What he said....


‘I take the view that being an MP is the greatest honour you could have, but a general practitioner in politics ought to be paid roughly the same as a general practitioner in medicine,’ he told the New Statesman.


‘Doctors are paid far too little nowadays. But if they would get roughly £100,000 a year, the equivalent for an MP to get the same standard of living would be £110-£115,000 a year'

He voted to cut universal credit.

Hey GB,
I can‘t believe what I see… what the fuck Are you doing on that beautiful island.
Best Regards
Europe

Not us (the normal humans) doing it, its the mental Tory party again... yeah thats right... that lot who ripped this country and its political stability into bits to quiet its batsh*t crazy fringe backbenchers...

They have single handedly fu*ked this country from arse to elbow over the 12 years they have been in power and it just gets worse by the month...

Goodbye EU
Goodbye functioning NHS
Goodbye quality education
Goodbye functioning public services (not one is working as it should)
Goodbye strong and stable financial reputation / the pound
Goodbye Scotland

Hello austerity again...

How can you say "it's not us"? Brexit was voted by the British people, for many ugly reasons every brexiter is now denying. Have you heard of collective responsibility? This was the mistake of a generation, the best example of self-sabotage of a country I can think of in modern history. Well, there's Russia too now though.
You were told there would be consequences, but in true British arrogance you thought you were better than Europe. You made your bed, now sleep in it. The funniest thing is the British media no longer pronounce the B word, everything is because of the war in Ukraine if you listen to them, the word Brexit is taboo on ITV, BBC and all mainstream media in the country. No one wants to own up to their mistake. . 

While i agree with almost all you say, 2 things

One, we know what collective responsibility is, the tories claim they are bound by it constantly. Its bullshit, used to stop climbdowns, detractors and claim unity where there is no unity. Its a tool used to claim teamwork, until someone needs to be blamed for everything. 

Two, The media have started to reintroduce the B word a little, it suits their agenda now as the tories fall apart in what looks a lot like total collapse. 

We are pretty f&£ked though. 

Nothing will change the Brexit result so we need to move on (sorry). I voted remain as I believed in the benefits of a free market, the free movement of people (and so I wouldn’t pay customs fees when buying art abroad), but I accept the decision as I believe in democracy. Moaning about it, will not make it any better I’m afraid.

In the same way that when people voted in the General Election in Dec 2019 - we have to accept that the party stays in power for 5 years (unless the party in power chooses to have an election earlier). Opposition parties regularly try and call for an election during mid term and just because a Prime Minister changes mid term, it doesn’t mean there has to be an election as people are not voting for a Prime Minister, but their local MP. If their local MP changes then there is a by-election and we all have to right to vote again then.

I do find it confusing when people blame one political party for 52% of UK citizens voting leave in the referendum, when it was also MPs from the same party encouraging people to remain (and other parties mainly sat on the fence). Yes, Cameron, gave people the opportunity to vote in a referendum, but when the Conservatives MPs were split between remain and leave - it was ultimately the public who chose in the end. People would have still moaned about the result if we remained.

Let’s just hope that Scotland don’t have another independence vote. If you think the problems with the borders in Ireland are a problem, wait until Krankie Sturgeon tries to get back into the EU.

I’ve worked on every election for the last 15 years (not for any political party I might add) and it is incredible how little some people know what they are voting for, but at least everyone has a chance to vote and like it or loath it, that is democracy.

If those first two paragraphs held any weight, we would A, still be in the EU, having accepted the decision to join. and B, still be under the leadership of Bojo the clown (by which i mean this week, not after he takes back over next week). As he was the leader they chose to stand under. While i understand the political processes, even the party decided to make change when they didnt like their own rules lumbering them with said clown fool. (mass resignations after he won conf vote). and they were ready to do the same to truss, no years grace, they were ready change the rules if she didnt accept being pushed. (my point here isnt that we have the same ability. But that maybe we should have it, as they obviously do.)

Good luck to Scotland, i think they will flourish. The problems will be ours not theirs. And the problem they hate the most, our choices of government and the way they get treated. Hard to blame them for not being keen. 

What do you do in the elections? 

I honestly think if I had to do your job I would be praying for a dictatorship to avoid having to listen to the idiocy from both ends of the spectrum (I stood locally for the Greens back in the day, and I can categorically state that at least half of our members are morons. Well meaning morons, but morons nonetheless). Seriously though, kudos for doing the job; democracy functions at that level because of honest people making sure it does.

Well, its isnt going to be Boris.

Not that it will make much difference whatever way, the circus rolls on.

It's all a bit 1984