Tricky one for Malc this!
Go tell people whose houses have been devastated by floods and sewage and who have lost everything of sentimental value that it is only a little bit of water.
lmao is that a serious petitionTricky one for @shmmeee . More money kept in working person's pocket.
Petition: Raise the standard tax-free Personal Allowance to £45,000
The Personal Allowance is the amount of income a person can get before they pay tax. It stands at £12,570 in 2024. We would like the standard Personal Allowance raised to what we think is a more realistic figure of £45,000.petition.parliament.uk
Tricky one for @shmmeee . More money kept in working person's pocket.
Petition: Raise the standard tax-free Personal Allowance to £45,000
The Personal Allowance is the amount of income a person can get before they pay tax. It stands at £12,570 in 2024. We would like the standard Personal Allowance raised to what we think is a more realistic figure of £45,000.petition.parliament.uk
I’m not sure why you’re conflating private charitable donations (which always flow from the wealthy to the poor) with state foreign aid which - aside from often being a morally decent thing - is often conditional and serves as a soft power lever for the British government to pull.That as soon as there is any form of disaster in those countries / continents there are similar appeals to the people of the UK. The only offer of aid I recall was by Idi Amin of Uganda who, iirc, offered bananas to the UK and sent hardworking Ugandan Asians.
In addition they receive billions of pounds in Foreign Aid that could be beneficially spent in this country. On flood defences, dredging waterways etc. Pot holes even.
Tricky one for @shmmeee . More money kept in working person's pocket.
Petition: Raise the standard tax-free Personal Allowance to £45,000
The Personal Allowance is the amount of income a person can get before they pay tax. It stands at £12,570 in 2024. We would like the standard Personal Allowance raised to what we think is a more realistic figure of £45,000.petition.parliament.uk
You can’t even be bothered to do some day time internet research even when pointed in a direction which might help you. Having received it it might have been expected that they could have coped with problems using some of those funds without the need to immediately seek private charitable donations. That of course would be assuming that the money hasn't been squandered on expensive programs or embezzled.I’m not sure why you’re conflating private charitable donations (which always flow from the wealthy to the poor) with state foreign aid which - aside from often being a morally decent thing - is often conditional and serves as a soft power lever for the British government to pull.
Despite your spirited attempts at late night internet research (a Syrian space program? Really?) this is just a copy-paste Facebook meme aimed at generating resentment from British people towards poor (and mostly non-white) foreign people. I would suggest if these people are so objectionable to you, then cutting our foreign aid to them might actually end up with more of them wanting to settle in our suddenly well-funded country.
Yes thank you Malcolm, I saw the link the first time. If you truly believe that Syria still has a functioning space program then I won't stand in your way, but it still doesn't explain why you lumped them in with Afghanistan and every country in Africa.You can’t even be bothered to do some day time internet research even when pointed in a direction which might help you.
My point about foreign aid is that some countries receiving it really don’t need it if they are capable of funding space and / or nuclear weapons programs. A bit like Elton John and the WFA.
On the other hand, we aren’t spending enough on flood defences or prevention. Or children’s breakfasts at school.
So the money could be better spent at home.
When was the last time foreign aid earned the UK any respect or favours?
Yes thank you Malcolm, I saw the link the first time. If you truly believe that Syria still has a functioning space program then I won't stand in your way, but it still doesn't explain why you lumped them in with Afghanistan and every country in Africa.
The idea that Britain is struggling to pay for flood defences because of its foreign aid budget doesn't really (ahem) hold water I'm afraid. But you go and have a good laugh at Afghanistan in the meantime.
FFS I didn’t lump them in.Yes thank you Malcolm, I saw the link the first time. If you truly believe that Syria still has a functioning space program then I won't stand in your way, but it still doesn't explain why you lumped them in with Afghanistan and every country in Africa.
The idea that Britain is struggling to pay for flood defences because of its foreign aid budget doesn't really (ahem) hold water I'm afraid. But you go and have a good laugh at Afghanistan in the meantime.
That as soon as there is any form of disaster in those countries / continents there are similar appeals to the people of the UK. The only offer of aid I recall was by Idi Amin of Uganda who, iirc, offered bananas to the UK and sent hardworking Ugandan Asians.
In addition they receive billions of pounds in Foreign Aid that could be beneficially spent in this country. On flood defences, dredging waterways etc. Pot holes even.
Yep I’m really annoyed at this argument and I’m just as angry at the labour government for not getting on the front foot and explaining how government spending worksYes thank you Malcolm, I saw the link the first time. If you truly believe that Syria still has a functioning space program then I won't stand in your way, but it still doesn't explain why you lumped them in with Afghanistan and every country in Africa.
The idea that Britain is struggling to pay for flood defences because of its foreign aid budget doesn't really (ahem) hold water I'm afraid. But you go and have a good laugh at Afghanistan in the meantime.
Like thisIn India most “aid” is loans and equity investments in the private sector that deliver a return:
In Syria it’s mostly getting kids back into school and is humanitarian aid after the war. It’s in our interest to not let ISIS or other groups use the humanitarian crisis as a way to gain more power.
Yep I’m really annoyed at this argument and I’m just as angry at the labour government for not getting on the front foot and explaining how government spending works
There are amounts that have to be paid and then there are discretionary amounts that are choices
Rather than going round in circles nail them and manage the discussion
Get on the front foot over foreign aid and why it’s more important than blah
Manage the discussion around deportation and how much it costs or home office costs for managing claims against border guards
Show the working out
MaybeYou don’t combat what’s essentially xenophobia with stats unfortunately.
Of course you weren't. "Is this plea each or between them" was a comment borne out of genuine concern, I'm sure.FFS I didn’t lump them in.
Very good joke by the way. However, every little would help.
Im not laughing at Afghanistan or any of the countries mentioned.
Unfortunately I'm not convinced he is - he seems to have found his level"Sent hardworking Ugandan Asians" lol - Britain offered ugandan asians a refuge from a tyrant. Come on Malc you are much better than this.
That is goodSome good news. At least the families won’t be dragged through a court process now.
Axel Rudakubana: 'A total disgrace' that Radukabana could buy a knife on Amazon aged 17 despite conviction, says Cooper
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says the Southport killer, Axel Radukabana, admitted carrying a knife 10 times before his deadly attacks.www.bbc.co.uk
hats go
It was all stuff originally planned to be complete by 2030 (which yes realistically wasn't going to happen). Now lots of it has been pushed back 10 years, which means years more of substandard healthcare settings and high maintenance costs and reduced economic boost from investment.That’s good stuff
Hope it will happen
hats go
It was all stuff originally planned to be complete by 2030 (which yes realistically wasn't going to happen). Now lots of it has been pushed back 10 years, which means years more of substandard healthcare settings and high maintenance costs and reduced economic boost from investment.
agree completely unnecessaryI hate the politics in a statement ostensibly from the DHSC, Tories shouldn't do it and neither should Labour. It's pathetic. The statement makes the DHSC look stupid as it was they that published the original NHP and now they're rubbish their own plan.
I don't disagree with that but it doesn't mean I can't criticise the actions of the government. It's not even from a perspective of "what they're proposing isn't left wing enough" it's from the perspective of "it doesn't line up with their purported aims and is economically illogical"It’s still on the left to do better though. And for five years now it’s shown no appetite to. I couldn’t even name a left wing person that’s come to prominence since maybe 2015?
Still a lack of charismatic leaders, still a lack of being able or prioritise to get elected, still an unwillingness to meet voters where they are. 2017 looked like the start of that then the borrowed votes from the anti Brexit vote convinced them they just needed to go further to the left to win and they blew it.
My kingdom for a serious left wing policy platform headed by a charismatic leader backed by a serious electoral strategy.
I don't disagree with that but it doesn't mean I can't criticise the actions of the government. It's not even from a perspective of "what they're proposing isn't left wing enough" it's from the perspective of "it doesn't line up with their purported aims and is economically illogical"
The message to somebody in eg Preston is loud and clear. The new hospital you were promised by the Tories and we're consulting with you on will not be built for another 15 years.
I mean it wouldn’t have been built at all under the Tories but yes this is a problem with reality based politics vs fantasy politics.
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