Showing posts with label Tories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tories. Show all posts
Thursday, January 25, 2024
The Tories’ ‘Time Is Up’ | Joan Bakewell
Monday, January 01, 2024
The Tories
MARK ALEXANDER: The Tories, otherwise known as the Conservatives, have been in power since 2010. And what a dog’s dinner they have made of their governance! They have wrecked this county; they have wrecked its economy.
I write not as “a leftie”. Far from it, actually! I was raised as a Conservative voter; and I voted Conservative all my adult life. Until Cameron became the party’s leader. I took one look at him, and decided he couldn’t be trusted. So I voted for the LibDems instead. We ended up with a coalition government. But to put things simply, Brexit has put paid to my ever voting Tory again, put paid to my adherence to this party of clowns.
The Conservatives used to be the party we Brits could rely on to manage the economy well and efficiently. You don’t need me to tell you that this is no longer the case. The Conservatives have been in power since 2010 and our economy has never, in my lifetime, been in worse shape. Had the Tories a clue, they’d have fixed the economy by now. They haven’t! The economy is is dire shape. Especially because of Brexit, an ideology to which the clowns in the party are wedded.
The European issue was, and remains, a very complicated issue; it should never have been thrown to the people in the form of a referendum to decide. Why? Because even many a politician or economist cannot fully grasp the EU’s importance to our economy. However, to cut to the chase, what one MUST understand is this: The European Union is a market of 450 million consumers; so, on economic grounds alone, it should NEVER have been walked away from. No one in his right mind would walk away from the largest single tariff-free market in the world!
But more than this, far more than this, the European Union is a political union which has prevented European wars and has promoted peace. Countries which are integrated and whose economies are well and truly integrated are highly unlikely ever to go to war with each other. So many a Brit has always been wrong to look upon our membership of the EU simply as being of economic advantage. Our membership was far, far more than that. It was a vehicle of peace and stability in Europe.
It is my hope and dream that we Brits, sooner rather than later, will rejoin the European Union. Not with all those silly ‘opt-outs’ we once had; but as full, functioning members – as committed Europeans. European we are; and Europeans we will always be. No Tory will ever be able to change that!
© Mark Alexander
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I write not as “a leftie”. Far from it, actually! I was raised as a Conservative voter; and I voted Conservative all my adult life. Until Cameron became the party’s leader. I took one look at him, and decided he couldn’t be trusted. So I voted for the LibDems instead. We ended up with a coalition government. But to put things simply, Brexit has put paid to my ever voting Tory again, put paid to my adherence to this party of clowns.
The Conservatives used to be the party we Brits could rely on to manage the economy well and efficiently. You don’t need me to tell you that this is no longer the case. The Conservatives have been in power since 2010 and our economy has never, in my lifetime, been in worse shape. Had the Tories a clue, they’d have fixed the economy by now. They haven’t! The economy is is dire shape. Especially because of Brexit, an ideology to which the clowns in the party are wedded.
The European issue was, and remains, a very complicated issue; it should never have been thrown to the people in the form of a referendum to decide. Why? Because even many a politician or economist cannot fully grasp the EU’s importance to our economy. However, to cut to the chase, what one MUST understand is this: The European Union is a market of 450 million consumers; so, on economic grounds alone, it should NEVER have been walked away from. No one in his right mind would walk away from the largest single tariff-free market in the world!
But more than this, far more than this, the European Union is a political union which has prevented European wars and has promoted peace. Countries which are integrated and whose economies are well and truly integrated are highly unlikely ever to go to war with each other. So many a Brit has always been wrong to look upon our membership of the EU simply as being of economic advantage. Our membership was far, far more than that. It was a vehicle of peace and stability in Europe.
It is my hope and dream that we Brits, sooner rather than later, will rejoin the European Union. Not with all those silly ‘opt-outs’ we once had; but as full, functioning members – as committed Europeans. European we are; and Europeans we will always be. No Tory will ever be able to change that!
© Mark Alexander
All Rights Reserved
Monday, November 20, 2023
The Guardian View on the Tories’ Autumn Statement: Wrong to Reward the Rich and Punish the Poor
THE GUARDIAN – EDITORIAL: The deepening cracks in the country’s social structure are a clear sign that voters cannot just be left to face the cold winds of the market on their own
Jeremy Hunt will appeal to voters next week, if the leaks are true, on behalf of the Tory party’s worst instincts. The chancellor’s “autumn statement for growth” is said to include inheritance tax cuts that benefit the rich, reduced welfare payments which the poor rely on, and the withdrawal of free medical care from “coasters” who want to “take taxpayers for a ride”. To push the idea that the state should, in a cost of living crisis, reward the rich and punish the poor reveals an appalling disregard for social justice.
The five giants of poverty first identified in the second world war – want, disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness – are returning in new forms. MPs warn that the babies of poor families are dying for want of a cot as the benefit rules don’t provide for safe sleeping provision for the homeless. Diseases caused by malnutrition and associated with destitution, such as scurvy and rickets, now appear in doctors’ surgeries. With food prices 30% higher than two years ago, the ranks of the hungry are growing. The former Labour prime minister Gordon Brown warned only this week that “poverty, as distinct from neglect, parental addictions or domestic violence, is now a principal cause of children being forced into care”. » | Editorial | Friday, November 17, 2023
The Tories have turned sour and toxic. The party is no longer fit to govern the nation. This government must therefore be turfed out of office. The sooner, the better. – © Mark Alexander
Jeremy Hunt will appeal to voters next week, if the leaks are true, on behalf of the Tory party’s worst instincts. The chancellor’s “autumn statement for growth” is said to include inheritance tax cuts that benefit the rich, reduced welfare payments which the poor rely on, and the withdrawal of free medical care from “coasters” who want to “take taxpayers for a ride”. To push the idea that the state should, in a cost of living crisis, reward the rich and punish the poor reveals an appalling disregard for social justice.
The five giants of poverty first identified in the second world war – want, disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness – are returning in new forms. MPs warn that the babies of poor families are dying for want of a cot as the benefit rules don’t provide for safe sleeping provision for the homeless. Diseases caused by malnutrition and associated with destitution, such as scurvy and rickets, now appear in doctors’ surgeries. With food prices 30% higher than two years ago, the ranks of the hungry are growing. The former Labour prime minister Gordon Brown warned only this week that “poverty, as distinct from neglect, parental addictions or domestic violence, is now a principal cause of children being forced into care”. » | Editorial | Friday, November 17, 2023
The Tories have turned sour and toxic. The party is no longer fit to govern the nation. This government must therefore be turfed out of office. The sooner, the better. – © Mark Alexander
Saturday, November 18, 2023
The Conservative Party Is Dead
Tuesday, November 07, 2023
MP: Sunak Is 'Literally the Worst Person' to Be Leading the UK | #shorts
Monday, November 06, 2023
Charities Criticise Suella Braverman for Claim Homelessness Is ‘Lifestyle Choice’
GUARDIAN INTERNATIONAL: Crisis, St Mungo’s and other groups write to home secretary to say blaming people for being on the streets increases their risk of harm
Union Street, Birmingham. A letter to the home secretary from charities said homelessness is caused by poverty, which is caused by policy decisions. Photograph: Fabio De Paola/The Guardian
Homelessness charities have criticised the home secretary after she described sleeping rough as a “lifestyle choice”, sparking a widespread backlash.
Organisations including Crisis, Centrepoint, St Mungo’s and Pathway responded to Suella Braverman’s purported plans to crack down on the pitching of tents in urban areas, which she largely blamed on individuals “from abroad”.
A letter from the charities reads: “Sleeping on the street is not a lifestyle choice. Laying blame with people forced to sleep rough will only push people further away from help into poverty, putting them at risk of exploitation. At the extreme end, we will see an increase in deaths and fatalities, which are totally preventable.
“People sleeping rough frequently experience violence and abuse. The impact on their physical and mental health is significant. The average age of death for people experiencing homelessness is just 45 for men and 43 for women. This is not a life people choose.” » | Tom Ambrose | Sunday, November 5, 2023
Suella Braverman is a heartless, uncaring, unfeeling woman of privilege! She should be thoroughly and utterly ashamed of herself! That woman should be sacked! If Rishi Sunak had gonads, she would be – forthwith! Were I to be in Sunak’s position, she’d be gone!
These poor homeless people are living on the streets because they have fallen on very hard times, in large part, I would imagine, because of harsh, Tory policies of austerity which were introduced by those two ultra-privileged gits, Cameron and Osborne! They are the ones who started the welfare-slashing fest!
Had this prime minister anything about him, were he to have any political nous, he would devise a strategy to get these people off the streets by giving them a little start in life. That would be the compassionate thing to do, the Christian thing to do, the humane thing to do!
This Tory government is a disgrace. It needs to be kicked out of office! A.S.A.P. This is the very same government that is itching to slash taxes for the super-rich!
If God really does exist, it is to be hoped that the fires of Hell are already being stoked in preparation for these cruel, political fraudsters. – © Mark Alexander
Homelessness charities have criticised the home secretary after she described sleeping rough as a “lifestyle choice”, sparking a widespread backlash.
Organisations including Crisis, Centrepoint, St Mungo’s and Pathway responded to Suella Braverman’s purported plans to crack down on the pitching of tents in urban areas, which she largely blamed on individuals “from abroad”.
A letter from the charities reads: “Sleeping on the street is not a lifestyle choice. Laying blame with people forced to sleep rough will only push people further away from help into poverty, putting them at risk of exploitation. At the extreme end, we will see an increase in deaths and fatalities, which are totally preventable.
“People sleeping rough frequently experience violence and abuse. The impact on their physical and mental health is significant. The average age of death for people experiencing homelessness is just 45 for men and 43 for women. This is not a life people choose.” » | Tom Ambrose | Sunday, November 5, 2023
Suella Braverman is a heartless, uncaring, unfeeling woman of privilege! She should be thoroughly and utterly ashamed of herself! That woman should be sacked! If Rishi Sunak had gonads, she would be – forthwith! Were I to be in Sunak’s position, she’d be gone!
These poor homeless people are living on the streets because they have fallen on very hard times, in large part, I would imagine, because of harsh, Tory policies of austerity which were introduced by those two ultra-privileged gits, Cameron and Osborne! They are the ones who started the welfare-slashing fest!
Had this prime minister anything about him, were he to have any political nous, he would devise a strategy to get these people off the streets by giving them a little start in life. That would be the compassionate thing to do, the Christian thing to do, the humane thing to do!
This Tory government is a disgrace. It needs to be kicked out of office! A.S.A.P. This is the very same government that is itching to slash taxes for the super-rich!
If God really does exist, it is to be hoped that the fires of Hell are already being stoked in preparation for these cruel, political fraudsters. – © Mark Alexander
Saturday, October 07, 2023
Michael Lambert: Lies, Lies and More Lies from Sunak
Oct 7, 2023 | The Conservative Party Conference in Manchester this week was a disgrace. Minister after minister lied to a half-empty hall. Lying has become normal for the Tories.
Suella Braverman spread her vile, racist dogma whilst others warned of non-existent, entirely fictional Labour policies such as taxing meat and controlling access to shops.
But Sunak was the worst and most dishonest speaker. He talked of the Conservative party being the party of small business, of how Brexit had made businesses more competitive when the opposite is the truth. He claimed falsely yet again that reducing inflation was a tax cut. He claimed the Tories are a party concerned to protect the environment whilst water companies continue to tip sewage into our now filthy rivers and the sea. He lied by thanking Kemi Badenoch for sweeping away Brussels 'red tape' and saving British businesses £1 billion per year. He confirmed the cancellation of HS2 beyond Manchester, claiming that the government would spend the £36 billion saved on hundreds of other new projects.
British politics was ruined the day they made politics a career. Once they did that, people without any work experience went straight into politics to make a name for themselves, and to make money. Before that, the people who went into politics were people who had been a success in life and who wanted to go into politics "to give something back". This is why we can observe all the greed in the corridors of power today. It is also why we rarely witness resignations when MPs have disgraced themselves. Our parliamentary system is rotten to the core. – © Mark Alexander
Suella Braverman spread her vile, racist dogma whilst others warned of non-existent, entirely fictional Labour policies such as taxing meat and controlling access to shops.
But Sunak was the worst and most dishonest speaker. He talked of the Conservative party being the party of small business, of how Brexit had made businesses more competitive when the opposite is the truth. He claimed falsely yet again that reducing inflation was a tax cut. He claimed the Tories are a party concerned to protect the environment whilst water companies continue to tip sewage into our now filthy rivers and the sea. He lied by thanking Kemi Badenoch for sweeping away Brussels 'red tape' and saving British businesses £1 billion per year. He confirmed the cancellation of HS2 beyond Manchester, claiming that the government would spend the £36 billion saved on hundreds of other new projects.
British politics was ruined the day they made politics a career. Once they did that, people without any work experience went straight into politics to make a name for themselves, and to make money. Before that, the people who went into politics were people who had been a success in life and who wanted to go into politics "to give something back". This is why we can observe all the greed in the corridors of power today. It is also why we rarely witness resignations when MPs have disgraced themselves. Our parliamentary system is rotten to the core. – © Mark Alexander
Saturday, July 29, 2023
Michael Lambert: Feeble Sunak Unable to Fix Tory Chaos
Jul 29, 2023 | The prime minister Rishi Sunak is weak and pathetic. He is afraid of his backbenchers, the Home Secretary and the press.
With the next general election to be held within the next fifteen months the Tories appear to have decided that having no successes to boast about, their strategy will be to make negative claims about Labour. Rishi Sunak has claimed that Labour are on the side of criminal people smuggling gangs.
In response to the Uxbridge byelection result the Tories announced that they would be modifying their green policies to woo voters whilst Keir Starmer asked Sadiq Khan the mayor of London to reconsider his ULEZ policy.
There are huge problems facing the country, including the economy, interest rates, highest taxes for 70 years, massive public debt, NHS, productivity etc and yet the main story on all channels and the press last week has the bank account of Nigel Farage , the man without whom Brexit would never have happened.
The Home Secretary #suellabraverman continues to persist with her authoritarian policies of making asylum seekers as unwelcome as possible. She and Jenrick appear to enjoy being cruel to unfortunate asylum seekers whilst Sunak says nothing.
My (Michael Lambert’s) book is available from my website. The bucket hats will also be available in a few weeks’ time.
A brilliant synopsis. Thank you!
It has become increasingly obvious to me that I have lived through the best years that I am ever going to live through in my life. I am pretty sure that those good years will never be replicated; they will never return in my lifetime.
I am one of the baby-boomers; so, I had the privilege of growing up in the post-War years, a period which was filled with hope, optimism, increasing openness and tolerance. Most of my parents’ generation who had had to live through the Second World War were determined that their children would never have to live through the dire circumstances and deprivations that so many had had to live through during the War years.
It cannot be said that in post-War Britain life was rosy for everyone; of course, it wasn’t. But I write here about outlook and attitudes rather than material standards. The post-War years is a period I remember well; and what I remember was a general openness and tolerance of others – even foreigners. People lived and let live. What I find so alarming today is observing the very opposite. These days, despite the increased levels of education for so many, everyone thinks they know best how others should lead their lives. In other words, it’s my way or the highway!
I believe that these attitudes manifest themselves in the attitudes of many Brexiteers and modern-day Conservatives. Their mentality is such that they believe that everything British is better (when clearly it is not) and they also have the desire to pull up the drawbridge when clearly, because of working mothers our birthrate is way too low to provide industry and commerce with the manpower industry and commerce so desperately need.
Why Brexiteers had such a problem with Europeans coming to live and work in the United Kingdom defies my comprehension. At least Europeans generally share a very similar heritage to Brits.
All this, of course, would probably go over Rishi Sunak’s head. It will be of no concern to him that Europeans coming here to live and work will be more conducive to social harmony than people from totally different and alien cultures, many of whom are anti-feminism, anti-LGBT rights and anti- other minority rights.
Moreover, that Rishi Sunak is so fabulously wealthy means that he has absolutely no understanding of the needs and tribulations of everyday life for ordinary folk. Furthermore, that he is supposed to be such a clever, intelligent and well-educated man, especially in banking and commerce, makes it all the more difficult for me to understand why and how he could be so pro-Brexit, wishing to turn this country’s back on the biggest single market in the world: the Single Market – a market which is on our doorstep. Sunak must be far more blinkered than many people probably realize.
Further, Sunak has been praised by many for his handling of the furlough scheme during the pandemic. Not by me, however. As far as I am concerned, he could have done a far better job of helping people than he did. His way of dealing with it gave some people huge financial benefits whilst depriving many others of any benefits at all. He didn’t seem to realize that all Brits had to live through the pandemic, not just his Tory cronies.
Increasingly, it is becoming apparent that Rishi Sunak is probably afraid of his own shadow! – © Mark Alexander
With the next general election to be held within the next fifteen months the Tories appear to have decided that having no successes to boast about, their strategy will be to make negative claims about Labour. Rishi Sunak has claimed that Labour are on the side of criminal people smuggling gangs.
In response to the Uxbridge byelection result the Tories announced that they would be modifying their green policies to woo voters whilst Keir Starmer asked Sadiq Khan the mayor of London to reconsider his ULEZ policy.
There are huge problems facing the country, including the economy, interest rates, highest taxes for 70 years, massive public debt, NHS, productivity etc and yet the main story on all channels and the press last week has the bank account of Nigel Farage , the man without whom Brexit would never have happened.
The Home Secretary #suellabraverman continues to persist with her authoritarian policies of making asylum seekers as unwelcome as possible. She and Jenrick appear to enjoy being cruel to unfortunate asylum seekers whilst Sunak says nothing.
My (Michael Lambert’s) book is available from my website. The bucket hats will also be available in a few weeks’ time.
A brilliant synopsis. Thank you!
It has become increasingly obvious to me that I have lived through the best years that I am ever going to live through in my life. I am pretty sure that those good years will never be replicated; they will never return in my lifetime.
I am one of the baby-boomers; so, I had the privilege of growing up in the post-War years, a period which was filled with hope, optimism, increasing openness and tolerance. Most of my parents’ generation who had had to live through the Second World War were determined that their children would never have to live through the dire circumstances and deprivations that so many had had to live through during the War years.
It cannot be said that in post-War Britain life was rosy for everyone; of course, it wasn’t. But I write here about outlook and attitudes rather than material standards. The post-War years is a period I remember well; and what I remember was a general openness and tolerance of others – even foreigners. People lived and let live. What I find so alarming today is observing the very opposite. These days, despite the increased levels of education for so many, everyone thinks they know best how others should lead their lives. In other words, it’s my way or the highway!
I believe that these attitudes manifest themselves in the attitudes of many Brexiteers and modern-day Conservatives. Their mentality is such that they believe that everything British is better (when clearly it is not) and they also have the desire to pull up the drawbridge when clearly, because of working mothers our birthrate is way too low to provide industry and commerce with the manpower industry and commerce so desperately need.
Why Brexiteers had such a problem with Europeans coming to live and work in the United Kingdom defies my comprehension. At least Europeans generally share a very similar heritage to Brits.
All this, of course, would probably go over Rishi Sunak’s head. It will be of no concern to him that Europeans coming here to live and work will be more conducive to social harmony than people from totally different and alien cultures, many of whom are anti-feminism, anti-LGBT rights and anti- other minority rights.
Moreover, that Rishi Sunak is so fabulously wealthy means that he has absolutely no understanding of the needs and tribulations of everyday life for ordinary folk. Furthermore, that he is supposed to be such a clever, intelligent and well-educated man, especially in banking and commerce, makes it all the more difficult for me to understand why and how he could be so pro-Brexit, wishing to turn this country’s back on the biggest single market in the world: the Single Market – a market which is on our doorstep. Sunak must be far more blinkered than many people probably realize.
Further, Sunak has been praised by many for his handling of the furlough scheme during the pandemic. Not by me, however. As far as I am concerned, he could have done a far better job of helping people than he did. His way of dealing with it gave some people huge financial benefits whilst depriving many others of any benefits at all. He didn’t seem to realize that all Brits had to live through the pandemic, not just his Tory cronies.
Increasingly, it is becoming apparent that Rishi Sunak is probably afraid of his own shadow! – © Mark Alexander
Saturday, July 15, 2023
Abschiebung statt Asyl: Wie Großbritannien Geflüchtete nach Ruanda schicken will | auslandsjournal
Jul 15, 2023 | Der Plan der britischen Regierung: weniger Flüchtlinge ins Land aufnehmen. Dazu unterschrieb die britische Innenministerin Suella Braverman den „Ruanda Deal“. Was dieser beinhaltet? Flüchtlinge, die illegal in Großbritannien ankommen, sollen festgenommen und sofort nach Ruanda geflogen werden. Erst dort können sie dann einen Antrag auf Asyl stellen. Die Methode der Regierung: Abschreckung.
Oppositionelle Stimmen in Großbritannien und auch der Europäische Menschenrechtshof entgegnen, dass die neue Regelung unmoralisch sei. Sie kritisieren, dass Großbritannien seine internationale Hilfe verweigert. Viele Flüchtlinge riskieren ihr Leben auf der Flucht nach Großbritannien. Dort angekommen, werden sie bestraft und kriminalisiert. Da die rechtliche Lage einiger Flüchtlinge weiterhin ungewiss ist und Auffangzentren zu voll werden, werden einige auf unbestimmte Zeit in Hotels untergebracht. Das wiederum ist mit hohen Kosten verbunden.
Der Umgang mit Flüchtlingen und die britische Asylpolitik ist umstritten und polarisiert das Land. Doch der britische Premierminister Rishi Sunak kämpft weiter zusammen mit Ruandas Präsident für die Umsetzung ihrer Abschiebepläne.
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Es ist eine Schande, daß wir diese armen Leute so schäbig behandeln. Viele der Konservativen stammen selber aus Familien, die einmal in der jüngsten Vergangenheit Großbritannien als Zufluchtsort benötigt haben.
Ich sage nicht, daß alle Asylbewerber echt sind, aber mit dieser sehr teuren und unmenschlichen Lösung wird Nichts gelöst. Zudem wird unseren Ruf in der Welt kaputt gemacht. – © Mark Alexander
The Guardian view on migration: this bill is proof of the government’s failure: By pledging to deport asylum seekers, ministers are trying to make political capital out of desperate people »
Oppositionelle Stimmen in Großbritannien und auch der Europäische Menschenrechtshof entgegnen, dass die neue Regelung unmoralisch sei. Sie kritisieren, dass Großbritannien seine internationale Hilfe verweigert. Viele Flüchtlinge riskieren ihr Leben auf der Flucht nach Großbritannien. Dort angekommen, werden sie bestraft und kriminalisiert. Da die rechtliche Lage einiger Flüchtlinge weiterhin ungewiss ist und Auffangzentren zu voll werden, werden einige auf unbestimmte Zeit in Hotels untergebracht. Das wiederum ist mit hohen Kosten verbunden.
Der Umgang mit Flüchtlingen und die britische Asylpolitik ist umstritten und polarisiert das Land. Doch der britische Premierminister Rishi Sunak kämpft weiter zusammen mit Ruandas Präsident für die Umsetzung ihrer Abschiebepläne.
Es ist eine Schande, daß wir diese armen Leute so schäbig behandeln. Viele der Konservativen stammen selber aus Familien, die einmal in der jüngsten Vergangenheit Großbritannien als Zufluchtsort benötigt haben.
Ich sage nicht, daß alle Asylbewerber echt sind, aber mit dieser sehr teuren und unmenschlichen Lösung wird Nichts gelöst. Zudem wird unseren Ruf in der Welt kaputt gemacht. – © Mark Alexander
The Guardian view on migration: this bill is proof of the government’s failure: By pledging to deport asylum seekers, ministers are trying to make political capital out of desperate people »
Saturday, July 08, 2023
Michael Lambert: 69.5% of Daily Express Readers Would Like to Undo Brexit
Jul 8, 2023 | Post-Brexit the British economy is in decline. Businesses are struggling with falling sales, as discretionary spending is hit by higher interest rates and higher taxes. Tobias Elwood, the Conservative MP stated publicly that Brexit has been a mistake and that the UK should seek to rejoin the EU Single Market. A poll carried out by the Daily Express revealed that 69.5% of their readers believed Brexit had been a mistake.
Rishi Sunak appeared before the House of Commons Liaison Committee, although he could only stay for a limited time because he had to attend a photo shoot at a hospital later. Sunak does not like being questioned and seemed uncomfortable before the Committee.
I suggest the Tories may well try to remove Sunak before long and possibly replace him with Penny Mordaunt. This Tory government are mired in sleeze and incompetence. However, for many voters they could well offer a way of eventually returning to the EU via the Single Market and Customs Union since this is now clearly what the majority of voters would like.
Keir Starmer has however made it impossible for the Labour Party to offer a return to the CU, SM or the EU having specifically ruled it out for the duration of his leadership. He is, therefore, now determined and committed to making a success of Boris Johnson's hard Brexit despite a large and ever-growing majority of the British voters being opposed to this.
Rishi Sunak appeared before the House of Commons Liaison Committee, although he could only stay for a limited time because he had to attend a photo shoot at a hospital later. Sunak does not like being questioned and seemed uncomfortable before the Committee.
I suggest the Tories may well try to remove Sunak before long and possibly replace him with Penny Mordaunt. This Tory government are mired in sleeze and incompetence. However, for many voters they could well offer a way of eventually returning to the EU via the Single Market and Customs Union since this is now clearly what the majority of voters would like.
Keir Starmer has however made it impossible for the Labour Party to offer a return to the CU, SM or the EU having specifically ruled it out for the duration of his leadership. He is, therefore, now determined and committed to making a success of Boris Johnson's hard Brexit despite a large and ever-growing majority of the British voters being opposed to this.
Friday, June 16, 2023
Carol Vorderman Eviscerates "Patently Corrupt" Tory Government
Monday, May 22, 2023
Today’s Tories Are TRASH!
They are out for their own ends and their own aggrandizement. Get the bastards OUT!
If you are not convinced, read this
James Cleverly’s use of £10,000 an hour Succession-style jet branded ‘ludicrous’: Exclusive: UK foreign secretary has been using type of private jet featured in hit TV show for Caribbean and Latin America tour »
Wealth may not repel voters, but greed does »
If you are not convinced, read this
James Cleverly’s use of £10,000 an hour Succession-style jet branded ‘ludicrous’: Exclusive: UK foreign secretary has been using type of private jet featured in hit TV show for Caribbean and Latin America tour »
Wealth may not repel voters, but greed does »
Thursday, May 18, 2023
EU-Regeln und kein Ende
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: „Der Brexit ist gescheitert“, sagt der frühere Ukip-Vorsitzende Nigel Farage. Aber auch immer mehr Tories sehen das mittlerweile so. Der Grund: Viele EU-Richtlinien werden wohl länger gelten als versprochen.
Mehr als zehn Monate nach dem Rückzug Boris Johnsons vom Amt des Premierministers gerät seine Partei wegen der politischen und wirtschaftlichen Folgen des EU-Austritts immer stärker unter Druck. Nigel Farage, der langjährige Vorsitzende der rechtspopulistischen früheren Unabhängigkeitspartei Ukip, die jetzt „ReformUK“ heißt, sagte jüngst, der Brexit sei „gescheitert“, und warf den Konservativen schweres Missmanagement vor.
Labour-Oppositionsführer Keir Starmer, der sich in den vergangenen Monaten kaum oder nur ausweichend zum Brexit geäußert hatte, kündigte an, er werde im Fall seines Wahlsieges die Beziehungen des Vereinigten Königreichs zur EU neu aushandeln. » | Von Johannes Leithäuser, Politischer Korrespondent für das Vereinigte Königreich und Irland in London | Donnerstag, 18. Mai 2023
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Mit Brexit haben die Tories Mist gebaut! Wer hätte geglaubt, daß eine wirtschaftsfreundliche Partei so etwas Dummes getan hätte? Jetzt sind sie von allen guten Geistern verlassen, wie sie aus diesem Dreck herauskommen können! – © Mark Alexander
Monday, April 24, 2023
Britain’s Asylum Plan ‘Unlawful’ and Rwanda ‘Unsafe’, Lawyers Tell Court of Appeal
Kick this Tory government out of office. They are a disgrace. They are reducing the UK to the status of a banana republic. – © Mark Alexander
Saturday, April 15, 2023
Michael Lambert: 'Global Britain' Sinks as Tory Cronies Enjoy the Fortunes of Covid
Brexit Britain reminds me of the Titanic: The superrich keep on partying and indulging themselves on caviar and champagne even as the ship is sinking! © Mark Alexander
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
The Incredible Shrinking Man: Rishi Sunak’s Gut Reaction Is Always Wrong
THE GUARDIAN: The prime minister has chosen to pick a fight with the nurses – a battle he’s never going to win
Week after week, Sunak gets dismantled by Keir Starmer. Photograph: House of Commons/PA
Rishi Sunak is the incredible shrinking man. The more you see of him, the less there appears to be. When he became prime minister, he had the appearance of a moderately successful – if rather over-eager – tech bro, brought in to save the Conservative party from itself. But that was a chimera. Because Rish! isn’t even that successful. He’s a politician with the fatal flaw of not being very good at politics. A man unable to convince others that he inhabits their world. Now he’s just a ball of need. Desperate to be liked, but unable to make an emotional connection with voters.
To be fair, Sunak has the odds stacked against him. It’s not entirely his fault the Tories voted for Liz Truss rather than him. Though imagine how useless the Conservative membership must think him to be if they went full on Trussterfuck. It’s not his fault that Putin invaded Ukraine. But he has to take the blame for the Tories’ record of 13 years in government when it’s hard to think of anything that works better now than it did in 2010.
And it’s a unique talent to make every bad situation worse. His gut reaction is almost always the wrong one. Take the strikes. Everyone knows the endgame. The unions and the government get around a table and agree a compromise. Everyone except Rish!. He has chosen to pick a fight with the nurses and paramedics. A battle he’s never going to win, because almost the entire country has already picked a side. And it’s not with the government. When nurses pay has been eroded over such a long period – some are using food banks to get by – and their union calls for strike action for the first time in its history, then a stand has to be taken. » | John Crace | Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Rishi Sunak is like an overgrown 6th former! In actual fact, he’s a tw*t (supply your vowel of choice), to boot. After the pandemic, knowing how important nurses and other medical staff were to us, nobody in his right mind would pick a fight with essential workers such as these. Especially when the prime minister is so liberal with funds for CEOs of energy companies, and their henchmen, refusing to tax them to the full extent. Are CEOs of energy companies more essential to the economy than nurses? I repeat: What a tw*t!
FFS, pay the nurses and other medical staff a decent living wage/salary! You, Sir, are a disgrace! Anybody who has any decency is on the side of the nurses. Decent people are NOT, and cannot be, on your side. Redistribute the wealth of the nation fairly and equitably. Stop favouring those who have robbed the nation blind! – © Mark Alexander
Rishi Sunak is the incredible shrinking man. The more you see of him, the less there appears to be. When he became prime minister, he had the appearance of a moderately successful – if rather over-eager – tech bro, brought in to save the Conservative party from itself. But that was a chimera. Because Rish! isn’t even that successful. He’s a politician with the fatal flaw of not being very good at politics. A man unable to convince others that he inhabits their world. Now he’s just a ball of need. Desperate to be liked, but unable to make an emotional connection with voters.
To be fair, Sunak has the odds stacked against him. It’s not entirely his fault the Tories voted for Liz Truss rather than him. Though imagine how useless the Conservative membership must think him to be if they went full on Trussterfuck. It’s not his fault that Putin invaded Ukraine. But he has to take the blame for the Tories’ record of 13 years in government when it’s hard to think of anything that works better now than it did in 2010.
And it’s a unique talent to make every bad situation worse. His gut reaction is almost always the wrong one. Take the strikes. Everyone knows the endgame. The unions and the government get around a table and agree a compromise. Everyone except Rish!. He has chosen to pick a fight with the nurses and paramedics. A battle he’s never going to win, because almost the entire country has already picked a side. And it’s not with the government. When nurses pay has been eroded over such a long period – some are using food banks to get by – and their union calls for strike action for the first time in its history, then a stand has to be taken. » | John Crace | Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Rishi Sunak is like an overgrown 6th former! In actual fact, he’s a tw*t (supply your vowel of choice), to boot. After the pandemic, knowing how important nurses and other medical staff were to us, nobody in his right mind would pick a fight with essential workers such as these. Especially when the prime minister is so liberal with funds for CEOs of energy companies, and their henchmen, refusing to tax them to the full extent. Are CEOs of energy companies more essential to the economy than nurses? I repeat: What a tw*t!
FFS, pay the nurses and other medical staff a decent living wage/salary! You, Sir, are a disgrace! Anybody who has any decency is on the side of the nurses. Decent people are NOT, and cannot be, on your side. Redistribute the wealth of the nation fairly and equitably. Stop favouring those who have robbed the nation blind! – © Mark Alexander
Saturday, January 07, 2023
Hope for Labour as Sunak Shows Tories Are Out of Ideas
Saturday, November 12, 2022
Autumn Statement: Jeremy Hunt Plans Billions in Spending Cuts
BBC: Spending cuts of about £35bn and plans to raise some £20bn in tax in the coming years are expected to be set out in Thursday's Autumn Statement.
None of Jeremy Hunt's decisions have been officially confirmed, but I understand most of the extra revenue will come from freezing tax thresholds.
The levy on energy firms is also set to rise and last for another six years. Independent forecasts are understood to have identified a gap of around £55bn in the public finances.
While the government won't confirm any of the decisions they have made so far, the shape of the building blocks are clear.
We've already heard the chancellor say that in his view filling that hole between tax revenue and government spending is absolutely imperative after the chaos of early autumn.
There is an economic debate about the urgency and necessity for doing so but the position this government takes, that we'll no doubt hear from Mr Hunt when he's on our show this Sunday, is that they have no choice.
And from the moment he became chancellor he has said in sombre tones that means tax rises and squeezing spending. » | Laura Kuenssberg, Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg | Saturday, November 12, 2022
The Tories are not called "The Nasty Party” for nothing! They truly are "The Nasty Party”. How much more austerity are these bastards going to inflict on the country? We’ve had austerity ever since that twerp Cameron was in power. Cameron and Osborne inflicted austerity 1.0 on us. Now we must live with—or try to live with—austerity 1.1! They f****d up the last time; and they’ll f*** up this time too. The rich will get ever richer and the poor and middle class will get ever poorer. The current Chancellor of the Exchequer looks to me as though he relishes inflicting pain. Just take a look at his facial expression! A visage which tells you all you need to know about him! – © Mark Alexander
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