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Reply | Dear me
at 22:23 23 Sep 2026
Probably because there is a narrative in some media outlets that all old people are rich bar stewards and that all young people are all hard done by.
Polarised arguments don't get us anywhere, neither our media or our politicians are invested in presenting us with a full set of facts.
When tte Government takes legal action to prevent data being released by one of its own agencies we are never going to have open debates that people trust.
https://londonlovesbusiness.co [Post edited 23 Sep 22:25]
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Reply | Carter Heywood
at 19:15 23 Sep 2026
Agree, I remember speaking to a senior civil servant who was proud of her fast track process for staff. From around 80 applicants 6 were selected for development each year and given interesting and challenging roles with a view to being able to become senior civil servants.
I asked her what happens to the other 74, she paused and said they go back to work. She realised she had a great process to disappoint people. We redesigned the scheme to be ' Development for All ' where there was a range of opportunities like job swaps, qualifications, mentoring etc. that anyone could participate in on an ongoing basis, with the support of someone who was not their line manager to aid their development.
If football academies are going to reject 99 percent of participants it makes sense to support everyone on the basis that 99 percent aren't going to be footballers. |
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Reply | Has Burnham focussed yet on the National debt?
at 14:11 23 Sep 2026
It was fine until we started living longer and the post war babies started to retire, all predictable, lack of strategy got us here and lack of guts will prolong the issues we have with the welfare bill. [Post edited 23 Sep 14:18]
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Reply | Has Burnham focussed yet on the National debt?
at 21:42 22 Sep 2026
I've paid tax and NI since I was 18, I'll be paying tax until I die, because I've saved into a private pension, it's a fact of life I don't object to that what I do object to is patronising progressive types asking to rebalance the system so those who are capable of working and don't get more.
The morons don't realise that by paying people more in benefits than they can get by working will lead to a distortion of the system where less and less taxpayers fund people who do not contribute at all.
I know it's a Marxist route to equality where everyone has nothing but the dumb ass jerks can't see it. [Post edited 22 Sep 22:57]
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Reply | Charlotte Church
at 21:31 22 Sep 2026
I wonder how she's addressing the lack of a legal framework for women's rights under the Palestinian Authority? |
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Reply | Has Burnham focussed yet on the National debt?
at 21:16 22 Sep 2026
A good point well made, 70 percent of OAPs pay income tax. They are still contributing.
OAPs contribute 30 billion pounds in UK tax. [Post edited 22 Sep 21:24]
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Reply | Has Burnham focussed yet on the National debt?
at 20:39 22 Sep 2026
Spot on. There's an enormous and obvious difference between decades of contributions as part of a contract and receiving benefits having contributed nothing. |
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Reply | Wales On Line
at 12:54 22 Sep 2026
WOL has a grand total of 6,000 subscribers. I'd guess that the paywall has reduced the overall number of viewings and viewers which will reduce revenue in the long term. |
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Reply | Has Burnham focussed yet on the National debt?
at 12:35 22 Sep 2026
Rumours that Burnham is going to hike CGT.
Problem 1per cent of CGT payers account for about 5O percent of CGT paid. These are the guys who can find their way around CGT or defer gains. |
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Reply | Charlotte Church
at 12:32 22 Sep 2026
Wait until they realise that the UK Government is supporting Saudi against the Houthis. |
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Reply | Cabango - Fair play
at 11:31 20 Sep 2026
When teams opt to put the ball high into the penalty area or play long balls in the air up front as their only tactic then a defender like Cabango is almost essential. He's very good at what he does. We lose a bit a guile passing out but we need to complete with the likes of Lincoln. |
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Reply | Here we go again
at 09:56 19 Sep 2026
The Shia and Sunni (Saudis and Houthis) war in Yemen has been going on since 2014, there are reportedly 400,000 people who have lost their lives and 4,000,000 people displaced.
There's been limited coverage and nothing in the way of demonstrations in the streets or allegations of ethnic cleansing and genocide from students, journalists, politicians etc. and very limited media coverage.
The Houthis attack a pipeline and suddenly everyone is outraged, too late, about 14 years too late. [Post edited 19 Sep 9:57]
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Reply | Here we go again
at 09:40 19 Sep 2026
A range of other outlets are reporting this as a security agreement rather than a handover of sovereignty. Of course, the agreement has not been published yet. [Post edited 19 Sep 9:42]
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Thread | Earl Spencer
at 23:08 18 Sep 2026
Boy is he keen to sell some books. |
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