Politics

[Winchester White]

I suspect Paul is correct. We are skint as fuck.

Maybe we should put taxes up and see how that goes down?

[Spider]

20 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

Paul Johnson from the IFS.

 

So are we actually giving MORE aid to forriners then?

[Dimron]

49 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

Paul Johnson from the IFS.

 

Wasn't that in the Reform Manifesto?

[Dimron]

43 minutes ago, Winchester White said:

I suspect Paul is correct. We are skint as fuck.

Maybe we should put taxes up and see how that goes down?

We have a low productivity, low growth stagnant economy and insist on writing cheques we can no longer cash. We really are no longer Billy Big Boots on the World Stage.

Reality check now urgently required. Make certain children have breakfasts and old people dignified homes firstly please.

[Winchester White]

12 minutes ago, Dimron said:

We have a low productivity, low growth stagnant economy and insist on writing cheques we can no longer cash. We really are no longer Billy Big Boots on the World Stage.

Reality check now urgently required. Make certain children have breakfasts and old people dignified homes firstly please.

Bloody communist 😉

[Dimron]

1 minute ago, Winchester White said:

Bloody communist 😉

I prefer "realist"

[Casino]

I dont think this money is intended for tanks

Much more likely itll go on cyber stuff

That where we face the biggest threats to our daily lives

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

43 minutes ago, Casino said:

I dont think this money is intended for tanks

Much more likely itll go on cyber stuff

That where we face the biggest threats to our daily lives

We certainly should be pouring a lot of the money we have into the cyber threat posed against us

But in terms of military spending then, for want of a better of a better phrase, in hard terms, the priority should be the protection of the seas around our island

[Spider]

So

are we actually spending LESS on the military then?

¿And giving MORE to Señor Juan de Extranjero?

[royal white]

43 minutes ago, Spider said:

So

are we actually spending LESS on the military then?

¿And giving MORE to Señor Juan de Extranjero?

Refreshing isn’t it. Seeing a government  that actually does  things 👀

[bolty58]

9 hours ago, royal white said:

Fair play to the toy maker. It’s a start! Now to get a grip of those parents who are sending their kids to school without a meal in them. 
 

 

Credit where credit is due. On this one, well done Sir Keir. I know the catalyst was the big man in DC but nevertheless impressive that money is coming off foreign aid to increase defensive capabilities.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

11 hours ago, BobyBrno said:

Paul Johnson from the IFS.

 

Heard a little about this; so spending cuts or tax increases will be required. 

Nevertheless, it is good news.

Just need to get on with the extra funding immediately.

[royal white]

20 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Heard a little about this; so spending cuts or tax increases will be required. 

Nevertheless, it is good news.

Just need to get on with the extra funding immediately.

2027 is the start date 

[Dimron]

3 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Heard a little about this; so spending cuts or tax increases will be required. 

Nevertheless, it is good news.

Just need to get on with the extra funding immediately.

Good news for the company I work for... we've always got a few defence jobs on the go and they piss the money like it's going out of fashion... you wouldn't believe how the MoD can waste money on infrastructure!

As I said earlier, there's a real danger if you give them more money to spend (especially in a hurry) the more inefficient they will become... we did a six figure job last year and after the Unit's CO had inspected we were jack-hammering away the next day as it all had to be re-configured... happy days 😆

Happens on virtually every contract.

[Sweep]

50 minutes ago, Dimron said:

Good news for the company I work for... we've always got a few defence jobs on the go and they piss the money like it's going out of fashion... you wouldn't believe how the MoD can waste money on infrastructure!

As I said earlier, there's a real danger if you give them more money to spend (especially in a hurry) the more inefficient they will become... we did a six figure job last year and after the Unit's CO had inspected we were jack-hammering away the next day as it all had to be re-configured... happy days 😆

Happens on virtually every contract.

Same for this new company I work for, as we supply loads of shit to defence customers in UK and France, so hopefully the French will increase their spend as well (I believe they spend an even smaller amount of GDP than we do)

[Sweep]

50 minutes ago, Dimron said:

Good news for the company I work for... we've always got a few defence jobs on the go and they piss the money like it's going out of fashion... you wouldn't believe how the MoD can waste money on infrastructure!

 

...it's like the NHS, nobody cares about the price, and they get absolutely rinsed, time and time again. 

[Farrelli]

13 hours ago, royal white said:

Refreshing isn’t it. Seeing a government  that actually does  things 👀

Tories cut army personnel by 30k between 2010 and 2024.  Yes It’s refreshing to see a government doing positive things now.

[royal white]

4 minutes ago, Farrelli said:

Tories cut army personnel by 30k between 2010 and 2024.  Yes It’s refreshing to see a government doing positive things now.

I guess the tories didn’t plan on invading any countries in the time they were in 😉

Speaking of positive things how are they getting on with the reduction in energy costs? 

[Farrelli]

7 minutes ago, royal white said:

I guess the tories didn’t plan on invading any countries in the time they were in 😉

 

They didn’t plan anything except lining their own pockets

[Dimron]

2 hours ago, Sweep said:

...it's like the NHS, nobody cares about the price, and they get absolutely rinsed, time and time again. 

We don't actually "rinse" anybody... we build new toilet blocks, the CO didn't like them as they have too many disabled and he didn't like the colours so out it all comes... every job they change things late in the day and it has a cost.

Starting some office refurbs soon... just know how that is going to go!

[Sweep]

9 minutes ago, Dimron said:

We don't actually "rinse" anybody... we build new toilet blocks, the CO didn't like them as they have too many disabled and he didn't like the colours so out it all comes... every job they change things late in the day and it has a cost.

Starting some office refurbs soon... just know how that is going to go!

We do 😉

[Casino]

2 hours ago, royal white said:

I guess the tories didn’t plan on invading any countries in the time they were in 😉

Speaking of positive things how are they getting on with the reduction in energy costs? 

its going to be difficult while we are paying wind generators billions to turn em off

i honestly don't know who signed off on that

[Sweep]

12 minutes ago, Casino said:

its going to be difficult while we are paying wind generators billions to turn em off

i honestly don't know who signed off on that

Given the push towards EVs, we'll need to get power from somewhere, and quickly, so every little bit helps I guess

Wind Turbines have been a bit shit this last few months, as we've either had too much wind, or not enough, for them to work

Edited February 26, 2025 by Sweep

[ZiggyStardust]

On 21/02/2025 at 21:53, Sweep said:

Anybody, over the age of about 16 who has an iPhone needs a word with themselves anyway

 

Edit: @Big Ehas one, what more proof is required? 

Oh, I don't know

Quote

Apple says it is working to fix its speech-to-text tool after some social media users found that when they spoke the word "racist" into their iPhones it typed it out as "Trump."

The tech giant has suggested the issue with its Dictation service has been caused by a problem it has distinguishing between words with an "r" in them.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ymvjjqzmeo

[Casino]

2 hours ago, Sweep said:

Given the push towards EVs, we'll need to get power from somewhere, and quickly, so every little bit helps I guess

Wind Turbines have been a bit shit this last few months, as we've either had too much wind, or not enough, for them to work

one reason they get turned off is cos they feed the grid and theres not enough grid capacity

or something

expert woman says its costing over a billion to pay for them to be off and will be rising massively to 9 billion pdq