In todays news...

[Taipan]

#StarmerOut going well on twitter and some wag has put a petition to call fir a general election and as it’s passed 109k it as to be debated now,

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700143

[Felix]

#StarmerOut going well on twitter and some wag has put a petition to call fir a general election and as it’s passed 109k it as to be debated now,

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700143

That just went up by 1000 in less than a minute

[Taipan]

#StarmerOut going well on twitter and some wag has put a petition to call fir a general election and as it’s passed 109k it as to be debated now,

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700143

That just went up by 1000 in less than a minute

It was on about 65k hen I first saw it earlier, its now about 230k and climbing. Apparently every signature is from a disgruntled labour voter!

[Dodgy69]

It's all gone a bit car showroom...pre sale promises vs post sale reality. Tossers, the lot of em.

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[Felix]

Never seen one of them shitty petitions rise as fast. That was just over 190k when i looked at midnight.

[Saga Lout]

#StarmerOut going well on twitter and some wag has put a petition to call fir a general election and as it’s passed 109k it as to be debated now,

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700143

That just went up by 1000 in less than a minute

It was on about 65k hen I first saw it earlier, its now about 230k and climbing. Apparently every signature is from a disgruntled labour voter!

464,000+ now. Labour got 9,708,716 votes in the general election. I wonder what happens if the petition gets more votes than that.

[Mr. Dazzle]

They're gonna consider it for debate it in parliament, where Labour have a huge majority, so er......then what?

[Count Steer]

They're gonna consider it for debate it in parliament, where Labour have a huge majority, so er......then what?

Yup. Considering that (of the population that voted) nearly 10 million voted Con or Lib it's surprising that anyone is about a Twitter clickathon.

Methinks with a government being elected to 5 years in post, the merry band of 'social media politicians' need to think about pacing themselves.

[Taipan]

Maybe if they stopped increasing the energy price cap just as we enter the colder months, then lower in late spring when no one uses much might help.

Thought it was introduced to help consumers, not oil company profits, or am I being nieve.

Don't worry Starmer had already sorted this out ahead of winning the election and we all know how he keeps his promises!

https://x.com/i/status/1563067579119329280

[Mr. Dazzle]

"This rise will be devastating to people across the country.
Labour has a fully costed plan to freeze energy bills, meaning people won’t pay a penny more this winter."

Posted: Aug 26 2022.

[Taipan]

That just went up by 1000 in less than a minute

It was on about 65k hen I first saw it earlier, its now about 230k and climbing. Apparently every signature is from a disgruntled labour voter!

464,000+ now. Labour got 9,708,716 votes in the general election. I wonder what happens if the petition gets more votes than that.

Sod all. I dont think any of these petitions have ever achieved anything? But it will be a lovely bit of embarrassment for the duplicitous twat! PMQs should be fun!

[Taipan]

"This rise will be devastating to people across the country.
Labour has a fully costed plan to freeze energy bills, meaning people won’t pay a penny more this winter."

Posted: Aug 26 2022.

What bit of ahead of winning the election didn't you understand?

[Mr. Dazzle]

Which bit of "this winter" * did you struggle with?

*i.e.....last winter

[Taipan]

Which bit of "this winter" * did you struggle with?

*i.e.....last winter

Its a fully costed plan for when he wins the election. He's always quite clear about his plans. A man of integrity...

https://x.com/i/status/1830874751306473895

[Mr. Dazzle]

He doesn't make any promises in that video though?

Oddly enough, prior to the headlines the winter fuel payment was not a topic I paid much attention to. However looking back now, I can't see anything in labour's campaign saying they would/wouldn't change it, but I freely admit I haven't looked very hard.

However, posting a video of someone in opposition giving the PM a hard time in PMQs isn't stellar evidence of broken promises to me. In fact if you just swap the characters over it could be a video from a couple of weeks ago

[Dodgy69]

Ofgem was set up by government, not sure which, but doesn't really matter. Independent bodies set up by government don't exist. Tossers, the lot of em.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Well...the other option would be let the energy companies self regulate. Which I'm sure would work out much better for the consumer

[Dodgy69]

Or maybe government regulates the price themselves, but then, who would they blame.

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[Wossname]

Funny, isn’t it. A few weeks ago the country voted (overwhelmingly) for this lot. It’s a bit Brexit-like, except that was 52%, I think.

[Saga Lout]

Funny, isn’t it. A few weeks ago the country voted (overwhelmingly) for this lot. It’s a bit Brexit-like, except that was 52%, I think.

No we didn't. We voted overwhelmingly against the previous lot.