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TheDaddy 02-08-2022 22:27

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Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36130176)
On the plus side, things are looking up for the domestic cheese industry.

Bet she can't find another country where 98% of the population are lactose intolerant but love cheese :shocking:

Paddy1 02-08-2022 23:05

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36130145)
Surely, they should have the same spending power?

If you want total equality, that’s the road you would take. Unfortunately, the equality warriors are not wired to apply common sense.

Surely, this should apply to pensions too, yes?

Damien 02-08-2022 23:13

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Originally Posted by Paddy1 (Post 36130178)
Surely, this should apply to pensions too, yes?

Think how much that would save the taxpayer! Pensions is a huge bill. Truss should try it.

GrimUpNorth 02-08-2022 23:18

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Originally Posted by Damien (Post 36130179)
Think how much that would save the taxpayer! Pensions is a huge bill. Truss should try it.

I wonder what percentage of the paid up Conservative membership is of pension age :erm:.

Sephiroth 03-08-2022 00:51

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Originally Posted by Damien (Post 36130110)
Liz Truss has backtracked on her plan to pay civil servants outside of London less: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62390016



Tories outside of London clearly concerned how a paycut (or small pay rises) in the North would be perceived by voters.

She was being silly in the first place. Isn't levelling up supposed to do away with regional salaries? Joining the dots seems not to be her bag.

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Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth (Post 36130180)
I wonder what percentage of the paid up Conservative membership is of pension age :erm:.

You'll be a pensioner one day, irrespective of any party membership or support.

pip08456 03-08-2022 02:47

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 36130177)
Bet she can't find another country where 98% of the population are lactose intolerant but love cheese :shocking:

Do you have a link for that?

Damien 03-08-2022 10:17

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Sunak wants to class anyone who 'hates' or 'vilifies' Britain as extremists who'll be targetted by anti-terrorism laws. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...proposals.html

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The former chancellor said he would extend the Government’s definition of ‘extremism’ to include those who attack British values and ‘our very existence’ if he becomes prime minister.
Not a slippery slope at all.

TheDaddy 03-08-2022 10:57

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Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 36130188)
Do you have a link for that?

Pretty sure you were given one the last time you badgered me on this during the brexit transition period thread, not sure why you're so fascinated by Japanese toiletry habits but it's well known between 70%- 98% are lactose intolerant and when you think about it for a moment it's not surprising, they haven't had thousands of years to get used to the joys of dairy, the fact they love it regardless says more about their strength of character than the cleanliness of their toilets imo

OLD BOY 03-08-2022 12:04

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 36130146)
What like when she encouraged people to illegally fight in Ukraine you mean :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

She's a car crash and the perfect figure head for that shower of a parliamentary party

Every politician makes gaffes. Labour isn’t immune, so don’t kid yourself.

Liz Truss should turn out to be a fine PM.

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Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth (Post 36130147)
So it's not levelling up anymore, it's levelling down. I take it from your comment you'd quite like the idea of building walls. However, instead of getting all political about it, tell me what level of universal disposable income should we aim for? How much are you willing to sacrifice so you're equal to the people in the most deprived areas of the country? Many of those people you think should be behind a wall are really struggling and many of them work for organisations which already pay the same poultry wage across the county. So tell me, in your socialist utopia where everyone is paid the right amount for their area, just how little is enough?

As I said, the proposed policy was about spending power. The principle has already been established with London Weighting. It’s just developing on that theme.

You don’t seem to understand that the glaring disparity between public and private sector wages in deprived areas is what keeps companies from investing in these areas. Ultimately, as more companies establish themselves in these deprived areas, they will become wealthier parts of the UK and wages will rise naturally.

This is what people with a Left-wing disposition just don’t get. They’d rather see deprived areas remain deprived so the inhabitants will vote Labour. The signs are that red wall populations are beginning to grasp that Labour’s approach is keeping them down.

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Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 36130156)
Than where? There are some equally expensive places 'up norf', with poorer public transport and more expensive commuting options. Variations within regions can be massive, between run down city suburbs and posh rural areas.
The whole concept is nuts as the nutty woman has had to admit herself. Hardly 'levelling up' was it?

Maybe she should do thinking first. Top tip that. Must be the biggest and quickest u turn by somebody who hasn't even ot the job yet.....

As expensive as London? No way, Mr K!

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Originally Posted by Paddy1 (Post 36130178)
Surely, this should apply to pensions too, yes?

Yes. But local government and civil service pensions are based on salary, so that is taken care of in any case.

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Originally Posted by Damien (Post 36130195)
Sunak wants to class anyone who 'hates' or 'vilifies' Britain as extremists who'll be targetted by anti-terrorism laws. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...proposals.html

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Some on here had better watch it, then!

pip08456 03-08-2022 12:47

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 36130197)
Pretty sure you were given one the last time you badgered me on this during the brexit transition period thread, not sure why you're so fascinated by Japanese toiletry habits but it's well known between 70%- 98% are lactose intolerant and when you think about it for a moment it's not surprising, they haven't had thousands of years to get used to the joys of dairy, the fact they love it regardless says more about their strength of character than the cleanliness of their toilets imo

I'm not interested in Japan. Your comment was in reply to a UK issue.

TheDaddy 03-08-2022 14:01

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36130201)
Every politician makes gaffes. Labour isn’t immune, so don’t kid yourself.

Liz Truss should turn out to be a fine PM.[COLOR="Silver"]

A gaffe makes you look stupid, inciting people to break the law or indeed giving a hostile nation the ability to imprison one of our citizens longer isn't a gaffe, it's careless negligence and highlights exactly how inappropriate these people are for the office they hold

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Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 36130212)
I'm not interested in Japan. Your comment was in reply to a UK issue.

Actually my comment was about the future pm and her Japanese cheese deal, anymore inane questions, no, good

Itshim 03-08-2022 18:38

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Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth (Post 36130133)
Who would have thought that when we need 40,000 nurses, 50,000 doctors, 6,000 police officers, 100,000 care workers etc that the best way to recruit them would be to cut the salary? Only the caring conservatives think that much of 'hard working people'. They really should be ashamed that one of the 'best' 2 candidates for the top job suggested it and that nobody saw there'd be a backlash. Wow, just wow.

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Why don't we build a big wall round the poorer areas while we're at it, you know to keep the riffraff in?

Yes please:shocked:

GrimUpNorth 03-08-2022 21:15

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Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 36130235)
Yes please:shocked:

Or maybe build the walls round the richer areas?

daveeb 03-08-2022 21:21

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Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth (Post 36130245)
Or maybe build the walls round the richer areas?

They seem to do that already especially in the US, with an armed security guard on the gates for good measure.

GrimUpNorth 03-08-2022 21:32

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Originally Posted by daveeb (Post 36130246)
They seem to do that already especially in the US, with an armed security guard on the gates for good measure.

We came close to buying a house in a gated community but Mrs G raised the good point of why do 2 people need a house with 4 bathrooms. I think we're much happier where we ended up - surrounded by normal people who don't think their something special.


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