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  1. Astute

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Yet most deny it......
  2. Astute

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    In the middle of two but yes most use Limoges. Only an hour away and better flights. Not used it myself but picked the wife up from there at the start of the year after her mother died. Lots of cheap parking spaces. And directly over a single road from the terminal.
  3. Astute

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    I will try again. Tax going up rarely mentioned. Tax reductions shouted from the rooftops. People don't like their wages being taken up with tax. Say something that looks like more tax will have to be raised and you lose votes. As I said several times before more people think of their own...
  4. Astute

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    They didn't have to offer anything other than get Brexit done. The last time they offered a referendum if they got in. And we all know how that ended.
  5. Astute

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    What about those who don't/can't work? Do they not come I to the equation? Without private landlords many would be homeless. We need more homes not less landlords.
  6. Astute

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    No need to give me a lecture about something obvious. I was asked why I think so many people vote Tory. I replied tax cuts. They don't normally go into a GE promising tax going up to pay for what we need. They just say what people want to hear.
  7. Astute

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    You can buy a house not too far from me for less than 40k. But people still rent. Why is this? How about what would happen if these landlords didn't buy properties to rent out. Where would those who can't buy live?
  8. Astute

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Lower tax.
  9. Astute

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    We? Yet again it was a private company that chartered the flight. And we will be in recession when we open up again. Just like most of the world. We don't need. But the company bosses who make the money will make even more money by bringing in cheap labour. You are for this until it is...
  10. Astute

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Are they the boomers? Did those who have reached retirement already have the same problem?
  11. Astute

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Most on here don't seem to agree. You have to appeal to most in some way. The Tories do it by lowering tax. That is why our services get shafted. Hopefully when this is all over the majority will be happy to pay more tax. Frontline staff deserve much more. And this isn't just pay. The...
  12. Astute

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Wasn't you that I quoted. A company is flying in workers. We? We had people who wanted these jobs.
  13. Astute

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Exactly. It is one way or no way. Just look at the latest. Boomers are rich. They had all the money. Boo. The most people that are on benefits are those of the age called boomers. But because they are poor they are suddenly not called boomers. And most lap it up. Have tried to explain the...
  14. Astute

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Oh yes. The boomers that have had the best of everything. Rich when needed but poor when needed. This link is closer to the truth though.
  15. Astute

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Don't speak too soon. Unemployment is going to shoot up in the next 6 months. Most of Europe is going to be hit hard. And those reliant on exporting to other EU countries will then be hit hard as there will be less money around to purchase what they normally do. I am worried about the Spanish...
  16. Astute

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    ???? What isn't there? Do you mean those who brought in 150 workers because there isn't anyone in the UK that would do it? Look back in his post. It is amazing what is missed by those normally agreed with on here.
  17. Astute

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    This is 25,000 that wanted the jobs. The company that flew 150 people in from Romania prefer experienced fruit pickers to those they would have to train. They stated the fact themselves. But of course we shall just call everyone in the UK bone idle to state a false fact.
  18. Astute

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Certainly not easy work. Another job that should have higher pay. I remember doing it instead of going to school. It was when I saw a 20p piece for the first time. Not as easy as it sounds.
  19. Astute

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Correct. About 25,000 people in the UK applied to work on farms. Less than 200 got a job so far. A company chartered a flight to bring these workers in. Are you saying there isn't 150 people in the UK that can do the job?
  20. Astute

    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    I'm not a part of that generation. My kids certainly are not. Brexit? It has shafted me more than most. But you have to take it on the chin. Jobs for life mainly disappeared many years ago. They went with manufacturing. But think about it. They had the thought of jobs for life but it didn't...
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