Leader Debate.

Diasi · June 05, 2024, 07:40:43 AM

According to the viewers votes, Sunak beat Starmer 51% to 49%.

It doesn't bode well for the UK with a Starmer led Labour Government.

GrannyMac · June 05, 2024, 08:39:09 AM

Quote from: Diasi on June 05, 2024, 07:40:43 AMAccording to the viewers votes, Sunak beat Starmer 51% to 49%.

It doesn't bode well for the UK with a Starmer led Labour Government.

No, it doesn't. They said John Major was a grey man, KS is even greyer. Dull.

dextrous63 · June 05, 2024, 08:44:26 AM

Could be worse. Labour might have had an Ian Duncan Smith clone as leader. He was the "quiet man", as in mute. Even that was too loud.😬

klondike · June 05, 2024, 09:05:01 AM

Quote from: Diasi on June 05, 2024, 07:40:43 AMIt doesn't bode well for the UK with a Starmer led Labour Government.

Brace yourself. At least you've got that pension rise to help tide you over.

A quote about the debate from Breitbart...

Sunak vs Starmer Snoozefest saw leaders accuse each other of wanting to put up taxes... and they were both right.

Scrumpy · June 05, 2024, 09:30:57 AM

Starmer always reminds me of a rabbit caught in headlights.. Very dull.. Looks like he is about to burst into tears..
Sunak. !!... Like a kid arguing in the playground.. 'Ner, ner ner'

The puppeteer wasn't around to pull their strings..

JBR · June 05, 2024, 11:54:24 AM

As expected, the two of them were only interested in making empty promises and, to a much greater extent, making accusations of each other.

That is the standard of our leadership these days, and has been for over twenty years. Of course the country is sinking and that is to be expected, especially as people vote in Starmer next month.

People never learn.

Alex · June 05, 2024, 02:37:41 PM

It gets better though...BBC One from 7.30pm Friday, June 7. Penny Mordaunt will take to the podium for the Tories, while Angela Rayner will be the representative from Labour.

CAN'T WAIT

JBR · June 05, 2024, 03:02:33 PM

Quote from: Alex on June 05, 2024, 02:37:41 PMIt gets better though...BBC One from 7.30pm Friday, June 7. Penny Mordaunt will take to the podium for the Tories, while Angela Rayner will be the representative from Labour.

CAN'T WAIT

Oh, I can wait, and not bother even looking. The Biased Broadcasting Company cannot be believed.

GrannyMac · June 05, 2024, 09:01:26 PM

That should be worth a watch!

1955vintage · June 06, 2024, 10:07:08 AM

People forget that the Labour Party's last government introduced the phrase 'Stealth taxes '. Their promise to not raise working people taxes , Income, VAT and NI, is phoney. If they will not raise taxes for working people , then they will go after the pensioners , again. Last time they raised billions by taxing pension funds.

Be ready for higher hospital parking fees.

JBR · June 06, 2024, 10:13:50 AM

Quote from: 1955vintage on June 06, 2024, 10:07:08 AMPeople forget that the Labour Party's last government introduced the phrase 'Stealth taxes '. Their promise to not raise working people taxes , Income, VAT and NI, is phoney. If they will not raise taxes for working people , then they will go after the pensioners , again. Last time they raised billions by taxing pension funds.

Be ready for higher hospital parking fees.

Well, they have to support themselves somehow. Tax the idiots who vote for them!

dextrous63 · June 06, 2024, 06:42:34 PM

Ignore any claims about tax that anyone makes. Utter drivel.

Cassandra · June 06, 2024, 07:43:09 PM

Quote from: 1955vintage on June 06, 2024, 10:07:08 AMPeople forget that the Labour Party's last government introduced the phrase 'Stealth taxes '. Their promise to not raise working people taxes , Income, VAT and NI, is phoney. If they will not raise taxes for working people , then they will go after the pensioners , again. Last time they raised billions by taxing pension funds.

Be ready for higher hospital parking fees.

Yes after all "... my wife works for the NHS"

"... The NHS is in my DNA"

dextrous63 · June 06, 2024, 08:13:26 PM

Quote from: Cassandra on June 06, 2024, 07:43:09 PMYes after all "... my wife works for the NHS"

"... The NHS is in my DNA"

Exactly. One of my best friends is an Islamic Jewish Hermaphrodite, currently transitioning, and is an ex primary/secondary/sixth form teacher of (take your pick....) now working in the NHS as a (take another pick).....

Cassandra · June 06, 2024, 09:25:10 PM

I have to admit meeting him during our careers at the Bar on quite a few occasions - lastly when he headed up the DPP.

As I've said before here, I consistently found him an honest decent hard working advocate, with no side.

A real dog-lover too

But because his views of Brexit and the EU, are exactly the opposite of mine, I couldn't consider supporting him.