Not Looking Good For The Cons.

[gulliver1]

Labour have been given the go ahead to begin talks with The Civil Service  in preparation for when they take over No 10 later this year.Sir Keir Starmer says the access talks will start as soon as next week....Is this normal practice? before a GE.

[ToraToraTora]

Standard practice prior to a GE me old China. Nothing to see here.

[youngmafbog]

Think about it, of course its standard practice.

[barney4444]

Well I got 9 to 1 bet on the conservatives to win the next election, and I got a good feeling about it, they been written off before and the more hear about old flip flops plans the better my chances of a return on my stake..  

[gulliver1]

14.00 ...Plenty to see here ....

The Dawning of a new decade is approaching ..And the end of 14 years of chaos and misery under the power of a very corrupt Tory party.

...Rejoice..Rejoice ...Rejoice .

[youngmafbog]

Yes Barney, a week is a long time in politics, months anything could happen.

It would be more likely though that labour make some faux pars rather than the TINO's do something right. But thats happened before hasnt it, right at the last fence. Kinnock I'm looking at you.

[ToraToraTora]

Gully do you remember the old Latin Phrase:

Noli numerare pullos tuos antequam excludunt

[youngmafbog]

^^ splutter!

[Peter Pedant]

Yeah happens for President ( of  the greatest country in the world - no not Xi - he is immortal) - and happens before the run off of two, apparently.

so old mooter shwashenbooks' boy - what sis name, eyes too close together, that one - gets let into nuclear secrets?

yeah in a roundabout way - getting more detailed as the US election approaches of the Most powerful man in the world

Note to self - I must take AB more seriously

[Peter Pedant]

YMF that should be - squawk - innit?

blimey Both Horace and Suetonius use 'pulla' in their sleep perhaps

[gulliver1]

Sunak Promised when he became PM .(After the Rollercoaster ride of Boris and Truss) that he  would produce a Govt of Stability, Competence, Professionalism, Integrity and accountability .But these days it seems like a long forgotten comedy act.

[barney4444]

will raise a glass to you after the election gulliver, bought out of my winnings!!  

[naomi24]

God knows who Keir & Co will be talking to.  From what I hear most civil servants haven't returned to the office since Covid.  

[sp1814]

"From what I hear most civil servants haven't returned to the office since Covid."

There's these things called telephones - apparently people can use them to talk to each other.

Also, I hear that people with computers can use a bit of software called Zoom.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[sp1814]

gulliver1

Whilst it's almost certainly time for a change, I feel sorry for Sir Kier & Co. The problem they have (which Labour didn't have in 1997) is that they can't provide hope. They can't say "thing can only get better" like they did in 1997 because the long shadow of international conflict, cost of living, climate change and economic uncertainty cannot be magically banished.

I like that we're finally getting rid of the Cons, but I fear

a) Labour will have the shortest every honeymoon period and

b)  they can't say "things can only get better" (like they did in the 90s)

It's going to be nigh on impossible to convey positivity with climate change, economic uncertainty, international conflicts and the cost of living crisis still ongoing.

Whilst it might be time for a change, I reckon within a few months, people will be saying, "Kier - you're rubbish too!"

[naomi24]

Well, who'd a thunk, SP? 🙄

[gulliver1]

Why.  so many answers removed ?