Chomper Higgot

A meaningless statistic to people who’ve only had a mortgage in the past 10 - 15 years, and cold comfort to those already facing significantly higher mortgage payments, now or in the coming months. Added to which there are very many people renting in the private sector who are now facing higher rents because their landlord based their buy to rent business on low interest rates and is now passing the mortgage repayment rise to the tenants. All this with elections looming.

When non white English national football team players suffer online racial abuse after missing penalties l, is that an example of failure to integrate or assimilate?

There are too many examples of white supremacists married to or in relationships with Asian women for ‘aren’t most of us in mixed race marriages’ to be regarded as proof positive of being racist.

GOP policies on abortion weld in votes tgey slready have amongst rightwing religious extremists, but drives voted to Democrats amongst moderate swing voters. So do please keep talking about restricting the rights of half the nation to hold dominion over their own bodies, you know it makes sense.

Perhaps the GOP wish to expunge the fact that they twice had the opportunity to hold Trump to account but turned it down. Lay with a dog, get up with flees.

Perhaps it’s because racism is alive and well in the UK, not something that ‘has been dealt with’. Though I suspect on this forum the ability of members to observe and remember each others posting history might play a role in determining the views of those making posts on matters in which racism maybe present. Threads discussing immigrants, asylum seekers, ethic and religious groups are examples, posters who have comments removed that are overtly racist are a clue.

I should have bought a lottery ticket.

No need for an apology but much appreciates anyway. The reason the company were allowed to dodge certifications is because they are not compulsory. The CEO’s attitude to standards, safety and regulation is a matter of public and court record. Having himself died in the sub he won’t be putting anyone else at risk with his recklessness. RIP his victims.

Special treatment for the wealthy?! Like defunding the IRS so they can’t collect taxes from the wealthy?

That’s not a proof, it’s an allegation.

There are well established regulations and standards covering materials fabrication and testing of pressure vessels, and equipment subjected to pressure. Refer court case I linked earlier in the thread. There are standards governing the design, selection, manufacturing and testing of control systems in critical safety service. The comments made by the now deceased CEO regarding regulations, standards and safety are a matter of record, including court records.

The increase in mortgage repayments as millions of fixed rate mortgage contracts come to an end has for some time been referred as a ‘ticking time bomb’, well the ticking just got louder. Additionally, the number of households holding mortgages has dropped from over 40% to under 30%, due to older people owning outright and younger people being excluded from buying by high costs. This has the effect of placing the burden of the Government’s policy to reduce spending power on a significantly smaller number of people than past interest rises. Therefore to achieve the same restriction in money within the economy interest rates have to go higher than otherwise would needed. As the months tick by, more fixed term mortgages come to an end, 800,000 by the end of 2023, over two million by the end of 2024 Not good news in the run up to bye elections and of course the general election. And all the while the driving cause of inflation is supply side restrictions within the economy, which will not be fixed by increasing inflation unless doing so creates a recession, although Jeremy Hunt has said he’s content to take the risk. I doubt many mortgage holders will agree, we’ll soon find out. https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/the-mortgage-crunch/ https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/articles/priceseconomicanalysisquarterly/march2022

I believe his disregard for safety, regulations and certifications was more a probable cause. That and firing the guy who pointed out safety concerns, including the pressure rating of the viewing window and the failure to type test the design.

On the assumption that their oxygen ran out then consider a bunch of billionaires being told there’s a finite oxygen resource, we need to share equally, don’t take more than you need. A little late for that particular life lesson.

Allegations of safety concerns are not simply after the fact speculation or rumor, they exist in court filings from 2018. David Lochridge, OceanGate’s former director of marine operations, claimed in the August 2018 court document he was wrongfully fired after flagging worries about the company’s alleged “refusal to conduct critical, non-destructive testing of the experimental design”. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/oceangate-titan-safety-quality-employee-fired-b2361289.html

Blue tooth devices in safety critical control service?

The consequences of the devices failing would be my guess.

It applies to conspiracy laced whataboutary because that’s the whole basis of ‘Starmer’ being inserted into this thread. I think the Government have a few other more pressing problems to deal with to be retrospectively enacting laws against their political opponents.

Hold while I read that again.

You’ll need to come up with evidence that Starmer broke a law, any law. Durham Police found nothing. Perhaps the Tories could take a break from destroying the economy and engage in a bit of ‘ex post facto‘ law making in order to help you and other out of the conspiracy hole you’ve dug for yourselves. Perhaps you could take a break from conspiracy laced whataboutary. Let’s stick to the facts, the law and the topic of discussion.

The pictures tell you nothing about the law and the rules in place when they were taken. ‘Gaslighting’, nah, stick with irrelevant whataboutary.

Out of date link, Durham police found no wrong doing. You’ve been told that on multiple occasions with links to the Durham Police statement on in the matter, but it passed in one ear and out the other.

It turns out that the CEO of the Submarine Company is no fan of regulations, standards, testing and inspection. I suspect he’s having second thoughts, that is, if he’s still amongst the living. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/21/titanic-submersible-documents-reveal-multiple-concerns-raised-over-safety-of-vessel

At least his mouth isn’t incriminating him, or praising America’s adversaries.

And America’s adversaries took advantage of his weakness.