (shambolic, incompetent, lying, cheating, rules are for the little people Johnson).I really don't understand the fuss about the private jollies at 10 Downing Street pre-Xmas 2020. Opposition to the current Tory government should focus on its policies and actions.
Which is exactly what all the fuss is about. The frequent hypocrisy of politicians is acknowledged by most of the electorate, but the Johnson administration's behaviouir of late is a direct abuse of power. To call the current anger a 'fuss' implies that virtually nothing should ever be questioned.I really don't understand the fuss about the private jollies at 10 Downing Street pre-Xmas 2020. Opposition to the current Tory government should focus on its policies and actions.
Corbyn was one of the main reasons Johnson is in power in the first place. If Labour had had a half-decent leader and a credible set of policies, we would never have had the disaster of Brexit and the greater disaster of Johnson.The way that Sturmer undermined the Labour party position on Brexit pre GE2019 was a clear example of front-stabbing; he clearly wanted to ensure that Corbyn-led Labour lost badly. Since then, the way he has treated people like Corbyn, Long-Bailey and Ken Loach is disgraceful.
I really don't understand the fuss about the private jollies at 10 Downing Street pre-Xmas 2020. Opposition to the current Tory government should focus on its policies and actions.
The fuss is that the current Government have lost the moral right to set rules, and that is pretty much fatal to any leadership (outside of a dictatorship). By being seen to completely ignore the rules, cover up the rule breaking and flat out lie about the possibility of any rule taking haven taken place, there's no way those very same people can go on TV at 6pm and ask the public to follow a new set of rules.I really don't understand the fuss about the private jollies at 10 Downing Street pre-Xmas 2020. Opposition to the current Tory government should focus on its policies and actions.
Last Wednesday Labour moved an amendment to the Nationality and Borders Bill to include an offence of human trafficking for sexual exploitation.I really don't understand the fuss about the private jollies at 10 Downing Street pre-Xmas 2020. Opposition to the current Tory government should focus on its policies and actions.
and the constant variants on Partygate (there wasn't a party; if there was a party they were socially distanced; there was a cheese and wine, not a party) are quite amusing.Everyone's looking for a laugh.
With Johnson having been investigated more by the standards commissioner than any other MP, it's quite possible he will be recommended at some point for suspension of 30 or more days like Paterson. That opens the door for constituents to trigger a recall election. Given that they probably include quite a number with attitudes similar to those of Chesham and Amersham, as well as students at Brunel, it's quite likely this will succeed in deposing him.I don't expect him to stand down as MP (until the following general election), removing the potential embarrassment of being voted out of office / losing the tories an MP. The after dinner speech round approaches.
Isn't that sometimes a characteristic of populist administrations?On the subject of all the Tories' woes, which seem to be getting worse by the day, today is 2 years to the day since the 2019 general election, and their massive victory.
Definitely quite a turnaround in their fortunes!
On the subject of all the Tories' woes, which seem to be getting worse by the day, today is 2 years to the day since the 2019 general election, and their massive victory.
Definitely quite a turnaround in their fortunes!
Isn't that sometimes a characteristic of populist administrations?
Any potential challenger with want to wait until after the NI hike, gas and electricity increases, food price rises, pensioners find their pension rise isn't covering costs, council taxes go up by the max (bound to - especially the police precept which isn't capped. I believe), other problems I have forgotten about.Boris is the useful idiot to keep for at least a few more months, but at some point he's going to be forced out if he doesn't resign to spend time with his family. Can't see Carrie sticking around for long either.
Good shout. Also summer means that he is hoping we are likely to be feeling happier, we've been able to go on holiday, Covid infection rates are down, masks are binned. Maybe he hopes we won't feel so bad about him.It would not surprise me if Johnson tries to hang on August, because that (if my calculations are correct) will be the point when he will have been in Number Ten longer than Theresa May. Leaving power before he passes that mile/millstone might be too much for even his massive ego to bear.
Any potential challenger with want to wait until after the NI hike, gas and electricity increases, food price rises, pensioners find their pension rise isn't covering costs, council taxes go up by the max (bound to - especially the police precept which isn't capped. I believe), other problems I have forgotten about.
Not so certain - I've heard gas and electricity are levelling off - probably likewise with containers for goods, Pension triple lock is supposed to be one year, the second year NI rise they can blame Johnson, round my way at least we have a big hike in the police precept the year after the election, then smaller in following years. Provided Truss isn't the new PM whoever is in charge can blame Johnson's disastrous trade deals for high food prices. Either the impact of Covid will have diminished or we will we be more used to periodic interruptions of normal life.In that case Boris will be safe for years!
An apology has been made to the family of a great grandfather who had to wait around 10 hours for an ambulance in "excruciating pain" after falling and breaking his hip.
Don Mansell, who has since died, had fallen onto the concrete floor in the kitchen of his home in Shrewsbury on November 28.
His daughter Sue Beesty had been visiting her 91-year-old father at the time and immediately called for an ambulance.
But she says the great grandfather-of-five, who had worked as a carpenter all his life, had to endure a long wait before paramedics arrived.
After being taken to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, his condition deteriorated and he died days later.
Ms Beesty is now calling for action to stop ambulance delays in the county, blaming a lack of funding for the emergency services.
Focusing on policy would be even more disastrous for Labour. Love or hate progressive polices, it's not what the voting public is most concerned about. Granted, they could create a better working class policy, but I doubt they'd ever do that.I really don't understand the fuss about the private jollies at 10 Downing Street pre-Xmas 2020. Opposition to the current Tory government should focus on its policies and actions.
Pull the other one. That would be a pantomime horse. Other than under Charles Kennedy's leadership, the LDs have been a pro-free market party and resolutely opposed to socialism. Their current leader was a cabinet minister in the recent Cameron-led coalition government.Labour and LibDems need to work together
“Farmers are always better off under Labour,” he said before adding: “But I will vote Conservative because that’s the way I have been brought up.”
Pull the other one. That would be a pantomime horse. Other than under Charles Kennedy's leadership, the LDs have been a pro-free market party and resolutely opposed to socialism. Their current leader was a cabinet minister in the recent Cameron-led coalition government.
Actually you could still have a Conservative based opposition if the back benchers rallied together and broke off as their own party. They'd become the third biggest party probably and if they threw their weight around the other parties would be forced to listen to them.With all due respect, you're so supportive of the Tories that I think it's clear you're not exactly trying to help anyone form a viable opposition.
What have I written that indicates that I support the Tories? I didn't vote for Johnson and have little respect for him, but he did get Brexit done. I have to accept that the Tories won the last GE with a significant majority and have thus earned the right to rule the UK for the next 3 years. I am not deluded enough to believe that collaborating with the LDs is the way forward for those with left-of-centre political views.With all due respect, you're so supportive of the Tories that I think it's clear you're not exactly trying to help anyone form a viable opposition.
We have the problems we do becuase of political dogma. Changing the dogma won't change anything. What would actually be needed is a party or parties running on the basis of running a country, not chasing ideology.What have I written that indicates that I support the Tories? I didn't vote for Johnson and have little respect for him, but he did get Brexit done. I have to accept that the Tories won the last GE with a significant majority and have thus earned the right to rule the UK for the next 3 years. I am not deluded enough to believe that collaborating with the LDs is the way forward for those with left-of-centre political views.
Actually you could still have a Conservative based opposition if the back benchers rallied together and broke off as their own party. They'd become the third biggest party probably and if they threw their weight around the other parties would be forced to listen to them.
Do you think anyone will listen to them if they are the third biggest party with first past the post elections?Actually you could still have a Conservative based opposition if the back benchers rallied together and broke off as their own party. They'd become the third biggest party probably and if they threw their weight around the other parties would be forced to listen to them.