Comments by "Mark Welch" (@markwelch3564) on "Professor Tim Wilson" channel.

  1. Strikes are for a day or two Resigning is forever I think they should try strikes before they have to resort to resignations. Don't you think that's preferable overall?
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  2. To be a global currency, you want it to be relevant to trade Adding trade barriers does the opposite 🤦‍♂️It's like Trump wants the USA to lose status and influence...
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  3. @neilrmartin1984  well, that technically is a way to be equal to everyone...
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  4. Sorry, got to strongly disagree about politicians being entirely above suspicion. If that's the standard, it gives gutter press rumour mongers far too much power over public life
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  5. But what are we fighting for? Wars always seem to come down to either an aristocrat's pride, or a billionaire's investment portfolio. Neither seem worth risking our lives for!
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  6. I've done the cash run to get small change for the pub I worked for. Even "small change" is really heavy, and still represents hundreds of pounds in your hands, which is a little scary to be walking around with There's reasons small businesses are happy to wave goodbye to cash that aren't anything to do with a "globalist conspiracy"
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  7. and even more people want Corbyn's policies, even if they didn't like Corbyn himself!
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  8.  @ProfessorTimWilson  tough one. It's not me getting bombed, so it's easy for me to say, but if we let leaders get away with atrocities, as long as they quietly fade away afterwards, what kind of precedent does that set?
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  9. ​ @qetoun  if they don't like it, they need to get off the fence and properly leave If they won't leave, that tells you everything you need to know about the 'wisdom' of Brexit!
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  10. If you take the xenophobia out of immigration, the goal becomes simple - you support existing citizens with training to get jobs, fill any remaining gaps with immigration Anything else is putting ideology over practicality
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  11. So if people are concerned about sewage in rivers, we should use their houses as septic tanks instead? Wierd take on how society does stuff!
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  12.  @lucyjordan3188  thanks for the civil discussion! I think the big problem is politicians across the board (and journalists too) aren't being honest about just how many people are retiring right now. If we're going to cover their jobs and let them enjoy retirement we need a lot of people coming in The fact that our "leaders" are looking for scapegoats and excuses rather than making sure we have infrastructure for both our retirees, and the new generation taking over from them (regardless of where they were born) is the heart of the problem
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  13. ​ @qetoun after they wrote said rules 🤔
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  14. Rejoin will have to speak to the underlying concerns behind Leave in order to be successful. I see that as very fair, and totally possible
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  15. You don't defend heritage, you celebrate it! Tell the stories, celebrate the festivals, and get people involved. That's how you preserve heritage and culture 🙂
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  16. He definitely wasn't impeccable, but definitely behaved well in the heat of the moment!
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  17. This is why we need to support candidates who aren't invested in the two party system. I just don't see any enthusiasm for change from the Labour executive
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  18. ​​ @lolawilson8144 Take Afghanistan as an example. Do you expect a handful of average Afghanis to defeat the Taliban, when the US Military, the most well funded military power on the planet, could not defeat them? It is common sense to escape rather than die in a hopeless fight
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  19. If that was what he was saying, maybe he should lead by example and take a pay cut?
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  20. @piccalillipit9211  I am not an economist, but I am closely following people who are. One thing that is a safe bet is power - whatever future we have, it's going to use electricity The timid hesitancy to invest in renewables and reduce our vulnerability to market spikes in oil and gas is absolutely bonkers I also reckon the AI revolution is overrated. I'm not directly working on it, but I'm adjacent enough to understand it. All the easy exciting developments are already done, so if there hasn't been a radical economic change already, there won't be one Maybe someone will discover something truly unexpected, which could upend things, that's always a possibility! But incremental advances to the current systems won't do much more than they've already done. Like I said, the easy wins are already exhausted
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  21. @piccalillipit9211  one reassuring angle to look at is the economics of AI systems. Currently, they are pretty expensive to run, and more advanced systems are going to be even more resource intensive The human brain is incredibly efficient for the complexity it brings. If I was going to stick my neck out and make a big speculative prediction, I think the transhumanist model of tech complementing and augmenting humanity is more likely than the Skynet takeover prediction I am more concerned about the age-old problem of vested interests gatekeeping the best stuff for their humans, than AI replacing all humans
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  22.  @jondarbyshire-s7k  oh no! There are people who haven't remortgaged yet, people who haven't fallen ill and experienced record waiting lists first hand yet, there's room for cost of living to get even worse Plenty of ways the public can be even more disappointed with the Tories and even more people disavow them!
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  23. ​ @lamestreammedia3154 are we allowed to make un-PC jokes or not? I can see both arguments, but would hope people can pick one position and be consistent about it
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  24. ​ @wgblues9887 It's not justifying their actions - just pointing out that selfish, manipulative people aren't going to do these things if we take away the opportunities to exploit a flawed system
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  25. and that the feeling was very much reciprocated!
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  26. ​ @davidboult4143 but political alignment isn't race?
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  27. I know why Starmer can't table a motion - the Tory ranks will oppose it on principle Labour tabling a motion might actually extend Dorries' career!
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  28. ​ @DeltaMikeTorrevieja better, yes Sadly not by much, and nowhere near better enough
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  29. We can't tell them what to do, but we should quarantine them as much as we can if they go that way!
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  30. It's also utterly lacking in context - if we have thousands of job vacancies, and thousands of people arriving to fill those vacancies, that's a good thing
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  31. and territory. I keep hearing rumours of oil and gas in the Gaza region too
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  32. ​ @davidpowell6098 don't you have to be in government to be a contact in government though?
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  33. and if this is going to be a precedent, can MPs be tested first?
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  34. We could tax the ultra rich
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  35. I'd also point out that if we can name Conservatives because people noticed they are toxic and dangerously incompetent, then not noticing Labour shadow ministers is a positive!
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  36. Their idea of neutrality is wierd, too. They'll have an expert and a complete fruitcake "debate" an issue, and give both people equal credibility Neutrality allows you to push back on one side more than the other, if one side are stretching the facts harder than the other. You give them an equal starting point, but after that you can react to their actions
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  37.  @brachiator1  as UKIP and the Brexit Party showed us with the Tories, thatnot how FPTP politics works. There are two big parties. You support the one closest to you and you campaign to influence them towards you Unless we have a different electoral system, that's the only way to get things done in UK politics
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  38. If we never remove the old, but only add, things are going to get rather crowded 😳
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  39. But it is safe. He was moved out of the march because he wasn't capable of following the one-way system
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  40. ​ @paulgibbons2320  if people vote for the party of low wages, don't blame immigration for that - Tories will squeeze wages whatever the circumstances are
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  41. It's very Tory legislation. They like to assume that if they pass a bill with "online safety" in the title, then magically we're now safe online 🙄
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  42. Are the Woke Neo Marxists in the room with us now?
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  43. ​ @mda5003 Gove claimed we're tired of experts I disagree, we're tired of entitled idiots without a day of real-world experience claiming they know better than people who make a living from it On that note, what business do you have experience of running?
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  44.  @mda5003  there are no businesses that benefit from Brexit If there were, pro Brexit politicians would have showcased them by now!
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  45.  @mda5003  there are positives, if you make them up 🙄
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  46. ​ @epincion Osborne has commended more than just Reeves' OBR policy - he endorses her whole economic position
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  47.  @epincion  I refer to a Times article from jan 7th this year - "Rachel Reeves for first female chancellor? George Osborne thinks so"
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  48.  @epincion  Atlee faced a similar financial situation, and he built the NHS and rebuilt half the country. That's the sort of vision we need now, not cautious penny counting Invest to grow, and you will grow. Do nothing and you will go nowhere
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  49. Community and prosperity. I don't think there's any shortcuts we can take on this one!
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  50. They ran the water companies down so they were failing just before they privatised them. We know where that ended! So maybe they aren't doing the same now - but it's safer to defend the NHS while we can. If we leave it too late, we get Thames Water healthcare...
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