But strangely, unlike in the 2000s, hardly anyone seems to care about ASB anymore, even though it's still a thing to certain extents.
Back then it was a major moral panic highly symbolic of 'Broken Britain'.
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But strangely, unlike in the 2000s, hardly anyone seems to care about ASB anymore, even though it's still a thing to certain extents.
Back then it was a major moral panic highly symbolic of 'Broken Britain'.
Seems to me like the Tories are just getting more desperate by the day and basically jumping on any old bandwagon in order to chase votes in the upcoming GE.
Another particular example of note was during last week's hoo-ha over Diane Abbott where the Tories, Reform UK, etc, were basically 'pretending' to be down with Abbott and her issues but would no doubt otherwise be slagging her off big time and calling for the book to be thrown at her if a GE wasn't currently in the offing.
Just proves how ambivalent, fickle and over-reliant on 'gimmicks' they are, no doubt to deflect from their own failings as a party/govt.
But they're still only forecasts at this stage. I can't believe that even AI at this stage can predict events in 4 weeks time with any great accuracy.
And dare I say it, it still might not quite be 'game over' for the Tories as anything can happen between now and 4th July that could turn them around once again, for instance one or more Labour MPs suddenly embroiled in some kind of 'scandal(s)', e.g, getting done for historical child/sexual abuse, siding with terrorists or certain criminals, fiddling expenses, some mega anti-Semitic and/or Islamophobic faux-pas, 'shy Tory factor', etc, though I seriously hope to God that none of those 'hypothetical' events actually reveal themselves.
Plus people can still be extremely fickle when it comes to politics in general.
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While I'm not necessarily trivialising the things mentioned in your latest post, surely there were very similar concerns about youngsters having their own record players and portable radio sets in the 60s-70s, their own Walkman cassette players in the 80s, their own TV sets with VHS machines and video game consoles in their own bedrooms in the 90s, etc, almost all of which were feared to corrupt and addle their minds.
And while all of those things mentioned above might seem relatively tame by today's general technological standards, they certainly were much derided by the older generations of the time, especially the more 'conservative' (in the broader sense starting with a small 'C', not necessarily those supporting the political party of the same title starting with a capital 'C') elements.
I agree with you 100%.
For several years now I've suspected many in society would much rather choose the easiest option; that is brush many issues under the carpet rather than attempt to deal with them (if, when and where possible, of course).
Especially certain folks who seem to incessantly revel in Britain-bashing but at the same time are still refusing point blank to visit their local polling station on 4th July.
Yes I realise that (BIB). I seem to have a rather bad habit of it of late.
It's not just politics that many people seem to have a habit of burying their heads in the sand over these days; they often seem unwilling to deal with many issues in general; e.g, not bothering to get things fixed or complete certain tasks, such as replacing non-working light bulbs, filling in holes in walls, etc, even when and where they do have sufficient time and/or funds to do so.
Of which I bet he would love to bring back in a heartbeat if (heaven forbid) he ever ends up in Number 10. Ditto for school caning.
I really hope to God that Farage and his Reform UK Party don't end up edging it into power come 4th July, or even attempt to somehow 'bribe' themselves into power.
Sadly Labour, while still generally well ahead in the opinion polls, now seem to be starting to lose momentum (now down to approximately 37% in the overall opinion poll ratings), despite no major reported slip-ups nor significant moments of controversy so far during the run-up to this forthcoming GE, unlike the Tories who appear to have been embroiled in numerous controversial moments, especially Sunak bunking off early from the D-Day 80th Anniversary commemoration ceremony in Normandy last week, which caused a big stir.
It seems that most unfavourable opinions of the Labour Party now seem to be based around Starmer being perceived as 'boring', 'uncharismatic', and allegedly having no real coherent plans so far, followed by ongoing perceptions of anti-Semitism (and still Corbynism to a certain extent) within the Party, despite Starmer allegedly attempting to thrash a lot of it out during his leadership so far, but according to the answer from the deepai.org/chat site when I queried it in the context of people still shunning the Labour Party, the Global Financial Crisis barely seems to figure now in 2024, unlike in the run-up to the 2015 GE where it still remained a prominent factor in many people's hesitancy in voting for Labour, but by the GEs of 2017 and 2019 (while still registering a tiny bit), it was largely overtaken by the anti-Semitism lark and people generally being mistrustful of Corbynite politics, coupled with the general focus on 'getting Brexit done' at the time.