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So what is your policy on potholes?

Nice, short, observation from an informed commentator I admire.

Populists are very good at broadcasting what they are against, and who is to blame for shortcomings in the current system. They grab attention with wild, often unsubstantiated theories, and make impossible promises. When they are unable to fulfil these, they deflect attention from themselves by heaping further blame on their chosen scapegoats.

They are less good at coming up with practical solutions to mundane problems such as road maintenance that affect us all.

Basically, if you don't have a policy on filling potholes, you shouldn't be running for political office 🙂

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Burnley123 · 41-45, M
I would nationalise the potholes and make them an anarcho-syndicalist commune.
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
MarthannBann888 · 70-79, F
@SunshineGirl

I think some sniping is appropriate.
While you talk about potholes, migrants to your country and their male children are “grooming” and raping English females in your schools. If parents of these females complain they, too, are punished in some way.
Maybe you could tell me why the rape of little girls of any origin is met with such indifference, and with me, derision.
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@MarthannBann888 We do not treat any sexual crime lightly. However, it is better that serious allegations are dealt through our impartial judicial system rather than through the clown Courts of Farage and Musk.
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MommyLucy · 36-40, F
@MarthannBann888 SunshineGirl is one of the loveliest ladies I know and she would NEVER support child abuse and I know her well enough to know she values the safety of innocent children with all her heart! 😇😇😇 I am left leaning but both sides have bad people who do bad things but there are good people too and SunshineGirl is one of them! 💖💖💖
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@MarthannBann888 The two gentlemen in question have no track record of any interest in child protection. They have created a social media illusion and whipped up a furore for the sole purpose of augmenting their own political power and wealth.
MarthannBann888 · 70-79, F
@SunshineGirl

Wow! Sunshine! You are a mind reader, too. Do you ignore those children for political power and wealth?
MarthannBann888 · 70-79, F
@MommyLucy

Mommy, when a person is SILENT about serious crimes against the innocent and helpless, and they treat those who would take up for the innocent and helpless with derision and contempt, then yes, they are supporting the guilty. Read Bonhoeffer.
MarthannBann888 · 70-79, F
@MommyLucy

The above has nothing to do with your feelings for sunshine, it has to do with the results of her actions.
MommyLucy · 36-40, F
@MarthannBann888 But both sides (and I say this as a left wing person) has done bad things and there are lots of good people on both sides (and I say that despite not being a fan of Conservatism at all) who care about people! 😇😇😇 Best not to judge! 😘😘😘 Please understand SunshineGirl is one of the nicest people ever and she is not like that at all and neither am I, promise! 💖💖💖
MarthannBann888 · 70-79, F
@MommyLucy

Thank you for your good opinion of sunshine, you are beginning to convince me on her behalf. She is lucky to have you as a friend.
Your “there are good people on both sides” opinion has been thoroughly excoriated in the news and by the left. Never mentioning Trump's exclusion of white supremests in his answer to the reporter during the press conference that day. Trump was very forceful in excluding all those of nefarious purpose. This exclusion has been a closely concealed fact for the past seven or eight years. As the left falsely branded an innocent Trump of racial prejudice.
I certainly agree with judging others as I have been judged and canceled by liberals over the past few years. I wish you had been there to caution your friends.
Regardless of all else, though, the plight of girls in England is truly horrific. That they are being cruelly abused by Muslims has been well established by eye witness reports to the police, courts, and media despite threats of death in some cases. Many girls have had to stop their education in fear of retribution. In light of such suffering. To make snide comments about sniping at migrants in light of their heavy participation in these crimes requires mental gymnastics I am not capable of. I hope sunshine can rethink her feelings.
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@MarthannBann888 This post has nothing to do with Trump or America, why do you insist on deflecting?

Clearly I have not "canceled" you either as I am still trying to engage you in constructive debate.

You are repeating verbatim a version of events that has been deliberately distorted for political.purposes. While it may contain elements of truth, social media is not an appropriate platform on which to speculate about extremely sensitive subjects.

If you are interested in learning about Elon Musk's reckless disregard for the truth, I would recommend following the current court case into last year's murders in Southport. These are now shown to have nothing to do with immigration, Islam, or peadophile rings, all of which were falsely claimed on X in a successful bid to stir up racial tension and violence which ruined many peoples' lives.