Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

[scaramanga]

I'm generally opposed to trade agreements (tariffs protect domestic producers from rampant globalism).

But I'm positive about working more with countries like Japan, Malaysia and Mexico. If we want to avoid America and China as much as possible, Asia-Pacific and South America are good places to be operating our trade policy.

Tariffs just make everything worse for everyone.

One of the greatest political lies ever told is that people inside a tariff border are protected by it. All it means is that they pay more for everything, increasing inflation, dwindling their savings and making their products uncompetitive outside their borders.

 

[Glenda's Legs]

Pesky M̶u̶s̶l̶ "cough cough" Christians

Calls for Archbishop of York to resign over abuse case failings

Stephen Cottrell knew that a priest was banned from being alone with children, but the priest remained in post.

www.bbc.co.uk

I’d recommend anyone interested to listen to the interview on Radio 4 Today’s programme this morning with the Bishop of Saudi Sportswashing Machine. She is the only bishop to have publicly called for Justine Welby to resign and now for Cottrell to resign. Extremely articulate but a lone voice amongst her peers.

 

[Grays_1890]

I’d recommend anyone interested to listen to the interview on Radio 4 Today’s programme this morning with the Bishop of Saudi Sportswashing Machine. She is the only bishop to have publicly called for Justine Welby to resign and now for Cottrell to resign. Extremely articulate but a lone voice amongst her peers.

Unreal that there is such a cover up to such a scale in this day and age. No wonder they have fought to keep women away if they have so much gumption and conviction with this stuff...fair play to her.

 

[SkipRat]

One of the fastest growing trade blocks, supposed to be bigger than EU by 2050 or something.

Taiwan wants to join, as does China, but they can fudge off.

Some others are looking to join too.

Is not what it is now, but what it will be.

 

[SkipRat]

Pesky M̶u̶s̶l̶ "cough cough" Christians

Calls for Archbishop of York to resign over abuse case failings

Stephen Cottrell knew that a priest was banned from being alone with children, but the priest remained in post.

www.bbc.co.uk

Exactly?

So why would we want 3rd world scum, wirh fudge all skills, come f*ck our kids, when we already have enough problems with home grown?

Of course I am not saying all, but as i pointed out earlier in the thread, those from North Africa, Middle east, sub-saharan africa are more likely to *struggle cuddle* than the local population.

So why make things worse?

 

[markysimmo]

Another lie/backtrack to add to the already massive list

https://twitter.com/x/status/1869030837305614582

 

[Danishfurniturelover]

Pesky M̶u̶s̶l̶ "cough cough" Christians

Calls for Archbishop of York to resign over abuse case failings

Stephen Cottrell knew that a priest was banned from being alone with children, but the priest remained in post.

www.bbc.co.uk

I was raised in the Catholic faith which has an awful history with sex abuse. But at can at least be discussed in public and debated and large efforts to confront its appalling history.

More then can be said for some, where the is no issue and it can not even be discussed.

 

[markysimmo]

Religion should be scrapped
It's a load of made up stories that causes so many wars and conflicts, nonces and crooks galore too

 

[SpiderSpurs]

$100m incoming for Reform.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1869034409799950394

 

[Kompakted]

Another lie/backtrack to add to the already massive list

https://twitter.com/x/status/1869030837305614582

This is just reality hitting for Labour:
- They've given themselves this fiscal straightjacket of "rules" which gives them only £9 billion odd wriggle room. While £9 billion sounds a lot of money, it's loose change down the back of the sofa for a G7 country.
- They've then announced one of the most anti-growth budgets ever announced
- The economy is already starting to shrink and many of the policies they counted on to "raise" revenue are by most analysis actually going to cost money to implement, the latest one being inheritance tax reforms. This is because analysis is predicting that a huge amount of effort is going to be put in my people to try and avoid it and therefore to achieve the projected revenue they're going to have to spend more than the projected revenue uplifts in HMRC investigations and court fees....
- Inflation is starting to creep up again (you hit businesses with extra costs what do you think is going to happen - actually this stuff is NOT ROCKET SCIENCE)
- Where this leaves us is a fiscal gap (a "budget deficit") which won't be filled by borrowing under their fiscal rules.
- Therefore, as per Reeves response to questions over the weekend there will be no emergency budget revisions and if by the spring review they are not on track, they will look for "departmental efficiencies" to close the gap.
- I.e. we are facing self-imposed austerity (cuts to public spending).

 

[Danishfurniturelover]

Religion should be scrapped
It's a load of made up stories that causes so many wars and conflicts, nonces and crooks galore too

Could not agree more.

 

[parklane1]

Religion should be scrapped
It's a load of made up stories that causes so many wars and conflicts, nonces and crooks galore too

Amen to that.

 

[scaramanga]

This is just reality hitting for Labour:
- They've given themselves this fiscal straightjacket of "rules" which gives them only £9 billion odd wriggle room. While £9 billion sounds a lot of money, it's loose change down the back of the sofa for a G7 country.
- They've then announced one of the most anti-growth budgets ever announced
- The economy is already starting to shrink and many of the policies they counted on to "raise" revenue are by most analysis actually going to cost money to implement, the latest one being inheritance tax reforms. This is because analysis is predicting that a huge amount of effort is going to be put in my people to try and avoid it and therefore to achieve the projected revenue they're going to have to spend more than the projected revenue uplifts in HMRC investigations and court fees....
- Inflation is starting to creep up again (you hit businesses with extra costs what do you think is going to happen - actually this stuff is NOT ROCKET SCIENCE)
- Where this leaves us is a fiscal gap (a "budget deficit") which won't be filled by borrowing under their fiscal rules.
- Therefore, as per Reeves response to questions over the weekend there will be no emergency budget revisions and if by the spring review they are not on track, they will look for "departmental efficiencies" to close the gap.
- I.e. we are facing self-imposed austerity (cuts to public spending).

Massive public spending cuts are the obvious answer to anyone who isn't kidding themselves about the state of the economy.

We've had little to no growth for years, a rapidly inflating population, a workforce that either doesn't want to work or wants to "work" from home and increased expectations of what the state can/will provide.

Public spending has increased year on year to the point where the tax burden is as large as after WWII. Yet people are calling it austerity because the amount spent per person appears to be shrinking.

There needs to be a massive reset on what people expect from the state, on the effort they think they can get away with putting in at work and on how much we can afford to pay immigrant workers in terms of both in and out of work benefits. A good start would be a (taxed) salary that leaves them as net contributors when dependents are calculated in - below that, no free healthcare, no tax credits, etc.

 

[Danishfurniturelover]

Massive public spending cuts are the obvious answer to anyone who isn't kidding themselves about the state of the economy.

We've had little to no growth for years, a rapidly inflating population, a workforce that either doesn't want to work or wants to "work" from home and increased expectations of what the state can/will provide.

Public spending has increased year on year to the point where the tax burden is as large as after WWII. Yet people are calling it austerity because the amount spent per person appears to be shrinking.

There needs to be a massive reset on what people expect from the state, on the effort they think they can get away with putting in at work and on how much we can afford to pay immigrant workers in terms of both in and out of work benefits. A good start would be a (taxed) salary that leaves them as net contributors when dependents are calculated in - below that, no free healthcare, no tax credits, etc.

Problem is you would not get elected on that platform. Maybe Farage.