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Repeated every time Starmer wants to sound like one of the people. Thatcher did the same with her father having been a shopkeeper. Just a silly example of attempted spin that has no relevance to the individual's ability to lead the country. Stalin's father was a shoemaker and I'm not sure how...

Whilst we focus on the desire for Statmer to become PM, I suspect little will change as a result. However, who becomes the next US President could literally change the course of the world and there’s absolutely nothing we can do about it.

You make a compelling case but I don’t think you can dismiss the risk to competitiveness so easily. I guess where the payment is set is key though. Employers pay according to supply and demand now, so I don’t see a change there. The cynic in me says that whilst the laudable objective is to...

So therefore if someone refuses to work rather than cannot work then they get this sum of money. So I ask again, why does such a person deserve this?

True! But you know what I meant!

Why should someone who refuses to work (as opposed to cannot work) receive a universal basic income?

I hate the use of U turn as a form of attack. If a party/politician listens to the arguments and changes their mind or reviews the ability to deliver something (as in this case) rather than continue to effectively lie, then good for them. But, Labour have consistently used the accusations of U...

This. The result of our GE will have little or no impact on the wider world. Trump being elected is likely to take the world to war.

Bit too young for Heath and Wilson. Whether you loved or loathed Mrs T, she was honest and straight. I think the downhill journey started with Blair and Mandelsson though I think Blair was honest and straight until Iraq. I don’t trust any politicians or media owners or commentators any more and...

I really aree with this. Similarly with so called U turns. Oppposition MPs or campaigners try to persuade a gov to change their mind, then when they do they are lambasted as weak or incompetent for doing it.

Fair enough and I will. But my original comment was about the tweet from Jim Pickard which is saying the policies (zillions of them) are there now but people aren’t bothering to read them, not wait until we publish. “when punters say Labour doesn’t have enough/much policy it suggests they...

You are absolutely right but very few do or will. Though i am not sure that many trust anything that is promised by any party, so what’s the point of reading a manifesto?

I have read sections on their website and it’s heavy on what they will do but very little on (meaningful) how. Perhaps a better approach would be ‘we are going to do our best try and sort the nhs, economy, equality etc out. We honestly don’t know how but we will do our best. Above all, we will...

A bit of a silly tweet IMHO. Who reads a party manifesto? Virtually no one. If labour do have policies (that have substance, rather than just meaningless soundbites) then why don't they talk about them? Starmer had the perfect opportunity yesterday.

Reassuring predictions for most on here.......... https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/prediction_main.html One interesting aspect is that the libs are predicted to get 10.9% of the vote and 30 seats. Reform are predicted to get 9% and no seats. Greens 5.9% and 2 seats. Leaving party politics...

Of course, that would be ridiculous for someone who has aspirations to be running the country within the next 12 months!

Low wages for fruit picking etc was another Brexit myth. The issue was and remains, that UK residents don’t want to do physical work and you can’t pick fruit WFH. We need to build more houses but we also need to produce our own food. Land formerly growing fruit or veg will now grow wheat etc. A...

Not sure if it’s been resolved now, but last year there was a shortage of bricks. Concrete and steel were a huge problem too, apparently due to HS2 demand. Rather ironic under the circumstances!

I read that post slightly differently. Starmer is not really offering anything different policy wise that is going to make any difference to the nhs, economy etc. But what I hope/believe he IS offering is a level of honesty, integrity and fairness. Right now if that’s all we have to vote for...

An electoral dilemma: The only possible chance of putting our Tory incumbent is if enough conservative voters defect to the LDs. I would prefer to vote Labour at the moment but this would be a wasted vote. But I’ve just had a LD election flyer through the door and it is a load of patronising...