I do wish Keir Starmer would stop talking about ‘working people’!

Most of our banks will no longer accept cheques. Much to the distress of many.

I do wish someone would advise Starmer how to dress when he represents us on the World stage. He has had thousands of pounds given to him by his "friend" but he looks like a bag of rags in an open necked black shirt, black jacket and black glasses. I wouldn't mind if he had some decent policies and a credible front bench. A journalist said the other day that he will turn out to be the worst PM in the history of this country. God help us as nobody else is going to!

biglouis

I have a very good customer who insists upon writing cheques. First time it happened I had to ring my bank and ask where to send it. The young woman who answered said she had never seen a cheque! Its a bit of a faff but she spends quite a few hundred pounds at a time so Im not going to turn her away.

I’m pretty sure dh has paid a cheque in by means of a screenshot of it, and online banking.
Or did I imagine that??

Perhaps he should log into gransnet, since that's where the experts are.

They could advise him what to wear, once they've finished with Carol Vorderman.

He should be able to dress well. He’s had enough free, designer clothes from Lord Alli.

And that’s not advice from me MissA. Simply an observation.

I don't care what he dresses like.
Just like those who didn't care what boris wore, presumably.

As I said earlier, IF he had any coherent policies he could appear in a dress as far as I'm concerned. In fact that might be appropriate lest anyone has forgotten that this is the man who thought women could have a penis.

buffyfly9

I do wish someone would advise Starmer how to dress when he represents us on the World stage. He has had thousands of pounds given to him by his "friend" but he looks like a bag of rags in an open necked black shirt, black jacket and black glasses. I wouldn't mind if he had some decent policies and a credible front bench. A journalist said the other day that he will turn out to be the worst PM in the history of this country. God help us as nobody else is going to!

I think he's a pretty good dresser in all the pics I can find. Even the Telegraph thinks the dark shirt a good move for appropriate occasion ..

www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/style/why-keir-starmers-dark-shirts-smart-decision/

bufflyfly, may I ask the name of the journalist who predicts that Mr Starmer will " go down in history as the worst PM"?
I would like to email/ write to him/ her to discuss how s/he knows what he will do in the next five years: tarot readings perhaps, or maybe rune casting?
Furthermore I would add just two words to this assumption - Liz Truss, unbeatable in this category, surely.

BTW, I do agree we need clearer definitions than "working people". Its not clear to me and it seems from this thread its not clear to many either.

Chocolatelovinggran

bufflyfly, may I ask the name of the journalist who predicts that Mr Starmer will " go down in history as the worst PM"?
I would like to email/ write to him/ her to discuss how s/he knows what he will do in the next five years: tarot readings perhaps, or maybe rune casting?
Furthermore I would add just two words to this assumption - Liz Truss, unbeatable in this category, surely.

Look no further Chocolatelovinggran it's a minor press person - who I have never heard of - Lizzy Cundy - backed by a quote from Lee Anderson - commenting in a GB news article.

Witzend

I’m pretty sure dh has paid a cheque in by means of a screenshot of it, and online banking.
Or did I imagine that??

No you didn’t.
School always pays me by cheque if I’ve bought something when the school credit card isn’t available, and that’s how I pay them in.

I wish I could tell you who the journalist was but I watch so many " talking heads" that I cannot remember. Yes, Liz Truss was a disaster but her tenure was a few days, not potentially five years!! I suspect Tarot readings, runes and the occasional seance is all we have available to discern what his policies actually are.

Mollygo

MayBee70

If only people like Beth Rigby et al had been so interrogational and forensic about every word Conservative MP’s have uttered over the past 14 years . Especially regarding Brexit…

And if Only all those people had got off their rear end and bothered to vote, we might not have had Brexit.
Over a million people who didn’t bother, contributed to Brexit.

How do you know that the million people who didn't bother to vote, would have voted to Remain??

Most of us are working people or have been in the past if retired. I agree that if you have managed to save some money and decide to invest it why should you be taxed again, you worked hard for that money saved it instead of spending it and shoudnt be penalised again.

Anyway he’s a millionaire he’s not working class is he? He will never be cold in winter

Thank you for steering me towards Liz Cundy, a woman I have never heard of or actually seen! Whilst I cannot remember the name of the person who made the statement I can assure you it was not her.

buffyfly9

Thank you for steering me towards Liz Cundy, a woman I have never heard of or actually seen! Whilst I cannot remember the name of the person who made the statement I can assure you it was not her.

It was.

www.gbnews.com/politics/keir-starmer-worst-prime-minister-disgusting-winter-fuel-cuts

buffyfly9

I do wish someone would advise Starmer how to dress when he represents us on the World stage. He has had thousands of pounds given to him by his "friend" but he looks like a bag of rags in an open necked black shirt, black jacket and black glasses. I wouldn't mind if he had some decent policies and a credible front bench. A journalist said the other day that he will turn out to be the worst PM in the history of this country. God help us as nobody else is going to!

Auditioning for a new Men In Black film?😁

TwiceAsNice

Most of us are working people or have been in the past if retired. I agree that if you have managed to save some money and decide to invest it why should you be taxed again, you worked hard for that money saved it instead of spending it and shoudnt be penalised again.

Anyway he’s a millionaire he’s not working class is he? He will never be cold in winter

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

John, now Lord Prescott:

His down-to-earth image proved vital to the New Labour project, forming a bridge between the party's grassroots and the new breed of Labour politician at the top of the party.

"We are all middle class now," he said before the 1997 general election, neatly summing up Tony Blair's "big tent" philosophy.

Some are more middle-class than others.

Wyllow3

buffyfly9

Thank you for steering me towards Liz Cundy, a woman I have never heard of or actually seen! Whilst I cannot remember the name of the person who made the statement I can assure you it was not her.

It was.

www.gbnews.com/politics/keir-starmer-worst-prime-minister-disgusting-winter-fuel-cuts

As in

Discussing the cuts on GB News, commentator Lizzie Cundy branded them "disgusting and cruel", warning that Starmer is going to be the "worst Prime Minister we've ever had

buffyfly9

I do wish someone would advise Starmer how to dress when he represents us on the World stage. He has had thousands of pounds given to him by his "friend" but he looks like a bag of rags in an open necked black shirt, black jacket and black glasses. I wouldn't mind if he had some decent policies and a credible front bench. A journalist said the other day that he will turn out to be the worst PM in the history of this country. God help us as nobody else is going to!

I did notice that in Samoa he looked out of place (and hot) in a white open-necked shirt and dark jacket at an informal gathering, whereas other Commonwealth leaders were wearing colourful tropical shirts loose over trousers.

Sundowngirl I don’t know, anymore than anyone else does.

However, because statistics are used to as proof, older people who voted are frequently blamed for Brexit, without real proof that they all voted leave.

In the same way, according to statistics,
the younger people, were both
more likely to support remain
but
less likely to vote,
would have voted remain if they had bothered to vote,
but they didn’t.

If everyone had bothered to vote, we would either have had a stronger mandate for Brexit, or we’d still be in the EU.
The only thing that wouldn’t have changed is the number of complaints by the losing side.

Allira

John, now Lord Prescott:

His down-to-earth image proved vital to the New Labour project, forming a bridge between the party's grassroots and the new breed of Labour politician at the top of the party.

"We are all middle class now," he said before the 1997 general election, neatly summing up Tony Blair's "big tent" philosophy.

Some are more middle-class than others.

Yes.