2024 UK politics - now with Labour in charge
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You think you could write a book on pretty much every subject ever discussed.
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My brother was an academic. During that period, he had to organise the evacuation of a team of archaeologists from a dig in the Libyan desert when the civil war broke out. I'd say that qualifies as real world experience. Maybe your experience of academics is limited 🙂
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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I’m going to suggest that your expectations of MPs is more than a little naive.
Want an example? We’ve gone from Tory to Labour. Let me know when you see a noticeable difference.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Stupid forum double post.
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The paucity of talent in parliament and the lack of leadership is not the proof you think it is, and if anything, supports the argument, even if tangentially, that they need to be paid more.
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Trump got paid loads.
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I have never been convinced by the old adage that if you want to attract the best you need to pay more. Having worked across a number of sectors over the years, and just purely in my opinion, the greatest percentage of genuinely highly skilled, motivated and effective people I have come across is in the charity sector where most people earn far less than they could elsewhere through choice. People who have a genuine personal belief in a cause and dedicate their professional career to it often sacrifice potential earnings to pursue that fundamental belief in a given cause. Basically, earnings are not always the biggest attraction for some of the best people.
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The voters don't get to select candidates though so if you are looking at the bigger picture you are voting for the one whose Party aligns closest to you. Not many people vote based on the quality of their candidates irrespective of their Party.
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Corbyn's constituency did something like that.
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Shifting tides though. I’ve voted for all the main parties, and some independents.
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I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Sure, there's some places where they have a long standing, high profile and / or MP although I would say Corbyn only got the seat because of his history as a Labour MP. Had he not been an MP for one of the major Parties previously I doubt anyone would have voted for him. If you are in a Constituency where th incumbent has stood down and you have a choice of candidates with no track record how do you decide as a voter which one will work hardest for you?
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I feel like it should protect against overly dogmatic politicians who put party and/or political purity ahead of being good politicians.
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Meh, it's cheapened in most of the corporate world, but if you want to attract and keep high performers (and encourage high performance) there's nothing like the feel of a proper valuable mission that's really worth something.
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I’ve now done all the majors too but always on who I want running the country rather than who would be the best Constituency MP. The incumbent in my current constituency and the previous one are pretty anonymous to be honest. No idea what they have done for the area.
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Ditto. Just annoyed this time that the Tory only got in here because a curious set of circumstances left the much larger #gtto vote split three ways. Must admit I don't even know who my MP is, but he ain't going to have any clout, though I suppose on the plus side he's almost 1% of the entire PCP.
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I have some sympathy for Starmer with regard to the Arsenal tickets. Apparently he was a season ticket holder and has been told he can't sit in his seat for security reasons. Taking a box therefore seems like a legitimate cost of the job.
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I am struggling to care. The issue seems a lot smaller than giving billion pound contracts and peerages to one's friends.
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Sounds like he wasted a perfectly good excuse not to have to watch Arsenal to me.
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But Leftie hypocrisy or something
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Same - if Arsenal don't want him sat in the stands, it seems entirely appropriate for him to take the hospitality. If it's someone other than the club stumping up, which seems to be the case sometimes, then less so.
As for his excuse that going to Taylor Swift with his family paid for by the Premier League is part of the job - I'm not so sure.
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I think he also said that he would like to sit in his sea in "the stands" but that the cost of the security to the taxpayer would be high - taking the option of a box therefore saved tax money
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There's an argument that Sky Sports is a bit cheaper.
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A sensible compromise might be that he continues paying the season ticket price but gets seated somewhere more secure.
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. . . which is exactly what is happening as far as I understand it . . . he has a season ticket(s)
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What wait, you aren't saying we've been deceived by the lying bastard Tory media are you?
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. . . I'm afraid 'tis thus . . . shocked I am, shocked . . .
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I can't see how there is much danger from gangs of marauding grannies out to get him over the winter fuel allowance. That said, He could always recruit a contingent of free bodyguards from the ranks of grateful junior doctors, train drivers etc.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]1 -
You suggesting Sky News lie?
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Any views on Labour vowing to keep this tax break, which a report says cost more in lost tax than it encouraged in more investment (which was the aim)?
"The tax relief on new plant and machinery announced by Jeremy Hunt as chancellor in 2023 was billed as a major part of the solution to the problem of Britain’s low economic productivity. Labour supported the measure at the time and have now promised to make it permanent. An analysis by the thinktanks Demos and Common Wealth has found that the measure, known as full expensing, will cost nearly £30bn in lost tax revenue and spur a maximum of £10.5bn in fresh investment. The Treasury says the move will generate £15bn in investment, still only half what it has cost the taxpayer."
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