Making the news today....

[eggsarascal]

4 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

Sky news coverage of the protests in London today. Protestors totally taking the piss out of social distancing. Screaming into police officers faces with neither 1 wearing ppe ?‍♂️

Police were showing a level of self restraint I know I’m not capable of. 

They'll be left wing thugs in a minute, although no one knows their politics. Terrible behaviour.

[The avantgardener]

1 minute ago, eggsarascal said:

They'll be left wing thugs in a minute, although no one knows their politics. Terrible behaviour.

Of course they are left wing thugs, the right wing thugs are in uniform.

[trigger_andy]

6 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

They'll be left wing thugs in a minute, although no one knows their politics. Terrible behaviour.

Id bet the house on the percentage of those 'protesters' voting Tory being single figures. 

[trigger_andy]

15 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

Sky news coverage of the protests in London today. Protestors totally taking the piss out of social distancing. Screaming into police officers faces with neither 1 wearing ppe ?‍♂️

Police were showing a level of self restraint I know I’m not capable of. 

 

I see the left love to get their panties in a bunch over Dom breaking the rules but these deluded clowns get a free pass and silence. At least now we have the left and right agreeing its a pointless waste of time trying to enforce it any longer. I certainly wont be. If cornered i'll say BLM.  

[trigger_andy]

6 minutes ago, The avantgardener said:

Of course they are left wing thugs, the right wing thugs are in uniform.

not sure if that's an attempt at humor or you genuinely believe that. Its hard to tell. 

[eggsarascal]

7 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

Id bet the house on the percentage of those 'protesters' voting Tory being single figures. 

Now tell us how you are going to prove that, it's your words, back them up with some evidence, not your opinion.

[The avantgardener]

1 minute ago, trigger_andy said:

not sure if that's an attempt at humor or you genuinely believe that. Its hard to tell. 

It’s Saturday night light hearted humour. The social distancing in England is still being applied by most out of respect fOr others, London being the exception. I was in Islington a couple of weeks back and you wouldn’t have known any of this Covid stuff was even going on, the Cummings incident ended it completely and Jimmy Kranky has no jurisdiction here.

[The avantgardener]

1 minute ago, eggsarascal said:

Now tell us how you are going to prove that, it's your words, back them up with some evidence, not your opinion.

I thought this protest was about racism and the death of a black man in custody, not Labour v Conservative?

[trigger_andy]

Just now, eggsarascal said:

Now tell us how you are going to prove that, it's your words, back them up with some evidence, not your opinion.

I never stated it was a fact. Its merely my opinion.  As you say its impossible to prove either way. But if there was a bet to be made then Id be so confident in my views Id bet the house on it. 

 

There's a huge different between stating something is fact and they shying away from that when you get your arse handed to you.   

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

24 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Now now Kevin, don’t be be a socialist! Their earnings reflects their market value.

 

You'll be calling for universal income next.

I feel there’s a certain inevitability to UI Mick. 
 

Robotics, automation, e-commerce, all unstoppable forces reducing the number of gainfully employed available for taxation to fund the irresponsible lifestyles of the feckless. 
 

Add to that the inevitable job losses post C19 (I think time will show the furlough scheme as being a rather pointless and expensive finger in the dyke (I s’pose I’m not meant to use such a phrase - even though there’s no suggestion of the gender of the finger??))

 

This was an ideal (missed) opportunity to take a real good look at UI. 
 

Instead, ‘the system’ decided to ‘give’ money to folk so that they could later claw it back in tax. I mean, why not just give out 60% and say, that’s it, you’re done rather than give out 80% and (for the majority) then take back 20% in tax. I can’t figure it - other than 80 sounds better than 60 in a grand giveaway.