Bruce Banner

Why not define an acceptable level of mental and physical capacity and intern all noncompliant folk in whatever camps that are deemed appropriate? That's similar to one of Blair's bright ideas, mandatory psychological testing of all children for latent criminal tendencies so they can be treated before any crime is committed. There are of course other more sinister examples of this kind of thinking, that have occurred throughout history, but I won't give any examples for fear of upsetting the Reform UK foot soldiers of which there appear to be many on this forum

I hate ID cards but I detest Reform, the festering rump of the Tory right. So, as a lifelong Conservative, I shall again vote Labour at the next election.

Reform, Farage, Tice and Yusuf scare the life out of me .

Of course they're not.

National political issues? Sounds more like National Socialist political issues to me. For detention camps read concentration camps! "Why not? Other countries have had them."... Indeed they have!

https://news.sky.com/story/put-them-in-camps-and-deport-them-sky-news-gets-rare-access-inside-reform-uk-meeting-13450995 From a clip I just saw on TV... Sky reporter, "You want deportation camps in the UK?". Dreadful reform woman, "Why not? Other countries have had them."

J Edgar Hoover.

vile man! I couldn't believe the way people were fawning over him during "Cool Britannia" .

The best ever? Fangio, not statistically but in sheer ability and guts. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/20258984 "Even if I or someone else can equal or beat Fangio's record," Senna once said, "it still will not compare with his achievement. "What he did in his time is something that was an example of professionalism, of courage, of style and as a man, a human being. Every year there is a winner of the championship, but not necessarily a world champion. I think Fangio is the example of a true world champion."

Making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg. It seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else. Lyndon B. Johnson

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Apparently (BBC News this morning) under 75 year olds are kicking up a stink at pharmacies because they're no longer entitled to Covid vaccinations. How things change, I'm under 75 and was barely in my 70s when the powers that be were making my life difficult because I refused vaccination.

independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-party-conference-2025-welfare-cuts-mel-stride-b2839903.html "The Conservatives would give young homebuyers a £5,000 national insurance rebate to help with their first house purchase as part of a plan to “reward work”. In a bid to win over younger voters, shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride will use his conference speech to announce the “first-job bonus”. His plan will see national insurance payments initially diverted into a savings account, which can then be drawn upon when purchasing a property, The Times reported. The Tories claimed it would help 600,000 people per year, with the £2.8bn cost funded by a wider plan to cut the benefits bill and bar foreigners from receiving welfare payments."