Tell Me Something............Anything!

[Pigmy Pony]

That is just plain wrong. UK Politics and politicians were not always like this, if for no other reason that they would be held accountable for this type of behaviour. That is the problem that the US is facing: the Republicans, who had a majority in the Senate blocked any attempt to punish Trump or hold him to account. Boris is without question a bargain bin Trump!

I have no problem with being just plain wrong, it won't be the first time. But you won't convince me that bad behaviour among politicians is a new thing. It just isn't as easily hidden as it used to be.

We've had televised parliament since the 80s, but there was considerable opposition to it among MPs at the time. Maggie herself was concerned for "the good reputation of the House".

Time spent wringing our hands in despair at all this is time not enjoying good music, so at the risk of appearing shallow I'll just say I'm out of this...

[Pigmy Pony]

Larry the cat has tweeted that he would be happy to serve as caretaker Prime Minister. Stay as you are Larry, you don't need all the grief that will come as the media speculate about your letting all the neighbour cats through your catflap during lockdown, and the rumours that you like to dress as a dog at the weekend

[Macca]

He'd do a lot of lying in Parliament as well. Probably on top of one of the heating vents where it's nice and warm.

[Pigmy Pony]

Where he will do a turd and stick a red rosette on it.

[Mikeandvan]

The old dividing lines of Labour/Tory are now moribund, but no one else is powerful enough to get a look in, no matter who gets elected things will go on regardless of Parliament. Rents are now at a monstrous level in the South east and elsewhere, can parliament do anything about this? Yes, will it? No. They can't even stop liittle boats of economic migrants, sorry refugees. The whole Rwanda thing is a sideshow, the Tories don;t actually give two shits about immigration from countries whose culture is vastly different to our own, they'll do what their capitalist paymasters tell them to, and when that's 'we need more workers, low paid preferably', then that's what they'll get.

[Macca]

There's a labour shortage right now, even round here which has always had a high unemployment rate. Almost every business has 'staff required' notices outside. I get leaflets through the door from businesses trying to recruit. There's one down the road from me with seventy vacancies to fill. Not been like this since the early 1970s.

And you can still buy a house here for under a hundred grand. Rents too high in the SE? Move up north.

[Mikeandvan]

There's a labour shortage right now, even round here which has always had a high unemployment rate. Almost every business has 'staff required' notices outside. I get leaflets through the door from businesses trying to recruit. There's one down the road from me with seventy vacancies to fill. Not been like this since the early 1970s.

And you can still buy a house here for under a hundred grand. Rents too high in the SE? Move up north.

Exactly, there's a labour shortage because of Brexit and the after effects of Lockdown, wages still aren't high enough though to tempt the long term unemployed out of their bedsits. May be they need a helping hand/boot up the arse? I live in Brighton now, but when I retire I plan to move south, not north.

[Macca]

Exactly, there's a labour shortage because of Brexit and the after effects of Lockdown, wages still aren't high enough though to tempt the long term unemployed out of their bedsits. May be they need a helping hand/boot up the arse? I live in Brighton now, but when I retire I plan to move south, not north.

Isle of Wight then?

[Macca]

Was just thinking with these temperatures we have at the moment Flying Ant Day can't be far off.

[struth]

Acoustic levitation

https://www.newscientist.com/article...es-in-mid-air/