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Reply | The new "WMD" threat
at 22:26 21 Jun 2025
Funnily enough someone made the exact same point to me today, the US etc have been saying for the last 15 years they’ll have a weapon in a few weeks etc etc etc. I can remember the Saddam Weapons of Mass Destruction, they didn’t find a great deal to confirm the facts in the dossier.
TBH it’s very hard to know what the truth is because we’ve got a couple of well oiled pr machines spinning their narrative non stop, but one thing for sure is that a lot of innocent people on both sides have been killed. |
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Reply | Assisted Dying Bill
at 16:54 21 Jun 2025
Going back to the original post, I too am in favour of introducing assisted dying, as long as there are robust safeguards in place which is something we can legislate for. Other countries, including Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain, Austria, Canada, and New Zealand have all introduced it. Additionally, assisted dying is legal in parts of the United States and all states in Australia. Colombia, Ecuador, and Italy have also had assisted dying legalized by their constitutional courts.
Are we saying we can learn from best and poor practice in those countries? We should be looking to incorporate best practice and eliminating poor practice/mistakes those countries have identified from their reviews etc.
It’s about giving people a choice and enabling them to decide for themselves. |
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Thread | Man City Fined.
at 21:26 19 Jun 2025
I thought this was a joke when I first saw it. They’ve been fined a million quid because of their persistent late kick offs. If the PL wanted to punish them, a million quid isn’t going to get them quaking in their boots - it should be a points deduction. The more breaches the more they get docked. That’s the only way IMHO.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c628d92wnr9o
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Reply | Minnesota Manhunt
at 21:32 16 Jun 2025
Probably not.
Looks like the offender was a “security contractor” and religious missionary worker who held anti abortion views, he has worked in the Middle East and Africa. Apparently some of the 70 targets on his list included Democratic politicians and Planned Parenthood locations (which approved contraceptives and abortions.)
One of his long standing friends stated he voted Trump at the last Election. He doesn’t sound like a lefty! [Post edited 16 Jun 21:32]
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Reply | Israel and Iran
at 23:09 13 Jun 2025
Met a few Iranians when we’re out in Dubai for the World Cup. They were all very pleasant, nice people and in many ways similar to ourselves, the problem is as is nearly always the case the people at the top. The Iranians are ruled with an iron fist, any dissent etc and people vanish! |
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Reply | Another ill thought out policy
at 23:02 13 Jun 2025
The aim of getting more kids in to Uni was to try and shake up the system where most of the kids going to Uni were from more privileged backgrounds which was preventing working class kids getting ahead and getting in to positions where they could make positive changes.
The concept of opening doors to a wider pool was sound, but it’s been poorly executed and now we have hundreds of thousands of kids, doing rubbish degrees at poor universities, ending up in massive debt doing jobs they don’t need a degree for - it’s mental. What we’re also seeing is kids are now doing a masters straight after their degree, which in my opinion is a nonsense -because they should be getting a job, getting some experience under their belt and earning before the Masters - if it’s needed.
We should definitely be encouraging apprenticeships and particularly in things like the building trades. I was talking to a carpenter today who’s just started out on his own, he charges £250 a day or around £60k per year based on working 48 weeks a year. He also has 2 buy to lets. He’s done well for a lad in his mid 20s. |
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Reply | Another ill thought out policy
at 19:43 13 Jun 2025
It appears that the number of children entering the education system is declining which is a reflection on the birth rate. Despite the fact that 25 schools are closing, in January 2025 there were 35 more independent schools than there were in January 2024.
Some of the independent schools closing are small and have less than 100 children on the books while others have had gradual declines in numbers making the schools unsustainable. There has been a drop of 11,000 pupils in the independent sector, but the state sector has seen a decrease of 60,000.
The increase in children entering secondary schools is 1,500 which suggests that there’s hasn’t been this huge migration of thousands of children from the independent sector to the state sector.
The increase in Academy’s in England may be one reason that independent schools are seeing a drop in numbers making, but what is clear is that the number of children attending independent schools as a percentage of the overall number of children hasn’t changed a great deal.
There’s much gnashing of teeth from The Telegraph, but I suspect much of it is down to political ideology. |
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Reply | Two tier Keir reverses Brexit
at 18:21 12 Jun 2025
…. and if they’re allowed to work it could encourage others to come here.
It’s a really difficult situation and I don’t think there’s a simple answer. If people can’t work, then maybe it would deter people coming here. |
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Reply | Two tier Keir reverses Brexit
at 23:08 11 Jun 2025
Another day another deal.
This time it’s a deal to finalise the negotiations started by the Conservatives after Brexit in 2020 regarding the border issues between Spain and Gibraltar. The Daily Mail and some other outlets are branding it a sell out, etc, but all that has happened is we’ve agreed a deal which is identical to the arrangement we have with France in relation to the Eurostar at St Pancras. I don’t recall that being a sell out when it was agreed by Boris.
Surely, if the Gibraltar government is happy with the deal (and they also voted for Brexit) and the Spanish are also happy with it, that’s enough.
It’s good to see some progress being made on improving relationships. It’s not about rejoining, but about making life easier for Brits and British companies. We all know Trumpster could start a fight with his own shadow, so it makes to forge good relationship with other trading blocks. |
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Reply | Brian Wilson dead
at 22:54 11 Jun 2025
Brian Wilson, thank you for the music, the great times and the memories. RIP. |
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Reply | Brian Wilson dead
at 22:53 11 Jun 2025
Many many years ago when I was about 12 back in the late 1970’s, my mate was a huge Quo fan and we were down in his parents gaff listening to music and drinking home brew when his old man came in and had a whinge about the “dirge” we were listening to. It turns out m6 mates dad had been an engineer building power stations in the Caribbean back in the 60’s and during his time out there he amassed a pretty decent collection of Caribbean sounds, SKA, Calypso and other stuff. I’d never heard anything of the sort before and was blown away tbh, but my mate hated it. I’ve retained a liking for that type of music ever since and often wondered what happened to the record collection. |
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Reply | Tottenham announce new contract for Ben Davies ...
at 16:26 8 Jun 2025
You’re making this up as you go along, as has been pointed out what you have posted is incorrect, Spurs have triggered the option and short of breaching the contract and most likely being sued there’s nowt he can do.
You mentioned Patterson in another post, I dare say his move would have been for more money, there’s no way Swansea would pay anything close to what’s on offer in the PL. Let’s be honest, why would he ditch Spurs for Swansea, nearly everyone he’d have known at the club has moved on. He is playing in the PL, Champions League and playing with top players, whereas with Swansea….. |
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Reply | Zia Yusuf Resigns As Reform UK Chairman ...
at 22:40 7 Jun 2025
Could it be that the Burka comment caused Yusuf to quit, reassurances have now been provided that the Burka etc will not be banned and he’s happy to return? |
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Reply | Musk vs Trump
at 23:55 6 Jun 2025
Which poses the question…. Was Epstein bumped off? |
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Reply | Better-off pensioners to pay for WFA U-turn?
at 20:07 5 Jun 2025
Setting it to basic tax payers will still see it going to people potentially “earning” £50k per annum, so far a couple that could be £100k per year. |
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Reply | Better-off pensioners to pay for WFA U-turn?
at 14:13 5 Jun 2025
I think the government decision to stop the WFA for all pensioners was right, but the way they implemented the change was completely wrong. Setting the threshold at Pension Credit level is far to low because there are lots of people living just above that threshold who are really struggling. Lots of women who are now in their 70’s and 80’s and who worked part time back when they had children in the 1960’s, 1970’s and 1980’s weren’t allowed to contribute to pension schemes, so if they are widows they could easily be struggling just above pension credit level.
A guy I know has a really good pension as does his wife and they are pulling £100k per year in pensions, there’s no way they should get the WFA because they don’t need it. I know another couple who are pulling around £160k a year in pensions and rental income, they don’t need and shouldn’t have the WFA either.
As has been pointed out by several posters on here, some save and are frugal while others waste all their cash and get bailed out by the state. There needs to be a change, how we implement it I don’t know, but benefits should be safety net to support people who need it and not a way of life. There should be caps in terms of times and people should be made to work for the dole. If benefits were frozen or halved, how many would magically recover and go back to work? I saw an article in the news this week about a woman who claimed £22k in PIP and couldn’t stand up etc when she was running marathons. Makes my blood boil.
The genuinely ill must be supported, but we need to sort out the work shy and the malingerers. |
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