Starmer's vision quest

[CXRAndy]

She also brought in the Custom's Union and the Single Market until your hero crawled out from under his rock and campaigned to withdraw from it, doing untold damage to the UK economy.

Both reasonable concepts, Multiple countries conducting business.

EU bad idea, forcing policies from central point on individual countries

 

[Deleted member 16]

Both reasonable concepts, Multiple countries conducting business.

EU bad idea, forcing policies from central point on individual countries

The EU didn't force anything. It was done via consensus.

 

[C R]

The EU didn't force anything. It was done via consensus.

It knows, it doesn't care. Don't feed it.

 

[CXRAndy]

The EU didn't force anything. It was done via consensus.

No it wasn't it was insidious creep of power grab from individual countries

 

[Deleted member 16]

No it wasn't it was insidious creep of power grab from individual countries

That's wrong. There's no evidence to prove that.

The EU has always worked on consensus, not countries throwing temper tantrums because they no longer have an empire.

 

[CXRAndy]

The creation of single currency, centralised monetary control, export/imports, migration levels.

It's ultimate plan is to subsume individual countries into a super state.

Don't think it will ever happen, war will break out first, from rebellious countries

 

[BoldonLad]

I encountered an “illegal” immigrant this morning. He/she had stowed away in a head of brocolli all the way from Spain. 😂

 

[CXRAndy]

I encountered an “illegal” immigrant this morning. He/she had stowed away in a head of brocolli all the way from Spain. 😂

Did you squish it? 😁

 

[BoldonLad]

Did you squish it? 😁

Ice/She is currently on the kitchen floor, awaiting processing by Mrs @BoldonLad.

 

[CXRAndy]

View: https://x.com/Dahshur11/status/1931284693951123825?t=entBDT5-Lb7qLSZ9r0b7-Q&s=19

 

[CXRAndy]

View: https://x.com/joeroganhq/status/1931901300007923817?t=DIqLLh2TY74shfYcxrAfRQ&s=19

 

[CXRAndy]

No more teachers for you lefties, coffers empty

 

[Stevo 666]

No more teachers for you lefties, coffers empty

You mean this?
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/08/labour-abandons-manifesto-pledge-hire-teachers-schools/

Another one to add to the leftie U-turn list.

 

[CXRAndy]

You mean this?
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/08/labour-abandons-manifesto-pledge-hire-teachers-schools/

Another one to add to the leftie U-turn list.

My soon to be daughter in law has just left the junior teaching profession after enduring 2 years of hell.

She was assaulted by children and parents. She had no senior backup to protect her. Her colleague was told to apologise to a child and the parent for giving the child detention. She instead told the headmaster to stick it, resigned and walked out.

Daughter in law has thankfully acquired the necessary alloted time, so can return to the profession in the future, which I doubt very much, given the dire situation for many teachers.

 

[Bromptonaut]

You mean this?
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/08/labour-abandons-manifesto-pledge-hire-teachers-schools/

Another one to add to the leftie U-turn list.

For those who cannot read it the Telegraph (NB is that paper any longer a reputable source even for basic facts) is saying, based on an article in the Times Educational Supplement, that Labour are cooking the books over teacher recruitment numbers. Apparently, while they're counting the numbers in Secondary/Special education, they're not counting those in primary where teacher numbers are falling.

IIRC primary pupil numbers are falling quickly due to the low birth rate.