General British politics discussion thread

I agree with that, thats why their (the gov) "predicament" if they see it as such is pure popcorn, as a father to 2 teenagers Im totally on board with young people not playing a game against their interests.

This is the Tory party who closed all youth services which were actually keeping young men off the streets and developing a modicum of civic responsibility. They literally don't care about what's good for the young and ultimately the country. Result - spiraling violent crime and no police to control it.

He seemed really annoyed at simply having people ask him questions and not agree to do what he was suggesting on QT last night. He does epitomise that born to rule mindset, ie he went private school then to Oxford, got his degree, earned the money, bought the big house, leads the tories and is now PM so everyone should be doing what he says without question as to have done all that hes obviously smarter and better than everyone……

There wouldn't be enough in the pot to pay for national service so it could never happen. It would weaken the armed forces too as they'd have to drop their numbers of professional troops yet again to pay to train short-term enlistees who would prefer not to be there in the first place. As previously commented on, it's just another false promise to keep the gammons happy in their fantasy world.

Yet Starmer is committed to replacing Trident but stating there is no money to remove the two-child cap

This could be VERY damaging for Sunak. Its from Jo Maugham (Good Law Project ) on X

"I see that Rishi Sunak is getting very cross about those who break the rules for personal gain. We hold court documents from the United States showing that he, when he worked for his hedge fund, participated in a scheme to evade US securities law."

I don't have any issue at all with the two children cap.

Did he also mention the billions of £££ of public money he lost during the pandemic through fraud and corruption?

Until You're in a position where it could affect you.

As Professor Jane Green (3 h 45 min into the following video) said to Paul Brand, the older voters on which the Tories rely are literally dying. Presumably, this means that those Tories who get re-elected will move their party away from the obsession about immigration and that the Reform party will cease to exist, doesn't it?

Further to my post above about the decision Labour are making, just like the Tories, to prioritise certain things (like Trident nuclear weapons) over child poverty. They are using the exact same fiscal rules as dictated by the Tories

The Newsagents podcast really took Peter Kyle(Labour) to task for not scrapping the 2 child cap last week, he stuck hard to the party line but was not convincing in the slightest imo