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By (user no longer on site) OP 16 weeks ago
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So 22 English Councils have disgracefully cancelled their elections due this year, some of which had been cancelled last year as well.
At a time when trust in politicians is at an all time low this seems like a disaster decision, and an electoral gift for Reform.
Also how can these councils continue to levy taxes without being accountable to their voters ?
Has this affected you, and are you bothered? |
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YouGov poll
Reform 24%
Tory 20%
Labour 19%
Ipsos
Starmer 13% approval
Government 11% approval
It may take the full three years but it’ll be worth the wait to see the end of these charlatans as it was the tories. |
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"YouGov poll
Reform 24%
Tory 20%
Labour 19%
Ipsos
Starmer 13% approval
Government 11% approval
It may take the full three years but it’ll be worth the wait to see the end of these charlatans as it was the tories. "
So you're a reform fan then  |
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"YouGov poll
Reform 24%
Tory 20%
Labour 19%
Ipsos
Starmer 13% approval
Government 11% approval
It may take the full three years but it’ll be worth the wait to see the end of these charlatans as it was the tories.
So you're a reform fan then "
They’ve just recruited tax dodger and expenses cheat Zahawi
Race to the bottom. |
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Perhaps the 23 councils are looking at the costs to have the elections which will be repeated once the changes are made regarding Unitary authorities etc..
The cuts in funding from Central government in the period 2010 - 2020 are reported to be about 24 to 28% per head..
They're not exactly rolling in spare cash, unless it seems to buy flags.. |
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"Perhaps the 23 councils are looking at the costs to have the elections which will be repeated once the changes are made regarding Unitary authorities etc..
The cuts in funding from Central government in the period 2010 - 2020 are reported to be about 24 to 28% per head..
They're not exactly rolling in spare cash, unless it seems to buy flags.."
Plymouth council have gone £13m over budget on the vanity ‘box’ cinema, pushing down prices at two other cinemas. And the city centre revamp has gone from original cost of £12.7m to £36m plus the illegal felling of trees.
I read a northern council spent £174,000 planting nine trees and Birmingham council spent a million on non clean air compliant vehicles.
These people are running budgets and wasting money. Will be the same all over the country
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And central government even worse
Milliband took two return flights to COP30, and an entourage of 470 civil servants and security.
Reported carbon footprint of 48 million miles and he’s pushing it’s on climate change spending |
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By (user no longer on site) OP 16 weeks ago
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"Perhaps the 23 councils are looking at the costs to have the elections which will be repeated once the changes are made regarding Unitary authorities etc..
The cuts in funding from Central government in the period 2010 - 2020 are reported to be about 24 to 28% per head..
They're not exactly rolling in spare cash, unless it seems to buy flags.."
If we can't afford elections perhaps the last person to leave could turn the lights off ! |
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"Perhaps the 23 councils are looking at the costs to have the elections which will be repeated once the changes are made regarding Unitary authorities etc..
The cuts in funding from Central government in the period 2010 - 2020 are reported to be about 24 to 28% per head..
They're not exactly rolling in spare cash, unless it seems to buy flags..
Plymouth council have gone £13m over budget on the vanity ‘box’ cinema, pushing down prices at two other cinemas. And the city centre revamp has gone from original cost of £12.7m to £36m plus the illegal felling of trees.
I read a northern council spent £174,000 planting nine trees and Birmingham council spent a million on non clean air compliant vehicles.
These people are running budgets and wasting money. Will be the same all over the country
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Similar to governments then.. |
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By *CExeCouple 16 weeks ago
Hong-Kong/Exeter |
Democracy delayed is Democracy denied, simple as that. Steve Reed in the Telegraph today said, 'nobody cares about pointless local elections'. Personally I think it's a little concerning when you have a government minister referring to elections as being pointless. |
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"Democracy delayed is Democracy denied, simple as that. Steve Reed in the Telegraph today said, 'nobody cares about pointless local elections'. Personally I think it's a little concerning when you have a government minister referring to elections as being pointless. "
If the elections are pointless then paying taxes to those councils is pointless as well?
Something tells me that won’t be a defence in court… |
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This is the fukwit trying to win a general election.
'Nigel Farage has apologised for 17 breaches of the MPs’ code of conduct after failing to declare £380,000 of income on time, saying he is an “oddball” who does not do computers." |
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"This is the fukwit trying to win a general election.
'Nigel Farage has apologised for 17 breaches of the MPs’ code of conduct after failing to declare £380,000 of income on time, saying he is an “oddball” who does not do computers.""
In contrast to government front bench with free clothes from donor not on gifts register ( broken ministerial code)
Chancellor with inaccurate CV, lied about previous employment. Published a book plagurised with text from Wikipedia. Unlicensed rental home
Sacked housing minister, stamp duty tax avoidance, questionable use of sons trust fund
And a homelessness minister resigned for making her tenants homeless. Anti corruption minister given prison sentence for corruption
Ex USA ambassador, a mortgage fraudster under Blair govt, sacked for links to high profile sec offender
Similar sleaze from tories and Reform
will be no different. |
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"This is the fukwit trying to win a general election.
'Nigel Farage has apologised for 17 breaches of the MPs’ code of conduct after failing to declare £380,000 of income on time, saying he is an “oddball” who does not do computers.""
So basically, he missed the deadline and made a late declaration?
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"This is the fukwit trying to win a general election.
'Nigel Farage has apologised for 17 breaches of the MPs’ code of conduct after failing to declare £380,000 of income on time, saying he is an “oddball” who does not do computers.""
Are you going to claim that any of the other parties have a leader that hasn't at some point been cited for failure to declare interests on time? |
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"This is the fukwit trying to win a general election.
'Nigel Farage has apologised for 17 breaches of the MPs’ code of conduct after failing to declare £380,000 of income on time, saying he is an “oddball” who does not do computers.""
He should face the appropriate punishment for this. I read it was not intentional but to me it's still his responsibility no matter who he delegates it to. What was also mentioned is that due to his outside earnings he has not claimed any personal expenses. If true then maybe all MP's who have outside earnings should also not claim expenses |
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"Democracy delayed is Democracy denied, simple as that. Steve Reed in the Telegraph today said, 'nobody cares about pointless local elections'. Personally I think it's a little concerning when you have a government minister referring to elections as being pointless. "
Well, the turn out in local elections is often around about a third of the electorate so in that sense he has a point.
I’d imagine those who complain at the banning never vote anyway. |
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"This is the fukwit trying to win a general election.
'Nigel Farage has apologised for 17 breaches of the MPs’ code of conduct after failing to declare £380,000 of income on time, saying he is an “oddball” who does not do computers."
Are you going to claim that any of the other parties have a leader that hasn't at some point been cited for failure to declare interests on time?"
No, but basic computer literacy would be a basic qualification for anyone in government or is he just a lying cunt ? |
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By (user no longer on site) 13 weeks ago
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"Perhaps the 23 councils are looking at the costs to have the elections which will be repeated once the changes are made regarding Unitary authorities etc..
The cuts in funding from Central government in the period 2010 - 2020 are reported to be about 24 to 28% per head..
They're not exactly rolling in spare cash, unless it seems to buy flags.."
But they find the cash for stupid shit.
But let’s assume you’re right. And the policy is..
“We can’t afford to have the elections this year that we also cancelled last year”
This isn’t a party in the park or a pride march that’s being cancelled. It’s democracy.
We’re slowly losing freedom of speech
We’re losing trial by jury
We’re foregoing the rights of victims of crime in favour of the criminals
And now we’re losing the right to vote.
Last year they said we’ll do it next year. Well this year is next year.
In my opinion this is a deliberate act by Labour to cause civil unrest so they can declare marshal law and blame it all on Farage.
The government of North Korea may put armed enforcers on the streets to keep its citizens in line, but the UK?
Hopefully if it came to that, Trump would send a fleet of ships here too |
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"This is the fukwit trying to win a general election.
'Nigel Farage has apologised for 17 breaches of the MPs’ code of conduct after failing to declare £380,000 of income on time, saying he is an “oddball” who does not do computers."
In contrast to government front bench with free clothes from donor not on gifts register ( broken ministerial code)
Chancellor with inaccurate CV, lied about previous employment. Published a book plagurised with text from Wikipedia. Unlicensed rental home
Sacked housing minister, stamp duty tax avoidance, questionable use of sons trust fund
And a homelessness minister resigned for making her tenants homeless. Anti corruption minister given prison sentence for corruption
Ex USA ambassador, a mortgage fraudster under Blair govt, sacked for links to high profile sec offender
Similar sleaze from tories and Reform
will be no different. "
We know politicians are out for themselves, we don't need any reports, any inquests, they are all as bad as each other.
The last person to the the houses of parliment was Guy Fawkes, just look what happened to him |
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By *OS4A2Man 12 weeks ago
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"This is the fukwit trying to win a general election.
'Nigel Farage has apologised for 17 breaches of the MPs’ code of conduct after failing to declare £380,000 of income on time, saying he is an “oddball” who does not do computers.""
This is the guy who will WIN in the next GE. May as well get used to the fact. There is no competition. |
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By *007ManMan 12 weeks ago
Worthing |
"YouGov poll
Reform 24%
Tory 20%
Labour 19%
Ipsos
Starmer 13% approval
Government 11% approval
It may take the full three years but it’ll be worth the wait to see the end of these charlatans as it was the tories. "
This |
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By (user no longer on site) 12 weeks ago
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I really struggle with how Labour has any support left. Saying inflation is down is irrelevant when it’s still nearly double the rate they inherited. Shouting about “continuing grown” when it’s at 0.1% and in the US it’s more like 4% at a time when they are reducing the population and we’re adding a close to a million to ours year on year. Starmer must be pulling his hair out as to why there’s no grown to speak of when the population is growing so rapidly with all these doctors and engineers.
Yes a couple of figures can be put into a certain context and made to sound good, but so much corruption, u turns, sleaze, massive tax increases with nothing to show for it, closing down food production to put solar panels and wind farms on the land but pay to have them turned off. Eroding freedom of speech, abolishing jury trials with no logic as to how it will help solve the problems in the courts, two tier justice, protecting pedos etc and as this thread shows, cancelling elections.
How can any elected politician either local or national, think that is ok?
My opinion hasn’t changed since he started calling anyone who is to the right of Diane Abbott a far right Nazi. I believe he is deliberately pushing us to civil disobedience so he can declare martial law and cancel all elections until “order is restored”. Which could be never.
Our best option seems to be to ride the storm and when he’s lost power, arrest him for treason. It’s just a shame they stopped hanging traitors |
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