Unpopular Opinions You Hold

[Unabomber]

18 hours ago, Tommy G said:

Those monster energy drinks are for chavs - I’ve never seen anyone with an ounce of decorum swigging them. 

Have to agree. Absolutely grim when I see people drinking these at 8am. Just have a coffee ffs 

[Samilktray]

I can’t tolerate any Monster slander as the Mango flavour is quite simply a world class beverage 

[Tommy G]

1 hour ago, Samilktray said:

I can’t tolerate any Monster slander as the Mango flavour is quite simply a world class beverage 

Chav 

[Parafox]

1 hour ago, Unabomber said:

Have to agree. Absolutely grim when I see people drinking these at 8am. Just have a coffee ffs 

 

When I was working, my shift pattern required me to get up at 4 am to be at work and alert by 5:30 for a day shift.

 

I don't like coffee so I took sips from a can of Monster or Red Bull to stimulate my sleepy brain. 

 

I'm not a chav, but I know what you mean. Just don't judge, eh?

[Samilktray]

1 hour ago, Tommy G said:

Chav 

I’m not offended by this tbqh 

[CrazyKopCorner]

On 31/01/2025 at 18:15, CrazyKopCorner said:

I think Rachel Reeves is the worst Chancellor in living memory - like complete and utter dogshite 

Anyone coming round to my thinking yet? 

 

She's absolutely garbage 

[Zear0]

9 minutes ago, CrazyKopCorner said:

Anyone coming round to my thinking yet? 

 

She's absolutely garbage 

Until Kwasi croaks it you'll be in a sizeable minority. 

[Bilo]

11 minutes ago, CrazyKopCorner said:

Anyone coming round to my thinking yet? 

 

She's absolutely garbage 

I can only assume you're two years old or have forgotten Kwasi Kwarteng.

[CrazyKopCorner]

12 minutes ago, Bilo said:

I can only assume you're two years old or have forgotten Kwasi Kwarteng.

hhhhmmmmm - He was chancellor for 38 days 

 

She's been chancellor for 8 months and has resided over a total shit show 

[Bilo]

5 minutes ago, CrazyKopCorner said:

hhhhmmmmm - He was chancellor for 38 days 

 

She's been chancellor for 8 months and has resided over a total shit show 

And why was he only chancellor for 38 days? 

[Fox1norfolk]

The fixation of freezing the personal allowance at £12500 is a legacy of the last government. Raise it to £15,000 or even £20,000 and it would help a lot of people on lower incomes

[CrazyKopCorner]

12 minutes ago, Bilo said:

And why was he only chancellor for 38 days? 

It took her over 3 months to put together her own complete and utter disastrous budget. 

 

You make a fair point though they're in the same bracket - both ****ing useless  

 

 

[Jon the Hat]

16 minutes ago, Fox1norfolk said:

The fixation of freezing the personal allowance at £12500 is a legacy of the last government. Raise it to £15,000 or even £20,000 and it would help a lot of people on lower incomes

It would if you also reduce the in work benefits.  At the moment lots paying tax and then getting it back in other expensive to administer routes.

[Bilo]

7 minutes ago, CrazyKopCorner said:

It took her over 3 months to put together her own complete and utter disastrous budget. 

 

You make a fair point though they're in the same bracket - both ****ing useless  

 

 

And that complete and utter disaster still has repercussions two and a half years later. 

 

Frankly, the Tories complaining about Reeves and Labour’s efforts to fix their damage is like dropping a dirty kebab shit in the toilet and then complaining about the air freshener used to get rid of the smell. 

[Bilo]

24 minutes ago, Fox1norfolk said:

The fixation of freezing the personal allowance at £12500 is a legacy of the last government. Raise it to £15,000 or even £20,000 and it would help a lot of people on lower incomes

This would severely reduce tax revenues unless it was coupled with a rise in the top payers' tax rate.

[Bilo]

11 minutes ago, Jon the Hat said:

It would if you also reduce the in work benefits.  At the moment lots paying tax and then getting it back in other expensive to administer routes.

It sounds like a great idea—cut taxes for millions, help people keep more of their hard-earned money, and ease the cost-of-living squeeze. But there are some major pitfalls no one has yet mentioned. 

 

For starters, it would take tens of billions out of government revenues, and income tax funds the NHS, schools, and infrastructure. Where does that money come from? More borrowing? Cuts to vital services? Then there’s the fact that it wouldn’t actually help the lowest earners. If you make under £12,570, you already don’t pay income tax, so you’d see no benefit at all. Meanwhile, someone on £40k+ would get a hefty tax cut. If the goal is to help those struggling, increasing tax credits or benefits would be a much more effective way to do it.

 

There’s also the risk that putting more money into people’s pockets could push up inflation, which might mean the Bank of England keeping interest rates higher for longer, cancelling out any benefit. Pensioners wouldn’t see much of a gain either, but they’d definitely feel the effects of any cuts to public services if the government had to plug the funding gap. On top of that, because Scotland has different income tax bands, raising the personal allowance could disproportionately benefit Scottish taxpayers, causing political tensions.

 

Rather than a blanket rise, the government could unfreeze the allowance and let it rise with inflation, cut National Insurance so all workers benefit (including the lowest-paid), or strengthen tax credits and benefits to directly support those who need it most. A personal allowance increase sounds nice in theory, but in practice, it’s an expensive, untargeted move that doesn’t actually help the people who need it most. 

 

[CrazyKopCorner]

18 minutes ago, Bilo said:

And that complete and utter disaster still has repercussions two and a half years later. 

 

Frankly, the Tories complaining about Reeves and Labour’s efforts to fix their damage is like dropping a dirty kebab shit in the toilet and then complaining about the air freshener used to get rid of the smell. 

You're right she's great 

[Bilo]

2 minutes ago, CrazyKopCorner said:

You're right she's great 

Not what I said. 

[Fox1norfolk]

27 minutes ago, Bilo said:

This would severely reduce tax revenues unless it was coupled with a rise in the top payers' tax rate.

I think the latter would be the best option

[Bilo]

Just now, Fox1norfolk said:

I think the latter would be the best option

This could hamper growth still further, though. 

 

If your intention is to help lower earners, targeted tax credits and benefits make more sense.

[Sly]

1 hour ago, Bilo said:

I can only assume you're two years old or have forgotten Kwasi Kwarteng.

I’d have Reeves as a distant 2nd though. She and this government aren’t exactly great. 

[Bilo]

7 minutes ago, Sly said:

I’d have Reeves as a distant 2nd though. She and this government aren’t exactly great. 

She's uninspiring and overly cautious, I agree. But in Leicester manager terms, she's more Claude Puel than Peter Taylor. 

 

I'd argue that, in my lifetime, Norman Lamont, Jeremy Hunt and George Osborne were all worse. 

 

Plus of course Kwarteng was so terrible he's in a tier all of his own.

 

 

Edited 23 March by Bilo

[Sly]

3 minutes ago, Bilo said:

She's uninspiring and overly cautious, I agree. But in Leicester manager terms, she's more Claude Puel than Peter Taylor. 

 

I'd argue that, in my lifetime, Norman Lamont, Jeremy Hunt and George Osborne were all worse. 

 

Plus of course Kwarteng was so terrible he's in a tier all of his own.

 

 

I think it’s difficult sometimes, as so many outside influences generate the butterfly effect. 
 

I’d maybe lump her into the same pool as Lamont, Hunt and Osbourne. 

Rishi and Brown divide opinions on people as well. I don’t think either did a bad job given the circumstances really. 
 

 

[Bilo]

19 minutes ago, Sly said:

I think it’s difficult sometimes, as so many outside influences generate the butterfly effect. 
 

I’d maybe lump her into the same pool as Lamont, Hunt and Osbourne. 

Rishi and Brown divide opinions on people as well. I don’t think either did a bad job given the circumstances really. 
 

 

Brown was probably the best chancellor in my lifetime. 

 

He made the Bank of England independent, ensuring stable inflation and ending political meddling in interest rates. Under his leadership, the UK enjoyed a decade of economic growth, low inflation, and rising living standards, while public services saw record investment. His tax credits and child poverty initiatives lifted millions out of hardship, and his decisive response to the 2008 financial crisis prevented economic collapse. While his light-touch regulation of banks was a flaw, his overall record remains far stronger than anyone since, who lurched from one short-termist decision to another without any overarching long-term strategy. 

 

[Dr The Singh]

5 minutes ago, Bilo said:

Brown was probably the best chancellor in my lifetime. 

 

He made the Bank of England independent, ensuring stable inflation and ending political meddling in interest rates. Under his leadership, the UK enjoyed a decade of economic growth, low inflation, and rising living standards, while public services saw record investment. His tax credits and child poverty initiatives lifted millions out of hardship, and his decisive response to the 2008 financial crisis prevented economic collapse. While his light-touch regulation of banks was a flaw, his overall record remains far stronger than anyone since, who lurched from one short-termist decision to another without any overarching long-term strategy. 

 

Bring back some Brown.