ICTJohnboy Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Supreme Court to issue their verdict in about 30 minutes time. I'm pretty sure they'll take the easy way out and say that it's not for them to make judgements on political decisions, but there might be a gentle rap on the knuckles for Boris and say "Don't do it again" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Parp Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 21 hours ago, MixuFixit said: Jimmy Wales is an extreme libertarian who has out loud to adults said The Fountainhead had a huge influence on his thinking. All libertarians are childish morons. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Parp Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 (edited) https://metro.co.uk/2019/09/24/thomas-cook-bosses-gave-50000000-company-collapse-10796972/?ito=social Thomas Cook bosses gave themselves £50,000,000 before company collapse Capitalism is broken. Edit to add: Hedge funds set to make £200m from failure of Thomas Cook https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/thomas-cook-collapse-liquidation-hedge-funds-speculators-a9117106.html?utm_source=reddit.com Edited September 25, 2019 by Baxter Parp 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweeperDee Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Supreme Court to issue their verdict in about 30 minutes time. I'm pretty sure they'll take the easy way out and say that it's not for them to make judgements on political decisions, but there might be a gentle rap on the knuckles for Boris and say "Don't do it again"This aged well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 2 minutes ago, SweeperDee said: This aged well. Yeah, I should have deleted that post! I tell you what though, I don't think anyone, anywhere in the meeja was expecting this verdict either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweeperDee Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Yeah, I should have deleted that post! I tell you what though, I don't think anyone, anywhere in the meeja was expecting this verdict either.Absolutely. I was thinking the SC would rule against the Gov. but wasn’t expecting a unanimous quashing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Parp Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/24/tories-increase-borrowing-by-28-as-possible-election-looms Tories increase borrowing by 28% as possible election looms 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted September 24, 2019 Author Share Posted September 24, 2019 3 minutes ago, Baxter Parp said: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/24/tories-increase-borrowing-by-28-as-possible-election-looms Tories increase borrowing by 28% as possible election looms Imagine Corbyn suggesting that. The Daily Mail would bring out a special edition with a big black border. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUFC90 Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/24/tories-increase-borrowing-by-28-as-possible-election-looms Tories increase borrowing by 28% as possible election loomsThey need to end their deficit, sorry black hole, tomorrow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Parp Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Compare and contrast. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 15 hours ago, Baxter Parp said: Compare and contrast. "Free itself" is doing a lot of work here. Surely the creditors will have a claim on the planes? The government giving money to keep a company operating which stupidly ran up almost two billion pounds of debt would be madness. Everyone would know that they are on the verge of insolvency and no one would book with them for 2020 so they would go under anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/25/1-of-english-residents-take-one-fifth-of-overseas-flights-survey-shows The top 1% of flyers take 18% of all flights. The top 10% take 50% of all flights. Limiting air travel is going to be a huge issue in years to come. It's been funny watching private jet using celebrities support Greta Thunberg and seeing people like Owen Jones and Ash Sarkar bang on about a Green New Deal despite being frequent flyers. It's worth recalling that VAT doesn't apply to jet fuel and realising that this is because it's overwhelmingly consumed by the richest in society. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 14 minutes ago, MixuFixit said: This is not even one step removed from "they say they want a better world but they bought a coffee in Starbucks" It clearly is. There is no comparison between carbon and coffee. I'm guessing your view on air travel will be the same as your views on inheritance tax, talk a good game until it's something that actually effects your lifestyle? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Starbucks lattes can’t melt steel beams, lads. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 2 hours ago, Detournement said: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/25/1-of-english-residents-take-one-fifth-of-overseas-flights-survey-shows The top 1% of flyers take 18% of all flights. The top 10% take 50% of all flights. Limiting air travel is going to be a huge issue in years to come. It's been funny watching private jet using celebrities support Greta Thunberg and seeing people like Owen Jones and Ash Sarkar bang on about a Green New Deal despite being frequent flyers. It's worth recalling that VAT doesn't apply to jet fuel and realising that this is because it's overwhelmingly consumed by the richest in society. If only there was a tax on air travel. One where the more your flew, the more your paid. They could call it something like Air Passenger Duty or similar. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 This is not even one step removed from "they say they want a better world but they bought a coffee in Starbucks"In terms of punching up or punching down I'd say it's the exact opposite. I work with folk who fly abroad at least three times a year and fair do's but in terms of tackling climate change this is as big as getting folk to drive more efficiently (or less). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Especially when you can discredit Ash Sarkar for saying cop shit like "Wearing My Rolex should be the national anthem" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Ash Sarkar is cancelled. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 13 minutes ago, MixuFixit said: Discrediting Ash Sarkar because she herself is a frequent flyer is straight out of the playbook of a fossil fuel PR tbh. If the public faces of Green policies are hypocrites then the policies will never gain any traction. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Grim advert at the bottom of this thread for me. I mean, I'm under the impression that the adverts reflect what you've been looking at online, so I expect gambling websites and weird fetish porn stuff. I don't know what the f**k this is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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