General Politics Thread

[Anonapersona]

'Children need a mother and father'

'We are not homophobic'

 

[BFTD]

Just now, Anonapersona said:

'Children need a mother and father'

'We are not homophobic'

"We're not afraid of them, we just consider them inferior human beings"

[NotThePars]

Children need a Mads Mikkelsen and Hugh Dancy figure

[renton]

5 minutes ago, NotThePars said:

Children need a Mads Mikkelsen and Hugh Dancy figure

That show was trash and addictive as f**k.

[NotThePars]

That show was trash and addictive as f**k.

I watched ten episodes yesterday. You’re right. It’s utter nonsense and I can’t switch it off.

[Granny Danger]

This won’t go down well in some corners.

UK towns with more immigrants do much better economically, study finds

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/immigration-economic-effect-uk-towns-b1798198.html

 

[Baxter Parp]

[Dawson Park Boy]

26 minutes ago, Baxter Parp said:

Absolutely that’s true.

During this pandemic, the share values of all the high tech companies such as Amazon, Google, Apple, Tesla, etc., have soared as we have become more and more dependent on technology, and for good reason and therefore their founders have increased their wealth.

The great sadness is that, here in Scotland, we don’t seem to have any entrepreneurs like Bezos, Musk and the like.

The nearest  we have are the Edinburgh investment houses such as Baillie Gifford which invested heavily in Silicon Valley, identifying many of the big successes at an early stage and promoting to savers investment trusts such as Scottish Mortgage which are showing phenomenal returns. Witness the multi millionaire, James Anderson, who stepped in to assist Scottish football. 

What I am saying is that your figures are indicative of the success or lack of success of systems and countries where enterprise and wealth creation are actively encouraged.

We need much more here in the UK, and certainly in Scotland where we are far too dependent on public service occupations.

[DublinMagyar]

Scotland needs more billionaires!

Truly, truly thick

[Thistle_do_nicely]

Still firmly in the billionaires and private landlords should be gulag'd camp m8

Top boi Yanis Varoufakis speaks really well about the idea of a universal basic dividend which tbh i like the sound of; the main thihg i took away is that what drives the share value of google is shared, collective use of all computer users clicking away on their search engines etc. and yet the profit from this is privately appropriated; why not fund not a universal basic income not via taxation but make a universal basic dividend instead?

Also lol @ citing tech companies; most of their products were invented using taxpayer funded science and research programmes, no? Is there not that thing that every part/component of the iphone came from MIT research?

edit: my error there, not specifically MIT but various govt grants/public funded programmes.

Edited February 7, 2021 by Thistle_do_nicely

[strichener]

36 minutes ago, Thistle_do_nicely said:

Is there not that thing that every part/component of the iphone came from MIT research?

I have never heard this before but it is easily disproved.

[Thistle_do_nicely]

31 minutes ago, strichener said:

I have never heard this before but it is easily disproved.

I've had another look, I was conflating different things there from a Chomsky/Varoufakis talk I'd watched, mea culpa for any confusion. The claim is that every single part ultimately comes from government grants/public money so the point still stands, not specifically MIT - the MIT part was the GPS tech I think.

 

Edited February 7, 2021 by Thistle_do_nicely

[J_Stewart]

I look at my MP :
Greg Knight (Con). 
That's more than enough. p***k.

He’s a vile Tory c**t that’s voted against any form of equality or welfare legislation and for the Iraq war and is obviously worse than vermin, but his re-election video from 2017 (last 16 seconds especially) remain the best thing ever committed to video:

[Detournement]

7 hours ago, Thistle_do_nicely said:

 

Top boi Yanis Varoufakis speaks really well about the idea of a universal basic dividend which tbh i like the sound of; the main thihg i took away is that what drives the share value of google is shared, collective use of all computer users clicking away on their search engines etc. and yet the profit from this is privately appropriated; why not fund not a universal basic income via taxation but make a universal basic dividend instead?

That's like saying what drives the profits of Tennents is all of us drinking pints so we should get a cut of profits.

Google shouldn't exist as it's a Monopoly and loads of their surveillance activities should be illegal. 

[Antlion]

3 hours ago, J_Stewart said:

 

He’s a vile Tory c**t that’s voted against any form of equality or welfare legislation and for the Iraq war and is obviously worse than vermin, but his re-election video from 2017 (last 16 seconds especially) remain the best thing ever committed to video:

 

 

 

 

I’m fairly sure “vile, verminous c**t” is part of the “Desirable” list on the Person Specification Criteria you find when applying to be a Tory MP. Just as “duplicitous, scheming prostitute” is an “Essential” quality sought in Lib Dem applicants and “nothing” is “Essential” if you want to be Keir Starmer (meeting the “less than nothing” listed as “Desirable” is what scooped him the leadership).

[SANTAN]

I hope that everyone who derailed and sabotaged my best/worst posters thread with your lavish Wightman praise are still happy with his actions now the bold cat man has called him out. 

 

[NotThePars]

2 hours ago, Stormzy said:

I hope that everyone who derailed and sabotaged my best/worst posters thread with your lavish Wightman praise are still happy with his actions now the bold cat man has called him out. 

 

I clicked on his account and saw this at the top which is an amazing case of inventing something to be completely mad about 

Anyway, what's prompted this tweet?

Edited February 9, 2021 by NotThePars

[oneteaminglasgow]

10 hours ago, NotThePars said:

I clicked on his account and saw this at the top which is an amazing case of inventing something to be completely mad about 

Anyway, what's prompted this tweet?

He voted not to publish Salmond’s evidence, on the basis that it couldn’t be published in an accessible manner without risking the committee committing contempt of court, so that’s presumably what Galloway’s on about.

[DeeTillEhDeh]

There's some real moon-howling yoons on that Galloway thread.

[Jacksgranda]

On 17/01/2021 at 14:23, Granny Danger said:

 

That’s cloud cuckoo stuff.  These properties wouldn’t suddenly become free.  Instead there would be a hiatus in the market, possibly quite a lengthy one.  Probably wouldn’t affect sitting tenants but very likely to impact on people looking to rent.

Other potential landlords might benefit from lower prices but I’d imagine the chances of that being passed on to tenants as being limited.

I don’t see every private landlord as being a predator though undoubtedly many are, but a fair and equitable private sector rented market will only be achieved through political action not the vagaries of the market.

FWIW I looked very closely at this sector of the economy about six years ago, I found aspects of it very unattractive and decided it was not for me.  It’s also not nearly as attractive as other investment options for anyone with half a brain.  That said it fulfils a role and I cannot think of any country anywhere that doesn’t have private sector landlords as part of its rental sector.

I never thought it was the gold plated money maker some (a lot) make it out to be. Anyway, I was never in a position to "invest" in it, but even if I had have been I don't think I would have dipped a toe in the market.