Chomper Higgot

Hardcore medical books. Anatomy and reproductive science is like that.

It’s all in the definitions, but the point is ‘the banning of books’.

Watch how this develops and enjoy.

Reaches for book on history of 20th Century Europe…. Before its ordered banned.

Not so fast. During Wednesday’s PMQ the PM stated the investigation would conclude around the end of next week. (Due process and all that). And yet here we are reading news of Zahawi being sacked this morning, so presumably the ‘investigation’ (we are told ‘Due Process’) suddenly went into hyper-drive. What might have brought about such a change in speed? Perhaps it’s the news now being reported that Sunak was informed of Zahawi’s problems months back and before Sunak appointed him. This becomes a bit of a problem for Sunak who’s official spokesperson has made statements to Parliament that Sunak had no prior knowledge of Zahawi’s tax problems. This might not be a problem for Sunak if he had solid backing on his own benches, but he does not, many on the right of the party want him gone. What a right Tory mess this is. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nadhim-zahawi-tax-rishi-sunak-hmrc-b2271243.html?amp

And well past time too. Sunak has exposed his own weaknesses, hiding behind ‘due process’ when he has absolute authority to dismiss anyone in Government. Zahawi should have resigned, he certainly should have been dismissed as soon as the fact of his tax evasion became known. Thank you Dan Neidle for facing down the legal treats from Zahawi, threats made against Neidle for doing nothing other than telling the truth. Now let’s be hearing about the source of tens of millions of pounds funneled to the businesses of Zahawi’s wife from undisclosed sources. Dig the rot out root and branch.

Odd you should mention it.

And continues to do so.

Apropos removal of this tax evading breached of the ministerial code. Thank you Dan Neidle. A man that refused to be intimidated by Zahawi’s threats of legal action to shut him up for telling the truth.

At last Sunak grows a set, stops hiding behind ‘due process’ and fires Zahawi. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/29/nadhim-zahawi-sacked-tory-party-chair-tax-affairs-rishi-sunak

Incorrect. Unsubstantiated is something not proved to be true by evidence. It might be true, it might not be true, it’s unsubstantiated, there is no means to determine if it is true or not. Which is why verifiable facts matter.

Fact based arguments v unsubstantiated opinions, yes I understand the aversion to the former.

I know, verifiable facts are so inconvenient.

Let’s go to the official definition and how it is measured depending on variations in the make up of households. Take it up with HMGov if it’s not simplistic enough: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-low-income-is-measured/text-only-how-low-income-is-measured

A reliance upon the official ONS data is not an ‘issue’.

You can do all the Google searches you wish, I’ll stick with the official Office of National Statistics data.

I’m not sure how you determined the particular spending / saving habits of ‘Remain voters’, so I’ll leave that as one of those almost certainly unsubstantiated arguments. With regards to this claim: “ That said, high inflation is only months old. In previous years both private and public sector salary increases were out pacing inflation in a good percentage of industries. “ The ONS begs to differ, wage increases have been below inflation for most of the time since 2008: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45875599.amp

OK so I never made the ‘bold statement’ you attributed to me. Thank you.

Can you point out where I stated there are no pensioners missing meals through poverty? A direct quote in full please.

Very many people in the UK work two jobs in order to get by. Nevertheless that is no protection against the gap between inflation and pay increases driving living standards down and poverty up. Hard work is no guarantee against poverty. https://www.jrf.org.uk/economic-insecurity/in-work-poverty https://www.cipd.co.uk/knowledge/culture/well-being/employee-financial-well-being/in-work-poverty/introduction#gref

Pensioners are not the subject of this thread and are in any case an example of people who are provided wide ranging welfare support.

I’m going shopping as soon as I’ve had my breakfast, I’ll buy two lots of food. That for my own needs and the needs of those I’m caring for, and extra which I’ll drop off at the food bank on the way home. I don’t have time to volunteer at the food bank this trip, but I am making weekly donations to help out others less fortunate than myself. I’m not of the opinion posting fanciful low prices for meals on forums helps anyone.. Roll you leaves up lad, spread some of that wealth of yours.

My prices would be just like your prices. Unsubstantiated claims. Which is precisely why unsubstantiated claims have no meaning when we have real data from Government agencies and reputable charities with decades of experience working with poverty reporting almost 10,000,000 people in the UK are not able to afford regular meals. These people haven’t suddenly become profligate, they’ve been driven into poverty by the economic mess the UK has become after almost 13 years of gross mismanagement by this failing Government.

Or so you would have us believe.

I’m in the UK, cooking three meals a day for myself and those I’m caring for. I do all the shopping and I only buy basic ingredients, No pre-cooked or prepared foods. The prices you quote are significantly different from my experience of the prices of preparing meals. I’ll let others draw their own conclusions.