There's talk of a general election!

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With rumblings about calls for a general election sooner than later you have to ask yourselves the one and only vital question:-
"Will I be better off with the other lot in power, I mean REALLY better off?" to claim you won't be any worse off may be true but that's not the answer, the Parliamentary revolving doors has gone on long enough it's just one big game to M.P.'s.

Lets face it for decades now the two main parties have been in and out of power numerous times and at the end of the day the voter has never seen any significant change [for the better} in their lives. Everyone knows that what's given with one hand is usually taken with the other, yes I think we can agree, those of us of a certain age, we are a lot better off than our parents and grandparents were but just look around, food banks, homelessness, poverty, N.H.S. crisis, rubbish roads, filthy rivers the list goes on and for one of the richest nations on earth in the 21st century these Dickensian problems are not exactly a ringing endorsement to elect any of them back into power.

As I've explained before I no longer vote, why? because I'm waiting for someone or some party worth voting for, that will break this cycle, which means a hell of a long wait as far as I'm concerned, the last time I saw the inside of a polling station voting on a general election I voted for Labour led by Harold Wilson, that's how long I've been waiting. If Labour get in next time yes you will see some improvement no doubt but just like the last lot and those before they will just end up painting over the cracks and at the end of their 5 year stint they will be in the same position the Tories are in now convincing us their doing a good job and to re elect them and the cycle will continue.

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I don't really think it makes much difference who is in power....but the one not in power always seems to know how to fix things. Whoever is standing for election makes all sorts of promises, but I think when they do, their fingers are firmly crossed...

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Watched Keir Starmers speech at the Labour party conference today, very rousing and uplifting but then again it doesn't seem much different to previous Prime Ministers speeches when at conference. The P.M. today and those before him always give you what you want to hear which is usually "It's bad now but jam tomorrow".
 After all they had been working on these speeches for weeks and Starmer has probably tweaked that speech a thousand times.

I'm not trying to throw a spanner in the works, they haven't been in power long enough to find out what they are capable of yet so lets see what they can do {we don't have any option anyway} but I truly wish them luck. Over the 50 odd years I have been eligible to vote I have been far from impressed with the outcomes.

 

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Dissension in the ranks already.........conference voted down scrapping the Winter fuel payments, it won't make an 'aporth of difference to the outcome no doubt but so early in his tenure doesn't bode well.

Could this be Rishie Sunak part deux?

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WOW.........apparently an M.P. with morals an scruples, Rosie Duffield.

She's Either very very clever or very very silly..why? well you've basically just got your dream job with a salary and an expense account that us mere mortals can only dream about and she's turned her back on the party that got her there and going independent. O.k so she'll still have an M.P.'s salary but if she incurs the wrath of Canterbury there could be a by election and she could be soon out on her ear.

At least she's shouting from the rooftops what we all already know, you never know this could be the shortest stint between them winning and the next election on record, they're certainly not making any friends out here.