What is that "mate" of mine Sadiq Khan trying to achieve ?

 

You lost you demented little cretin, get over it and concentrate on your job you terrorist sympathiser.

2 hours ago, bolty58 said:

I disagree.

if he gets in, in however many years, what do you think he will deliver that will be of benefit to the people? 

 

Stick a white rosette on a cow

Teach it to sing “Whites Away I Like It”

Ignore this politics thread 

Enjoy the summer

Job done 

On 24/05/2026 at 10:57, Zico said:

if he gets in, in however many years, what do you think he will deliver that will be of benefit to the people? 

 

 

Top speech.

 

6 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

 

Top speech.

 

11 mins

can you summarise it for me?

On 24/05/2026 at 15:52, BobyBrno said:

Badge of honour now to be working class. The millionaire Prime Minister’s dad was a Toolmaker, I think.😊 

Enjoy.👍

No 'think' about it. He certainly made one.

On 24/05/2026 at 16:42, DirtySanchez said:

I lived in a staunch Tory area and it's exactly the same. Stick a blue rosette on a cow.

This was at the height of you loving the Tories and Theresa May was going to be the next Thatcher 

I know. How could I be so wrong. Never be able to carry straw and stuff up ladders in leopard skin stiletto's.

On 24/05/2026 at 17:57, Zico said:

if he gets in, in however many years, what do you think he will deliver that will be of benefit to the people? 

 

Get us out of the ECHR.

6 hours ago, Zico said:

11 mins

can you summarise it for me?

Listen to Manc Wanderer. Summer eyes.

3 hours ago, bolty58 said:

Get us out of the ECHR.

I'm a tad nieve here.. 

Why are people so against the ECHR ? 

51 minutes ago, only1swanny said:

I'm a tad nieve here.. 

Why are people so against the ECHR ? 

Because Reform have told them to be.

1 hour ago, only1swanny said:

I'm a tad nieve here.. 

Why are people so against the ECHR ? 

 

31 minutes ago, Cheese said:

Because Reform have told them to be.

because the E stands for European

Europe = bad

57 minutes ago, Cheese said:

Because Reform have told them to be.

And that, is 100% the reason. 

Even if Reform get in, they won't leave the ECHR

Reform have imploded within days of getting their people into the seats of local government.

Farage will simply blame everything on anyone but himself, act like he’s surprised when things don’t happen the way he wants them to and will be gone within a year to a bolthole somewhere with several million to keep him company.

 

More boats this weekend. Why haven’t they stopped now Nigel’s army is running the show down there?

Just now, Spider said:

More boats this weekend. Why haven’t they stopped now Nigel’s army is running the show down there?

We need to leave the ECHR first

7 minutes ago, Sweep said:

We need to leave the ECHR first

What happens then?

2 hours ago, only1swanny said:

I'm a tad nieve here.. 

Why are people so against the ECHR ? 

 

1 hour ago, Cheese said:

Because Reform have told them to be.

Because Reform only want certain sections of society to have human rights.

18 minutes ago, Spider said:

More boats this weekend. Why haven’t they stopped now Nigel’s army is running the show down there?

A combination of good weather and a bank holiday always increases traffic.
M61/M6 northbound has been awful these past few days.

 

2 hours ago, only1swanny said:

I'm a tad nieve here.. 

Why are people so against the ECHR ? 

Reform think that some of it's human rights protections affect border control and deportations. 

This is despite the fact that under ECHR all member states are free to set their own immigration policy and it isn't dictated centrally. ECHR also doesn't give people the right to stay in a country where they are not a national and/or claiming asylum. Wanting to 'leave the ECHR'. The problem isn't and has never been the ECHR - it's about how our courts have sometimes interpreted it.

If we pull out, we will will be the third country to leave after Greece (who temporarily did during the military dictatorship) and Russia (who were booted out in 2022). Which should give some idea about our direction of travel.

And ECHR is about far more than just immigration anyway (something that people conveniently forget -or just never knew in the first place). For example - it was used in the Hillsborough cases and at places like Stafford Hospital when there was the scandal over card standards. Basically it protects you as a British Citizen from things like abuse, arbitrary detention, unfair trials and more. 

Leaving the ECHR would have huge implications for us as a country, not least in Northern Ireland (the Good Friday Agreement requires NI to be part of ECHR - so that's a huge issue). We'd also likely receive less support than we currently do from the EU on joint intelligence around immigration issues (which could well make the problem worse). We'd be the first (real) democracy to leave and out international reputation would nose die amongst our peers (think Trump pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreements etc). There's also some complicated stuff that I don't understand properly around data sharing with the EU that is bound up with membership of the ECHR which prevent free data flow between the EU and the UK and impact businesses. 

Plus - you would lose all the rights discussed earlier in the piece. 

Plus it wouldn't ACTUALLY do ANYTHING to stop small boats. 

Apart from that. It's a cracking idea, that's been well thought through and wouldn't have any negative impacts whatsoever. 

Leaving the ECHR is a badge of ideology for people who want to show they are 'anti immigration'. And incidentally the same visionaries who assured us Brexit would lead to a huge reduction in immigration 👍

4 minutes ago, deeane Koontz said:

 

Finally - something we can ALL agree on! 🤣

Restore & Reform are the two cheeks of the same shitty arsehole

22 minutes ago, Traf said:

Restore & Reform are the two cheeks of the same shitty arsehole

I bet Carol’s balloon knot is like the top of an apple with the stalk removed though. 🥰

1 minute ago, Spider said:

I bet Carol’s balloon knot is like the top of an apple with the stalk removed though. 🥰

Like a tea-towel holder

Just now, Traf said:

Like a tea-towel holder

Like the middle of the countdown clock