I just wish there was a more central party that just took the best parts of both Labour and Conservatives, but I don't think we'll ever see that, at least with enough support to make them viable.

I personally couldn't see myself voting Labour any time soon, while I agree with some of their policies, there are others that I just don't. Then there's the issue of leadership! Is it really that difficult to find someone likeable?

If the nhs had not been created or library's not been created and Corbyn had of said that's what he wanted if he became prime minister the right wing press would have crucified him even more that he did. Im yet to see ANY left wing polices put forward by him and it just a shame votes fall for the same lies the tory press spout at each election

Although the Conservatives won the Hartlepool by-election from Labour, they lost the Chesham & Amersham by-election to the Liberal Democrats.

Batley & Spen will follow on July 1st.

Nissan has announced details of a new battery "gigafactory" that will enable its Sunderland car plant to massively increase production of electric vehicles.

The Japanese manufacturer said the £1bn battery plant, built in partnership with Chinese manufacturer Envision, will create 900 jobs at Nissan plus 750 at Envision - and an overall 6,200 when the impact on suppliers is included.

Britishvolt intends to build a plant on the former Blyth power station site in Northumberland promising 3,000 jobs and batteries for 300,000 vehicles a year.


https://news.sky.com/story/nissan-to-unv...n-12345950

https://uk.nissannews.com/en-GB/releases...neutrality

(01 Jul 2021, 8:34 am)Michael wrote Nissan has announced details of a new battery "gigafactory" that will enable its Sunderland car plant to massively increase production of electric vehicles.

The Japanese manufacturer said the £1bn battery plant, built in partnership with Chinese manufacturer Envision, will create 900 jobs at Nissan plus 750 at Envision - and an overall 6,200 when the impact on suppliers is included.

Britishvolt intends to build a plant on the former Blyth power station site in Northumberland promising 3,000 jobs and batteries for 300,000 vehicles a year.


https://news.sky.com/story/nissan-to-unv...n-12345950

https://uk.nissannews.com/en-GB/releases...neutrality

Really good news for Sunderland and the North East.

Now if only they could transport vehicles by electric train, rather than diesel HGVs...

(01 Jul 2021, 1:00 pm)Adrian wrote Really good news for Sunderland and the North East.

Now if only they could transport vehicles by electric train, rather than diesel HGVs...

100% agree, hopefully in the future.

(01 Jul 2021, 8:34 am)Michael wrote Nissan has announced details of a new battery "gigafactory" that will enable its Sunderland car plant to massively increase production of electric vehicles.

The Japanese manufacturer said the £1bn battery plant, built in partnership with Chinese manufacturer Envision, will create 900 jobs at Nissan plus 750 at Envision - and an overall 6,200 when the impact on suppliers is included.

Britishvolt intends to build a plant on the former Blyth power station site in Northumberland promising 3,000 jobs and batteries for 300,000 vehicles a year.


https://news.sky.com/story/nissan-to-unv...n-12345950

https://uk.nissannews.com/en-GB/releases...neutrality

That's all because Britain does not have a licence to import EV batteries or component material. the licence was EU wide, yet another load off crap spouted by this regime .

COVID-19: Boris Johnson to reveal final step of roadmap plan to 'restore people's freedoms' at news conference


https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-bori...e-12348907

For those following 'Partygate', a redacted copy of the Stu Gray report is imminent.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/202...-partygate

On Thursday we have the by-elections in Wakefield and Tiverton & Honiton.

As Wakefield is marginal and only lost by Labour in 2019, it should be easy for them to regain it.

Tiverton & Honiton is being heavily targeted by the Liberal Democrats. If gained it would be even more spectacular than North Shropshire, as the Tories currently have a larger majority there.

(19 Jun 2022, 5:20 pm)Metroline1511 wrote On Thursday we have the by-elections in Wakefield and Tiverton & Honiton.

As Wakefield is marginal and only lost by Labour in 2019, it should be easy for them to regain it.

Tiverton & Honiton is being heavily targeted by the Liberal Democrats.  If gained it would be even more spectacular than North Shropshire, as the Tories currently have a larger majority there.

Wakefield is clearly going to be a big test for Starmer and Labour. They need to not only regain the seat, but they need to do so convincingly in my opinion. With less than two years to go until the next scheduled General Election, there needs to be some clear signs of winning back support; the May elections didn't do that for me.

Tiverton & Honiton might have a large majority, but it's always interesting to see how the public react to a disgraced politician being disposed of.

has the clown gone yet?? Is see his chancellor and health secretary had abandoned ship

(05 Jul 2022, 6:44 pm)Rob44 wrote has the clown gone yet?? Is see his chancellor and health secretary had abandoned ship

Nadine still stands by him! Possibly the worse one to show her support!

(05 Jul 2022, 7:38 pm)Unber43 wrote Nadine still stands by him! Possibly the worse one to show her support!

Shes a clown too.  Same as reece mogg- calls himself a christian!

While I'm not Boris' biggest fan, I don't think anyone who is rumoured to replace him is going to be any better, if anything some of them would be worse!

Better the devil you know, and all that

(05 Jul 2022, 7:54 pm)streetdeckfan wrote While I'm not Boris' biggest fan, I don't think anyone who is rumoured to replace him is going to be any better, if anything some of them would be worse!

Better the devil you know, and all that

I couldn't trust a tory to run the country I dread to think who they would chose.

(05 Jul 2022, 8:09 pm)Unber43 wrote I couldn't trust a tory to run the country I dread to think who they would chose.

And I wouldn't trust Labour to run the country either!

For all Boris' faults, I honestly don't think the current government has done a bad job at running the country given the circumstances. It's all the 'extra curricular activities' that has caused all the drama!

(05 Jul 2022, 8:22 pm)streetdeckfan wrote And I wouldn't trust Labour to run the country either!

For all Boris' faults, I honestly don't think the current government has done a bad job at running the country given the circumstances. It's all the 'extra curricular activities' that has caused all the drama!

They locked down a week late causing thousands of extra death

should have lockdown over October Half Term back in 2020, ended up having a 8-10 week lockdown instead of a week one.

Ah don't forget the cost of living crisis, but who cares Rishi's wife a billionaire, Johnson just had a £150K treehouse installed! 

The Secretary of State for DCMS is utterly useless, the Instagram Secretary (Liz Truss) well thats all you can say, and the Deputy Prime Minster the man, who refused to leave Bojo until he got that role cos he stayed on HOILDAY while the war in Ukraine started.

(05 Jul 2022, 8:22 pm)streetdeckfan wrote And I wouldn't trust Labour to run the country either!

For all Boris' faults, I honestly don't think the current government has done a bad job at running the country given the circumstances. It's all the 'extra curricular activities' that has caused all the drama!

Inflation at record levels, soaring cost of living crisis, millions relying on food banks, 180k+ Covid deaths, the biggest industrial turmoil since the 70s... aye, he's not doing a bad job!



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(05 Jul 2022, 7:54 pm)streetdeckfan wrote While I'm not Boris' biggest fan, I don't think anyone who is rumoured to replace him is going to be any better, if anything some of them would be worse!

Better the devil you know, and all that

This comment really baffles me....

My grandparents have a dog named Boris - and even he would be a better PM than BoJo.

Whoops, I forgot it's a bad idea to share my dirty Tory views around here

In all seriousness though, given that this cost of living crisis is being heavily fueled by the 'special military operation' in Ukraine, and the sanctions imposed on Russia causing fuel, gas, and electricity prices to shoot up, and therefore increasing the cost of a lot of things, I don't think it's fair to blame that entirety on the Government.

As for the lockdowns, I think it's very difficult to find a balance between being too restrictive, and too open. In hindsight, maybe locking down earlier could have made a difference, maybe it wouldn't have. It's not really my field of expertise, but looking at the difference in restrictions between England, Scotland and Wales and the number of cases, they didn't seem to do a whole lot once cases were already high.

Anyway, I really don't fancy having a political debate (aka slinging match). Everybody is entitled to their own opinions, and believe it or not I do actually find it really interesting listening to other people's views. Despite me being a filthy Tory voter, my best friend is a Labour voter. And just because I voted Conservative, doesn't mean I agree with everything they say. Likewise, I there are some things that Labour say that I agree with.

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Nice to see that BoJo is finally resigning.

Resigning with 90 days notice?

if it’s like other resigning pm’s, boris will still be the pm until another pm is elected, and it looks like conservatives won’t elect a new pm until at least Autumn


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(07 Jul 2022, 9:00 am)cbma06 wrote if it’s like other resigning pm’s, boris will still be the pm until another pm is elected, and it looks like conservatives won’t elect a new pm until at least Autumn


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For the benefit of those who haven't yet read into it, this is what's happening as per his resignation speech at lunchtime.

Can we please have Boris back!

(15 Oct 2022, 2:16 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Can we please have Boris back!

Hope not , even though this one is pathetic, 3 female prime ministers and there all screwing the country up, first one stripped this country bare and sold what’s left of this great nation to join the EU, second one kept putting in the same agenda over and over and just kept changing the title of the agenda, third one still in at present but looks like she’s got the shakes or some kind of disorder, even the male PM’s are not that much good either, for Boris to get the agreement done with the EU on the last minute decided to bend over and asked the EU how far do you want to go to get the agreement sorted out.


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(15 Oct 2022, 2:16 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Can we please have Boris back!

Nor for the first time, Tory MPs massively underestimated the popularity and indeed competence of their leader, setting in motion their own long drawn out collapse into opposition.

Thankfully this time there is no Tony Blair waiting in the wings, and Red-Lite Labour genuinely seem to think the voters buy into the whole Robin Hood mythology. They really don't. At least not enough to conclusively win an election.

Either Johnson returns triumphantly to yet again put a cap on a period of political paralysis, laughing at everyone who seemed to think having a glass of wine at a leaving do was the worst thing a PM had ever done (it says a lot about Red Lite Labour that they didn't have the core patriotism required to lead with the whole HE LIED TO THE QUEEN attack vector), or a hithertoo ubheard of Tory backbencher siezes their chance to be the new Thatcher (who was herself relatively unknown until her own leadership election).

Labour are screwed. But I think we all know they secretly like being the permanent opposition and are shit scared of having any real power, knowing as they do that they're even worse than the Tories when it comes to presenting a unified front.

(15 Oct 2022, 2:16 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Can we please have Boris back!

Well apparently, Backbenches are trying to get Truss out next week, then get Braverman or Hunt to become PM (what could go wrong), Penny replacing either one, or get Penny to become PM. 

They want to get as far away from the General Election. 

Nadine Dorries doesn't think that is possibly (via leaked Whatsapp messages)

We are in deep trouble when Nadine is saying the most sensible things, with the latest poll totally wiping out the tories, they would keep 3 seats.

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(15 Oct 2022, 2:38 pm)Starscream wrote Labour are screwed. But I think we all know they secretly like being the permanent opposition and are shit scared of having any real power, knowing as they do that they're even worse than the Tories when it comes to presenting a unified front.

Labour are definitely more unified under Starmer, comparing to the Tories, have you seen whats going on between Braverman & Truss!!