Do you want to discuss boring politics? (182 Viewers)
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Ian1779
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clint van damme
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When it comes to excuses that's head and shoulders above any I've heard.
'I brush dandruff from my shoulders into a pile and then chop it into lines with a credit card'
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That's a very Little Britain type excuse!
Philosoraptor
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Colombian washing powder
clint van damme
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Worrying
Grendel
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Worrying is Martin Lewis gets richer by the day when issues around money saving gets more headlines.
clint van damme
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Nah, it's worrying. If you've got any empathy that is.
skybluetony176
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Don’t worry. The Tories will still get more than their unfair share.
Grendel
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I can’t stand Martin Lewis
I was never that bothered about privatising utilities as it’s something the state could own as with rail which I’ve always said should never have been privatised
The problem is neither party in the uk know how to deal with it and most of Europe don’t either. Windfall tax is utter bollocks.
Inflation is starting to gallop - ice cream and jelly in Downing Street will not bring down a government but inflation will - especially now as no one has witnessed it.
It will bring the government down - you should be pleased - though a 5% lead in the polls should be 15% in reality
clint van damme
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Martin Lewis isn't the problem, he really isn't.
And hubris will bring down this government and allow in an equally useless twat by default.
Grendel
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oh Starmer won’t win a majority the strategy is already in action
well strategy 1 at least. It’s Penis gate. Brexit revisited is plan B
Surely the most sensible option would be to bring back the ‘temporary’ UC uplift
I read that the inflationary increase for benefits which comes in this month is 3% which is based on the inflation figure from Sept ‘21. A lots obviously changed since then so it’s not hard to justify the additional uplift until inflation settles down…in actual fact I’d imagine the VAT on higher fuel costs would pay for a fair bit of it
I read that the inflationary increase for benefits which comes in this month is 3% which is based on the inflation figure from Sept ‘21. A lots obviously changed since then so it’s not hard to justify the additional uplift until inflation settles down…in actual fact I’d imagine the VAT on higher fuel costs would pay for a fair bit of it
Ian1779
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Not sure that is gonna cut it. Millions of people being forced into poverty with spiralling petrol, utility and food prices
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For better or worse, a nationalised utility allows government to dictate prices a lot more easily, even if it means running at a loss.
Inflation is indeed becoming a worry. Couple that, however, with energy prices and it becomes even more of a worry.
Grendel
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You should be happy with short term pain - inflation will bring the government down. The only hope they have is the bank rate is suppressed which will stop house price collapse
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Inflation is hard to stop though - stopping it is probably what helped to bring Major's government down really - more so than its existence.
As for house prices, from a self centred POV, and needing to move, I'd quite like them to collapse really!
Sky Blue Pete
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Cause you’re aiming your angst at him and not those that can make a meaningful difference
Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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Grendel
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Mr Starmer thinks £600 solves the problem
Mr Sunak thinks 3 quid off a tank of fuel solves the problem.
No he's giving us £200... which we will then have to pay back.
A £200 loan, thanks little Rishi!
Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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1. £250 < £600
2. A loan is giving people £0. Or perhaps we should all be eternally grateful to him because at least he's not charging Wonga levels of interest on it, which I'm sure would be many of his colleagues preference.
Have you been on the sherry again?
Nobody said it would solve fuel poverty.
But you do realise 600 is more than 200, right?
