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Reply | Reform Wales
at 22:17 14 Feb 2025
Reform did very well at the last GE, but their vote share wasn’t reflected in the number of seats that they actually won.
Their manifesto had more holes in it than a Swiss cheese and it was completely uncosted, but they still did well. They have had a groundswell of support and with decent candidates and a solid manifesto they could do very well.
I think Labour have had things their own way for too long and ruled the roost for too long. I’d like to see a hung Senedd where parties work together for the common good. |
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Reply | Keir Starmer today
at 21:53 14 Feb 2025
Unfortunately it seems a lot of the politicians we have representing us are strangers to the truth, we deserve better and we should scrutinise their behaviour and hold them to account. If they transgress and their motive is malicious, then they should be out on their ear. If someone makes a mistake in good faith, then we should be more sympathetic because if we aren’t fair, it will encourage people to be dishonest. Nobody, absolutely nobody be above the law, or the rules.
In terms of Boris, he may be a chancer but he’s manifestly dishonest and in my opinion totally untrustworthy. I wasn’t the first to mention him in this particular thread. |
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Reply | Keir Starmer today
at 20:15 14 Feb 2025
There were blatant lies over Pincher. Boris / No 10 repeatedly changed their story which ultimately fell apart when a Sir Simon McDonald wrote to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards to confirm Noris was briefed in person.
His own ministers eventually had a guts full of the lies, after Sajid Javid resigned there was a domino effect. [Post edited 14 Feb 20:20]
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Reply | Keir Starmer today
at 19:51 14 Feb 2025
With regards to PPE, we’ve yet not really got to the bottom of what happened with some of these so called “introductions”. What we do know is that a huge amount of money was wasted. We also know Mone is under investigation and Hancock’s former pub landlord got a big contract despite not having any previous experience in that line of work. These are issues which have happened here and some are currently under investigation. Hopefully we’ll get the bottom of it.
In terms of Siddiqi, that’s happened in Bangladesh and we need to see what evidence is produced by the new regime. If she is involved, then she needs to be held to account. If it’s mud slinging and malicious allegations by the new by the regime, then we can take it from there. She’s quite rightly out of her ministerial post and we need to see how this pans out.
In terms of freebies, they’ve all been at because it’s clear from the register of interests, but they look bad under Labour and Starmer has made a serious error of judgement.
Boris’s actions and conduct are much more than just trying to cover up disorganised conduct. Some examples include:-
Lying over Northern Ireland trade and customs paper work as part of Brexit.
Parties
Renovation of the flat
Lying over the Pincher business
Patterson
Reports he tried to get his girlfriend a £100k job at the Foreign Office (reports in The Times were pulled after No 10 intervened).
Cummins - Barnard Castle
Unlawfully proroguing Parliament
I have never voted Labour and where they err I will criticise them, but in my opinion the mistakes they have made are nowhere near the mistakes made by Boris and Truss. We have a right wing press who are hyper critical and on occasions making mountains of mole hills to perpetuate a political narrative. If we had an impartial press, the previous Conservative regimes would have been slaughtered, instead we had on many occasions conspiracies of silence. |
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Reply | Keir Starmer today
at 13:36 14 Feb 2025
You’ve got to be joking! Your attempt to play down Boris antics and compare it to what we’re seeing from the new government is staggering.
It’s clear from your postings where your allegiances lay, but Boris was much, much worse than anything we’ve seen to date from Labour.
Boris was much more than a simple clown, the guy was an immoral chancer, a dishonest proven liar who could not be trusted.
The current government are coming up short, but we’ve not seen anything like we saw under Boris.
The Siddiqi may or may not be guilty of malfeasance. Bangladesh is among the most corrupt countries in the world, so it’s entirely feasible her c tended family were at it, however it’s possible that she is not involved and the new Bangladeshi government are just dragging her in to it for political capitol as has happened elsewhere in places like Pakistan which is actually less corrupt than Bangladesh.
I sincerely hope there will be a full and thorough investigation of Siddiqi and if she is found to have transgressed she gets the book thrown at her. [Post edited 14 Feb 13:39]
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Reply | Small Boat Crossings
at 17:38 13 Feb 2025
If that was an opinion I’m pretty sure it would have been tried already nance the mess we’re in. |
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Reply | Racist, or not?
at 22:00 11 Feb 2025
The case is a bit of a pigs guts!
The officer should have included all the evidence in his first statement and let the CPS have all the facts so they could make an informed decision. Having to submit an extra statement as part of the Victim Right to Review process doesn’t look great to a jury. Think she may get clobbered on costs though. |
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Reply | Garland gone
at 18:18 11 Feb 2025
Funny enough I went to watch the Wizards of Aberavon last Friday night when they played Newport, it was a decent game to be fair.
The game was a Super Rugby Cymru fixture, for those that don’t know the SRC league was created last season by the WRU with the aim of developing youngsters to be able to make the step up to playing at regional level. Aberavon had a very young team which included a number of teenagers and players in their early 20’s, Newport on the other hand had a much older and bigger team which was boosted by at least 1 Dragoon first team player. If development is the name of the game, why didn’t the WRU mandate that match day squads had to have a wide mix of players for example, 3 under 20 players, 4 players aged 20 to 23 etc etc so that there was a focus on playing a developing youngsters? The WRU also cut funding to a raft of clubs so sustaining and supporting players is even harder.
The WRU need to work with the regions and really focus on developing younger players. |
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Reply | Thank you Nigel Farage
at 22:32 10 Feb 2025
John Major ratified the Maastricht Treaty which introduced freedom of movement. Blair and some of his ministers made a mistake in not regulating the initial tranche of EU migrants, but any action he could have taken would have been time limited as the controls were only ever transitionary. Blair opened the flood gates, but the flood gates have been ripped off their hinges over the last 5 years with millions coming in over the last 5 years.
We’ve been left down by numerous politicians, red, blue and a host of other colours. |
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Reply | Why is it so hard getting immigration numbers down?
at 21:37 10 Feb 2025
Absolutely, it’s good news and a positive development.
As you say, based on the figures provided over 25% of those being deported are forced deportations and the figure is up 25% on the corresponding period in the previous year. That needs to be a starting point and the government need to build from there.
I’m not keen on the idea, but in some cases it may be cheaper to pay people to leave as it will save on lengthy legal proceedings and huge bills. I used a solicitor last year and his hourly rate was £250 plus vat. Extortionate!! |
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Reply | Thoughts on O'Brien?
at 18:30 9 Feb 2025
Absolutely, two of them together could potentially have complemented each other and given the midfield a better balance. |
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Reply | This could be interesting
at 17:10 9 Feb 2025
I think there’s a lot of mischief making and people with agendas trying to make more out of this than there is, but anyone who thinks we can afford or should trouser up £18tn is mental. The fact that slave owners were compensated and the slavers had nothing was wrong, but what happened 200 years ago is long in the past and let’s be honest, as some have pointed out about the Roman’s, Norman’s etc where do you draw the line?
The original 10 point plan launched by the Caribbean nations back in 2013, contained a requirement for a full formal apology as well as support for development and education. Having been to a number of islands in the Caribbean and seen the poverty a lot of people live in, there may be scope to assist with education programmes etc and even an apology because slavery is abhorrent, but that would be it. |
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Reply | A woke policy agenda now emerging?
at 16:59 9 Feb 2025
A lot of the stuff in the articles is not attributed to any particular sources and in my opinion is disinformation and mischief making from the Telegraph. |
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Reply | What's what on WhatsApp?
at 10:45 9 Feb 2025
Guys a block head and doesn’t deserve a role in public office.
TBF to Labour, they’ve not dicked about and have suspended him straight away. If he’s found guilty, I hope his local party deselect him and he gets booted out of parliament at the next available opportunity. |
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Reply | Next 6 games
at 23:04 6 Feb 2025
I’m going for 3 points. It’s not a great haul, but I think it’s where things are at. |
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