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2 hours ago, John Lambies Doos said:
On 02/07/2021 at 13:57, doulikefish said:
Official photo from downing street this evening...the prime minister of.....
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No issue with that at all, he is the prime minister of England

Hundred things Scottish people could get upset about with English politicians. Supporting England isn't one of them.

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2 minutes ago, JamieThomas said:

Hundred things Scottish people could get upset about with English politicians. Supporting England isn't one of them.

Noted, however this is the guy who refused to condemn the knuckledraggers booing their own side for taking the knee. It won’t happen but I would like very much for Southgate and the team to make it very clear he is entirely unwelcome to bask in any reflected glory should England win it. Ditto any tabloid press who want access to Raheem Sterling; they should be told to f**k straight off. 

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1 minute ago, carpetmonster said:

Noted, however this is the guy who refused to condemn the knuckledraggers booing their own side for taking the knee. It won’t happen but I would like very much for Southgate and the team to make it very clear he is entirely unwelcome to bask in any reflected glory should England win it. Ditto any tabloid press who want access to Raheem Sterling; they should be told to f**k straight off. 

Oh, aye - he's an opportunistic piece of human garbage. But, he is English.

If, however, Murdo Fraser does the same then he can go f**k himself into the sun at a speed human capacity is unable to comprehend.

Oh, wait.

 

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12 minutes ago, JamieThomas said:

Oh, aye - he's an opportunistic piece of human garbage. But, he is English.

If, however, Murdo Fraser does the same then he can go f**k himself into the sun at a speed human capacity is unable to comprehend.

Oh, wait.

 

If you want to really annoy Murdo, point out that the Kirin Cup means Scotland have won more tournaments than he has elections. 

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13 minutes ago, carpetmonster said:

If you want to really annoy Murdo, point out that the Kirin Cup means Scotland have won more tournaments than he has elections. 

Tbf I've met 3 people on P&B and I'd be confident I'd garner at least 2000 more votes than Murdo

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17 hours ago, Detournement said:

This seems to be a trend this year. Here and in America big companies, banks and hedge funds are buying up property to rent out.

Not a good sign for average punters and as I've said elsewhere the impossibility of future growth will push capital from production/services towards rent extraction. Expect homeownership rates to decline much faster in this decade than the last. 

https://slate.com/business/2021/06/blackrock-invitation-houses-investment-firms-real-estate.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-06-17/america-should-become-a-nation-of-renters

 

Agree that this isn't a welcome trend but i disagree that future growth is impossible. 

There is a glut of unproductive capital in the west but we still incentivise capital investment through the tax system like capital is scarce. Meanwhile we have labour shortages but tax labour like its oversupplied. 

Labour would be much more productive at lower income levels if the price wasn't artificially inflated by tax and (paricularly employers') NI. 

You can buy and sell a commercial property portfolio for millions at a tax rate of 20%. Someone on median wages pays the same in marginal* income tax but has NI on top. 

To get a bigger return on money spent on labour you need it to be something like 15% more productive than money spent on property. So even if labour is 10% more productive, the tax system tells you to invest in property. 

Also money in the hands of investors who tend to be better off is more likely to be saved, adding to capital stock and reducing growth multipliers. 

So i don't agree that low growth and capital  flight to low yield assets is inevitable. It's a policy choice. If we prioritised full employment we could grow the economy. 

*tax only, not including loss of benefits or credits. Marginal rate gets higher with that factored in. 

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12 minutes ago, Merkland Red said:

fucking thicko.

 

Funny as.....the actual official scots tories twitter posted similar last night and got roundly laughed at..Maurice never got the memo 

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3 hours ago, Merkland Red said:

😂

One of the comments was "employment at Woolworths lowest ever."

He's not alone.

One poster on here was mewling that pupils were being denied promised laptops

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4 hours ago, sophia said:

One poster on here was mewling that pupils were being denied promised laptops

I have no idea what the angle is here. What made it mewling and why were they complaining? Was there any validity to the complaint?

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10 hours ago, NotThePars said:

I have no idea what the angle is here. What made it mewling and why were they complaining? Was there any validity to the complaint?

Kincy was basically laughing at the idea of the SNP actually delivering on their manifesto promises about laptops. Saying it was never going to happen in his usual style. 

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I see Sarah Smith has made it onto the BBC rich list hoovering up at least £185k delighted to see that even despite such a nice wedge she's a bitter wee unionist. They say money doesn't make you happy and her coupon is proof of that.

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25 minutes ago, 101 said:

I see Sarah Smith has made it onto the BBC rich list hoovering up at least £185k delighted to see that even despite such a nice wedge she's a bitter wee unionist. They say money doesn't make you happy and her coupon is proof of that.

When we get Independence she will be lucky to get a job serving copy at the SBC.  Maybe it’s the thought of that that keeps her so miserable.

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39 minutes ago, Granny Danger said:

When we get Independence she will be lucky to get a job serving copy at the SBC.  Maybe it’s the thought of that that keeps her so miserable.

Looks like her job will be quite safe for a long time.

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22 minutes ago, Granny Danger said:

When we get Independence she will be lucky to get a job serving copy at the SBC.

People who think Scotland's media landscape will look remotely different after independence baffle me. Scotland's media hasn't changed one iota in the 20 years we've had our own government, other than the ongoing and inevitable collapse of all the newspapers. Who exactly is going to replace her? The only Scottish broadcasters in any sphere who aren't raging unionists are football pundits and even there they're a distinct minority.

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Vote to abolish Evel has been passed.  Nationalist claim it is a humiliation, Tories claim it makes all MPs equal.  Labour welcome it (as they do most Tory legislation).

With the majority in the commons, I can't really see it making any difference this term but possibly next decade the SNP may be able to leverage it for a referendum something after 2040.

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Vote to abolish Evel has been passed.  Nationalist claim it is a humiliation, Tories claim it makes all MPs equal.  Labour welcome it (as they do most Tory legislation).
With the majority in the commons, I can't really see it making any difference this term but possibly next decade the SNP may be able to leverage it for a referendum something after 2040.
EVEL was always nonsense as any vote on English matters usually had an expenditure consequential for Scotland.
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