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  1. 12 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

     

       Do you remember what it was like leading up to WW2 ?

    The living conditions prior to WW 2 ?

    Obviously not. The conditions in any era are relative to its own time only. People living in the middle ages would have found their conditions quite livable but would have horrified us. The time before covid was pleasant for most people, therefore the coming financial recession (some say collapse) is going to be a very unpleasant shock which may last for years but nothing lasts forever. Leaders come and go, governments rise and fall but nothing really changes.

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  2. 29 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

     

       Don't worry , Trump isn't eligible to become UK PM , so there's no way that it would happen.

        Stop being worried about it 

    I'm too old to worry, nothing lasts forever. The world is on the cusp of a financial crisis but imagine what it must have been like in Europe during WW2, it makes our problems seem small and yet even this passed.

  3. Just now, Nick Carter icp said:

     

       What does Trump have to do with this .

    He wasn't even ,mentioned in the article and you bought him into the discussion for some reason 

    It was because the first poster mentioned maga, insinuating that we needed someone like Trump in the UK....... nobody needs Trump but here we are looking down the barrel of global trade wars and all it entails.

  4. 8 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

     

       Like, are you suggesting that if the UK clamps down on shoplifters , then there will be a Fourth Reich Nazi regime in the UK ?

      I cannot see that connection myself .

    No off course not but the notion of importing Trump's 'philosophy' to the UK would only increase the incompetence of the lot we have now. Trumps ratings in the USA at the moment are -7 and he's only been in office 9 days.

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  5. 1 hour ago, Watawattana said:

    Please don't blame the Police.  They have political bosses who drive the priorities of the Police, and successive governments have failed to properly support society (family cohesion and mental health are only 2 examples), leading to people thinking it's okay to become a thief.  Just look across the Pond at how a strong leader can change the priorities in an instant; it's not difficult.

     

    It just takes strength, removing funding from places that should not have it, and redirecting that funding to places that do.

     

    Britain is a failing state on numerous levels, and I don't see it getting better under Labour, and I have zero confidence in any other party's willingness to make those hard choices.

     

    Make UK Great Again! But MUGA doesn't have the same ring as MAGA... 😂  Sounds too much like mugger...

    Theft was uncommon in Germany under the Hitler regime as well.:bah:

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  6. 21 hours ago, Cameroni said:

    So I followed the advice of the resident visa guru here and obtained a retirement visa. My initial euphoria was that everything was now sorted out. But is this really the case, what problems have you encountered with the retirement visa?

     

    I understand it has to be renewed, you have to do 90 days reporting and you need permission to leave and re-enter. I am also concerned if the agency I used goes under or disappears how that will affect things.

     

    Anyway, have you found any problems that surprised you with the retirement visa?

    I'm on my 20th retirement visa year, never had a problem. Why use an agent when you can do the extensions yourself, where I am (Isaan) it's quite straight forward and never takes longer than 30 mintes.

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  7. 12 hours ago, Social Media said:

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    Madonna has strongly criticized the Trump administration for its swift actions against the rights of LGBT+ individuals, urging her followers not to lose hope in the fight for equality. The pop icon, who has long been a vocal advocate for LGBT+ rights, called attention to a series of executive orders that have targeted transgender, nonbinary, and intersex Americans.  

     

    It’s so sad to  watch our new Government  slowly dismantling all the Freedoms  we have been fighting for  and WON over the years. 🏳️‍🌈💔
    Don’t give up the Fight!

     

    Concerns have grown over Trump’s return to office as he wasted no time in signing orders that effectively erase the recognition of transgender people through federal government policies. Changes have also been introduced that limit access to gender-affirming healthcare and reinstate previous bans on transgender individuals serving in the military.  

     

     

    Madonna addressed these concerns on X/Twitter on January 28, making it clear that she is deeply troubled by the situation. “It’s so sad to watch our new government slowly dismantling all the freedoms we have been fighting for and WON over the years,” she wrote, accompanying her message with a rainbow flag and a broken-hearted emoji. She added a direct call to action: “Don’t give up the fight!”  

     

    Madonna has long used her platform to advocate for LGBT+ rights, dating back to the 1980s when she was one of the first mainstream celebrities to bring attention to the AIDS crisis. Her latest statement comes in response to Trump’s newly signed executive order, titled “Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness,” which restricts transgender individuals from serving openly in the military. This policy reinstates a ban from Trump’s previous term, which had been reversed by Joe Biden in 2021.  

     

    In addition to restricting military service, another executive order has directed federal agencies to rescind policies that support or acknowledge gender-affirming healthcare for transgender Americans. The directive classifies gender-affirming treatments, including puberty blockers, hormone therapies, and surgeries for those under 19, as “mutilation.”  

     

    As the Trump administration continues implementing policies that impact the LGBT+ community, Madonna’s message serves as a rallying cry for those fighting to maintain the rights gained over the years.

     

    Based on a report by The Independent 2025-01-30

     

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    It's the only thing Trump has done that is praiseworthy and the granny hooker doesn't like it.

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  8. 20 hours ago, WDSmart said:

    Hopefully not. "Woke" is the only way forward for all societies and cultures. Anything else is either halting social progress or, like the USA under Trump, going backwards. Maga = Make America (the USA, not all of the Americas) Grevious Again. 🥹

    This artificial woke nonsense is dying as we write, if ideas have no organic consensus within the community they die, they have no meaning just because a few bi-sexual  leftist liberals fresh from university with a worthless degree in liberal studies screech louder than the hard working majority who can identify with the bits between their legs.

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