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Dear Leader, the Commissar Corbynov has turned the election to the non issue of broadband, by pledging he will introduce free broadband to all. I'm assuming this is the same as pledging to write off all student debt in 2017, which they later renegaded on? (Remind me, which party introduced university fees again in 1998 🤔)

Anyway, the Corbynated Chicken estimates it will cost £20billion. BT say it will cost £100billion. Let's split the difference and say £60billion. Let's say there are 60million adults in the UK, then that means the initial cost would be £1000 per person for FREE broadband.

Not to mention the continued free movement, which for a party which supposedly fights for the rights of the working man, woman and non binary gender fluid others, is hypocrisy of the highest order - increased population, increased competition, suppressing wages and standards. And that's without starting on their stance on Brexit which is more confusing than trying to understand why cats randomly sprint around the house at 3am!

If there are any semi intelligent and literate lefties out there who can explain this logic, please lighten me! I know that is a contradiction in terms, but I'm trying to be inclusive...

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HootyTheNightOwl

That's just to make the plan a reality, though... what about breakdowns and upgrades???

We could all use upgrades to the rail system - starting with lower fares for commuters, which will benefit everyone rather than the select few who work in London.

We need improvement made to the housing stock more than we need to be investing in ideas that just won't work in reality or benefit a select few people.

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Justme264 · 70-79, M

@KatyB This is why no MP's care about the North East.... not enough people/votes for them to worry about

HootyTheNightOwl

@KatyB The infrastructure has needed investment that it hasn't had for decades - there are far too many 60's and 70's housing association properties that have had next to nothing done to them since the great robbery when councils gave away their property stock to housing associations years ago.

That's not even mentioning the fact that successive governments haven't been proactive enough in ensuring that more homes were made available across the board for everyone. Even now, the emphasis is on first time buyers - at a time when few can actually afford to buy, even with the subsidies provided.

KatyB · F

@HootyTheNightOwl Council housing is a joke! I live on a huge 1950s council estate. Luckily I live in the slightly better bit, but the bit directly opposite ours is horrible. It's just a series of tunnels, pitch black with blind corners and everything. I feel unsafe after dark walking through it!! They demolished part of the better bit, but left the rubbish bit! And that land is just stood derelict!!

To build new homes means acknowledging an issue with the population, and politicians can't do that, because it will prove that all of us who have been branded racists and fascists have been right all along!! We wouldn't have a housing crisis if it wasn't for the fact this island is sinking into the sea under the weight of open borders!

ThePerfectUsername · 70-79, M

I can only assume the idea behind fee broadband is an attempt to get the kidiewinkle vote. I see hoards of vacuous teenage ignoramuses who've never had a coherent thought about history or politics in their life getting at lest somewhat enthusiastic at the prospect of voting for endless broadband without bills. 😟

KatyB · F

@ThePerfectUsername Now that's what I would have said. You also have to remember that I'm too young to vote yet. However, PCs are so 1990s. We all have smart phones...

ThePerfectUsername · 70-79, M

Smartphones use broadband technology too you know. As do tablets. @KatyB

KatyB · F

@ThePerfectUsername Aye, but is he going to hand out free phones? Free wifi? Or is he actually going to turn the 5G network on and kill everyone?

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

Lol 🤣

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/general-election-labour-economy-spending-corbyn-boris-johnson-a9218041.html

I said 85 economists on the other threat so I apologise for being wrong cos it's actually gone up.

I've challenged right wing brexit friends of mine to come up with sone credible economic analysis supporting the Johnson Brexit plan and how it would make us better off (and mot worse off). No such thing even exists.

Who needs details or facts though when you can do mildly amusing glib trolling. 😜

KatyB · F

@Burnley123 Stop liking your own comments, you nonce! Is that because no one else will, because you're a freak? You are talking noncense - deliberately spelt like that...

HootyTheNightOwl

Free broadband, of itself is a good idea... at least it will give the unemployed the option of seeking work from their own homes without having to worry about the bill.

With that said, i'm not convinced that the idea has been fully costed out properly - and i don't really need to look too far for evidence of that... HS2.

KatyB · F

@HootyTheNightOwl Yeah, £1000 per adult isn't exactly free, is it? Besides surveys show 95% of the population have access at home to broadband. It's not an issue. As for HS2, totally and utterly agreed! All that money to shave 20 minutes off a journey, which only benefits the city formerly known as London? No thanks! Where's the improvements to infrastructure in the north east?

ArtieKat · M

Oh, but Katy it wasn't the proper Labour Party which introduced tuition fees - it was New Labour! That party which Tony Blair, Peter Mandelson and Gordon Brown made electable after years in the political wilderness!

KatyB · F

@ArtieKat Would that be the same Tony Blair and Peter Mandleson whose names are all over Epstein's Lolita Express flight logs? 🤔

ArtieKat · M

:-)

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