UK Politics Thread 🇬🇧

[TheBeigeBomber]

what are the govermnet actually doing but making me pay taxes? im paying them to do nothing. nothing theyve done has affected my life. ive never been to the doctors as an adult. so im not using the nhs. what are they doing?

 

[Kitsch]

what are the govermnet actually doing but making me pay taxes? im paying them to do nothing. nothing theyve done has affected my life. ive never been to the doctors as an adult. so im not using the nhs. what are they doing?

Me, Me, Me.

 

[TheBeigeBomber]

Me, Me, Me.

what have they done for you?

 

[Kitsch]

what have they done for you?

It isn't really about me, it's more about the direction this government will take this country. You're younger than me, so you may not directly feel the effects of some of their policies but the people around you will.

But since you asked, things I enjoyed under the Labour government:

EMA

£3465 tuition fees (universities can now charge up to £9000 and this current government may seek to increase them to £11000). The repayment on fees of these is more of a tax than a loan.

Curriculum wasn't as trash.

All A/AS-Level exams weren't in the summer.

Free schools didn't exist in the capacity they do now.

No bedroom tax.

 

[TheBeigeBomber]

It isn't really about me, it's more about the direction this government will take this country. You're younger than me, so you may not directly feel the effects of some of their policies but the people around you will.

But since you asked, things I enjoyed under the Labour government:

EMA

£3465 tuition fees (universities can now charge up to £9000 and this current government may seek to increase them to £11000). The repayment on fees of these is more of a tax than a loan.

Curriculum wasn't as trash.

All A/AS-Level exams weren't in the summer.

Free schools didn't exist in the capacity they do now.

No bedroom tax.

all curriclums are trash. they still teach that all drugs that are illegal are bad but legal drugs are fine to take

 

[MikeyC]

can someone explain to me what the point of these elections are? every time it happens nothing at all changes in my life. for better or for worse. its just exactly the same. weed a medicinal plant that grows from mother earth is still illegal. alcohol is still legal. where are the changes?

Throughout history cannabis and alcahol have gone through multiple law changes (Prohibition, 24-hour drinking, taxation etc.) You do know who has the abilty to create and amend existing laws, right?

Matter of fact, the reason ya boy don't vote Labour is cos they decided to re-classify weed from Class B to C only then to re-classify it back to B.

 

[Cynic]

It isn't really about me, it's more about the direction this government will take this country. You're younger than me, so you may not directly feel the effects of some of their policies but the people around you will.

But since you asked, things I enjoyed under the Labour government:

EMA

£3465 tuition fees (universities can now charge up to £9000 and this current government may seek to increase them to £11000). The repayment on fees of these is more of a tax than a loan.

Curriculum wasn't as trash.

All A/AS-Level exams weren't in the summer.

Free schools didn't exist in the capacity they do now.

No bedroom tax.

Aaahh the good times, the boom times, the paper property millionaire times :pharrell:

 

[SCORCH]

It's looking like the "English Obama" got it next.

Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna has withdrawn from the Labour party leadership contest, just days after throwing his hat into the ring.

The remarks immediately triggered speculation that a weekend newspaper is preparing an exposé.

Bet they keep that story in the chamber for now

 

[Kitsch]

Bet that keep that story in the chamber for now

 

[Kitsch]

Jeremy Corbyn.

 

[Kitsch]

Jeremy Corbyn.

It's going to be interesting.

 

[Kitsch]

BBC iPlayer - Prime Minister's Questions - 16/09/2015

Corbyn's first PMQ as leader of the opposition.

 

[CHL]

@Kitsch is Corbyn likely to move the party further left? What has it been like the last decade or so?

 

[Kitsch]

@Kitsch is Corbyn likely to move the party further left? What has it been like the last decade or so?

Edit:

Further Left, the last decade = New Labour .

 

[BocaRear]

Corbyn is definitely an interesting new leader for labour, his plans on eradicating tuition fees

But not renewing trident?