Rishi Sunak

Looking at the time this man has been in office.To be fair he hasnt had a chance to do anything.Hes given thousands of pounds to help people who where off work with covid. Giving money to thousands to help pay their winter bills.i dont think Starmer would have done any better ..No way i wll be voting for him..To be honest does people who are working feel a lot better off so who gets in. Thousands of young and fit people no intension of starting work.

giving millions to baroness mony , giving billions to oil && gas companies . letting big businesses get away with paying very little tax while we suffer . yes i,m sure people in this country will NOT be voting for that joker especially after the hammering they just got in the bye elections .

I SECOND THAT ,WHUPS!
G.B.

Hope your right Brian

Can't wait for Starmer to get in......then when he cocks up all the excuses will come out of the labour faithful...

But surely politics should be about manifesto policies and performance, not because you have a partisan attitude to a political party for cultural and historical reasons.

As is stands at the moment, I have no desire to vote for any of the political parties, except for the looney party, but for some reason the loonies never put up a candidate in Makerfield, and in an ideal world I would join the looney party, and hopefully be able to stand as a looney party candidate, but it is not an ideal world is it

When the election comes, hopefully an independent candidate will stand in Makerfield, who is obviously a crackpot, and that person will get my vote, but if no such crackpot stands, and on the ballot paper there are just the usual useless political parties, I am just going to 'spoil' my ballot paper

Sunak was one of the authors of the 2008 crisis that resulted in tax payers having to bale out the banks, and the subsequent impairment of our wealth for the next decade and a half.

The man should be in prison, not running the country.

How did Sunak help cause the 2008 financial problems ?

It is well recorded that during his time with Goldman, he was one of the people who speculated against banks and similar by creating derivatives that were arguably fraudulent, which led to the fictitious book value of investments being inflated: a bubble which inevitably had to burst. A man who has enriched himself at the expense of the UK taxpayer is hardly one to trust with our financial well being.

I see, a shithouse no less.

What Carol says!

Handsomeminer

I wonder what Whupsy will say

They'd both vote for Carol !

I would imagine that they would doo

On the other hand they might think that she is a Tory

Cant abide the woman, I refuse to watch any programmes she is involved in. If she wants to dabble in politics she should stand in the next election.

It took liz truss six
Weeks to trash the economy shortest pm
Ever been

Frecky tell us something that the Tories have improved over the last 13 years or are you just one of those pathetic Tories with nothing positive to say about this totally inept Tory government

HM, you've got the triple lock to which you've benefitted a lot through it..They've tried like mad to stop immigration but every time they try, labour and co vote against it. I'm sure I could find other things if I looked but these are just off the top of my head. I know they've also done stupid things also, and the infighting within no-one can deny that. With being called a pathetic tory look in your own labour back yard. All you labour people from Starmer to the grassroots on here have criticized, moaned and complained for year about everything the govt did, yet not one of the labour opposition could give an alternative. I don't vote anymore because of the terrible state of politics and when labour get into power I shall be defending them if this type of situation occurs. One more point, why is it ok for you to denigrate one party and then castigate someone for criticizing the other ?......

It's called politics frecky
Politicians do it all the time

Aye Surfer T.... but no-one on here is a politician just a supporter of a political party, everyone is entitled to an opinion though, I'll give you that

Frecky the triple lock you refer to means a lot of people arnt as worse off as the majority of people you pathetic Tory

they are trying to get rid of the triple lock which means we will get less of a rise on our pensions to the tune of £74 p/y . oh yes they are really great when it comes to us but gave mony £200 million at the drop of a hat of which she creamed off 29 million & sent it out of the country into a shell company without paying tax on it . really great sunak & the torys .

As usual when labourites don't get their own way it's revert to name calling...and you say I'm pathetic...whups Starmer is revuing the triple lock to see whether it's affordable... Labour have never done anything wrong..in a decade of the seventies the unions destroyed manufacturing...ah well, as I've said see what happens when labour is in charge

No they didn't that was Thatcher in the 80s

reviewing it is 1 thing getting rid of it is another . keep on supporting this dead leg party frecky & see how much you are short in your pocket . your already quids down .

The warning is there for all to see as of today Sunak is now thinking of throwing away BILLIONS of £££££S in tax bribes after 2 more of his stronghold MOs have lost thier seats ,i find it ridiculous in the least that a party cannot give tx breaks when people need them ,BUT when the s*it it's the fan ie 2 lost seats it's toss away money time bloody typical of a tory i beg the genuine public please don't fall for this gimmick !!
G.B.

GB
that's right what you say
But the torys are now a split party the public can see that , the last 13 years with 5 prime minister's and all the pledges failed how .can people vote for failure

Surfer Tom

"how .can people vote for failure"

Easy, just vote Labour

how can this numpty say "vote for labour" when it cant get any better under this lot that,s in power . oh i forgot his hero farage is a rank tory right whinger .

As I have explained, I have no intention of voting Labour or Conservative at the next general election, but out of the two, if I had to pick one or the other, I would vote Labour, that is how much I detest the present Tory government

I think the tories have shot themselves in the foot too many times and it does look like a labour govt in the next election. I am merely saying, will you be criticizing with as much verocity if labour get it wrong, and it's worth a few bob on that happening or will you use the old chestnut ...it's the mess we were left...Whups, where am I quids down? During the fuel crisis I've had money thrown at me to help with fuel costs including extra winter fuel allowance and another £500 to come this year...Anyway nobody will change much including the incoming new party.

fecky

Correct!

Both as bad as each other!

listen frecky you shud have had more help from this dead leg government because they did,nt tax the gas & oil companies enough & they are making billions while the people suffer . £500 is a joke & it will no doubt be swallowed up in your 1st payment for your gas & lecky bill that,s if you dont already owe them that amount or more . money thrown at you give me a break how long did that last & by the end of it people were hundreds in debt . they have already stopped people claiming that allowance because those on pips or dla cannot now claim it & took off the claims part of the energy companies claim form . oh yea they are really great this lot & last time i looked there,s only 1 PARTY making the laws in this country , not 2 . get real .

Whups .

Ok whups, I give up. Just make a note of how much labour will raise the taxes of said companies......

enough to help us out & the oil companies are in favour of it . but it,s a hypathetical question frecky because labour arnt in power & by the time they are nothing will be left with this lot spending every bit of public money they can with HS2 as an example .

And leave nowt as labour did in 2010...., anyroad up, we'll just have to wait and see...

Whups you only believe what you think,you don't believe how much the population has grown, you do believe that the immigants coming here in boats are fine,in one year from 2019 to 2020 the population grew by approx 284,000 of which around 100,000 were illegal immigrants, I believe you will have a shock if Labour get in at the next election, and I believe they will,because I can't see things getting any better.

every government leave,s nowt as you put it but tell me frecky did labour spend billions on hs2 ? .and domin0 like all racists you only count people that come in & not the ones going out ? .

Net migration

Whups if I am a racist for not wanting thousands if illegals coming here,
then most on WW are racist too, regarding not mentioning people who leave I can make it easy for you,if 100;000 leave and 384,,000 come in, then the population as gone up by 284,000.

The problem is, domino, they're not illegal.

Whups...how much did the Iraqi war cost in LIVES as well as money...was the Millennium dome a freebie?. You can find examples of waste in every govt, to just concentrate on one is stupid.... have a nice day

wot has the iraq war got to do with this blog ? . are you trying to compare the millennium dome with HS2 com on frecky your really grabbing at straws there . and just as a side issue 650 MPs voted for that war ? .

domin0 606,000 as of the end of June 2022 have migrated from the uk . in the year ending June 2023, there were 52,530 irregular migrants detected entering the UK . now wot do you say .

Whups, you're so blinkered that it's impossible to have a decent conversation. So I will now desist from doing so....have a nice day

Whupsy Whupsy Whupsy

so are you frecky & i can debate with anyone & dont forget this did,nt happen in the sports blog were we conversed very well & as far as blinkers are concerned i,m not the only one , am i .

This is Wot I know Whups.

The population of England and Wales has risen to 59,597,300, the first results from the 2021 census have shown.

It grew by more than 3.5 million (6.3%) since the previous census in 2011, and has more people over 65 than ever.

When added to published census figures for Northern Ireland and official estimate of the Scottish population for 2020, the UK population now stands at 66,966,400.

The rise is one of the biggest since the census began in 1801.

And some wonder why people of our country are emigrating!

My Wife and I now regret not going in the seventies when we changed our minds at the last minute for family reasons.

Mind you, it did allow me to see the greatest successs period of Wigan RL at Central Park!

Owd Codger

I am interested in where you planned to emigrate too ?

If it had been Australia, then you might have been deported for being a "Whinging Pom"

But the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the hill.

Australia

Canada

yes domin0 & all the time babies are being born & added to the list . arnt they .

i,m sure there is quite a lot on here regreting you did,nt emigrate then to todger . how about rectifying that situation now .

No

YES

Whups,what as 606,000 leaving got to do with it, and babies being born,the truth is that our population as risen by over 3.5 million in the
last 10 years.to make it simple for you,it does not matter how many people have left the country, because more than 3.5 million more must have come in or been born here.

how many have left .

Tommy Two Stroke

The grass has sure been greener for the sister and husband of one of my Brother In Laws Wife who after leaving a small terraced house in Wigan now live in a large detached bungalow complete with swimming pool in Sydney as a result of getting better and higher paid jobs than what they would ever have got in our country.

I am joining others and leaving you in the land of Whups,it is a very small land, there is only you in it.

Domin0

I might join you as some are only interested in swiping or being sarcastic to anyone whose opinions are not on their agenda.

The decline in proper topics, comments and Tommy Two Stroke doing his best to create interest says it all!

Owd Codger:

"The grass has sure been greener for the sister and husband of one of my Brother In Laws Wife who after leaving a small terraced house in Wigan now live in a large detached bungalow complete with swimming pool in Sydney as a result of getting better and higher paid jobs than what they would ever have got in our country"

Well, maybe years ago the benefits of emigration, were more than in recent times, and I suppose it depends on what your job is, if you are in a highly trained, niche occupation, such has being a doctor, then the wages offered in Australia and the United States, might mean that you are guaranteed to have a much better lifestyle than in Britain, but for less qualified types of people, when you see them on TV programs such has 'Wanted Down Under' they may be able to afford a much larger property in Australia, than what they have in the UK, but when it comes to the salaries v cost of living, in Australia, then the advantages of living in Australia start to erode fast, then there are the complexities of being immigrants in a foreign country, which has a different culture to Britain, with mixed opinions on how Australian folk think about the Poms.

I encountered such cultural problems when I moved from Wigan To Atherton, because Atherton folk hate Wigan folk, and it is an awful feeling, knowing that your neighbours hate you, not for who you are, but because of where you come from