Question Time Tonight

[animallittle3]

Given the venue,
I thought it was brave of Campbell to pay a gentle tribute to Thatcher when he said that she along with Blair, Brown and Major were in politics to make the UK a better place (or words to that effect).

I think that's right. It's possible to greatly dislike and resent things that those politicians did, but they were not like Johnson who is in politics for his ego and whatever he can personally gain from it.

I do wonder if decent politics are gone. I know Starmer and he is fiercely intelligent and as honest as the day is long, but he is failing to make the impact that he needs to. I saw an article about an opinion poll that said that people find him boring. Is that really so bad in a leader?

It would help if Labour could start to be clearer about their actual policies though.

Starmer needs to adopt the New Labour rhetoric of modernising the UK based on Family , Work , Health , Housing and law and order .

These are the things that are the closet to the people .

You can't throw too much too soon at the electorate but you need to stand solidly behind at least one of the above .

I'd choose Health Care as my main point of modernisation , the NHS .

The country needs to get honest with itself and accept the NHS is an appalling service that's provide ludicrous value for tax payers money .

It's a myth that it's a national treasure , the people who work in it are the national treasures not the appalling service it delivers .

Let's stop this back door privatisation and everyone just come out in to the open .

I don't want a US style provision by any means but neither can the NHS continue in its present capacity .

The answer has to exist between state and private enterprise , this is a highly lucrative sector which equates to me as an opportunity to receive highly lucrative tax revenues back to the state if the regulation does its job .

[clarkey1974]

Was that the Scottish detective “there’s been a mudder”

Could’ve sworn that was ITV.

Yeah he also managed man utd..!..

[MillersTime]

Imagine wanting Priti Patel as your PM. My word.

Agree with those who mentioned taking in another perspective. One of my best friends is completely opposite to me politically but it is brilliant in many ways because you get that different perspective and you'll find more often than not there is common ground. Just the route you choose to take to get you there is different.

Too many here, on Twitter and in politics live in an echo chamber and that is a disaster. Time and time again perspective taking is non existent and there isn't a desire to engage. Rather merely waiting for the other person to stop talking so that they can throw in another empty soundbite.

We all know who they are, ask them a direct question and if it is too hard to answer, chuck back some guff rather than 'actually, you're right'. Can't acknowledge and be progressive.