UK General Discussion

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Former Glasgow MP Mohammed Sarwar is off to Pakistan where is, apparently, likely to be appointed Governor of Punjab or some similar post.

[Хahar 🤔]

It seems odd that they would give a position like that to a foreigner.

[Silent Hunter]

He's a dual national - he's apparently surrendering his UK nationality.

[Supersonic]

Former Glasgow MP Mohammed Sarwar is off to Pakistan where is, apparently, likely to be appointed Governor of Punjab or some similar post.

Is this for real?

[Knives]

lol no more porn for you.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

It's fun to see the Brits squirming because it's just under 33C... awwwwwwwww

[Filuwaúrdjan]

The temperature at present is fundamentally uncivilised.

[countydurhamboy]

It's fun to see the Brits squirming because it's just under 33C... awwwwwwwww

Us Brits complaining about the weather? Never!

lol no more porn for you.

Another crap policy from Cameron, he does seem more Thatcherite lately.  Pandering to UKIP voters.

[Supersonic]

It's fun to see the Brits squirming because it's just under 33C... awwwwwwwww

It was horrible today.

[Leftbehind]

It's been awful all week. It's easy for Aussies to sn when they've all installed air conditioning etc

F**king bring on the rain!

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

It's been awful all week. It's easy for Aussies to sn when they've all installed air conditioning etc

F**king bring on the rain!

Not everyone has air-con installed... a few of the places I lived didn't have it...

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

It's fun to see the Brits squirming because it's just under 33C... awwwwwwwww

Not nearly as fun as Australians exposed to British or Scandinavian winters, I assure you.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

It's fun to see the Brits squirming because it's just under 33C... awwwwwwwww

Not nearly as fun as Australians exposed to British or Scandinavian winters, I assure you.

I go in search of deeper winters...

[Silent Hunter]

They'll be preferable to an Ashes whitewash

[afleitch]

The economy has recuperated half it's recession losses. Now it might take a year or two for people to begin to 'feel' it but with a single digit Labour poll lead, low favourability ratings for Ed and two years to the election I'm feeling quietly confident.

[Silent Hunter]

People will feel it when the unemployment figures come down.

[YL]

The economy has recuperated half it's recession losses. Now it might take a year or two for people to begin to 'feel' it but with a single digit Labour poll lead, low favourability ratings for Ed and two years to the election I'm feeling quietly confident.

The idea of this appalling government being re-elected is really quite depressing.

[afleitch]

The economy has recuperated half it's recession losses. Now it might take a year or two for people to begin to 'feel' it but with a single digit Labour poll lead, low favourability ratings for Ed and two years to the election I'm feeling quietly confident.

The idea of this appalling government being re-elected is really quite depressing.

If they do, then it's because of this;

[Supersonic]

Don't scare the children with that image afleitch.

[afleitch]

It comes down to this. I'm no huge fan of the government; I've resigned my party membership but what is the Labour Party for? What is it's purpose? I do not have the slightest idea who Ed Miliband is and why he wants to be PM if indeed he even cares for it. I don't know what Labour's policy on anything is other than to oppose. Or not oppose as it happens when it comes to changes to the benefits system or to the 'Tory cuts' which are bad and mean and hurt the poor we are told, but to which Labour propose to stick to for two years. So instead we have them trying to undercut the Tories on bloody cigarettes. Whoopee sh-t.

Why on earth should anyone care about Labour? The best way to oppose this government, and my goodness has it been opposed, has not been through Labour.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Oh please. You'd write that no matter what Labour had done over the past few years because you hate the Labour Party. Which you're entitled to do (of course), but don't pretend that you're an objective observer.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Anyway, the reality of the Westminster system - when a government has a secure majority, at least, as this one does - is that oppositions can generally do very little other than grumble from the sidelines.

[afleitch]

Oh please. You'd write that no matter what Labour had done over the past few years because you hate the Labour Party. Which you're entitled to do (of course), but don't pretend that you're an objective observer.

Anyway, the reality of the Westminster system - when a government has a secure majority, at least, as this one does - is that oppositions can generally do very little other than grumble from the sidelines.

And I expected you would write that too. Objective observer ...

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I am, of course, a total hack. No point denying that

[Silent Hunter]

The purpose of Labour?

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As found on the back of my membership card.