(17-05-2020, 22:19)spireitematt Wrote: Daily Mail having a meltdown that Keir Starmer owns land behind his childhood home which he bought in 1996 for his mum so they could look after Donkeys. Daily Mail is saying it's worth £10 million.
I don't understand the media in this country. If you aren't rich and want a fairer distribution of wealth then it's 'jealously' or 'politics of envy'. If you have money and want a fairer distribution of wealth then it's 'champagne socialism'. Doesn't matter who leads the Labour Party they can't win. I honestly believe the media in this country won't be happy until there is no Labour Party or any other party come to that and we just have the Tories ruling us forever.
Tell you what annoys me the most is when people work hard and get on well in life but they forget there roots and where they came from. Surely if you worked hard and did well for yourself then surely you would want that for everyone.
I think you are absolutely right re the Tories "me me me" philosophy which I remember was fully exposed decades ago in Thatcher's great failure in trying to convince esteemed members of the Scottish Assembly that her new vision for future generations was based on utter selfishness and a total disregard for people while ensuring that one could make lots n lots of money from the free market. She was consequently vilified by the very honourable and socially/community bound people who she really believed she could convert to her flawed ideology!! However, down the years we have sadly been observing the appearance of her "converts" - people within her political group who embraced this philosophy to the point of trying to defend her in all kindsa tactics incl the banning of songs against her and honouring her after death etc etc. Now this group has morphed into the next phase of political extremism and damage to the country that one could never have dreamed of years ago and you are correct in your assumption that these people do want to see a full monopoly of governance for decades and decades with no Labour Party to oppose them any more. It reminds me of the political stranglehold in certain African countries where the population just can't remove the unscrupulous, scheming and corrupt political parties who have ruined their countries and ensured their own elite tribal group retain all the wealth while a huge chunk of their populace is literally starving. But this is the UK that we are talking about eh!! It should not be anywhere near comparable!!! But it is!!
