Anyone understand why Johnson is so far ahead in the polls? ( 2)

And are they planning to build on flood plains as I thought ?

To return to the OP. Why is Johnson polling well?- Money talks.

The Conservatives have received more than £11 million from some of the UK’s richest property developers and construction businesses since Boris Johnson became prime minister last July, an openDemocracy investigation has found.

www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/exclusive-property-tycoons-gave-tories-more-than-11m-in-less-than-a-year/

Thanks, but we'll respectfully decline.

He and his party stood in the election just past, they got 0.9% of the vote. It was certainly lively, if you can track down his Party literature, its worth a look. If only to see the famous fedora and see the rather scary words I am from somewhere in your past

Miaow. ?

Perhaps Scotland would like Mr Galloway back Alegrias to enliven things up there

Urmstongran

GALLOWAY??

In the words of John McEnroe ‘you have got to be kidding me’.

?

he never said that!

You cannot be serious !

^Keir Starmer in suit and tie.
Angela Raynor in leopard print leggings and DM’s in Hartlepool.^

One posh. One not.

How does what they are wearing make them posh or not?

Which is which? What you wear, ceased defining what you are decades ago. All kinds of people wear all kinds of clothes in all kinds of different situations. Think of all those little boys wearing suits and ties at weddings and family celebrations, poor children!

GALLOWAY??

In the words of John McEnroe ‘you have got to be kidding me’.

?

Never mind. Galloway is threatening to stand.

At least that will be entertaining.

Seems Conservatives are already firm favourites for Batley and Spen with the bookies.

Labour is a sinking ship.

The conservative party was seriously split on Europe and it cost it dear for many years. The Labour party is hopelessly split on just about everything.

Those poor children.

I have seen videos of them behaving normally, doing those daft dances that are popular with children (don't ask me what they are but the DGD are always doing them).

One looks like a clone of Daddy, one looks bored stiff but the girl and younger boy look quite sweet.

It would be great if they rebelled.

Greeneyedgirl ??

I can’t get the picture out of my head Urmston of Johnson and Rees Mogg in leopard skin leggings now ?.
I agree about a divided Labour Kali2, which is why I have left the party, and I suspect many more have also. Their membership has declined markedly, but I don’t see the split quite as you do.

Please, call Social Services

You’ll appreciate this little tableau then. Those poor children.

I believe Keir Hardie was vilified by the press for refusing to turn up in the standard dress for parliament, but wearing tweeds and a deerstalker instead.

Plus ça change.

If we’re splitting hairs though, Starmer is by far the smartest dressed, and he has a passing friendship with a comb as well. You may feel there are many things to criticise him for, but have to concede that his appearance is not one of them.
I do agree on the leopard print leggings - but they are less reprehensible than tricking your children out in tweed and party rosettes.

Johnson and Rees Mogg don’t go to work though in leopard skin leggings. Both wear a suit and tie. Boris ruffles his hair. I think it’s to cover the fact that he has a slight bald patch.

^Keir Starmer in suit and tie.
Angela Raynor in leopard print leggings and DM’s in Hartlepool.

One posh. One not.^

Anyone who comments on the dress code of politicians, and supports Johnson and Rees-Mogg - totally lost the plot! The hypocrisy and irony is so vast.

Kali2 you will find MaizieD tells us it’s not like a household budget that has to be ‘paid back’.

Indeed I would, Ug, and so would any economist. Just try googling it and you'll see loads of results from economists saying that a national economy is not like a household economy.

Do you know what all this supposed 'borrowing' is?

A small part of it is people's savings and investments; National Savings, Premium Bonds and treasury bonds.
People like investing with the government because it is very safe. Because the government will never default. Unlike the commercial banks in the 2007 global financial crisis. If the Labour government hadn't stepped in with quantitative easing all the money people had in their bank accounts would have just gone, 'pouf'... then we'd have been in a real mess.

A large part is money created by a few key strokes by the Bank of England. They're the one that create money and what is more, they are legally obliged to pay anything that the government tells them to pay.

A bit of a conundrum; the government 'owes' money to the BoE, but the BoE belongs to the government and issues money on its orders. So, who 'owes' what to who?

Cuts to public spending are a huge con, and recessionary.

varian

This is not 2011. Nick Clegg has gone but the LibDems still thrive.

Our Local District Council has 82 Liberal Democrats, 14 Conservatives, 5 Independents and 1 Green Councillor.

No Labour Councillors!

The Labour Party can only hope to survive is it rejects the confrontational undemocratic FPTP system and promotes PR

The areas we live in obviously influence how we see things. Here the LibDems are nothing. Greens are more relevant and they will thrive because they will get the young vote which would in the past have gone to Labour.

I can't see Lab or the Libs getting close to power in the near future. Remember the LibDems totally screwed the student population in England. They are the future voters. The government of the day was tory but the LibDems carry the can for it.

For heavens sake. We have a PM that looks like a scarecrow even when he’s in parliament. What’s wrong with the way that Raynor and Starmer dress?

I wonder if it was Angela Rayner who demanded that Keir Starmer should kneel alongside her. Hmm wonder who really is the boss.

Free Ports would never and have never worked.

Urmstongran

Regarding A divided Labour in reality

Keir Starmer in suit and tie.
Angela Raynor in leopard print leggings and DM’s in Hartlepool.

One posh. One not.

Did she want to promote ‘I’m one of you’? Or did her dress choice seem disrespectful to the voters?

I suppose in the big sea it ought not to matter what she chooses to wear. Except that somehow it does. She is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition.

Isn't each of us one of "us" Urmstongran? More Tory culture wars!