El Cid   214 #973 Posted May 9, 2021 51 minutes ago, hackey lad said: Or uneducated voters ? I think you are meaning that people with degrees are more likely to be remain voters, the difference may be just 2/3% So the media have a great time calling voters uneducated. I am 'uneducated' because I left school at 16, that is what most youngsters did in those days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
BigPP   91 #974 Posted May 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Mister Gee said: Stockholm syndrome, it’s absolutely tragic and here’s another example.  Thanks for posting this Mister Gee. It is truly astonishing.  What makes things even worse is it appears he was neither challenged nor corrected by the BBC interviewer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Guest sibon   #975 Posted May 9, 2021 1 hour ago, hackey lad said: Or uneducated voters ? Don’t tell me that you’ve started voting Labour now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
apelike   10 #976 Posted May 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Mister Gee said: Stockholm syndrome, it’s absolutely tragic and here’s another example. Stockholm syndrome.... ???  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Mister M Â Â 1,609 #977 Posted May 9, 2021 (edited) Congratulations to all the regional mayors elected to their roles. 11 of 13 voted in are Labour. Unsurprising then that Priti Patel has announced that the Government want to change the voting system for mayors to a first past the post system, which according to Prof. Tony Travers of the LSE will make it easier for Tory candidates to win these roles. Still I suppose whilst working on this will keep her from bullying more of her civil servants. Government to change English voting system after Labour mayoral victories | Mayoral elections | The Guardian Well done to the mayors. Boo to Gerry Mandering. Edited May 9, 2021 by Mister M Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
convert   10 #978 Posted May 10, 2021 So, Sir Keir, is rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. He hasn’t sacked Ms Rayner, a woman who left school with more babies than GCSEs, merely demoted her. I know that Labour have very few MPs to choose from, but is the talent pool really that shallow?   Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Mister Gee   813 #979 Posted May 10, 2021 5 minutes ago, convert said: So, Sir Keir, is rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. He hasn’t sacked Ms Rayner, a woman who left school with more babies than GCSEs, merely demoted her. I know that Labour have very few MPs to choose from, but is the talent pool really that shallow?   The voice of the nasty party. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
convert   10 #980 Posted May 10, 2021 8 minutes ago, Mister Gee said: The voice of the nasty party. Please point out the inaccuracies in my post.  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
convert   10 #981 Posted May 10, 2021 8 minutes ago, CaptainSwing said: I think that Mr Gee was criticizing the snide tone of your comment, not its factual content. Actually I think it’s great, that a woman who left school with no qualifications could rise to such heights.   It could only happen in the Labour Party. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
convert   10 #982 Posted May 10, 2021 I think David Blunkett has it pretty much spot on here.  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-9559939/Voters-want-hear-plan-future-not-nostalgia-past-writes-DAVID-BLUNKETT.html  I’ve always had a great deal of respect for David, ever since he presented me with my A level prizes at my local comp.  I need the Labour Party to present me with a manifesto of hope, areal plan for the future, rather than the mud slinging and politically correct pandering to minorities they currently espouse.  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
alchresearch   214 #983 Posted May 10, 2021 Totally agree, we have two - a city mayor and a city region mayor. The latter does very little for the wider region and just spends his time in the same city as the other mayor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Baron99   779 #984 Posted May 10, 2021 2 hours ago, convert said: I think David Blunkett has it pretty much spot on here.  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-9559939/Voters-want-hear-plan-future-not-nostalgia-past-writes-DAVID-BLUNKETT.html  I’ve always had a great deal of respect for David, ever since he presented me with my A level prizes at my local comp.  I need the Labour Party to present me with a manifesto of hope, areal plan for the future, rather than the mud slinging and politically correct pandering to minorities they currently espouse.  Comedy gold!  A Labour supporter turning to & quoting from the Daily Mail on a piece written by 'Socialist firebrand' Lord Blunkett.  The piece was probably draft while sat in his home on the Wentworth Estate (not the council estate).  Oh the irony. Tailor required as my sides have just split  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...