Reform are fascists. The Tories are at their lowest point in their history. Meaning that the Tories appeasing fascists hasn't worked as well as they'd hoped. The same is now happening with Labour.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Jamie (@Vault Dweller) are here to celebrate rare back-to-back victories for Manchester United! They analyse the late win in the Europa League vs. Rangers and then try and find things to analyse in a pretty dour game vs. Fulham. They also chat about the latest Marcus Rashford news, and look at the latest transfer news.
How did the Tories appease fascists?
What disaster? Starmer is pressing ahead with his plans.
Stick to your guns Sir Keir; when all sides are 'belly-aching' about what you are doing, then you know you are going down the right path.
Could you explain the full blown disaster?
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Everyone seems to forget that the political landscape can change quickly, and its another 4-5 years until the next election. Labour are probably happy to make the unpopular decisions now, in the belief that there is plenty of time for them to make amends - and if those unpopular decisions have positive results in the longer term, all the better.
The country is a mess. Im not going to pretend Labour have particularly impressed me so far, but equally they dont really need to. They need to arrest the decay and get some positive change in motion for the next several years. They will be judged at the next election, not a few months into their tenure. Anyone expecting miracles and rainbows after 3 months is living in a dreamworld.
How about fecking no! We need to be harsher on billionaires.
Genuinely sickening. Landlords should not receive one penny.
It's arguably worse in Ireland, Reaganism/Thatcherism is a cancerous ideology and is slowly destroying western society.
Supporting a fascist regime and demonizing foreigners for a start.
The 25% decrease in the polls? Reform being the most popular party? Supporting a genocide? Selling off the NHS? Deregulating finance (again, because it worked so well the last time)? They've been trash and will probably get worse.
Fair enough, I appreciate the reply. Would you say that the first 3 months have inspired you with confidence for the rest of their reign? It hasn't for me. I actually think things are going to get worse, probably much worse.
Cheers.
The crazy thing is it’s less about the lack of building social housing and more about who currently owns the houses that are already here.
Britain might be unique in that around 90% of landlords are individuals citizens. Just grandparents or parents(They typically rent out one property). Would recommend the book -
Against Landlords: How to Solve the Housing Crisis by Nick Bano.
This. Neoliberalism needs to be destroyed.
This is why I take such a dim view of those who think we can tweak it to bring about meaningful and lasting change. The whole thing needs to go.
Now she's after drivers.
Careful buying a new car in the uk, anything over 40k is subject to cars an additional rate of £410 per year on top of the standard rate, for five years. The five-year time limit starts from the second year the car is first registered.
Cars first registered after April 2017 are still liable for the first-year ‘showroom tax’, with the first year rate based on the vehicle’s CO2 emissions. From year two, the standard rate is applied and drivers are required to pay £190 per year. Only zero emission vehicles qualify for free VED while new cars with a list price of more than £40,000 pay an additional £410 for the first five years the standard rate is applied.
The road tax system will change again in a 2025 when electric cars will be charged VED for the first time. New electric cars will be subject to the standard rate of VED and the £40,000 premium car tax fee, EVs will also be subject to the first-year showroom tax (which applies to vehicles with CO2 emissions 1 to 50g/km) currently £10 a year
below is the table for the first year, showroom tax.
PS, 40k tax on cars has been in since 2017 i think...
Careful buying a new car in the uk, anything over 40k is subject to cars an additional rate of £410 per year on top of the standard rate, for five years. The five-year time limit starts from the second year the car is first registered.
Cars first registered after April 2017 are still liable for the first-year ‘showroom tax’, with the first year rate based on the vehicle’s CO2 emissions. From year two, the standard rate is applied and drivers are required to pay £190 per year. Only zero emission vehicles qualify for free VED while new cars with a list price of more than £40,000 pay an additional £410 for the first five years the standard rate is applied.
The road tax system will change again in a 2025 when electric cars will be charged VED for the first time. New electric cars will be subject to the standard rate of VED and the £40,000 premium car tax fee, EVs will also be subject to the first-year showroom tax (which applies to vehicles with CO2 emissions 1 to 50g/km) currently £10 a year
below is the table for the first year, showroom tax.
PS, 40k tax on cars has been in since 2017 i think...
| CO2 emissions (g/km) | First year rate | Standard rate* |
|---|---|---|
| £0 | £0 | |
| 1 - 50 | £10 | £190 |
| 51 - 75 | £30 | £190 |
| 76 - 90 | £135 | £190 |
| 91 - 100 | £175 | £190 |
| 101 - 110 | £195 | £190 |
| 111 - 130 | £220 | £190 |
| 131 - 150 | £270 | £190 |
| 151 - 170 | £680 | £190 |
| 171 - 190 | £1095 | £190 |
| 191 - 225 | £1650 | £190 |
| 226 - 255 | £2340 | £190 |
| Over 255 | £2745 | £190 |
Utterly stupid, how the feck does someone not planning the event know about this.
Anyone else noticed Sky have been pretty anti Labour a lot recently, I mean it’s one thing to pick holes in actual policy and ask relevant questions but last week you had Trevor Phillips asking why don’t they appoint Farage and then they come out with stuff like below. Rigby has been coming up with the same type of stuff.
Why would they feel the need to apologise for serving meat and alcohol? Are we in Riyadh? Not yet.
Absolutely in my experience. But not when their wives are watching, at religious times anyway. Outside religious times half the wives aren't averse to a booze-up either.
I think no 10 should have recognised a formal occasion is slightly different of course.
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What's Riyadh got to do with Diwali?
Probably thinks it's a Muslim thing!
......eh?
True, but usually not during festivals*. At least for observant ones.
*with strong regional variations
Every Hindu I know drinks loads. It’s just daft to release an apology for it. I doubt anybody was offended and if they were they could just not drink the booze.
It’s such a minor mishap and shouldn’t even be mentioned but here we are. A constant tap tap tap all day every day.
It’s such a minor mishap and shouldn’t even be mentioned but here we are. A constant tap tap tap all day every day.
On auspicious days they are curtailed. Alcohol probably ok but meat eaters are often veg for Diwali day.
Not on Diwali wali!
Car drivers are the most entitled group that has ever existed.
Is there more to this than the "Londonistan" comment it looks like? Hilariously even more misplaced than usual if so.
Maybe they needed a drink after hearing first hand about what the Hindu lads thought about Muslims and the Labour government.
I’m not chronically online unlike you so that means very little to me. Just another pointless tidbit from number 10
It being pointless can't be what you meant, because nr 10/London/England/UK/whatever being on the way to morphing into Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, has no connotations to pointlessness at all. That wouldn't make any sense.
What were you trying to say, then?
That nobody should be apologising for having booze in the vicinity in a city where booze isn’t forbidden due to religious reasons. Riyadh was the biggest booze forbidden city I’ve spent time in and that’s what came to mind first, you boring nitpicker.
Wow, that's an even dumber line of reasoning than I could imagine, I was trying to remember why I had you on ignore.
I'll remember next time, don't worry, we won't have to repeat this.
Yep all 40 million of them.
Doubt it. You can’t help yourself.
That's exactly why they should've played it safe.
I can see how someone attending the event could've been annoyed at the sheer lack of basic research into one of India's biggest festivals.
Also, I think it depends on what "served" means, which is not clear from the article. A buffet with separate sections for veg/non-veg food and drinks available at the side of the room is different from servers walking up to you and sticking a plate full of meat dishes or wine glasses in your face.
In any case, I don't think it's a big deal to anyone who wasn't at the event. In fact, the first I'm hearing that this happened is through this supposed apology.
