On corruption – there is no doubt at all that the majority of MPs are corrupt crooks

Does that include the SNP representatives, just out of interest? Or the greens?

But is Corbyn a moron? Where did they get the idea that he was?
If Labour chose someone else and they had the same policies, would they be branded a moron too?

I thought the under 30 age group was where the Corbyn fan club was supposed to be located?

If he can’t get that age group to vote for him, then the result does seem like a foregone conclusion.

A hard Brexit and 5 years of Boris it is then

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On corruption – there is no doubt at all that the majority of MPs are corrupt crooks

Does that include the SNP representatives, just out of interest? Or the greens?

There is certainly some dodgy doings amongst the SNP including the old revolving door. My guess would be on a par with the recent labour intake ie much less so than the tories. so the usual bungs of a few thousand here and there, the odd bit of fraudulent expenses. Not the massive bribes of tens of thousands or millions that old school labour and the tories were up to

Greens I think are pretty clean.

Probably fair

Repeat after me… “Corbyn and his Straight Left team are not the problem… the perception people have of them is.”

ENGAGE REALITY FILTERS

Look, Corbyn can not rely on Milne & Murray to run things and not expect to look like a puppet flapping around in the wind while the hard left millionaires pull his strings. There are lots of good brains in the Labour movement he could have used, rather than have a communist resign his party to come over and help. The policies in the manifesto should be being welcomed across society, they are only “left wing” in the way that the leading European countries are left wing… but people have to trust the leader to vote for the party… and people do not trust Corbyn or his core team.

Anyway… vote Labour… the alternative is a metaphorical kick in the balls for all of us.

And McClusky called for George Galloway to be welcomed back to Labour.

^^^
I mean yeah, obviously, to most of the above. Moron? His academic record speaks for itself*… Whatever, I’m sticking a labour poster in the window and hoping the manifesto gets a bit of traction. I’m in a two-way lab tory marginal with an excellent labour MP who has a several hundred majority. Vote Labour or get Boris should be sufficiently compelling to get even the most fastidious/self-indulgent to put their cross where it might actually do something.

*dropped out of north london poly. Not that that necessarily means he’s thick but other data-points are available.

All expenses on line and not paid without receipt.

As already happens.

Mefty – are you sure they are no longer allowed to claim for buying a house on expenses?

yes

Nope

They did it about 10 years ago

This is bonkers. https://t.co/TW2as7zwjt

— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) November 22, 2019

Mefty – have they now removed the ability to claim for small items without a receipt?

Its still a disgusting fiddle and the amounts some MPs claim are clearly inflated. same as a number are fiddling the “rental only” bit

He’s an IT consultant apparently.

What he actually said that earning over 80 grand a year put him “nowhere near even being in the top 50% of earners”

He got cheered because, obviously, Everyone earns over 80 grand in Bolton 🙄

Did anyone hear the bloke that earns 80k+ get angry about being labelled a member of the top 5% of earners to the point that he actually accused Labour of lying last night in BBCQT?

Seen it on the BBC website earlier. What kind of roaster thinks £80k a year is less than what half the UK population makes?

He’ll be fainting once he finds out that’ll put him well into the top 1% earners of the world and therefore he is part of the problem. Prick.

It is a hell of a trick, though, isn’t it?

I mean, De Pfeffel is actually managing to convince people not to vote for someone who will tax people with more money than they could ever spend and instead make them poorer and have to work harder and longer….TO THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WITH MORE MONEY THAN THEY COULD EVER SPEND.

And he is a philandering, lying, turd who would do or say anything so long as it furthers his ambition or gets his leg over.

Why doesn’t Corbyn just go for the **** jugular? Why doesn’t he shout De Pfeffel down about the suppressed Russian interference report? Why doesn’t he bring up the Arcuri thing over and over again?

You have to play dirty.

Isn’t part of the problem that we don’t tax based on regional living costs? 80k in Bolton is a pretty much a **** tonne of money – 80k in London is still middle class but that can all quite easily disappear even if you are living in a shit box flat. So taxation creates a huge North/South divide in terms of what is and isn’t culturally acceptable.

Maybe the answer is more devolution and more regional taxation and spending power?

Isn’t part of the problem that we don’t tax based on regional living costs?

I’m confused. Do you want to tax more or less the higher the living costs of the region?

I’m confused. Do you want to tax more or less the higher the living costs of the region?

communities should be able to decide what level of spending and taxation is acceptable to them. It seems to me that some areas could tax and spend more if it weren’t for high cost living areas voting against it. That turns people against each other, I do not see the issue of taxing people based on their purchasing power.

It should be about what is right for the local conditions, if people in one area can afford to pay more tax then they can choose to do so?

De Pfeffel? Is that the Flemish princess standing in Middlesbrough for Labour?

No, hang on, that’s Lauren De Thibault De Boesinghe.

Nice to get an update on the situation in Bolivia though

It’s the talk of every doorstep in Sunderland, didn’t you know?