Detournement Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 I was looking for the Sturgeon presser just now and flicked on BBC Parliament and the Lords are debating a bill that sounds a lot like the dementia tax. Basically elderly care funded by the collateral of your home payable on death. I can't see that going down well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Detournement said: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jul/16/bank-of-england-creating-money-lords-quantitative-easing Some rare media coverage of QE. The Lords make one good point saying inequalities created by QE must be addressed. But they also say it has to be unwound which clearly isn't possible. The BoE are unashamedly lying when they say they they aren't directly financing government borrowing. It's the monetary equivalent of Big Oil denying climate change. But, but, but, it is free money. No need to worry about paying it back etc. etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, strichener said: But, but, but, it is free money. No need to worry about paying it back etc. etc. Correct. But we are headed towards a situation where the government are going to impose even more austerity on the majority of the population while printing to maintain asset prices for the wealthy. Things will get ugly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Parp Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 On 15/07/2021 at 13:11, Detournement said: A decade later we are still in the longest period of wage stagnation since the Napoleononic Wars and there is no one stupid enough to believe Levelling Up will actually happen Unfortunately I think there are millions of people who believe it, as seen by the votes for the Tories and the support for Johnson. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 On 15/07/2021 at 13:35, Genuine Hibs Fan said: In order to Level Up, we must Build Back Better. Only upon completion of this, while embracing the New Normal, we can become a Global Britain Is that when we can get Back To Basics? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ICTJohnboy Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 I can't quite understand why just about every political programme on TV (currently politics live, BBC2) has to earnestly debate Tony Blair's latest pronouncements, not just on Covid, but on just about anything. Why are his views so relevant? How much does he get paid by the BBC every time he opens his fucking mouth? Who gives a flying f**k for anything that weasly worm has to say? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 2 hours ago, ICTJohnboy said: I can't quite understand why just about every political programme on TV (currently politics live, BBC2) has to earnestly debate Tony Blair's latest pronouncements, not just on Covid, but on just about anything. Why are his views so relevant? How much does he get paid by the BBC every time he opens his fucking mouth? Who gives a flying f**k for anything that weasly worm has to say? Thing is, even today people put more stock in what Blair says than what Starmer, Corbyn, or Miliband say. Hell, he can even grown his hair to look like a Bond villain and still gets more TV time and exposure than the current Labour leader. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Thing is, even today people put more stock in what Blair says than what Starmer, Corbyn, or Miliband say. Hell, he can even grown his hair to look like a Bond villain and still gets more TV time and exposure than the current Labour leader. The ruling class listens to its fellow travellers it’s not that surprising. The media’s hardly going to indulge the former leader who was calling the PM’s herd immunity strategy reckless when everyone in the media was kidding on the science backed it and dismissing critics as providing “hipster analysis” 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Parp Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 https://novaramedia.com/2021/07/13/jobcentre-staff-were-taught-to-inflict-psychological-harm-on-the-unemployed/Jobcentre Staff Were Taught to Inflict ‘Psychological Harm’ on the UnemployedTop-down pressure and 'benefit scrounger' narratives encouraged staff to be 'cruel and inhumane'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jul/20/proposed-secrecy-law-journalism-spying-home-office-public-interest-whistleblowing If correct, it's further proof of how dangerous this Govt is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Ben and Jerry’s stopping selling ice cream in the West Bank is the social media equivalent of posting “we don’t like Jews”. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Reading the above and instantly thinking of the Pitchfork review for Shine On by The Jets. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Brit love in...https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-57901216 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 I'm no fan of BJ but I'm kinda shocked at the low key reaction to Cunnings revealing that he and other Vote Leave Spads were looking to oust Johnston just days after the 2019 GE. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, btb said: I'm no fan of BJ but I'm kinda shocked at the low key reaction to Cunnings revealing that he and other Vote Leave Spads were looking to oust Johnston just days after the 2019 GE. I don't really understand why he isn't the in the Tower of London by now, are none of his self aggrandising revelations covered by the Official Secrets Act? Great to get a glimpse behind the front door of number 10, and like you I have zero sympathy for BJ and his mob, but am a bit queasy about this self serving betrayal of the people he worked with when he was probably more responsible for the shitfest that happened than most of them put together. And now he has the cheek to suggest that maybe Brexit was a crap idea, like it had nothing to do with him. Edited July 21, 2021 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted July 22, 2021 Author Share Posted July 22, 2021 8 hours ago, welshbairn said: I don't really understand why he isn't the in the Tower of London by now, are none of his self aggrandising revelations covered by the Official Secrets Act? Great to get a glimpse behind the front door of number 10, and like you I have zero sympathy for BJ and his mob, but am a bit queasy about this self serving betrayal of the people he worked with when he was probably more responsible for the shitfest that happened than most of them put together. And now he has the cheek to suggest that maybe Brexit was a crap idea, like it had nothing to do with him. No. He was an adviser with zero power, they were the elected, and supposedly accountable politicians. If they allowed themselves to be directed by him the culpability is all theirs. As a colleague of mine back in the day said to officials “You advise me, I tell you”. If the relationship between Cummings and government ministers was anything different then they are the ones to blame. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 2 hours ago, Granny Danger said: No. He was an adviser with zero power, they were the elected, and supposedly accountable politicians. If they allowed themselves to be directed by him the culpability is all theirs. As a colleague of mine back in the day said to officials “You advise me, I tell you”. If the relationship between Cummings and government ministers was anything different then they are the ones to blame. Sure, ultimate responsibility lies with the politicians, but he was Johnson and Gove's boss in Vote Leave and carried on that work in Downing Street. He was the one who came up with the bus slogan and Britain getting invaded by 80 million Turks if we stayed in the EU. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Venom Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Sure, ultimate responsibility lies with the politicians, but he was Johnson and Gove's boss in Vote Leave and carried on that work in Downing Street. He was the one who came up with the bus slogan and Britain getting invaded by 80 million Turks if we stayed in the EU.Quite. I've said before, for a guy who claims to hate politicians, he's a heck of a knack for working with tories, and the worst ones at that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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