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Post by northwestman on Feb 7, 2023 11:30:17 GMT 1
www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-11713661/DAN-HODGES-Umbilical-cord-linking-Tories-voters-built-Red-Wall-2019-severed.html?ico=topics_pagination_desktopRishi Sunak doesn’t stand up for hard-working Britons. He doesn’t understand hard-working Britons. And that’s why hard-working Britons are getting ready to sling him and his party from power. Despite the fact his colleague had been investigated by HMRC for not paying his proper taxes, had paid a £1 million penalty for not paying his proper taxes, had publicly dissembled and deflected about the investigation into his unpaid taxes, had hidden from three successive Prime Ministers that he’d been under investigation for not paying his proper taxes and had threatened legal action against anyone who accurately reported he’d not paid his proper taxes, Sunak simply said: ‘My Right Honourable Friend has already addressed the matter in full and there is nothing more that I can add.’ But there was. Last Sunday, the truth finally caught up with Nadhim Zahawi. After being forced into investigating the tax saga, Sunak asked for Zahawi’s resignation. Interesting article (and not from the Guardian!).
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Post by martinshrew on Feb 7, 2023 13:44:05 GMT 1
Losing the red wall? They're losing the plot.
They know they won't have a sniff until the mid 30's after this term.
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Post by northwestman on Feb 7, 2023 18:27:09 GMT 1
The 1922 Committee will consider a rule change to allow a no confidence vote in Rishi Sunak if the party suffers a major blow in the local elections, The Telegraph understands.
There is growing frustration on the Tory back benches about Labour’s lead in opinion polls, as well as the Government's failure to crack down on Channel crossings.
Conservative MPs are refraining from launching overt attacks on the Prime Minister ahead of the May elections, so as not to undermine campaigning efforts of their local councillors and activists.
But several backbenchers have told this newspaper that if the party does badly in the May elections, they will be ready to go public with their criticism.
Some have even predicted that a severe defeat for the party in local elections will lead to calls for a return of Boris Johnson.
“We need to get our policies right and give people a reason to vote Conservative,” one MP sa
“It's been 100 days, the challenge is what happens at the May elections. Obviously if it's a total disaster, then I think people who like Boris will call for him to come back - locally lots of people come up to me and say ‘when is Boris coming back?’”
The worrying thing is - that the return of Johnson isn't 100% out of the equation!
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Post by kenwood on Feb 7, 2023 23:51:56 GMT 1
Sunak deciding to rearrange his cabinet .
New post for Shapps and a new party chair plus Badenoch given business and trade ( merged ) and others given something ?
Great , countries in total s**te so Sunak thinks this will make a difference somehow but his problems are still very obvious.
With Johnson and Truss skulking around and the local elections to get over he must be sweating over his future .
A s**t performance in the locals and the Tory party may well be thinking , get rid , he’s not doing enough . As we know they can be very cruel to their own when it suits .
Some have suggested that a general election will be forthcoming as a vote of no confidence would trigger that .
What a bloody mess we are in , will it never end.
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Post by stuttgartershrew on Feb 8, 2023 9:28:10 GMT 1
They know they won't have a sniff until the mid 30's after this term. That would very much depend on what a Labour government would look like. And I do kinda think you can get an inkling of that looking to Scotland and Wales. So I'd say that's a pretty bold prediction.  |
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Post by wookeywombat on Feb 8, 2023 12:37:31 GMT 1
They know they won't have a sniff until the mid 30's after this term. That would very much depend on what a Labour government would look like. And I do kinda think you can get an inkling of that looking to Scotland and Wales. So I'd say that's a pretty bold prediction. That is a view about Scotland and Wales from the outside which is stilted but inside both governments have out performed our lot ever since the start of the pandemic. |
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Post by stuttgartershrew on Feb 8, 2023 13:04:54 GMT 1
That would very much depend on what a Labour government would look like. And I do kinda think you can get an inkling of that looking to Scotland and Wales. So I'd say that's a pretty bold prediction. That is a view about Scotland and Wales from the outside which is stilted but inside both governments have out performed our lot ever since the start of the pandemic. A bit of a sweeping statement so it would be interesting to know what you are basing that on. As I'm sure they may do in some areas but I doubt that would be across the board. When looking to education for example and PISA, England ranks above Scotland (or it did do the last time I read about it). Life expectancy is lower in Scotland than anywhere else in the UK. Drug related deaths are higher in Scotland. As is its deficit (hence the question as to whether an independent Scotland would be able to join the EU). And speaking of the pandemic, for all the criticism levelled at Johnson for the way he managed it according to at least one set of results, excess deaths in England were lower during the pandemic than what they were in Scotland and Wales. I recall this reported recently too... Homelessness rises to highest level on recordI appreciate this is not a comparison and the situation maybe worse still elsewhere in the UK but the point is I don't understand the view that once we see a change in government in the UK that things are set to improve. Indeed, I don't really understand it when people say things can't get any worse under this current government. I think its very much a case of wait and see. |
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Post by martinshrew on Feb 8, 2023 15:55:01 GMT 1
That would very much depend on what a Labour government would look like. And I do kinda think you can get an inkling of that looking to Scotland and Wales. So I'd say that's a pretty bold prediction. That is a view about Scotland and Wales from the outside which is stilted but inside both governments have out performed our lot ever since the start of the pandemic. In what way? |
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Post by wookeywombat on Feb 8, 2023 16:06:19 GMT 1
I speak from first hand experience unlike someone who afar in Germany has the best of both worlds (Leave supporter who knows it makes no difference to them). My company is based in Scotland and I live in Shropshire on the border so am registered with a Welsh GP surgery. Drug related deaths higher in Scotland (that old chestnut). How about knife related deaths?. As far as Covid related deaths (only), figures for England and Wales are roughly similar but fully 7 points lower for Scotland (figures published 5 days ago).Life expectancy. A very small decline in Scotland and Wales (Males the same in Wales). Surprise, surprise the only areas in the UK with increased life expectancy are the South East and South West of England which tends to boost the overall England figures.
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Post by stuttgartershrew on Feb 8, 2023 17:50:42 GMT 1
There really is a "if you're not with us you are against us" feel to a good few on here. Just my experience anyhow. I'm not a supporter of leave, I just accepted the result of the referendum (and would have done so either way) and was disappointed by and disapproved of the attempts made by many of those who didn't see the result go there way to reverse the decision. Still, it is what it is. As I say, I'm sure in some areas things have improved in Scotland and Wales compared to England but no doubt that is not the situation across the board. I noticed education wasn't picked up on. And we're back to Germany and anecdotal evidence. Such is life.  Anyhow, the information is out there... Public perceptions of Nicola Sturgeon dip, while over half of Scots are critical of Scottish Government performance on the NHS
That does suggest that not everyone is of the same mind (when looking to Scotland at least). Mind you, we're talking about someone who thought the latest GRR Section 35 intervention would benefit Sturgeon, the SNP and the case for independence. So...  |
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Anyhow, the information is out there...