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By *abioMan 16 weeks ago
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Getting rid of PCC's  "
The new transport plans for the north actually makes sense.. i wish they would fast track them |
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"Genuinely! Not healthy to be negative all the time so...
Getting rid of PCC's
The new transport plans for the north actually makes sense.. i wish they would fast track them "
Their original growth plans were sensible. Nothing has happened. I wouldn’t hold your breath on these plans. |
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By *abioMan 16 weeks ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
"Genuinely! Not healthy to be negative all the time so...
Getting rid of PCC's
The new transport plans for the north actually makes sense.. i wish they would fast track them
Their original growth plans were sensible. Nothing has happened. I wouldn’t hold your breath on these plans."
Because of the way these ones have been costed and government capped, these are absolutely doable because the northern half of the old HS2 project has done a lot of the land procurement and planning
Also they are finally doing what I have been screaming out for them to do for ages, which is make use of freight only and upgrade them for passengers service.. which in the grand scheme of things is such a cheap thing to do.. for example, the proposed west London orbital… the Washington loop on the Tyne and Wear metro, the reopening of the alternative Newcastle to Durham line
Sorry.. transport nerd here… reopening lines with now expanding urban populations makes so much more sense than building new roads |
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Many of their policies have been well intentioned but they have almost all been poorly thought through and therefore the implementation has been bad, or a U turn has been necessary.
Winter fuel payments - just don’t pay it to higher rate tax payers. Simple and most people would agree.
Farm tax, close loopholes by making full tax payable (the same as everyone else) if a farm is sold or put to uses other than farming. Otherwise let them be passed down the generations. Again, easy and fair.
Eye tests for over 70s for driving. Why pick on them? Make it compulsory to have an eye test in the 12 months before any licence is renewed or changed. The cost is small and everyone should have regular eye tests anyway.
Driving licence reform is being debated, particularly around motorcycles, and young car drivers. This is good as the current system is punitive and discourages motorcycles however the proposed reforms are weak. Why not adopt better systems from Europe? For example in France people can drive mopeds and “sans permis” from earlier than the UK but can’t learn to drive bigger vehicles until they are 18. Then they have a restricted licence for 2 years. All sensible, but won’t be implemented here.
Nationwide, consistent rules should be implemented regarding pavement parking (ideally ban it) and motorcycles in bus lanes (ideally allow it) but I doubt it will happen.
Any reduction in NHS waiting lists is welcome but the main issues have not been addressed. Efficiency and duplication in the NHS, and (the big one) a properly integrated system of social care.
Improved transport in the north is welcome but it is so far in the future I may not see it.
All the above was in the spirit of positivity. The good policies have been overshadowed by the bad: net zero madness, road pricing, national insurance rises, business rates rises, employment law changes, removal of 2 child benefit cap, starving the armed forces of money, removing jury trials, letting people off for minor offences and stopping short prison sentences, insufficient investment in police / justice system and prisons, inability to deport people who shouldn’t be here. Etc…….
It isn’t just Labour, the Conservatives were bad as well. The whole political system is broken - whoever wins, we get the same government run by the Civil Service blob. |
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"Ill tell you one big thing they have done.
Not bleated on about the UK being broken, negativity breeds negativity.
The UK is far far far from broken."
The alliteration is the main reason for people enjoying bandying the Broken Britain phrase about.
I vote we start saying something similar about France! |
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Interesting that the GfK Consumer Confidence Barometer is showing a sustained difference in confidence between those under 50 and those over 50 especially in the under 30 group.
Younger people are much more positive than the negative whingers aged over 50.
Looking at the negativity on here about Labour's turnaround of the UK it's worth looking at the moaners' age. Many are over 50 and don't seem to understand results cannot be instant.
I guess if you are still a low achiever by the time you reach 50, it's blame everyone else time, especially the government of the day?
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"Interesting that the GfK Consumer Confidence Barometer is showing a sustained difference in confidence between those under 50 and those over 50 especially in the under 30 group.
Younger people are much more positive than the negative whingers aged over 50.
Looking at the negativity on here about Labour's turnaround of the UK it's worth looking at the moaners' age. Many are over 50 and don't seem to understand results cannot be instant.
I guess if you are still a low achiever by the time you reach 50, it's blame everyone else time, especially the government of the day?
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Confidence through naivety methinks.
I could afford to semi retire at 47 and fully retired at 55. I'll take that "low achievement" thanks.
Half of the parliamentary Labour party are blaming this "government of the day". |
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I would credit them with how they have dealt with Trump so far. Starmer in particular seems to have developed a reasonable relationship with Trump which given the history of comments of some of his MP's must have been difficult. As recent events have shown, Trump is so unpredictable so I do believe that is an achievement. Shame about the rest of it |
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"Interesting that the GfK Consumer Confidence Barometer is showing a sustained difference in confidence between those under 50 and those over 50 especially in the under 30 group.
Younger people are much more positive than the negative whingers aged over 50.
Looking at the negativity on here about Labour's turnaround of the UK it's worth looking at the moaners' age. Many are over 50 and don't seem to understand results cannot be instant.
I guess if you are still a low achiever by the time you reach 50, it's blame everyone else time, especially the government of the day?
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Do you have any evidence that those who criticise Labour are 'low achievers' ? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP 15 weeks ago
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"I would credit them with how they have dealt with Trump so far. Starmer in particular seems to have developed a reasonable relationship with Trump which given the history of comments of some of his MP's must have been difficult. As recent events have shown, Trump is so unpredictable so I do believe that is an achievement. Shame about the rest of it "
Starmer seems much happier with foreign affairs than domestic stuff. |
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"Interesting that the GfK Consumer Confidence Barometer is showing a sustained difference in confidence between those under 50 and those over 50 especially in the under 30 group.
Younger people are much more positive than the negative whingers aged over 50.
Looking at the negativity on here about Labour's turnaround of the UK it's worth looking at the moaners' age. Many are over 50 and don't seem to understand results cannot be instant.
I guess if you are still a low achiever by the time you reach 50, it's blame everyone else time, especially the government of the day?
Do you have any evidence that those who criticise Labour are 'low achievers' ? "
Presumably not, but it will be a good one if it catches on! |
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