Ask Andy

 Bernie asks. . . . . . 

Seriously people .... Stop being blinded and distracted by ridiculous infighting. It doesn't matter and it isn't helping. Do this instead. Ask serious questions.

▪️How exactly will you deport large numbers of illegal migrants? Airlines? The military? How many flights would it take to deport 1 million people? ▪️What happens when the country of origin refuses to let planes land or refuses to take people back?

▪️What will you do about unemployment as AI starts replacing huge sections of white collar work? ▪️You say you support AI. Why? What is the benefit to ordinary people? And how will you fund the grid expansion required to run it?

▪️What will you do about the BBC? Keep the licence fee? Scrap it? Privatise it? Replace it with what?

▪️What will you do about benefits? What exactly will be cut and when? And how do you win the next election when millions are poorer in the short term? and the long term has fewer jobs?

▪️What will you do about adult social care? Fully fund it? Means test it? Leave families to carry the burden? How will ordinary people afford it as we all get older and the population declines?

▪️What is your plan for universities? International student numbers are already falling. Will you let universities collapse? Bail them out? Replace £ billions in lost revenue how exactly? accommodation, local industry, loans etc ? have you got a plan?

▪️What happens when people become progressively poorer and angrier during the “transition period” your promise will eventually improve things? What is your public order plan then?

▪️What is your plan for prisons? You say you will deport foreign offenders. To where? What happens when countries refuse to take them back? You say “withhold trade.” Fine. What if we need their oil, gas, minerals or supply chains?

▪️What is your plan for free speech? Will people still be allowed to fundamentally disagree with government policy or will disagreement simply be relabelled “misinformation” in line with international frameworks and consensus bodies?

Answers on a postcard please to Bernie.

Food for thought on a Thursday morning in September.

Toodle pip. ilona