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Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)
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Grays_1890
Les Howe
I think he is the most normal in all honesty, seems the most impacted by life and has the same conflictions and thoughts as everyone else.
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Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
He'd be working checkouts in Lidl if this country were a meritocracy. Probably happy living in Rochdale with 8 kids and a wife called Mands.
Grays_1890
Les Howe
Like 90% of the people who coat him off TBF
Danishfurniturelover
the prettiest spice girl
Nah
He has a chip on the shoulder clear as day. Does not want to be Royal but keeps the title and trades on it. Wants his privacy but writes books talking about family issues.
I would disband the royals but he is a wrongun that sums up so many of that generation, moany weirdo who does not realise how easy he has got it.
Grays_1890
Les Howe
Bloke falls in love with woman and picks her over family, oldest story in time.......
Craig_J
Tim Sherwood
My opinion for sure won’t be a popular one but as far as I am concerned the Office for Budget Responsibility might as well be called the Office for Economic Pause and Stagnation
It naively treats a nation state like an individual person.
Been 15 years of following it and fudge all has grown. I won’t hold my breath another 15 either.
Bin it off and start making real investments in society that can jump start the economy.
It naively treats a nation state like an individual person.
Been 15 years of following it and fudge all has grown. I won’t hold my breath another 15 either.
Bin it off and start making real investments in society that can jump start the economy.
Danishfurniturelover
the prettiest spice girl
Nothing wrong in that at all.
Bloke wants privacy but constantly does TV interviews and writes books like a reality TV star. Bloke turns down being a royal, good on him. But keeps royal titles.
Bloke says he won't be safe in UK but family own massive estates he can stay at.
Bloke says he is leaving UK as it racist to move to the racial harmony of America!!!
Guy is a chancer do different to Dave in my local. Difference is Dave ain't asking for money(most weeks)
Grays_1890
Les Howe
I think and always believed there is a massive difference between choosing what you put out and peoples rights to the rest of your private life. I don't think for example what people put on their FB entitles anyone to more and almost stalkerish actions.
I have said it before, I would never go up to someone famous with their family regardless of how much they are out there and that I admire them because I think there is a line, I think that regardless of how much they choose to put themselves out there in public.
spurspinter1
Pat van den Hauwe
Prince Harry in "not wanting tabloids to hack his voicemails" shocker, what a cretin.
Doesn't he realise that if you write a book, you give away any rights to privacy for having the audacity to share your story.
Proper odd why people are so bothered about Harry and Megan, it's always a certain type...
Doesn't he realise that if you write a book, you give away any rights to privacy for having the audacity to share your story.
Proper odd why people are so bothered about Harry and Megan, it's always a certain type...
Craig_J
Tim Sherwood
Trump says he is not considering running for third term
'This is not something I'm looking to do,' Trump says about speculation he may run again in 2028.
www.bbc.co.uk
I despise him but he does make me laugh
He has been kind enough to say that he doesn't think he will invade Canada but might do Greenland.
He has kindly said he will not seek a third term. How generous of him to avoid his pathological need to break the law for a change.
He doesn't know whether its his responsibility the o uphold the US consitution or not because he's not a lawyer and they deal with that.
(Tbf he didn't actually place his hand on the bible once so I guess he has that as an out)
And that smile. He's like a satire Preisdent.
I just cannot believe this guy actually exists
parklane1
Vivian Woodward
Blood suckers everyone of them.
Silly McSilly Face
Gus Poyet
The OBR do not provide advice to the government on economic policy. They provide independent analysis of the impact government policy will likely have on the economy and provide forecasts based on current policy. It's ultimately down to the government whether they adjust course based on their reports. And that rather depends on government policy. Starmer and Reeves have created their own set of fiscal rules the cornerstone of which is that they will not borrow to fund "day-to-day" government spending. What that means is that if the OBR says "your current policies are going to lead to a significant budget deficit", they're going to have to take action.
Current OBR projection is that the budget deficit for 2024/25 was £20.7 billion more than 2023/24 and £14.6 billion above forecast. I repeat this is simply a projection of how far short the government's tax take at year end will fall short of how much they've spent and therefore how much the government is going to have to borrow.
So it isn't the OBR that is advising that further austerity measures and/or further tax rises will be necessary, it's Rachel Reeve's self inflicted rules overlaid on OBR forecasts that will dictate the policy....
Craig_J
Tim Sherwood
Thanks for the clarification
Personally I have been extremely underwhelmed by Starmer. I am quite further left than him and was never expecting to be significantly impressed by him. But so far he’s done the equivalent of FA
He’d carried on the exact same trajectory and actually made more cuts…
Moved to Wales recently so couldn’t vote but had I been able to it would have been the first time I’d Green and not voted Labour.
After 15 years of doing nothing and gaining nothing (probably declining) I don’t see the status quo getting us anywhere at all. Stuff needs to be done differently. Even classical austerely advocated would never propose it as a good idea long term…
Craig_J
Tim Sherwood
In his interview with NBC, the president emphasized that he’s not predicting that American consumers will see empty store shelves, but rather that he’s merely trying to close the trade deficit with Ch
“No, I’m not saying that,” he said when asked about whether he was expecting shortages. “I’m just saying they don’t need to have 30 dolls. They can have three. They don’t need to have 250 pencils. They can have five.”
“We don’t have to waste money on a trade deficit with China for things we don’t need, for junk that we don’t need.”
https://nypost.com/2025/05/04/us-news/trump-doubles-down-on-attacking-cheap-chinese-imports/#
nypost.com
Hope Trump doesn't have to cut down on his Sharpie's!
“No, I’m not saying that,” he said when asked about whether he was expecting shortages. “I’m just saying they don’t need to have 30 dolls. They can have three. They don’t need to have 250 pencils. They can have five.”
“We don’t have to waste money on a trade deficit with China for things we don’t need, for junk that we don’t need.”
https://nypost.com/2025/05/04/us-news/trump-doubles-down-on-attacking-cheap-chinese-imports/#
Trump doubles down on attacking cheap Chinese imports: ‘Don’t think a beautiful baby girl that’s 11 years old needs to have 30 dolls’
President Trump re-upped his attacks on cheap Chinese imports and stood by his assertion that American children will be fine if they “have two dolls instead of 30.” “I d…
nypost.com
Hope Trump doesn't have to cut down on his Sharpie's!
Silly McSilly Face
Gus Poyet
Austerity isn't actually necessary right now. At least not to the extent it is being implemented. It was necessary from 2008 - 2018 due to the specific nature of the economic crisis and the need to inject liquidity back into the banking system (government borrowing takes liquidity out of the banking system as banks are the primary purchasers of long term govt debt)
Grays_1890
Les Howe
In his interview with NBC, the president emphasized that he’s not predicting that American consumers will see empty store shelves, but rather that he’s merely trying to close the trade deficit with Ch
“No, I’m not saying that,” he said when asked about whether he was expecting shortages. “I’m just saying they don’t need to have 30 dolls. They can have three. They don’t need to have 250 pencils. They can have five.”
“We don’t have to waste money on a trade deficit with China for things we don’t need, for junk that we don’t need.”
https://nypost.com/2025/05/04/us-news/trump-doubles-down-on-attacking-cheap-chinese-imports/
Trump doubles down on attacking cheap Chinese imports: ‘Don’t think a beautiful baby girl that’s 11 years old needs to have 30 dolls’
President Trump re-upped his attacks on cheap Chinese imports and stood by his assertion that American children will be fine if they “have two dolls instead of 30.” “I d…
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Hope Trump doesn't have to cut down on his Sharpie's!
Haha but the selection and consumer trends are not his choice, that would be the business buying and selling and their customers. SO basically he is admitting in not so direct way that his tariff war will impact business and consumers buying.
ricky2tricky4city
Nayim
Labour have some good ideas but are still running via kitchen table economics.
The banking crisis of 2008 was a great event for the banks. It proved, beyond doubt, that they can rely on the government as lender of last resort.(despite behaviour)
The market trumps everything. Recapitalisation and QE kept the flow of capital within the echelons necessary. And, of course, they (the banks/markets) did very well out of it.
The government meanwhile, from a position of strength, cemented their position as a puppet on a string.
Mikey10
Paul Robinson
Agreed, although I’m not sure the local election results are the “political earthquake” Farage is pushing them as.
Council elections are almost always taken as a chance to kick the governing party. And they are well-timed, as plenty of voters now have four years prior to the next GE to see that Reform have a lot of complaints but absolutely no solutions.