Senedd Election 2026

[Dorcus]

Re: Senedd Election 2026

Yeah your on to something, politics and romance, they just go hand in hand

We'd love to see pix of you and Sludge hand in hand! 👬

[goats]

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We'd love to see pix of you and Sludge hand in hand! ��

I do naked painting on only fans he can join me as long as he’s got a decent brush and knows a bit about undercoats

[Dorcus]

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I do naked painting on only fans he can join me as long as he’s got a decent brush and knows a bit about undercoats

Lol, that may be going a bit too far thanks. I know he gets his brush into all the cracks and crevices.

[JamesWales]

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It is interesting to see the Reform 'promises' unravel now they have control over a few councils (9 is it?) and also have Andrea Jenkyns as mayor of Greater Lincolnshire. Kent is their flagship and they are in meltdown. The 'big savings' they were going to make by sacking equalities staff have not happened - because there weren't any equalities staff. After 14-15 years of austerity there is no low hanging fruit even for fans of DOGE, inequality and carbon emissions. Snake oil salesmen!

The 'no income tax below £20k' promise has already gone. It is now 'aspirational'. It may happen after a Reform government has sacked all the civil servants. However, the tax break pledge for the super rich is still in place. The imaginary Reform savings have been spent 4 or 5 times over already - so none of it stacks up even if the 'savings' were real.

I know all the parties make false promises - but Reforms have been more dishonest than the norm.

So what is left? Stop immigrants. End net zero. 'War on woke'. Law and order (more police, harsher sentences, more gaols, end the court backlog - all funded by sacking civil servants!). Flag shagging!

Much more into this kind of post than all the mud slinging and name calling.

It's absolutely fair enough to hold Reform councils to account. My general opinion is that they will do marginally better than others, if that. The big changes that impact spending come from higher up and it's very difficult to find huge savings in statutory areas, as councils have to deliver them.

There are savings to be made, but they take time, and obviously six months operating on the previous administrations budget is not long enough to turn things around, if that is possible at all.

The diversity stuff is a valid enough criticism but there's previously little money to be saved. At the most you are probably talking about 0.5 members of staff. Sure, all staff doing online courses takes a little time, perhaps an hour or two out of a year, but there's no real direct savings to be made. I do think things should be fundamentally refocused though to focus on what unites us rather than what divides, but again, no real or immediate savings there.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Much more into this kind of post than all the mud slinging and name calling.

It's absolutely fair enough to hold Reform councils to account. My general opinion is that they will do marginally better than others, if that. The big changes that impact spending come from higher up and it's very difficult to find huge savings in statutory areas, as councils have to deliver them.

There are savings to be made, but they take time, and obviously six months operating on the previous administrations budget is not long enough to turn things around, if that is possible at all.

The diversity stuff is a valid enough criticism but there's previously little money to be saved. At the most you are probably talking about 0.5 members of staff. Sure, all staff doing online courses takes a little time, perhaps an hour or two out of a year, but there's no real direct savings to be made. I do think things should be fundamentally refocused though to focus on what unites us rather than what divides, but again, no real or immediate savings there.

Three words

Tel Aviv Thugs

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You complete klutz

[JamesWales]

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Three words

Tel Aviv Thugs

😆


You complete klutz

In fairness to you Sludge. What you have written here has as much relevance to the topic as everything else you have written. 🤷

[goats]

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Much more into this kind of post than all the mud slinging and name calling.

It's absolutely fair enough to hold Reform councils to account. My general opinion is that they will do marginally better than others, if that. The big changes that impact spending come from higher up and it's very difficult to find huge savings in statutory areas, as councils have to deliver them.

There are savings to be made, but they take time, and obviously six months operating on the previous administrations budget is not long enough to turn things around, if that is possible at all.

The diversity stuff is a valid enough criticism but there's previously little money to be saved. At the most you are probably talking about 0.5 members of staff. Sure, all staff doing online courses takes a little time, perhaps an hour or two out of a year, but there's no real direct savings to be made. I do think things should be fundamentally refocused though to focus on what unites us rather than what divides, but again, no real or immediate savings there.

Remember when Labour were pledging no tax rises if they were to win, yet Rachel from accounts managed a £40 billion rise straight after, more to come this month aswell. Such honesty and transparency like Angela too

[Dave Blue]

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Much more into this kind of post than all the mud slinging and name calling.

It's absolutely fair enough to hold Reform councils to account. My general opinion is that they will do marginally better than others, if that. The big changes that impact spending come from higher up and it's very difficult to find huge savings in statutory areas, as councils have to deliver them.

There are savings to be made, but they take time, and obviously six months operating on the previous administrations budget is not long enough to turn things around, if that is possible at all.

The diversity stuff is a valid enough criticism but there's previously little money to be saved. At the most you are probably talking about 0.5 members of staff. Sure, all staff doing online courses takes a little time, perhaps an hour or two out of a year, but there's no real direct savings to be made. I do think things should be fundamentally refocused though to focus on what unites us rather than what divides, but again, no real or immediate savings there.

There are enough uneducated morons around as it is and you advocate cutting the half a job per council that tries to improve relationships in the country?

As for Reform needing longer to turn things around…😂

[Dorcus]

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There are enough uneducated morons around as it is and you advocate cutting the half a job per council that tries to improve relationships in the country?

As for Reform needing longer to turn things around…😂

And all the uneducated morons will be voting Reform...."we're doomed Cap'n Mainwaring: doomed I say!"

[JamesWales]

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There are enough uneducated morons around as it is and you advocate cutting the half a job per council that tries to improve relationships in the country?

As for Reform needing longer to turn things around…😂

It doesn't improve anything, it just amplifies differences. Sows the seeds for division.

[Dorcus]

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It doesn't improve anything, it just amplifies differences. Sows the seeds for division.

In which case Anthropology, Archeology, Biology, History, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, Zoology etc all must all be doing the same. Maybe we should all remain uneducated and compliant?

[JamesWales]

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In which case Anthropology, Archeology, Biology, History, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, Zoology etc all must all be doing the same. Maybe we should all remain uneducated and compliant?

I think you will have to show me your workings out for that conclusion I'm afraid

[Dorcus]

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I think you will have to show me your workings out for that conclusion I'm afraid

It's not very complicated mind! Many of us cherish education 👍

[goats]

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And all the uneducated morons will be voting Reform...."we're doomed Cap'n Mainwaring: doomed I say!"

To be fair in Wales and caerphilly in particular, the same un educated have been voting Labour for 100 years

[JamesWales]

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To be fair in Wales and caerphilly in particular, the same un educated have been voting Labour for 100 years

No, they were all very smart intelligent people then, they just turned thick recently, silly!