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The savings from putting the poor into further poverty (aka welfare cuts) were circa £5bn The budget is £1.3tn - thus they were looking to save just over 0.35% of the budget. It’s a rounding error. To put this into context let’s take someone on the average UK wage (circa £37k). If they lost...

And, I’m sure lots will agree with you. I think targeting the poor on welfare reforms is a big deal. It’s punching down, it’s what I thought the Tories did and - it took around 120 MPs with a conscience to turn it around. This should never have been a labour policy - farcical. Oh, and there...

I think that is a fair ask and, I for one was prepared to be patient - still am to some extent. What Labour voters (nor most of its MPs) didn’t expect were the focus areas for change in the first year (winter fuel allowance) and the nasty attack on those on welfare. We could/should have...

I think what you outline is almost Starmer’s strategy. Roughly translated - ‘We will be able to get away with some pandering to the right because, in the end voters will play the tactical game to keep Reform out’ I’m not sure I would take that approach at the next election (my constituency...

`It’s not really. Easy to mimic the design Then you pay 5 year olds next to nothing to produce them in shtitty conditions so there is little financial risk.

So, its actually worse than giving him pelters after the first game It’s pelters on appointment. I just take a different view - I will judge him over time on team performance in the championship. It just feels the fair thing to do.

Got to be some kind of record, even for Boro fans We lose a daft friendly in the managers first game and the pelters start.

Happy Birthday fella.

I’m not sure there is any evidence that we do this. Rules for entry are pretty strict for coming to the UK….and its going to get harder. Part of the problem appears to be the lack of safe ways for people to seek asylum in the UK which leads to people seeking another way of entry. The other...

Don’t like it but, if the rules have been adhered to fairly…

Sounds great and pretty green There is something about the whole air con thing which is a bit mad tho - but I get it. Global warming leads to higher temperatures which we solve by air con which adds to the problem. (Sad face)

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That’s kind of my earlier point. Say one thing to get everyone whipped up - do something else. As an example - immigration controls were reduced post brexit in order to boost the economy. That wasn’t policy - just did it to hide the brexit disaster. I’d be interested btw - what policies the...

I do wonder though If ‘we’ crack the immigration issue - what have reform got? We know there are millions of disaffected voters out there. Many - low income who have been served the immigration target. Just thinking allowed (assuming immigration sorted) * deportation of those without...

Some stonking performances in the FMTTM league with VDP almost the MVP (POG). In the top 15 only a couple haven’t got VDP