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[shmmeee]

Suppose this should go here rather than the things that annoy me but it’s not really politics specific.

So called patriots who don’t have the first clue about the history of this country and so end up shitting on our traditions.



For those who aren’t aware the tree is a gift from Norway and decorated in traditional Norwegian style since it started in 1942. It’s a nice nod to WW2 allies and these sad pricks are trying to culture war it up.

Look at the state of the replies.





That’s about 90% of them.

 

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[Sky Blue Pete]

Self identity. Madness.

What would be the alternative and if they’re in men’s prisons what’s the madness

 

[fernandopartridge]

Self identity. Madness.

Tbf the study is into people that have had a sex change, not those that self-identify.

Suppose this should go here rather than the things that annoy me but it’s not really politics specific.

So called patriots who don’t have the first clue about the history of this country and so end up shitting on our traditions.



For those who aren’t aware the tree is a gift from Norway and decorated in traditional Norwegian style since it started in 1942. It’s a nice nod to WW2 allies and these sad pricks are trying to culture war it up.

Look at the state of the replies.





That’s about 90% of them.

Same as this sort of horse shit. It is just everywhere now and you can see lots of people falling for it:

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Tbf the study is into people that have had a sex change, not those that self-identify.

Same as this sort of horse shit. It is just everywhere now and you can see lots of people falling for it:

Yep what who stole?

 

[shmmeee]

Tbf the study is into people that have had a sex change, not those that self-identify.

Same as this sort of horse shit. It is just everywhere now and you can see lots of people falling for it:

Yeah the study and the data are two different things. I should have been clearer. There’s more trans inmates likely because they can self identify. There’s no suggestion being trans makes you more likely to commit crime. Though the limited data we have suggests there’s no evidence it makes you less likely either. Which you’d expect right? Although I think gay people have very low crime rates so maybe there could be an argument it was possible.

 

[shmmeee]

Tbf the study is into people that have had a sex change, not those that self-identify.

Same as this sort of horse shit. It is just everywhere now and you can see lots of people falling for it:

Think it was that account but don’t quote me that was found to be an Indian guy. Or maybe it was the posho. It’s all over Twitter these days. “They woz poor but they woz happy (coz no blacks)” *shows pictures of people who died at thirty from poverty*

 

[MalcSB]

What would be the alternative and if they’re in men’s prisons what’s the madness

It’s the principle of being considered a ”woman” just because you say so. You now have kids self identifying as cats and being pandered to at school. So treated as a cat and a bamboos eater

From that Fair Play for Women site

”It is well known that most sexual and violent crime is overwhelmingly committed by men and that’s why women and girls sometimes need their own safe space away from men. Not because all men pose a danger but because saying no to all men is a simple and effective way to keep women and girls safe.”

@skybluetony176 that is what I was trying to imply in the post you took such objection to. It’s about potential failure of a duty of care.

 

[MalcSB]

What would be the alternative and if they’re in men’s prisons what’s the madness

The madness is that someone can say that they are now a woman and make use of woman only spaces.

The alternative - what used to happen, a period of psychological monitoring and medical opinion. Followed by surgical intervention.

Not on the NHS of course.

 

[shmmeee]

Putting aside the trans thing for a minute it really raises some interesting questions about justice policy. Men commit the vast majority of sexual and violent crimes. If we did find out that chopping your dick off and pumping you full of oestrogen makes you have the criminal profile of a woman (so not likely to be violent offender), should that be a justifiable penalty? Similarly if we found it was all gender socialisation and not testosterone what did it, should we make parents raise boys differently?

I think the trans question distracts from the real problem in women’s lives: men. And frankly once you start asking questions about that it gets quite uncomfortable in terms of the data. Not all men, but pretty much only men.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

It’s the principle of being considered a ”woman” just because you say so. You now have kids self identifying as cats and being pandered to at school. So treated as a cat and a marsupial

From that Fair Play for Women site

”It is well known that most sexual and violent crime is overwhelmingly committed by men and that’s why women and girls sometimes need their own safe space away from men. Not because all men pose a danger but because saying no to all men is a simple and effective way to keep women and girls safe.”

@skybluetony176 that is what I was trying to imply in the post you took such objection to. It’s about potential failure of a duty of care.

I think the identifying as a cat is bananas but then most Christians would have said that about gender as recently as 10 or so years ago and many many still would. I think they’re wrong

You could argue slippery slope and why not allow people to identify as cats and dogs and tables. I would say cause you’re not but then who am I to say if you open the floodgates

I have no problem whatsoever with finding a solution so trans gender females can’t use women toilets and I’m certain that some men are using this as an opportunity.

I also felt sorry, not so much now, but initially for j k Rowling who wasn’t saying no to sex changes but that there needs to be a safe space and she was deplatformed

We need an answer that’s creative and non discriminatory and I think if we found that we’d find that if any men are taking advantage they’d stop and try another tactic

Interesting in prison as I say it’s a live and let live and assigned sex at birth is where they are houses trans female or not. So there’s no special treatment so where’s the harm or danger?

Males in female sports seems an easy one too. Levels of male hormones seems reasonable. People will be affected but at least it’s fair and manageable

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Putting aside the trans thing for a minute it really raises some interesting questions about justice policy. Men commit the vast majority of sexual and violent crimes. If we did find out that chopping your dick off and pumping you full of oestrogen makes you have the criminal profile of a woman (so not likely to be violent offender), should that be a justifiable penalty? Similarly if we found it was all gender socialisation and not testosterone what did it, should we make parents raise boys differently?

I think the trans question distracts from the real problem in women’s lives: men. And frankly once you start asking questions about that it gets quite uncomfortable in terms of the data. Not all men, but pretty much only men.

Yep

 

[shmmeee]

I think the identifying as a cat is bananas but then most Christians would have said that about gender as recently as 10 or so years ago and many many still would. I think they’re wrong

You could argue slippery slope and why not allow people to identify as cats and dogs and tables. I would say cause you’re not but then who am I to say if you open the floodgates

I have no problem whatsoever with finding a solution so trans gender females can’t use women toilets and I’m certain that some men are using this as an opportunity.

I also felt sorry, not so much now, but initially for j k Rowling who wasn’t saying no to sex changes but that there needs to be a safe space and she was deplatformed

We need an answer that’s creative and non discriminatory and I think if we found that we’d find that if any men are taking advantage they’d stop and try another tactic

Interesting in prison as I say it’s a live and let live and assigned sex at birth is where they are houses trans female or not. So there’s no special treatment so where’s the harm or danger?

Males in female sports seems an easy one too. Levels of male hormones seems reasonable. People will be affected but at least it’s fair and manageable

It may seem reasonable Pete but sporting advantage goes well beyond current testosterone level. Hip angles, arm span, fast twitch muscle fibre. Male puberty bestows many athletic advantages that can’t be undone.

The whole idea of having a gender is sexist. The idea if I like flowers and dresses I’m a girl and sports and cars I’m a boy belongs on the 1950s. What matters is the sexed body in some circumstances. Sports and crime are two areas there are clear category differences in male and female behaviour and outcomes even if we don’t fully know why. By all means look at sports that have no need for sex segregation, but where we keep men and women separate for good reason I see no reason to change that.

 

[MalcSB]

I think the identifying as a cat is bananas but then most Christians would have said that about gender as recently as 10 or so years ago and many many still would. I think they’re wrong

You could argue slippery slope and why not allow people to identify as cats and dogs and tables. I would say cause you’re not but then who am I to say if you open the floodgates

I have no problem whatsoever with finding a solution so trans gender females can’t use women toilets and I’m certain that some men are using this as an opportunity.

I also felt sorry, not so much now, but initially for j k Rowling who wasn’t saying no to sex changes but that there needs to be a safe space and she was deplatformed

We need an answer that’s creative and non discriminatory and I think if we found that we’d find that if any men are taking advantage they’d stop and try another tactic

Interesting in prison as I say it’s a live and let live and assigned sex at birth is where they are houses trans female or not. So there’s no special treatment so where’s the harm or danger?

Males in female sports seems an easy one too. Levels of male hormones seems reasonable. People will be affected but at least it’s fair and manageable

Trouble is Pete, testosterone reduces but muscle mass and height / reach acquired as a “man” doesn’t so much. Apologies for effectively repeating shmmeee (but in so many less words for a change)

 

[MalcSB]

It may seem reasonable Pete but sporting advantage goes well beyond current testosterone level. Hip angles, arm span, fast twitch muscle fibre. Male puberty bestows many athletic advantages that can’t be undone.

The whole idea of having a gender is sexist. The idea if I like flowers and dresses I’m a girl and sports and cars I’m a boy belongs on the 1950s. What matters is the sexed body in some circumstances. Sports and crime are two areas there are clear category differences in male and female behaviour and outcomes even if we don’t fully know why. By all means look at sports that have no need for sex segregation, but where we keep men and women separate for good reason I see no reason to change that.

I think saying the concept of having a gender is sexist is going quite a bit too far. It is a statement of fact. Should we change science because it’s inconvenient?
Saying that boys have to like sports and cars but cant like flowers and dresses is stereotyping but is it sexist?

 

[MalcSB]

Tbf the study is into people that have had a sex change, not those that self-identify.

Same as this sort of horse shit. It is just everywhere now and you can see lots of people falling for it:

Smoking in public outdoors and wearing fur collars / stoles - how very dare they?

 

[MalcSB]

Putting aside the trans thing for a minute it really raises some interesting questions about justice policy. Men commit the vast majority of sexual and violent crimes. If we did find out that chopping your dick off and pumping you full of oestrogen makes you have the criminal profile of a woman (so not likely to be violent offender), should that be a justifiable penalty? Similarly if we found it was all gender socialisation and not testosterone what did it, should we make parents raise boys differently?

I think the trans question distracts from the real problem in women’s lives: men. And frankly once you start asking questions about that it gets quite uncomfortable in terms of the data. Not all men, but pretty much only men.

Leave the dick, remove the bollocks.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

It may seem reasonable Pete but sporting advantage goes well beyond current testosterone level. Hip angles, arm span, fast twitch muscle fibre. Male puberty bestows many athletic advantages that can’t be undone.

The whole idea of having a gender is sexist. The idea if I like flowers and dresses I’m a girl and sports and cars I’m a boy belongs on the 1950s. What matters is the sexed body in some circumstances. Sports and crime are two areas there are clear category differences in male and female behaviour and outcomes even if we don’t fully know why. By all means look at sports that have no need for sex segregation, but where we keep men and women separate for good reason I see no reason to change that.

Sensible

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Leave the dick, remove the bollocks.

This is interesting

Is Castration of Sex Offenders Ever Ethically Justified?

Louisiana recently became the first U.S. state to permit judges to order surgical castration of sex offenders.

www.thehastingscenter.org

 

[shmmeee]

Testosterone is linked to all kinds of violent crime too. Forced titty skittles for violent criminals.

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

A clamp down on benefit fraud.

The government will get back well over half of anything they give me in tax of one form or another.

Get far more cracking down on tax evasion and reducing tax avoidance

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

When a lot of old people die, there properties need quite a lot spending in them to bring them up to a modern standard. Developers / landlords and the like seem keener to do that than private buyers for owner occupation.

Im not sure you could or even should stop people selling to the highest bidder. I think executors have a responsibility to maximise the value of the estate for the beneficiaries (and IHT purposes).

Disagree.

Developers and landlords do as little as possible and as cheap as possible. They do a bit of work when buying the property and then very little afterwards. For example a property I know that has been turned into an HMO had a broken waste pipe with poo coming out of it. It took FOUR MONTHS for that to be fixed - how many people would leave that in their own property? It currently has a water waste pipe with a huge chunk missing and water just comes out of it onto the garden. Yet apparently the landlord looked at it and said they couldn't see an issue!

The reason some private houses don't get done up is because the mortgage costs so much it leaves little left for repairs which were already required when they bought the house, especially with living costs and wage stagnation. If you're living there why on earth wouldn't you want it to be in a fit state? Meanwhile a landlord will just whack it on the rent.

To be honest, there are a lot of houses that have not been maintained sufficiently by elderly people in their later years which are causing problems now. And a lot of those that end up on the rental market stay in that condition or worse.

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Far to early to decide yet. I will take a view on the manifestos and who is more likely to keep to what they say. Or at least who is saying stuff which will benefit me and others similar.

Preferably a woke free zone. I'm getting sick of a vocal tiny minority dictating to the silent majority.

As I am a pensioner, it is almost certainly the hill which I will, literally, die on.

Then you must be sick of the rich and privileged who make an awful lot of noise and get a lot of the things they want to the detriment of the vast majority of the population.

 

[MalcSB]

Then you must be sick of the rich and privileged who make an awful lot of noise and get a lot of the things they want to the detriment of the vast majority of the population.

Absolutely.

Its all about money for you, isn’t it.

 

[MalcSB]

Get far more cracking down on tax evasion and reducing tax avoidance

Should be going after the Amazon’s etc.

As I’ve said earlier, evasion is illegal and so could be cracked down on. Avoidance is legal and merely ensuring that you are acting within the rules. So the rules need tightening up, entirely within governments gift if they are competent enough to do it.

 

[MalcSB]

To be honest, there are a lot of houses that have not been maintained sufficiently by elderly people in their later years which are causing problems now. And a lot of those that end up on the rental market stay in that condition or worse.

That’s because they can’t afford the exorbitant prices for materials and trades people to do the work. Even though they are millionaires according to shmmeee.

I would imagine Elton keeps his properties up to scratch.

 

[MalcSB]

Disagree.

Developers and landlords do as little as possible and as cheap as possible. They do a bit of work when buying the property and then very little afterwards. For example a property I know that has been turned into an HMO had a broken waste pipe with poo coming out of it. It took FOUR MONTHS for that to be fixed - how many people would leave that in their own property? It currently has a water waste pipe with a huge chunk missing and water just comes out of it onto the garden. Yet apparently the landlord looked at it and said they couldn't see an issue!

The reason some private houses don't get done up is because the mortgage costs so much it leaves little left for repairs which were already required when they bought the house, especially with living costs and wage stagnation. If you're living there why on earth wouldn't you want it to be in a fit state? Meanwhile a landlord will just whack it on the rent.

To be honest, there are a lot of houses that have not been maintained sufficiently by elderly people in their later years which are causing problems now. And a lot of those that end up on the rental market stay in that condition or worse.

There is action that can be taken if landlords don’t do repairs or repairs aren’t to a satisfactory standard.

What to do if your private landlord won’t do repairs - Shelter England

Keep chasing your landlord if they won't do repairs and keep them informed of your next steps. You can complain to the council if you need to.

england.shelter.org.uk

Start Your Claim | Housing Claims Disrepair

Start Your Claim Complete our form to see if you qualify.

housingclaimsdisrepair.com

 

[chiefdave]

Im surprised your neighbour can’t find anywhere else to rent. According to shmmeee, a huge proportion of property is owned by landlords of one sort or another.

In terms of your local development not having started yet, there have been some issues in the interim haven’t there? Material prices have been very high, perhaps the developer doesn’t think there will be a profit in building and selling yet.

What data are you using to conclude that demand for housing is continuing to increase? New business set ups? Queues outside estate agents? Properties selling very quickly?

Think it's a case of what type of property you want and where you want to rent. I hadn't rented for years but didn't really have much chance post divorce, it was unbelievable how much had changed in less than 15 years. Where you used to be able to turn up at an estate agents and get shown round multiple properties until you found one you like now its a mad scramble for anything that comes on the market.

Sure if you want to live in a bedsit or HMO as they now seem to be called or a shit flat you've got plenty of options. At the other end if you want a luxury apartment there's loads of those. If you just want a regular half decent flat or house in a decent area it's a nightmare finding somewhere.

In terms of new development I moved back here 9 years ago and at that point the development had been 'in progress' for several years, how long do you think is reasonable for these things to take? Presumably on this basis you won't be expecting the new homes promised by Labour until at least 2035?

You don't need demand for housing to continue to increase for us to be massively short of housing. In fact the demand could significantly decrease and we'd still need a large number of new houses built.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Far to early to decide yet. I will take a view on the manifestos and who is more likely to keep to what they say. Or at least who is saying stuff which will benefit me and others similar.

Preferably a woke free zone. I'm getting sick of a vocal tiny minority dictating to the silent majority.

As I am a pensioner, it is almost certainly the hill which I will, literally, die on.

Easier to just not give a shit Malc, voting does not make a difference.

 

[chiefdave]

For example a property I know that has been turned into an HMO had a broken waste pipe with poo coming out of it. It took FOUR MONTHS for that to be fixed - how many people would leave that in their own property? It currently has a water waste pipe with a huge chunk missing and water just comes out of it onto the garden. Yet apparently the landlord looked at it and said they couldn't see an issue!

That sounds like my neighbour. I was on the verge of getting a plumber in to investigate where the smell was coming from when my neighbour came round to apologise with the same old story that they were struggling to get the landlord to do anything about it.

There is action that can be taken if landlords don’t do repairs or repairs aren’t to a satisfactory standard.

What to do if your private landlord won’t do repairs - Shelter England

Keep chasing your landlord if they won't do repairs and keep them informed of your next steps. You can complain to the council if you need to.

england.shelter.org.uk

Start Your Claim | Housing Claims Disrepair

Start Your Claim Complete our form to see if you qualify.

housingclaimsdisrepair.com

I have a suspicion that taking your landlord to court every time you need something doing is easier said than done and not the route to a harmonious home life. The last place I rented the landlord refused to return the deposit despite there being zero damage, not to mention the fact there had been no cooking facilities for the last 6 months I was there as he couldn't be arsed to fix the kitchen.

There's a deposit protection scheme in place to make it 'easy' to deal with these sort of situations. It took months and a shedload of paperwork to get my deposit back and that's a case where I had stacks of photos etc as evidence and the landlord didn't dispute anything. God knows how complicated it would be if it was actually disputed.

Landlords know they have the upper hand and you're not going to do anything to rock the boat unless it's a last resort.

 

[MalcSB]

Then you must be sick of the rich and privileged who make an awful lot of noise and get a lot of the things they want to the detriment of the vast majority of the population.

What they don’t do is tell me how I must think and what I am not allowed to say. If I see someone who identifies as a woman, is dressed as a woman but with their knob hanging out and call them a man, they will claim I have caused them extreme psychological distress by misgendering them. It’s bollocks, and if they have got them then I dont think it that unreasonable for a sane person to think of them as male. Starmer would obviously accept that they are a woman.

It’s all the “chest feeding“ and “birthing people” instead of “breast feeding“ and ”mothers”. The latter are long standing English words and should be perfectly acceptable.

Think it's a case of what type of property you want and where you want to rent. I hadn't rented for years but didn't really have much chance post divorce, it was unbelievable how much had changed in less than 15 years. Where you used to be able to turn up at an estate agents and get shown round multiple properties until you found one you like now its a mad scramble for anything that comes on the market.

Sure if you want to live in a bedsit or HMO as they now seem to be called or a shit flat you've got plenty of options. At the other end if you want a luxury apartment there's loads of those. If you just want a regular half decent flat or house in a decent area it's a nightmare finding somewhere.

In terms of new development I moved back here 9 years ago and at that point the development had been 'in progress' for several years, how long do you think is reasonable for these things to take? Presumably on this basis you won't be expecting the new homes promised by Labour until at least 2035?

You don't need demand for housing to continue to increase for us to be massively short of housing. In fact the demand could significantly decrease and we'd still need a large number of new houses built.

i think I have posted this loads of times, but about 3 weeks ago the person leading the programme said it was, in reality, a two term plan. So nearly spot on, I won’t be expecting the new homes promised by Labour at all.

I still don’t get how all these tales of woe sit with Rayner’s assertion that there are plenty of houses.

I last rented about 8 years ago, temporary location for work. Had a choice of quite nice but normal flats in good condition. £750 pcm though for 1 bed furnished. The landlords were great, anything I asked for was done. e.g new cooker, new sofa

I guess I’m just a lucky boomer who always has always had everything easy

 

[shmmeee]

Genuinely embarrassed for the guy. Pretended semi skimmed milk was woke for this.

 

[MalcSB]

That sounds like my neighbour. I was on the verge of getting a plumber in to investigate where the smell was coming from when my neighbour came round to apologise with the same old story that they were struggling to get the landlord to do anything about it.

I have a suspicion that taking your landlord to court every time you need something doing is easier said than done and not the route to a harmonious home life. The last place I rented the landlord refused to return the deposit despite there being zero damage, not to mention the fact there had been no cooking facilities for the last 6 months I was there as he couldn't be arsed to fix the kitchen.

There's a deposit protection scheme in place to make it 'easy' to deal with these sort of situations. It took months and a shedload of paperwork to get my deposit back and that's a case where I had stacks of photos etc as evidence and the landlord didn't dispute anything. God knows how complicated it would be if it was actually disputed.

Landlords know they have the upper hand and you're not going to do anything to rock the boat unless it's a last resort.

I think it’s the letting agent I would be going after. They have a reputation to try to keep, unlike landlords who are pretty anonymous. could really do with being able to ask for landlords references given by previous tenants.

 

[chiefdave]

I think it’s the letting agent I would be going after. They have a reputation to try to keep, unlike landlords who are pretty anonymous. could really do with being able to ask for landlords references given by previous tenants.

Think you've got a fundamental problem where demand is far in excess of supply so landlords / agents know they have the upper hand.

There seems very little will from parliament to make genuine improvements for tenants. There's some tinkering around the edges but when anything more major is proposed it doesn't seem to get very far.

Just look how long it is taken to get anything done post-Grenfell and of course there was the bill to make housing fit for human habitation that got voted down.

Did MPs vote against forcing homes to be made fit to live in? - Full Fact

Currently, there aren’t any specific rules in effect requiring private landlords in England to provide properties that are ‘fit for human habitation’.

fullfact.org

What I'm seeing by me is more and more private lets. There's so much demand people know all it takes to rent out your house is a post on the local facebook group. I would bet my mortgage a decent percentage of those rentals don't have the correct paperwork in place so the tenant has zero protection or rights.

 

[fernandopartridge]

@David O'Day where's the bridge you are selling friend?

UK politics live: ‘No doubt’ government can find 5% efficiency savings, says Reeves as she unveils spending review

During visit to hospital, chancellor says review will look at ‘cracking down on waste, cracking down on non-priority spending’

www.theguardian.com

 

[Como]

Dave explains everything so well