Genie Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 Thank goodness the Tories are prioritising the big issues of the day, and the BBC giving it top billing on the website Quote The Conservatives have promised to rewrite the Equality Act so that protections it enshrines on the basis of a person’s sex apply only to their biological sex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 3 VT Supporter Share Posted June 3 11 minutes ago, Genie said: Thank goodness the Tories are prioritising the big issues of the day, and the BBC giving it top billing on the website It was a matter of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 3 Moderator Share Posted June 3 See there's a problem with this strategy of trying to retain over 100 seats, you concentrate on the batshit crazy policies for loons. That just puts more and more voters who aren't in the 70+ bracket from voting for you. I'm really hoping its as counter productive as I think it'll be 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 The big issues that affect a large part of the population : GP appointments NHS waiting lists Understaffed NHS NHS Dentist availability Petrol / Diesel prices Home energy prices Pot holes Lack of Police / Police stations Difficulty to trade with Europe Access to workers in Europe Sewerage in rivers and the sea Mortgage interest rates House prices What are the big promises / pledges made by the Tories: Reintroduce national service Update the wording of the equality act How can they be THIS bad? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 3 Moderator Share Posted June 3 Tbf they are going to build 100 GP surgeries too (to replace the 2000 they've seen closed in 14 years) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 3 VT Supporter Share Posted June 3 1 minute ago, bickster said: Tbf they are going to build 100 GP surgeries too (to replace the 2000 they've seen closed in 14 years) And are being built anyway as they merge the 3 local surgeries into a single less convenient super site. Or are being built by developers on new green belt developments but will never actually open. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 3 Moderator Share Posted June 3 26 minutes ago, Genie said: Petrol / Diesel prices Amazing how the fuel prices came down the day of the election announcement My two guide price self service stations, price not changed at all. (still the cheapest) but ALL the other petrol stations are now within 2p of them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 23 minutes ago, Genie said: The big issues that affect a large part of the population : GP appointments - can be fixed by reducing immigration NHS waiting lists - stop the boats, reduce the queues Understaffed NHS - less boats, less ill people NHS Dentist availability - less boats less fillings Petrol / Diesel prices - supply and demand driven up by immigrants Home energy prices - blame Russia Pot holes - more immigrants puts undue wear on otherwise perfectly good roads Lack of Police / Police stations - hate marches and unchecked toilet useage put undue strain on the police Difficulty to trade with Europe - we have signed a trade deal with rebel held areas of Haiti Access to workers in Europe - no no no no Sewerage in rivers and the sea - all those immigrants shitting Mortgage interest rates - we have brought interest rates down House prices - perfectly affordable unless you waste your money on oat milk coffees and transition surgery What are the big promises / pledges made by the Tories: Reintroduce national service - never did me any harm, about time the young paid something back for the sacrifices we made at Rourke’s Drift Update the wording of the equality act - wording to include ‘no funny business’ , ‘neat and tidy lady garden’, and ‘regular inspection by line manager’. How can they be THIS bad? Manifesto got leaked, see above. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 25 minutes ago, sidcow said: And are being built anyway as they merge the 3 local surgeries into a single less convenient super site. Or are being built by developers on new green belt developments but will never actually open. Or are they just painting the waiting area and calling it an brand new surgery? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 3 VT Supporter Share Posted June 3 2 minutes ago, Genie said: Or are they just painting the waiting area and calling it an brand new surgery? Yes, that as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted June 3 Author Moderator Share Posted June 3 24 minutes ago, bickster said: Amazing how the fuel prices came down the day of the election announcement My two guide price self service stations, price not changed at all. (still the cheapest) but ALL the other petrol stations are now within 2p of them Isn’t there some law just come in about price gouging? Start of June I think, but I might have dreamt it. edit. I didn’t. May 24th it came in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 3 Moderator Share Posted June 3 1 minute ago, blandy said: Isn’t there some law just come in about price gouging? Start of June I think, but I might have dreamt it. it happened round here, literally the day the election was called That new law is.... horseshit quite frankly, it allows the government to monitor fuel prices. It really isn't that that caused the fall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted June 3 Author Moderator Share Posted June 3 3 minutes ago, bickster said: it happened round here, literally the day the election was called That new law is.... horseshit quite frankly, it allows the government to monitor fuel prices. It really isn't that that caused the fall I bet it was. Election called on the same day as the new law came in. I’m saying causation/correlation aligns better with the law than the decision to surrender by Sunak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 3 Moderator Share Posted June 3 48 minutes ago, blandy said: I bet it was. Election called on the same day as the new law came in. I’m saying causation/correlation aligns better with the law than the decision to surrender by Sunak. I guess we'll see after the election if the prices go up again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one_ian_taylor Posted June 3 VT Supporter Share Posted June 3 2 hours ago, Genie said: The big issues that affect a large part of the population : GP appointments NHS waiting lists Understaffed NHS NHS Dentist availability Petrol / Diesel prices Home energy prices Pot holes Lack of Police / Police stations Difficulty to trade with Europe Access to workers in Europe Sewerage in rivers and the sea Mortgage interest rates House prices What are the big promises / pledges made by the Tories: Reintroduce national service Update the wording of the equality act How can they be THIS bad? Has a real Producers vibe to it. Sunak has bet on Labour and stands to make billions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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