JohnfromUK Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, Thunderbird said: there is a move to allow 16 year olds to vote Personally I would favour a voting age of 21 ......... when people have had a little time to have some experience of life, are beginning to think about future responsibilities like families and commitments. Most of us (certainly in my generation) went through a late teenage time when the future and responsibilities seemed still in the distant future .......... it's a good time - but not the best time to be making long term planning decisions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 ‘If you’re not a liberal when you’re 25, you have no heart. If you’re not a conservative by the time you’re 35, you have no brain.’ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 16 minutes ago, JohnfromUK said: Personally I would favour a voting age of 21 ......... when people have had a little time to have some experience of life, are beginning to think about future responsibilities like families and commitments. Most of us (certainly in my generation) went through a late teenage time when the future and responsibilities seemed still in the distant future .......... it's a good time - but not the best time to be making long term planning decisions! That’s why politicians want it! At sixteen they are inexperienced, gullible and believe all the promises and fairytales of free this and free that they are promised!......So out of self interest, they will vote for whoever promises them the most. They are never told and probably never think to question where is all the money for this free stuff, is coming from?.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 16 hours ago, harrycatcat1 said: Labour have agreed to close private schools if they get in power. Why would they want to do this? https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjzrva3h-XkAhXPxYUKHb5nA-MQzPwBegQIARAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.sky.com%2Fstory%2Flabour-support-abolishing-private-schools-in-conference-vote-11817251&psig=AOvVaw2kgbjx1M40rSyCFvPBIh5p&ust=1569263287867852 Sorry link doesn't seem to work. That isn't the only thing they have planned by a long chalk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 11 minutes ago, old man said: That isn't the only thing they have planned by a long chalk? It's simple - take everything from ALL those that have anything and are not "party elite" - give some to those who have not and keep the rest for the "party elite", whilst making it impossible to vote them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 If they were in power any length of time you might well be kissing shooting (and recreational fishing) goodbye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 just listening to J. Mcdonnell at the labour party con'...........................my god......what utter carp......and people believe it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 https://vegconomist.com/fairs-and-events/vegan-now-international-launch-at-labour-party-conference-2019/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 Gordon Bennett! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retsdon Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 12 hours ago, McSpredder said: Much of the inequality arises because some parents read to their children, buy books for them, discuss current affairs with them, take them to museums, theatres, concerts, etc, etc. Others don't. Some of it. But most of it isn't. There's a good article in today's Guardian on the topic here. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/jan/13/public-schools-david-kynaston-francis-green-engines-of-privilege When you look at the imbalances it's hard to argue with the logic of what the authors are saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 50 minutes ago, islandgun said: https://vegconomist.com/fairs-and-events/vegan-now-international-launch-at-labour-party-conference-2019/ meat should be made illegal says quorn ? eating QC.. michael mansfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson_tom Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 (edited) Typical of a socialist government, its not too improve the state run schools its just to ruin the private ones so that it seems everyone has the same for better or worse. 30 minutes ago, Retsdon said: When you look at the imbalances it's hard to argue with the logic of what the authors are saying. Accept for one pretty obvious point that the "Noahs Flood of resources" is all funded by parents paying for the education, which wouldn't be available to spend if everything was state run as parents wouldn't be paying it. Edited September 23, 2019 by ferguson_tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 3 minutes ago, ferguson_tom said: Typical of a socialist government, its not too improve the state run schools its just to ruin the private ones so that it seems everyone has the same for better or worse. Yep. Socialism is usually a race to the bottom. I hope the champagne socialists who think it's oh-so-clever voting labour are looking forward to giving up their buy-to-let portfolio to compulsory right-to-buy, and looking forward to their new job in the state tractor factory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westward Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 Reading about all the bonkers spending promises coming from McDonnell at the conference it's pretty clear that not only is the loony left still around they're more loony than ever. These people cannot accept that the socialist experiment has failed everywhere it's been tried. It always runs out of money and always ends up hurting the very people whose interests they claim to be looking out for. To quote Churchill: "The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of the miseries". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonmick Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 Aparantly labour have announced they will cut the working week to 32 hours with no loss of earnings. What they have not grasped is that is still 32 hours more than their core voters have to do at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 just watched the voting.....................wwoooowwwooooo....................so scary...come back Diane, all is forgiven.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 16 minutes ago, bostonmick said: Aparantly labour have announced they will cut the working week to 32 hours with no loss of earnings. What they have not grasped is that is still 32 hours more than their core voters have to do at the moment. Blimey, what a wonderful world Uncle Jezza will make for us all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 He scares me. He really does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrclark Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 9 hours ago, Thunderbird said: ‘If you’re not a liberal when you’re 25, you have no heart. If you’re not a conservative by the time you’re 35, you have no brain.’ Good old WC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCat Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 21 minutes ago, cookoff013 said: He scares me. He really does Keeps me awake at night. Truly petrifying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenholland Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 labour will say anything , to get back in power , then when they do , they don't do anything , same old clap trap, we have heard it all before , yawn yawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesj Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 3 minutes ago, kenholland said: labour will say anything , to get back in power , then when they do , they don't do anything , same old clap trap, we have heard it all before , yawn yawn. May be they will hold back on the things that cost money, but think how much they can **** up your life without spending anything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armsid Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 in East germany you had the Stasi Russia the kgb why would anyone need these groups to keep the people in check if it really worked ? corbyns "kgb" would be momentum ! heaven help us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houseplant Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 I was listening to British talk radio the other day. A Labour Party member phoned in to make the point that they should be storming ahead in the polls given the state of the Conservative Party, yet they keep shooting themselves in the foot... over and over again. I'm inclined to agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted September 24, 2019 Report Share Posted September 24, 2019 Gordon Bennett, did you all see just how the Labour party conduct themselves at conference? And strange how the Leadership would not put a face up on Good Morning Britain on ITV to face Piers Morgan to account for their lack of democracy at conference. The BBC at least got hold of the awful Rebecca Long-Bailey who was struggling when faced with moderate questioning on Breakfast with Charlie Stayt. They have stated through Corbyn that they will take a Brexit neutral approach to the next General Election, nothing like giving the voters something to choose from! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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