Starmer. Today’s the day.

[Ivor Windybottom]

Corbyn was anti-royal, he'd have got rid of them all, which worried the establishment that actually runs the UK from behind this democracy stageshow.

It was obvious when we reached the point when it was decided he was a threat to the deep state. The BBC and other establishment media turned on him and chewed him up until he was gone.

He was a good bloke. You could agree or disagree with his policies, but he was decent and honest and stood with the working classes.

 

[JohnD]

You have to service the historic (private sector) debt

That depends.

When your local double glazing company goes bust, the people that buy the rubble and start back up with a similar name, don't take responsibility for its debts.

Is there a lot of demand for sewers and sewage works? Good price on the second-hand market?

Anyway, governments can borrow money more cheaply than pirates.

 

[JohnD]

Corbyn was anti-royal, he'd have got rid of them all

I'm not convinced of that.

 

[JohnD]

The EA have re-started inspections on sewages works, bringing some responsibility to the issue that was severely lacking under the Tories. This required recruiting more EA officers. Actual action.

Funny you should mention that. EU countries....

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

Funny you should mention that. EU countries....

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That looks a lot like a graph of population density from a quick glance.

More people = more poo. That's why our country stinks more every year.

 

[JohnD]

a quick glance.

I am unimpressed by your unscientific guess.

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

Have you missed your medication today? You're even grumpier than usual.

The y-axis is a bunch of flags that are about 5 pixels wide. If you're going to present what you think is data then at least make it legible. Of course I'm not going to bother working out who they're meant to represent and what their population density is. But I don't see many densely populated countries near the top.

 

[Koolpc]

Woof!

 

[JohnD]

Of course I'm not going to bother

That's why your guess is worthless.

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

Tell us who the countries are if you like, and what the UK's equivalent measure is.

 

[blup]

That depends.

When your local double glazing company goes bust, the people that buy the rubble and start back up with a similar name, don't take responsibility for its debts.

Is there a lot of demand for sewers and sewage works? Good price on the second-hand market?

Anyway, governments can borrow money more cheaply than pirates.

So like Burnam you’re not bothered by the bond markets?

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

So like Burnam you’re not bothered by the bond markets?

His sidekick little Wesley said "They're bond markets, not Bond Villains". Bless his innocent little mind.

The bond yield is stupidly high right now, way above the levels of the very brief Truss spike. We're borrowing to pay the interest on our previous borrowing. Taxes are at record highs, the one and only way out is massive cuts to public spending but there's absolutely no way that Burnham or Labour are capable of giving the country the medicine it needs.

It will be interesting to see the bond market reaction to Andy (and Ed?)'s first budget. It will probably make the reaction to Truss look like a minor hiccup.

Bankruptcy here we come. All perfectly normal traditional Labour party stuff. It's what they do.

 

[wobs]

Funny you should mention that. EU countries....

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We do ok, helped in no small part from the EU forcing us to improve in the late 90s and early 2000s.

"Strong National Performance

The 2025 results confirmed that bathing water quality across England remains high:

· 417 waters (92.9%) achieved an Excellent, Good, or Sufficient classification, up from 91.8% in 2024.

· 297 waters (66.1%) were rated Excellent—the highest number since the current standards were introduced in 2015.

· 32 waters (7.1%) were classed as Poor, down from 37 last year."

But the tests are problematic, so the data is less than reliable. Better tests could be coming.

 

[blup]

His sidekick little Wesley said "They're bond markets, not Bond Villains". Bless his innocent little mind.

He’s an innocent victim of Mandleson’s manipulations, Burnam would be mad to go anywhere near him given his links to Mandy

 

[blup]

It will be interesting to see the bond market reaction to Andy (and Ed?)'s first budget. It will probably make the reaction to Truss look like a minor hiccup.

Ed’s got the brain to be chancellor, Wez will (hopefully) be disappointed. Rache is still hoping.