Jon

1 minute ago, ml1dch said:

Not sure that anyone had said that, have they?

There are thousands of decisions that the government makes every day without consulting parliament and legally this is one that is within their right to make. 

Parliament's job is to then scrutinise the executive and hold them to account for the decisions that they make. As they will do on this issue. 

And the scrutiny will amount to "all good, we're fine with it". 

Yep. AKA a comfortable parliamentary majority. 

6 minutes ago, blandy said:

I know they don’t get much coverage and you have to go looking for answers to that kind of question, but the answers are out there. Obviously people can choose to believe or disbelieve what they say they want to do, but…

Major changes to health provision, focusing a great deal more on stuff outside of hospitals, like social care provision which is dire at the moment. I wouldn’t expect Doctors and nurses to be engaged in major strikes.

I’d imagine they’ll do their green new deal thing. Investment and partnering on renewable energy, insulation, carbon neutral by 2030 I think is their plan.

Rip up planning regulations and get house building ramped up, to build 1.5 million homes is another plan, isn’t it.

Get science and engineering involved in modernising the antiquated way government services and provision work, including the NHS, Council services, all that stuff.

At the moment we’ve got tories giving contracts to their mates and donors, no regard for standards, law or ethics. Contempt and damage to institutions as a consequence of Johnson and Sunak’s behaviour…breaking the law in limited and specific ways if they don’t like it. Ridiculous Rwanda stuff…getting rid of that insanity and dishonesty would do me, frankly, but I reckon if Labour get a working majority, or are in a government with Green and/ or Lib Dem support then we’ll see genuine progress on revitalisation of green industries- solar, onshore, tidal.

I think we’ll have much better relations with the EU, we’ll probably be on the way to re-aligning ourselves with them and maybe part of the single market, or close to that.

People are so hacked off after 14 years of shit that they seem to think it can’t get better, that they’re all the same. They’re not…though they could do with getting the air time to explain how they’re not and what they’ll do, and finding a pair.

They'll have to raise direct taxation to do much of this.  I know it's been out of the equation since The Wicked Witch, but to rebalance society and reinvest in public services, he'll need to tax the comparatively wealthy a bit more.  Direct, progressive taxation.  I'd vote for him on that basis, but that might scare off a lot of self interested 'middle England'.  But it needs doing.  

1 hour ago, sidcow said:

I'm hoping .....

I can see a problem here .... 

Sadly all we really have to go on with Starmer's Labour atm is a fairly blind hope he'll do better things than the tories, once in power. 

So it's blind hope vs the devil we know  

3 hours ago, villa4europe said:

I read a review for the first 3 episodes which mentioned her then her then her some more and my excitement over the trailer showing kingpin and DD died down 

Daredevil is only in it for about 20 seconds 

I loved echo.   Really well done.  Well acted.  Good production values.

My main gripe is that it's every short. 5 x 30 minute episodes. Could have been a film at that length. 

But I enjoyed it. Kept me gripped and wasn't silly like some recent marvel stuff.  Quite dark. 

If this isn't a joke, he should absolutely tell them where to stick it.

6 minutes ago, Anthony said:

Anyone watching Deadloch? On Prime and the high seas. Some excellent swearing. Also very funny.

Yeah saw that a while back.  Really good.  Proper rum aussie mystery/ cop/ comedy

What does 'mafia style game' mean? 

14 minutes ago, Xann said:

Is it sinking in yet?

Given the amount of rainfall, I think everything is sinking in.  

1 hour ago, il_serpente said:

Just watched the first episode of Brockmire based on a recommendation.   I was caught off guard by the monologue about walking in on his wife pegging the next door neighbor, as our 15 year-old daughter was watching with us.  A tad awkward.

It was a very funny show, though.

What platform is this on? 

5 hours ago, MakemineVanilla said:

 

Going to an actual shop finding what you want and queuing at the check-out, seems like a breeze by comparison.

Going to numerous shops, at your own time and expense, to not find what you want, after wasting time queueing and parking, when amazon has it right there online, quickly and cheaply, a couple of clicks away, seems crazy in comparison 

Western sponsored butchery 

52 minutes ago, Genie said:

So she’s an aggressive, heavy drinking, drug taking woman with a history of a variety of traumas. Shes done sex work with her ex to pay for more drugs and has also not only attacked you, lied to get you arrested and beaten up by a stranger (amongst other things).

I do not see how the “woman of your dreams” fits in unless you have some very messed up dreams.

 Get the **** outta there @T-Dog and don’t ever look back.

Is the correct answer. 

6 hours ago, foreveryoung said:

The Christmas John Lewis advert is terrible.

Just watched it on YouTube.  I think it's ace! Doesn't really advertise john Lewis in any way that I can see, but I love the advert. 

Sounds like Matt Berry singing too, though I doubt it is.

High Street stores simply cannot match the range and value you can get online with regards to clothing. 

The main drawback being you can't try it on first/ view it IRL.  But I've done very few returns recently.  The size and fit are generally pretty consistent.

I do pretty much all online clothes shopping online for the above reason.  I can't find anything close to what I'd want in a store anywhere near me  

4 hours ago, DJBOB said:

 
If the Dems had a brain

That's a bit harsh! His spelling might be a bit hit and miss, but c'mon ... 

Just started watching 'Dave' on Disney plus.  I'm late to the game, but it's fcuking hilarious. It's basically about a struggling Jewish rapper making his way in the game.  

I mean, where the **** would this country (or any country) be without art, writing, poetry, and social commentary? 

Fundamentally important. 

In this regard I mean.  Basically accepting thatcherism. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-22073434

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Tony Blair: 'My job was to build on some Thatcher policies

19 minutes ago, mjmooney said:

He was the reason Tom Lehrer retired - "Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize". 

Blair took up the mantle 

His Beatles collection is insured for millions.