Politics Election 2019

[Embattle]

Boris Johnson 'actively thinking about' third term as PM

The PM says he will lead his party into the next election and beyond, despite criticism of his leadership.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Wij]

Boris Johnson 'actively thinking about' third term as PM

The PM says he will lead his party into the next election and beyond, despite criticism of his leadership.

www.bbc.co.uk

lol

 

[Raven]

Wouldn't normal peccy and an octane booster be more frugal @Raven ? What car is it?

Stage 2 VXR, it hates anything but the fancy stuff, a tank will last me a month as I don't do much mileage, just annoys me.

 

[Trem]

Stage 2 VXR, it hates anything but the fancy stuff, a tank will last me a month as I don't do much mileage, just annoys me.

What annoys me more is if you do zero miles you still have to pay the monthly fee for tax. Like if you use zero energy in your house you still have to pay the standing charge. None of these encourages people to be environmentally sound. But that's ok, government can say it encourages policies to save the planet and still get its pound of flesh. Boils my piss.

I bet your car is about £40 a month in tax is it?

 

[Embattle]

When we initially got our smart meter working I couldn't work out even though we were purely using the energy from our solar panels and Powerwall and nothing from the grid why we kept seeing a charge on it, then I remembered the standing charge.

 

[Gwadien]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUEh_QrKNvg


Mick Lynch is actually a complete legend...

I'm intrigued to see how the press will spin him to be a cunt.

 

[Trem]

When we initially got our smart meter working I couldn't work out even though we were purely using the energy from our solar panels and Powerwall and nothing from the grid why we kept seeing a charge on it, then I remembered the standing charge.

It's why I'm not going down that route. Give me a company with no standing charge and I'll seriously consider solar. There is probably a lot of people like me.

It's robbery. We're now paying for the failure of Ofgem to regulate correctly via higher standing charges.

 

[Embattle]

It's why I'm not going down that route. Give me a company with no standing charge and I'll seriously consider solar. There is probably a lot of people like me.

It's robbery. We're now paying for the failure of Ofgem to regulate correctly via higher standing charges.

There are still massive savings in having solar, standing charge or not.

 

[Trem]

There are still massive savings in having solar, standing charge or not.

It's the principle of it. I would want to use solar/battery to the maximum to avoid giving those bastards my money. But I'd still be giving them my money.....

All Sunak had to do was eradicate the standing charge if they are genuine about the environment/helping people. That should have been the very first measure.

 

[Gwadien]

Barristers walk out of courts in strike over pay

Lawyers are urged to accept proposed fees' rise but there are concerns some will quit the profession.

www.bbc.co.uk

Blows my mind that the Government is encouraging them to accept a 15% pay rise.

But when it comes to other jobs (Nhs, schools etc) it's like ooo our final offer is a 0.12% pay rise.

 

[Embattle]

Mainly because juniors are so under paid they don't manage minimum wage:

He said barristers had suffered an average fall of 28% in their real earnings since 2006 and juniors in their first three years of practice earned a median income of just £12,200, which is below the minimum wage.

 

[Raven]

Barristers walk out of courts in strike over pay

Lawyers are urged to accept proposed fees' rise but there are concerns some will quit the profession.

www.bbc.co.uk

Blows my mind that the Government is encouraging them to accept a 15% pay rise.

But when it comes to other jobs (Nhs, schools etc) it's like ooo our final offer is a 0.12% pay rise.

Thankfully it is spreading to other industries. Summer of discontent 2. The Tories are finished.

 

[ECA]

Barristers walk out of courts in strike over pay

Lawyers are urged to accept proposed fees' rise but there are concerns some will quit the profession.

www.bbc.co.uk

Blows my mind that the Government is encouraging them to accept a 15% pay rise.

But when it comes to other jobs (Nhs, schools etc) it's like ooo our final offer is a 0.12% pay rise.

They froze pay for ages, and are now offering 15%, but only starting at the end of 2023, so 7.5% this year and next, while inflation will eat that up and it'll be another pay cut in real terms.

Imagine if your pay got frozen for 3 years, then they said we'll give you 15% but starting in 2 years time during rampant inflation so lol actually you're on less money than you were 5 years ago.

 

[Gwadien]

They froze pay for ages, and are now offering 15%, but only starting at the end of 2023, so 7.5% this year and next, while inflation will eat that up and it'll be another pay cut in real terms.

Imagine if your pay got frozen for 3 years, then they said we'll give you 15% but starting in 2 years time during rampant inflation so lol actually you're on less money than you were 5 years ago.

yeah, imagine...

The long, long squeeze on teacher pay | Institute for Fiscal Studies

At the last election, the Conservative Party manifesto committed to increasing teacher starting salaries in England to £30,000 per year by September 2022. However, to ease pressure on school budgets and the public finances, the government has now announced a freeze on teacher pay levels in...

ifs.org.uk

 

[ECA]

The conservatives are massive cunts, who would've thought.

 

[Trem]

The conservatives are massive cunts, who would've thought.

This bunch really are a next level of cunt though. Each one of them a multi millionaire, clearly in it for themselves, it's never been so obvious. Previous cunts at least tried to hide it a little. I mean, if you tried to hide it you wouldn't wheel out Rees-Mogg!

Even Thatchers government had a couple of (supposedly) decent people.

 

[Raven]

View: https://twitter.com/ukiswitheu/status/1541115023170338816

 

[caLLous]

Because of course there's more to the story and it casts Johnson in a bad light.


View: https://twitter.com/estwebber/status/1542795685279432705

 

[Wij]

View: https://twitter.com/Parody_PM/status/1542491771573338113

 

[Trem]

View: https://twitter.com/Parody_PM/status/1542491771573338113

I think about these clips almost daily with this government.

 

[Wij]

Chinese using our willingness to renege on treaties against us. Who could have predicted that?


View: https://twitter.com/ChinaEmbIreland/status/1542908356448354304

 

[Raven]

Boris Johnson's 40 new hospitals pledge faces watchdog review

The Conservatives said in their 2019 election manifesto the facilities would be built by 2030.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Raven]

View: https://twitter.com/JeffSto40037019/status/1543215793298722818

 

[caLLous]

 

[Gwadien]

Can someone explain the logic of protesting expensive fuel by going out and protesting whilst using expensive fuel?

 

[Raven]

Can someone explain the logic of protesting expensive fuel by going out and protesting whilst using expensive fuel?

The fact that Greta Thunberg eats food, that was farmed, will blow your mind.

 

[Scouse]

Can someone explain the logic of protesting expensive fuel by going out and protesting whilst using expensive fuel?

This sort of stuff is an appeal to saintlihood - unless you're a fucking angel who's never done anything wrong I'm going to ignore your argument and call you a cunt.

Thing is - if you are an angel people will ignore you anyway

 

[Embattle]

Sajid Javid has resigned.

 

[Wij]

Sajid Javid has resigned.

What's he done?

 

[Embattle]

Sunak has gone as well.