Politics

[Bertie]

14 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

See, reading that, it seems to me that he wants the nation to be more heavily involved in crypto, and has given a speech about it. 😀

If someone wants to pay him for it, fine. He declared it.

Not sure I am as convinced about the crypto bollocks, but that's my personal feelings about it.

Absolutely nothing about it that suggests any wrong doing, even if it is meant to suggest there is.

Now then, how many other mps also earn money and declare it in the register of interests? Eventually. 

 

Too much of a coincidence for me. £30k to give a talk (fine - no problem if someone is daft enough to pay that), but then to appear to lobby on behalf of the interests of that group? As a minimum the optics are wrong, at worse, well….

Got to be better than that or else we continue towards US politics where most of the politicians are as bent as a ten bob note, funded by lobbyists.

I think too many have forgotten it’s public service not self service.

[London Wanderer]

Meanwhile Europe’s water supply is drying up much faster than scientists expected 

And it has barely made the news

https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1383050-europe-on-brink-water-reserves-plunge-amid-worsening-climate-breakdown

[Spider]

29 minutes ago, London Wanderer said:

Meanwhile Europe’s water supply is drying up much faster than scientists expected 

And it has barely made the news

https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1383050-europe-on-brink-water-reserves-plunge-amid-worsening-climate-breakdown

Climate change is a scam mate, everyone knows that.

see also Covid and chemtrails.

[Dimron]

48 minutes ago, London Wanderer said:

Meanwhile Europe’s water supply is drying up much faster than scientists expected 

And it has barely made the news

https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1383050-europe-on-brink-water-reserves-plunge-amid-worsening-climate-breakdown

Reported in the Guardian yesterday... worried about Spanish tomatoes

[Dimron]

27 minutes ago, Spider said:

Climate change is a scam mate, everyone knows that.

see also Covid and chemtrails.

Its true

 

[Ani]

1 hour ago, Bertie said:

Too much of a coincidence for me. £30k to give a talk (fine - no problem if someone is daft enough to pay that), but then to appear to lobby on behalf of the interests of that group? As a minimum the optics are wrong, at worse, well….

Got to be better than that or else we continue towards US politics where most of the politicians are as bent as a ten bob note, funded by lobbyists.

I think too many have forgotten it’s public service not self service.

What is crazy is yon mon got 10 years for taking Russian bribes amounting to 10s of thousands but virtually every MP is taking similar amounts from donors.

If he had just gone on Russian TV for a fee would that have bribery ? NF gets best part of £1m a year salary from the owners of GB News but he ain’t the only one, 236 out of 650 MPs do outside work for money. How many of them do favours or have their views influenced by the folk chucking money at them ? 
 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/21/mps-second-jobs-parliament-guardian-analysis

 

Who owns GB News and wants such influence ? 

[Ani]

16 minutes ago, Dimron said:

Reported in the Guardian yesterday... worried about Spanish tomatoes

Well we are in Spain at the moment and they are serving chopped tomatoes to have on your toast for breakfast. But no sausage or beans ! The world is crazy.

You could argue that is more traditional approach so should respect that, but the bottles of HP sauce prove that story a bit unlikely. 

[Dimron]

41 minutes ago, Ani said:

Well we are in Spain at the moment and they are serving chopped tomatoes to have on your toast for breakfast. But no sausage or beans ! The world is crazy.

You could argue that is more traditional approach so should respect that, but the bottles of HP sauce prove that story a bit unlikely. 

The world is changing... I walk down from the Moors in North Yorkshire to Robin Hoods Bay on the coast and pass a thriving vineyard!

As you say, crazy

[bolty58]

1 hour ago, Ani said:

Well we are in Spain at the moment and they are serving chopped tomatoes to have on your toast for breakfast. But no sausage or beans ! The world is crazy.

You could argue that is more traditional approach so should respect that, but the bottles of HP sauce prove that story a bit unlikely. 

Get some gazpacho down yer neck. Lovely stuff.

[Ani]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyd38gp00eo
 

Strange world where the leader of the Opposition is doing a round of interviews saying the economy is doing better than we thought

 

She is not very bright 

[kent_white]

6 hours ago, London Wanderer said:

Meanwhile Europe’s water supply is drying up much faster than scientists expected 

And it has barely made the news

https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1383050-europe-on-brink-water-reserves-plunge-amid-worsening-climate-breakdown

It's because there's no Jews involved (or something)?

[bolty58]

5 hours ago, kent_white said:

It's because there's no Jews involved (or something)?

He won't respond. He'll be off gluing himself to a dyke 

[green genie]

13 hours ago, kent_white said:

It's because there's no Jews involved (or something)?

Too little water or too many people ?

[Not in Crawley]

Its Reith Lecture time - this is well worth a listen this year - if you are left or right leaning - really facinating premise. Looking forward to the subsequent ones.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002mmrv?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

 

 

[royal white]

He’s right.

 

 

[Cheese]

[tomski]

Isn’t the cap removal good in the fight to stop Britain becoming muslamic and help prevent the predicted population crisis. 
 

You used to hear the odd person moan about funding of things like Schools when they don’t have kids etc. Nowadays it certainly seems the majority. You have to be fairly miserable to be upset by stuff like this. Also if it’s so good then why don’t we all jack our jobs in😂
 

 

[Spider]

Chris Green has joined reform. He must be missing the trough.

[Ani]

Can someone explain what Reeves has done wrong ? 

[Cheese]

4 minutes ago, Ani said:

Can someone explain what Reeves has done wrong ? 

She "lied about the state of the economy" in order to justify a VAT rise that she didn't actually impose. I think.

[Spider]

13 minutes ago, Ani said:

Can someone explain what Reeves has done wrong ? 

Dropped her crystal ball

[Traf]

1 hour ago, royal white said:

He’s right.

 

 

He's wrong.

When is the cap being lifted?

[Ani]

35 minutes ago, Cheese said:

She "lied about the state of the economy" in order to justify a VAT rise that she didn't actually impose. I think.

But the BBC reported before budget that was no longer the case !

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0mx3nv7zy8o.amp
 

Just seems like a witch hunt 

[royal white]

5 minutes ago, Traf said:

He's wrong.

When is the cap being lifted?

It’s Monday, it’s miserable, tax payers are paying for those who arrived illegally along with the work shy, billions in foreign aid on ridiculous projects…..

[Spider]

28 minutes ago, royal white said:

It’s Monday, it’s miserable, tax payers are paying for those who arrived illegally along with the work shy, billions in foreign aid on ridiculous projects…..

Zero tariff deal agreed by Sir Keir with the US for pharmaceuticals.

Just getting on with shit again. Dull cunt