tinfoilhat   11 #1321 Posted July 8, 2021 1 hour ago, alchresearch said: Not even in the job a week and she's following the Labour line - Palestine first.  And going on about local road safety and potholes, isn't that a council thing?  https://twitter.com/kimleadbeater/status/1412780998157295621 You don't have to pick through many local rags to find an MP pointing at a pothole. Even theresa May did it not long after she resigned.  Our MP likes to do a bit of litter picking once a year with schoolkids. Cheap PR and nobody will disagree with someone who wants less litter or less potholes.  Palestine though? It's a strange Labour fixation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
El Cid   210 #1322 Posted July 8, 2021 1 minute ago, tinfoilhat said: You don't have to pick through many local rags to find an MP pointing at a pothole. Even theresa May did it not long after she resigned. Our MP likes to do a bit of litter picking once a year with schoolkids. Cheap PR and nobody will disagree with someone who wants less litter or less potholes.  Palestine though? It's a strange Labour fixation. I find it strange, but I dont live in an area with a large population of Musims. I support the cause though, as a rough generalisation Tories generally support Isreal. 1 hour ago, alchresearch said: And going on about local road safety and potholes, isn't that a council thing? Government fund road repairs though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
The Joker   10 #1323 Posted July 8, 2021 5 hours ago, alchresearch said: Not even in the job a week and she's following the Labour line - Palestine first.  And going on about local road safety and potholes, isn't that a council thing?  https://twitter.com/kimleadbeater/status/1412780998157295621 I think your post says more about you than it does the MP.  You're criticisng her for caring about international as well as local causes.  Exactly what is the issue with that?  It is possible to care about more than one issue at a time.  And getting MPs and local councillors' support on local issues is always good publicity, for both sides. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
banjodeano   28 #1324 Posted July 8, 2021 36 minutes ago, The Joker said: I think your post says more about you than it does the MP.  You're criticisng her for caring about international as well as local causes.  Exactly what is the issue with that?  It is possible to care about more than one issue at a time.  And getting MPs and local councillors' support on local issues is always good publicity, for both sides. Forget the genocide and concentrate on the potholes... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
The Joker   10 #1325 Posted July 8, 2021 32 minutes ago, banjodeano said: Forget the genocide and concentrate on the potholes... I'm utterly unsurprised the right-whingers on here are criticising Leadbetter MP for "not caring enough about local children living under the poverty line" when I'd argue 11 years of Tory rule is the reason so many local children in her constituency are under the poverty line.  Still, anything to deflect from the utter chaos that Camerloon, Theresa Mayhem and Shagger Boris are responsible for, eh?  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Mister Gee   811 #1326 Posted July 8, 2021 1 hour ago, The Joker said: I'm utterly unsurprised the right-whingers on here are criticising Leadbetter MP for "not caring enough about local children living under the poverty line" when I'd argue 11 years of Tory rule is the reason so many local children in her constituency are under the poverty line.  Still, anything to deflect from the utter chaos that Camerloon, Theresa Mayhem and Shagger Boris are responsible for, eh?  On the money with that post pal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Baron99   772 #1327 Posted July 13, 2021 Tony Benn's son, Stephen Benn, takes a seat in the House of Lords, renounced by his father.  https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/tony-benns-son-takes-up-lords-seat-renounced-by-his-father-in-1960-1100978 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Jeffrey Shaw   88 #1328 Posted July 13, 2021 2 hours ago, Baron99 said: Tony Benn's son, Stephen Benn, takes a seat in the House of Lords, renounced by his father.  https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/tony-benns-son-takes-up-lords-seat-renounced-by-his-father-in-1960-1100978 As a name for a scandal, maybe cal it 'Stansgate'? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Baron99   772 #1329 Posted July 13, 2021 (edited) 40 minutes ago, Jeffrey Shaw said: As a name for a scandal, maybe cal it 'Stansgate'? Well the tax-free daily allowance of £323 would keep me in beer money & like all Lords, he could claim an additional travel allowance. Clearly he doesn't share his father's ambition of abolition of the HoL?  Or maybe he's like socialist firebrand, Lord Prescott & intending to cleverly & secretly work on dismantling the the HoL from the inside without us plebs realising? Edited July 13, 2021 by Baron99 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ridgewalk   92 #1330 Posted July 17, 2021 On 08/07/2021 at 11:43, tinfoilhat said: You don't have to pick through many local rags to find an MP pointing at a pothole. Even theresa May did it not long after she resigned.  Our MP likes to do a bit of litter picking once a year with schoolkids. Cheap PR and nobody will disagree with someone who wants less litter or less potholes.  Palestine though? It's a strange Labour fixation. The Labour Party seems more fixated on not upsetting Israel and is its cheerleaders within the party On 13/07/2021 at 18:54, West 77 said: It seems fair enough to me. I confess I'd never heard of Stephen Benn before this news. At least his parents gave him a boy's name. He's never been a MP and obviously has no ambitions of being a MP otherwise unlike his father he wouldn't want to take up a seat in the House of Lords. Good news for the Labour party that they will have another representative in the House of Lords. I wouldn’t have thought it was good news for the membership seeing as most are against an unelected second chamber Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
hackey lad   3,928 #1331 Posted July 17, 2021 Who are the Israel cheerleaders ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
banjodeano   28 #1332 Posted July 17, 2021 3 minutes ago, hackey lad said: Who are the Israel cheerleaders ? all those on Trevor Chin's payroll i suppose... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...