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View silvertop's Profile silvertop Flag Portishead 26 Jan 22 4.31pm Send a Private Message to silvertop Add silvertop as a friend

Originally posted by ASCPFC

Usually highly unionised and Labour in my experience, where my sister and brother-in-law were heads of two different unions. My aunt was Chief Secretary of the Home Office. She is complete Labour and always has been. Just my own experience, I stand to be corrected.

Hmm my view too. Private education does not equate to Tory. Those who have been through posh education who then go into public service are probably more likely to vote labour/green/libs than tory. Classic champagne socialists.

And the opinion is also a little wrong statistically. There is concern that 6.7% of kids but over 20% of fast tracked applicants come from fee paying backgrounds. Elitist and out of all proportion, true. But it also means that 80% of such applicants come from the state system. And the near 60% who occupy the top 150 spots, that % will descend with time.

 

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Originally posted by silvertop

Hmm my view too. Private education does not equate to Tory. Those who have been through posh education who then go into public service are probably more likely to vote labour/green/libs than tory. Classic champagne socialists.

And the opinion is also a little wrong statistically. There is concern that 6.7% of kids but over 20% of fast tracked applicants come from fee paying backgrounds. Elitist and out of all proportion, true. But it also means that 80% of such applicants come from the state system. And the near 60% who occupy the top 150 spots, that % will descend with time.

Tory, Labour, Liberal or Monster Loony the class system was ever thus.

Meet the new boss, he's the same as the old boss....except they may have their pronouns in their bio nowadays.....whatever the feck that means.

 


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View Wisbech Eagle's Profile Wisbech Eagle Flag Truro Cornwall 26 Jan 22 7.33pm Send a Private Message to Wisbech Eagle Add Wisbech Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by Stirlingsays

What policies does Starmer advocate for that Corbyn didn't?

What policies does Starmer advocate for?

He has his hands full just trying to criticise the mess that is Boris Johnson to think about doing any advocation.

 


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View HKOwen's Profile HKOwen Flag Hong Kong 27 Jan 22 12.17am Send a Private Message to HKOwen Add HKOwen as a friend

Originally posted by steeleye20

The civil service is tory.

It's difficult to understand what they do apart from rescue the government with cocktails of lies and deceptions, and absurd economic stats.

They are clearly not independent, 11 years of tory service has left its mark.

Over 50% of the civil service are public school, more than at the end of WW2, they start by being ferried in from universities and have no experience of life.

It cannot be independent can it.

There are over 470,000 civil servants, so you are saying that at least 235,000 went to a public school. Do you have any data for that? If it's a opinion then fine but you are stating it as a fact.

Possibly you don't understand what a civil servant is.


Edited by HKOwen (27 Jan 2022 12.20am)

Edited by HKOwen (27 Jan 2022 12.20am)

 


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View cryrst's Profile cryrst Flag The garden of England 27 Jan 22 5.51am Send a Private Message to cryrst Add cryrst as a friend

Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle

What policies does Starmer advocate for?

He has his hands full just trying to criticise the mess that is Boris Johnson to think about doing any advocation.

You didn't just write that surely !
So the opposition don't have any policies because the incumbents ones are bad. Wow.
It's my ball and if you don't let me score I'm taking it home.

Edited by cryrst (27 Jan 2022 5.52am)

 

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View Badger11's Profile Badger11 Flag Beckenham 27 Jan 22 8.28am Send a Private Message to Badger11 Add Badger11 as a friend

Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle

What policies does Starmer advocate for?

He has his hands full just trying to criticise the mess that is Boris Johnson to think about doing any advocation.

However bad the government has been on COVID Labour's response has been worse.

After the usual the government should resign, Boris / health secretary is useless etc. the labour spokesperson normally declines to explain what Labour would do instead.

On the rare occasions when journalists can pin them down they normally admit they would do the same as the government only better.

If Labour had been in power it is likely they they would have been even more draconian and followed Australia and new Zealand.

Opposition is not just criticising the government of the day we can all do that but at some point you have to present alternate policies.

Edited by Badger11 (27 Jan 2022 8.29am)

 


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View Stirlingsays's Profile Stirlingsays Flag 27 Jan 22 8.42am Send a Private Message to Stirlingsays Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Stirlingsays as a friend

Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle

What policies does Starmer advocate for?

He has his hands full just trying to criticise the mess that is Boris Johnson to think about doing any advocation.

Calls Starmer a centrist yet can't identify policies that differ from Corbyn.

Rather exposures your argument.

 


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View Badger11's Profile Badger11 Flag Beckenham 27 Jan 22 9.13am Send a Private Message to Badger11 Add Badger11 as a friend

According to the media the publishing of the partygate report is being held up by..... The Civil Service unions.

[Link]

Maybe Labour should have a word with their union pals.

 


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View cryrst's Profile cryrst Flag The garden of England 27 Jan 22 9.18am Send a Private Message to cryrst Add cryrst as a friend

Originally posted by Badger11

According to the media the publishing of the partygate report is being held up by..... The Civil Service unions.

[Link]

Maybe Labour should have a word with their union pals.

Maybe there were 'other' parties which may put this into the
witch hunt category.

 

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View Forest Hillbilly's Profile Forest Hillbilly Flag in a hidey-hole 27 Jan 22 9.20am Send a Private Message to Forest Hillbilly Add Forest Hillbilly as a friend

The report will be issued as war breaks out in Ukraine, thus providing an appropriate distraction.

This isn't really about party politics. It's about Governance and legality and ultimately,....doing the right thing.

 


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View Badger11's Profile Badger11 Flag Beckenham 27 Jan 22 9.24am Send a Private Message to Badger11 Add Badger11 as a friend

Originally posted by cryrst

Maybe there were 'other' parties which may put this into the
witch hunt category.

I am teasing a bit I have no doubt that Boris doesn't want it published but it's just funny but I suspect that the Civil service unions would be happy if it just referred to the politicians and their advisors.

 


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View Wisbech Eagle's Profile Wisbech Eagle Flag Truro Cornwall 27 Jan 22 9.35am Send a Private Message to Wisbech Eagle Add Wisbech Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by cryrst

You didn't just write that surely !
So the opposition don't have any policies because the incumbents ones are bad. Wow.
It's my ball and if you don't let me score I'm taking it home.

Edited by cryrst (27 Jan 2022 5.52am)

I didn't say he doesn't have any. He probably does, but he has no opportunity to advocate for them (or if he does, they aren't getting reported) because there is so much focus on the mess the Tories are in.

 


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