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Just paid my tax bill, on time and the cnuts still charged me interest!
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OUT - Johnson, Braverman, Patel, Raab, Mogg, Cleverly, Shapps, Gove Coffey, Zahawi, Dorries, Duncan Smith, Jenrick, Hancock, Jenkyns, Truss, Kwarteng, Baker, Francois, Bridgen, Redwood, Swayne, Whately, Williamson, Fabricant, Davis, Bone, Benton, Gullis, Clarke-Smith, Anderson


According to today's Torygraph poll, all these would lose their seat if voting in the election was the same :D :D :D
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I see Nicola Sturgeon has stepped down. I wonder who will want that job?
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Deals are starting to be offered to prevent strikes.

Rumours are the government wants to keep the public happy as they're thinking about a general election
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Kwacky wrote: 07 Mar 2023, 21:18

Rumours are the government wants to keep the public happy
Now there's a novel idea, eh?? :D
No doubt it's unfamiliar territory for them.
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There is only one reason they would go for an election now. Because they expect things to get worse, not better.
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duke63 wrote: 08 Mar 2023, 08:42 There is only one reason they would go for an election now. Because they expect things to get worse, not better.
it is getting worse industry is slowing down in my sector and redundancies are starting to happen
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Nice way to treat people who help is out in a war!

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/h ... 07456.html
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Starmer needs to sort himself out. This won't win anyone over
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Raab has resigned
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Another one bites the dust.

Pretty obvious that most of the recent Tories are unfit to be in Government.
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Surprise surprise
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Kwacky wrote: 24 Apr 2023, 20:02 Surprise surprise
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/infos ... ed-2296742
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I'm just getting a paywall.

Is it the fact checking about the company?
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Kwacky wrote: 25 Apr 2023, 21:13 I'm just getting a paywall.

Is it the fact checking about the company?
" Did Infosys run the emergency alert test? The Twitter claims about Rishi Sunak’s wife’s family firm, debunked
Fact CheckSome users on Twitter suggested the company was paid “millions” to run the scheme, despite no evidence to suggest their involvement,,,,,,,,,, "
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Infosys were involved in the Australian scheme.

No one is quite sure about the UK scheme as these contracts get subcontracted from one company to another.
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Well the good news is the Torys have lost control of the council here in Worcester 👌🏻

It does look like the Torys will getting a kicking all over 🤭
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