• scrchngwsl@feddit.uk
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    1 month ago

    People who say there’s no difference between Tories and Labour can get in the sea. Or do some national service, idk.

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      1 month ago

      The people who say that sort of thing heard someone else say it once and just parrot it. When you try and delve deeper into their political philosophy you realize that there’s nothing under the surface.

      My Brother-In-Law is like this, What he knows about the political situation of this country wouldn’t fill the back of a postage stamp. Yet he’s perfectly comfortable telling me how all political parties are the same.

      • Gorgritch_Umie_Killa@aussie.zone
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        Sometimes i find people will also use it as a ‘discussion shut down’ when they don’t want to get pulled into a larger conversation about politics.

        They have their reasons, like knowing they have little knowledge on the subject, or knowing the person they’re talking to and not wishing to engage with them too heavily (i may be guilty of employing this tactic at times).

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    Another unfunded pledge from the Conservatives. What do we want? Housing! What will we get? Conscription!

    David Cameron already did this anyway with the voluntary National Citizen Service. He also promised to eventually make it involuntary but never did, presumably because it was unworkable, expensive or both. So, what has changed to make it workable or inexpensive?

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    We funked up the NHS Policing and local services. By cutting funding to the bone. While refusing to invest.

    But thats OK. We will use 25 days of teenage slavery to fix a bit of it.

    Or you can learn to kill people ready for our next oil war.

    Of course we will concentrate on selling how beneficial it is to the youth. While helpfully forgetting to mention. You can all already choose to do this shit. All we are adding is a mandatory requirement. So slavery to achive our own goals. And make some old folks vote for us.

    Basically another culture war using folks who won’t vote tory to convince folks with nothing to lose to vote tory.

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    1 month ago

    Mr Sunak said: “… there are forces trying to divide our society in this increasingly uncertain world."

    Yes, Rishi, and you lead one of those forces, you oleaginous minifig.

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      Worse. He is using people who would be very unlikely to vote tory. The youth.

      As slaves to convince old folks who have lost faith to vote tory.

      Just like he is fucking the disabled its another culture war attacking those who refuse to support him.

    • jlow (he/him)@beehaw.org
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      1 month ago

      This is probably aimed at people who are to old (and rich) to do military service anyway and with an ever aging population it might work? 🥵