Won’t have any effect, of course, but it’s not a great thing either really is it, to have a million signatories saying you’re shit. A lot more impactful to me in protesting against a situation than, say, throwing soup over a famous painting or blocking roads and preventing ambulances reaching...
For the sake of the government, and therefore the country, these leaks really need to stop if they are going to unite the party through what will be some deeply unpopular policies in the coming weeks and months.
The budget is going to smash their popularity further, and the rebels need to shut...
Wanna fight about it? Eh, eh? :lol:
It all comes down to the invention of the British Indian Ocean Territory. The Brits claimed sovereignty of many (most) of the small islands therein by virtue of controlling the BIOT waters, irrespective of who was settled there and claiming their ownership...
What shocked me when I went was 1) how expensive everything (including tea) was and 2) how much they changed when I told them I was visiting my Granddad’s grave (a Mauritian).
The beaches - my god.
I don’t agree really with any of that. And the “there is no money” is an old tradition - it’s a joke that has gone on for decades and decades. The Tories decided to leak it for clout and to make their austerity and cuts more palatable in the most cynical way. Ex chancellors from both sides have...
I don’t give a shit about any of this. It’s just small potatoes. Nobody I know IRL gives a toss either.
The number of people in politics who are there for the money are tiny. For many, it’s a short, perilous career with your job security completely taken out of your hands by people above you...