UK Polictics

OK I know over the decades all polictical parties have had thier idiots or strange party memebrs but how did we end up with a government with Johnson, Rabb, Gove, Grayling, Davis, McVey, Leaderson, Villers, Cleavery.

and that's just the government side.

So does anyone have any ideas how we got into this mess?

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Burnley123 · 41-45, M

A lot if it is down to brexit. The people you mentioned were all part of the vote leave campaign before they became the government.

I also think that that the media in this country give the Tories an easy ride. They ignore or downplay scandals etc. For ecxample, if a labour minister ever did a job as bad as Chris Grayling, it would be a national scandal, instead of a joke.

milkymum1 · 31-35, F

@Burnley123 I'm not so sure I just think they have no idea about anything they talk about let a lone brexit.

That's for sure far too easy a ride, I mean look at all the borken promises forpm the leadership camagne to the GE.

It doesn't help that most the papers owners are tory party donners and tax a vioders.

yes anything they have done is played down as its boris get over it or like you say about Grayling

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@milkymum1 As someone else said, i also think its down to class. So many powerful people in this country come from a tiny pool of privileged people. Public schools, especially Eton.

Boris Johnson is incompetent on an administrative level but hes very charismatic. All his life, he's got away with murder by being a charming bullshitter and he even got to PM by being that so hes not gonna change.

A lot of people hated Corbyn and he also wasnt a typical politician but a big difference is that Corbyn cared about people and Johnson just cares about himself. If labour had won, john macdonnel would now be running the economy and we would be in a much better state. Though of course, the media would be heavily attacking them.

milkymum1 · 31-35, F

@Burnley123 Yes well put the Eaton mess bregade

that's so very true look at his time as Mayor of London

yes I wasn't a fan of JC but I did like a lot of his policies and he is certianlly one for the people, everytime he speaks he speaks for the people

yes that didn't help the papers went full out to brainwave people against JC

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@milkymum1 I joined the labour party because of corbyn, just so you know, and i campaigned for him.

I always knew he had weaknesses as a politician but i agree with what he stands for and trust his integrity. The British peolple rejected that though and we are all gonna suffer because of that decision.

milkymum1 · 31-35, F

@Burnley123 Good for you hun, well done.

yes he's never been the polished poliction but that made him (for me) more apealling to listen to

yes he certinally speaks more for the people and he has made the tories listen and basically take on labour policies, the same polices they said would ruin the coutnry!!

yes far too many beleived the tory papers, the bbc, etc, etc

i know some who have been hurt by the bedroom tax, universal credit who said what choice have we got, in a way i undertsnad that as were i live its either tory or lib dems get in and thats where our voting system is broken first past the post doesnt work!!