We are under attack. Staying silent is now being complicit in the downfall of our country.

Sunak probably wants to be in California by September ready for his kids to start school.

@chriswood3252

23 күн бұрын

That's what I want for him, too! Except maybe to put him on trial.

Who else is now getting a 'polite and respectful comments only' warning from the Spectator channel before allowing you to leave a comment? I was just going to remind everyone what a trustworthy and honourable man Andrew Neil is....nothing about his 'it's time to punish the unvaccinated' article honest.

I'm convinced that Sunak called this election purely for selfish reasons.

@micktaylor9332

24 күн бұрын

Obviously. That's tories through and through.

@lasttango7522

24 күн бұрын

I'm convinced Sunak has played a blinder. Seems like we are heading down the path of a massive recession in the next 12 months. Starmer and cronies will have egg on their face if that happens. Our welfare state will shrink and unemployment will be huge. Sunak has no intention of being a serious player for next PM. He knows whats to come. Like Blair did to Brown before the 2008 crash. As they say history and all that. At least it will finish Labour off.

@FC-PeakVersatility

24 күн бұрын

The way he has been hounded, I'm not surprised.

@James-sk4db

21 күн бұрын

Truss braver man and others have come out saying that the elected MPs have no power when in power. That the civil service effectively have been in rebellion since brexit referendum.

The ONS figures say migration is 10% down. I seem to recall Cameron saying it should come down to the "tens of thousands", not by ten-percent? 🤷🏻‍♂️

@stephenparry6811

23 күн бұрын

That would be legal migration I presume they have no idea about the illegal entrants

Yes i think Sunak wants out, as he is out if his depth.

@Globaldave1970

19 күн бұрын

But Labour have no plan whatsoever. The answer is to leave the ECHR and just turn the boats back. Otherwise we will be swamped in a couple of decades.

Vote reform uk if you want the boats to stop

@alanpage3973

24 күн бұрын

Reform will not win one seat at the ge

@benardkitson2253

24 күн бұрын

​@alanpage3973 your comment because of your political leaning? I can see reform not getting many seats due to FPTP and that reform vote being spread out and not having strongholds like the established parties. I also think the turnout out will be low in general at G.E. . Which will help Labour, as their voters won't stay home which will help them.

@taco8512

24 күн бұрын

Thanks for splitting the Tory vote 💪👏

@sandrajohnston1785

23 күн бұрын

@@taco8512 Tories and Labour are two cheeks of the same backside.

@sausagesoda4090

23 күн бұрын

A party that does what Hope not Hate tells them. Sounds marvellous

The rats are leaving the ship!

What happened to Ruanda? I looked up Ruanda and am thinking about moving there myself = ) looks like a lovely country.

@localbod

24 күн бұрын

Great. Enjoy your new life there.

@liketheroman

24 күн бұрын

Bit too dark for my liking

@MandyAustin-nl4cn

24 күн бұрын

You can take treks and see mountain gorillas

@liketheroman

24 күн бұрын

@@MandyAustin-nl4cn you can see those in the UK now too.

@Globaldave1970

19 күн бұрын

Learn to spell it then.

The reason the election has been called now IMO, is so that the Labour/Conservative uniparty can prevent alternative parties from having enough campaign time to present a threat.

REFORM

Mr Neil has been wrong on every prediction he has made in the last decade bless him. Well done Spectator.

@martineyles

23 күн бұрын

Should a migrant criticise migrants?

Sunak should not be allowed to leave these shores until his wife has paid the tens of millions in tax she owes. Has repaid their ill gotten gains from Covid procurement and do many people realise that her business model is based on arranging visas and citizenship for people from India in Western countries? Surprisingly mass migration from India has gone through the roof during Sunak's tenure

@phoebus007

22 күн бұрын

She doesn't owe any money. She has paid all her taxes in accordance with current regulations.

@user-pj7bs5qs7k

22 күн бұрын

@@phoebus007 Utter rubbish. Only because there have been no formal investigations yet into her and her husband's fraud. Are you working for her?

Sound lets see how labour gets on eh

Becuase the people who have an issue with immigration are already voting tory, so Rishi doesnt need the new figures to win those votes. The reason he's calling it now is two-fold: the inflation figures just came out, and they're better than expected, and the less time he gives Labour to camapign and prepare, the better.

@gopalramanathan7062

23 күн бұрын

That’s about right. But the tragedy is if the Labour comes in it would be from the frying pan into the fire 🔥 Looks like we have run out of choice, and it’s our own making.

@freddierhodes8201

22 күн бұрын

@gopalramanathan7062 I mean, I disagree. Since I've been old enough to understand politics, we've had a Conservative government, and the nation has got progressively worse. I'm very prepared to try something new now that I can vote. As is much of the nation it seems.

@gopalramanathan7062

21 күн бұрын

@@freddierhodes8201 Perhaps you are right. But it appears to me as a choice between tweedle dee and tweedle dum. How did we get here?

@freddierhodes8201

21 күн бұрын

@gopalramanathan7062 Honestly? Greater polarisation is a big part of it. Say a third of the country is right wing, a third is left wing, and the other third is somewhere in the middle. The two main parties have a choice: they can pass laws and policies their third likes, but there's a problem with that; if they don't get at least some of that middle third, they won't get in. So they move more toward the centre leaving behind their base, because the tories know that the already pretty right wing aren't going to stop voting for them because they became slightly less so, and vice versa for Labour. So the two parties become more and more similar as they compete over the same few voters in the middle. Of course, this model gets a lot more complicated when you accout for one extra factor: people's views shift. We've been under a tory government for a while now, and it's gone to great efforts during that time to try and scare people about certain topics, be that immigration or 'woke nonsense' or green policies or whatever. So the British population has, on average, shifted right. The Tories were all too happy to shift along with the population and go a little further right, and Labour has been forced to keep up or never have a chance of winning. This need to appear central is the big reason Starmer hasn't published a manifesto yet; he's being a vague as possible so as to not lose any votes. Recently (the last few years) the country has got well and truly sick of the government. Brexit, then the pandemic screw-ups, the corruption, the incompetence, Lizz Truss (enough said), having at times 3 times as many PMs since the last election than years, etc. So it's time for a change. But the parties have themselves changed over the last 15 years, along with the population. We're not getting back 1980's Labour anytime soon, and Reform UK is beating the Lib Dems in the polls, such is the hate and fear.

@gopalramanathan7062

20 күн бұрын

@@freddierhodes8201 Well summed up. Let’s pray we are headed the right path.

from what area they come from...??? scandinavian , france...

15 European countries are taking up Rwandan style policies and have praised Sunak.