Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,782
Regardless of party politics it is a shame Sunak gets the blame for the decisions made by his parents, I doubt he was given a choice on anything they saw as really important.
As a personality I still prefer Sunak over Starmer but he makes some bad decisions or relies far to much on poor advise.
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Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,003
Interesting mix of policies from Plaid Cymru:
- the decriminalisation of "soft" drugs*
- no renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons system
- the UK to re-enter the EU customs union
- Wales to be allowed to take part in the Eurovision song contest.
* I take it these are paracetamols that have got sprayed with tap water by mistake, like mine this morning.
However, as the BBC points out: Plaid would need to work with another party in Westminster to make its policies a reality.
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Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,848
Sue Nicholas wrote:
He will move to Dover if elected.
Bet you he doesn't. Most of his social feed seems to be sitting in rather nice coffee cafes in Deal with his dog!
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Arthur- Registered: 18 Nov 2020
- Posts: 425
I really think people are deluded if they think Mike Tapp is a breath of fresh air! He’s simply part of the Labour Party machine, in the same way Stephen James is for the Tories. Both have stood for local elections in Tunbridge Wells and Folkestone but failed to get elected. But hey ho let’s now take a step up to parliamentary elections and move to Dover/Deal constituency for a change where people don’t know us. Come on Dover voters - read about these candidates before you cast your vote, what have they ever done? They cannot influence government policy because they would be back bench MPs with now clout whatsoever. Vote for someone who has Dover at heart and not simply their own political ambitions.
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,782
". Come on Dover voters - read about these candidates before you cast your vote, what have they ever done? They cannot influence government policy because they would be back bench MPs with now clout whatsoever.
In which case why worry about where the candidate lives if they have no influence being back benchers.
Sorry but all politicians when they try to become MPs are only there for " their own political ambitions." in some form or another.
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Arthur- Registered: 18 Nov 2020
- Posts: 425
I disagree - if you have failed to get elected in your local area then why try somewhere else if it’s not simply political ambition. I think it is very important that the candidate is part of the community and understands the problems of the constituents. At least one of the independent candidates has a track record of serving his community.
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Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,823
I'm more in line with Arthur than Sue on this one.
I don't blame Sunak for his parents decisions , but like has been said his advisors have not helped him if the answers he gives is advice given.
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Button- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,003
This is England, just up the road from us. Makes you despair really.
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Button wrote:This is England, just up the road from us. Makes you despair really.
She's not the only one. See Jess Phillips. And it sure ain't the 'far right'!
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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"Shall we go, you and I, while we can? Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds"
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,823
I think with duffield sh e probably doesnt want to be questioned .
She's quite lucky on this anti tory feeling going on at mo.
Otherwise she wouldn't survive in her seat
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Button- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,003
She did rather well at the last General Election, if I recall.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,823
Tories would be happy for her to stay
That says it all
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Weird Granny Slater
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 2,979
Ms Duffield seems a standard Labour cut-out to me (remainer, LFI, etc.). The irksome thing about her is that she remembers her school human biology classes.
If she would only forget these, I'm sure New Labour would fully embrace her.
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,782
Just for a slight change of topic.
I think we all know they are no hopers when it comes to winning the GE but how can anyone take the Lib Dems seriously when Sir Ed Davey keeps playing the fool with his publicity stunts for the camera.
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Button- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,003
Quite! It's not selling their wares for me.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,823
Sadly the lib dems have shown they will will sell there soul for power.
I'm also not sure the stunts Davey is involving himself in doesn't make him look good .
Mayb e his advisors not so good lol
Although he feels it's ok
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Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 2,979
One of a politician's many delusions is that he thinks he's a deeply serious person while everyone else is a fool. Hence the compensatory cringe attempts at public 'just like you', 'human' behaviour lest he appear 'too' serious (wearing a t-shirt or baseball cap, eating a burger, digging BritPop).
These efforts prove only that he is, after all, a fool.
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
victor matcham- Registered: 5 Oct 2021
- Posts: 1,007
GLAD WHEN IT IS ALL OVER AND THE FOOTBALL.
