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Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

Mikey10 said:
Anecdotal, but my father-in-law and neighbour (both admirers of Farage) comment on this every time they talk about a hospital appointment or a visit to the doctor. As in, “I saw the doctor. He was Indian. I couldn’t understand a word he was saying and I told him that. ”

That’s an actual verbatim quote.
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Yes you will get some people set in their ways who will say that regardless.
 
johnola said:
My own experience of the nhs has gone from a 1/10 to a 10/10 recently.

Had reason to go to a&e, was seen triaged and scanned in an 90 minutes, reviewed by Doctor and then registrar and home with prescriptions in five hours.

They did however check my address twice, and they had two different addresses, one 20 years out of date the other 30 years out! It’s that sort of thing they continuously foul up on.
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NHS staff go above and beyond. The fact that they face abuse and violence from patients/visitors is absolutely disgusting. I have nothing but praise for the tough jobs they do when stretched to the limit both physically and mentally.
 
yiddo37 said:
NHS staff go above and beyond. The fact that they face abuse and violence from patients/visitors is absolutely disgusting. I have nothing but praise for the tough jobs they do when stretched to the limit both physically and mentally.
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I was in a&e last night. Getting a nasty cut in my head stitched up, a football injury, the care was exceptional, don’t care where the medical team was born, and they didn’t care where I was born either.
 
Silly McSilly Face said:
The tax cuts promised are:
- increase the tax free allowance to £20k, which would take most of the lowest earners out of tax liability.
- provide tax break from basic rate income tax to healthcare workers for 3 years (i.e. give them more money without increasing their pay or pension liabilities)
- end green levies on energy production
- reduce fuel duty by 20p per litre
- end VAT on energy bills
- end stamp duty below £750k and cut it above.
- re-introduce the VAT refund scheme for tourist shopping
- abolish inheritance tax for all estates under £2 million
- Cut corporation tax and increase the profit threshold at which it is payable
- increase VAT threshold to £150k
- scrap IR35 regulations
- tax relief of 20% on private medical insurance
- no VAT on private school fees and 20% tax relief for independent schools
- reintroduce the right for private landlords to deduct expenses such as mortgage repayments from rental income when making income tax declarations

All looks like sensible policies to boost growth and tax revenue in the long run to me....
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Sounds like Magic Money Tree land to me…
 
Mikey10 said:
Sounds like Magic Money Tree land to me…
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Yes, they are. Economic activity is a magic money tree. The more money people have in their pockets, the more they spend and the more VAT income you get and the more business profits rise and relevant taxes rise and wages go up and income tax receipts rise. Now taxes have been rising to push down on inflation and reduce interest rates but some of the key supply side drivers of inflation currently (energy costs driven by cutting off supply for Russia and related economies while also closing down domestic oil and gas production) is being addressed in the manifesto and so as a package it makes sense.
 
Lilbaz said:
Momentum lot? Probably join corbyn.
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Decent people it seems....

All four MPs who were suspended have been openly critical of several government policies. Maskell and Duncan-Jordan spearheaded opposition to the cut to the winter fuel allowance and welfare reforms. Hinchliff organised a rebellion over the government’s flagship planning bill, voicing concerns about its effect on nature.
 
SpiderSpurs said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1945432010018722188
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Had the weirdest Ed Davey experience recently…

I was walking my dog while listening to The Rest is Politics, who spent around 10 minutes debating whether they thought Ed Davey’s use of bizarre stunts was political genius or madness.

They had just finished discussing him, I walked another 100 yards through the field I was in, turned the corner onto a local trail way…and there was Ed Davey with his wife and son.

Bizarre.
 
Mikey10 said:
Had the weirdest Ed Davey experience recently…

I was walking my dog while listening to The Rest is Politics, who spent around 10 minutes debating whether they thought Ed Davey’s use of bizarre stunts was political genius or madness.

They had just finished discussing him, I walked another 100 yards through the field I was in, turned the corner onto a local trail way…and there was Ed Davey with his wife and son.

Bizarre.
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Well, did you ask him?
Genius or madness?
 
ricky2tricky4city said:
Well, did you ask him?
Genius or madness?
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I was pretty taken aback…just said something like, “How weird, I’ve just been listening to Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart discussing you on The Rest is Politics” and he laughed and said, “I’ll have to catch up with that!”

Unfortunately nothing similar has ever happened when I’ve been walking the dog and listening to PJ Harvey, The Smiths, Kate Bush, The Maccabees, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Springsteen… 😃
 
Mikey10 said:
I was pretty taken aback…just said something like, “How weird, I’ve just been listening to Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart discussing you on The Rest is Politics” and he laughed and said, “I’ll have to catch up with that!”

Unfortunately nothing similar has ever happened when I’ve been walking the dog and listening to PJ Harvey, The Smiths, Kate Bush, The Maccabees, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Springsteen… 😃
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Had a beer with alastair campbells son today.
 
Thing is with "holding Farage to account" is that Davey expects Farage to get the same treatment as him from the BBC when Farage is the leader of a 2 year old party with hardly any comparative members, funding, and only a handful of MPs that were only elected last year. Since Reform now have control of some councils they will start to be "held to account" but they are not one of the main political parties. Their funding is a fraction of the Lib Dems.
 
Silly McSilly Face said:
Thing is with "holding Farage to account" is that Davey expects Farage to get the same treatment as him from the BBC when Farage is the leader of a 2 year old party with hardly any comparative members, funding, and only a handful of MPs that were only elected last year. Since Reform now have control of some councils they will start to be "held to account" but they are not one of the main political parties. Their funding is a fraction of the Lib Dems.
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Farage will be held to account more than anyone. If he's elected it will be mainly for one reason. If he doesn't get it under control his own party will out him.
 
johnola said:
My own experience of the nhs has gone from a 1/10 to a 10/10 recently.

Had reason to go to a&e, was seen triaged and scanned in an 90 minutes, reviewed by Doctor and then registrar and home with prescriptions in five hours.

They did however check my address twice, and they had two different addresses, one 20 years out of date the other 30 years out! It’s that sort of thing they continuously foul up on.
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I have been to A&E twice this year, had a week in care for another health issue and also been in for various tests and the entry level salary for a qualified Dr (the Junior title being removed was right IMO) is a shocker, I could not care a jot how much they go on to earn in salary and pensions, all worthy again IMO. My experiences with Drs of all levels has never been anything other than superb, what lets them and the NHS down in my own experience is the systems, the lack of them or the absolute mess of a road map which is now planning and long term care.

I changed Drs when moving and trying to get an appointment on the app which locked me out when moving has been a disaster, I went to A&E at St Georges which gave you an up to date waiting time so you at least has some sense of scale, I went to A&E in Manchester as I collapsed at a meeting and they were working out orders on abit paper and I was missed despite a high score on triage because the admin bod incharge of the paper was overwhelmed and was seen 4 hours later than I should have been, the Dr though was out of this world.

So yeh, maybe its just me but I think entry levels of £36k after 5 years of study for people with literally my life in their hands..........yep its not enough
 
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