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Lionator

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He’s a prat and I disagree with almost everything he says but he’s still good in terms of what the western system needs. If the Dem’s don’t put up a transformative candidate in 2028 then they suck. If the EU and UK doesn’t stand on its own two feet ASAP then we suck. He’s also the funniest guy to ever do it. 

leicsmac

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18 minutes ago, Lionator said:

He’s a prat and I disagree with almost everything he says but he’s still good in terms of what the western system needs. If the Dem’s don’t put up a transformative candidate in 2028 then they suck. If the EU and UK doesn’t stand on its own two feet ASAP then we suck. He’s also the funniest guy to ever do it. 

I'm not sure it's particularly funny when the suffering and worse of a great many people is the punchline. 

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st albans fox

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The basis of a new geopolitical group later today ?

modi goes to Jerusalem 

 

Looks like India will have access to iron dome and iron beam systems (possibly able to manufacture in India) plus other defence systems.  Hopefully BN doesn’t last beyond the GE later this year but is it feasible for a new group to emerge, irrespective of the nature of govt there ?? 
 

Countries around the world are recognising that old established relationships are no guarantee of support for the future - you need to become more self sufficient in defence with a wider range of supply. 
 

We’ve seen Saudi and Pakistan enter a broad agreement. Will we now see Shia and Sunni groupings establishing actual signed political and defence alliances? 

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2 hours ago, leicsmac said:

I'm not sure it's particularly funny when the suffering and worse of a great many people is the punchline. 

People suffered before Trump and people will suffer after Trump. If anything Trump shows how utterly powerless an American presidency is within the systems that we live in. The last ones to have any meaningful power were Reagan and FDR. 

Alf Bentley

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20 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:
Oh yeah!

In Bath, a skinny man ate a chocolate bar with a little name
By chance his girlfriend came across a Kit-kat and soon she did the same
At home there are seventeen-year-old boys and their idea of fun
Is being in a gang called 'The Disciples'
High on cocoa and totin' a double choc magnum
 
… Time
 
Times
… Leicester fan Annie ripped off the wrapping of a Twirl and ate everything inside
You turn on the telly and every other story is tellin' you somebody diets
A sister killed her baby 'cause she couldn't afford to feed it Mars
And yet we're sending people to Bournville
In September, my cousin tried Snickers for the very first time
Now he's doing Flake, it's April unh
… Times
 
 

 

lollol

 

"I just want your extra time and your.....Twix!"

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leicsmac

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54 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

I doubt  ‘funniest’ actually referred to his comedic ability 

Apparently it does, if subsequent response is any judge...?

 

40 minutes ago, Lionator said:

People suffered before Trump and people will suffer after Trump. If anything Trump shows how utterly powerless an American presidency is within the systems that we live in. The last ones to have any meaningful power were Reagan and FDR. 

If someone cannot or will not make a distinction between the harm to life (human and otherwise) a President like Trump has caused and at least some of those before him caused, then I'm not sure how much more can be said here other than we view the situation entirely differently.

Trav Le Bleu

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2 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

Look forward to the £10 a month saving being swallowed up in council tax rises next month. 

Already gone on water bills.

danny.

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14 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

Look forward to the £10 a month saving being swallowed up in council tax rises next month. 

Love how Starmer is parading this like Labour have done something amazing, when in reality it's still far higher than before Labour came into government. 

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4 hours ago, Lionator said:

People suffered before Trump and people will suffer after Trump. If anything Trump shows how utterly powerless an American presidency is within the systems that we live in. The last ones to have any meaningful power were Reagan and FDR. 

Thanfully

Dahnsouff

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5 hours ago, Lionator said:

People suffered before Trump and people will suffer after Trump. If anything Trump shows how utterly powerless an American presidency is within the systems that we live in. The last ones to have any meaningful power were Reagan and FDR. 

That is a wild take. In the last week it is confirmed that POTUS has wilfully taken from his own people, and had zero interest in being pro-active in returning the seized funds. Seeking to blame the system feels rather disingenuous. If anything, this week has demonstrated that the guardrails are not toothless when the chips are down, slow yes, but effective.

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7 hours ago, danny. said:

Love how Starmer is parading this like Labour have done something amazing, when in reality it's still far higher than before Labour came into government. 

In April it will be about £6 a month more expensive then when Labour came in so not quite 'far higher' as you say.  It's not the 300 cheaper(£25 per month) that they are aiming for by 2030 but it is a pretty good thing for consumers this.

 

It's not price drop down to wholesale costs falling so could go back up again later like we've seen in the past.  It's a policy cost finishing and a policy cost shifting so reduction will stay off.

danny.

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43 minutes ago, foxes1988 said:

In April it will be about £6 a month more expensive then when Labour came in so not quite 'far higher' as you say.  It's not the 300 cheaper(£25 per month) that they are aiming for by 2030 but it is a pretty good thing for consumers this.

 

It's not price drop down to wholesale costs falling so could go back up again later like we've seen in the past.  It's a policy cost finishing and a policy cost shifting so reduction will stay off.

We have some of the highest prices in the world. If it was a right wing government I wonder if you’d be defending this. They are bragging about brining bills down when they are ~£75 more than when they came into office. It’s really nothing to flex about. 

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1 hour ago, foxes1988 said:

In April it will be about £6 a month more expensive then when Labour came in so not quite 'far higher' as you say.  It's not the 300 cheaper(£25 per month) that they are aiming for by 2030 but it is a pretty good thing for consumers this.

 

It's not price drop down to wholesale costs falling so could go back up again later like we've seen in the past.  It's a policy cost finishing and a policy cost shifting so reduction will stay off.

Pro tip: claim you’re actually right wing/cetre-right, but you’re just being the only one who’s being reasonable and balanced by defending “the other side”. That’s how it works these days.

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foxes1988

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8 hours ago, danny. said:

We have some of the highest prices in the world. If it was a right wing government I wonder if you’d be defending this. They are bragging about brining bills down when they are ~£75 more than when they came into office. It’s really nothing to flex about. 

This almost makes it sound as if it's terrible news. To be clear I'm not defending this...... I'm saying this is objectively a GOOD thing for consumers.  The energy/eletricity prices are very high and you can you can complain about that and recognise the levy removals as a good policy change at the same time.

 

Yes I would 'defend' if it was a right wing government because it means they've reduced the levies on current and future bills, surely you can acknowledge that's a good thing.

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danny.

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8 hours ago, Sampson said:

Pro tip: claim you’re actually right wing/cetre-right, but you’re just being the only one who’s being reasonable and balanced by defending “the other side”. That’s how it works these days.

You’re right. Let’s continue the echo chamber instead. It was slightly left of centre actually, but in 2026 money that’s to the right of Genghis Khan. 

danny.

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47 minutes ago, foxes1988 said:

This almost makes it sound as if it's terrible news. To be clear I'm not defending this...... I'm saying this is objectively a GOOD thing for consumers.  The energy/eletricity prices are very high and you can you can complain about that and recognise the levy removals as a good policy change at the same time.

 

Yes I would 'defend' if it was a right wing government because it means they've reduced the levies on current and future bills, surely you can acknowledge that's a good thing.

It’s obviously better than it going up. My point was pretty clear though, the Labour media is proclaiming this is some amazing achievement. Starmer saying “see I told you we’d bring bills down”. They haven’t brought bills down; they are still higher than when they came into power. 

leicsmac

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The Overton Window and how it moves is often a fascinating thing. 

 

I've said it before, but I think a system of political compassing based on late 18th century France is rather outmoded in 2026 anyway. There's far more effective and relevant lines along which to divide ideological viewpoints now. 

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