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Policies please!!!

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trisher Mon 23-Oct-17 10:19:06

Dear Gransnetters
I am making a sincere request for any ideas and policies you think might help me and my government cling on to power keep the country on a strong and stable path. We are willing to consider anything. Sajid has already launched a housing idea, Michael is busy searching through Jeremy's bins for cast offs and Boris has promised to keep his nose out of things is focussing on foreign policy. But I am sure some of you have really good ideas. Don't worry about u-turns I am willing to swivel 360% and more if it will keep me in power is in the country's interests. So please send them to me. Desperately Seeking Solutions Theresa @No.10

JessM Thu 26-Oct-17 18:41:05

@Teresa FFS sign off on the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon and stop paying consultants to write more and more reports about it.
Otherwise that nice new MP , you know Tonia, who used to play rugby so well, might lose her patience.
And while you're at it - really, if you want to make headlines with "suggestions" - I won't call them "policies" - you will really have to do better than the oh-so-trendy "gig economy" idea of paying people with a spare ensuite to take in frail and elderly post-surgical patients in and "cook them 3 microwave meals a day"

trisher Thu 26-Oct-17 18:32:54

We could have a pretty money tree for our logo, but I think the DUP would want their initials all over it!
I don't need a wheel I can mange u-turns all by myself

The Saudis have given me many assurances about the arms, and they are our friends you know.
200ml. mmm.... next time Michael drops in for coffee.......

petra Thu 26-Oct-17 17:44:38

Just broken international law.

durhamjen Thu 26-Oct-17 17:28:39

200 ml of neat Roundup will kill a human. Most people who have died through glyphosate poisoning are farmers who committed suicide intentionally.

durhamjen Thu 26-Oct-17 17:22:24

Thank you for thinking about moving Michael. I will see if I can find out the lethal dose.

In the meantime, perhaps you could do the same for the other Michael, Fallon, as he has just broke international law by telling MPs not to ask him to stop selling weapons to Saudi Arabia as he needs to sell more to his friends.

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has told MPs to stop criticising Saudi Arabia so we can sell them more weapons.

"He told MPs criticism of the regime's brutal bombardment of Yemen is "unhelpful" while Britain is trying to finalise a deal with BAE Systems to sell the Kingdom a further batch of Eurofighter jets.

Labour said his comments were "extremely concerning".

The UK has licensed almost $4 billion worth of arms to the Kingdom since the Saudi-led bombing of Yemen started in 2015.

Both the UN and Human Rights Watch have said the intervention is in breach of international law."

durhamjen Thu 26-Oct-17 17:19:06

I was thinking anything but a tree, FarNorth. They had a tree, a green tree, when they were pretending to be the greenest government ever.

What about a wheel, so they can do endless u-turns without effort?

Morgana Thu 26-Oct-17 16:53:17

Brilliant posts everyone. The power of humour! How come we don't get these serious discussions up on 'Grans net Daily'?

FarNorth Thu 26-Oct-17 16:42:08

Those suggestions for a logo seem slightly negative. I think a pretty money tree would give the correct, positive message.

trisher Thu 26-Oct-17 16:24:22

dj I am thinking off sending Michael off to do some very detailed research into glyphosate. Do you have any idea about what a lethal dose how safe it is for human consumption?

I'm not sure about the party logo. There is a lot to deal with and it is something I really haven't considered.

durhamjen Thu 26-Oct-17 16:19:48

I wonder if you would be so kind as to move your friend Liam to a position more suited to his abilities as a novice in international trade?

infacts.org/liam-foxs-us-fantasies-unravel-faced-facts-life/

He is making the UK look silly.

whitewave Thu 26-Oct-17 14:15:49

Or headless chicken

M0nica Thu 26-Oct-17 14:07:11

I would like to suggest an ostrich, but sadly their head in the sand act is a myth - on the other hand.........................

whitewave Thu 26-Oct-17 13:06:51

I read that you want to change the Tory logo.

Are suggestions welcome? If so I would like to suggest a dead duck

durhamjen Thu 26-Oct-17 11:29:15

Sorry, I forgot I was trying to be polite to you.

I wonder if you would be so kind as to ask Michael Gove to go along with the rest of the EU and ban glyphosate (Roundup)?
It does lots of harm to the environment, and is even being found in honey all over the world. It kills off all plants needed by bees and butterflies, and will really harm our food production.
It will also stop Monsanto from taking over worldwide food production.

durhamjen Thu 26-Oct-17 11:18:16

Are you still taking notice of the donald? You must be the only one who is!

trisher Thu 26-Oct-17 10:54:09

Corbyn? Who wants to talk about him? This is my thread and I'm looking for policies. (There may be people working for me trawling through his manifesto looking for ideas, but I couldn't possibly comment)
dj Fracking IS green, Donald told me (so it must be true)

Anniebach Thu 26-Oct-17 10:38:44

Corbyn is hard left, he has worked hard to get more hard left into the party. I agree neither far left or far right will win votes across the country

trisher Thu 26-Oct-17 10:13:07

If I get rid of Jeremy, Boris, and David who am I left with- Michael? Now there's some one you DON'T want behind you, who knows when he will decide to get the knife out again? Anyway I believe in "Keep your friends close but your enemies closer." (The first are sadly lacking anyway, so what choice have I got)

Cindersdad Thu 26-Oct-17 09:15:20

M0nica I agree with you but if TM got rid of "the tossers" she would have an empty cabinet. I don't think Jeremy Hunt and Phillip Hammond are too bad but she must ditch the hard right side if the conservatives are to survive a general election as Jeremy Corbyn needs to reign in the hard left.

Whatever policies are adopted they need to be acceptable to both right and left of the country to avoid costly and unnecessary switches following elections. Best option coalitions in the interest of the country, we need PR for that.

M0nica Thu 26-Oct-17 08:45:41

Dear Theresa, Please stand up and stand straight. Look and walk like a confident leader. As it is you scuttle around, shoulders rounded, head poked forward, like a worried tortoise. You do not give the impression of a woman of power. Have a word with Christine Lagarde, MD of the IMF. She always looks the part. Confident stance, immaculately coiffed and dressed. When she walks into a room she commands it. You don't.

You would then find it much easier to rule your cabinet, get rid of the tossers (Boris, David Davies, Jeremy Hunt) and politically emasculate them so they are not a threat to you outside the cabinet and give us a less extreme right wing, knee jerk government and move back to the mixed economy and more balanced social system most of us want.

durhamjen Wed 25-Oct-17 22:47:38

I wonder if you would be so kind as to ask people to paint their roofs white, thus mitigating the effects of greenhouse gas emissions.

durhamjen Wed 25-Oct-17 21:36:03

I wonder if you would be so kind as to watch this video about Jeremy Hunt, then sack him.

skwawkbox.org/2017/10/25/nhs-campaigner-stefanovic-sets-hunts-twitter-schooling-to-video/

Sorry it's on skwawkbox, but Gove thinks it's okay.

mostlyharmless Wed 25-Oct-17 21:28:56

Yes, Theresa, a week is apparently a long time in politics according to Harold Wilson.

Will you last that long? Six weeks does seem optimistic.

I do hope you're managing to keep everyone happy in the cabinet. Remember to never turn your back on Boris.

durhamjen Wed 25-Oct-17 21:20:41

I wonder if you would be so kind as to tell me how on earth you think fracking is green?

trisher Wed 25-Oct-17 21:02:26

We are strongly committed to Fracking now because we have shares in the companies we believe in green energy.