Bromptonaut
Rohan Man
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- Bugbrooke, Northants
I seem to think it was a regional thing whether they added 'and Unionist' on the ballot paper etc. Labour are similar in being Labour and Co-Operative in some places.
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I seem to think it was a regional thing whether they added 'and Unionist' on the ballot paper etc. Labour are similar in being Labour and Co-Operative in some places.
Bromptonaut
Rohan Man
- Location
- Bugbrooke, Northants
I don't think any offer is inspiring but, given where we are now, I'd have serious doubts as to reality/deliverability.
Starmer's not in the same aisle of the broad church that I am and I resigned as a party member when they said no wealth tax.
I'll still vote for them though. A party that seems to comprise competent people who can get stuff done.
Although the programme in 1945 was more inspiring, Clem Attlee was not exactly charisma rich. He delivered though.
winjim
Welcome yourself into the new modern crisis
Both predictable to the point of inevitability and literally the government's job to be prepared for. I have no sympathy.
All uphill
Active Member
You have my respect for acknowledging your previous voting record; most of my neighbours have gone very, very quiet this time round, which I find a bit pathetic after years of defending the indefensible.
AuroraSaab
Squire
Regardless, one effect of the pandemic was to keep B Johnson in power, or at the very least not subject to half as much scrutiny as he might have been, for longer. Everything centred on the pandemic and Starmer was unable to bring focus to all the other issues. This is an election we would have been having 2 years ago if covid hadn't brought about an unprecedented situation.
Beebo
Veteran
AuroraSaab
Squire
Yeah, sorry, my mistake.
Rusty Nails
Country Member
You can be prepared for them but they still cost billions, which is not kept in a rainy-day tin under the bed. Brexit was a totally different Tory caused, expensive cock-up.
Labour, who I am 100% certain would not have been more prepared, will be very grateful they dodged a bullet,
Sympathy doesn't come into it, you play the cards you are dealt.
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glasgowcyclist
Über Member
Taiwan
Ian H
Legendary Member
One of Churchill's barbs: "A modest little man with much to be modest about".
AuroraSaab
Squire
The Asian countries that had dealt with Sars already had the equipment and procedures on hand in preparation for another breakout. They also had an educated and compliant population who were used to masks, distancing etc.
icowden
Legendary Member
But they also don't have proportional representation. France has a two round system which isn't really PR. Germany's is a complex form of PR. I was looking at direct PR where the elected number of parliamentarians represents the percentage of the vote that they won.
cookiemonster
Veteran
- Location
- Far away from the asylum
