Politics 2024/25 General Election Voting Intention (2022)

[Scouse]

You make new social groups, perhaps not so feral. There is plenty of work done my immigrants, completely legal immigrants. Poles and Romanians doing low level jobs, and doing very well for themselves, they put the work in

100%. I've said this. It's economically viable - work in Blighty, a lot of them bought big houses back home in a matter of years. And they work hard.

But at the same time it suppresses wages in the UK - which makes it harder for UK based people. And people need to live, and with more people house prices and rental values go up...

I'm not taking a moral position. Just making the point on where effects are felt.

 

[Scouse]

Dry weather sewage discharges soar as water companies face scrutiny

Exclusive: 7,280 suspected illegal spills in rivers and sea recorded in first five months of 2026

www.theguardian.com

Dry day spills will almost always be deliberate and illegal...The huge increase in a much drier year appears to show that water companies have quotas of sewage to dump and will do whatever the weather, and whatever the risk to the public and the environment. Making money is the primary focus. This level of criminality shows that water companies do not believe [regulators], or the government, will ever do anything meaningful to stop them

If Burnham fixed this, actually fixed it, I'd vote Labour next time round.

By fix, I mean create meaningful legislation that puts severe and effective criminal sanctions on water companies that forces compliance within a short time-bound period. Not looking at nationalisation - which carries significant risk that government will simply hide the problem again. More light. No self-reporting. Proper regulation.

 

[Gwadien]

Keir Starmer announces he is standing down as MP

The former prime minister said he would now turn his focus to international affairs.

www.bbc.co.uk

Pfffft.

 

[Scouse]

Keir Starmer announces he is standing down as MP

The former prime minister said he would now turn his focus to international affairs.

www.bbc.co.uk

Pfffft.

Never gave a shit about his constituents. Wanted to change the country, didn't deliver a thing other than war crimes and the oppression of peaceful protestors.

 

[Embattle]

Reform up against 'complainants' society', Nigel Farage tells BBC

The Reform UK leader said a "whole ecosystem" didn't want "new kids on the block succeeding".

www.bbc.co.uk

Complaints society apparently, not a corrupt one.