General Election 2024

[happyhammerhead]

Farage "losing his deposit" has to be a euphemism for something gross ..

[voice]

Mids would know

[perrykneeham]

Nige's Contract looks pretty rubbish really.

He seems to be completely in thrall to white van man, Mondeo man and the City.

[perrykneeham]

Also, he was on the radio yesterday banging on about the "ridiculous IR35 regulations". Don't be a dick.

[moggyonspeed]

That doesn't surprise me in the least.

Farage needs to take care with the use of the word "Contract" too. One of the key elements of a binding contract is the intention to create legal relations, and the onus is on both sides to achieve this. If the people vote in Farage in '29, then that is their part of the contract fulfilled, leaving the onus on Reform to deliver in full on each and every one of its promises; without this, Reform would be in material breach of the contract - and then we'll see what damages ensue. Of course, if no damages were payable save Reform's being booted out at the following election, then the so-called contract is, surprisingly, just another manifesto but with the usual "slicker than snot" spin put on it.

You're right - 'tis b*ll*cks.

[perrykneeham]

Yeah. "Offer" might be better.

[perrykneeham]

Haha! Says it all really ....what a pathetic little grifter.

"A billionaire who gave the Conservatives £500,000 before the last general election has told the BBC he will vote Labour for the first time in his life next month.

John Caudwell, the founder of Phones 4U, described Rishi Sunak as an “absolute dud” and said the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer “just really hits the spot with a lot of issues with me”.

The businessman has been critical of Labour’s plan to charge VAT on private school fees and has said some of Reform UK's policies "sound sensible", external, although he ruled out backing Nigel Farage's party over its stance on climate change among other things.

He stopped short of saying he would donate money to Labour at this election."

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw00rgq24xvo

[perrykneeham]

Home in Monaco, natch.

[flatandy]

I think that tells us all we need to know about Starmer. Tory scum.

[perrykneeham]

What a rubbish article.

www.cnn.com/2024/06/18/business/uk-millionaires-loss-record/index.html

[mids]

Nothing to do with Brexit.

Anyway, I see inflation is plummeting. Plummeting.

[perrykneeham]

Why have they lost control of tenses?

[Repat Van]

“ A record number of millionaires could leave the United Kingdom this year as political turmoil and the potential for higher taxes under a future Labour government reduce the appeal of what was once among the top destinations for the rich.”

Oh no. So sad.

Anyway….

[voice]

This is a regular story yet somehow they manage to hang on and stay

[mids]

Because Britain is great and will remain so despite Labour. Clearly it will get a lot worse but it will still remain great.

[flatandy]

Jun 19, 2024 15:02:58 GMT voice said:

This is a regular story yet somehow they manage to hang on and stay

Yes. It happens in the US all the time, too. We get told that personal state income taxes in California are way too high and the rich will alll flee to Texas. Except they don’t. They still live in California and the high value non- minimum wage, non-sweatshop parts of their business are still in California .

[voice]

Same as those clebs who promis to leave if (whoever they hate) wins, few, if any, end up leaving.

[flatandy]

Canada’s population should be huge because of the number of Libs who were going to go there if Trump won, and the number of conservatives who were bizarrely going to go there because they were terrified of Bidens left wing and gun policies

[voice]

They soon realise how cold it can get and how carrying your gun openly gets you thrown in jail here.
Though Alberta should be empty by now given how many promised to leave if Trudeau won, and he's won three times now

[mids]

I see the anti-Semites have taken to scaring Starmer's Mrs by ranting outside their house. I don't care who the politician is, people shouldn't be protesting outside the family homes of politicians.