Comments by "Mark Welch" (@markwelch3564) on "GBNews" channel.

  1. General Election Now!
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  2. "We failed to build enough houses" and which party was in charge the last 13 years?
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  3. I say the opposite. The SNP majority in Holyrood is despite Proportional Representation. Have you seen the SNP in Westminster? Under FPTP they have 90% of Scottish seats!
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  4. What happened to Truss promising she was on top of it and we wouldn't need rationing?
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  5. We don't want a selfish narcissist running the country, so let's vote for Boris instead 🤔
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  6. Lots of nurses are switching careers for better money (or less stressful work) in the private sector. Soon we won't have enough to keep our hospitals going...
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  7. Shhh, don't tell Dolan, but the Bank of England had to spend almost £70 billion to make that bounce back of the pound happen We can't afford to do that trick again!
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  8. So we can't call a banker a banker any more? I am confused!
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  9. You used to be able to apply at embassies! It's madness that the government took that option away
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  10. The companies and the government could have settled months ago. Blame them for dragging it out!
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  11. Trump did say Europe should do more to protect itself. This is all his idea, really!
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  12. I bet the fishermen wish they had Mick Lynch looking after them instead of Farage!
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  13. Wonder what GBNews thinks about books by Karl Marx?
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  14.  @BD4-ManchesterIsRed  in the medium term the Tories will be out of government, and then we get long term stability?
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  15. 57% of your energy bill goes to offshore accounts in tax havens
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  16. If there's no money for wages, where's the money for that kind of infrastructure investment going to come from?
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  17. Hugely popular MPs? Back this up in a general election then 🙂
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  18. If you're short staffed, you need to offer better wages Thought the Tories knew how the free market works?
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  19. And for Transport Minister number 4 to stop hiding and admit he has to sign off on any deal, and get round the table!
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  20.  @markb3915  It can come from wherever the massive dividends and bonuses are coming from 😉
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  21. But the majority of NI support the protocol!
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  22.  @DOCTORDROTT  sure, lie about Mick's wages, and ignore the rail bosses on over half a million...
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  23. ​ @imbonkers3629  but they were protesting on the pavement, and got arrested. It was a model peaceful protest!
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  24. ​@susan curtis waiting 47 years? Someone just getting their first job now, will be almost retired by then! If something can't show some benefits, people will demand better. You can't expect people to spend their whole working life waiting...
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  25. @susan curtis  you can thank Thatcher for the decline. The EU didn't make us sell our utilities to the highest bidder, that was all on her!
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  26. If Jacob wants people to pay for their own childcare, wages are going to need to go up A LOT
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  27. @jjeffery worboys  we need a future generation. What happens when the whole country is just old people because nobody could afford to have children?
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  28. @MinkieWinkle  doesn't change things much - private pensions are invested in the stock market - how are those stocks going to do in an economy short of workers? State or private, you need a good economy behind your pension
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  29. Also, not sure if this is political propaganda or filthy fanfiction...
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  30. There was one month where we sold the EU a huge amount of natural gas, and trade figures looked really good for a bit Outside of that spike, trade is way down 🙁
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  31. Why aren't we asking if there's someone out there who could do the CEO job for 100k a year less than the current one?
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  32.  @markfox-potten4798  I think we should give it a try - give the CEO job to the most qualified person willing to do for 100k less than the current CEO. I reckon nobody will notice a difference, or maybe things might even run better! Fully agree on nurses 🙂
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  33.  @vincentmckenna1755  are you talking about the nurses? 19% is just catching up after years of pay freezes. 19% would roughly match what they earned in 2010
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  34. Someone working for 18k isn't just paying their own tax, they'll be earning their boss lots of money too It's still contributing to the economy, even if you never see a penny of it
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  35. Everyone's skint,you can't get an appointment at the doctors, there's no police when you need them, but this is a great country, he says! Make your mind up...
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  36. Why don't more people talk about the Green party? They're not all about the environment, they have plans to help working class people It's almost like the mainstream media don't want people to know about them 🤔
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  37. Hmm, do I want my taxes to go towards building up UK power generation capacity, or on tax subsidies for rich bankers? 🤔 I'll take nationalised power, thanks!
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  38.  @susancurtis1651  I don't remember many people really caring before 2016. There was the odd snarky article in the papers about some EU regulations, but I don't remember it being anything more organised than that. Why was everything so quiet if it was such a concern?
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  39. @susan curtis  They went to the highest bidder. Not just EU countries - also China, India and the USA. The sellout wasn't fussy about who did the buying
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  40. @susan curtis  we're not going anywhere. We love our country too much to give up on our future!
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  41. @susan curtis  that sounds a bit over the top to me, I just can't see everyone in Europe going along with something like that!
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  42. Why? Mogg would love a Stasi of his own!
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  43. Everyone's rent and bills keep going up. We all need pay rises! We should learn from the rail workers, not moan about them 🙂
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  44. Should we take a lecture on "affordable pay" from people who said Liz Truss is an economic genius?
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  45. Also, next time you vote, remember which political party has been the party of austerity for over a decade!
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  46. When will the referendum be?
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  47. @Pemj  worse, the councils didn't get the money from the sales. Westminster kept the money
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  48. It's easy for Liz to say she's standing firm - it's not her money she's flushing down the toilet, it's ours
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  49. General Election Now!
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  50.  @daveyr7454  maybe you don't earn enough!
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  51. If Rwanda is wonderful, how will an all expenses paid relocation to this utopia deter dinghies?
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  52. @thomasfyfield6756  I agree - our asset bubble of an economy isn't a good idea!
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  53. ​@nigelsynnott7344 he is just stuffing his pockets while he can though, and will run away when it runs out And that's nothing to do with his skin colour, cos plenty of white, English born and bred Tories are doing exactly the same!
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  54. Maybe conservatives need to take inspiration from history? Gay people used to be totally excluded from being able to talk openly about their lives, look at them now! Similarly look at how far racial minorities have come in moving from being excluded from mainstream platforms to being accepted in all walks of life Conservatives should learn from the examples of other marginalised groups, the roadmap is there to be open and proud about who you are!
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  55.  @DEVOPS_R_US  That's all the same thing. If they are rich because they have a huge property portfolio, they aren't likely to make rents lower, or houses more affordable!
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  56. Also lack of council houses
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  57.  @hetrodoxly1203  if Brexit is good for wages, why are so many people on strike to get better pay?
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  58. @hetrodoxly 1  The French are striking for better pensions, the UK are striking for better pay Wonder who will see success first?
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  59.  @hetrodoxly1203  naaa, you said Brexit was good for people's wages. I reckon the EU is good for people's wages We have lots of great examples to watch - let's see what happens!
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  60. If Starmer fixes the country, will you acknowledge it?
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  61. I know the real reason the Tories don't like the Stormont brake. It gives the people of Northern Ireland more power than Westminster has
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  62. When I take a break from GBNews I never hear any of it!
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  63. Liz Truss will grow the economy? That's not what happened!
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  64. Why don't we ever look at executive pay and capital gains when we're worried about inflation? There's a way to tackle inflation without leaving people cold and hungry!
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  65. No taxation without representation though. It's a long standing and very important principle
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  66.  @harryboy3305  the rail bosses are paid well. If they are not competent, give someone else a chance to fix the problems Greed, greed, greed ruining the country
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  67. So if there's nothing adult in the content, what's the difference between pre-watershed drag and Christmas panto?
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  68. Carswell wants to try Trussonomics again. Should we trust anything he is saying here?
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  69.  Matty Kelly  Liz is definitely worse, compared to almost anyone!
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  70. If you're feeling nostalgic for Liz Truss, you can easily recreate the atmosphere of her premiership! Just take a big pile of your money, and set it on fire. Replay some classic Truss speeches if you want audio to go with the visual spectacle
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  71.  @barriewilliams4526  Putins got a way out still - if Nato stays out of Ukraine he can send everyone home and celebrate the win because he kept Nato away from the Russian border Right now, it's our leaders who are most likely to spark something off
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  72. ​@susan curtis I'll be honest and admit I'm not that interested in digging up the past, unless it's useful for moving on in future We shall have to let democracy take it's course and see what the people decide in decades to come!
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  73. @susan curtis  not true. The war was against Nazis, not Europeans. Very few Europeans are Nazis, and not all Nazis are European We should definitely fight Nazis, wherever they are
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  74.  @susancurtis1651  I have a slightly more nuanced take. I respect everyone's right to an opinion, but if you want to present something as fact, you should be held to a much higher standard. A lot of the talk around asylum lacks evidence, and the debate is degenerating as a result 🙁
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  75. I'll support anyone who can run the country without crashing it!
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  76. Move on? Windfall tax now!
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  77. Parody post? Have to ask, sometimes it is hard to tell!
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  78. But only for us. The pilot on his private jet will of course be well rested...
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  79. You know what would get things moving? Call the biggest problems out! You almost got there on the energy thing, but tell us why it's a problem! It's easier to get people fired up if we know what we win rather than hearing vague politician words
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  80. @Jamie Z  I am a bit confused, you like Norway, but not socialism, but Norway is pretty socialist
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  81. In hindsight, wonder if the fishermen are happy with Farage, or wish they had someone like Lynch instead?
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  82.  @lennylaa1686  so we should aim to be full members and get our seat at the table?
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  83. So they are pretty sure they hate woke,but can't agree what it means Anyone else totally confused now?
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  84. There is no fancy headline making solution It's lots of boring technical details. You sit down and talk boring technical details til it's all resolved. If there's no exciting newspaper headlines, it's probably going well
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  85. ​@vylbird8014 you don't need to buy a new-new car, there's plenty of good second hand cars that qualify and cost less than 10k
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  86. I'm not gonna stalk him to find out, but I bet he has a fancy North London home too, and won't be personally affected much by the cost of living crisis!
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  87.  @Oluinneachain  you're starting to sound a bit People's Front of Judea there! While you're arguing with the Judean People's Front, hopefully someone else is looking at sorting wages and fuel bills before next winter comes
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  88. Though it would be amazing if Rishi did nationalise the utilities like an actual socialist would!
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  89. I am not going to dismiss the idea completely, but who is going to pay for all the pensions?
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  90. What if they quit and take jobs in Australia instead? Were stuffed then!
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  91.  @nigelsynnott7344  skin colour was already in the debate, I just wanted to clarify that behaviour matters to me more than superficial appearances I'd go further and say if Tories want to leave of their own accord, they should go for it - few will miss them! Kind of amazed anyone wants them though...
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  92.  @nigelsynnott7344  anyone who believes in Britain would put their money into new businesses, and create those well paid jobs Boris promised Tories just buy houses though, so nobody else can afford one, and if there's no houses left to buy, they stuff the rest of the money in overseas tax havens. It's all about what they can take out, they'll never, ever chip in
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  93. If there are irregular arrivals from the UK, I expect France will secure it's borders, especially Calais Expect every bus and lorry to be searched, in case people are hiding on them. Yes, it will massively slow things down, but it's in the name of border security,so what can you do?
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  94.  @Saoirse_don_Phalaistín  what if it isn't a choice? Would neurodiversity be a better example? As an example to learn from politically it's not been as strong as other campaigns, but it highlights that how you think isn't entirely a conscious choice
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  95. I think the government and most companies want people to be living with their parents forever! How could kids get a house of their own on the sort of wages they want everyone to have?
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  96.  @The_Phoenix_Saga  indeed we are not, but if it works, shouldn't we take inspiration from that and use it to make life better here?
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  97.  @Mrskateboardboy  just a bit of fun! I wanted to point out that Putin isn't exactly a moral authority right now, but didn't want to be all boring and serious about it 🙂
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  98. Laurence: Stop telling us how to live our life Also Laurence: Tells trans people how they have to live their life
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  99. "People expect the government to do more" Well, if the government aren't going to do anything, why are we paying your wages?
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  100.  @waynewanderer  How does Corbyn fit into that plan 😮
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  101. @hetrodoxly 1  you said it was good for the low paid worker drones. What else would be good, other than not being low paid any more?
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  102. How is it anti-democratic to want our Prime Minister to listen to his Party and the Nation?
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  103.  @DavidGetling  worse than the biggest economic disaster in decades, one which was entirely self inflicted?
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  104.  @marktucker208  He's not going to vote for Liz after her little "break the unions" speech!
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  105. We made a sovereign choice - NI being in the Single Market was better than restarting the Troubles
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  106.  @christinerussell113  are the problems caused by the EU, or by the Tories? Did we boot the right one?
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  107.  @ancietman  maybe that technology will be reliable enough in the future, but it isn't ready today. Today, train staff need a proper wage Also,I haven't seen a robot cleaner anywhere. The RMT members are people like cleaning staff, not the drivers!
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  108.  alan young  It's not just the lies, it's the doubling down on denials, even when caught red handed People make mistakes, and will forgive mistakes, but only if you show willingness to put things right!
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  109. Are the executives acknowledging that there's less money in the industry and living more frugally? We both know the answer to that one!
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  110. What about MPs? They got a big old pay rise, and their only qualification is remembering to turn up and to vote how their told!
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  111. We already have a shortage of workers, yet wages aren't rising. If the Tories care about workers having decent pay, why do they fight the Unions so much? The simple truth is the Tories want everyone to be underpaid and insecure. That's why they always have an excuse but never a solution!
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  112.  @tbone35453  also looks like unionised drivers are doing better than independents, from the quick look I made
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  113. but this came from Thatcher's beloved free market...
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  114. Why not just enlist if you want to join?
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  115. There's only one way to settle this! Take all the photos, of Labour and Conservative events, and publish all of them Let the public be the judge!
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  116. @David Summer  please let me know if I've missed a third option, but I can only see two ways to harmonise regulations. One is to decide your shared regulations through a shared, democratic process (EU model), and the other is for the largest party to dictate the standard that smaller nations need to comply with (US model) Unless you can give me a third way to decide shared regulations and standards, I have a preference for the democratic, EU style
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  117. Why don't you want to reclaim our water and power and nationalise them?
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  118. @beachcomber1able  Which explains why Tice won't, was wondering why Ben is so strongly against it?
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  119. They aren't socialist! Which utility are they nationalising?
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  120. @hazelhadley-britt6396  Sorry, you've lost me why history?
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  121. ​@EL Cid and they are using that freedom, and now we have a staffing shortage
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  122. They voted against them because they were silly ideas that don't work. The Tories pushed them through anyway, turns out they don't work! Labour were right to vote against them
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  123. Will the bosses also take a pay cut, now they run a less profitable business?
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  124. The strawman is strong in this one. The only people reducing security checks are the Tories
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  125. Whoever picked Frost to lead negotiations definitely picked a cabbage!
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  126. So give nurses a pay rise? Maybe it could match the payrise MPs were given? 🤔
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  127. We can't even nationalise anything. We are a million miles from anything even slightly resembling communism!
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  128. Habib is still a Truss fan? Even after the billions the minibudget lost?
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  129. I thought deregulation was a Tory thing?
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  130. They are leaving. What will we do once they've all left?
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  131. Wind and solar power is great though - cost is falling every year, and Vlad can't cut off the wind and the sun!
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  132.  @joycegibbs5267  but what did they get arrested for? Nobody has been able to tell me
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  133. @susan curtis  it's not given away, it's shared. The lone black sheep is weak, families are strong. I don't want to be the black sheep of Europe, and I am far from alone. We're organising, and supporting each other. Do you feel supported by the people you've sided with?
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  134.  @susancurtis1651  and I stand with Gary on this one
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  135.  @susancurtis1651  I won't demand a reply, but some numbers to back that up would be nice, along with the source of the numbers Like I said, opinions are allowed, but if you want to call something a fact, hold yourself to a higher standard 🙂
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  136.  @susancurtis1651  almost all UK tech was bought out by US companies, and a lot of our power generation is owned by China
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  137. Anyone else remember when spring elections were normal? A spring election would be normal again!
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  138. If you give the rich even more money, all they do is buy houses and make homes even harder to buy for ordinary people 🙁
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  139.  @roccoparks  A Labour Mayor who gets his budget from central government. He is being screwed over by the Tories in Westminster
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  140. Very true. If we are going to stabilise the economy we have to expect greatly reduced dividends
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  141.  @garyb455  I know, right? Yet our government, supposedly educated at elite schools and universities, is really struggling with this 😳
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  142. ​ @boudicca3845  but we've already made everything into UK law. Jacob isn't talking about rewriting our laws, he wants to drop them completely
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  143.  @boudicca3845  then he needs to crack on and start looking, because he's barely named any yet, and there's thousands to look at!
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  144.  @boudicca3845  He can still work through them from the back bench! Start putting those lists together - name which ones are good and should stay, and which need to go There's nothing stopping him doing that
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  145.  @boudicca3845  if he can't roll up his sleeves and get stuck in, why should anyone else?
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  146. All this talk of giving everyone an automatic share, and resisting the rich elite sounds a bit Marxist Commie to me...
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  147. They do, but those protests never make the news
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  148. True, but paying tax is cheaper than paying for US health insurance!
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  149. We need the government to invest. We've been waiting 4 decades for the private sector to do it, and they have failed Tax them so the government can invest in infrastructure and hospitals!
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  150.  @schrodingerscat1863  What projects? All that wealth has just been used to buy up all the houses and price ordinary people out of the market, and run shady but legal grifts like share buybacks The water infrastructure is crumbling, nobody is training anyone, and there's little to show in terms of factories and manufacturing. Where is this investment?
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  151.  @schrodingerscat1863  got any links to the planning meeting minutes, or news articles on them? I want to know who is holding up fixes to our plumbing!
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  152. The unhealthy housing market that the Government desperately prop up is a big problem. Why would you take on the risks of a new business when you can just buy houses instead? That's a big part of our productivity problem
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  153. Really? Don't they have half a year of "independent enquiry" to buy them some time?
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  154. How high do mortgage payments go before you stop giving her a chance? Most people have hit that point already
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  155. ​ @rowan7658  the generations who fot us through the world wars are passed on now. The current old generation have little to no memory of the wars, being at most a child when they were being fought!
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  156.  @mikechapman8896  when did this country get so miserable and joyless? No breaks, no hobbies, just eat, sleep, work, repeat Surely we can do better than that?
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  157. Why does this make me think of the Black Mirror episode "15 Million Merits"?
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  158.  @stevenelliott5403  Shame that the Tories have made so many cuts to adult education. It's almost like they don't want people to better themselves 🤔
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  159.  @Jamie-Z  do we even have a far left in the UK?
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  160.  @Jamie-Z  is a bit of nationalisation and public investment far left? It's hardly Stalin or Pol Pot
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  161.  @Jamie-Z  that's good, I support democracy too 🙂
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  162. @Jamie Z  I find it a bit weird choosing to exclude yourself from the decision making table. Norway accepts all single market rules, what do they can by not having a say when those rules are made?
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  163. @Jamie Z  you are really confusing me - you avoid dictatorship, by making sure you have no say in the rules you promise to follow?
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  164. This is the result of four decades of Thatcherism
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  165. Barnier offered cooperation, and Frost said no. Barnier found this odd, but respected the choice Frost made, because the EU believe in democratic choice Here in the UK, we voted for this
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  166. ​ @joejoejoe4577 eve was made from Adam's rib - genetically male. She's the first trans woman, really
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  167. Are we discouraging refugees, or rewarding them with an all mod cons relocation package? I am getting very confused!
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  168. Hi Borat! You've been quiet, been a long time since the last movie!
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  169.  @ducko1988  😁
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  170. If you're in politics to get rich you're in the wrong job. The people they claim to represent would be well happy on an MPs wage - if it's not enough, get a job in the city and let someone who cares about their constituency take the post!
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  171. ​ @blueband8114 even doctors - we might get away with reducing their pay in the short term, but who is going to do 7 years of medical school if they won't see a great wage at the end?
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  172. GBNews is owned by an investment group in Dubai, and on topics like this their agenda really shows!
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  173. Don't know why everyone's overthinking this so much, they're going to be in solitary whichever prison they go to
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  174. Seems like " the middle of a pandemic" was an odd time to finalise Brexit. That was the UK government choosing, the EU were happy to extend Why finalise Brexit in the peak of a pandemic?
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  175. So true - if Rishi was socialist he'd have nationalised water and power by now!
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  176.  @incurableromantic4006  skilled staff are in demand globally, open borders won't oversupply medical staff We might even be competing for workers generally soon - the birth rate globally is stabilising
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  177. Rees Mogg mentioned our aging population, but I didn't hear him propose any solutions If he doesn't want to care for the elderly, is he just going to leave them to suffer?
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  178. ​ @widervision710  Legatum, a dubai based hedge fund. That's where the money comes from to cover the losses
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  179. Why drop everything though? If there are bad laws, just drop those without risking accidentally killing people's holiday pay or maternity leave!
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  180. So was Neville Chamberlain!
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  181. Who is this raging commie telling private companies how to spend their money?
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  182. Isn't a political strike fair game, if it's opposing political budget cuts?
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  183.  @Durram258  correct. It already has been cut. Money is needed just to get back to where we were pre-austerity. Budgets have started to improve, but they are still way behind what they used to be
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  184.  @peteratkinson922  lots of places are dealing with those, and haven't been affected as hard. Why has the UK uniquely been hit harder than comparable nations when these global problems happen?
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  185. So you'd rather people walk away forever, than for just a day?
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  186.  @Oluinneachain  I am trying to work out what links USSR, Germany, Cambodia and China, but I'm stumped. What do they all have in common that made them successful?
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  187. Yet his members still vote for him...
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  188.  @mrmrgaming  I don't think people voted for Biden, they were voting against Trump. They were voting for Mick!
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  189. Kelvin, everybody loves wealth creation! Any idea when ordinary people will see some?
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  190. ​ @terrytheoldgoat haven't they been reducing their staff numbers? That's not going to help, no matter where they are working!
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  191.  @terrytheoldgoat  but are they DVLA? New nurses are great if you're ill, and new police are great if you've been robbed, but they won't sort your driving licence application for you
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  192. General Election Now!
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  193. If public money is used to fix it up, should the public not own something for that investment?
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  194.  @glennsheppard4240  It was totally without taxpayer consent, this wasn't in the manifesto they were elected on. If they want a mid-term change of direction like this, they need to justify it or expect exactly this kind of backlash
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  195. Compulsory jobs? Sounds a bit commie to me!
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  196.  @myrants5836  Where are they then? We're struggling to fill vacancies already!
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  197.  @myrants5836  we don't have enough teaching capacity. We have problems layered on problems already, encouraging staff to quit is not wise right now
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  198.  @nigelsynnott7344  anyone willing to make Britain poorer so they can get rich and run away, isn't very British, no?
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  199. So true! Nobody wants to nationalise our utilities, even though privatisation has been a total shambles
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  200.  @hayleylongster4698  So true! There are people quick to point at the pandemic, but austerity started long before Covid If we have to wait until there's nothing else going on in the world, we'd be waiting forever!
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  201.  @Moleena  I don't know about that one. What was said?
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  202.  @Moleena  That is a very interesting case. I don't want to put words in her mouth, but I would suspect she grew up worrying she'd face barriers because she's a lesbian, but instead he is being marginalised for being conservative Is it presumptious to assume that she should know more than most about how to achieve acceptance than most, as she has already been there before?
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  203.  @Saoirse_don_Phalaistín  neurodiversity is literally different ways of thinking! How else could you define it? And for what it's worth, the causality is home ownership and having children. People with houses and kids trend more conservative regardless of age, and if you're old with neither you tend to stay radical. Was Thatcher a genius or just lucky when she gave lots of people a chance to buy houses on the cheap?
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  204.  @Saoirse_don_Phalaistín  would religion be a better analogy? You might be getting the wrong end of the stick a bit though, apologies if my focus was unclear. My argument is not that the characteristics are directly comparable, rather that there are numerous examples of political campaigns and social activism that achieved greater levels of acceptance for groups who previously were actively excluded Conservatives could learn from all those fine examples rather than whining about it and expecting someone else to do the work for them!
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  205.  @Saoirse_don_Phalaistín  we are getting deep into psychology and philosophy now, but if you believe your outlook to be fixed and unchangeable, how different is that to a born characteristic? And if that's too highbrow, on a more practical level, we have a section of society who are struggling to come to terms with their place in the modern world. I am just hoping to give them something more constructive to do than mope and whine about how they feel right now!
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  206.  @Saoirse_don_Phalaistín  I am enjoying this discussion, it is very enlightening! Again, all I hoped to achieve is to give people who are struggling emotionally a starting point to engage constructively with the rest of society. If I gain and learn from this discussion, that's a bonus!
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  207. Don't agree with sacking the workers, but I am definitely up for the change in management!
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  208. Do you really want a referendum about vets paperwork for food animals? Who's going to go to the polling booth for that?
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  209. No taxation without representation though?
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  210.  @B-26354  I think it speaks to fairness and democracy in general, even if it doesn't have a legal foundation. If someone is working and contributing to the community, in tax and socially, why shouldn't they have representation in government?
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  211.  @The_Phoenix_Saga  it works great in Finland, Norway and Sweden!
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  212.  @The_Phoenix_Saga  paying the tax is good and fair, because it funds a nation that is there for you when you need it - good hospitals, functioning passport office, all the little details that make society work It also funds investment - infrastructure and training. That does far more to make a nation prosperous than letting money stagnate in tax havens. Invest in the country, and the country grows and pays it back. It's worked far more often than trickle down economics has!
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  213.  @The_Phoenix_Saga  if you're just getting by, you won't be paying 60% tax!
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  214. Play the ball, not the player. The anger is at how they behave, not how they were born!
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  215. The cheek of a nimby Tory moaning about a lack of housing supply!
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  216. If you want to fight for Russian ideals, I imagine the Russian Army has a few vacancies going right now!
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  217. @ʃuðɼinga ƿeoɼc  my point is that there was a good month, but it was a one-off that isn't sustainable Our normal is way down 🙁
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  218.  @brookman9779  Knightsbridge and Chelsea are already full of immigrants - from Russia 🤔
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  219. I agree we can't let any science become unchallenged, retesting and reevaluating is fundamental to the scientific process We do need to restrict those challenges so they need evidence though. Challenging science because it might inconvenience someone's ski holiday or day out at the horse races doesn't cut it...
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  220. For all the criticisms of the EU, if you voted for a Brexit party MEP, you got a Brexit party MEP. How often does that happen with Westminster MPs?
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  221. Did GBNews just put 'growth plan' in sarcasm quotes?
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  222.  @vincentmckenna1755  Labour didn't jump on the bandwagon, they were the bandwagon! Labour was formed so Unions, and the workers they represent, had a voice in Parliament as well as in the workplace. That was the purpose of the party
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  223. I have friends who flew out to work on the German wind turbines. We should have more of them here, it's a decent job on good money!
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  224.  @waynewanderer  yep, left or right, if you threaten the cosy cronies and their money racket they really bury you!
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  225. ​@Scott Smith You just sold it to me. More strikes!
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  226.  @hetrodoxly1203  well, let's see then!
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  227.  @hetrodoxly1203  excellent! More examples to compare against 🙂
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  228.  @garrywynne1218  If work isn't covering the true expenses of an employee, then employers need to pay more, either directly in wages, or in tax to cover shared costs like the NHS. Privatising the profits and socialising the costs needs to stop!
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  229.  @garrywynne1218  It's a tough one to answer without knowing what those low paid jobs are. A lot of low paid jobs are pretty essential - cate home staff, supermarkets etc If we don't pay for them (directly and indirectly), what do our lives look like?
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  230. you can't just vote free money into existence!
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  231. It's a corporate union - the rules are set in boardrooms
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  232. Do you not find it a bit weird when he sits there going "I am against authoritarianism! Everyone should do it my way!"?
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  233.  @abazely2743  That sounds really awesome actually! Combined economic might, but keep our own culture and traditions. What have I missed?
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  234. There was no diversity here, every single one was signed off by Tufton St!
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  235. but the people most obsessed with identity politics are Kemi and Liz!
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  236. Turns out the sovereign French have sovereign control over the French sovereign border!
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  237. If it stops posh people hiring the other posh people they went to school with, maybe there's some good could come of this?
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  238.  @Justin-yt8zv  on the wards it's multicultural, but leadership? So many Eton school chums looking out for other Etonians. The establishment doesn't want to give up the best jobs to commoners
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  239.  @Justin-yt8zv  it's not envy, it's disappointment. They give jobs to their chums, despite not being very good You can feel the problem - is anything well run right now?
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  240. ​ @boudicca3845  but do you want to allow cancerous skin cream just because the EU don't?
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  241. As loyal Liz supporters, they have to follow her example and U-Turn as much as she does!
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  242. What about the people on 150 times the average wage?
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  243. The EU let David Frost choose what he wanted, and respected every decision. Frost got the deal he wanted...
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  244.  @stephenbull8962  was he threatening article 16 because he didn't like the deal he himself negotiated?
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  245. Then Ben needs to stand for election, see if the public agree
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  246.  @haleytownsend7544  and is Lee doing anything?
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  247. @Haley Townsend  we are doing that for free! I expect better for the 80 grand we're paying each of them
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  248. ​ @nigelsynnott7344  sounds like he wants the North Korean model for the country, where lots of money we don't have gets spent on a big shiny military, while people starve and industry collapses
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  249. I always wonder which of his ideas people don't like. Why would you want him written out of history?
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  250. It's weird, discussing work on a panel of three people who have never had a normal job!
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  251. Neither are socialist! They both follow Thatcher
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  252. @whitesolanum  Socialists would take water and power into public control. Thatcher sells them off to her chums Labour aren't taking our water back, even though the current companies are totally imcompetent, and Starmer and Streeting want more private companies inside the NHS, not less Thatcherism on all sides 🙁
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  253. GBNews, the Dubai-based tax dodger's news channel!
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  254.  @christinerussell113  pretty clear! What are your thoughts on Mick Lynch?
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  255. but the government is the only shareholder, and has final say over industrial disputes
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  256.  @DrJams  The RMT members aren't drivers, so driverless trains wouldn't make any difference here
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  257. Mick Lynch's job is only safe if the RMT members vote for him
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  258. What kind of future do we have if everyone is sick and underskilled? It's a false economy
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  259. Sacking the most experienced advisors wasn't a good idea, was it?
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  260. @Si Mondo  is that the same Austrian School ideology that the Chicago Boys were using when they wrecked Chile?
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  261. Let them apply for asylum from anywhere. Then we can let them on the train and on ferries, track their arrivals and know where they are if their claim is rejected Requiring they have to be in the UK to apply just means it's harder to run things properly. Everyone wins if we let them apply from anywhere and get on a ferry if they pass initial checks
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  262.  @MrMarcusWWW  That's what less passengers is though, in business terms - less money, less profits. Will the board personally do anything to adapt to the changed circumstances? If they won't, why should anyone else?
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  263.  @MrMarcusWWW  To my understanding, there is work for all those people. The executive are trying to cut corners on safety and maintainace, which is a bit different to letting people go because there isn't work for them
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  264.  @MrMarcusWWW  people are sick of people sitting in ivory towers, claiming to know what works while being detached from reality. People are ready for experts who have their feet on the ground
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  265. Wootton has the same smirk
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  266. Or do some economics, and remind them they don't have a business if they don't have any workers 😉
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  267. If supermarket staff went on partial strike and refused to restock any of the high-profit goods and only sell basics for a week I would be with them all the way!
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  268.  @Supposedlyimrightwingnow  Unite have been doing an amazing job recently. They go through the finances of the company so they know what the company can afford before they even sit down to negotiate. They've got their members a deal 3 times in four More unions need to look at what Unite are doing and copy their example. It's another option that's working well!
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  269. It's just panto with only one character
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  270. I trust experts a lot more when they can point to their old predictions that they got right!
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  271.  @vincentmckenna1755  who are staying in hotels owned by Tory donors 🤔
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  272. I am interested to discuss this idea. If we are being hard nosed capitalist about it, do we get a return on investment? If they integrate and get jobs, do we then get tax breaks in recognition of the support initially invested to get them integrated and trained up?
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  273. That's cos he's not socialist - he won't nationalise the water, even though privatisation is a disaster of sewage and debt!
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  274.  @steveb951  so only just short of the cost of the whole furlough scheme for two years, blown in two days Job done breaking everything, Kwasi!
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  275. Tice is clearly wrong about what socialism is. Is he ignorant, or deliberately muddying the water?
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  276. @jacobmoore4493  It was my immediate thought when I heard the claim, and I didn't see the point in starting a new response when there's already conversations started. Happily people are reacting with curiosity more than hostility 🙂
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  277. ​@myzamau428 but we do re-do the world cup, every four years!
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  278. What did the Tories sell off this time?
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  279. So true. On money the BBC, the Square Mile and Eton college are all looking out for each other
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  280.  @mogznwaz  the free market is as real as currency is. Both are useful and usable, but neither should be taken for granted!
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  281. Build more council houses - 100% agree!
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  282. @user-ly4el7qf7t  fair play, glad it's working for you! Why drag in people who don't want to be there though? Aren't you just going to be carrying people who don't want to be there?
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  283.  @Jacks-g6w  maybe we should organise against the government? Likely to be more attractive than working for the people who screwed everything up
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  284. @Neil G  different groups for different issues The local council sets which day bins are collected on National government decides national law The EU parliament decides EU trade law Deciding continent-wide rules at continent level is as common sense as deciding local issues at local council level
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  285. @Neil G  Trade is the central focus, but a lot of things overlap with trade. Workers rights, as an example. If you're going to protect working conditions while also protecting the economy, then you need to be aware of both when setting tariffs and such things The core idea remains - some policies just work better when decided as a big organisation, and wouldn't work if you tried to do them as a small organisation
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  286.  @neilg4208  The rest of the world is managing by also forming large trade blocs with their neighbours!
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  287. @Neil G  but if you have the same customs laws, those are shared laws? Every union agrees to decide something collectively, how could it be a union if nothing is shared?
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  288.  @neilg4208  that is a very sensible thing to harmonise if you have a common market and a shared external tariff and customs border
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  289. @Neil G  I understand it manages trade, including internal trade. I accept that is a somewhat fuzzy thing, and where trade competence stops, and not-trade starts will be an eternal discussion!
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  290. @Neil G  They are all trade related, because policies in those areas can be used to undercut competition Previously, you could protect domestic standards without completely cutting trade by adding tariffs. That isn't an option if you have no internal trade borders though, so you need to agree something else All those other EU competences are how you avoid a race to the bottom on standards with no internal trade borders. Always interested to hear alternate ideas for how to do it though!
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  291.  @neilg4208  USMCA (the current successor of NAFTA) absolutely has common standards that all are expected to maintain. They just get decided behind closed doors instead of a democratic parliament There's a bit of a focus on investor rights, especially American ones...
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  292.  @neilg4208  America won't take rules from Mexico or Canada What about the other way around?
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  293.  @neilg4208  well,their domestic regs aren't the strongest, are they? It would be kinda odd if they made Mexico safer than the USA
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  294. If we are talking about where the buck stops, Johnson and the Tories are in charge right now. How's everyone's fuel bills going?
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  295. So when would have been the right time to shoot ourselves in the foot?
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  296.  @stuartwood5448  I need more help here, how does cutting taxes help growth? Potential investors aren't investing what they already have, if they have more money, sounds like that's just more money to not invest?
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  297. Pretty sure Thatcher's dead, but some say she appears in the mirror if you chant her name three times...
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  298. @David Summer  Costa Rica has trade deals with it's neighnours, and the USA deal aligns commercial and trade laws very closely with the USA I am not sure that example is the one you want to pick
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  299. @David Summer  They are not in the EU, but almost everyone is in some kind of multinational trade bloc that is aligning and sharing commerce and trade laws. The way to be outside the EU is to join your own, local EU-like bloc
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  300. We just want hospitals that work. Why was Kevin banging on about communists?
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