O/T General Election called for on 4th July

[flourbasher]

Rishi Sunak asks Welsh voters if they are looking forward to "all the football" before being quickly told Wales haven't qualified for the Euros

[welovebooth]

They do, but let's be wary of the current goverment using that as an excuse for their lamentable performance. NHS waiting lists were rising and the life expectancy of the UK population was falling well before the pandemic.

Blame Tony Blair for that.

Every country limited the amount off Romanians could come in the country.

Apart from Blair

Generations later

[animallittle3]

Two things needed to start fixing this country...

1. A truly democratic electoral system not the sham that we have now.

2. Address the inequality issue. Until the drain of wealth to the uber rich is slowed and ultimately reversed nothing will change, in fact things will get worse. There must be a wealth tax of some description otherwise we will all become poorer - including the government of the day.

Unfortunately, sham democracy and redistribution of wealth to the rich is at the heart of neoliberalism, and both main parties subscribe to neoliberalism so nothing will fundamentally change.

Don't expect your living standards to do anything but deteriorate after this election. Same with public services, roads, rivers, NHS. It will all get much worse.

What we have is the end of the road for the political consensus the country has consistently voted for since 1979 whether that be the Conservatives or New Labour .

Too much power , too much political influence and probably way too much wealth placed in too few hands is the end result .

I've forgotten what the model is called but it goes like this , get 10 people together starting with the lowest paid through to low income , middle income , upper middle income and super rich and if you distributed $100 , $83 would go to the super rich and the $17 remaining would be distributed amongst the rest with the poorest only getting a $1 .

I personally believe that both the Conservatives and Labour know all of this and that they are aware of inequality despite the fact inequality is never added to their economic models .

Of course this is all very well but the scary thing is they haven't a clue what to do about it so instead they play a game of wack a mole , one mole gets wacked only for three or four more to appear and so inevitably nothing really gets done .

You could argue why should the super rich be the ones to solve inequality anyway ? , isn't that the government's job , the last time I checked it wasn't a crime to be super rich , it's not a crime to avoid tax either .

There's no government going to solve this the same as they aren't going to solve climate change either , they really aren't .

[mellowmiller]

Tories out
England in euros quarter finals.
Reytons at Clifton park.

All in one weekend.

Tories-lite in?
Champagne Socialism at its finest ☹️

[mygiddypant]

https://x.com/robinmonotti/status/1793568491456668057

He also confirms the Tory Party (and Labour) are controlled from the background by shadowy forces.

Bridgen is to politics like the Beano is to literature.

[mygiddypant]

They do, but let's be wary of the current goverment using that as an excuse for their lamentable performance. NHS waiting lists were rising and the life expectancy of the UK population was falling well before the pandemic.

Life expectancy is affected by many factors – for example, behavioural risks to health such as smoking and poor diet; access to and use of health care; wider socio-economic determinants such as income, education, housing and employment; geography; and specific characteristics such as ***, ethnicity, disability and social exclusion. Differences in these determinants can lead to inequalities in life expectancy between population sub-groups.

Life expectancy in England is significantly lower for people living in more deprived areas than for people living in less deprived areas.
Socio-economic inequalities in health in England have been widening since 2010

[mygiddypant]

Election only announced this afternoon and I’m sick of the media coverage already

That's because you're a depressed Tory. I'm loving it.

[howdydoo]

Life expectancy is affected by many factors – for example, behavioural risks to health such as smoking and poor diet; access to and use of health care; wider socio-economic determinants such as income, education, housing and employment; geography; and specific characteristics such as ***, ethnicity, disability and social exclusion. Differences in these determinants can lead to inequalities in life expectancy between population sub-groups.

Life expectancy in England is significantly lower for people living in more deprived areas than for people living in less deprived areas.
Socio-economic inequalities in health in England have been widening since 2010

Cut and paste at its finest. You nearly came across as intelligent for a nano second.

Here’s the link to the piece if anyone is interested.

https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight...sability%20and

[KerrAvon]

Blame Tony Blair for that.

Every country limited the amount off Romanians could come in the country.

Apart from Blair

Generations later

Very strong entry for random post of the year.

Is it the Romanians making potholes and not fixing them.making people wait for NHS treatment and creating ridiculous class sizes? Have they made a significant contribution to excessive class sizes?

[Eternal Optimist]

Bridgen is to politics like the Beano is to literature.

I think you'll find many of the Post Masters he's been fighting for in the Horizon scandal would most likely disagree with you on that.