Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted Tuesday at 06:54 PM Paid Members Share Posted Tuesday at 06:54 PM In fairness I can see the logic behind not wanting to pay to watch Arsenal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrK Posted Tuesday at 07:47 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 07:47 PM On 9/16/2024 at 12:26 AM, Tamura said: It has now been 10,000 days since the last time a democratically elected prime minister was voted out of office in the UK. It's a strange kind of democracy we live in.... I think thatās fairly common. Before the election you talk of (Major > Blair, 1997), the occasion before that where a democratically elected PM was voted out was Heath > Wilson in 1974. Thatās the result of a democratic political system that does not have a maximum term, both parties will tend to throw the current incumbent to the dogs in the hope of getting the ānew manager bounceā in the run up to an election. Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Healys Chutney Spoon Posted Wednesday at 06:09 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:09 AM 17 hours ago, SuperBacon said: I know it's not top of the pops in terms of importance but this really highlights how out of touch and tone deaf Starmer can be. Buy your own ticket you millionaire scrub. Difference is that Starmer is PM and as such comes with higher stakes of protection...Corbyn nobody really would give a shit if someone whacked himĀ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallicks Posted Wednesday at 07:59 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 07:59 AM 7 minutes ago, Tim Healys Chutney Spoon said: Difference is that Starmer is PM and as such comes with higher stakes of protection...Corbyn nobody really would give a shit if someone whacked himĀ I dunno, Starmerās got all the charisma of a soiled towel, and won the election by doing and promising nothing. Heās already proven himself to be a liar many times over. So basically, just another bog standard politician, weāve got plenty of those. And letās not forget that Corbynās Labour at its lowest point was more popular than Starmerās Labour in 2024 (10,269,051 vs 9,708,716). Corb has more people that love him, but also more people that think heās a KGB agent sent by the IRA to kidnap children and provide free higher education after heās finished tending his allotment.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted Wednesday at 08:58 AM Moderators Share Posted Wednesday at 08:58 AM That argument keeps getting parroted but it's complete bollocks. Anyone who buys that line is a sucker. As if the only way to navigate that issue is to get free shit.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SuperBacon Posted Wednesday at 09:04 AM Members Share Posted Wednesday at 09:04 AM 2 hours ago, Tim Healys Chutney Spoon said: Difference is that Starmer is PM and as such comes with higher stakes of protection...Corbyn nobody really would give a shit if someone whacked himĀ Even if the above was true (it's not) and the issue is security (which is fair enough) I am certain that millionaire Keir Starmer will not struggle to pay for his own hospitality ticket.Ā And I can accept that some things do have to be put on expenses, most of us on here probably claim them, but going to football isn't a right.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted Wednesday at 09:34 AM Paid Members Share Posted Wednesday at 09:34 AM That's the thing, isn't it? I think Starmer is probably right that the Prime Minister can't just be sat in the stands with Joe Public - best case scenario is that he has to have his security detail take a bunch of seats away from ordinary people. But to suggest that the only solution to that is forĀ someone elseĀ to buy him hospitality tickets is where it doesn't add up.Ā He's clearly aiming for a relatable "well, I'm just a bloke like you, you can't expect me to give up watching the football, can you?", but has landed in an even more elitist and out of touch place to where he started.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted Wednesday at 09:46 AM Paid Members Share Posted Wednesday at 09:46 AM Put him in goal.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SuperBacon Posted Thursday at 11:12 AM Members Share Posted Thursday at 11:12 AM Not a fan of O'Brien but that is superb. Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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