Comments by "David McCulloch" (@davidmcculloch8490) on "PoliticsJOE" channel.

  1.  @stockgorilla4999  Would you really expect a business on its arse and needing help to actually complain? Would you expect a compliant Tory media to complain. I certainly heard people questioning and we saw the obvious risk ourselves. Depends where you look, who you listen to, and how hard you question.
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  2. "Learn as much as possible" from the experience. He certainly knew how to avoid prosecution. Being a pathological liar seems to be a key requirement of a Tory cabinet minister. Great to see him skewered by Suzanna, in particular.
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  3.  @kaiser-ki6wp  and how you know that? There was a clear majority vote in the Scottish parliament... did you dream that she engineered the vote?
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  4. Perhaps someone should explain the "difference" the guy citing the Vikings and the Normans seeks. The word military (as distinct from military age) explains it, as it is fundamental to most definitions of the word invasion.
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  5. Simple Tory formula: levelling up = levelling down. Clue: a cabinet of abject liars.
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  6. Another example of government being seen to do something; rarely the right thing; never enough. Where is tidal and solar energy in this mix?
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  7.  @harryluvessport  that's a strange statement when the reality is opposite. Read the Russia Report to find the real threat to security and democracy.
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  8. The only thing allowed to work is conflict. Why should he agree with that? The only way forward is dialogue, as history shows in Northern Ireland. What else do you think he should fight for?
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  9. And that was Labour's proposal in their last manifesto. Just a few necessary exceptions to keep the right to return to practice.
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  10. Respect to this NHS professional for speaking out. The NHS is in a shambolic state and the Tories can't be trusted with it.
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  11. How does that concern us militarily? We are just America's lapdogs.
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  12.  @TruthTortoise81  agreed. But I found his questioning trite and DL had to steer it back to a serious level.
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  13. Irony noted.
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  14.  @DrinkTheKoolAid62  yet the best means of growing the economy. Government promising growth yet putting wealth in the hands of those who move it offshore.
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  15.  @apollothirteen9236  you should start a comedy club for the hard of thinking.
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  16. But JRM is an exceptional chap, you see. Tories don't tolerate scrutiny, so the Victorian Pencil needs exclusions in his contract. We can't comment on an existing case, we just delay it so Jacob can make some money. She "hears" what John is saying but doesn't listen and act. The manufacturing of consent has never been more blatant, or more serious.
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  17. Johnson wants "consistency." In his defence, he is himself consistent: a serial liar and an abject incompetent.
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  18. It gets better: buffoon claims to have a plan, yet a former Tory health secretary has disabused him of that lie. Moving money around to fill a hole is not a plan. A plan is operational, as well as financial. As for his jobs and vacancies claim: British jobs for an absence of British workers, due to his Brexit shit-show. Meanwhile Sunak is laughing while Starmer is explaining the plight of workers. The modern Tory party includes some prize human specimens.
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  19. We are forced into a loan so the Tories keep their donors.
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  20. An unhealthy obsession will small boats would have been an interesting case for Freud. Perhaps they should explain the term: "economic migrants" and how it differs from asylum.
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  21. So easy to find that it has taken over a year to discover only misery and vacuous rhetoric
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  22. That has happened in the past but the Tories have decided to freeze them, which is termed Fiscal Drag as explained in the interview.
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  23.  @denzel270  How, exactly, does that relate to the PM? Whataboutery is pathetic
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  24. Well, Bazzer, you are wrong on two counts: 1) women and children also escape to Britain, so stop gaslighting or swallowing the shit from the Fail. 2) a refugee has to right to apply for asylum in the country of their choice. FACT: we take far fewer refugees per capita than most other European countries.
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  25.  @spotcatsteve3752  We would be in sh1t street, a third world country.
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  26.  @AS-by8ee  Reform is a limited company for those with limited minds
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  27.  @liamr194  As you say, no single version of the truth. Early UK growth can be viewed as spectacular when measured against pandemic levels, as we had an exceptionally low base after an equally spectacular decline. When measured against pre-pandemic levels, however, not so great and projected to be worse for good reasons. As for Brexit: Just imagine the operational lunacy of completing it during a pandemic. Unless the reason was to shift the blame from an act of self-harm. I will never blame our performance solely on brexit, rather arguing that it exacerbates, instead of being the sole cause of, economic harm. Clearly it is doing far more harm than good by every economic measure. Johnson was always going to "get brexit done"... BADLY. In that respect, he succeeded to help the ERG and disaster capitalists. Btw my remark about voting was intentionally flippant. And I'm not inclined to compare unemployment rates because national measurement criteria differ and we can't compare like with like.
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  28.  @liamr194  I've only read the beginning of your comments: 1) the EU offered us an extension to Brexit completion and cooperation in supplying PPE. Instead we chose the "oven ready deal" and dodgy PPE at inflated prices from Tory cronies. (Check the good law Project) 2) the EU didn't drive a wedge... We chose to leave the single market and customs union and Johnson's half baked deal has been met with as much flexibility as possible from the EU - while protecting the SM. As for your arguments on the "power of sterling" I couldn't disagree more. It hasn't thrived under austerity and the government hasn't a single clue on reality or economic policy. We will never agree, because you choose to blame the parties the Tories deflect against. "Relative poverty being conflated!!!" Utter garbage...
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  29.  @jellslixcy6168  imo that's bollocks. Judged to the extent that they have been returned by a minority vote on each occasion. A vote share of 43.6% returning an 80 seat majority is not judgement; it's injustice. If we allow governments to do the opposite of what was in their manifesto, without the consent of the electorate, the system is more than flawed.
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  30. ​ @daveburton5970 It's a question of volume, Dave. Do you really think that more wouldn't turn up for a free meal? Couldn't our vacuous ministers work that one out?
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  31.  @dweamy1  No. Although we live in semi-rural Lancashire, we met up with one other family and ate at an outdoor table for one meal. No adverse effects but we didn't take it as party time (apparently unlike the reprobates in Downing Street.)
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  32. She did add AND WHAT THEY STAND FOR. Slight change of context.
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  33.  @pt4005  Sources please, Mr or Mrs Pseudonym
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  34. @left_blank You work to make shareholders and CEO''s lives better. So if I own shares in your company?
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  35. We maintain this is not related to Israel but who told the Houthis? What prompted their attacks? Has anyone asked them? Had we not backed Israel, would our ships be attacked? If Israel stopped the madness, would the Houthis still attack shipping? Niavety or plain lies from Westminster?
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  36. Compare the responsibility of that statement with Farage, undermining the police explanation and appealing to mindless morons. Who is the patriot?
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  37. So Labour not supporting a bill is an excuse? Who exactly has a parliamentary majority? Hunt cites Paul Johnson (a traditional tax and spend economist) and shies away from modern monetary policy for the purpose of investment in the infrastructure. Who has caused the mess of austerity plus cronyism on steroids? That would be the Tories.
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  38.  @bertieblade7852  I think, as a married man, he knows that. But how is the relevant and is it more important than economic policy and, for example, using a windfall tax to help the cost of living crisis?
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  39. Loathsome Leadsom badgering to justify Tory rhetoric. 1) the Tories haven't made work pay; they have made not working not pay (through penalties and unprofessional assessments) and effectively subsidised low incomes to keep real pay low. 2) people don't pay for my pension and it isn't a benefit. What have I paid for during 50 years of work? Do I pay for my own private pension and someone else pays for my state pension? NO!!! I have paid for both.
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  40. Bloody Hell! Has Johnson found another empty freezer to hide in?
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  41. Johnson shows his mental level yet again. Vacuous, delusional and infantile. Britain is broken.
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  42.  @epschronos  Who rules Gaza with military force? Who called Palestinians human animals? Any clues there? Listen to Mico Paled; he explains the reality. Your pseudonym account is noted btw
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  43.  @barrymcguinness2087  I couldn't agree more, Barry. I'm also a grandparent and despair for the future of our grandchildren. We need a serious reset with a real democratic system instead of this elective dictatorship.
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  44.  @steveozone4910  You have a point about the people, Steve. My personal preference is a written constitution and regulations on parliamentary standards being approved by a people's assembly. Thereafter, we need independent experts (probably lawyers) upholding the constitution and ruling on breaches of conduct without political interference.
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  45. Such MPs are not allowed near power, yet there are more than a few.
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  46.  @roberttownrow3606  Thanks for the info. The Tories habitually lie. Johnson was no exception, he was one of many serial liars.
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  47. There were other ways to fill the alleged "black hole" and they were far better options. Listen to the patriotic millionaires; listen to the Mile End Road economists. Tax asset wealth; tax capital gains at the same rate as work income. Cut the lame excuses and address inequality to stimulate growth.
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  48. Some MPs have interesting priorities in this cess pit called Westminster.
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  49. The positive versus the negative. A refreshing change from Chump's serial whinging and fart1ng through his mouth.
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  50. A poignant question. Not so much about the infrastructure, but about the ownership and control of the infrastructure.
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