Kemi Badenoch doesn’t really need to speak in public more than once a month and she’ll do ok. In that respect, keeping her head down is proving very effective.

Sniping from the sidelines and criticising everyone clearly has merit. 🙃

She actually speaks a lot in public. She’s always happy to be interviewed on the tv news channels. It’s much easier in opposition of course. She just needs a good team behind her.

Why've we got a part 2 thread?

nah, delete

ok so looks like a new function is in place on the forum that means the old politics thread has reached it's maximum number of posts

so this is the new one

as you were

2 minutes ago, Zico said:

ok so looks like a new function is in place on the forum that means the old politics thread has reached it's maximum number of posts

so this is the new one

as you were

I’ll start us off.

Starmer touches cats and NIC has mass debates over it.

8 hours ago, royal white said:

I’ll start us off.

Starmer touches cats and NIC has mass debates over it.

Always thought of them as a bunch of mass-debators

8 hours ago, Zico said:

ok so looks like a new function is in place on the forum that means the old politics thread has reached it's maximum number of posts

so this is the new one

as you were

ffs - just kept it locked

1 hour ago, L/H White said:

ffs - just kept it locked

Even if they did, no one will ever forget your Jeremy Corbyn avatar.

Eternal shame isn't washed away that easily

Just now, bolty58 said:

Even if they did, no one will ever forget your Jeremy Corbyn avatar.

Eternal shame isn't washed away that easily

haha, I'd forgot about that, well remembered

Just now, L/H White said:

haha, I'd forgot about that, well remembered

I'm sure you'll come up with another wummer.

11 hours ago, Zico said:

ok so looks like a new function is in place on the forum that means the old politics thread has reached it's maximum number of posts

so this is the new one

as you were

it will soon be full of shit from would be politicians and political experts soon enough, same as t'other one

11 hours ago, desperado said:

Going off the 'likers' I won't waste my time.

Desperado - why don't you come to your senses?

On 05/06/2026 at 12:18, athywhite1958 said:

it will soon be full of shit from would be politicians and political experts soon enough, same as t'other one

Or cluttered with you tube and x videos posted by folk who can't put their own arguement forward

8 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

I'm not surprised, still, we get to vote this lot out in a couple of years and then can reverse that downward trend.

Good job he went to Harvard

2 hours ago, BobyBrno said:

Shame about that really, but at least they've not let national debt creep from 67% of GDP to 98%. Old Reevesy from accounts has a bit of headroom there.

The extra debt since Ms. Reeves took control is approx £171 billion (remember, she made a fuss about £20 billion) The cost of that debt has also increased.

Keep an eye out for reports of the IMF getting involved.

28 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

The extra debt since Ms. Reeves took control is approx £171 billion (remember, she made a fuss about £20 billion) The cost of that debt has also increased.

Keep an eye out for reports of the IMF getting involved.

GDP has grown too. May be worth a mention, that.

4 minutes ago, Spider said:

GDP has grown too. May be worth a mention, that.

It doesn't suit people's agenda.

1 minute ago, jmjhb said:

It doesn't suit people's agenda.

Not a word of this when the tories were racking up the debt

Given it seems Labour haven't changed greatly from Regan/Thatcher era economic policy that's fucked things up since the 80s.

Perhaps shifting back to financial policy from golden days that reform types long for would do wonders.