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PVA

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  • Sep 28, 2022
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skybluetony176

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  • Sep 28, 2022
  • #21,492
Funny reading about the crisis in the UK and how it’s effecting markets around the world. In the US for instance amongst the Trump cult (in stark contrast to the Tory cult in this country) the effects of the UK crisis on the US stock exchanges is absolutely, 100% the fault of the Biden government.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Sep 28, 2022
  • #21,493
shmmeee said:
Public support for teachers striking is pretty split an overwhelming display of public support at 51-49.

Which professions would Britons back going on strike? | YouGov

Brits would sympathise with nurses and doctors, firefighters, and supermarket staff striking, but not barristers, civil servants, or lecturers
yougov.co.uk
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Teachers on the whole are very reluctant strikers. Certainly a lot less so than rail workers who seem to strike every 5 minutes
 

skybluetony176

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  • Sep 28, 2022
  • #21,494
Marr not mincing his words


Wait, wait… let me guess. He’s a dribbling woke lefty europhile who hates the country.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Sep 28, 2022
  • #21,495
Grendel said:
I don’t think the IMF are knocking on the door yet
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IMF openly criticises UK government tax plans - BBC News



Bank of England steps in to calm markets - BBC News

 
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clint van damme

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  • Sep 28, 2022
  • #21,496
skybluetony176 said:
Marr not mincing his words


Wait, wait… let me guess. He’s a dribbling woke lefty europhile who hates the country.
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He's still a sycophantic wank
 
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David O'Day

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  • Sep 28, 2022
  • #21,497
PVA said:
If the last few days are anything to go by then the general public's view will probably be the exact opposite of yours
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few days?
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Sep 28, 2022
  • #21,498
shmmeee said:
Public support for teachers striking is pretty split an overwhelming display of public support at 51-49.

Which professions would Britons back going on strike? | YouGov

Brits would sympathise with nurses and doctors, firefighters, and supermarket staff striking, but not barristers, civil servants, or lecturers
yougov.co.uk
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Interesting to know how that breaks down between people with or without school aged children
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Sep 28, 2022
  • #21,499
fernandopartridge said:
Interesting to know how that breaks down between people with or without school aged children
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I’d wonder what the public thinks of their children’s education having had its funding eroded over the past 12 years and what’s left being diverted from classrooms to CEOs and MAT executives. The teachers’ strike wouldn’t be as much about our salaries as much as it’s about funding.

Health and education should be a government’s top two service priorities
 
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JAM See

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  • Sep 28, 2022
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Brighton Sky Blue said:
I’d wonder what the public thinks of their children’s education having had its funding eroded over the past 12 years and what’s left being diverted from classrooms to CEOs and MAT executives. The teachers’ strike wouldn’t be as much about our salaries as much as it’s about funding.

Health and education should be a government’s top two service priorities
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What's truly depressing (and I have no idea how to change it) is the narrative that taxation is a bad thing.

Taxation is a good thing.

The narrative should be about effective use of taxes, not purely reduction of tax.
 
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Ian1779

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  • Sep 28, 2022
  • #21,501
fernandopartridge said:
Interesting to know how that breaks down between people with or without school aged children
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I imagine similar to the train strikes. The most fervent opposition coming from the age group that has generally little or no connection to education or those working in it.
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Sep 28, 2022
  • #21,502
Grendel said:
Teachers on strike. Interesting how the general public will view that one
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Any sense they’ll be behind them like most right thinking people
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Sep 28, 2022
  • #21,503
JAM See said:
What's truly depressing (and I have no idea how to change it) is the narrative that taxation is a bad thing.

Taxation is a good thing.

The narrative should be about effective use of taxes, not purely reduction of tax.
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£40 billion just given away for what could be quite literally nothing in return. Imagine what good that money could have done-we’re at the point where a general election just has to be called
 
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skybluetony176

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  • Sep 29, 2022
  • #21,504
I see they’ve sent someone out to do the media rounds. Chris Philips, basically just blaming everyone else.
 

shmmeee

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  • Sep 29, 2022
  • #21,505
Brighton Sky Blue said:
£40 billion just given away for what could be quite literally nothing in return. Imagine what good that money could have done-we’re at the point where a general election just has to be called
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More than the entire Primary School budget. You could have given every kid under 11 the same funding as private school kids for that.

Support any strike 100%, i know damn well from personal experience that priority one will be ensuring it doesn’t impact the kids.
 
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shmmeee

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  • Sep 29, 2022
  • #21,506
Just listened to Phelps on R4, absolutely delusional and doing the same “deny everything and wheel out soundbites” strategy they have all along. Completely denies there’s a problem, claims it’s happening all over the world and nothing to worry about.
 
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PVA

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  • Sep 29, 2022
  • #21,507
Truss getting absolutely skewered on her BBC local radio rounds this morning it seems.

She keeps saying that the maximum energy bill will be £2,500. Does she not understand the energy cap or is she deliberately lying?

Not sure which one it is and I'm not sure which is worse!
 

clint van damme

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  • Sep 29, 2022
  • #21,508
PVA said:
Truss getting absolutely skewered on her BBC local radio rounds this morning it seems.

She keeps saying that the maximum energy bill will be £2,500. Does she not understand the energy cap or is she deliberately lying?

Not sure which one it is and I'm not sure which is worse!
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Imagine the tory fan boys on here if this was a Labour PM?
 

shmmeee

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  • Sep 29, 2022
  • #21,509
A Tory MP writes…

 
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JAM See

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  • Sep 29, 2022
  • #21,510
clint van damme said:

Imagine the tory fan boys on here if this was a Labour PM?
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She sounds like a bot.

Is somebody typing the words and them being delivered via a synthesize.

Not a huge fan of style over substance, but a little bit of charisma wouldn't go amiss.

She sounds like even she doesn't believe what she's saying.
 

clint van damme

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  • Sep 29, 2022
  • #21,511
Christ

 
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shmmeee

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  • Sep 29, 2022
  • #21,512
JAM See said:
She sounds like a bot.

Is somebody typing the words and them being delivered via a synthesize.

Not a huge fan of style over substance, but a little bit of charisma wouldn't go amiss.

She sounds like even she doesn't believe what she's saying.
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Its worse than that. I don’t think she understands what she’s saying. She’s just repeating lines given to her.
 
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Bugsy

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  • Sep 29, 2022
  • #21,513
"had to take decisive action" in order to get the economy growing.

is she really that dense.
you and your government nearly wiped the pension fund you dumb fuck.
 
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clint van damme

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  • Sep 29, 2022
  • #21,514
shmmeee said:
A Tory MP writes…

View attachment 26375
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One of the men who's actually running the country and doing very nicely out of it.
 
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skybluetony176

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  • Sep 29, 2022
  • #21,515
shmmeee said:
Just listened to Phelps on R4, absolutely delusional and doing the same “deny everything and wheel out soundbites” strategy they have all along. Completely denies there’s a problem, claims it’s happening all over the world and nothing to worry about.
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Where it has been happening around the world (and to a far lesser extent than us) it’s been a reaction to what’s happening here for the most part. It’s another example of the contempt they have for the general public. They think we’re all idiots. And with so many being willing to indulge them in that thought over the last 6 years they think they can continue to get away with it. I’m very pleased to say that the country is waking up. Finally.
 

skybluetony176

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  • Sep 29, 2022
  • #21,516
Bugsy said:
"had to take decisive action" in order to get the economy growing.

is she really that dense.
you and your government nearly wiped the pension fund you dumb fuck.
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A) She is
B) She thinks the electorate are dumber than her.
 
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PVA

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  • Sep 29, 2022
  • #21,517
So refreshing to hear proper questioning like that.

If only the main BBC journos and interviewers were as good as their local counterparts.
 
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skybluetony176

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  • Sep 29, 2022
  • #21,518
These car crash interviews she’s done this morning are again another example of the contempt they have for the electorate and how they think we’re all idiots. She picked local radio deliberately avoiding the heavy hitting national journalists thinking that she’d run rings around these “little” men of local journalism . Unfortunately for her they’re all cleverer than her and over their briefs and the details, Truss typically short of details because she’s poorly briefed and that’s a compliment, the reality is more likely that she’s an idiot.
 
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skybluetony176

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  • Sep 29, 2022
  • #21,519
Kin hell

 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Sep 29, 2022
  • #21,520
JAM See said:
What's truly depressing (and I have no idea how to change it) is the narrative that taxation is a bad thing.

Taxation is a good thing.

The narrative should be about effective use of taxes, not purely reduction of tax.
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That's the problem when you have people with this much money - they can buy influence and power to set the narrative.

Hence why we've got this almost ingrained belief that taxation is bad but dividends are good.
 

Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Sep 29, 2022
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clint van damme said:
Christ

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Thick as mince.

Just listened on lbc and they have put on a few of the regional bits and she didn’t come across well to say the least.
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Sep 29, 2022
  • #21,522
JAM See said:
She sounds like a bot.

Is somebody typing the words and them being delivered via a synthesize.

Not a huge fan of style over substance, but a little bit of charisma wouldn't go amiss.

She sounds like even she doesn't believe what she's saying.
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You can't believe it if you don't understand it.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Sep 29, 2022
  • #21,523
shmmeee said:
More than the entire Primary School budget. You could have given every kid under 11 the same funding as private school kids for that.

Support any strike 100%, i know damn well from personal experience that priority one will be ensuring it doesn’t impact the kids.
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It goes beyond party politics now-this is just criminal negligence.
 
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David O'Day

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  • Sep 29, 2022
  • #21,524
the bbc locals are butchering her
 
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skybluetony176

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  • Sep 29, 2022
  • #21,525
David O'Day said:
the bbc locals are butchering her
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The Mirror got in early with the headline “Blunder Truss”.
 
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