TheGrandNagus

Is it normal for all MPs to have met the PM in a close encounter? I genuinely don't know.

... by Reform not being tackled? I thought it was self evident? How can I say that it's raining outside? By looking at the rain outside.

Did you not read my comment?

they could declare Reform a terrorist group and lock them up

I'm sure that'd be legal and go well. Just declare political opponents terrorists and arrest them. That's some Trumpian shit right there.

You don't need to defend Labour here. They'll throw you under the bus to protect the wealthy too.

Who says I'm defending them? I'm being realistic.

"Protect the wealthy" lmao. It's like you've completely ignored the government's actions.

Come on, "throwing around red paint" is quite misleading, no?

They poured it into the engines of multiple RAF jets, destroying those engines. That's several million in damages, and a lot of downtime.

And legally speaking, it absolutely was a terrorist act.

No way on planet earth. They're an extremely successful team, are profitable, and are a powerful marketing tool for RB.

Newry was reportedly pissed off about the whole sexual harassment thing.

Honestly the above comment infuriated me.

They would not be defending this person if they were a man.

Having lower expectations of women isn't progressive, it isn't feminist. It's infantising. It's misogyny of lower expectations.

A woman who is happy to support Elon is every bit as bad as a man that is happy to support Elon. Supporting a nazi is supporting a nazi.

How would you say they aren't tackling Reform? I'd argue they are, just that it's hard to debate a populist who can promise whatever he wants knowing he won't receive even a tenth of the media scrutiny.

Labour have tried to tackle wealth inequality. A windfall tax on energy firms, VAT on private schools, inheritance tax on "farming" estates that were increasingly used as a tax avoidance scheme, banning the use of offshore trusts to avoid inheritance tax, WFA means testing, introducing taxes on non-doms, etc.

It's also true that taxing wealthy people is hard, because they have the resources and the ability to avoid taxes/move assets/leave. Wealth taxes are notoriously hard to implement, we see that worldwide. And even if we managed it, it wouldn't earn near enough.

You keep saying Labor, are you from the UK?

And tbh, while Labour is far from socialist, they're doing some left wing things:

• Nationalising rail. Seems left wing to me.

• Nationalising steel. Seems left wing to me.

• Nationalising parts of our energy sector. Seems left wing to me.

• They're increasing workers rights in a bunch of different ways. Seems left wing to me.

• They've significantly hiked minimum wage. Seems left wing to me.

• They've implemented a windfall tax targeting profiteering energy firms. Left wing.

• Placing VAT on private schooling. Left wing.

• Means testing WFA. Left wing.

• Placing taxes on non-doms. Left wing.

• Invested a great deal more in infrastructure. Left wing.

• Capped public transport costs. Left wing.

• Implementing stricter rules for landlords. Left wing.

• Essentially restarting SureStart in all but name. Left wing.

• Changing inheritance tax to squash loopholes surrounding buying up farmland. Left wing.

• Ending the use of offshore trusts as a way to avoid inheritance tax. Left wing.

• Bringing the NHS back under direct public control. Left wing.

• Expanding green energy. Left wing.

There's probably more I've not thought of, too.

Putting everyone in the "neoliberal" group as if they're the same isn't productive IMO. Labour, Lib Dems, SNP, Tories, and Reform aren't all the same.

People also need to be realistic about what the electorate overall wants.

Explain?

Looks like speculation's back on the menu, boys!

Due to...

• more legal challenges incoming?
• worse performance for the past year?
• an attempt to halt the brain drain from Red Bull?
• Max wanted him out, and they're now complying what with Merc courting him so hard?
• Red Bull lost Max to Merc, and Red Bull high ups are unhappy with Horner over it?
• their engines for next season aren't looking good?
• a combination of factors above?

Tbh I don't think it'd be down to performance alone. Red Bull has had down periods multiple times in the past 20 years.

Unfortunately there's a very real possibility this is our future, and exactly what this community wants.