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For those of you sick and tired of the current government

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MaizieD Thu 05-Oct-23 10:22:45

How about signing and sharing this petition:

'Call an immediate general election'

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/641904

paddyann54 Fri 06-Oct-23 20:45:10

Labours "seismic win" was due to tories voting labour to keep the SNP out...that and the ridiculously small turnout .Grass roots in Scotland will vote SNP until we gain independence ,lets face it Labour left councils with huge PFI debts that eat up a huge chunk of our budget and the tories...wll what can I say.Corrupt ,lying ,cheating,thieving from the public purse etc.Who in their right mind would vote for them?Scotland hasn't voted for them in any numbers since 1955 thats right NINETEEN FIFTY FIVE .Almost 70 years ago,an we're not stupid enough to do it now!

Ladyleftfieldlover Fri 06-Oct-23 20:50:09

Signed.

nadateturbe Sat 07-Oct-23 13:57:01

Hetty58

Signed - it made me feel a bit better. I'll vote for the lesser of two evils every time. It's not as if we have anything to lose. I just can't wait!

Very wise.

MaizieD Sat 07-Oct-23 14:16:16

MaizieD

The petition is moving fast now, it was on 90 odd thousand when I posted the link yesterday, 125,000+ now and ticking up fast

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/641904

195,000 now.

Quokka Sun 08-Oct-23 07:25:32

It is vey simple.

Want more of the same?

Happy that you can’t get a GP appointment? And have to wait for years to get a new hip?

Or that your grandchildren are missing out on their education?

Or that you are paying through the nose for gas and electricity while the energy companies reap huge dividends?

Or that the air we breathe is poisoning us and our rivers are full of sewage?

ronib Sun 08-Oct-23 07:57:23

Quokka but we can get gp appointments here in England under a new system that has been implemented and working well. Plus I found an excellent Nhs dentist who does have availability. It just took some initiative finding her. So why are you blaming politicians for the way local health services are run? My Mp isn’t involved in these services as far as I know.
The air quality has improved in recent years too. As for sewage I don’t know.
My grandson is receiving an excellent start in an outstanding early years nursery delivered by really caring staff. Again without any guidance from the local Mp.
The energy crisis is I agree something that needs addressing and I am pretty furious about it. But I don’t believe Starmer will halve my bill or bring it down to an affordable level. But he can try ….

fancythat Sun 08-Oct-23 08:20:24

Want more of the same?

No. But many of us fear we will get worse.
And yes, it is so possible to get worse or far worse.

fancythat Sun 08-Oct-23 08:23:26

There are some people on GN who say "ooh, some good news at last about politics".
And I think, oh my gosh.

Whitewavemark2 Sun 08-Oct-23 08:25:14

I note that Sunak has failed to gain a “conference bounce”.

Polls show that the Tories remain at 24%

Sunak personal poll rating remains way behind Starmer.

Elegran Sun 08-Oct-23 10:29:55

ronib

Quokka but we can get gp appointments here in England under a new system that has been implemented and working well. Plus I found an excellent Nhs dentist who does have availability. It just took some initiative finding her. So why are you blaming politicians for the way local health services are run? My Mp isn’t involved in these services as far as I know.
The air quality has improved in recent years too. As for sewage I don’t know.
My grandson is receiving an excellent start in an outstanding early years nursery delivered by really caring staff. Again without any guidance from the local Mp.
The energy crisis is I agree something that needs addressing and I am pretty furious about it. But I don’t believe Starmer will halve my bill or bring it down to an affordable level. But he can try ….

Wow, Ronib I was about to ask you which corner of Utopia you live in, so that I can move there at once, but then I realised that if you posted that on GN it would immediately fill up to overflowing with older people from everywhere else in the country, so I didn't bother.

fancythat Sun 08-Oct-23 10:35:45

I went through the entire County trying to find an NHS dentist, and there are not any taking ordinary patients. None whatsoever.

Whitewavemark2 Sun 08-Oct-23 10:54:01

Elegran

ronib

Quokka but we can get gp appointments here in England under a new system that has been implemented and working well. Plus I found an excellent Nhs dentist who does have availability. It just took some initiative finding her. So why are you blaming politicians for the way local health services are run? My Mp isn’t involved in these services as far as I know.
The air quality has improved in recent years too. As for sewage I don’t know.
My grandson is receiving an excellent start in an outstanding early years nursery delivered by really caring staff. Again without any guidance from the local Mp.
The energy crisis is I agree something that needs addressing and I am pretty furious about it. But I don’t believe Starmer will halve my bill or bring it down to an affordable level. But he can try ….

Wow, Ronib I was about to ask you which corner of Utopia you live in, so that I can move there at once, but then I realised that if you posted that on GN it would immediately fill up to overflowing with older people from everywhere else in the country, so I didn't bother.

I think that ronib’s corner can be found under utopia if you look carefully 😄😄😄

Elegran Sun 08-Oct-23 11:09:35

fancythat

I went through the entire County trying to find an NHS dentist, and there are not any taking ordinary patients. None whatsoever.

I went through a similar exercise and ended up going to a private dentist recommended by two different friends.

MaizieD Sun 08-Oct-23 11:18:51

Petition is on 227,000+ now

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/641904

Whitewavemark2 Sun 08-Oct-23 11:35:23

I have signed a few days ago when it was in22k i think, so good to see it zipping up.

However, it will be ignored just as all the Brexit petitions were signed etc.

I remember one reached millions and it made not a jot of difference.
But it will certainly prove Sunak wrong.

It is being suggested that we will all have to drag on until next autumn, as the spring will not give the Tories more points in the poll.

This chaos is going on for ever😡😡. It started after 2015 but in particular after 2016 and has never stopped.

MaizieD Sun 08-Oct-23 11:53:41

However, it will be ignored just as all the Brexit petitions were signed etc.

I think those of us who have signed these 'government' petitions are inured to the fact that the government will ignore them grin

But, if it gets some publicity in the media it will show that Sunak's claim that people don't want a GE now is wrong.

ronib Sun 08-Oct-23 12:03:18

I don’t live in Utopia promise. I found my Nhs dentist through a friend…. not by looking online. I am also very surprised at the improvement in my local gp’s surgery through implementation of a new online system. All things are possible……we do have a LibDem run council and a Conservative MP for the time being. The roads are busy though.
Also fast access to London and acres of open space- yes plus good community feel in some areas …..

Elegran Sun 08-Oct-23 12:12:23

Still sounds like Utopia to me.

Oreo Sun 08-Oct-23 16:27:35

ronib

Quokka but we can get gp appointments here in England under a new system that has been implemented and working well. Plus I found an excellent Nhs dentist who does have availability. It just took some initiative finding her. So why are you blaming politicians for the way local health services are run? My Mp isn’t involved in these services as far as I know.
The air quality has improved in recent years too. As for sewage I don’t know.
My grandson is receiving an excellent start in an outstanding early years nursery delivered by really caring staff. Again without any guidance from the local Mp.
The energy crisis is I agree something that needs addressing and I am pretty furious about it. But I don’t believe Starmer will halve my bill or bring it down to an affordable level. But he can try ….

I have to agree as I and my family have found the same.
Am not at all happy about the sewage and rivers situation tho.
Cracks about Utopia are silly, there are many regions where you’ll still get these things, it may well be a post code lottery situation.I live in England.

Oreo Sun 08-Oct-23 16:29:26

Elegran

Still sounds like Utopia to me.

You’re in England? Or Scotland or Wales or NI?

mumofmadboys Sun 08-Oct-23 16:37:13

signed

creativeness Sun 08-Oct-23 16:42:02

Have signed this too

Quokka Sun 08-Oct-23 22:21:16

ronib

Quokka but we can get gp appointments here in England under a new system that has been implemented and working well. Plus I found an excellent Nhs dentist who does have availability. It just took some initiative finding her. So why are you blaming politicians for the way local health services are run? My Mp isn’t involved in these services as far as I know.
The air quality has improved in recent years too. As for sewage I don’t know.
My grandson is receiving an excellent start in an outstanding early years nursery delivered by really caring staff. Again without any guidance from the local Mp.
The energy crisis is I agree something that needs addressing and I am pretty furious about it. But I don’t believe Starmer will halve my bill or bring it down to an affordable level. But he can try ….

Actually I’m lucky where I live as we too, in our sunny little part of rural England can still access these services.

I’m speaking for those I know who live (in England) and experienced a different reality. Air quality improving? Haha! Sewage? Really - you don’t know? Shocking.

And who mentioned MPs? Confused dot com me thinks dearly.

Quokka Sun 08-Oct-23 22:22:12

Whitewavemark2

Elegran

ronib

Quokka but we can get gp appointments here in England under a new system that has been implemented and working well. Plus I found an excellent Nhs dentist who does have availability. It just took some initiative finding her. So why are you blaming politicians for the way local health services are run? My Mp isn’t involved in these services as far as I know.
The air quality has improved in recent years too. As for sewage I don’t know.
My grandson is receiving an excellent start in an outstanding early years nursery delivered by really caring staff. Again without any guidance from the local Mp.
The energy crisis is I agree something that needs addressing and I am pretty furious about it. But I don’t believe Starmer will halve my bill or bring it down to an affordable level. But he can try ….

Wow, Ronib I was about to ask you which corner of Utopia you live in, so that I can move there at once, but then I realised that if you posted that on GN it would immediately fill up to overflowing with older people from everywhere else in the country, so I didn't bother.

I think that ronib’s corner can be found under utopia if you look carefully 😄😄😄

Exactly!

ronib Sun 08-Oct-23 22:31:18

Well my corner has been around for a very long time and I understand your jealousy but that’s just life I guess folks.