I suppose I'm woke. 🏳️🌈 Totally disillusioned by modern politics from all ends of the spectrum
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Do the people who vote for them actually care? It is a sad reflection of the country we now live in that total utter useless wank stains can get elected, resign or be sacked and then at the by election people still vote for a reform candidate The UK is f**ked, it deserves everything it has coming
I think I will, it might just about stretch to a small bag of Haribo Tangfastics
You've just reminded me, I must cancel my Paramount+ subscription Think I watched 3 episodes and lost interest
In fairness I went into a public carpark in Edinburgh a few years ago and that only accepted English notes
Save our kids! I wonder if they put the same amount of energy protesting outside churches when priests were being found guilty of child abuse
Do you get the impression that the UK 2025 is becoming Germany from a century ago?
My friends found that, as they are frequent flyers, the fact that we can't use the EU channels at airports was a nuisance for them and their retirement plans were made more difficult, hence the Irish passports and Brexit ruined my cousin's husbands business after his polish workers went home
Well I can't use the term "un educated" with Brexit as I have some degree educated friends who voted Brexit "for a laugh" then they applied for and got Irish passports I have a cousin, thick as 🐷 💩 and she voted Brexit but denies it now and she deleted all the pro Brexit crap off her socials
Uneducated people are easier to control, drip feeding them just enough propaganda that they don't have to think too hard about it to produce a reactionary response Still the people vote for it and they have to deal with the consequences I wonder how many will actually own up to voting for them?
Yeah the hard done by underdog who, not so long ago, was bleating that he had to take his EU pension because he didn't have two pennies to rub together His other interest, Thorn in the side, with him as sole director is doing very well if you look at accounts filed at companies house
I've often thought that he will go almost upto the GE then step away at the last minute saying that he's not the right person to lead a Reform government He must know he wouldn't last 5 mins as PM and his political career would be finished Better to stay on the sidelines trying to stay relevant
The one light at the end of the Reform tunnel is, if he actually does get elected and become PM, after he trashes the economy he'll disappear up whoever's arse will let him and we will never hear from him again........ Hopefully
We did look at moving back to Cheshire, property prices might kill that idea though
I live in the Staffordshire Moorlands Reform now dominate the council and we have a totally useless conservative MP who only just managed to hold onto her seat against Reform Stoke looks like it will become Reform at the next council elections
It is very depressing I do fear for the future of this country and, as a gay man, I know that my rights will be trimmed away We live in a world where anyone can push hatred on social media and there are lots of people willing to soak it up Family, friends and colleagues are all guilty of this
But the right will always manipulate that inner fear people have, even if it's totally irrational The EU will control you Gay people will try to turn you Foreigners will flood the UK with illegal migrants and turn you Muslim
Sadly we may end up with him, lies can get you far. Where I live there are plans for a solar farm, Reform said they would scrap them, Reform take control of Staffordshire, now there are plans for a second solar farm and both look like being approved The locals are blaming Labour and net Zero
If anyone tried to real in the media Farage would say that it was controlling the right to free speech and that the 'blob' were trying to silence him from speaking his version of 'the truth' which would just stir up his supporters even more The only plus is one day the UK will be shut of him
I would imagine that if he thought he could make shed loads of money for him and his cronies we would be rejoining in next to no time At the moment though the next step of removing rights in the UK will happen with the withdrawal from the ECHR That's more important
He's probably just getting a foot in the door because, if he ever does become PM, the UK will be shackled to the arse end of the US
But all this is irrelevant if Farage becomes PM and floods the UK with cheap food from the US Farming in the UK, as we know it, will be finished
Will his supporters care about the NHS after his "If you can afford a Netflix subscription you can afford private medical insurance" My mum had medical insurance, I had to cancel it in the end after the cost went up to over £400 a month That's some Netflix subscription package
Will Farage run at the next GE? He must know that if he does become PM he will end up as another Johnson or Truss Better to step down and keep relevant shouting from the sidelines blaming the globalist blob for keeping him out of power and if Reform did crash the economy well it wasn't his fault
Does anyone think that the people who get into a patriotic frenzy over George crosses on the centre of mini roundabouts will be bothered about being screwed over by Farage once they vote him into government Still I'm sure Farage trying to eliminate every minority will keep them happy
So he's got £10bn for deportations and his income tax plans, according to the IFS, would cost between £50bn & £80bn annually Who would have thought there was that much spare cash sloshing around in the UK
This country deserves a Reform government It's just what will happen once the penny drops and the people who voted for them get screwed over Still I suppose GB news will keep pumping out that things would be worse under someone else
Here in the Staffordshire Moorlands, our local Reform councillors promised to save a fortune by scrapping a solar farm on the outskirts of my village They were elected and guess what, they haven't scrapped the original proposal and they have now approved another
Today I had my blood pressure review It's crept up to 131/87 I need to make lifestyle changes apparently So I walk 3 miles every lunchtime, I run 3 miles at the gym 4 times a week, eat loads of fruit and veg and I have 2 glasses of wine twice a week I need to cut out the binge drinking apparently
This was the first single I ever brought and then I drove my father round the bend by constantly playing it, I was 11. Where on earth did all that time go?
Found this photo of my mum and my late father when they were courting It upset me a bit as it was two people with their whole life's ahead of them but 27 years later my dad was dead and my mum no longer knows who anyone is because of Alzheimer's Such a cruel disease robbed her of these memories
Couldn't Nigel find a child minder with the right sort of credentials?
Don't underestimate the damage flying food can cause. Here in the UK a politician was left fearing for his life after a young lady threw a paper cup containing a milk shake at him. She was arrested, given a 3 month prison sentence (suspended) and £600 costs and compensation
Would Farage run at the next election though or would he step aside at the last minute saying that he's not the right person going forward He's an intelligent man and must know his political career would be finished after 1 term Better to rattle from the side lines to try and stay relevant
He's like Truss but slower Still it's all just a political show with the eventual final tragic act of Farage being handed the keys to the UK and him running down what's left then selling the bones to the lowest bidding knackers yard before riding off into the sunset flicking 2 fingers at what's left
But, if it got a trade deal with Trump that keeps Farage relatively happy then it's all been worth it Next it's farmers who will be thrown under the bus How far will this country have to sink just to keep one man happy?
Here in the UK we had a similar thing with Brexit Food was going to be so cheap and fresh, all we had to do was vote to leave the EU We did and it's been a shit show ever since We haven't learnt our lesson though as we have poundland Trump waiting in the wings to save us all
Not defending Tesco, but a colleague of mine only works part time even though they have asked to do more hours, the reason "I'll lose my benefits"
They've put all road repairs in Staffordshire on hold for 3 months so they are doing things, sitting back and taking a wait and see approach I assume that by not spending any money doing repairs there will be money left for council tax cuts next April Sorry I forgot flying 🐷 don't use roads
Following on Cannock had a by election and a reform councillor has been elected to Cannock chase council He has said that one of the top priorities for voters was pot holes They should have done some research before casting their vote as Reform Staffordshire have put road repairs on hold
I live in Staffordshire, now a Reform council. it's not going to be pretty if Farage gets in judging on his councillors performance so far, but then the people who will vote for him will be the ones who will be destroyed by him, and they will deserve everything they get
But just imagine what will happen in 4 years time if Farage gets elected and we are pulled from the ECHR and Reform put together their own Bill of rights, what will happen then
I had to make a decision to place my mum into residential care after her Alzheimer's became too difficult to handle in her home. It was very hard to do but, as the social worker explained, I could go back to being my mum's son rather than her carer
On the flip side of that another party was launched at the end of last month and it popped up on a news feed and reported by the Express online who seem to be giving it a lot of space Advance UK describe Reform as left wing and say they are a party for true Christian patriots Scary times
A quick look on companies house and "Thorn in the side Ltd" seems to be doing very well for it's only shareholder
Some friends of ours voted for Brexit "for a laugh" they admitted they didn't have a clue about the implications Later, as they are frequent flyers, they applied for and successfully got Irish passports as she has Irish grandparents. They did take great pleasure showing them off on Facebook
Do the people who elected them actually care?
Isn't she a bit old to progress anywhere in Reform seeing as they have just elected a teenager to run Warwickshire county council. Perhaps she could mark his homework
Compete She did blame his workers for this, stating that he gave them employment Even more shocking was her best friends Romanian nail technician going home to
Brickies because they were cheap and he kept costs low My cousin was busy posting on social media about sending all foreigners home, she was very vocal about it so imagine the surprise when after the vote to leave her husband's workers left and went home His business folded as he could no longer
I remember having conversations with my cousin over Brexit She was so anti EU, accusing me of betrayal to my country I should be ashamed, we haven't spoken since There was a twist to her anti EU rants though Her husband had a building business and rather than sub contract he employed Polish
Nigel Farage is going to have to find some more money now to promise to get rid of university fees on top of no tax for anyone earning under £20k salary, NHS frontline workers paying no tax for 3 years Where will all the money come from? Or is Nigel just full of crap?
Could be longer, after all don't they say that God always takes the good ones first
Based on the average life expectancy of a man at 79 years my guess is the UK has another 18 years to go before a sensible debate on rejoining the EU can take place without a certain 61 year old screaming 'Surrender' at any hint that things could be moving closer to the EU
Anyone who wants to see a shit show bunch of Reform councillors should watch the video of a Staffordshire county council meeting when all the new reform councillors could say when questioned about their plans was that they were "marking the homework of the previous administration"
Here in the UK we have a political party that wants to dismantle the National Health Service and replace it with an American style insurance system and also roll back on commitments for green energy and use more fossil fuels They are doing very well in the polls at the moment
I know lots of people who support him and to be honest they actually deserve him if he forms a government One guy who thinks he's amazing voted for Brexit based solely on Tim Martin saying he would knock 5p off a pint and 20p of a meal in 'spoons Says all you need to know about the mentality
The NHS is one of those things that people aren't really that interested in until they actually need it All that's pumped out in the news is how rubbish it is and how much £ is spent on it Now can you imagine if a politician comes along and promises to fix it and cut your taxes Who could that be 🤔
There is a small pride happening in the Staffordshire Moorlands this weekend I don't think the Reform party are too happy about it as they took control of the council in the council elections
She is the lady who wouldn't let her boys go on a bus with a pride flag on the back because peadophiles followed the busses and she didn't want them to think her boys were gay
He even got pen knives for the boys to take to school to 'deter' Thankfully the lady I work with took them away and gid them Her boyfriend is a social media sponge He absorbs everything posted regardless of where it has come from
A woman I work with came out with something so shocking the other day Her partner has brought their 9 & 10 year olds air guns The thinking behind it is they need to prepare for the invasion And people laughed when she she was explaining it
The 2 main parties are trying to replicate Reform as they think it is what the public want I have to be honest I do worry for the future and listening to some people I work with and the views they have I don't think things will get better anytime soon
The level of ignorance is astonishing But what happens if Reform gets in and people's lives get worse Farage will be finished But what will step up to fill the vacuum That is the scary bit
People feel let down and that they have nothing in this country Someone comes along and blames a group of people for the problems they face and this is backed by the media I'm sick and tired of reading on social media in Stoke that any improvement in the area is for the people in boats
I doubt they will get in If they did I think Farage would be finished after one term as all his pie in the sky promises would never happen Apart from the one about abolishing the NHS and forcing people to get private medical insurance that is
But wait until all the Reform voters get what they want and it's just a free for all for high end earners. Who'll pay for the needy then?
I hate to seem a bit cynical but Trump introduces tariffs, the markets go into turmoil and rich people make lots of money That settles down so let's bring the world to the brink of war, push up oil prices and plunge the markets into turmoil again Let's see who gets even richer this time
There are lots of people who will be scraping to make ends meet who really do think that a millionaire with his millionaire and billionaire backers will look after them if he gets elected
They said that if it had happened anywhere else she would be dead. It was Derriford hospital in Plymouth
That was trialling a new procedure for treating brain haemorrhages and aneurysm
I do believe in fate and Karma 20 years ago my mum had a brain haemorrhage, level 5 should have killed her or left her disabled She had it on my late father's birthday, on a beach where mum and dad used to take us when we were little and it was close to the only hospital in the country
No I wasn't My sister took my mum to make her will She split her savings between her granddaughter and my sister That's why I'm not so upset about the cost of the care
When mum went into care it was £815 a week and went up to £1000 in April I think it's cost us about £20,000 so far since the middle of February
My stepfather left the house they lived in to his daughter His will says my stepsister gets the house once my mum has died When Claire found out mum was in a care home she phoned my husband and demanded the house keys Her son also phoned and said they wished my mum would hurry up and die
That's cheap Mum has Alzheimer's and can't walk anymore They think she has forgotten how to walk and will have to learn again Her sister has Alzheimer's to and has complex care needs Her care is almost £1500 a week but the council fund that
That I should have just turned my back and left her to die I actually couldn't believe that a mother's daughter could come out with something so wicked We haven't spoken since
My mum left all her savings to my sister in her will 3 years ago my mum drank a fair bit of whisky and I had to rush her to hospital They said if I hadn't she probably wouldn't have been there in the morning My sister told me recently when she found out about the care home costs and funding
I can understand the flip side of the argument and there has to be cast iron safeguards to make sure it is focused on the person doing what is right for them rather than family interference My mum has Alzheimer's and is now in care As she has savings she has to pay for herself at £1000 a week
I'm sure there is lots of good palliative care around but when my stepfather was in such pain towards the end of his life and begging for death to come we found it very hit and miss. It was only in the last few days of his life he went into a hospice
I'm for this bill to be honest. I watched my step father in the last few months of his life begging to die, he was in such terrible pain. It was distressing for him and family It was a relief when he passed away I want to have the choice if I get to that stage in my life
But God always takes the good ones first so I think he's going to be around for a while yet. Could we be looking at the future worlds oldest living man?
I can remember not too long ago a British politician said that the Americans needed to vote for Trump to deliver a safer world. Now I don't know about you, but I'm not feeling particularly safe at the moment
The negativity is draining
Instead of getting off their backsides and doing something constructive it's so much easier to take to social media and rip apart everyone else In my city it is run down, the industries that provided the jobs have all gone but instead of supporting new enterprise the people here just slag it off
I really do worry for the future. I understand that people feel let down and left behind but in the UK there seems to be a blame culture and everything wrong is always someone else's fault
My sister cut our mum off the moment she went into long term nursing care and she couldn't rinse anymore money out of her The staff at the nursing home say it's probably because she can't cope with seeing our mum in that environment More like she's worried they will come after the £90k mum gave her
And looking at some of the profiles they seem to be supporters of our own £ shop Trump
Well if their party leader couldn't be bothered to turn up for his elected rolls over the years then why should his councillors? What's good for the goose is good for the gander. Let's face it though the people who voted for them probably couldn't care less
At least there are cities like Stoke on Trent where, even if Reform cock up Staffordshire, they will vote for them to run Stoke. I live in Stoke but I have to admit the people here really do deserve everything they will have coming to them
If you want to see just how f**ked up the UK is becoming you only have to read some of the comments that were posted on Facebook regarding the surviving gentleman. It made me ashamed to be British
I live in Staffordshire and all the potholes that had been marked for repair seem to have been left since Reform took control. Before the election the council were working wonders on a stretch of road where I live. Now left untouched. Still I'm sure the good people of Staffordshire know best
Well when their leader can't be bothered to turn up to anything unless it's media exposure on TV can you really blame his councillors? Still the people who vote for them will still think they are doing a good job
So that's what Andrea Jenkins looks like on a night out
He's back again today
I'm hoping they can work it out to If they don't what will happen to the other two? George Harry's son and Bongo
So not really wishing to get into the wfp thing but my mum used to give it to her granddaughter at Christmas
My dad died in 1993 and my mum gets a top up on her state pension called a pre '95 top up My mum receives £374 a week state pension because of this and then she also has 5 investments that pay out My mum therefore has a high monthly income I wish I picked up what she does
Anything is worth a try I suppose. My mum gets a tax demand every year, usually by about £30. Last year was the first time she didn't and then this year a huge one
Have you tried talking to the tax office? Trying to register power of attorney was a nightmare
😱 Sir M, I live in Stoke on Trent and we are a bit behind the times. Please don't say it's true about the Bay City Rollers