Red tie or Blue tie, thats the choice

Ha! You are not wrong, but give it a few years and I can see AI being used in governments all over the world.

I know this is a joke, but the reality is I, and many others, would probably prefer an AI to many politicians. At least you would know they are not lining their own nest and would make decisions based on facts and not opinions.

The only poll that matters is on the day. Make sure you go out and vote, don’t assume it’s a foregone conclusion.

Overthrowing capitalism is unlikely to happen in the near term and the discussion was about homelessness.

I think Labour will win a landslide this year, but 2029 (or earlier) will give voters enough time to be frustrated that despite all the talk about change, nothing will in fact change. That plus war on the horizon (literally maybe) and it seems that a right wing government of some description will be in power next. That may be a reform/tory merger of some sort, or it could even be labour lurching even further to the right. Either way, I fear we are headed into dystopia.

Because we are not a dictatorship and have no desire to be one.

I’m all for nationalising infrastructure, including houses, but you would still have to compensate shareholders unfortunately. If we didn’t (which is an option) the markets would react very badly and make Liz Truss seem like a genius.

I’m in favour of a Land Value Tax, this means hoarding land becomes expensive. It also means grouse moores and golf courses become expensive (good things in my mind)

The house building companies already have vast amounts of land they own with planning permission in place. They restrict the amount of housing they build to artificially keep the prices high, if they build too many, the prices they could sell their houses for would drop, reducing profit. These are private companies and the government has little control over them. This is why every government for the last few generations has promised more houses and delivered nothing.

Makes me laugh that she thinks calling Tennant Rich is an insult when Sunnak is literally richer than the King

Withdrawing in Clacton but fighting in Bristol Central, as if we didn’t already know what this Labour party stands for now.

https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Bristol Central

Just hedging his chances, if he doesn’t win he wins his £8k bet, if he wins then his nose is in the trough at Westminster. It’s win/win for him (and lose/lose for the public)

The problem is, there is a demand for them. The parents are choosing to send their kids to these schools knowing what they are.

Personally I would ban all private schools and ensure ALL children went to public school, this would ensure that the kids had a good rounded education, as well as ensure funding was adequate as the rich kids would go there too.

Yes, thats what will save the Tories, a new leader…

The Workers Party of Britain springs to mind

BrewDog is a marketing company that just happens to sell (bad) beer.

It’s astonishing they can be so bad at marketing

I’m surprised there hasn’t been more of this. The extreme parties (both left and right) tend to attract the even more extreme to their banner.

The winners have to tread a careful path between placating their members and appealing to the general populace. I think this is one of the reasons why Labour will win, the centre ground is where the leaders of our country should be, people tend to want “normality” what ever that is.

I also think we should have PR instead of FPTP so the extremes at least get a voice in parliament rather than throwing bricks from the sidelines.

We have a traditional compact with voters. They might suspect that we are self-promoting posh boys and money-grabbing wotsits, in politics for no good reasons. But if we are bstards, at least we have been competent bstards, ritually elected to clean up after Labour’s habitually profligate compassion. The last few years have ruined that. Without competency, we are just b*stards.

This quote right here shows that what voters suspect, is in fact true.

As for “Labour’s habitually profligate compassion”, oh no! Not compassion!

Just need to learn to lip read