{"id":16202,"date":"2024-07-03T21:33:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T21:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=16202"},"modified":"2024-07-05T09:12:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T09:12:47","slug":"the-uk-general-election-2024-were-about-to-have-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/the-uk-general-election-2024-were-about-to-have-change\/","title":{"rendered":"The UK General Election 2024 – we’re about to have change!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ll remember 2024 with despair!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In all my years, I have never been undecided about where I will cast my vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Conservatives have blown their goodwill under Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There have been five Prime Ministers over a decade, a pandemic, a war in Ukraine that affected energy prices, and an experiment on taxes that resulted in a massive rise in interest rates and inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t get me started on the mismanagement of Brexit, a decision given to ordinary people resulting in an almost hung jury!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And all that against the backdrop of politicians who lack integrity, tell lies, are less than frank with the truth and are vague about what they will or won’t do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tomorrow, after 14 years of Tory governance, the UK will cast its vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What saddens me is the lack of statesmen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It feels like the United Kingdom is going backwards. We are becoming a third-world country where those who resent entrepreneurship and success honestly undermine the right to make money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A country where we have little or no control over our borders, no systems in place to choose who can stay and those who can’t. A country where political correctness overrides common sense and security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The opposition parties call for change with smoke and mirrors, hoping the electorate will sleepwalk into making decisions that will last a generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whilst I’m not a religious man… God help us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday 5th July 2024<\/strong> – UPDATE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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