General Chat

[Barlow Boy]

We are in Singapore right now. Here are a couple of observations
It looks and feels like the United States wishes it was. Clean, modern, safe and caring.

It is nice to see so many white dads and grandad's around town with their Asian daughters and granddaughters.

I know I shouldn’t laugh, but

[Cjay]

Force of nature is Cher.

78!!!

[BradWhite]

Force of nature is Cher.

78!!!

Well some of her is 78.

[BradWhite]

Migrants that have entered the UK under Starmer's silly regime = 25,000

He keeps insisting that he will smash the gangs.

Number of gangs smashed by Starmer's silly regime = 0

Winning!!!

More tax hikes on the way to pay for them, Millions of pounds to find just to cover this months illegals. (all men again )

And as the weather starts to improve towards the better months, you can expect thousands more arriving on treasure island for their free house and bumper packed incentives offered to the third world by our political numbskulls.

Total madness!!!

[1964white]

So where is the money coming from to look after the migrants?

[Barlow Boy]

So where is the money coming from to look after the migrants?

Taxpayers mate.

[BradWhite]

So where is the money coming from to look after the migrants?

Public money, land grabs, several forms of taxation.

The Home Office pays Serco to allocate hotels from tax payers money, as an incentive they double the tariff then close and change of use from hotel to private use, all on a rolling contract and contracts to catering companies on top - it's expensive.

We now know that the 22Billion economic black hole that they said the Tories left was inaccurate, it's more like 8BN, so the phantom 22Billion is being used which is obviously borrowed money with high yield interest slapped on top.

The Tories cut foreign aid and they used some of that for migrants but Labour have since increased it and seem content on dishing more public money on foreign countries while we nose dive towards a recession, it makes no sense.

They are also throwing tons of money at countries to repatriate and to monitor crossings.
You can bet that when Labour are booted out they will leave an even bigger economic black hole, but they are grasping on to power to enrich themselves so you'll see many local elections cancelled where Labour will lose their seats to Reform UK.

They deported 45 Albanian criminal migrants last week on a 240 seat plane that cost £1Million, a coach to Albania would have cost a few grand.

Starmer is offering a pay increase to MPs, a little perk to mask the whiff of corruption.

This is all fixable and it is very simple but they just will not do it, yet other countries are doing it.

[1964white]

Taxpayers mate.

Daft question eh mate.

I worked hard all my life to provide for criminals.

[Barlow Boy]

Daft question eh mate.

I worked hard all my life to provide for criminals.

There’s a very, very long list of what taxpayers pay for, but shouldn’t.

We would be here all night on that one mate.

[1964white]

There’s a very, very long list of what taxpayers pay for, but shouldn’t.

We would be here all night on that one mate.

Actually, I should have said the world's criminals, we already contribute taxes to the UK criminal fraternity.

[BradWhite]

People are getting very wealthy from this and other government schemes.
There is solid evidence that they have no intention of stopping the boats, because they haven't done the bloody obvious things that other countries have done.


Another is Net Zero.

Drax power station was the last coal fuelled plant in the UK, it provided affordable energy to thousands of homes, they stopped that because of this NZ nonsense and now what they burn is wood pellets that are imported from the USA and Canada et el, that has a far more carbon impact than coal because they use gas guzzling planes and boats to get them here and they are more expensive to the bill payer.
The UK is responsible for 1% carbon emissions on a global scale compared to China, India and several other countries.

China has more than 300 coal-fired plants that are either under construction, permitted, or awaiting permitting yet the UK pay them aid under a third world climate scheme when they are a richer nation than we are.
In return of the billions we send them Rachel Reeves secured a 60million pound trade deal - more Labour idiocy.

Ed Miliband is another plank getting rich from made up data when renewable energy is far costly than ever before, it's a massive lie that wind energy will be able to provide sustainable energy across the UK, not if the wind isn't blowing on dark dull days we are having.
He is a director of GB Energy and gets the Gov contract of wait for it.... 22 Billion pounds (Now where have we heard 22 Billion before???

It is all bullshit..

They saw the Tories cash in and now they are doing it.

[BradWhite]

Also Self-professed property experts are encouraging their followers to cash in on asylum seeker accommodation.

Internet property ‘experts’ are earning huge sums from Britain’s asylum-seeker crisis by sub letting properties to the Home Office.

YouTube it, you'll see the evidence.
Here's one, sorry no time to do the video embed, click the link.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1FX1sa ... ilyExpress

[hector]

[malcolmw]

I enjoy reading all your comments about current issues in the UK (I'm being serious not sarcastic), as it gives me an idea of what people "over there" are talking about.
Just as I wouldn't expect you to know what we're discussing over a pint here in Canada, I don't know what the word on the street is in the UK.
I can see your frustration with Labour and Mr. Starmer as he does seem like a bit of a burk (although I was impressed that he said he would consider putting UK troops into Ukraine when the cowards from the USA flood their support for Putin in the coming weeks).

But my question is - how did they win such a majority in the last election? I realize people sometimes simply vote for a change and that Boris pissed people off with lies and stupidity, and Liz Truss didnt know which way was up, but Sunak seemed OK to me.
So ...WTF??

[Sean_Nile]

I enjoy reading all your comments about current issues in the UK (I'm being serious not sarcastic), as it gives me an idea of what people "over there" are talking about.
Just as I wouldn't expect you to know what we're discussing over a pint here in Canada, I don't know what the word on the street is in the UK.
I can see your frustration with Labour and Mr. Starmer as he does seem like a bit of a burk (although I was impressed that he said he would consider putting UK troops into Ukraine when the cowards from the USA flood their support for Putin in the coming weeks).

But my question is - how did they win such a majority in the last election? I realize people sometimes simply vote for a change and that Boris pissed people off with lies and stupidity, and Liz Truss didnt know which way was up, but Sunak seemed OK to me.
So ...WTF??

If Starmer says he will put boots on the ground in Ukraine that just confirms his stupidity.

Macron has called an emergency meeting on European security and Starmer will attend... more like a pity party cos they didn't like what Vance said in Munich... angry stupid people don't make good decisions. People are tired of war, politicians are not.

The quote "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." was said by Samuel Johnson on April 7, 1775.

However, Johnson’s biographer, James Boswell, clarified that Johnson was not condemning patriotism itself but rather false patriotism, when it is used as a cover for self-interest or dishonorable actions.

[Tom the Cat]

So where is the money coming from to look after the migrants?

Surely you have noticed the various tax increases by the man who said he will not tax the working man !!

[Tom the Cat]

If Starmer says he will put boots on the ground in Ukraine that just confirms his stupidity.

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Macron has called an emergency meeting on European security and Starmer will attend... more like a pity party cos they didn't like what Vance said in Munich... angry stupid people don't make good decisions. People are tired of war, politicians are not.

The quote "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." was said by Samuel Johnson on April 7, 1775.

However, Johnson’s biographer, James Boswell, clarified that Johnson was not condemning patriotism itself but rather false patriotism, when it is used as a cover for self-interest or dishonorable actions.

If Starmer sends troops to Ukraine we will become a target to be nuked as a reprisal by that other idiot Putin.

[BradWhite]

If Starmer sends troops to Ukraine we will become a target to be nuked as a reprisal by that other idiot Putin.

He can't even secure and protect his own borders let alone someone else's.

He thinks himself as an important statesman when in fact he is a blithering idiot and everyone now sees it.

He needs to go and take his colleagues with him.

[BradWhite]

But my question is - how did they win such a majority in the last election? I realize people sometimes simply vote for a change and that Boris pissed people off with lies and stupidity, and Liz Truss didnt know which way was up, but Sunak seemed OK to me.
So ...WTF??

They too lied.
Starmer lied through his teeth on every single policy on his manifesto (the contract with the people) and the people were sick of what the Tories did for the previous 14 years, a vote to basically get rid of them.

He backtracked on helping people out by lying about the economic deficit yet here he is throwing £15bn on useless foreign aid projects and money to everyone except the country he is supposed to govern.

The turn out of voters was quite poor but we have a first past the post system that's outdated and needs to change.

He is losing the poll to the Reform UK party and he is heading to lose many Labour red wall seats to them hence him cancelling many local elections so Reform can't gain there - again he is lying about why he is cancelling them, the reality he that he is scared and a desperate attempt to keep Labour in for another 4 years.

Reform are not perfect but we can't have any more of this communist nonsense or go back to the same Tories.

[1964white]

Surely you have noticed the various tax increases by the man who said he will not tax the working man !!

I expect those taxes to help with the pressures within the NHS, Education, Transport & repairing our dilapidated roads. not going to the waifs & strays who are determined to take advantage of our benefit system.