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Ohplease47 · F
@Waveney thatcher was a disaster, ruined the economy deliberately
Probably did it with cowboy ronnie the movie b minus star, the potus that made the orange monster inevitable
Probably did it with cowboy ronnie the movie b minus star, the potus that made the orange monster inevitable
Waveney · M
@FreddieUK He means taking control back from gangs, turning it into a medical, public health-led approach. The Greens are saying that the current system just keeps criminal gangs rich and street corners dangerous and by regulating and licensing drugs you treat addiction as a health issue rather than a criminal one, which actually reduces crime and saves lives, as is happening in Portugal.
It just moves the problem off street corners and into doctor's offices. It's a good idea.
It just moves the problem off street corners and into doctor's offices. It's a good idea.
FreddieUK · 70-79, M
@Waveney I am all for a public health-led approach. We had one, alongside laws about supply, at one time. Having worked in the field for 30yrs or more and hearing from advocates of. de-criminalising, legalising and harsher penalties for being an addict, I am very much in favour of de-criminalisation of use (not legalisation) and heavy penalty for supply.
'A good idea' is always a personal judgement.
'A good idea' is always a personal judgement.
Ohplease47 · F
@Waveney green drug laws🤣
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
@jshm2 I fear that too, since its leader, Nigel Farage, seems to admire Donald Trump's ideology .
He's already waffled about wanting huge public-services cuts, "DOGE" style even if without Musk's callousness; ignoring that sell-off after sell-off, cut after cut based on cost not value, has been happening under Conservative and Labour since the 1980s; and ignoring the enormous resulting damage.
They are opposed on the Left by The Greens (ironical double-meaning there) and on the far-Left, by Jeremy Corby's "Your Party". I trust none of those three, although at least the Green Party does have some decades of political experience.
Reform is Farage's third home-made Party, neither of the first being successful in Parliamentary terms. Corbyn was a senior Labour politician booted out of his own party for his ideology and some very unfortunate views.
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The most revealing comment I have ever read or heard about Nigel Farage was made by Farage himself, in a recent political-profile interview on the radio.
He explained his motive for his former role as a City money-trader (as was his father), was "the buzz". His motive for wanting to be Prime Minister (eventually)?
The same: "the buzz".
Not the money: money-traders in Britain make (I won't insult them by saying "earn") much more than the Prime Ministers' salary.
That was his actual phrase, spoken with some humour but no trace of irony or apology.
Does any country really want a leader who admits he only wants "the buzz"?
He's already waffled about wanting huge public-services cuts, "DOGE" style even if without Musk's callousness; ignoring that sell-off after sell-off, cut after cut based on cost not value, has been happening under Conservative and Labour since the 1980s; and ignoring the enormous resulting damage.
They are opposed on the Left by The Greens (ironical double-meaning there) and on the far-Left, by Jeremy Corby's "Your Party". I trust none of those three, although at least the Green Party does have some decades of political experience.
Reform is Farage's third home-made Party, neither of the first being successful in Parliamentary terms. Corbyn was a senior Labour politician booted out of his own party for his ideology and some very unfortunate views.
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The most revealing comment I have ever read or heard about Nigel Farage was made by Farage himself, in a recent political-profile interview on the radio.
He explained his motive for his former role as a City money-trader (as was his father), was "the buzz". His motive for wanting to be Prime Minister (eventually)?
The same: "the buzz".
Not the money: money-traders in Britain make (I won't insult them by saying "earn") much more than the Prime Ministers' salary.
That was his actual phrase, spoken with some humour but no trace of irony or apology.
Does any country really want a leader who admits he only wants "the buzz"?