Off Topic The Politics Thread

Been a while since it came up in my studies but that triple lock thing on pensions seemed like a bit too good a deal.

As Col knows, I despise all pensioners.

 

Well you are classed as the yoof of today so it's in the rules you hate pensioners, especially veterans. Really you should be doing National service right now (especially as I'm probably too old to do it now, so I can demand it's return in the knowledge I've dodged it) that'll learn you!!!

 

Still clinging onto my twenties but soon I’ll be 30 and a relatively affluent homeowner so guess that means I’m obliged to vote Tory ****s forever from now.

Saw a chart at work the other day showing average income versus average cost of living over the last decade. ****ing tragic.

 

I got in the property market in time, checking what my next big investments might be, in theory I want another 2 properties which should be plausible later in the year, just a touch concerned about the market. Looking to get something for my kids as they won't be as lucky as I was with getting on the property ladder.

 

Yes, yes she is

 

Your intellectual input is really most welcome on this site, Pompeymeow. The insight you have, astounds me. Did you think it up all on your own?

 

@@@@ me mate you must have had a hard life! I thought you were older than that.

 

Grown my barnet back now it’s all good.

 

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Harry & Meghan flying the flag for “wokeness”. Prince Charles setting up as publicity agent for Saint Greta. Now Prince William demanding social engineering at the BAFTAs. Anyone feel the Royal Family is a bit too involved in politics?

 

HOUSE ABOUT THAT
Strip landlords of homes if they leave them empty, wannabe Labour leader Emily Thornberry demands

• Natasha Clark

• 2 Feb 2020, 16:04
• Updated: 2 Feb 2020, 16:05

LANDLORDS should be STRIPPED of their homes if they leave them empty, wannabe Labour leader Emily Thornberry has demanded.

The Shadow Foreign Secretary said landlords who let homes sit vacant must be harshly punished.

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Emily Thornberry says landlords should be stripped of their homes if they leave them emptyCredit: Getty Images - Getty
Speaking at a Bristol hustings event in the race to replace Jeremy Corbyn, she said: "You're not allowed to buy a flat in Bristol as an investment and keep it empty.

"If you keep it empty, you lose it."

The Labour MP said we need a "bigger stick" to put people off doing it and backed the radical idea to seize assets back.

The UK risks losing a "whole generation" of people behind as so many can't afford to buy a home, she argued.


She added: "We need to build more homes… and we need to do it by way of carrot and stick."

Ms Thornberry is the only one of the leadership contenders who hasn't yet made it onto the ballot paper to go to members - because she hasn't got the support needed.

Last week she was blasted after praising the Labour boss for "always calling out racism".

It comes despite Labour facing a series of antisemitism accusations under Mr Corbyn, as well as an investigation by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.


Millionaire Remainer Sir Keir Starmer is the current favourite to win, but Corbyn ally Rebecca Long Bailey is also popular among members.

Wigan MP Lisa Nandy is also still in the running.

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All politicians lie, it's in their DNA...

 

A lie is a lie, whether 'little white', 'blatant' or 'In-your-face'. They're all c*nts in my opinion...