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Reply | Asylum Bill hits £5.3 Billion
at 20:16 28 Nov 2024
There was an article on the BBC yesterday about how some young people can't find a job. The excuses used were pathetic. Ranging from they don't have enough support to having anxiety.
I've heard of someone today getting PIP for having a prostrate problem.
Our social safety net needs to be a lot lower. |
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Reply | Farmers
at 17:00 26 Nov 2024
We won't pay for quality from a supermarket, by the time they've taken their cut a top quality steak would be a lot more than it is now.
Just think of what's in a 99p McDonald's burger. If the price reflected the cost of production it would be about £3 I reckon.
Eggs and milk are priced far too low too. |
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Reply | Re election
at 15:31 26 Nov 2024
It's a complete waste of server space. It shouldn't even warrant a debate. |
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Reply | Farmers
at 11:12 26 Nov 2024
They're a realistic price based on the cost of what it takes to produce food. |
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Reply | Re election
at 11:11 26 Nov 2024
You can spoil your ballot paper now.
I worked at a few elections counts a while back, we used to see all sorts written on them. |
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Reply | Re election
at 06:05 26 Nov 2024
At the moment all of the major parties only have to appeal to their traditional support and a few hundred other people in certain constituencies.
First past the post doesn't work and to many people don't vote at all.
PR and compulsory voting would mean they'd have to try to appeal to everyone.
It wouldn't be perfect nothing would be, but it would see the end of two party dominance. |
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Reply | Re election
at 15:26 25 Nov 2024
The problem I have with Reform (the political business, not political reform) is it'll be a kick up the arse in the completely wrong direction. |
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Reply | The I voted labour and want to apologise thread.
at 15:24 25 Nov 2024
This is a bit different though.
Labour won a landslide in July and now 4 months in to a 5 year stint some people who don't like the result want it to be rerun. Absolutely not going to happen. |
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Reply | All this Budget Speculation
at 11:17 25 Nov 2024
But most of them are needed or invited or both.
Our services are stretched without a doubt, a greater demand on them with less investment will only end one way, that's as much to do with austerity as immigration.
We shouldn't grant visas to people we can't accomadate, |
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Reply | Re election
at 08:35 25 Nov 2024
That's what I mean. With the current system it's Labour or the Tory's. I'm genuinely worried about Reform making headway becasue they'd be a complete disaster. |
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Reply | The I voted labour and want to apologise thread.
at 08:24 25 Nov 2024
I quite like the sound of that policy. A million young people not in education or working! No wonder we need immigrants to do "non essential" jobs.
Getting those who can work to work is the first stop in reducing immigration. |
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Reply | Re election
at 08:21 25 Nov 2024
That's what politics is about. Getting elected.
I've never known a worse group to chose from. Unfortunately, like it or not, The Labour party were the only alternative to the Tory's. |
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Reply | Farmers
at 19:17 24 Nov 2024
It would be pretty hard for that to happen really because it would have to go through the planning process. Also arable agricultural land is probably worth more than putting a solar farm on it.
Similarly with housing, undoubtedly worth a lot but a bloody nightmare to build on greenfield land. |
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Reply | The I voted labour and want to apologise thread.
at 10:39 23 Nov 2024
The content is what matters, you said they'd done nothing about the illegal immigration issue even the furthest right media outlet has pointed out they've done more than the Tories.
Four months they've had, how can they have ignored manifesto pledges (intended over a 5 year period In four months? How can they make a lasting impact on the economy in four months?
They'll be alienating a lot more of the population to put things right. We'd better face up to it.
We could also be facing a huge economic and defence problem if Trump implements his proposals. No government in the UK could do anything about that.
As Pawel says, a major problem is the press there Farmers IHT is basically a sound policy, I'm also pretty confident that the Mail would call for benefits to be means tested. But because it's Labour they'll get hammered for it
It's going to be a bumpy ride. |
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