16 Jul
7:22pm, 16 Jul 2024
11,490 posts
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Fields
Sounds like the VP candidate (with the name of a country and western singer) thinks we are a risk to US national security as we are an Islamist nation with nukes. Perhaps we should investigate closer ties with Iran, or send over a preemptive strike? Or alternatively chuck the Americans out of their bases and get rid of all nuclear weapons and demilitarise |
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16 Jul
7:36pm, 16 Jul 2024
11,491 posts
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Fields
How’s this to the left of Blair? Seems to be criminalising poor people and doesn’t do anything to address the root cause of poverty like the two child cap which Sir Kid Starver wants to maintain Just daily announcements from a grid trying to hit a different dog whistle each day bbc.co.uk |
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16 Jul
7:51pm, 16 Jul 2024
11,492 posts
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Fields
Fields wrote: Next poll should be first Labour sleaze Today then! |
16 Jul
8:18pm, 16 Jul 2024
5,482 posts
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J2R
Can't help but point out you mentioned Blair there, @Fields . 
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16 Jul
8:20pm, 16 Jul 2024
11,493 posts
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Fields
Fair enough but you’ll note it was in response to Chris earlier post
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16 Jul
8:32pm, 16 Jul 2024
17,488 posts
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jda
Let’s see how long it takes Labour to abolish the two child benefit cap. Performative cruelty that does immense harm and saves a negligible amount of money.
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16 Jul
8:48pm, 16 Jul 2024
45,241 posts
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SPR
It's going to need constant pressure internally and externally for their stance to change.
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16 Jul
9:08pm, 16 Jul 2024
17,489 posts
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jda
In terms of a purportedly left-wing govt getting stuff done it would have to be classified as the lowest of low-hanging fruit, you'd be hard pressed to find any expert who didn't think it was an absurdly damaging policy of no objective benefit that disproportionately hurts the poorest and most vulnerable in society.
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16 Jul
10:25pm, 16 Jul 2024
197 posts
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Ian5
jda wrote: In terms of a purportedly left-wing govt getting stuff done it would have to be classified as the lowest of low-hanging fruit, you'd be hard pressed to find any expert who didn't think it was an absurdly damaging policy of no objective benefit that disproportionately hurts the poorest and most vulnerable in society. No benefit,except maybe will give some relief to shop staff who get abuse and threatened on a near daily basis by people who currently know the police will do nothing. I manage a decent size supermarket and we now choose to just try and deter and take stuff back off people,as we have been threatened too many times. |
16 Jul
10:35pm, 16 Jul 2024
4,837 posts
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StuH
I think jda was referring to the two child benefit cap
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