James105

They are clowns. Announcing this at the same time they increase train drivers pay by 15% and then claiming it would cause a run on the pound if they didn't take away the winter fuel allowance is clown behaviour. All they had to do was add the winter fuel allowance to the pension so those who receive little pension don't pay tax and keep the same amount and those who are "rich" pay 45% tax on it anyway. Or they could have negotiated a 5-10% deal with the train drivers. Or they could reduce the "overseas climate fund" by £1.5bn to a mere £10bn of taxpayers money. Starmer is out of his depth. He is an over promoted middle manager which is why he jumps on nonsense like the price of Oasis tickets rather than concern himself with the realities of being in government and the real and difficult problems facing the UK.

Correct. I wonder if he will give up his "tax free" pension or if he will continue to be a massive hypocrite? https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-65037136 What do you think he should do? Make the "tough choice" to reverse the tax exemption on his pension so he pays tax on it like everyone else or keep it so he cements his reputation as a massive hypocrite?

Starmer is a weak man that cannot handle criticism. He already removed the whip from 6 or 7 MPs who voted against keeping the 2 child benefit cap. He won't let them. So they will vote to kill old people this winter and it will forever be on their records.

Maybe educate yourself on the impact of this before making comments about things you don't really understand: https://www.ageuk.org.uk/our-impact/campaigning/save-the-winter-fuel-payment/

Before that budget there is going to be a vote in parliament on the scrapping of the winter fuel allowance - next week in fact. All of those "be kind" Labour politicians who labelled Tories as scum and the "nasty party" are going to have to vote to remove it and it will be permanently on their records. With the energy bills going up 10% and the removal of this allowance I expect this policy will actually kill some old people before their time.

300,000 baht is not so much money and it is an absolute bargain considering the educational lesson he has received. He should now be able to live the rest of his life without being scammed again as he will approach any future encounter with his eyes wide open. I received this kind of education when I was younger (admittedly for a lot less money) and it continues to be one the best investments I have made.

So what? This is just one amongst a gazillion posts on social media that could fall into the category of racism. White people have to put up with racist abuse on social media constantly from the global majority races and don't expect anyone to go to jail for expressing their vile racist opinions. You really should give your head a bit of a shake if you think expressing a horrible view on social media is a jail worthy offence. She didn't hire an arsonist or a hitman, she just expressed an unpalatable view and should be given the same punishment Jo Brand received for suggesting that someone should throw acid at Nigel Farage which is the equivalent offence.

In order to make space for people who have posted mean words on the internet they will be releasing sex offenders early. https://www.channel4.com/news/exclusive-some-sex-offenders-to-get-early-release-from-prison-under-government-plans-warn-whistleblowers

What races were the grooming gangs targeting? Don't you get it? People were mad as mass uncontrolled immigration has made their kids less safe than they were before mass uncontrolled immigration. Kids are getting stabbed and raped on a daily basis from uninvited and unwanted immigrants that have to be supported by the taxes of the UK taxpayer. Locking up this one woman who expressed her anger via a single tweet changes none of that. The lid on the pressure cooker might be forced back on temporarily with dystopian tactics against those who speak out but that pressure is still building and a lot more horrors will be committed by people that should not even be in the UK and at some point that lid is not going back on. There are very dark times ahead for the UK.

There is a connection between grooming (rape) gangs and asylum seekers so presumably that is why. Sometimes the media even report on it. https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/5215881/police-scotland-glasgow-grooming-gang-secret/ Weird how some crimes are kept secret but a mean tweet is given such publicity isn't it. It's almost as though there is some sort of agenda.

And round and round we go. He is a child of first generation immigrants so he is a second generation immigrant. People get their values and moral guidance from their parents. His parents are unquestionably not British. You would have a good point if he was the son of Welsh parents but he isn't so you don't.

Sigh. It's really not that difficult. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigrant_generations Hint: Read the bit about "second generation immigrants"

Do you know what a first generation immigrant is? If so then have a guess what their child is when they have one....

The UK government could have easily prevented these deaths by ensuring no illegal immigrant is ever granted asylum, offer no benefits to go to the UK, and deported them the moment they arrive to either the country they came from or another country for processing. This is called a deterrent and would have prevented people getting in the boats in the first place. It is entirely the UK governments fault and this blood is on their hands, including the blood of a pregnant woman.

I know he is doing an amazing job. I can feel the tremors from here of the people smugglers literally quaking in their boots as they heard Herr Starmer tell them he was going to "smash the gangs". In just a few short months he has removed every single deterrent and is basically offering amnesty to anyone coming illegally so it's quite impressive what can be achieved really in such a short timeframe. I note that he is being very quiet on these needless and avoidable deaths and has not said a word. Apparently one of the victims was a pregnant mother as well and due to a shortage of life jackets (which were claimed by the valiant men on the boat) she didn't have one.

I swear I recall Herr Starmer claiming he was going to "smash the gangs" which would prevent this kind of tragedy. Has this brilliant plan hit a bit of a snag or something? This comes as such a shock. I mean who would have thought that removing any kind of deterrent and giving an amnesty to illegal immigrants would lead to even more deaths in the channel?

Yes, it was a horrible tweet that she wouldn't have made if she wasn't so angry about 3 little girls being slaughtered by a 2nd generation immigrant. People do behave irrationally when angry. Do you think she should actually spend more time in jail than this guy who spent zero days in jail?

Do you have a link that proves the "alleged" murderer was a Christian at the time of the murders or are you just making up yet more fake news that you are accusing others of doing?

Trans women are NOT banned from elite sports. They have always been allowed to compete in the correct category for their sex, just like every other mediocre male "athlete". They are banned from elite sports in much the same way I am banned from elite sports by simply not being an elite sportsman.

Absolutely. The roads are so much safer with humans behind the wheel right? You can rely on humans not to drink and drive, read and send text messages, engage in road rage, smoke weed and do the myriad of other things that cause 20,000 deaths per year in Thailand alone. Good luck suing the guy in a truck who didn't have insurance, may or may not have a licence, doesn't have much money and was drunk whilst texting on his phone and crashed into you. I am guessing here but I would put money on humans being the cause of 99% of accidents that result in someones death rather than technical failure. The sooner technology removes the weak link in the car (the human), the sooner the roads will be safer and less congested. If humans had to meet the same safety standards consistently as self driving cars hardly anyone would be allowed to drive.

Any news on the violence from the Notting hill riots carnival yet where 50 police officers were attacked and 8 people were stabbed? Seems a bit more serious than someone pulling on someones car wing mirror. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07e55159kro

Boris is a pro mass immigration, pro covid lockdown and pro net zero enthusiast. The correct party for him is either the Labour party or the Green party. The Tories will not get back in by repeating the mistakes of the past and they should look to recruit conservative candidates and do a better job of keeping non-conservatives out of the party.

Nigerian apparently. No indication of what visa he used to enter legally into the country as it's unlikely he would have been one of the engineers or scientists arriving on the small boats as they would have been busy doing science or engineering. It looks like Germany has had a bit of cultural enrichment yesterday also at a "Festival of diversity" where I am presuming that diversity is just a euphemism for mass stabbing. Quite a brutal way to find out that diversity is not really a strength for the wokies I guess. The police there have released a very detailed description describing the yet to be located assailant as a "man" so that should help track him down quickly enough so everyone can start to feel a bit safer there.

It's as though the demand is outstripping the supply in the housing market whereas the supply is outstripping the demand in the jobs market. Any idea what the cause of this could be?

There is definitely still freedom of speech to shout the most vile, racist, hateful abuse you can think of in the UK as the following story proves. So if you are not white you still can go there and be as hateful as you want to be against the police, the Jews, women and especially the white people as if you antagonize them and manage to get them to respond they are the ones who go to jail!! https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/disgust-over-cps-decision-to-drop-charges-against-remaining-palestine-convoy-suspects/