Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 20hThis from the BBC isn't true. Those on Plan 1 pay back more a year then those on Plan 2 as the repayment threshold is lower. Her loan is increasing more a year than her partner but the BBC should make that clear. 000
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 29/09/2026That's usually the option that is taken on any given policy 001
Reposted by Joseph WaghornePhil Harrison @mrpmharrison.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Honestly, it would have saved us so much bother if back in 2010, Gordon Brown had just said "Yeah, so fucking what? She *was* a bigot." 67511
Reposted by Joseph WaghorneJames Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A) 70/80 hour weeks? Right. When are you working on air con? 9 at night? B) NHS, free education, welfare system, bin collections, roads, wider state services. Go fuck yourself Dave 4763299
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It's why you get second order political effects like Brexit though. Most people just don't understand 2008 and what it did to their lives. 140
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Why would that reverse the trend though? It's probably just a post covid I've got to get away from these people thing. 230
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Fixed last week at 4.68%static.klipy.comMan Sweating Profusely in Airplane CockpitALT: Man Sweating Profusely in Airplane Cockpit 030
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 04/08/2026His experience of the urban area is through the lens of TV news, predominantly Fox. No wonder he thinks they're just shit holes full of crime as those are the only bit of the cities he sees. 000
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Let's not forget they told a deliberate pack of lies to the membership to get the leadership in the first place. Not to mention deliberately underminimg the previous leader to ensure he lost a general election so they could get back in control. 030
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Yeha I get all that was just surprised to see Hastings as the provincial example constitutency 000
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Hastings has a majority green council and is increasingly metropolitan in vibe with an influx of DFLs over the last decade, compared to Makerfield's majority reform voting wards at the last election. Not sure the best example of provincial. 100
Reposted by Joseph WaghorneThangam Debbonaire @thangamdebbonaire.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Labour had a manifesto commitment to creative education for all children and young people. The creative industries are one of the 8 Industrial Strategy sectors. They are a growth sector, and one of our best soft power and export forces, already under attack from multiple directions. 2344
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 01/07/2026I get your overall point but I don't think this is an equivalent. If St Paul's had a bad fire I'm pretty sure the money would be found to get it rebuilt due to public interest. 140
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Again I would argue the electorate there feel powerless due to the two party system and the power of lobbiests. What we share with them is an electorate voting agaisnt something, not for something. 000
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 29/06/2026My hypothesis would be they voted that way precisely because they feel powerless. 100
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 22/06/2026My 4 year old will be on 5. I was 23 when I hit that number 000
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Problem with the professionalistion of politics is it incentivises winning in the short term at all costs as it's their and their advisors livelihoods. Easier to win by lying rather than doing the right thing. E.G. Hunt and NI cuts. Then it's usually lauded by lobby class as a masterful gambit. 100
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 05/06/2026It stems from Hunt and Sunak's shameless and reckless cuts to NI though and Labour not feeling they could reverse it because the Tories had spent years telling people their taxes were too high which the electorate internalised it. You can't have a functioning democracy when one side is disengenous. 021
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 02/06/2026They're confused why hotels bookings aren't as high as they expected, blaming Trump factor etc but I feel the answer is simply you'd have to be in the top earning quintile from the European nations let alone the poorer nations. 260
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 23/05/2026They have done the work of the degree, and taken the debt. 000
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 19/05/2026The electorate is ignorant and politics has decided it's job is not to try and explain anymore and instead just try and placate the electorate with nonsense vibes. 000
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Needs a genuine conversation with the electorate on the ratio of workers to pensioners now verses when the state pension came in to being and this being the reason there is no money. 030
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Those are all at the behest of politicians though. Which contradicts the original post. 120
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Exactly this. If the PLP can't see that we are fucked. 020
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 08/05/2026If they'd given councils some money for flowerbeds and some local events and engaged in a massive road resurfacing programme this wouldn't be happening. The visible decline of the state is happening most at a local level. I don't understand how they can't see this. 1160
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Labours two year strategy of appearing right wing to stop the loss of voters to reform is going well I see 000
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Hear, hear. Have an actual vision for the future of the country and get on with it 220
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 08/04/2026I'm guessing you don't have kids if you think affordability of childcare is the main consideration to getting a break 000
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Oh yeah. The borough council here gets the blame for pot holes even though it's nothing to do with them. I'm not sure democracy really works if the population is as ignorant as it is. 011
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 16/03/2026I see people in the comments on the local Facebook groups all the time blaming the council when a new shop opens they don't want. I think there is a sizeable portion of the population who think we live in a centrally planned economy. 270
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 27/02/2026If greens do really well in the locals and take control of councils all over the place the under 40s green voters will quickly realise over 40s Green voters are nimby conservationists. 120
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 27/02/2026So much this. They've been fighting the next election since 5th of July 2024. Get on with the job, do it half competently and you'll be reelected. 010
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 04/02/2026I'd go further and say they seem determined to hide the positive things from low political interest people. 000
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Er... He's right in that post though. How is anything in that colossally entitled? 110
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Go on. Tell us how he can do that? I feel. Sorry for the bloke on this. There is no good answer. 030
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 26/12/2025When was the last time the monarchs speech was #1? Has it ever been? 000
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 12/12/2025The big issue is not enough tax payers to support the older population. No budget can really fix that. 100
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Isn't milage recorded on your annual MOT? Just use that. 100
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 06/11/2025That's because the rich they're imagining are the asset rich, not PAYE wage rich. 000
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Late 30s here. Myself and quite a lot of my friends are in decade plus relationships with mortgages and kids without getting married. Is there any stats on marriage rates? 100
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Hear hear! Just get one with the job you were elected for. They've been fighting 2029 since day 1 190
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 22/07/2025youtu.be/vn_PSJsl0LQ?...youtu.beJerry, just remember. It's not a lie... if you believe it...YouTube video by Siniša Broćilović 000
Joseph Waghorne @jfw87.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Yeah but people keep asking this because Labour have done a really bad job at conveying how bad a state the country is in. They refuse to be honest with people. 000
