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Are mobile phones and tablets basic luxuries ? Isn’t that an oxymoron? Can any luxury be basic?

TBH I meant why was austerity deemed to be required? Labour have been relatively clever in the lies they have told about the state of the economy they inherited, lies not supported by the OBR yet accepted by the left. The note left in 2010 saying Labour had spent all the money was just a joke...

Because they and their benefits are ignored / taken for granted by younger generations. We didn’t have a land line at home until I was 19. Kids have devices these days.

So money I earned and had / have taken off me in income tax, NI, VAT etc making me a payer of tax isn’t taxpayer’s money?🤣

Did your parents have smartphones and tablets? Flat screen tvs? Internet? Cars with huge numbers of safety features, adding to weight ( & running costs) and list price facilitating additional taxation? What self serving organisation sets the safety requirements (national government) or raises...

I think I have answered at least twice. You won't have liked the answer though.

Ive been waiting a damn sight longer for answers to questions I have asked. One of you could get an additional , part time job as used to happen.

They don't have any fucking answers which is what makes the whole thing so bloody frustrating and irritating.

Get a paper round. Encourage the mother to get a part time job (as many did when I was younger). Gives you an opportunity to be totally responsible for child care for a period of time.

May be not directly. But you need a house big enough to accommodate them, a vehicle big enough to transport them. it all adds up. If the costs are nowhere near as much as being quoted, how does the CSA justify the amount of child maintenance they charge (generally the fathers)? Not that they...

May 2010 then, only 15 years ago. Why austerity? Was everything broken as it is now? Was there a multibillion black hole in government finances? Didn't convince train drivers did they? TBF they bided their time until the party bought and paid for got in to power.

Will France actually pay fines?

Dependent on the higher earner’s salary. Madness that if one earns over £60,000 some or all may need to be paid back whereas a couple earning £59,999 each don't have to make repayments.

So many do precisely that.

That the Labour Party seems populist on here?

Have been for months. Probably cost me £25 so far.

Well, I’m a paying member of the Labour Party which seems pretty populist on here.

I’m actually not in the least interested in Reform And Farage. Do you honestly think Starmer negotiated anything?

Cut off by Labour before it could be tested at scale. In case it turned out to be a raging success which would have totally stuffed the new government.

Trump had second thoughts, needed Starmer (any UK PM would have done) as his straight man 😁