UK and European Politics 2024 Thread

[Grecian2K]

Tories borrow more and invest less.

Just like the (privatised) water monopolies then.Kerchings all round for the cronies, donors and foreign speculators
Thatchernomics blue in tooth and claw

 

[Radio Free Skaro]

Please identify those grand schemes

OK as London Major
1) the garden bridge across the Thames
2) the Thames cable car
3) the new route master buses
4) Boris bikes
5) the colossus of Stratford
6) redevelopment of Lower Lea Valley

As PM
7) Bridge across the Irish Sea
8) hs2 and Northern Powerhouse rail.
9) hiring 20000 extra police officers
10) roll out of high speed broadband
11) funding per school pupil dramatically increased
12) £100 million on road projects
13) £1 billion school rebuilding
14) green funding for electric cars
15) £100 m R&D into carbon capture
16) £12 billion towards affordable homes.
17) £400 million developing brown field sites in northern England.
18) raising higher income tax rate from £50000 to £80000. Cost £10 billion
12) £1.8 billion new upgrades and new equipment at hospitals

My personal favourite is the bridge across the Irish Sea which would have cost £335 billion!!

Good olde Boris!

 

[DB9]

No 12, It would have been better if you said "40 new hospitals" that never happened.

 

[Grecian2K]

I think RFS's £335 billion for the bridge was a serious underestimate as it probably didn't include a processing point for all those lorries and illegal EU immigrants crossing the Irish Sea.

A difficult and hugely expensive facility.

The two logical options would be:
a) An artificial fantasy island in the middle ("Boris Island"?)
or
b) Appropriate the whole Isle of Man for the purpose.

The latter would certainly be even more costly - although I'm sure that the resident Baron and Baroness Mone would be happy to facilitate such an arrangement (for an appropriate tax-free) fee.

 

[angelic upstart]

No 12, It would have been better if you said "40 new hospitals" that never happened.

He didn't even mention the bloody water cannon debacle cos that probably didn't cost much taxpayers money. Or the time he spent 3 million doing up a room for covid speeches.

 

[Alistair20000]

OK as London Major
1) the garden bridge across the Thames
2) the Thames cable car
3) the new route master buses
4) Boris bikes
5) the colossus of Stratford
6) redevelopment of Lower Lea Valley

As PM
7) Bridge across the Irish Sea
8) hs2 and Northern Powerhouse rail.
9) hiring 20000 extra police officers
10) roll out of high speed broadband
11) funding per school pupil dramatically increased
12) £100 million on road projects
13) £1 billion school rebuilding
14) green funding for electric cars
15) £100 m R&D into carbon capture
16) £12 billion towards affordable homes.
17) £400 million developing brown field sites in northern England.
18) raising higher income tax rate from £50000 to £80000. Cost £10 billion
12) £1.8 billion new upgrades and new equipment at hospitals

My personal favourite is the bridge across the Irish Sea which would have cost £335 billion!!

Good olde Boris!

So you are including ideas that never happened ?

 

[DB9]

So you are including ideas that never happened ?

TBF Al, That Garden Bridge scheme did cost £22m even though it was never built, A lot of money for these schemes that never happened were given to consultants etc. All in all he wasted nearly £1bn on his vanity projects according to reports.

 

[arthur]

The Sunday Times seems to think that Exmouth and Exeter East will be one of seven seats won by Reform on July 4th

 

[iscalad]

The Sunday Times seems to think that Exmouth and Exeter East will be one of seven seats won by Reform on July 4th

This chap

Reform UK candidate for previously fined £2,000 for kicking dog

Garry Sutherland, who is standing for Nigel Farage's Reform UK in the upcoming general election, was found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal following a trial last year

www.devonlive.com

 

[Alistair20000]

The Sunday Times seems to think that Exmouth and Exeter East will be one of seven seats won by Reform on July 4th

Does it say what the others are ?

Clacton presumably on the list ?