BFTD Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 The expat voting thing is bizarre. It's been about fifty years since my father lived in Scotland, yet he was raging about not getting a vote in 2014. It seems like they get noisier about having a right to vote the longer they've been away. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 9 minutes ago, BFTD said: The expat voting thing is bizarre. It's been about fifty years since my father lived in Scotland, yet he was raging about not getting a vote in 2014. It seems like they get noisier about having a right to vote the longer they've been away. Presumably he wanted to vote yes because if you leave the UK then your state pension is a pretty shit. But they types that are abroad and will register are clearly presumed to be Tory diehards, because there is no way they would have introduced it otherwise. Suppress the vote at home with voter ID and get loads of old people to vote who haven't been here for 15 years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 14 minutes ago, 101 said: Presumably he wanted to vote yes because if you leave the UK then your state pension is a pretty shit. But they types that are abroad and will register are clearly presumed to be Tory diehards, because there is no way they would have introduced it otherwise. Suppress the vote at home with voter ID and get loads of old people to vote who haven't been here for 15 years. I just looked into, you can't vote in Scottish Election or Referendums only UK general elections. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
German Jag Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 30 minutes ago, BFTD said: The expat voting thing is bizarre. It's been about fifty years since my father lived in Scotland, yet he was raging about not getting a vote in 2014. It seems like they get noisier about having a right to vote the longer they've been away. I've not lived in the UK since December 1990. Still pay attention to politics in both Scotland and the UK, but after 5 years or so never felt that I should have had a vote in any elections / referendums, apart from the Brexit one in 2016. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Just now, 101 said: Presumably he wanted to vote yes because if you leave the UK then your state pension is a pretty shit. But they types that are abroad and will register are clearly presumed to be Tory diehards, because there is no way they would have introduced it otherwise. Suppress the vote at home with voter ID and get loads of old people to vote who haven't been here for 15 years. He's still in the UK, just hasn't been near Scotland since before Ally's Army was in the charts. The state pension being shit for expats would be Labour's fault somehow. Everything is Labour's fault somehow. I have a vague memory of seeing that something daft like 80% of votes from expats are for the Conservatives. Presumably the crowd who don't want anything to change in case if affects their ability to avoid living among the heathens in the UK. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Nederlander Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 FWIW, Mrs Ned votes in all things Italian, most recently in local mayor elections, she was born in Scotland and has never resided in Italy - her Italian father registered her at the Italian consulate in Edinburgh when she was born ... that's it! I think it would allow me to get an EU passport if I wanted one (although I've never actually looked into it) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 I'm in a hotel, mostly occupied by French people. It makes me wonder why we bailed them out so often. They're more ignorant than the Russians. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 (edited) Normal island, indeed................... https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/25/nick-candy-one-hyde-park-service-charge-penthouse Do any Pn'B-ers have to pay £3k/week in service charges for their accommodation ? Edited May 25 by Florentine_Pogen 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Play Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 14 minutes ago, Florentine_Pogen said: Normal island, indeed................... https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/25/nick-candy-one-hyde-park-service-charge-penthouse Do any Pn'B-ers have to pay £3k/week in service charges for their accommodation ? No regarding the service charge but there will probably be a few posters on here that will pay more in council tax than the residents there do. Just over £3k a year in council tax if anyone is thinking of buying this property. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Florentine_Pogen said: Normal island, indeed................... https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/25/nick-candy-one-hyde-park-service-charge-penthouse Do any Pn'B-ers have to pay £3k/week in service charges for their accommodation ? What a c**t. Edit: the billionaire and his missus, not @Florentine_Pogen Edited May 25 by KnightswoodBear 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie McSquackle Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 The bit that got me is that Holly Vallance is going to co-host a £100,000 a couple fundraising dinner in London for Donald Trump. Show some scruples Holly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbykdy Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 2 hours ago, Archie McSquackle said: The bit that got me is that Holly Vallance is going to co-host a £100,000 a couple fundraising dinner in London for Donald Trump. Show some scruples Holly. She is an absolute Tory, there was an interview the other day with some of her quotes along those lines and her sister basically wanting f**k all to do with her as a result. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 3 minutes ago, bobbykdy said: She is an absolute Tory, there was an interview the other day with some of her quotes along those lines and her sister basically wanting f**k all to do with her as a result. I'll not see her stuck for digs. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbykdy Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 3 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: I'll not see her stuck for digs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 5 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said: I'm in a hotel, mostly occupied by French people. It makes me wonder why we bailed them out so often. They're more ignorant than the Russians. France Russia Moi aussi, je ne pense pourquoi nous aimons les Francais 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie McSquackle Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 5 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said: I'm in a hotel, mostly occupied by French people. It makes me wonder why we bailed them out so often. They're more ignorant than the Russians. I can tell you're going to love my annual posting of pool-side beers in the south of France in the What Are You Drinking thread. I could even throw in some random pictures of French people. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 37 minutes ago, tamthebam said: France Russia Moi aussi, je ne pense pourquoi nous aimons les Francais 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 8 hours ago, 101 said: Presumably he wanted to vote yes because if you leave the UK then your state pension is a pretty shit. But they types that are abroad and will register are clearly presumed to be Tory diehards, because there is no way they would have introduced it otherwise. Suppress the vote at home with voter ID and get loads of old people to vote who haven't been here for 15 years. Depends where you go. If you’ve got the full NI contributions (and you can pay them voluntarily from abroad) you’ll get the full pension. Depending on where you are, it can be that the sum of your pension is fixed at the amount when you first draw it, but if I draw a UK state pension in the US, I’ll get every increase that the UK gets too. I presume the negotiations for that just went ‘no, shut up, we’re America, give us that and bend over’ and acquiescence was received. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Homeless sent out of city to make room for Taylor Swift fans 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Warning supermarket loyalty 'challenges' could cause overspending - BBC News Quote New supermarket "challenges" that reward shoppers with extra loyalty points for buying more could lead to overspending, consumer groups have warned. Four of the UK's biggest supermarkets - Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons - are now offering members of their loyalty schemes bonus points if they hit spending targets. The supermarkets all say their schemes offer customers better value and more personalised savings. But consumer group Which? and debt charity StepChange warned that setting shopping challenges could encourage people to spend more than they can afford. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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