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stupot07

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,831
PVA said:
Oh dear.


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Ian1779

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,832
stupot07 said:

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Did you hear the ‘dandruff’ excuse
 
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Ian1779

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,833
 
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PVA

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,834
Apparently he's been admitted to hospital with 'shock and stress'.

Not sure the old sympathy card will wash.
 
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wingy

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,835
I'd say that would still disqualify him as an MP on the grounds of being a nut job.
 
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clint van damme

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,836
Ian1779 said:
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When it comes to excuses that's head and shoulders above any I've heard.

'I brush dandruff from my shoulders into a pile and then chop it into lines with a credit card'
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,837
Ian1779 said:
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That's a very Little Britain type excuse!
 
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Philosoraptor

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,838
Ian1779 said:
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Colombian washing powder
 

clint van damme

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,839
Worrying

 

Grendel

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,840
clint van damme said:
Worrying

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Worrying is Martin Lewis gets richer by the day when issues around money saving gets more headlines.
 
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clint van damme

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,841
Grendel said:
Worrying is Martin Lewis gets richer by the day when issues around money saving gets more headlines.
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Nah, it's worrying. If you've got any empathy that is.
 

skybluetony176

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,842
Grendel said:
Worrying is Martin Lewis gets richer by the day when issues around money saving gets more headlines.
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Don’t worry. The Tories will still get more than their unfair share.
 
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Grendel

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,843
clint van damme said:
Nah, it's worrying. If you've got any empathy that is.
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I can’t stand Martin Lewis

I was never that bothered about privatising utilities as it’s something the state could own as with rail which I’ve always said should never have been privatised

The problem is neither party in the uk know how to deal with it and most of Europe don’t either. Windfall tax is utter bollocks.

Inflation is starting to gallop - ice cream and jelly in Downing Street will not bring down a government but inflation will - especially now as no one has witnessed it.

It will bring the government down - you should be pleased - though a 5% lead in the polls should be 15% in reality
 

clint van damme

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,844
Grendel said:
I can’t stand Martin Lewis

I was never that bothered about privatising utilities as it’s something the state could own as with rail which I’ve always said should never have been privatised

The problem is neither party in the uk know how to deal with it and most of Europe don’t either. Windfall tax is utter bollocks.

Inflation is starting to gallop - ice cream and jelly in Downing Street will not bring down a government but inflation will - especially now as no one has witnessed it.

It will bring the government down - you should be pleased - though a 5% lead in the polls should be 15% in reality
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Martin Lewis isn't the problem, he really isn't.
And hubris will bring down this government and allow in an equally useless twat by default.
 
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Grendel

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,845
clint van damme said:
Martin Lewis isn't the problem, he really isn't.
And hubris will bring down this government and allow in an equally useless twat by default.
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oh Starmer won’t win a majority the strategy is already in action

well strategy 1 at least. It’s Penis gate. Brexit revisited is plan B
 

Grendel

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,846
I see Pete is angry at my Martin Lewis post - can’t see why
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,847
Surely the most sensible option would be to bring back the ‘temporary’ UC uplift

I read that the inflationary increase for benefits which comes in this month is 3% which is based on the inflation figure from Sept ‘21. A lots obviously changed since then so it’s not hard to justify the additional uplift until inflation settles down…in actual fact I’d imagine the VAT on higher fuel costs would pay for a fair bit of it
 

Ian1779

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,848
CCFCSteve said:
Surely the most sensible option would be to bring back the ‘temporary’ UC uplift

I read that the inflationary increase for benefits which comes in this month is 3% which is based on the inflation figure from Sept ‘21. A lots obviously changed since then so it’s not hard to justify the additional uplift until inflation settles down…in actual fact I’d imagine the VAT on higher fuel costs would pay for a fair bit of it
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Not sure that is gonna cut it. Millions of people being forced into poverty with spiralling petrol, utility and food prices
 

Grendel

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,849
PVA said:
And here is what he's said he'd do.

It's basically copying France as far as I can see. But it's a fuck load more than the Tories are doing.

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I’m genuinely mystified wasn’t his suggestion £600 will solve the crises abs that would be achieved by an unspecified windfall tax?
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,850
Grendel said:
I was never that bothered about privatising utilities as it’s something the state could own as with rail which I’ve always said should never have been privatised

The problem is neither party in the uk know how to deal with it and most of Europe don’t either.
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For better or worse, a nationalised utility allows government to dictate prices a lot more easily, even if it means running at a loss.

Inflation is indeed becoming a worry. Couple that, however, with energy prices and it becomes even more of a worry.
 

Grendel

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,851
Deleted member 5849 said:
For better or worse, a nationalised utility allows government to dictate prices a lot more easily, even if it means running at a loss.

Inflation is indeed becoming a worry. Couple that, however, with energy prices and it becomes even more of a worry.
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You should be happy with short term pain - inflation will bring the government down. The only hope they have is the bank rate is suppressed which will stop house price collapse
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,852
Grendel said:
You should be happy with short term pain - inflation will bring the government down. The only hope they have is the bank rate is suppressed which will stop house price collapse
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Inflation is hard to stop though - stopping it is probably what helped to bring Major's government down really - more so than its existence.

As for house prices, from a self centred POV, and needing to move, I'd quite like them to collapse really!
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,853
Grendel said:
I see Pete is angry at my Martin Lewis post - can’t see why
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Cause you’re aiming your angst at him and not those that can make a meaningful difference
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,854
Ian1779 said:
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Grendel

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,855
Sky Blue Pete said:
Cause you’re aiming your angst at him and not those that can make a meaningful difference
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Mr Starmer thinks £600 solves the problem
 
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PVA

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,856
Grendel said:
Mr Starmer thinks £600 solves the problem
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Mr Sunak thinks 3 quid off a tank of fuel solves the problem.
 

Grendel

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,857
PVA said:
Mr Sunak thinks 3 quid off a tank of fuel solves the problem.
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no he also has put £250 to solve it. Why did you say it was like France?
 
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PVA

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,858
Grendel said:
no he also has put £250 to solve it. Why did you say it was like France?
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No he's giving us £200... which we will then have to pay back.

A £200 loan, thanks little Rishi!
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,859
Grendel said:
no he also has put £250 to solve it. Why did you say it was like France?
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1. £250 < £600

2. A loan is giving people £0. Or perhaps we should all be eternally grateful to him because at least he's not charging Wonga levels of interest on it, which I'm sure would be many of his colleagues preference.
 
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Grendel

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,860
PVA said:
No he's giving us £200... which we will then have to pay back.

A £200 loan, thanks little Rishi!
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So how will £600 be paid? Not from general taxation is it? If it’s only that that solves fuel poverty it’s much ado about nothing? Won’t mr Starmer and Mr Johnson be getting it as well as me or is it means tested?
 
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PVA

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,861
Grendel said:
So how will £600 be paid? Not from general taxation is it? If it’s only that that solves fuel poverty it’s much ado about nothing? Won’t mr Starmer and Mr Johnson be getting it as well as me or is it means tested?
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Have you been on the sherry again?

Nobody said it would solve fuel poverty.

But you do realise 600 is more than 200, right?
 

Grendel

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,862
PVA said:
Have you been on the sherry again?

Nobody said it would solve fuel poverty.

But you do realise 600 is more than 200, right?
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Mr Starmer says it will solve fuel poverty and I suspect he’s more Dom Perignon vintage than Sherry and again please tell me his “strategy” to pay it. Also it’s £400 so if it’s really £35 a month that’s the issue why is is it an issue?
 
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PVA

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,863
Grendel said:
Mr Starmer says it will solve fuel poverty and I suspect he’s more Dom Perignon vintage than Sherry and again please tell me his “strategy” to pay it. Also it’s £400 so if it’s really £35 a month that’s the issue why is is it an issue?
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Grendel

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,864
PVA said:
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ok
 
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PVA

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  • Apr 3, 2022
  • #11,865
Classy as ever, Liz.


 
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