Goes to show how the public have been conned by the err....cons and the media who have ridiculed every Labour manifesto as being a spending disaster and not possible.
My main point was that we seem to have had a complete reversal of roles between Tory and Labour.
Capital projects are vital but must deliver on several levels, short, medium and long term, must generate income for the UK and not for the French or Chinese, for example, and must be fairly sourced ie contracts not handed to companies that some Tory called Sir Reginald Toptoff does 10 mins a month consultancy work for £1m pa.
I think in light of recent news it will be quite wise to keep an eye on who's getting the contracts, call me cynical, but I'm always dubious of spending announcements.
BoJo has certainly been taking lessons from OO on the use of “Promenade” companies.
Labour are not in office. We don't have referendums at each decision point to see what both sides would do. The electorate put the Conservatives in for five years. Therefore, it is they who must be answerable for their decisions, not the opposition.
Promenade Defence Consultants Ltd - AKA Joffrey, the man with the golden gun
Do we have an opposition? That is the problem! An engaged opposition helps to keep a government on their toes and make them account for their actions. Tory infighting has had a greater roll to play than the Labour party in the last three parliaments.
and how much was he not prepared to spend on Manchester when they were being moved up to Tier 3.Conservative Home Secretary Amber Rudd said there is "no magic money tree" to spend on food banks and welfare. Obviously there was. How much did Boris spend on a world class tarck and trace system and dodgy PPE.
Labour, under Keir Starmer, has given support to the Government only to have his suggestions completely ignored by Johnson and Hancock whilst they are prepared to lie in the face of reality. Today it was Hancock saying at his daily Covid presser that the Government had put a protective ring around care homes right from the start of the Pandemic.
And now the Tory press have started their insidious campaign against Rashford.
Leaving aside the FACTS that there was absolutely nothing in the 2017 and 2019 Labour manifestos about leaving NATO or scrapping the armed forces, Keir Starmer supported his, then, Party leader. Not quite in the Johnson vein that is it? Voting against his leader (and Prime Minister) three times in order to have her ousted from the job so that he could take over. You'll note that Keir Starmer didn't stoop to such self-centred and underhand tactics when he took over the Labour leadership.
Two week delay for the sake of £5 million
It's how it works. You just tell complete wall to wall whoppers and eventually you wear everyone down. Trump's legacy you might think, but the Tory press have been aiding and abetting these tactics as long as I can remember.
Maybe the time to ask Labour and all the other parties what they would do would be in the run up to an election, which is some way off. For now it is the job for everyone outside of the Conservative government inner circle, so i include Tory backbenchers, to hold the government to account.
Next year’s season tickets won’t buy themselves£16.5 Billion. I bet the consultants are wetting themselves.
Promenade Defence Consultants Ltd - AKA Joffrey, the man with the golden gun
How reassuring it must be for you to take such a Nelsonian view of Boris (I used to be a Remainer when it suited my personal advancement) Johnson.
Why is it? Actually now is the vital time to say how they would handle this. Labour have been unelectable in the weakest of times for the conservative Government. Now is the time to get the people that Jeremy Corbyn alienated, onside. Those that aren't fixed or aligned to a party to get their vote.
Boris was strong enough to switch from being a Remainer to a Brexiteer when he realised there was something in it for his own progression. He's never done anything that wasn't in his own self interest.
I'm surprised you didn't put Fact after that last sentence.
I get your point but even if the public came out and said, we like what Labour are saying here, it would still be the Tory Government's approach that would need to change if anything tangible is to happen.
Most people forget what was said last week so why bother saying what you would do now in order to appear electable when an election is years away.
What he ** believed in? Johnson backed the EU for 20 years until not going with Brexit seemed like a career opportunity, then his buddy Gove stabbed him in the back and he sniped from the sidelines at May.
Still waiting for an apology
Gladly apologise. I don't remember writing that and on review I don't like what I've written.
Useful, ta.
