Politics

[masi 51]

1 minute ago, DirtySanchez said:

You're just shouting at the internet now 

Nah your just lost on how to reply.....Perhaps your Masters in 16th Century pottery has not really got you anywhere in life.

[Spider]

27 minutes ago, royal white said:

How do the people who have never worked a day in the life qualify for a state pension? 

Because it’s a benefit.

Zulu has had a bit of a nightmare here but seems happy enough that Cheese is paying for his drinks.

Bolty has shown up and is as baffled as ever and ignoring everyone when they point out how he changes his mind more often than his nappy. But the scrutiny for reform starts now and whilst I hope they deliver on their promises, I will do the town hall steps banana routine if they do.

Let’s just all enjoy watching the victory parade, then the slow dawning of realisation. 

[Spider]

11 minutes ago, mickbrown said:

Water water? Is that double wet?

Waste? That’s rubbish
 

Are you pissed my little antipodean soldier?

It’s morning there. The meds probably haven’t soaked in yet

[jmjhb]

30 minutes ago, masi 51 said:

I have a feeling you are from a generation that you have been handed everything on a plate.

Educated yet not really educated.

The second one coming back with the same personal shit.........You all think you know everything about life

Educate us.

 

Yet this generation is the one paying your generation's pensions

Respect goes both ways

Edited 12 hours ago by jmjhb

[mickbrown]

10 minutes ago, Spider said:

It’s morning there. The meds probably haven’t soaked in yet

Good point. Probably takes a power wa(l)(n)k* before they kick in. 

* delete as appropriate 

[masi 51]

1 minute ago, jmjhb said:

Yet this generation is the one paying your generation's pensions

I do not get a state pension even though i have retired. I have paid my own pension working from 16-60

All i said when i came into this politics debate was the next generation ie those now in their50s will be the last generation to receive a state pension.......The government and both the Tories and Reform are rightly pushing for personal pensions, but also talking about means testing.

Some on here are living in a utopia world and cannot see what is coming financially.

They rather tell me i am a loser, thick, and have anger issues when they could do worse than listen to what i say.

You cannot educate the uneducated

[Spider]

3 minutes ago, mickbrown said:

Good point. Probably takes a power wa(l)(n)k* before they kick in. 

* delete as appropriate 

I’ll never forget when Bolty was interviewed on Brexit night:

 

[kent_white]

24 minutes ago, masi 51 said:

By the way i was very angry in the 80s when i voted Labour and use to call Thatcher, but you get older wiser

At least some of us do and you get to work the truth out for yourself.

This deteriorates on every read 😁

[masi 51]

Is that you above at the end???

 

Edited 12 hours ago by masi 51

[masi 51]

Thats me out of here....Safe Journey to all Tomorrow even to our Southern Friends

[kent_white]

10 minutes ago, masi 51 said:

Thats me out of here....Safe Journey to all Tomorrow even to our Southern Friends

Night mate. Go sleep it off! 😁😉

[bolty58]

1 hour ago, mickbrown said:

Water water? Is that double wet?

Waste? That’s rubbish
 

Are you pissed my little antipodean soldier?

 I got distracted listening to Talk Talks 'Life's What You Make It'.

Must have had a subliminal effect on me.

Then again it could have been the incrementality of cognitive decline 

I'll correct it pal.

[bolty58]

2 hours ago, masi 51 said:

No i respect everyones views until they start being personal......I will take a random guess here Me,Zulu and Bolty are all over 60 and never had anything given to us .......You, Kent and Cheese have had a sheltered life.

You are astute at guessing sir.

[bolty58]

1 hour ago, mickbrown said:

Good point. Probably takes a power walk before they kick in. 

Done*.

No meds whatsoever me pal. Fit as a flea.

A modicum of accuracy in Spiders obsessionally driven jibe however. Early morning with the buds blaring in my cab doors. Let's go with that.

[bolty58]

1 hour ago, kent_white said:

This deteriorates on every read 😁

I would say that it is very astute and indicative of how many develop with the enlightenment of age.

[TM Trotter]

3 hours ago, masi 51 said:

No i respect everyones views until they start being personal......I will take a random guess here Me,Zulu and Bolty are all over 60 and never had anything given to us .......You, Kent and Cheese have had a sheltered life.

And there's me thinking that 'pensions are not a benefit' would be the most ridiculous thing I'd read today. 

Never had anything given to you? Your generation were able to buy property on 3x an average salary. Today it's nearer 9x. You had the state building houses left right and centre, while today, the only properties being built are skyscrapers for Russian and Saudi nationals to "invest in" and never visit. Your generation were able to buy their council houses for a song, and sell them at ballooned profit. 

Your generation enjoyed free higher education, while today the average student debt is around £50k. You might say, "I didn't need a degree, I went to the University of Life". Yep, because with unionised workforces actually manufacturing things in this country before Thatcher's axe, your generation enjoyed good jobs, for life, just by scraping a couple of O Levels. Today, any job paying above pot washing or glass collecting (and having done both, I am not knocking either) expects further qualifications to even get past the first sift.

I wouldn't dispute that you have worked hard for what you have, but your suggestion that those younger than you have a "sheltered life" is plain fucking ignorant. The ability to check your own privilege is seemingly a concept beyond so many of your age group. With such a closed world view, I'm really not surprised you and so many myopic others within your privileged, selfish generation are falling for Farage's lies.

Have a lovely day, and enjoy the match later.

[little whitt]

7 hours ago, royal white said:

How do the people who have never worked a day in the life qualify for a state pension? 

Cause there BENIFITS pay there STAMP 

[gonzo]

8 hours ago, Spider said:

I’ll never forget when Bolty was interviewed on Brexit night:

 

At the other end of the scale you have Muslims voting green because of their Palestine views but totally obvious to the rest of their inclusion policy. 

We live in thick as mince polarised times and no fucker knows where to turn.

 

[masi 51]

5 hours ago, TM Trotter said:

And there's me thinking that 'pensions are not a benefit' would be the most ridiculous thing I'd read today. 

Never had anything given to you? Your generation were able to buy property on 3x an average salary. Today it's nearer 9x. You had the state building houses left right and centre, while today, the only properties being built are skyscrapers for Russian and Saudi nationals to "invest in" and never visit. Your generation were able to buy their council houses for a song, and sell them at ballooned profit. 

Your generation enjoyed free higher education, while today the average student debt is around £50k. You might say, "I didn't need a degree, I went to the University of Life". Yep, because with unionised workforces actually manufacturing things in this country before Thatcher's axe, your generation enjoyed good jobs, for life, just by scraping a couple of O Levels. Today, any job paying above pot washing or glass collecting (and having done both, I am not knocking either) expects further qualifications to even get past the first sift.

I wouldn't dispute that you have worked hard for what you have, but your suggestion that those younger than you have a "sheltered life" is plain fucking ignorant. The ability to check your own privilege is seemingly a concept beyond so many of your age group. With such a closed world view, I'm really not surprised you and so many myopic others within your privileged, selfish generation are falling for Farage's lies.

Have a lovely day, and enjoy the match later.

Here is where me and you differ. I see all aspects of life and lifes struggles/benefits as one generation replaces another.

You are still fixed on your generation only and have been weighed down with that chip on your shoulder for way too long.

I was earning under £4 quid a hour when i bought my house. I was brought up in a council house that had rotten windows and the only heating was once the fire was lit. Yet my dad always told we had it easy compared with him

And certainly i had it easier than my grand dad who never lived to see out his 40s

What is this higher education you speak of?? I left school at 15 had my birthday that week-end and started work two days later. Higher Education was day release if you had a apprenticeship.....I have no O levels School learnt me nothing after age 11.

I would like to know where these good jobs for life are in this utopia you think we had [Thatcher ended those]

Housing apart you have every advantage over us just like we had with past generations......And your views on our generation and Farage this is not our first dance with corrupt politicians but many are seeing him as the only one who will address the continuing influx of illegal immagrants.

And at least we can agree hoping we both enjoy the match

[Spider]

9 minutes ago, masi 51 said:

Here is where me and you differ. I see all aspects of life and lifes struggles/benefits as one generation replaces another.

You are still fixed on your generation only and have been weighed down with that chip on your shoulder for way too long.

I was earning under £4 quid a hour when i bought my house. I was brought up in a council house that had rotten windows and the only heating was once the fire was lit. Yet my dad always told we had it easy compared with him

And certainly i had it easier than my grand dad who never lived to see out his 40s

What is this higher education you speak of?? I left school at 15 had my birthday that week-end and started work two days later. Higher Education was day release if you had a apprenticeship.....I have no O levels School learnt me nothing after age 11.

I would like to know where these good jobs for life are in this utopia you think we had [Thatcher ended those]

Housing apart you have every advantage over us just like we had with past generations......And your views on our generation and Farage this is not our first dance with corrupt politicians but many are seeing him as the only one who will address the continuing influx of illegal immagrants.

And at least we can agree hoping we both enjoy the match

I don’t know if you go on Twitter, but a lot of reform supporting accounts actually think we should reset the country to those times you talk about.

They think Britain was better then because we struggled but just maintained that blitz spirit. Whilst our grandparents died in their 40’s and we all had blue skin on winter mornings.

What the more honest Twitter accounts mention are the lack of brown faces.

[Mounts Kipper]

10 hours ago, mickbrown said:

And still the media crucify them for having the temerity to even attempt that

It’s the parents job to give their kids breakfast…. Its not the duty of tax payers to pay for it. 

Edited 3 hours ago by Mounts Kipper

[masi 51]

4 minutes ago, Spider said:

I don’t know if you go on Twitter, but a lot of reform supporting accounts actually think we should reset the country to those times you talk about.

They think Britain was better then because we struggled but just maintained that blitz spirit. Whilst our grandparents died in their 40’s and we all had blue skin on winter mornings.

What the more honest Twitter accounts mention are the lack of brown faces.

Never ever play that card with me. I worked with some of those brown faces that used to put into the economy.

Immigration played a big part in helping this country off its knees in the 50s and 60s. I would take a 100 Indian Doctors, Nurses from the Caribbean than a 1000 Brittish whites who never put a bean into the economy.

Those days will never return but the times of one Generation having it better than the last are now over. This country is in decline

[Spider]

1 minute ago, masi 51 said:

Never ever play that card with me. I worked with some of those brown faces that used to put into the economy.

Immigration played a big part in helping this country off its knees in the 50s and 60s. I would take a 100 Indian Doctors, Nurses from the Caribbean than a 1000 Brittish whites who never put a bean into the economy.

Those days will never return but the times of one Generation having it better than the last are now over. This country is in decline

It wasn’t aimed at you. Don’t be a snowflake like the other reform evangelists.

I was discussing how Twitter in particular is shaping the narrative and has been the single biggest boost to reforms popularity. There are reform accounts that cater to all their base.

if you think double glazing is a step backwards, and the whole of human knowledge available at the press of a button then it’s likely we won’t agree.

Politics used to be dull, dreary and forgettable. It’s become prime time reality TV now. And it is dominated by one subject.

[Duck Egg]

BadEnoch seems to be getting cut a lot of slack amidst Labour's capitulation.  Council elections for the main opposition, particularly 2 years after a GE, usually see strong support yet they've currently lost just short of 600 seats.

[masi 51]

14 minutes ago, Spider said:

It wasn’t aimed at you. Don’t be a snowflake like the other reform evangelists.

I was discussing how Twitter in particular is shaping the narrative and has been the single biggest boost to reforms popularity. There are reform accounts that cater to all their base.

if you think double glazing is a step backwards, and the whole of human knowledge available at the press of a button then it’s likely we won’t agree.

Politics used to be dull, dreary and forgettable. It’s become prime time reality TV now. And it is dominated by one subject.

I have never ever been either a snowflake or put my x against a Reform vote.

I can see why people are turning to them though. Having lived in houses that have and had not got double glazing on that i agree [not sure why you put that in there]

It is because it simply is making the country dangerous and Bankrupt.