Have we changed to being Communist China without me noticing or do right-wing one party states just use the same rethoric?

As I seem to recall Labour had quiet a penchant for throwing peoples this that and the other around last time they were in power

Apart from 'the people's Princess' what other 'people's xyz' did Blair throw around, GG13?

He certainly never invoked 'the will of the people'. I think he could recognise a fascist trope when he saw on...

MaizieD

^As I seem to recall Labour had quiet a penchant for throwing peoples this that and the other around last time they were in power^

Apart from 'the people's Princess' what other 'people's xyz' did Blair throw around, GG13?

He certainly never invoked 'the will of the people'. I think he could recognise a fascist trope when he saw on...

Let's hope we won't be having posters like this one:

(National Socialism - the organised will of the country)

PS. We've already got the flags.

Was 'The will of the people' not bandied about freely with regard to Brexit. Also remember those headlines about judges being 'Enemies of the state'.

We are being persuaded that the government's actions are what we would want when the majority did not vote for them.

Whitewavemark2

Apparently Frost has just told the Lords that he intends to dismantle the GDPR - data protection scheme and other regulations.

This is the same Frost who denied using personal emails and telephone for govt work. When asked to produce his phone, ot was lost, the it was found but broken, then it wasn't broken but had been given to a family member.

GrannyGravy13

PippaZ I like most have no idea when the next GE will be called however, it would be nice to know what the opposition stand for .

As mentioned previously in another thread, have a look at the 2019 manifesto (there is a short version). In this document the LP spells out what it stands for. Not much has changed.

Dinahmo

Whitewavemark2

Apparently Frost has just told the Lords that he intends to dismantle the GDPR - data protection scheme and other regulations.

This is the same Frost who denied using personal emails and telephone for govt work. When asked to produce his phone, ot was lost, the it was found but broken, then it wasn't broken but had been given to a family member.

No, it's poor Lord Bethell who is having such a difficult time remembering just what he did with his old phone. Unfortunately it had a rather large number of texts and whatsapp messages on it by which he was conducting government business.

goodlawproject.org/update/ever-growing-mystery-missing-phone/

It’s quite amusing to note that the one TV channel that some of you love to hate is the only one that doesn’t pull it’s punches when criticising this government.

MerylStreep

It’s quite amusing to note that the one TV channel that some of you love to hate is the only one that doesn’t pull it’s punches when criticising this government.

I don't need a TV channel to tell me what this government is doing wrong. I have great reading ability and good comprehension skills. I've also seen the arch scrounger performing on PMQs...

MerylStreep

It’s quite amusing to note that the one TV channel that some of you love to hate is the only one that doesn’t pull it’s punches when criticising this government.

Yep, totally correct ??

GG13 "politically homeless" probably describes quite a number of people including me. I was conservative for many years but just can't support them now and Labour doesn't seem to be strong enough in opposition.

MaizieD Thanks for the correction. Silly of me.

People vote for the best they consider on the day . We vote at least every 5 years . There'll be an election before 2024 no doubt as the present PM is an expert politician who'll play the polls right . He'll win , no change till he steps down , he's too clever to fail , that's just a fact !

No, it's not. It's an opinion.

Anything with the words 'The People's' makes my teeth itch, ever since we had the oft repeated mantras of 'The People have spoken', and 'The Will of The People'. We know how well that worked out.

I'm obviously a "non-person" because the electoral system means that I have never voted for the winner in any election.

This is becoming serious

“UK govt to enshrine in OfCom regulations a legal obligation for national broadcasters to make “Britishness” a compulsory feature of TV.

All programs produced by the BBC & other domestic channels must be shown to be British & not “too international” or “generic”.”

GrannyGravy13

MerylStreep

It’s quite amusing to note that the one TV channel that some of you love to hate is the only one that doesn’t pull it’s punches when criticising this government.

Yep, totally correct ??

Not correct at all. Clearly not watched Channel 4 then.

First three stories tonight:

1. How the government's requirement for care workers to have jabs is impacting staffing levels.

2. Analysis of the government's anachronistic agreement with the US and Australia.

3. Criticism of the government's slow response to the Grenfell Tower situation.

Criticism of the government doesn't have to consist of ranting and polemic.

In the interests of balance, I switched over to GB News where Farage was boasting about how HE has always known the truth about the migrant crisis and how (I quote) our real friends in the world speak English. Racist git.

Whitewavemark2

This is becoming serious

“UK govt to enshrine in OfCom regulations a legal obligation for national broadcasters to make “Britishness” a compulsory feature of TV.

All programs produced by the BBC & other domestic channels must be shown to be British & not “too international” or “generic”.”

Next the marching to the difficult Goose Step and compulsory crying while saluting the Dear Leader.

Aren't any Tory voters worried?

They might be a tad worried as there are very few willing to defend the Tories at the moment, unless of course they are thinking “bring it on” in which case we are doomed.

The idiot is saying that we can now revert to lbs and oz.

Never mind that all the generations after us was brought up with the metric system.

There is a happy medium between Goose stepping and Chairman Mao boiler suites

That is where U.K. politicians should be aiming for, stop negative campaigning and get out and about, be seen and vocalise your vision of the U.K. going forward …

Just like Truss!

Whitewavemark2

The idiot is saying that we can now revert to lbs and oz.

Never mind that all the generations after us was brought up with the metric system.

Surely that can't be true! (Can it?)

Actually, I've just read that it's on the agenda. What a load of cobblers. It's pandering to the hillbillies. It's not just the generations "after us" who were brought up with the metric system. I did O levels in 1971 and we were the first cohort to use the metric system in our maths exams.

It really is unbelievable that government time should be spent on this rubbish, when there's so much real work to do trying to get Brexit to work and trying to salvage something of our export markets.

What I understand is that it will no longer be illegal to price loose goods (butchers, greengrocers etc) in lbs and ozs.

Don't you mean 'butcher's', 'greengrocer's' etc.

Banana's by the lb again. I can't wait ....

Is the 60+ demographic so huge even after his spirited and ongoing attempt to kill off as many of them as possible with c19 that Johnson doesn't need to bother about pleasing any one else?