Doctor Who...

[elisi]

Right so, SPOILERS for tonight's episode (The Lie of the Land). Quite probably only amusing for the Brits out there (knowledge of British politics - Corbyn specifically - required).

Well, tonight Miss M (eldest daughter) watched the show with me.

When it finished, we had a chat & I told her about the previous episode having featured Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un & Jeremy Corbyn in the script stage instead of the army captains...

And then she pointed out, that OBVIOUSLY they couldn't have done that in the episode itself, as Corbyn's motive would have been pure & then HE would have been the link!!

Which then conjured up images of Corbyn in Bill's stead, all calm & resigned & "Now Doctor, I have had a good life. I have always tried to do what's best, serving my country, this is a good way to go..."

And THEN the screens/transmittor would be flooded with images of manhole covers - and then we couldn't breathe for quite a while.



I AM SO SORRY FOR INFLICTING THIS ON YOU. Proper meta coming, honest. *g*

Comments

[elisi]

It's a line graph which shows Labour at a near vertical climb in popularity and the Tories in a near vertical crash.
That's about accurate.

I mean, there's no hope they can totally overcome the remaining gap in the next few days, but it's still amazing. A few weeks ago, everyone was talking about how Labour was set for an historical thrashing.
They've been resoundingly unpopular for... so long that Tony Blair is a distant (and disturbing) memory. But it's been interesting to have both parties in the spot-light. Turns out Theresa May is (as someone put it in a tweet): 'The lady's for turning, but not for turning up'.

And some of their policies are just atrocious (look up their health & social care 'reform' - quickly dubbed 'dementia tax', which they did a swift U-turn on after realising that it'd hit their voters...), whereas Labour have gone full socialist, promising to re-nationalise everything.

At least we're not bored.

[watervole]

The sad thing is (and I speak as a retired person) that we cannot afford free social care for the elderly. The burden on young taxpayers is simply too great.

I'd rather risk losing my house and have better education for the next generation and the working generation to be able to afford to buy a house of their own.

[elisi]

The sad thing is (and I speak as a retired person) that we cannot afford free social care for the elderly. The burden on young taxpayers is simply too great.
Oh I'm not saying that there is a magic solution to the problem. Sadly. And it's also the fact that they did an immediate U-turn when it was unpopular. Did they ever reveal another plan? Or will it continue as is, with poor people receiving worse care than the rich?

I'd rather risk losing my house and have better education for the next generation and the working generation to be able to afford to buy a house of their own.
Except people in the 40s are still relying on their parents' money. And what about those who are their parents' carers? Who, when their parents die, will also lose the roof over their head? The *theory* isn't bad (because SOMEONE needs to pay), but the reality is so much more complicated. :(