Unpopular Opinions You Hold

[grobyfox1990]

5 hours ago, Jon the Hat said:

Can we stop saying Farage is going to be prime minister?  He really really isn't.

 

1 hour ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Italy was promised most of the Adriatic coast for joining the Entente in WW1. They didn't get it. Life sucks; get used to it.

Happy clapper alert, this is why we urgently need to smash the establishment boomers #draintheswamp 

[Trav Le Bleu]

55 minutes ago, grobyfox1990 said:

 

Happy clapper alert, this is why we urgently need to smash the establishment boomers #draintheswamp 

Neither myself or Jon are boomers and we often disagree with each other.

[Trav Le Bleu]

Points of Note.

 

Britain colonised the Falklands after Spain (not Argentina) abandoned them. Argentina have never settled them. France discovered them.

 

Unlike Argentina, the Falklands had no indigenous people, so did not have to be taken by force and the subjugation of the native people, so the initial permanent settlers there (and therefore the natives) were British.

 

Quod Erat Demonstrandum, the islands are British.

 

I don't particularly care other than facts be correctly presented, cos I'm a massive pedant.

[grobyfox1990]

29 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Points of Note.

 

Britain colonised the Falklands after Spain (not Argentina) abandoned them. Argentina have never settled them. France discovered them.

 

Unlike Argentina, the Falklands had no indigenous people, so did not have to be taken by force and the subjugation of the native people, so the initial permanent settlers there (and therefore the natives) were British.

 

Quod Erat Demonstrandum, the islands are British.

 

I don't particularly care other than facts be correctly presented, cos I'm a massive pedant.

Ok boomer

[Tommy G]

Unfortunately just been in the car listening to 5Live which has just been a back slapping session for Angela Rayner - mainly down to the callers but every single person who called in made the same point that ''she working class and has grit, single mum innit , deserves it'' and when anyone mentioned her tax misdemeanor it's just brushed under the carpet like it never happened. I don't how these people can be so brainwashed that she is some kind of super politician. If the shoe was on the other foot imagine the uproar 

[HighPeakFox]

1 hour ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Neither myself or Jon are boomers and we often disagree with each other.

I think you might have been hooked, dear boy. 

[CornwallFox]

7 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

Unfortunately just been in the car listening to 5Live which has just been a back slapping session for Angela Rayner - mainly down to the callers but every single person who called in made the same point that ''she working class and has grit, single mum innit , deserves it'' and when anyone mentioned her tax misdemeanor it's just brushed under the carpet like it never happened. I don't how these people can be so brainwashed that she is some kind of super politician. If the shoe was on the other foot imagine the uproar 

Trying to take an even view, it's a bit dumb messing up your taxes when you're deputy prime minister and losing that job would have stung quite a lot!

That said, in her particular case I might be remembering wrong but I don't think there was a serious suggestion of intent behind the error?

There's been far worse tax errors brushed under the carpet by the other parties since then so it's kinda moot.

Personally don't think it's a bad thing heading somebody with her backstory in politics giving their insights. Labour politicians often get pointed at as not really being working class yet Rayner gets sly digs for being too working class. 

I'm not strongly minded either way with her tbh though there is one picture of her where she looked kinda good so on that basis I fully support her....

[grobyfox1990]

2 hours ago, Tommy G said:

Unfortunately just been in the car listening to 5Live which has just been a back slapping session for Angela Rayner - mainly down to the callers but every single person who called in made the same point that ''she working class and has grit, single mum innit , deserves it'' and when anyone mentioned her tax misdemeanor it's just brushed under the carpet like it never happened. I don't how these people can be so brainwashed that she is some kind of super politician. If the shoe was on the other foot imagine the uproar 

Isn't that the same praise/criticism angle for all politicians? Why are Farage and Trump liked - 'because they get it yeh they fight for the people.' 

She clearly messed up her taxes but she resigned and was cleared by the HMRC.

The shoe has been on the other foot. Zahawi was fined by HMRC, found guilty and instead of resigning had to be pushed out by Sunak and went off crying about a smear campaign, an obvious lie perpetuated by the media who painted it as 'an attack on wealth creation.' 

[Stadt]

Even if I shared the same views as Raynor I'd think she's a liability. She's just not very bright 

[kenny]

4 hours ago, Tommy G said:

Unfortunately just been in the car listening to 5Live which has just been a back slapping session for Angela Rayner - mainly down to the callers but every single person who called in made the same point that ''she working class and has grit, single mum innit , deserves it'' and when anyone mentioned her tax misdemeanor it's just brushed under the carpet like it never happened. I don't how these people can be so brainwashed that she is some kind of super politician. If the shoe was on the other foot imagine the uproar 

Bet she buys dodgy import fags from the back of the nearby vape shop.

[Trav Le Bleu]

4 hours ago, HighPeakFox said:

I think you might have been hooked, dear boy. 

Yeah I know. Some times I just like to bite and see if I can pull the maggot off.

[worthosoriginals]

2 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Yeah I know. Some times I just like to bite and see if I can pull the maggot off.

Fnaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrr

[BenTheFox]

I love the Big Strong Leicester Boys podcast but I can't stand the AI songs about the club's situation. I find them painfully unfunny and grating. I have to skip them whenever I listen. I just want to listen to them talk about Leicester. 

[Finnegan]

On 21/07/2026 at 16:09, Trav Le Bleu said:

Yeah I know. Some times I just like to bite and see if I can pull the maggot off.

 

This is sensational. This honestly might be my favourite Foxestalk post of all time. I need to try and remember to steal this. 

 

[Trav Le Bleu]

19 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

This is sensational. This honestly might be my favourite Foxestalk post of all time. I need to try and remember to steal this. 

 

This is what big fish do.

[Trav Le Bleu]

The national lottery is not much different to corruption. It's a bad thing that does as much damage as the good it does for charity.

 

Essentially taking small amounts of money from millions to give it to one person (or group of people).

 

This week's lottery jackpot is £444m. How is giving all that money to one person a good thing, especially if they're someone with no financial nous.

 

Every week there will be families below the poverty line spending their last pounds, instead of buying a loaf of bread or a bit extra on decent meals. It could be them of course, but it almost certainly won't be.

 

Don't get me started on the people who run charities and make a very, very nice living.

 

NB, this isn't sour grapes, I've never played the lottery in my life.

[CornwallFox]

13 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

The national lottery is not much different to corruption. It's a bad thing that does as much damage as the good it does for charity.

 

Essentially taking small amounts of money from millions to give it to one person (or group of people).

 

This week's lottery jackpot is £444m. How is giving all that money to one person a good thing, especially if they're someone with no financial nous.

 

Every week there will be families below the poverty line spending their last pounds, instead of buying a loaf of bread or a bit extra on decent meals. It could be them of course, but it almost certainly won't be.

 

Don't get me started on the people who run charities and make a very, very nice living.

 

NB, this isn't sour grapes, I've never played the lottery in my life.

Lottery is fine, I don't like the scratch cards.

The only time I see people buying them it looks like somebody has found their last £30 in the world and blown it on them

[Zear0]

15 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

The national lottery is not much different to corruption. It's a bad thing that does as much damage as the good it does for charity.

 

Essentially taking small amounts of money from millions to give it to one person (or group of people).

 

This week's lottery jackpot is £444m. How is giving all that money to one person a good thing, especially if they're someone with no financial nous.

 

Every week there will be families below the poverty line spending their last pounds, instead of buying a loaf of bread or a bit extra on decent meals. It could be them of course, but it almost certainly won't be.

 

Don't get me started on the people who run charities and make a very, very nice living.

 

NB, this isn't sour grapes, I've never played the lottery in my life.

I’ve always disliked gambling and the lottery almost feeling worse given it’s a tax on the poor. Only redeeming feature I guess is that it gives people some relief and mindfulness to let them ponder what it would be like to win.

[Trav Le Bleu]

24 minutes ago, CornwallFox said:

Lottery is fine, I don't like the scratch cards.

The only time I see people buying them it looks like somebody has found their last £30 in the world and blown it on them

And they will go, "I'll have one of those, one of those, a number 7 and a number 11."

 

At least buy all the same type of lottery card and increase your chances (very slightly), but no, they're thinking, "now I've got a chance of winning £2m, £5m, £4m and £5m".

[Wymsey]

47 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

The national lottery is not much different to corruption. It's a bad thing that does as much damage as the good it does for charity.

 

Essentially taking small amounts of money from millions to give it to one person (or group of people).

 

This week's lottery jackpot is £444m. How is giving all that money to one person a good thing, especially if they're someone with no financial nous.

 

Every week there will be families below the poverty line spending their last pounds, instead of buying a loaf of bread or a bit extra on decent meals. It could be them of course, but it almost certainly won't be.

 

Don't get me started on the people who run charities and make a very, very nice living.

 

NB, this isn't sour grapes, I've never played the lottery in my life.

If you found a winning lottery ticket on the floor on a street, would you try to claim that it was yours?

[CornwallFox]

7 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

And they will go, "I'll have one of those, one of those, a number 7 and a number 11."

 

At least buy all the same type of lottery card and increase your chances (very slightly), but no, they're thinking, "now I've got a chance of winning £2m, £5m, £4m and £5m".

What's worse is you can go online and see which jackpots gave been won - so which cards no longer contains the maximum win. Guarantee none of them look though

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 hour ago, Wymsey said:

If you found a winning lottery ticket on the floor on a street, would you try to claim that it was yours?

Nope.

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 hour ago, CornwallFox said:

What's worse is you can go online and see which jackpots gave been won - so which cards no longer contains the maximum win. Guarantee none of them look though

I did not know this, that's practically a scam, since the ticket will be advertising the jackpot.

 

Should be that any time a jackpot is won a new winning ticket should be inserted into the system.

 

Or just stop gambling.

[CornwallFox]

53 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

I did not know this, that's practically a scam, since the ticket will be advertising the jackpot.

 

Should be that any time a jackpot is won a new winning ticket should be inserted into the system.

 

Or just stop gambling.

I thought I'd better double check but yes I was right about it:

 

When a UK National Lottery scratchcard jackpot is won, the remaining cards in that specific game stay on sale and continue to be distributed until the entire print run is sold out or the operator officially closes the game.

 

Sales and Availability

Cards remain active: Shops do not pull the remaining stock off their shelves just because the top prize has gone.Lower prizes stay active: Remaining tickets still contain thousands of smaller cash prizes, ranging from a few pounds up to substantial secondary tier amounts.

 

Game closure: The game only ends when the operator (Allwyn) sets an official closure date, after which players have 180 days to claim any remaining lower-tier prizes.

 

Checking Remaining PrizesPublic updates: You can view live details for active games on the official National Lottery website to see exactly how many top prizes are left or if they have all been claimed.

[Trav Le Bleu]

32 minutes ago, CornwallFox said:

I thought I'd better double check but yes I was right about it:

 

When a UK National Lottery scratchcard jackpot is won, the remaining cards in that specific game stay on sale and continue to be distributed until the entire print run is sold out or the operator officially closes the game.

 

Sales and Availability

Cards remain active: Shops do not pull the remaining stock off their shelves just because the top prize has gone.Lower prizes stay active: Remaining tickets still contain thousands of smaller cash prizes, ranging from a few pounds up to substantial secondary tier amounts.

 

Game closure: The game only ends when the operator (Allwyn) sets an official closure date, after which players have 180 days to claim any remaining lower-tier prizes.

 

Checking Remaining PrizesPublic updates: You can view live details for active games on the official National Lottery website to see exactly how many top prizes are left or if they have all been claimed.

Should put this in the Things I Only Found Out Today thread