Politics

[Alex 37287]

  On 29/01/2024 at 19:36, Kid Dynamite said:

I know mortgage rates are daft, but £800pcm to £2000pcm can't be right, surely? 

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It could be if he’d fixed at a very low rate previously I reckon. 

[Meenzer 16619]

Or if he's on an interest-only deal for some reason

[spongebob toonpants 4450]

  On 29/01/2024 at 19:36, Kid Dynamite said:

I know mortgage rates are daft, but £800pcm to £2000pcm can't be right, surely? 

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Mine went from 390 to 880

[Alex 37287]

  On 29/01/2024 at 19:55, Meenzer said:

Or if he's on an interest-only deal for some reason

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I think (don’t quote me on this) that for your ‘second home’, ie the London one, you can claim the interest you pay as expenses. Wouldn’t surprise me if he’d had some masterplan where his constituency home was interest only to reduce the amount of outgoings or sone such. That said I’m not even a so-called accountant. 

[RobinRobin 12669]

 

[RobinRobin 12669]

 

🙂 

[RobinRobin 12669]

 

Yes it's been a long day. 🙂 

[ewerk 33650]

  On 31/01/2024 at 10:37, RobinRobin said:

 

🙂

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I always thought wigs were supposed to hide the fact that you're bald rather than draw attention to it.

[Alex 37287]

  On 31/01/2024 at 11:08, ewerk said:

 

I always thought wigs were supposed to hide the fact that you're bald rather than draw attention to it.

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He’s not a Whig, he’s a Tory 

[ewerk 33650]

Toupée, sir.

[Renton 24199]

  On 31/01/2024 at 10:35, RobinRobin said:

 

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Let her keep her delusions. Nobody believes her.

 

[Renton 24199]

I mean, she bangs on about sovereignty, and says what a success the Windsor framework is. Putting a border through our country, that kind of sovreignty? Thick as whale spunk.

She also mention the CPTPP. This is forecast, by the government, in the long run (several decades), to boost our economy by.... drum roll.....

0.04% of GDP

 

It's unbearable these charlatans are clinging on to power. 

[ewerk 33650]

  On 31/01/2024 at 12:28, Renton said:

 

Let her keep her delusions. Nobody believes her.

 

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Another reason to bring in assisted dying.

 

[Dazzler 12184]

  On 31/01/2024 at 12:39, ewerk said:

Another reason to bring in assisted dying.

 

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We wouldn't be in this mess if they'd just let Shipman carry on, he was offering assisted (and surprising) dying to pensioners before it was cool.

 

On another note, it's good to see the Lib Dems are pretty consistently shit across the board  .. No doubt they'll win a decent chunk of the more centrist tory voters come GL.

[Alex 37287]

  On 31/01/2024 at 12:28, Renton said:

 

Let her keep her delusions. Nobody believes her.

 

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Aye. At this point I think it’s more damaging to them if they keep lying about it

[Holden McGroin 7763]

  On 29/01/2024 at 19:36, Kid Dynamite said:

I know mortgage rates are daft, but £800pcm to £2000pcm can't be right, surely? 

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Yeah. Sounds bollocks.

 

i’m currently in 1.29% (and paying more than £800) and it it would only go up ~£400 pcm if it ran out tomorrow.

[Gemmill 51213]

 

Decent from Starmer. 

[Renton 24199]

The Newsagents and Alex from OGWN think another tory leadership bid is probable before the GE. I really hope so. It's not Sunak that's unpopular, weasley cunt that he is, it's more the party itself. They try to put another PM in - and I can't think of a single good choice - then I just don't think the electorate would accept that and all I can see is complete annihilation for them. 

[Dazzler 12184]

  On 31/01/2024 at 15:31, Renton said:

The Newsagents and Alex from OGWN think another tory leadership bid is probable before the GE. I really hope so. It's not Sunak that's unpopular, weasley cunt that he is, it's more the party itself. They try to put another PM in - and I can't think of a single good choice - then I just don't think the electorate would accept that and all I can see is complete annihilation for them. 

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Could they be hoping for a Trumpish bounce by bringing Boris back? Because I think our thickos are slightly less thick than the yank thickos so I don't think it'll work.

[Renton 24199]

  On 31/01/2024 at 12:39, ewerk said:

Another reason to bring in assisted dying.

 

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I wonder how this would compare with say 20 years ago?

Traditionally people have always drifted to the right as they have acquired capital and sought to protect it. But now, millenial generations onwards, people are taxed so much more and have difficulty getting on the property ladder etc, so this movement just isn't happening any more. Factor in what a complete disaster the tories have been for business and why would anyone of working age vote for them? 

I don't really get why the over 70s are so far right either. Yes, they have wealth which they wrongly perceive the tories will protect, but they are also major users of the NHS and social care which are in tatters. Otoh, they've done well out of state pensions and for some reason they are all massive racists (my mum included unfortunately). 

[Renton 24199]

  On 31/01/2024 at 15:36, Dazzler said:

Could they be hoping for a Trumpish bounce by bringing Boris back? Because I think our thickos are slightly less thick than the yank thickos so I don't think it'll work.

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It's the only thing which would make sense but he'd need to win a seat first. He still wouldn't win a GE and I couldn't think of a worse choice for leader of the opposition - for him financially too - so it's a non-starter imo. 

[ewerk 33650]

How would Johnson juggle being PM with his army job?

[Dazzler 12184]

  On 31/01/2024 at 15:41, ewerk said:

How would Johnson juggle being PM with his army job?

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The same way he juggled Brexit and COVID. Spectacularly poorly.

[Nefilim 14]

  On 31/01/2024 at 12:48, Dazzler said:

 

We wouldn't be in this mess if they'd just let Shipman carry on, he was offering assisted (and surprising) dying to pensioners before it was cool.

 

On another note, it's good to see the Lib Dems are pretty consistently shit across the board  .. No doubt they'll win a decent chunk of the more centrist tory voters come GL.

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Canada has been taking the Shipman approach and running... Google 'canada leading euthanasia', it's not a conspiracy.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64004329

 

Obviously you said it as a joke - but the horrible reality is that death is being reccomended to the elderly in favor of simple medical procedures.

 

 

 

[Renton 24199]

  On 01/02/2024 at 05:06, Nefilim said:

 

Canada has been taking the Shipman approach and running... Google 'canada leading euthanasia', it's not a conspiracy.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64004329

 

Obviously you said it as a joke - but the horrible reality is that death is being reccomended to the elderly in favor of simple medical procedures.

 

 

 

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You see, I found that an interesting article - so thanks for that - but your interpretation of it, "being reccomended to the elderly in favor of simple medical procedures" was not representative of what was written in it at all. That's before we even mention the crassness of comparing voluntary euthanasia with a psychopathic mass murderer. That's the problem with you conspiracy nuts, you are completely incapable of objective thought, and because of this, you are easily manipulated. Ironically, you really are the sheeple.