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I'm going to put my religious hat on for a moment and say, yes - the government was right to apologise for serving meat at a Hindu religious event. Not because they served it, but because they would never make the same mistake at a Jewish or Muslim religious event. Hindus are very much seen as second class citizens by Labour and this is actually just further proof that they just don't care enough to do the research properly.

We don't fit into their precious marginalised voter groups and we don't bitch and moan like victims so I guess we're easy to ignore.

Sounds like a bit of a bitch/moan.

Would one necessarily assume that a Hindu function should be vegetarian and teetotal? I know Hindus who are neither.

Mum made meat (chicken to be precise) for Diwali. Mum, my brother, and sister-in-law eat meat.

I, of course, had the veggie option instead, and the obligatory "why can't you meat like the rest of us?" rant

Oh God, PB’s going to get spammed senseless again about Starmer having booze again isn’t it?

BigG. has finally found his "gotcha"!

Will you stop picking on Big G. He is entitled to post what he likes, just as you are 😠

I’ve got a genuine question for you Big G, as you seem to be slipping back into the Conservative fold.
The next General Election is definitely being held on May 3rd 2029 - which seems a whole universe away.
According to every forecast for world and UK growth, there will be no significant growth anywhere for at least 6 or 7 years. And according to head of Bank of England yesterday, UK will be additionally poorer thanks to Brexit.
So nothing for Labour to work with to say voters are better off in five years, compared to July 2024, so a huge gift to the Tories, a great background for Badenoch and Stride to be campaigning in, in 2029 looks very likely - very similar to what helped Trump to power this year, the Conservatives will ask, are you better off than 5 years ago? And the voters answer will be: no!

However, the question is this, does your vote in such a situation depend on what the Conservative economic policies actually are? if the Conservative position is it’s nowt but Labour that has made voters poorer in the five years since 2024, because Labour has not embraced the wonderful freedoms of Brexit - the Conservative Manifesto in 2029 is to fully embrace those opportunities of Brexit, go full Singapore on Thames to make Britons rich again, would you vote Conservative? Would you vote for that economic policy agenda?

Thank you for your support and would concur the pile on from the usual suspects is nothing more than an attempt to close down anything that may be critical of Starmer and is consistent with the left attitude

I think it is becoming apparent every day that Labour were elected on a false manifesto and promises, and they have reverted to type being pro public sector and unions at the expense of the private sector that actually provides the tax receipts for this largesse

I will vote conservative at the next GE to return to pro business, small state politics but 5 years us a long time away for me and as has been seen before I have voted for a Blair government but that is not what Starmer and Reeves represent

What if the Conservative economic position put Labours economic failure and lack of growth down to not taking Brexit freedoms and opportunities, the Conservative economic plan and manifesto is around making Brexit work, full fat Singapore on Thames - you can still see yourself giving your vote to that sort of economic policy plan?

Such a scenario as this is very very likely where we are going to be, Spring 2029 - Labour government failed economically, no one feels better off. But Conservatives will still have to explain why - what Labour done wrong, what they will now do differently.

And if that plan is to make us all richer by properly exploiting opportunities from Brexit at last, you could vote for that?

I'm going to put my religious hat on for a moment and say, yes - the government was right to apologise for serving meat at a Hindu religious event. Not because they served it, but because they would never make the same mistake at a Jewish or Muslim religious event. Hindus are very much seen as second class citizens by Labour and this is actually just further proof that they just don't care enough to do the research properly.

We don't fit into their precious marginalised voter groups and we don't bitch and moan like victims so I guess we're easy to ignore.

Since when is vegetarianism compulsory in Hinduism? The prohibition is on beef, surely.

Do you have a beef with vegetarianism?

I've been a vegetarian since 1991, when I turned 16.

I'm so sorry

I'm going to put my religious hat on for a moment and say, yes - the government was right to apologise for serving meat at a Hindu religious event. Not because they served it, but because they would never make the same mistake at a Jewish or Muslim religious event. Hindus are very much seen as second class citizens by Labour and this is actually just further proof that they just don't care enough to do the research properly.

We don't fit into their precious marginalised voter groups and we don't bitch and moan like victims so I guess we're easy to ignore.

Sounds like a bit of a bitch/moan.

Would one necessarily assume that a Hindu function should be vegetarian and teetotal? I know Hindus who are neither.

If they'd spoken to one then they'd have been told to make it vegetarian for sure, alcohol definitely doesn't matter though.

Given this event has been run for many years now, I just presumed there would be a word doc of do's / don'ts for civil servants to follow, and probably what caterers they have used in the past etc. Have previous gathering made a similar faux pas?

It speaks to what I said, Labour just don't care enough to check. That would never be the case for a Muslim celebration.

Since this happened in 10 Downing St, this will have been a government event rather than a party one. So why were Labour involved in the catering in the first place?

I'm going to put my religious hat on for a moment and say, yes - the government was right to apologise for serving meat at a Hindu religious event. Not because they served it, but because they would never make the same mistake at a Jewish or Muslim religious event. Hindus are very much seen as second class citizens by Labour and this is actually just further proof that they just don't care enough to do the research properly.

We don't fit into their precious marginalised voter groups and we don't bitch and moan like victims so I guess we're easy to ignore.

Sounds like a bit of a bitch/moan.

Would one necessarily assume that a Hindu function should be vegetarian and teetotal? I know Hindus who are neither.

I’ve been to an Eid work event where they were offering champagne because the guy hosting had Muslim friends who drank champagne.

Awks.

Was the tension bubbling away?

It was indeed.

As mistakes go, sounds like a magnum opus.