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Post by trevorgas on Oct 10, 2022 10:07:32 GMT
Pi*s taking and joking aside, I think we would be hugely diminished as a nation if we break up. Events from 2016 have been bad enough. I think the chances of Scotland leaving the union are severely diminished with Labour doing so well in the polls at the moment . In all likelihood we’re looking at a Labour gov within the next two yrs and a vote for Scotland leaving is as much anti Tory as it is pro independence. Not so sure having lived there for 13 years it was patently obvious that there was a significant anti English sentiment and being Labour never was a factor. |
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Post by oldie on Oct 10, 2022 10:14:20 GMT
Pi*s taking and joking aside, I think we would be hugely diminished as a nation if we break up. Events from 2016 have been bad enough. Agreed but it's akin to having a partner who doesn't want to stay in a relationship and moans all the time!! So easily resolved. Devolution of income raising authority and responsibility. |
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Post by yattongas on Oct 10, 2022 10:40:01 GMT
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Post by trevorgas on Oct 10, 2022 10:46:53 GMT
Because that's one person's view and it's no more valid than mine😊 |
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Post by trevorgas on Oct 10, 2022 10:48:21 GMT
Agreed but it's akin to having a partner who doesn't want to stay in a relationship and moans all the time!! So easily resolved. Devolution of income raising authority and responsibility. And responsibility for all Social matters etc.still moan and go on about Bannockburn!! |
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Post by yattongas on Oct 10, 2022 10:56:04 GMT
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Post by trevorgas on Oct 10, 2022 11:01:48 GMT
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Post by yattongas on Oct 10, 2022 11:08:21 GMT
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Post by trevorgas on Oct 10, 2022 11:12:11 GMT
Very nice,I'm sat in the main square in Treviso drinking a bottle of vino😊 |
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Post by yattongas on Oct 10, 2022 11:20:58 GMT
Very nice,I'm sat in the main square in Treviso drinking a bottle of vino😊 Lovely. Weather nice then I take it ? How many days in the year do normally spend in your holiday home out of interest? |
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Post by trevorgas on Oct 10, 2022 12:02:30 GMT
Very nice,I'm sat in the main square in Treviso drinking a bottle of vino😊 Lovely. Weather nice then I take it ? How many days in the year do normally spend in your holiday home out of interest? Weather is unnaturally hot over 26c on the Friday/Saturday. COVID obviously screwed the last couple y years,now we will back to 6 weeks a year,tbh we would probably spend more but the in-laws moved back from SA 2yrs ago so they need a lot of support and our 22 yr old has complex additional needs so it all takes a bit of organising |
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Post by stuart1974 on Oct 11, 2022 1:28:34 GMT
"The government's mini-budget has left it facing such a large black hole in the public finances that the most credible way of filling it is severe spending cuts similar to the kinds imposed during the austerity years a decade ago, according to an authoritative new report. The "Green Budget", from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), together with investment bank Citi, warns that the chancellor would have to cut spending or raise taxes by £62bn if he is to stabilise or reduce the national debt, as he has repeatedly promised in recent weeks. That shortfall is a direct consequence of measures announced since the Truss government took office, including its reversal of various tax increases such as corporation tax and National Insurance, and its Energy Price Guarantee. There is a chance that hole is filled by economic growth, but the IFS said such an outcome would depend on luck more than judgement." news.sky.com/story/chancellor-faces-finding-60bn-of-spending-cuts-to-fund-mini-budget-ifs-warns-12717666 |
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Post by yattongas on Oct 11, 2022 21:19:13 GMT
Not long to wait until another u-turn on the tax cuts . Good news though as it speeds up the demise of Truss & Kwarteng and this shambolic gov .
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Post by stuart1974 on Oct 12, 2022 18:51:50 GMT
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Post by yattongas on Oct 12, 2022 19:00:12 GMT
North Somerset not on that list 😭 |
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Post by oldie on Oct 12, 2022 19:48:50 GMT
North Somerset not on that list 😭 He has to be targeted surely? |
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Post by yattongas on Oct 12, 2022 20:01:32 GMT
North Somerset not on that list 😭 He has to be targeted surely? Bloody hope so . Although I think it’s more likely to go LibDem than Labour. If Labour do campaign here and the LibDem’s campaign hard as well we’ll let in the Tories yet again . One or the other and it’s game on I think. |
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Post by fintanstack on Oct 12, 2022 20:13:09 GMT
He has to be targeted surely? Bloody hope so . Although I think it’s more likely to go LibDem than Labour. If Labour do campaign here and the LibDem’s campaign hard as well we’ll let in the Tories yet again . One or the other and it’s game on I think. It has been Liberal or Tory here for as long as I can remember, other than Dan Norris a few years back when Blair swept to power. I may be wrong of course because I am only going from memory. |
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Post by fintanstack on Oct 12, 2022 20:20:13 GMT
I think an early General Election would be good for the Conservative Party. A chance to purge the lunatics quicker, before they do more damage. Hopefully they take the opportunity to reclaim a more sensible centre right position with some better candidates going forward. Whatever your political leanings, having a raving looney right wing Tory Party is bad for the country, just as Corbyn and Foot Labour Party would have been in years gone by. Centre left/centre right politics seems like such a long time ago now. Even the war criminal Blair and pig-shagging, brexit idiot Cameron seem like amazing PMs compared to Johnson and Truss. |
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Post by yattongas on Oct 12, 2022 20:24:35 GMT
Bloody hope so . Although I think it’s more likely to go LibDem than Labour. If Labour do campaign here and the LibDem’s campaign hard as well we’ll let in the Tories yet again . One or the other and it’s game on I think. It has been Liberal or Tory here for as long as I can remember, other than Dan Norris a few years back when Blair swept to power. I may be wrong of course because I am only going from memory. Norris was Wansdyke I think . North Somerset has always had Liam bloody Fox |
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