The 2024 UK General Election - news, speculation and updates

[scifisam]

What useful or justifiable role other than contributing to national security as a propagandist is open to an overseas broadcasting service funded by compulsory domestic subscription?

Only a small part of its funding comes from the license fee, and that's a recent change. It used to be entirely funded by central government separately to the BBC itself. Not sure how that or license fee funding would mean it's got to contribute to national security, though

 

[Silas Loom]

Only a small part of its funding comes from the license fee, and that's a recent change. It used to be entirely funded by central government separately to the BBC itself. Not sure how that or license fee funding would mean it's got to contribute to national security, though

Didn’t realise that, but income tax is compulsory of course. What do you think it should be for?

 

[Wilf]

Anyway, fuck politics. Fuck the world. And all the other stuff. Its Southgate's turn to make us all miserable.

 

[Cid]

Didn’t realise that, but income tax is compulsory of course. What do you think it should be for?

The principle of freedom of information?

I mean not to get too idealistic, in practice obviously there's a substantial propaganda element.

 

[Bingoman]

I wonder if we are going to have any surprises in kier Stamers Government?

 

[weltweit]

Very important

Starmer made some promises about taxes he wouldn't increase!

Anyone recall exactly what he promised?

 

[cupid_stunt]

Anyway, fuck politics. Fuck the world. And all the other stuff. Its Southgate's turn to make us all miserable.

Who?

 

[cupid_stunt]

Very important

Starmer made some promises about taxes he wouldn't increase!

Anyone recall exactly what he promised?

Not to increase income tax, NI, and VAT for working families.

 

[weltweit]

Not to increase income tax, NI, and VAT for working families.

Does that include their thresholds?

 

[Idaho]

Should it? Why?

Because that murderous piece of shit has been conducting an orchestrated media attack on European and American democracy for some time. Anything that pisses him off, up to and including bullet between the eyes, is acceptable.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Does that include their thresholds?

The thresholds have been frozen by the Tories, IIRC until 2028, he's said nothing about changing that.

 

[polly]

Any figures for No ID?
I'm not convinced it was being counted tbh

I was a presiding officer yesterday and can confirm they asked us to record them, and Voter Authority Certificates (i think they're called - the thing you can get if you don't have other photo ID). Whether they will do anything with that information, I don't know.

 

[Bingoman]

Angela Rayner confirmed as Deputy PM and Levelling up secretary

 

[Larry O'Hara]

Angela Rayner confirmed as Deputy PM and Levelling up secretary

May her reward for being a Turncoat be short and bitter…

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Angela Rayner confirmed as Deputy PM and Levelling up secretary

Why are they having a levelling up sec? Don't they have the imagination to make up their own stupid departments for the achievement of fuck all.

 

[Silas Loom]

Angela Rayner confirmed as Deputy PM and Levelling up secretary

What a stupid title to have retained from the blag artists. She should have just been made housing secretary - it’s the most important job there is if done properly.

 

[Cerv]

Only a small part of its funding comes from the license fee, and that's a recent change. It used to be entirely funded by central government separately to the BBC itself. Not sure how that or license fee funding would mean it's got to contribute to national security, though

largely funded by the FCDO and they count it towards part of the overseas aid budget. so gracious.

as well as that and (only since 2014) the licence fee, some funding from advertising and BBC Studios profits.

 

[The39thStep]

Might need to revisit the Reform is the party of youth stuff that was briefly touched upon the other day

 

[Cerv]

Why are they having a levelling up sec? Don't they have the imagination to make up their own stupid departments for the achievement of fuck all.

saves on reprinting the stationery.

 

[Lord Camomile]

What a stupid title to have retained from the blag artists.

I was having that argument with a friend of mine the other day. Really bugs me how much of the Tory rhetoric they're just adopting wholesale.

I get, as my friend made the point, that there can simply be a point where something is already too engrained in the public discussion that you kind of have to just go along with it, at least for a while.

However, I'm really not sure if 'levelling up' really fits into that category...

 

[Plumdaff]

Just call it Inequality, which is what it is.

Oh I forgot, they've no intention of doing any redistribution.

 

[Bingoman]

Rachel Reeves the first ever female chancellor

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Might need to revisit the Reform is the party of youth stuff that was briefly touched upon the other day

So mostly a switch from tory to refuck. From Labour, switches both to the greens and to pro-gaza indies.

Mostly different individuals of course from five years ago. But not such a discouraging shift in voting.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Rachel Reeves the first ever female chancellor

Yeah. And Margaret Thatcher was the first ever female PM.

 

[The39thStep]

Angela Rayner confirmed as Deputy PM and Levelling up secretary

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[marty21]

The Labour candidate who bet he wouldn't win his seat.....won his bet .

Kevin Craig in one of the Ipswich seats .

 

[Dystopiary]

Interesting that Green came second in Birkenhead, ahead of Reform.

Birkenhead | General Election 2024 | Sky News

 

[moochedit]

Not to increase income tax, NI, and VAT for working families.

So single people and pensioners are fucked then?

 

[gosub]

Didn’t realise that, but income tax is compulsory of course. What do you think it should be for?

Income tax is a temporary thing...Mgovernment did give assurances it is only necessary whilst we fight the French

 

[moochedit]

The Labour candidate who bet he wouldn't win his seat.....won his bet .

Kevin Craig in one of the Ipswich seats .

Well if you know your not getting the job why not make some money out of it?

I'm sure the mp's salary would have been worth more.