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Well, I'm with @beorhthelm on this one. Its current performance is dire granted, but each component part of the technology has been proven to work, so there's no reason why it can't. It could lead to negative emissions too, which is worth reflecting on. You invoke Monbiot, who has a very good...

I do find it illuminating that you (and from what's been going on on this thread you're far from alone) think that Labour has only announced one policy since becoming the government. It suggests that you're privy to highly dodgy information.

You don't seem to like workers getting deals that begin to claw back the huge sums they've lost over the past 14 years. Unless you've got private medical insurance, you might find that you're increasingly dependent on junior doctors, who are leaving for better deals elsewhere.

Thanks for sharing. Really interesting: it gives a new angle into how things evolve over the rest of the year.

The statement is correct, however. It's about a category. You're right to point out the huge variation within the category, but the statement that the over-65s are the wealthiest is correct. I've said what I have to on WFP, yet I still don't think it's as cruel a policy as the two-child benefit...

Thanks, and apologies for my late reply: I've been trying to do work all day, and have achieved very little. I think you should carry on posting on the political threads, but not if it generates regret. There's a political naivety about the WFP issue that stands out, because they seem so in...

Agreed. Starmer has just admitted that he didn't impact assess the move. With a bit of luck he and RR will learn from this. The optics are terrible: singling out pensioners I can just about forgive given that their income has been protected of late, but doing it so it's just pensioners was daft...

Spot on. Brexit was not the cause of the decline, it was the sign of it -- but also its accelerant. The UK entered 20C as the preeminent power, now it's the 6th or so largest economy, and its lost an empire too. Yet we still have to endure nonsense about how 'Great' Britain is, how 'Global' it...

It's not a contradiction, I'm assuming you mean. If so, what's the premise that you'd put into it which prevents it from being so? (Is it for instance, the difference between hope and expectation that was acknowledged?) Well, there will be other reasons that Brighton got relegated, and Manager...

I asked why you hold Labour to a higher standard than the Tories. You say: -- I don't, and -- I am hoping for far, far better from the LP This would suggest that you do. Another way of putting it is that the only way this response is NOT a contradiction is that your hope is different to...

You carry on. If I was skilled enough, I'd dig out posts where I've previously said that PMQs is a waste of time. Just so you and others can understand, I'm a member of a different party to the Labour Party and am very interested in the principle of holding PMs, governments and, within that, MPs...

And on this one, might it not be better if PMQs was ditched, or the rules tightened such that it ceases to be a pantomime?

I think you'll find all new governments do that kind of thing, and would offer that's not the most revealing answer to the question posed. I do get the point made by @LamieRobertson that once in office, the spotlight intensifies. I'd also add that the media tends to be more exacting of Labour...

Why is it that the likes of you and @Kinky Gerbil hold the Labour Party to a higher standard than the Tories?

FFS, seeking to bring c7m new voters to the electoral roll, making the process more cumbersome, time-consuming and in line with practice in EU: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/26/labour-automatic-voter-registration-reform-plans They're taking our sovereignty away.