Making the news today....

[Johnsond]

27 minutes ago, Steven P said:

 

By my reckoning the mile long copy-paste posts will go quiet at about 6:30 when the battery dies.

Southport attack suspect charged with possessing Al-Qaeda material and making poison ricin

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Police confirmed the Southport stabbing is not being treated as a terrorist attack, despite the new...

That’s a link I could copy for you SP the others were just old school screen grabs. Fancy that eh radical Islam and bloodshed in the same sentence 🤔

[Johnsond]

Labour is here for working people? Don't make me laugh

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The Government will come to regret these tin-eared choices

Doesn’t even need any explanation 

[sime42]

3 hours ago, Mark J said:

Bonsai trees stolen from Surrey nursery - BBC News

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Peter Chan, managing director at Herons Bonsai, says they have reported the crimes to Surrey Police.

 

 

Well, that's an interesting little insight into the world of Bonsai. Who knew that they were so mollycoddled? Trips out to get Restyled and trips out to get Groomed! Whatever next.

 

I remember seeing that guy on Gardener's World a few weeks back.

 

 

[sime42]

On 29/10/2024 at 13:43, PeteB said:

I heard an interview with Lammy and thought that he, and many other politicians are removed from reality!

 

A classic example is making use of some anti fat drug which would allow these people to get back into work. Just how many fat people cannot work but want to? Or will be able to get gainful employment if they could move?

 

Similarly, a young single mum gets some £2200 per month in benefits which she couldn't get at work so why should give up the easy life and put herself out?

 

I'll stick my neck out and say that the government shouldn't be handing out anti-fat drugs at all, except for severe medical cases. I don't imagine they're cheap, certainly not on the scale proposed. Much better to hand out free education courses on cookery and nutrition. (maybe a condition of benefit receipt?), for those afflicted. Paid for by taxing the hell out of ultra processed food type stuff.

 

Don't suppose it'll happen though, most politicians are far too removed from reality.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Johnsond]

19 minutes ago, sime42 said:

 

I'll stick my neck out and say that the government shouldn't be handing out anti-fat drugs at all, except for severe medical cases. I don't imagine they're cheap, certainly not on the scale proposed. Much better to hand out free education courses on cookery and nutrition. (maybe a condition of benefit receipt?), for those afflicted. Paid for by taxing the hell out of ultra processed food type stuff.

 

Don't suppose it'll happen though, most politicians are far too removed from reality.

 

 

 

 

 

 

No money in that for pharmaceutical companies 42 

Suprised you ain’t grasped this yet even after the covid farce cash bonanza era. 

[sime42]

2 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

No money in that for pharmaceutical companies 42 

Suprised you ain’t grasped this yet even after the covid farce cash bonanza era. 

 

I wasn't paying much attention to the old budget earlier but I did catch a couple of points that sounded sensible. Something about trying to claw back some of the millions of pounds of our money stolen by the Boris cronies during the "covid farce cash bonanza". (That was more taking advantage of PPE procument and Track and Testing though, rather than pharmaceuticals).

Also, an increase on private jet tax.

[PeteB]

Budget!?! Don't know where the common sense went with these people. We are quite close to zero unemployment and she is taxing everyone to pay for giga factories in the North East which has no usable, available labour! She is spending gazillions on the NHS which sees recruitment of nursing staff down again so where are the staff coming from an how long does it take to train these people? Hundreds of new build inspectors which again, need years of training and certification and we are struggling to build the houses as we don't have the labour! They went wild about the cost/benefit ratio of HS2 yet plan to underground it to Euston and build a cross pennine route amongst other routes like Oxford to Cambridge! What a load of nincompoops!

[Johnsond]

8 hours ago, sime42 said:

 

I wasn't paying much attention to the old budget earlier but I did catch a couple of points that sounded sensible. Something about trying to claw back some of the millions of pounds of our money stolen by the Boris cronies during the "covid farce cash bonanza". (That was more taking advantage of PPE procument and Track and Testing though, rather than pharmaceuticals).

Also, an increase on private jet tax.

Christ 🤷‍♂️An increase on private jet tax 🤷‍♂️that’s what interested you did it. Two of the most profitable things to get involved in are war and Illness 42. Regards Covid I’m pleased it happened under the previous administration that’s all I can say. We’d still be in lockdown otherwise, I do recall labour fighting every attempt to open up and get on with life. 

[Johnsond]

1 hour ago, PeteB said:

Budget!?! Don't know where the common sense went with these people. We are quite close to zero unemployment and she is taxing everyone to pay for giga factories in the North East which has no usable, available labour! She is spending gazillions on the NHS which sees recruitment of nursing staff down again so where are the staff coming from an how long does it take to train these people? Hundreds of new build inspectors which again, need years of training and certification and we are struggling to build the houses as we don't have the labour! They went wild about the cost/benefit ratio of HS2 yet plan to underground it to Euston and build a cross pennine route amongst other routes like Oxford to Cambridge! What a load of nincompoops!

Don’t forget the extra HMRC enforcement officers to enforce the ever more complex tax code, a nice increase in the interest rate too if you are struggling to pay your tax bill. You can tell we have a government for the public sector with zero clue or experience in the private sector. A non sustainable spend borrow tax fest  is what labour is gonna create. Pretty sure that’s happened before mind 🤔

[Mike Hill]

On 28/10/2024 at 13:49, Steve Bullman said:

Unfortunately it didn't pan out too well for Kamala when the crowd started booing Beyonce when they realised she wasn't performing and subsequently left the rally.

 

I really dont understand how people can be considering voting for Kamala, every video i've seen of her she basically says a whole load of nothing

 

To most of her voter base it's not what she sayes,it's just who is saying it.

 

Many think she is related to Obama.