[Westbars Spireite]

Whether Perkins gets re-elected or not, and I suspect he might just do it, Labour won't win the general election. It will be, rather depressingly, a Tory majority.

[Paragon of Virtue]

On a local level Lee Rowley is a very good representative and is far more active here than the previous labour MP, after having a look through the other options he'd be the only one I would vote for. I don't think I could bring myself to vote conservative though.

[Mr Mercury]

I see Trump has weighed in with an anti Corby stance. I wish he'd keep out. I think the remain support that Obama gave to the campaign backfired. UK citizens don't like being told what to do by other countries leaders.

[Wooden Spoon]

Correct Mr M. First Obama sticking his nose in and now this mega maniacal oaf.

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

Well first of all happy Brexit Day.

Errr, what? Eh? So that old Etonian champion against the metropolitan elite Alexander Boris DePiffle Johnson didn't deliver 'do or die'? Commiserations to his family then, who must be beside thmselves searching every ditch on their entirely non establishment estate.

And as reported eleswhere a certain Nigel Farage actually welcomes Trumpian interference, though. In direct contrast to telling the European leaders that equally non-establishment character's spent decades rubbing shoulders with - whilst happily accepting a fortune from - to stay out of our affairs.

In the same way he spat venom at Obama for suppedly doing.

Seriously friends come on; at what point will you acknowledge these hypocrites are having the British public's pants down?

[Wooden Spoon]

The Earl of Chesterfield, on 01 November 2019 - 07:35 AM, said:

<br />Well first of all happy Brexit Day. <br /><br />Errr, what? Eh? So that old Etonian champion against the metropolitan elite Alexander Boris DePiffle Johnson didn't deliver 'do or die'? Commiserations to his family then, who must be beside thmselves searching every ditch on their entirely non establishment estate. <br /><br />And as reported eleswhere a certain Nigel Farage actually welcomes Trumpian interference, though. In direct contrast to telling the European leaders that equally non-establishment character's spent decades rubbing shoulders with - whilst happily accepting a fortune from - to stay out of our affairs. <br /><br />In the same way he spat venom at Obama for suppedly doing. <br /><br />Seriously friends come on; at what point will you acknowledge these hypocrites are having the British public's pants down?<br />

I think Alexander was too busy lying in front of the Heathrow runway 5 bull dozers to be involved in the independance day celebrations Chris

[Wooden Spoon]

Mark, that’s an excellent post and very sensible. Do you have a link to the DT article?

[Search & Destroy]

Will probably never vote or bother with anything political again, I would rather channel my by thoughts and efforts into me and my own, they can do what they want

[fishini]

Search and Destroy, on 01 November 2019 - 10:00 AM, said:

Will probably never vote or bother with anything political again, I would rather channel my by thoughts and efforts into me and my own, they can do what they want

You shouldn't channel your thoughts into your own really. Why would you want your own to grow up to be like you?

[Wooden Spoon]

Quaker, on 01 November 2019 - 10:33 AM, said:

<br />Here you go:<br /><br /><a href='https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/cyclist-hits-out-at-council-for-not-maintaining-cycle-path-in-chesterfield-1-9999716' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow external'>https://www.derbyshi...field-1-9999716</a><br /><br />My gripe was that after spending millions on a project, its just left to rot and decay.<br /><br />Now the problem I had was trying to tie down who was responsible, CBC were not interested and passed the buck to DCC. it went back and forth for a few weeks.  I then spoke to Perkins on the phone who said he would find out who's responsibility it was.  In the end it came down to DCC who I appreciate are a Conservative lead council.  But the lie I was told came from a CBC Councillor.<br /><br />At the end of the article she stated the work had been done already which wasn't true.<br />

What did Perkins have to say about it?

[Westbars Spireite]

What else could be have done?

[Westbars Spireite]

I thought you felt aggrieved at him, suggesting there were additional actions he chose not to take.

[dart in the crossbar]

D.S

'Where's your ditch?' 'Where's your ditch?'

Harsh but true

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

Well it's been another good day for Corbyn - thanks largely to Trump and Farage tying themselves in knots!

To no one's surprise Trump backs mate 'Boris' but says the deal that's front and centre of his campaign - on which he's staked his whole political future - is a lousy deal.

Yup, Trump making perfect sense again.

He also tells mate 'Nige' to join together with mate 'Boris'.

Mate 'Nige' agrees.

Yet 'Nige' has already dismissed 'Boris's' deal as some sort of sell out (as predicted on these very pages) and told him to drop it.

Then 'Nige' threatened to put up candidates against 'Boris' in every constituency.

Only for 'Boris's' other mates to insist they're the only ones to 'get it done'.

Meaning the country faces a willy waving contest to see who can promise the better Brexit.

But I've a theory.

I don't think 'Nige' really does want Brexit. And definitely not one delivered by someone else. He doesn't want it because he knows he'd become instantly irrelevant. Okay, I'm sure he'd spend a year or three touring towns insisting 'it was me wot did it' whilst the tens of thousands of pension he'll pocket from the EU 'establishment' every year mean he wouldn't go hungry. He wouldn't be on the radio every night, though. Nor would he have those regular appearances on TV stations he insists are trying to silence him. He wouldn't have the five star hotels, private jets and chauffer driven limo's paid for by benefactor Banks. Hell, even mate 'Donald' might not return his calls anymore. Infact he'd fade into the background as fellow narcissist 'Boris' received the adulation of those who's once placed old 'Nige' on a pedestal.

So Nigel 'I hate foreign interference - unless it's by a racist misogynist liar' Farage has a plan. He's gonna heckle. He's gonna undermine. He's gonna do what he's spent his entire political life doing; shout from the sidelines, tell everyone else how wrong they are and claim he and only he has the real answer.

A real answer that always changes as soon as anyone holds him to it.

What will all that mean? Probably enough votes taken from Tory voters to scupper mate 'Boris's' majority meaning Brexit it postponed once again - perhaps even cancelled altogether - and another two, three, five, ten, or who knows how many years heckling, shouting from the sidelines and claiming he and only he has the real answer.

Come to think of it the worst thing that could possibly happen to mate 'Nige' is actually getting elected!

This post has been edited by The Earl of Chesterfield: 01 November 2019 - 08:43 PM

[mr. smith]

I see today farage has opted out of standing as a candidate in next election. easier to chelp from the sidelines & continue milking the eu parliament for every pound/euro/backhander he can.

[isleaiw1]

Lib Dem’s for me. Can’t vote for a Labour govt that would destroy the economy, bankrupt the country - oh and let my south African tenants buy my rental property (that one I pay for out of hard work and heavily taxed income) at a discount....

Plus, the other two have disgraced themselves for three years.

The trouble is, in our first past the post system, it’s a wasted vote - they came 4th in my constituency last time...