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burk

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  1. He's being sheltered by one of his own. Which is why I don't believe in unlimited immigration. These people are loyal to their own (religions and customs), not the country that gave them sanctuary. If he is caught, expect a plea of PTSD / mental health issues and a super soft sentence of one of our institutionally captured judges..... #wearescrewed
  2. The fact this is happening at the same time across the west, makes it hard to believe otherwise.
  3. Will be doing that later on in the year when up country.
  4. That's interesting, as I read as much in an article that said he followed Tory spending plans to 2000 then let all hell loose. As for best PM, & looking at the competition, I can't help but think of prettiest pigs in the abattoir.......
  5. Cheers for the replies many of which were going through my head listening to said hippy. It was only when I got back to my van did i realise the very reason I'm living in my van can, in part be traced back to Gordon Brown. I should point out the conversation started reasonably pleasant, both talking about Wales, when I (in hindsight) shat in the punch bowl by criticising Drakeford's incompetence and the lefts quite strong record in this regard. Cue much frothing about the Tories, to which I wholeheartedly agreed; that they were indeed a shower of $hit but not for the reasons he thought. But to present a case for bringing back Gordon Brown and the excitement he seemingly has for the coming Starmer regime I feel maybe misplaced. I have, in the intervening few hours been reading historic articles to do with said Chancellor of the people and can confirm the recent financial misery we're living through has its origin with him...... So Gordon's Top three ****** up's (as I see it): 1) Badgering the FSA for 'light touch' banking regulations. 2) Tax raid on pensions leading to alternatives (Housing) despite repeated warnings by the Treasury not to do this. 3) Borrowing like a teenager with his Mum's credit card to pay for everything. Honorary mentions PFI. Universal Credit (nation of part timers). Normalising benefits culture. Looking for more from the group should I bump into him tomorrow......
  6. According to the aging hippy next to me on the campsite, that is....... After I composed myself I merely asked: Who deregulated the banks, exploding credit giving us out of control asset prices including housing? Who destroyed private pensions? Who sold off the country's gold at historic lows? Who kept borrowing to maintain growth? Apparently I was wrong, and he is revered around the world for how he saved the banks according to said aging hippy. So two questions arise: 1) Am I wrong in my critique of the Scottish Cyclops? & 2) Do aging hippies consume such high quantities of psychoactives as to effect cognition to such a degree they talk this much nonsense?
  7. Yep, got an email from Shawbrook they're dropping their rate from 4.99% to 4.89%. What pisses me off is I've emailed them several times through last year to ask why I wasn't on the top rate that was being advertised on the front page of their website! Response was always along the lines of 'we do our best to optimise your savings rate but errors occur' Unbelievable.
  8. August 2023 UPS workers awarded record pay rises bringing delivery driver earnings to $170,000 5 days ago UPS to lay off 12,000 workers
  9. Tell me about it. Across three lists of saved houses I have on rightmove more than half on two lists are 'off the market'. The third list has about a third 'off the mkt', I'm wondering how much longer I need to wait for seller delusion to pass. And as for this knocking £5 to 10k off £250k houses that have been on the mkt for way over a year that I see alot of on my lists with property log is beyond annoying. I guess it's a case of patience whilst reality settles in with these idiots.
  10. Yep, experienced exactly the same observations when looking at land and property last year. Got the impression from a couple of agents in Wales the vendors holding out for an offer above the asking price. And that's after the COVID premium (average 25% increase since q2 2020) and the property had been on the mkt over a year! Beyond delusional imo.
  11. I've come to the conclusion that the benefits system in the UK is the root of all our problems, (low productivity, mass immigration, dead future). I often wonder what the country would look like if people had to bear the responsibility of their actions if the safety net of social security was minimal as opposed to a lifestyle that it's become. The fact the country is something if an inverted pyramid where taxation is concerned relative to demographics coupled with an economy living on borrowed time since 2008 I can only see collapse as the outcome...........
  12. Yep thought that was the case, same thing happened to the AA, went from healthy to debt-ridden basket case within a few years of being bought by PE.
  13. Yep thought that was the case, same thing happened to the AA, went from healthy to debt-ridden basket case within a few years of being bought by PE..
  14. Yep thought that was the case, same thing happened to the AA, went from healthy to debt-ridden basket case within a few years of being bought by PE..
  15. Yep thought that was the case, same thing happened to the AA, went from healthy to debt-ridden basket case within a few years of being bought by PE..
  16. It's not a question of believing politicians, most of the general public are experiencing the effects of this madness first hand. More social housing maybe your answer but there's two problems with that, one, both parties have been reluctant to step in and build anything approaching the number required to house the shortfall created by the native populus let alone 700k a year from overseas. And secondly given building firms are falling like flies there is little to no chance of this problem getting sorted in any kind of timely manner. The only outcomes I can see from this is either collapse or Scandinavian levels of income tax to pay for it. In my experience of dealing socialists like yourself, you're in favour of these sorts of madness until it hits you in the pocket.............
  17. Fitted out a utility room a couple of days back, customer specified B&Q flat pack on cost grounds even though what they save will be spent on my labour putting them together. Anyways got the larder unit out on the floor to construct, the melamine (white) coating was so thin you could see the chipboard through it. Stood it on its tiny feet to watch this 2 metre tall unit quivering like a jelly. Ended up firing half a box of screws into every shelf to try and stiffen it up a bit. Just junk. The best bit was they've now reverted to hardboard for the backs and done away with a conventional front rail on base units in favour of a skinny extruded piece of metal. When it came to fitting the 22mm tops there was noticeable sag across the front of the larger base units, Customer was over the moon, I was beyond embarrassed.........
  18. Lloyds pharmacy has gone pop owing nearly £300m, first of many this year I suspect: https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/CD137915/Lloydspharmacy-goes-into-liquidation-with-293m-owed-to-creditors
  19. The quants guy he has on is a more interesting listen.
  20. "When all else fails they take you to war". But I can't help asking myself what with? It sounds like a load of Bulldog nationalists within the Tory party wanking themselves silly on pictures of Spitfires and Churchill that we're somehow still important or indeed relevant in this regard. Matt Goodwin has it spot on when he talks of many within the Tory party still think it's 1988.......
  21. I think they'll survive but with fewer stores, product lines and increasingly questionable quality. But yeah, we have a long way to go over the next couple of years with the economy.
  22. Been looking around this part of the world and have found several semi detached places around the £200k mark. 3 bedders with parking, decent size back garden and garage just need updating. One I particularly like that's up for £180k at the moment and has been on the mkt with different agents for over a year. All fine and good but When I looked at price history of the street, one a couple of doors up, same property, similar condition sold for £132k end of 2019. That's quite some hike in price in just a few years...........
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