Yh, not like it’s her job to parent the child, that’s the government’s responsibility!

Worth noting that Canning died in office, rather than having to resign in disgrace.

People used twitter?

I was generalising. I think it’s pretty obvious that you can save for an early retirement if you’re lucky enough to have the means to do so.

Which the article implies many are struggling to afford.

Assuming that it pays enough to justify an early retirement.

I believe you could scrape by on a state pension if you have your accomodation paid for, but it’d be absolutely no frills and if your rent is £1000pcm, you’re absolutely fucked.

Yep, two years of arthritis and then death, what a brilliant retirement it will be!

Definitely not my idea of a nice day out haha

It’s not the same. Puberty blockers used for premature puberty just hold off what will happen until it’s supposed to. Blocking puberty during the time you’re meant to be having it is not considered to be fully reversible according to the NHS.

I agree that the age of 18 is arbitrary, but we as a society do draw the line at a point where we say whether someone is old enough to be considered an adult.

I wasn’t trying to say that puberty blockers or transitioning is a vice, I was trying to make the implication that the mind is still developing at these times and if we consider that to be true then maybe we should be holding off on a decision that will significantly impact them for the rest of their lives.

I know I’m going to get downvoted to fuck, but, good.

Children aren’t allowed to drink, smoke, get a piercing or tattoo etc etc. So why are we allowing them to make changes to their bodies in regards to transitioning that are not fully reversible? Once they’re 18, they’re legally an adult and fully responsible for the choices they make.

It will be interesting to see how many voters stick with the Lib Dems in the next election.

Sounds exactly the same as the Lib Dems, who nationally support building more homes but oppose it on local levels.

I understand that it’s just telling people what they want to hear in a bid to win votes, but there becomes a point where you have to live in the real world.

When the national grid was being established a lot of people were very against the pylons being erected for very similar reasons that people are against wind farms. But who wants to stand up and say they want to go back to a time where having electricity in your household wasn’t a normal thing now?

Water boards already get fined for this. The problem is that paying the fine is cheaper than paying to fix the massively outdated infrastructure.

I’m still of the opinion that this wasn’t an election based on policy, it was an election based on party gate, Lizz Trusses disaster budget and the cost of living crisis.

This was a tactical vote to punish the Tories, I think very few people were thinking they’d vote Tory if only they were a little less right wing. There’s still a considerable proportion of people that blame crime and being poorer on migrants.

I understand your point but seeing that labours vote share only increased by 1.7% shows that very few Tories are moving left or centre. Most Tories either protest voted by moving to reform or they simply endorse policies further to the right.

Is this comment not somewhat of an oxymoron? People moved to reform because they’re more right wing than the Tories.

Moving further to the right will enable them to mop up the reform vote and this election show that the Tories still have a HUGE core vote.

I’m not convinced that the Tories downfall were their right wing policies, most people are thinking of partygate, Lizz Trusses disaster budget and the cost of living crisis in the ballot box.

I personally think that labour would have won whether they were trying to court centrists or not and labours biggest risk is that the the Tories will mop up the reform vote.

This election shows that the Tories still have a HUGE core vote, these are people that will never vote labour and I think chasing reform voters is a fools errand because it’s likely they’ll never vote labour either.