Separate Moan Thread About The Election

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    Boris Johnson, whilst Mayor of London, first announced the plans for ULEZ. The equivalent in Birmingham was implemented by a Tory mayor. Tory policy seems to change to whatever they think will win a vote on any given day.
     
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      I don't think Boris' plan extended into Surrey though, as is now the case.

      That said, you are right they all change their policies at whim. :th scifD36:
       
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        Politicians can easily do it with "doublethink".

        To quote:-

        Doublethink: the act of simultaneously accepting two mutually contradictory beliefs as correct.

        According to Winston Smith, the protagonist of 1984, doublethink is “To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies,"
         
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          @Punkdoc agreed, Ben Wallace has pointed out today that Farage is repeating Putin’s notes for him & likened him to a pub bore pontificating about “if I was running the country”. Thankfully Farage & his limited company are not going to be running the country.
           
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          That's not what he said, he said it was the expansion of NATO and the EU that gave Putin the excuse he needed to pursue his military goals. And the king is a looney :heehee:
           
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            The Conservatives have led an embarrassing campaign. It couldn't be worse if they took a dump on the King's throne :phew:

            Let's face it they're all shyte, 'getting the tories out' isn't a policy that's going to run the country. When Labour get in we will waste billions changing policies and procedures only for them to tank at the next election. We'll be no further forward and stuck in the same mess. :doh:
             
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              Unfortunately you have just described all politicians .:biggrin:
               
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                Starmer told his MP Rosie Duffield that it was wrong to say only women have a cervix. Then when Tony Blair said much the same, he decided to agree with him. So, it seems to me that Labour will only consider women's concerns when they are voiced by a man. When voiced by a woman they are "toxic".
                 
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                  These charges are not for them, they are for us. Anyone that believes any politician or party is working for us is utterly deluded.
                   
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                    Starmer spends so much time on the fence, his arse must be full of splinters.
                     
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                      That his dad installed with the tools he made :loll:
                       
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                        Oh, was his dad a toolmaker then... he has never mentioned it. ;)
                         
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                          Only 6% of the Russian border has a NATO country on it

                          NATO is, and always has been a defensive organisation, it does not invade other countries.

                          So Farage was wrong.
                           
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                            It's a worry, certainly. And I haven't seen much mention of the Waspi situation. I'm not hopeful of any resolution on it though I completely understand there isn't money for everything.
                             
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                              I sometimes wish George Orwell had kept his dystopian nightmare to himself. It's given the powerful too many ideas re coercive control.
                               
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