[Tom4784]

Sadly though, there's not enough young people voting to really make a difference. Fear and prejudice will win out and the people that voted for Tories will cheer for their 'strong and stable' leadership as Human Rights are systematically changed and revoked and the NHS is destroyed...but hey! It's all worth it if it makes people feel validation for their hatred of muslims and immigrants, amirite?

[jaxie]

Originally Posted by lime

Please tell me you are not making a bacon and egg breakfast for grown adults at 3pm

Oh yeah. It's been a hard night on the games controller, what?

Either I do it, or I clean up after it. I'd rather do it.

(TBF to my male offspring though, he is home from a 9 month period of working away, 60+ hour weeks etc. When he gets home he's useless for a good month, the sleep patterns are all over the place etc etc).

[jaxie]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Sadly though, there's not enough young people voting to really make a difference. Fear and prejudice will win out and the people that voted for Tories will cheer for their 'strong and stable' leadership as Human Rights are systematically changed and revoked and the NHS is destroyed...but hey! It's all worth it if it makes people feel validation for their hatred of muslims and immigrants, amirite?

Charming.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by jaxie

Charming.

It's the truth.

I'm watching House of Cards atm and it's honestly horrific how close they've hit the nail on the head when it comes to politicians using the threat of terrorism as a tool to get people to vote against themselves. It happened in the US election and it's happening here too.

People are ultimately easily led as long as your court their prejudices, they'll ignore all rhyme and reason as proven by how many times May has been shown up as incompetent but people will ignore that because the Tabloids tell them to.

We are a country of gullible sheep and we are willingly walking into the slaughterhouse with smiles on our faces.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

It's the truth.

I'm watching House of Cards atm and it's honestly horrific how close they've hit the nail on the head when it comes to politicians using the threat terrorism as a tool to get people to vote against themselves. It happened in the US election and it's happening here too.

People are ultimately easily led as long as your court their prejudices, they'll ignore all rhyme and reason as proven by how many times May has been shown up as incompetent but people will ignore that because the Tabloids tell them to.

We are a country of gullible sheep and we are willingly walking into the slaughterhouse with smiles on our faces.

I am too and the parallels are unbelievable... especially considering that the scripts were written / filming began before the US election, and writing before even Brexit. I guess a lot of people with their finger firmly on the pulse of politics have seen this mess coming for a while.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I am too and the parallels are unbelievable... especially considering that the scripts were written / filming began before the US election, and writing before even Brexit. I guess a lot of people with their finger firmly on the pulse of politics have seen this mess coming for a while.

This latest season feels autobiographical, it's honestly surreal how much they've nailed the political climate before it all came to pass.