Politics

[Cheese]

1 minute ago, London Wanderer said:

Is it just me or is that reactor a bit too close to the sea?

Rising levels and all that ....

Virtually all nuclear power stations are built on the coast, for cooling reasons.

[London Wanderer]

Also listening to a podcast on the radio about falling birth rates across the globe. Issues with rising infertility, coupled with people having kids much later due to cost of living, especially with how long it takes people to get a house.

Can't be a bad thing surely, but with an aging population, it could be a ticking time bomb. They were discussing the likelihood of western nations competing for migrants in the decades to come. 

[London Wanderer]

Just now, Cheese said:

Virtually all nuclear power stations are built on the coast, for cooling reasons.

I see

I also assume that they could close it down and move if required. Would be a risk and costly though if some of these 2050 forecasts are correct. 

I'm sure they've thought all this through anyway 😄

[Cheese]

1 minute ago, London Wanderer said:

I see

I also assume that they could close it down and move if required. Would be a risk and costly though if some of these 2050 forecasts are correct. 

I'm sure they've thought all this through anyway 😄

Maybe they haven't thought it through properly, and you've noticed a potential life-destroying scenario. I'd send them an email if I were you.

[BobyBrno]

Who’s in the 12%? 🤔

 

[gonzo]

16 minutes ago, London Wanderer said:

Also listening to a podcast on the radio about falling birth rates across the globe. Issues with rising infertility, coupled with people having kids much later due to cost of living, especially with how long it takes people to get a house.

Can't be a bad thing surely, but with an aging population, it could be a ticking time bomb. They were discussing the likelihood of western nations competing for migrants in the decades to come. 

It was mentioned on here last week.

We need migrants and plenty of them.

Just not the shit cunts we currently appeal to.

[gonzo]

7 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

Who’s in the 12%? 🤔

 

Seriously though who has ever done one of these poles?

 

[Cheese]

Just now, gonzo said:

Seriously though who has ever done one of these poles?

I started doing them a few years ago, but they stopped sending me emails after a couple of months. 😢

[royal white]

20 minutes ago, Cheese said:

I started doing them a few years ago, but they stopped sending me emails after a couple of months. 😢

I can’t think why 

[Spider]

32 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

Who’s in the 12%? 🤔

 

Does that say that the people polled want Labour to cut international aid whilst increasing NHS spending?

Have I read that correctly?

If so, that's a bit awkward isn't it?

[Traf]

I'd say it's too early to tell if anyone's doing a good job yet.

Using football as an analogy, we're about 16 minutes into the game, which is currently a drab 0-0. Who is playing well?

[BobyBrno]

5 minutes ago, Spider said:

Does that say that the people polled want Labour to cut international aid whilst increasing NHS spending?

Have I read that correctly?

If so, that's a bit awkward isn't it?

Two polls there, part of a thread. Yes that is correct. Awkward for who? 

[kent_white]

14 minutes ago, Spider said:

Does that say that the people polled want Labour to cut international aid whilst increasing NHS spending?

Have I read that correctly?

If so, that's a bit awkward isn't it?

Overseas aid is about 5% of what we spend annually on the NHS. 

Should be plenty to sort of healthcare, social care, education and the police. 

I can't think why nobody has tried it before? 

[royal white]

4 minutes ago, kent_white said:

Overseas aid is about 5% of what we spend annually on the NHS. 

Should be plenty to sort of healthcare, social care, education and the police. 

I can't think why nobody has tried it before? 

Over 2 billion of overseas aid is spent on accommodation for immigrants. 
 

A couple of new hospitals there 😉

[BobyBrno]

5 minutes ago, kent_white said:

Overseas aid is about 5% of what we spend annually on the NHS. 

Should be plenty to sort of healthcare, social care, education and the police. 

I can't think why nobody has tried it before? 

It’s 5% of gross national income. It’ll be reduced to 3% to cover proposed defence spending. It was 7% but was reduced by 2% to cover COVID spend. 

[Not in Crawley]

48 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Seriously though who has ever done one of these poles?

 

They don't go out with clipboards walking up and down a high street 😁

It's a mixed methodology, like all these data companies and is robust - as I've said many times before the sample.size to get a robust mathematical sample isn't that large. But large scale data is required for certain aspects.

[Not in Crawley]

19 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

Two polls there, part of a thread. Yes that is correct. Awkward for who? 

Awkward for any government. Such is the population. For example, overwhelmingly people want to increase spending on our defense but they dont want taxes raised to pay for it.

Same here. Difficult this governing thing isn't it.

Unless you just have an irrational hatred for Rachel Reeves (which is quite funny to see) and then you can just Wang myopic posts on a league one football forum if that floats your particular boat.

[BobyBrno]

6 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

Awkward for any government. Such is the population. For example, overwhelmingly people want to increase spending on our defense but they dont want taxes raised to pay for it.

Same here. Difficult this governing thing isn't it.

Unless you just have an irrational hatred for Rachel Reeves (which is quite funny to see) and then you can just Wang myopic posts on a league one football forum if that floats your particular boat.

😅 Every time.

[Not in Crawley]

1 minute ago, BobyBrno said:

😅 Every time.

I know every time you get wound up be Reeves.

It's quite a thing to see. Careful now.

[BobyBrno]

1 minute ago, Not in Crawley said:

I know every time you get wound up be Reeves.

It's quite a thing to see. Careful now.

277,000 jobs lost since they came into power. Stability.

[Not in Crawley]

4 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

277,000 jobs lost since they came into power. Stability.

This again proves my point, it's so myopic as to be amusing. It's no wonder our Julie found you so easy to convince.

 

[kent_white]

21 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

It’s 5% of gross national income. It’ll be reduced to 3% to cover proposed defence spending. It was 7% but was reduced by 2% to cover COVID spend. 

It's not - it's 0.5% of gross national income........ 

And it will come down to 0.3% by 2027

[kent_white]

24 minutes ago, royal white said:

Over 2 billion of overseas aid is spent on accommodation for immigrants. 
 

A couple of new hospitals there 😉

2.8 billion in 2024. Down from 4.3 billion in 2023....... 👍

 

[BobyBrno]

4 minutes ago, kent_white said:

It's not - it's 0.5% of gross national income........ 

And it will come down to 0.3% by 2027

Sorry😊 What’s a decimal point here and there.

[Farrelli]

1 hour ago, BobyBrno said:

Who’s in the 12%? 🤔

 

You are seriously obsessed.