Renton 21570 Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 1 minute ago, Gemmill said: I fucked up a little bit by going to live in America, and so not buying until my late 20s. Missed out on a period of fairly chunky little period of house price inflation, if my mates' experiences is anything to go by. But do I get an article in the Telegraph?! Do I FUCK. I remember that, you coming back from San Francisco and looking at house prices and thinking what the fuck? I fucked up with my usual lack of confidence. Instead of buying the most expensive house I could afford initially, and probably still living there and being nearly mortgage free by now, I've moved house four fucking times. Waste of time, money and a lot of stress. Still, will be paid up in 10 years when I hope to retire. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44804 Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 The News Agents, who like all the other political journalists, spent the run up to the election forensically querying whether Reeves had just given away that she was about to put taxes up, and trying to gotcha her and Starmer into saying they'd put this or that tax up, and whether that might be enough to cost Labour their majority. Well on yesterday's episode they're questioning Reeves on why she couldn't just be a bit more honest about taxes going up during the election campaign. Political journalists in this country need a fucking hard reset. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33121 Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 58 minutes ago, Renton said: A bit childish, no, very childish. But anyway. The real life 'consideribloi richer than yow' couple from Harry Enfield's show. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44804 Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 Maitlis: "you've chosen to increase Employer's national insurance contributions. Leaving aside what that does to your conscience... " ".. WHY would you DO THAT?!" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5217 Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 Anyone see this point that the IFS have criticised the budget for not being realistic about spending? Apparently they think we're going to end up spending far more than the budget suggests we will, and have consequently accused Labour of 'playing the same stupid games' as the Tories. Still no truth in the room I guess, not that I don't understand why they're doing it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30550 Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 1 hour ago, Gemmill said: I fucked up a little bit by going to live in America, and so not buying until my late 20s. Missed out on a period of fairly chunky little period of house price inflation, if my mates' experiences is anything to go by. But do I get an article in the Telegraph?! Do I FUCK. If it makes you feel any better you'd have lost the house in the divorce anyway. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21912 Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 Raising bus prices isn’t a particularly progressive tax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 11258 Posted November 1 Share Posted November 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21570 Posted November 1 Share Posted November 1 Lewis Goodall excellent on the News Agents today, for balance on that podcast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44804 Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 Big fan of Goodall. Sopel isn't fit to carry his microphone. Maitlis is headed in the same direction as Sopel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7025 Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 On 30/10/2024 at 11:57, Gemmill said: Andy Burnham talking to someone from Northern Rail. Incredible. We were faxing GP letters out until 8 or so years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7025 Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 On 30/10/2024 at 17:21, Dr Gloom said: The increase in employer national insurance contributions is bad news for a lot of ordinary businesses. Could lead to lots of job losses I was listening to Radio 4 the other morning and a business owner was complaining that the increase in the living wage + NI contributions was going to cost him £1.5m. And he only made an £8m profit last year 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7025 Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 On 31/10/2024 at 11:54, Gemmill said: Maitlis: "you've chosen to increase Employer's national insurance contributions. Leaving aside what that does to your conscience... " ".. WHY would you DO THAT?!" Emily Maitlis ✅ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7025 Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 On 31/10/2024 at 08:54, Gemmill said: They've just played a clip at the end of the latest Quiet Riot podcast of Beth Rigby questioning Reeves. Really annoyed voice on her. "I spoke to Wes Streeting before the election and put it to him that the NHS would need additional funding, and his response was that more funding was not the answer to save the NHS. You've just announced £22.6bn of extra funding for day to day healthcare for the NHS. You just have not been straight with the British public." What do you even say to that? You're getting pulled up for trying to improve the NHS now. These journalists are fucking pathetic. Beth Rigby ✅ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7025 Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 1 hour ago, Gemmill said: Big fan of Goodall. Sopel isn't fit to carry his microphone. Maitlis is headed in the same direction as Sopel. John Sopel ✅ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44804 Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 What can I say, we don't all have favourite journalists that we put on a pedestal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44804 Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 The Maitlis and Rigby posts you've quoted are two people objectively doing their jobs TERRIBLY btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7025 Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 We must be literally in double figure posts now about how shit a job you think the newsagents do. Yet you keep listening to them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44804 Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 They cover a lot of stuff very well. They cover some stuff terribly. I've praised them in the past, so I can criticise them too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17241 Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 A perceived bad week for Labour ends on something of a high 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44804 Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 I read something by Ian Dunt the other day saying he hopes it's Badenoch because she at least has a genuinely held framework of beliefs, however mad they might be. Whilst Jenrick will say whatever mad shit he thinks will make him popular that day. I think he's right. Badenoch is gonna be mental enough, and she's thoroughly unpleasant to boot. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21570 Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 2 hours ago, Gemmill said: I read something by Ian Dunt the other day saying he hopes it's Badenoch because she at least has a genuinely held framework of beliefs, however mad they might be. Whilst Jenrick will say whatever mad shit he thinks will make him popular that day. I think he's right. Badenoch is gonna be mental enough, and she's thoroughly unpleasant to boot. She's going to be a disaster. Jenrick is much more dangerous. Mind, Badenoch might have a framework of ideas but fuck me she says whatever is in her brain with no filter at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5217 Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 Feel like Badenoch is good news indeed but I think I must have missed her framework of beliefs... what are those then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44804 Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 She genuinely believes in the things she says. Jenrick is a fruit loop who says whatever he thinks will curry him favour with the membership or reform voters, or whoever the fuck he wants to impress on that particular day. The former is preferable in a politician. That's the point Dunt was making. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42378 Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 1 hour ago, Rayvin said: what are those then? Fuck everyone who isn’t like me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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