Sky Blue Pete
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Yep
It’s why I liked what starmer said about Friday and his kids
YepEspecially as politicians seem to spend loads of time in their subsidised bars.
On a similar note I once had a boss who went golfing pretty much every day. But hey, that's fine. He's 'networking'.
Foreign producers of oil and gas plus utility shareholders. OFGEN regulates the price we pay though, definitely not challenging enough. Still, Labour‘s cheap zero carbon electricity will address that issue by 31 December 2029.I put £3000 away in savings over the past year and received a grand total of £100 in interest, hardly worth bothering. Who benefits from paying absurd utilities prices?
I don’t think it’s accurate to say your mortgage payments are going up due to the madness of the last few governments.I have nothing against you Rev. My mortgage payments are going up thanks to the madness of the last few governments and the extra payments won’t benefit anyone except bank executives.
Taxes do at least fund things that help people.
It started going bonkers when Truss wrecked the economy and it seems to have remained high since. Were we to go to the standard variable rate at the end of our fixed term we’d be paying an extra £7000 a year on the mortgage for an end terrace with two people in it.I don’t think it’s accurate to say your mortgage payments are going up due to the madness of the last few governments.
In reality we’ve both been spoilt with abnormally low interest rates for many many years, and we’ve also experienced once in a lifetime external shocks.
Also not really true to say the extra payments only benefit bank executives…interest payouts on savings accounts have increased and the cost of borrowing from the central bank has increased.
Net Interest Margins have only slightly increased and are predicted to drop in 2024
This is nonsense, banks lend money to anybody that meets their criteriaThe interest rates benefits the savers who are providing the funds for you to borrow to buy your home.
This is nonsense, banks lend money to anybody that meets their criteria
I think the Timpson appointment is exceptional. Someone who has a successful business but actually gives a shit about improving people's lives.Some really interesting cabinet appointments
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I'm retired now but never used the internet while at work,my Snap On roll cab had a crap wifi signalIt was a post responding to posts about people not wanting to work. I have learnt something from this though, that general opinion is that the productivity of an 8 hour shift is improved by spending 2 hours of it watching TV.
Yes but about 50% of funding for mortgages still comes from consumer depositsThis is nonsense, banks lend money to anybody that meets their criteria
smart moves. was listening to the radio earlier and they were talking about how Labour like to make a big statement early in the first day or two but that didn't really tie with how Starmer operated in the campaign. Appointments like this will get attention without being anything so out there it will upset a significant number of people.Some really interesting cabinet appointments
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Current rates really aren’t all that bonkers when you look at the last 50 years. The practically zero rates were the exception.It started going bonkers when Truss wrecked the economy and it seems to have remained high since. Were we to go to the standard variable rate at the end of our fixed term we’d be paying an extra £7000 a year on the mortgage for an end terrace with two people in it.
Yet I’m meant to accept that tax is the big problem facing ordinary people? As said above I had a savings account on 6.5%, the highest I’ve known being offered. It returned £100 off £3k. Is that much to write home about?
Doesn't it seem rather nepotistic to put someone called Timpson in charge of the keys to all the prisons?Some really interesting cabinet appointments
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Copies at that!!Doesn't it seem rather nepotistic to put someone called Timpson in charge of the keys to all the prisons?
The big difference between now and then is that house prices have had decades of rising at considerably higher rates than inflation.Current rates really aren’t all that bonkers when you look at the last 50 years. The practically zero rates were the exception.
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People need to be careful what they wish for in that respectYou are of course correct, and the strategy team at Labour HQ have done an excellent job on this aspect. It’s a shame we didn’t have that in place in 2017 and we might have been rid of the Tories sooner.
It will however stoke the proportional representation debate when you have numbers of votes returning seats in the way they have.
And Corbyn still got more votes… both times
In the end we need a more democratic and representative system than the one we have.People need to be careful what they wish for in that respect
Had PR been a thing in the 70s you'd have had numerous National Front MP's in the commons, likewise with the BNP in the mid 00's
FPTP has it's drawbacks, however it does mostly keep crackpot/extremist candidates and parties out of elected office
They might well fail but having them there in the first place isn't exactly the best look is itIn the end we need a more democratic and representative system than the one we have.
We've had quite a few far right councillors elected and they inevitably fail due to incompetence and ideological nonsense.
The main issue we have is a media who amplify idiots because they love sensationalism. Say extremist nonsense and make yourself available and you will get loads of airtime. Trump is an expert on that and Farage knows how to exploit it.
You have to be democratic.They might well fail but having them there in the first place isn't exactly the best look is it
I always have music on. Try to pick something instrumental so it's not something I can wing along to. Brian Eno or Tangerine Dream.I always have the tv on in the background when WFH. A sitcom I've seen before or something. It's just background noise and it allows me to concentrate more than silence.
Also far less distracting than joining in random conversations in the office.
You have to be democratic.
I'm now of the opinion to let the shit rise to the surface if people want to smell and wallow in it. Let's empty the drains and get all the racism, homophobia, spite and assorted evil out into the open.
Decent people then need to deal with it.
But like I say the media worry me because they over amplify and essentially put energy into those ideas.
Starmer will have huge problems because he is wedded to a narrow market economy and growth model, keeping taxes low and relying on 'rich entrepreneurs'. He won't have the money to do anything radical.
We will hear 'the Tories left a mess and we don't have the money', 'it will take time', 'we wont spend money we don't have' for years.
If anything they will go further to the Right to 'counter' Reform and probably a more right wing Tory party.
There are always core voters who just won't vote for one colour whatever they do, too and that seems to get more pronounced if anything nowadays - Blair succeeded in taking along moderate Tory-leaning voters but Starmer doesn't seem to have done, so there's no real point in him going more right and leaving space for Lib Dems or Greens to take away some of *his* core vote.The tories conundrum is if they go further right and Starmer does manage to deal successfully, or is perceived to be successful with immigration issues they'll be in the wrong place next election.
If they revert to a centre right party, (I say revert but I'm not sure where they are now), and immigration is still a major issue at the next election then they'll lose more voters to Reform though I expect reform to get the full tory press treatment between now and then unless they jump ship and then the tories will be fucked.
That's not how ot works Malc. That method of banking finished when Noah defaulted on his loan to build an Ark.The interest rates benefits the savers who are providing the funds for you to borrow to buy your home.
Agreed the support their company give ex offenders has changed many lives and reduces risk in communities everywhereI think the Timpson appointment is exceptional. Someone who has a successful business but actually gives a shit about improving people's lives.
I try to support and use Timpsons whenever I can.
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This is pretty meaningless as it's not observational data and there's no data for alternative environments. At the end of the day pretty much every study that has been conducted has shown an increase in productivity when WFH. That's before you even consider other benefits.Over eight in 10 UK employees who work from home have admitted to watching TV on company time, according to a survey.
- Over eight in 10 hybrid employees have admitted watching TV on company time
- Gen Z employees and men were among the worst at staying on the job at hand
- Those who do watch TV at work clock up a whopping two hours of screen time
Amongst more than 2,000 hybrid workers took part in the study, which looked into Brits' working from home confessions, Gen Z workers - age 18 to 24 - were the most likely to switch on the television while working.
Furthermore, if found that those who do take the opportunity to watch television at work clock up a whopping two hours of screen time on average.
The vast majority - 82 per cent - of respondents admitted to dual screening, or giving up on work altogether, to watch television as they work from home.
And for Gen Z only, less than one in 10 hybrid employees get through a whole shift without getting distracted, as 91 per cent said they tune into something at some point.
There's a really weird thing is this country where a large percentage of the population seem to hate the idea that things improve for anyone else.What has this got to do with politics? Do you want people forced in the office by law? Always been weird to me how much politicians chime in on stuff that’s nothing to do with them.
I’d say small percentage and it’s those who are Rich who don’t earn money but receive it anyway through investmentThere's a really weird thing is this country where a large percentage of the population seem to hate the idea that things improve for anyone else.
There's a really weird thing is this country where a large percentage of the population seem to hate the idea that things improve for anyone else.
There's a really weird thing is this country where a large percentage of the population seem to hate the idea that things improve for anyone else.
A period of silence from the large percentage of the population that benefitted from mass employment, decent pensions, free education and low house prices would be most welcome.
The Tories will be obsessed with Reform. Given the Tory base is very right wing there's little doubt what their direction of travel will be.The tories conundrum is if they go further right and Starmer does manage to deal successfully, or is perceived to be successful with immigration issues they'll be in the wrong place next election.
If they revert to a centre right party, (I say revert but I'm not sure where they are now), and immigration is still a major issue at the next election then they'll lose more voters to Reform though I expect reform to get the full tory press treatment between now and then unless they jump ship and then the tories will be fucked.
Isn't that what we all want to get back to?A period of silence from the large percentage of the population that benefitted from mass employment, decent pensions, free education and low house prices would be most welcome.
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