@FUDdaily William Clouston is everything you say he is, and more. The SDP have policies that I believe would appeal to an electoral majority in a rational world. The small number of votes received at Clacton I’m sure finished him off. We aren’t going to be able to vote our way out of this
@jollyheretic I believe the UK is psrt of an informal redistribution agreement with the EU and this ‘smash the gangs’ narrative is political gaslighting. The gangs are NGOs funded by governments who are in place to implement a supra national policy. I don’t think this is controversial anymore
@PaulEmbery@admcollingwood@WilliamClouston Maybe you should look at SDP economic poicy in more detail because you might find you agree with most of that too. Leftish on economics, centre right on culture.
@afneil There cannot be a reasonable or moral case for reducing or eliminating the state pension before there has been the long overdue conversation with respect to public sector pensions. Presumably the govt could reduce or stop paying these too?
@Lord_Talbot64@TPointUK Are they not breaching treaty obligations (aka International Law when it suits) to put national sovereignty over accepting people in danger at sea?
@patcondell Maybe their plan is to form African and Muslim regiments and conscript these individuals to fight the Russians? Or would they then move to Ireland to escape war and persecution?
@sueatcraven@NJM71@PensionsMonkey This is not representative of virtually every aspect of the argument. Most private sector workers do not received defined benefit pensions. The avarage public pensions you cite sre not representative - include part time or low service terms. The actual costs are huge.
@NJM71@PensionsMonkey The most shocking thing about the State Pendion debate is how it isxall a deflection from the required debate about slashing outrageous public sector pensions
@darrengrimes@SpiritoftheWin3 They say there is no suggestion of a link to terrorism. They also say the arrest was carried out by police including anti-terrorism officers. Is that not at the very least a suggestion?