Comments by "Helen Trope" (@heliotropezzz333) on "Daily Mail World" channel.

  1. Many political leaders have been lawyers. The response to this was someone saying they'd rather be led by a lawyer rather than a liar. The Mail does not show you that though.
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  2. The government should therefore stop preventing settlements and interfering in negotiations.
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  3. He twists this as if it's just about social distancing. Boris won't sack him because Boris is equally guilty of this kind of thing.
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  4. No car is going to knock down the heir to the throne. Meghan's reaction is based on a normal life experience, but Royals don't usually have to worry about things like that.
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  5. I could watch this all day - so satisfying.
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  6. Therese Coffey looks moved. If only she had been moved by the plight of the poor her former department harassed and would release the report on how many deaths were the result of its rule changes.
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  7. Kwasi Kwarteng with a rictus smile. Steve Baker looking quite pleased that they know who he is - enough to boo him anyway, or maybe he's just utterly shameless.
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  8. Why do people pick on appearances rather than listening to what people are saying? It's not a beauty contest.
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  9.  @balls4992  I remember when lying to Parliament was a resignation affair. Ministers were expected to resign if caught lying and they did. Now there's no shame.
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  10. Boris looks like the Incredible Hulk, without being incredible.
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  11. The Labour plan, on the other hand won't be paid for by taxpayers in the form of later tax rises or public service cuts, it will be paid for by windfall taxes on the wholesale energy companies who are raking in the excess profits at the moment.
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  12. More comments here on appearance rather than anything been said. It's not a beauty contest. No wonder people elect such bad politicians when all they think about is superficial trivia.
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  13. No. This is the sensible wing of the Tory party. I didn't think it had one.
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  14. Hardly. Russia already has a bad record for killing "enemies of the state". Litvinienko being a case in point and many journalists and political opponents in Russia too.
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  15. They're playing one's tune, Charles. 'It's a very interesting large piece of glass'. Lol. If she was being sarcastic she could not have done better.
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  16. Housing is screwed anyway and has been for a long time before this, but Brits do seem to keep voting in the party which is in the pockets of the developers. They don't want too much increased supply because short supply keeps house prices high.
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  17. Yeah, but the point is to let them know how the public is feeling. They are so protected and do so much behind closed doors and then pretend in controlled media forums, that what they are doing is what the public wants. It's refreshing to see them have to encounter the real world and the people whose lives they are affecting and that people make an effort to attend and make their views known.
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  18. How long have you got?
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  19. Our homeless are on the streets because the government doesn't have the will to home them. They were homed during last year's Covid lockdown.
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  20.  @deanalford8417  The government themselves deny having any responsibility or involvement in the negotiations, but behind the scenes they are not mediating, they are merely blocking negotiations and settlement offers.
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  21. Well, voting on the basis of looks is a great idea isn't it and so mature?
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  22.  @roboss5426  Twitter's not my thing. Maybe yours?
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  23. I'm not a Tory but he is the most sensible Tory I've heard.
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  24. @YO YO MOFO After I heard the first gunshot before I saw them tussling and the man he was tussling with also had a gun which the jogger was trying to grab. Looks like the jogger was acting in self defence to me -just trying to protect himself from being shot. Here's the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzPL82QxCks
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  25. He has two.
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  26. I know someone who knew Dominic Raab and reckons he's not well liked so unlikely to win. He certainly seems pleased with himself though.
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  27. I can't tell if you are an insect or a pest gladifly
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  28.  @deanalford8417  Why don't you ask why the government denies having involvement even though they are involved and it's negative, not mediating at all. The employers would settle but they are prevented by the government.
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  29. Including those that can't spell his name
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  30. They would not have been accepted on the planes if they were undocumented and since they have worked with British troops, I think it's clear where they stand.
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  31. He's aiming for the record, and wants to beat the USA at top country for Covid cases and deaths.
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  32.  @fredrickaappletree3402  You can't generalise like that. They are not all the same. As for the ones that are like that, people voted them into power and are getting what they voted for.
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  33. It's a big price to pay for a colour change for British passports now made in France.
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  34. That would have ruled out Johnson.
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  35. Conor Rosenberg. Could it be because Russia keeps hacking western government websites? Could it be because it tries to interfere in western elections? Could it be because Putin has just announced new weapons (missiles) that can reach the west and can't be destroyed? Could it be because his planes invade western airspace? Could it be because he supports the dictator of Syria? Could it be because he has political opponents and journalists killed and some of them in western states? Could it be because he runs a criminal mafia type state and his cronies launder stolen money into foreign assets? These are not the friendly acts of a democratic state.
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  36. Policies and competence are more important than personality. They are not there for their entertainment value.
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  37. Labour isn't far left. Corbyn has gone and Starmer is much more of a moderate centrist. They have noticed that haven't they?
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  38.  @heresjohnny602  Oh yeah. Groan
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  39. I'm sure they'll be tested if they haven't been already.
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  40. They've all been checked. Only those with British passports and/or visas are been allowed in - mostly because of working with British forces.
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  41.  Gavin MacNeish  There's no such thing as true freedom in the modern world. Scotland will still be dominated by the EU.
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  42. I think this is probably one of the donors, but I don't know who.
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  43. She sounds rather breathless. I remember seeing some videos of her, not long before she stepped down, where people speculated that she was ill, as she seemed to be shaking in public.
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  44.  @jeanlawley6483  * a funny thing
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  45. Don't forget, withdrawing from the EU means Brits with holiday homes there will be restricted to 90 day stays, and the blue passports are made in France.
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  46.  @romanhoax9014  Take law and order. The Tories say they are a party of law and order but they made massive cuts to the police budget resulting in a loss of 20,000 police officers since they came to power in 2010. They are only just now starting to restore some of those cuts and they made 80% cuts in central grants to local councils (which used to be a large part of their funding) since 2010. If the Tories believe in the nation state, they've a funny was of showing it. When Covid was taking off here they never shut down air travel to stop it getting a hold, nor did they test travellers coming by air to the UK. They'd started to do some of this more recently, closing the stable door after the horse has bolted but even now it's not watertight. As for personal responsibility, the Labour Party does believe in helping the weakest and most vulnerable. If you were to have a health emergency in the street, for instance, would it be helpful for someone to shout that you should take personal responsibility or would you hope they might help you or call for some help?
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  47. Surely it's better to be honest, than 'brutal'.
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  48. The level of ignorance in these comments is staggering. They all have to go through quarantine. Do some research before commenting.
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  49. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but if I was I'd almost wonder if someone suggested to the police that they should bump someone off to provoke a riot and help Trump's election prospects, or maybe it was Walter Wallace that was encouraged to attack the police. No, I won't go there. That's conspiracy land. Just looked up the facts. The man Wallace was bipolar and in a crisis. Police say they shot him because he wouldn't drop the knife he was holding. In the UK he would have been tasered, handcuffed, and taken to a mental health unit.
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  50. Local councils are responsible for keeping the access points unblocked, the drainage system under that is for Thames Water to do, since the water system was privatised. It's nothing to do with the mayor but some people like to heap blame on him for anything at all.
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  51. If you listen to his interviews he'll go for Brexit with a deal. He's not a 'traitor' He wants to save the British economy. Those who use the word 'traitor' forget that in the run up to the Referendum vote, the Leave Campaign were saying we'd leave with a great deal. None of them mentioned we'd leave with no deal.
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  52. So many comments here on presentation and appearance. Very little comment on the points made in the video.
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  53. Just bring along a dog called Boo and claim to be cheering for it.
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  54. He's not a denier of the people's vote, since before the Referendum, the Leave Campaign were campaigning to leave with a deal (exactly the same as this guy). They never mentioned leaving with no deal, so you can't say that the voters voted to leave with no deal.
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  55.  @takkers687  Exactly
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  56. Such as?
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  57. Well they can look him up can't they if they have no knowledge? Does anyone really know who Boris is? He changes his policies so frequently to suit his best career chances, and behind that joking exterior are some pretty extreme right wing views.
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  58. What is there to complete? It's done. People just don't like the result.
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  59. Too dim.
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  60.  @jaymeeleighjx1x  Even though they would do very different things? I don't think so.
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  61. Idiots are voted in by idiots I suppose. In that way they represent their electorates. Then the idiots are surprised to find that they've voted in an idiot, and they become disillusioned.
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  62. If they wash their hands before and afterwards, that's all that's needed.
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  63. Remainer. A remainder is something you find in a bargain bucket or a leftover from a division sum.
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  64. I don't think we know the circumstances of this case do we, but things can happen that are no fault of the occupants. One time a 'gas safe engineer', 'repaired' my boiler. He didn't reconnect a gas pipe correctly. I had intended to leave the house (to go to work) at the same time as him, when he finished, but I hung around for a few minutes and suddenly there was a massive smell of gas. The pipe connection had slipped and there was a massive gas leak. I switched the gas off and rang the emergency number, but I think if I'd left the same time as him there would have been no house to come back to, and neighbours would have been affected too as I live in a terrace house..
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  65. Boris can't sack him because Boris has had affairs himself with people he's appointed.
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  66.  @mydogeatspuke  Made by capitalist corporations? How does that work?
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  67.  @zotharr  All viruses spread more in Winter because people spend more time indoors.
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  68.  Rahul D  If you watch the news you will see plenty of women and children on the flights.
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  69. No. Men who have worked with the British in Afghanistan and there are women and children on these flights.
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  70. There was not enough support in Parliament for 'no deal' and it needed to get through Parliament but she knew that no deal would be disastrous for the economy as did the majority on Parliament. Watch the next leader make a complete 'balls up' of it also. If Brexiteers ever get a hard Brexit, I predict they will be the first to howl when they feel the effects of it, cast blame elsewhere, and get nasty with anyone they come across, especially immigrants.
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  71. Who knew that friends can't pass on Covid?
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  72. I doubt it. These were the ones working with British forces.
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  73. You might have taken the same drugs if you'd had half the career he has had and why is he a liar? The Leave Campaign, in the run up to the Referendum were campaigning to leave with a deal so you can't say people then were voting to leave without a deal.
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  74. Farage has no ideas and no policies other than Brexit. That's why the Iraq war was a disaster. The west went in with the idea of defeating and ousting Saddam Hussein but had given no thought to what should happen next. They didn't have a plan. May doesn't have a plan and neither does Farage.
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  75.  @holyKoreanJesus  *affected.
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  76.  @seanp1317  It's a mix of views. That's democracy. Just like the Tories are a mix, though they have gone more right in recent years. The important thing is what they commit to do in their manifesto. You don't have to agree with people all the time to know that what they plan to do may be more helpful for you than what others plan to do.
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  77. Moggy would be hopeless. He doesn't know how anything works in the real world, not even his own department.
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  78.  @xXTUCXx1  Dinner parties? How bourgeois.
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  79. I think he's one of the wealthy donors, rather than a Tory party member but it makes no difference. They are all alike.
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  80.  @paulcummins5231  By masochists?
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  81.  Iona Hugh G. Jasole  Such ignorance. Look things up before you comment. They all have to go through quarantine.
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  82.  @hashemfromthelandofophir3670  This does not come within Sadiq Khan's responsibilities.
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  83. No one can be truly independent in a globalised world economy. Farage peddles the independence myth as much as Sturgeon. Anyone trying it will be squashed or exploited economically by the 'big boys' of the global economy. He also falsely trades on the term 'liberal elite' to try and discredit anyone who challenges what he says.
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  84. The level of ignorance displayed in these comments explains why we're in the mess we're in. People prefer image over substance.
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  85. Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.
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  86.  @ianfroud70  Ex forces? Are you referring to a Brit?
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  87.  @mizdamazda4884  I think the government and the forces feel they have an obligation to protect those who worked with them in Afghanistan. Luckily for them, decisions about whether they should be saved or left to die are not up to you.
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  88.  @richardturner5703  My feelings are not hurt. Why did you imagine that? I'm not a snowflake.
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  89.  @ianfroud70  They have to take him if he is British. They will have checked him out.
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  90.  @TheCherryTrader  Did you vote for proportional representation when the coalition government offered it? I think only about 3 areas in the country voted for it.
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  91. Working your socks off if you are as dim as a Toc H lamp is no use.
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  92. The money we pay to the EU, some of it comes back to the UK in terms of investments in poorer communities and the economic benefits of paying to be a member of that club outweigh the disadvantages. It's the UK government that could do something about those problems if they have the political will. The austerity programme they insist on is theirs not Europe's and the tax cuts that cause a squeeze on public services are a UK government decision not Europe's. (Portugal recovered from the banking crash without any austerity programme) It's convenient for the UK government to let the EU take the blame for everything. You'd find if we came out on a hard Brexit with the Tories in power we'd still have the same crap government that won't do anything about the growing gap between the rich and the poor because basically they represent the rich, though they are careful not to say so. They are sponsored an supported by rich vested interests and they do their bidding in Parliament. They also have their own snouts in the trough. Where do they go when their political careers are over? Director of this, that, and the other company. You have to look at the overall picture, not just one aspect of it. P.S Some of the leadership contenders in the Tory party are connected to companies that have been making a killing out of the current Brexit uncertainty. The EU is not perfect (neither is the UK political system) but there is pressure from inside the EU for reform and we'd be better pressing for that from the inside along with others. On WTO terms the economy would take a hit far larger than anything they would save from EU membership fees.
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  93.  @clay391  Android is not the name of a phone. It's the name of an operating system.
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  94. London already subsidises the regions. It's the Tories who don't care about the regions unless they are Tory territory in the South.
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  95. Not for idiots. Not for you.
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  96. That's a dim comment since Khan is not responsible for the drainage systems.
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  97.  @hashemfromthelandofophir3670  Water drainage systems are not a responsibility of Khan.
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  98.  @iThiink  It's caused by everyone, not just the older generation.
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  99.  @d0ntwi11fuup4  Rubbish. These most likely include people who don't celebrate Christmans as well as some that do.
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  100.  @REVERSESARCASM  Well you would have heard that from the sources of info you probably consult (if any).
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  101. All of them. Jeez, have you not been watching the news!
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  102.  @JustMe-sy3wc  I could see the people with my own eyes, unless some Hollywood director was hiring a cast of tens of thousands at great expense for the purpose of fooling you.
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  103.  @SURGE101  If you keep up with the latest news, they say they've checked him out and it was a mistake that he was on that list.
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  104.  @SURGE101  The UK government said they would take 20,000 staged over a period of time, starting with 5,000. They sure will be needed to fill all those job vacancies.
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  105. I see from newspaper headlines today that Rishi Sunak is intending to pour money into digitalising health service data. When a significant portion of sick people are dead, and data is all digitalised, that will make it easier for private American companies to take over the hospitals won't it? Then they will stop doctors from criticising the politicians. Result for Boris.
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  106. If they wash their hands before and after that's all that's needed.
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  107. You jest. The Tories can't appoint a SNP leader.
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  108. I read that the killer's nickname among his police colleagues was 'the rapist'. I wonder how he got that nickname and whether they thought he was suitable as a policeman. He had also be caught 'flashing' before he committed this crime. There should be some process for challenge and review of police who have this kind of background. It was probably because he was able to use his police warrant card that she trusted him and got into his car.
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  109. Because the government gave no extra money to the BBC to fund that decision. It's a bit like sharing a house with someone and suddenly saying to the other person, 'by the way, from now on you will pay my half of the bill too'.
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  110. No. These are people who have worked with British forces and their credentials have all been checked. Have you not been watching the news?
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  111. I'm sure he could tell you it's 'without any tears'
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  112. In the video I saw, he was shot at with a gun first.
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  113. Or it's edited. Maybe she washed her hands before and after jabbing him. That's all that's needed.
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  114. It's you who doesn't remember that the Leave Campaign, in the run up to the Referendum were campaigning to leave with a deal so you can't say people then were voting to leave without a deal.
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  115. @bad santa The jobs are open to British born citizens, but it seems British born citizens aren't applying in sufficient numbers. Perhaps there are not enough British citizens. The economy expanded when we had all that manpower from the EU. Now that we don't have it, certain economic sectors are likely to contract again.
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  116.  @stequality  Not true. They don't want to work for peanuts that they can't afford to live on if they can get better paid work and they will try for the better jobs first. Even migrants would do better jobs if they could. My daughter once worked as a waitress and she was the only English person working in that restaurant which was part of a chain. The other staff said to her 'why are you working here? If we could speak English as well as you we would get better jobs'. Also some manual jobs take a certain amount of physical stamina which not everyone has. P.S. Most migrants are keen for their children to be well educated so they can get better jobs than their parents.
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  117.  @tcr333  Boris can't sack him as Boris is guilty of the same behaviour. Boris has already decided not to sack him.
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  118. Because the effects of vaccines against this virus wear off after about 6 months and the virus itself is frequently mutating.
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  119.  @mydogeatspuke  Clearly? Your comment is still not intelligible. Communism is not noted for efficacy and pharmacy companies are not noted for relying on communism for anything. 'Melt'? I don't understand modern slang picked up from trashy TV shows as I don't watch trashy TV shows.
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  120.  @zotharr  What do you mean that the mutations come 'just in time'? Just in time for what? Flu and cold viruses also mutate a lot which is why the flu jab is given every year. That's just the nature of some viruses.
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  121.  @mydogeatspuke  So why do you do it?
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  122.  @mydogeatspuke  This is getting tired now. Believe what you want if it makes you happy.
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  123.  @kieron1659  Why is it that the ignorant and conspiracy theorists are always the poorly educated ones? What is 'un patient' and who is the 'it' that's getting 'un patient'? Do you mean 'impatient'? Where is your evidence for 15-20% that 'everybody knows'? Don't bother repying without evidence as there's no point in spreading more nonsense.
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  124.  @Samuel94872  I'd only run away.
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  125.  @sallyseaward5865  🌹
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  126. I hate to break it you, but she's dead
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  127. Hancock wasn't sacked. He resigned. Downing street has confirmed that. Boris is now trying to pretend he sacked him.
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  128.  @ThePokeHimOn  I've just been googling and maybe hard Brexit can't be stopped by Parliament now that article 50's been invoked. It took an extension from the EU to stop it on Mar 29 and at the next deadline (Oct 31) either the EU could push us out without a deal or if the UK government can't get a deal they want they may just be content to leave without one and that can't be stopped. This is scary. Most people who argue on the internet for a hard Brexit are just basing it on blind faith that all will be well, and have not looked into the implications at all.
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  129. Cummings is prepared to swear on oath that Johnson was told. Will he ever be called upon as a witness.
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  130. Why would anyone create a scam so damaging to everyone? Why would doctors worldwide collude in such a scam. No, mate, that's just wishful thinking on your part. Stay safe. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/52760992
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  131. What's the smart meter scandal?
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  132. She doesn't have a lot of experience of big offices of state, though she's probably got brains and competence.
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  133. There were plenty of women and children on the flights. Have you not been watching the news?
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  134.  @MalleusIudaeorum  I think they are competent. I disagree with Hunt's views and don't yet know Starmer's policies.
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  135. What makes you cheer?
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  136. I suppose they won't be soon, so you will get your wish.
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  137. I think Madness wrote a song about being in De Nile. 'Night Boat to Cairo' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLLL1KxpYMA
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  138.  @fuckbankers  Thatcher's right to buy and she and the Tories preventing councils from building more council housing for many years. Now councils can barely afford to.
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  139. I think someone else left the dog there, without her knowledge, as a red herring - someone she knows well. She may never have been by the river at all.
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  140.  @paulcolville5972  If he were talking to me he'd be as stupid as he looks. I'm retired.
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  141.  @paulcolville5972  I could watch it all day is a saying. It's not literally meant. Everyone fills their days but they don't all have a choice about what they fill them with.
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  142.  @holyKoreanJesus  I wish I had fast fingers. I always remember the difference between affected and effected from the Latin I was taught a = to and e = from.
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  143. Which beliefs have been mocked and vilified?
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  144. Surely it's Putin that has created more security risks for Russia now, rather than Ukraine.
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  145. Do you mean Covid? They were wearing masks on the flights.
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  146.  @stephen.v5122  *wear *Britain. You can if you want to. You are not grounded, just advised not to go to red alert countries, but I sure wouldn't want to be on a plane with all that air being recirculated.
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  147. Yes, but who won?
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  148. These kleptocrats know the Russian stock market has dropped 30% already. They feel it in their wallets.
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  149. I'm guessing he's a Tory donor. I don't know who, though his face reminds me of the former Harrods boss, Mohamed Al Fayed. I would not say it's him though.
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  150. What's Keir Starmer done to him? He's not in power. Boris Johnson's in power and the Tories have been in power since 2010. I bet he'd be welcoming the fat, corrupt, incompetent one in.
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  151. Too dim.
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  152. It boosts the immune system by developing its resistance to Covid.
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  153. Too dim.
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  154.  @NoLefTurnUnStoned.  Exactly so.
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  155.  @fuckoffyoucunt  Eh?
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  156.  @purplesunflower8242  Do check your facts. Khan is not responsible for London drains nor is he responsible for the Marble Arch mound. keeping drains clear is the responsibility of the local councils. The drainage system is the responsibility of Thames Water and The Marble Arch Mound is the responsibility of Westminster Council - a Conservative council.
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  157.  @purplesunflower8242  Where does it say that? Westminster council initiated it and it passed through their planning system. I don't know whether Khan had the power to stop them. Westminster council clearly saw it as a money making exercise since they sold tickets to see it. They argued that it would attract people back to London. If Khan had any power to stop it, he might have thought it's green and it may attract people back to London. I've not seen it personally. Have you? At least it would be easier to remover than some awful sky scraper though I fear it may be a waste of Westminster Council's money.
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  158.  @purplesunflower8242  P.S. I've just checked and the mound would have been referrable to the Mayor for permission if it was over 30 metres, but the mound is 25 metres so is not referrable to him for permission. Here's a link to the Mayor's powers which explains: https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/planning/planning-applications-and-decisions/what-powers-does-mayor-have-planning-applications
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  159. Anyone who wants to be Prime Minister probably isn't qualified enough, but I think the Tory party will go for someone safe such as Ben Wallace as an anti-dote to the high jinks of Boris Johnson.
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  160. How do you know they have not got jobs?
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  161. It was on the news at the time but not the whole speech.
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  162. Is that fair on Kier?
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  163.  @ParallelSyntax  He has more leadership skills than Boris. Why do we need a personality. We need competence and honesty. Voting for a personality is how people ended up with Boris.
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  164.  @maureenchallener1529  If the problem is still there after 6 months, do the same again.
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  165.  @Colin623  You know that was because of a world collapse in banking which also affected British banks and the Labour government plugged the gap and persuaded other countries to do the same thus saving international capitalism and economies from collapse due to a crisis of confidence? It also saved people's savings from disappearing but you can thank them later. The cause was a whole network of world banks buying into debt from sub prime mortgages in the USA.
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  166.  @Colin623  The thing is that every comment I've seen like that before has always been from someone having a dig at Labour's economic management. Glad to hear that wasn't your implication.
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  167. If you're open for business I don't think you can pick and choose who comes in. That's discrimination, unless someone's acting badly or unlawfully. What's the issue anyway?
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  168.  @baum7275  I think he just broke those long words down because they are a bit of a mouthful for a foreigner and easy to mangle.
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  169. David Frost lives in fantasy land though.
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  170. It's a rictus smile. He's not really enjoying the experience but tries to pretend it's not affecting him.
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  171. Did the driver fall asleep at the wheel? He drove straight into the back of the truck before his own tanker exploded. The truck behind the tanker seemed slow to back off.
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  172.  @richardturner5703 ' Never actually check a fact' seems to be the motto of most ignorant comment on here.
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  173.  @richardturner5703  They've since said they've checked him out and it was a mistake that he was on the 'no fly list'. Do keep up.
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  174.  @andyetheridge  I've no idea what a terp is.
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  175. To be fair, Steve Baker seemed to acknowledge them as though they were his fans. Lol.
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  176. They're all delusional. This should be quite entertaining if it wasn't for the impact it will have on British people.
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  177.  @Vince-I-Am  They only care when they think they might lose elections, and they don't like public displays of disaffection it's bad for their image. They like to maintain the fiction that they have public support at all times.
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  178. The island can't get smaller unless you are referring to coastal erosion.
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  179.  @erdevon3257  I was interpreting you literally. Of course the island is not getting smaller. I won't be drawn into your argument. The island has diverse roots, celts/Britons, Scots, Picts, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Danes, Jutes, Vikings, Norman French, Huguenots, Flemish, Jews from Europe, Irish, Polish, Gypsies and many more.
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  180. *quarantine
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  181. Too dim.
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  182. She's too dim.
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  183.  @willscarlet3620  You will either end up paying more taxes or more likely there will be no public services when you need them because there will be insufficient tax to pay for them. Individuals will have to pay regardless of their wealth or lack of it. go back to sticking your head in the sand. You seem comfortable there.
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  184.  @angrybrit7331  It's not the UK government that decides how to spend the money that comes back from the EU. It goes to projects and places in the UK that qualify under EU rules. If our government had the chance they would not spend it to rejuvanate poorer areas, as they haven't done so with the 99% of UK spending that comes under their own controls. Some of these places don't seem to realise where much of the investment comes from and they will lose it once we leave the EU. It shouldn't be looked at narrowly as a monetary transaction. We gain a lot economically by being in the EU as our economy prospers from it, more than if we were out, with no contributions to make. It's just that our government chooses not to share that prosperity fairly. The UK contributions saved from being out would more than be swallowed up by trying to shore up the areas hit by being out of that market. That's if the government were minded to use ithe money that way. They are not known for being too generous our government, because the Tories believe in 'shrinking the state' and that means not putting so much money into it as well as selling parts off or privatising services. It's not the rich that rely on public services and the jobs they provide so much so it's not the rich who will take a hit from coming out of the EU. Private sector businesses will also be hit, but rich investors don't care as they will be able to move their investments to parts of the word that are more booming and park their profits more in tax avoidance areas. There's nothing patriotic about a hard Brexit. It will hit the country hard, but rich Brexiteers hide true motives behind the fig leaf that it will somehow be better for Britain. Voters need to evict bad governments and vote in people who believe in creating a fairer society. That's the way to start to mend the situation. It's quite impressive really how Brexiteers manage to focus voters wrath on particular elements, in order to gain their support, whilst not letting them see the overall picture.
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  185.  @angrybrit7331  Well the CBI which represents businesses in the UK has warned the government that a no deal Brexit would be damaging for UK business and the economy. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/48465791
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  186.  @angrybrit7331  The Conservatives didn't get an overall majority. They had to pay a billion pounds to northern Irish party the DUP to prop them up in government. Anyway lots of people trust what the Conservative party and government said and assume no deal must be o.k if the government says so. Here's one thing you can look forward to in a hard Brexit world. There will be more such things. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=670106333434009
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  187. Perhaps he was on the job (heh heh) but not the one he was paid for.
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  188.  @Catubrannos  That's interesting. I would have thought the last 3 letters refer to the sea if you hadn't mentioned ea meant island.
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  189. He really is shameless.
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  190.  @tigerstripey4885  Where's the evidence for this stuff you keep making up?
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  191.  @d0ntwi11fuup4  If you'd ever attended these vaccination sessions you'd know that these are not actors, and why would they need actors since there are so many real sessions that can be filmed. I've attended 3 so far. I'm guessing that you are one of the unvaccinated that hasn't ever seen one of these in real life.
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  192.  @johnriggs4929  In the one opposite my place, there's a queue every day and I've seen it for weeks as I walk past it most days, and people are queueing on the outside of the building. Perhaps people in your are are not getting vaccinated much or there's enough room inside the building to contain a queue, or that centre is no longer being used for vaccinations. Why don't you ask, rather than cooking up conspiracy theories?
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  193.  @johnriggs4929  P.S In the centre near me they allow for 'drop ins' as well as appointments. Maybe the centres near you are all about appointments, which would prevent queues. Who knows?
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  194.  @johnriggs4929  My home, poppet. You're the one that is making up things based on not seeing what you expect to see - very shakey.
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  195.  @wh0kn0ws1tc0uldbe  It depends what is meant by volunteers. You have tobe a qualified nurse to give vaccinations. I'm guessing it means they volunteered to work on Xmas day.
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  196.  @d0ntwi11fuup4  No I'm not a troll and not lying, but this is getting tired now. Believe what you want it if makes you happy.
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  197.  @d0ntwi11fuup4  Not.
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  198.  @hectorbrown656  I don't know why he can't be deported if he arrived under false pretences. The odd one one is bound to slip through in such a scramble but that's the nature of the chaos in these situations though I think the authorities have done their best under the circumstances to weed out any undesirables.
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  199. He just could not resist venting his prejudices.
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  200. Nigel Farage tried 8 times to get elected and failed. He's as big an egomaniac as Boris. Notice Nigel says what's wrong with everything but never talks about solutions.
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  201. Yes, they lounge around in Parliament doing very little for their takings from the public purse.
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  202.  @futoru_globe_trekker6558  You should visit rather than judging by prejudice.
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  203. Why?
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  204.  @sylviapage2159  Brits travel on coaches every day.
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  205. *Boris
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  206.  @DK-ck6ye  That's because it's a hard Brexit.
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  207.  @Benzknees  Well they don't do that because they know not to. I've had the flu jab and in fact the nurse did not touch me at all. Only the needle touched me. I can't remember if she wore gloves though. Also if this is a non Covid part of the hospital, it's likely they've both been tested for Covid and that the room is frequently cleaned.
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  208. You mean ignorance is close you your heart?
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  209.  @Felix-rising  You mean its their fault we have this shower in power?
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  210. Starmer's not in government, so what has Starmer done to him? Nothing.
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  211. I'm sure they do have to.
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  212. They probably hope that too.
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  213. They were all checked in Afghanistan before they were let on the planes. Did you not see the sniffer dogs sniffing the luggage, and these are people who have worked with British forces.
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  214.  IM NOT A TROLL I JUST TROLL A LOT  About a dozen. How many will you be putting in yours?
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  215.  the man with the green cortina  Having a green cortina. That says a lot.
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  216. Some people would rather vote for a handsome psychopath.
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  217. How trivial. He has a kind, intelligent face. I don't think he looks scruffy and as for importance. People who are self important are the ones I trust least. I understand that Brad Pitt wanted to make a movie about this man's life as it's been so interesting. Talking about scruffy, who is more scruffy looking than Boris Johnson but he knows people like the rumpled, eccentric look so he plays it up.
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  218.  @jaymeeleighjx1x  Try this video by Stephen Fry then. He's not a politician https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HDFegpX5gI&feature=youtu.be
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  219.  @Pashaster  Investigate the reason for the nickname and whether that triggers any alarm bells. The character of a person should be important in deciding whether they are fit to be a policeman.
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  220.  @christopher3386  Why? They are in a line of descent from George I of Hanover, though on the female side there's some different ancestry.
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  221. We do need more builders.
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  222.  @simonharrison1874  Ha ha. I think it's you who should visit to improve your knowledge of it.
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  223. Such as?
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  224.  @Bereadyalways123  It's thinking like that that got us into this mess. Do you really think wokeism is the biggest issue for people right now? The 'left wingers' are not in power and haven't been for decades in case you hadn't noticed. Even Blair was not a left winger and most Labour governments weren't radical. You have to go back to 1945 for the most radical one. They created the NHS, nationalised utility companies and the railways, and rebuilt the housing stock after the war. The Tories are managing to ruin the country all by themselves. They can claim all the credit.
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  225.  @Bereadyalways123  The part of wokeism I like is when people are trying to be nice and considerate to each other, but I do believe in vigorous debate and expressing views. I don't like cancellation and censorship except where people are endangering lives by their hate speech. Wokeism can be irritating but I don't think it's the worst problem there is when so many people struggle to put food on the table or to get treatment for illnesses or jobs that pay enough to live on.
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  226.  @Bereadyalways123  P.S You say the media control people's thoughts and you say the media are left wing. That doesn't seem logical since it doesn't explain why the majority of the country seems right wing and votes for right wing Tories. Only the cities and the educated young don't follow this tendency.
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  227.  @Bereadyalways123  Oh dear. You've become an example of someone who gets abusive when they feel they are losing an argument or can't get someone else to agree with them. I'm in London where there are many educated young people.
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  228.  @HM-wl1nu  If someone threatens you with a gun there are few choices. Actually the key moment is not captured on camera. He seems to be going to overtake the van but what happens just as he passes it is not on camera. However you can hear gunshots and the guy himself is unarmed. Then you see the guy trying to grab the gun of one of the gunmen and the two of them tussling before more shots.
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  229. Rees- Mogg understands nothing about the real world. He would be even worse than Johnson
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  230. Hand washing is enough.
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  231.  @1940ssinger  Yes it is. Covid guidance tells people to wash their hands. It doesn't require them to wear gloves. In theory gloves would not save you unless they were changed after every time you touched something. My friend currently studying science gets a science magazine which frequently has articles on Covid and she said they are discovering that the virus is spread more from close contact with someone who has the virus through what they breathe out, rather than by touching surfaces. Of course nurses wear gloves to be on the safe side if they are dealing with someone with Covid but I'm guessing this woman has been tested to ensure she is Covid free before having the injection, and after having the injection she'll be protected.
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  232. He is known among colleagues as dim and lazy. Just what's not needed.
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  233. This muppet or that muppet? Tweedledum or Tweedledee?
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  234. They don't seem to be paying much attention to the Irish President. The Bidens seem wrapped up in each other - a bit disrespectful really.
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  235.  @Law9652  'A response' then from an MP or 'a comment' if you like. Semantics doesn't change the fact that it was said.
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  236.  @bl0ated_  No. Anyone caught lying to Parliament would have to resign in the past and they did. Many do, as an alternative, avoid answering, deflect, give a partial truth, mislead, change the subject etc but not outright lies to this extent and carry on as if it's all o.k.
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  237.  @bl0ated_  What lies did Clement Attlee tell?
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  238. I think the lawyer was looking for a yes answer to confirm the text was sent to Elton John. Johnny Depp didn't confirm that, but went on a ramble. I don't think he understood what the point of the question was or why the lawyer was asking it so he avoided giving a yes/no answer.
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  239. They are also booing the donors going in. They are the ones in power.
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  240. Hardly a smile. That looks more like a rictus grin.
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  241. Or working in the building industries or the hospitality industries or the Care industries or in the NHS or as lorry drivers. We are short of all of those.
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  242.  @stequality  Do you know that two thirds of those '20 million' benefit claimants' are pensioners? (Even when people have paid contributions throughout their working lives for their pensions, pensions are still described as 'benefits' in government forms.) About 1.5 million of those pensioners claim pension credit. The rest paid full contributions or aren't claiming credit. As for the remaining 7 million (of the 20 million), about 4 million these are disabled people or their carers. As for the rest....Universal Credit is paid to 2.3 million. Almost half the people claiming Universal Credit have a job or jobs but their earnings are so low that they can claim Universal Credit. Income Support is claimed by 372k and jobseekers allowance by 183k.
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  243.  @stequality  I've noticed traffic has been a lot better recently but that might also be to do with Covid and more people working at home.
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  244.  @stequality  Well we have the congestion charge and some empty supermarket shelves and more people working from home. That may explain it.
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  245.  @stequality  Well Brexit and Covid are quite recent. Some towns and cities have a problem which is not to do with those factors. I have relatives in Hereford and the traffic there, over many years, has varied from pretty bad to almost impossible. I'm not sure why. Maybe old towns weren't designed for high traffic levels and don't have the scope to improve the road design.
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  246.  @leetodd7040  What store?
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  247.  @neilpye6089  * phonetically written speech. However correct pronunciation is not easy unless some effort has been made.
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  248. *paid. Look up the benefit entitlements of refugees before making assumptions.
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  249.  @jose-Maki  Just google what benefits migrants to the UK are entitled to. You will get fact check statements like this: 'Most non-EU nationals who are subject to immigration control are not allowed access to "public funds" (such as jobseekers' allowance or tax credits), although they can use public services like the NHS and education. EU citizens who are working have similar access to the benefits as UK citizens.'
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  250. Not in a leadership election, no.
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  251.  @georgealderson4424  You're right as far as you go but that's to focus on a limited aspect of this and ignore the conflict of interest, and any questions of morality. The Tories prefer a limited focus, because they know Tory voters won't like the moral implications. The conflict of interest aspect (before current resignations) was that she was a non-Executive Director of Hancock's Department and the role of Non-Executive Directors is to give independent advice and oversight of the performance of the Department. How can she be independent when they were having an affair? That's like appointing your best mate to mark your homework.
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  252.  @georgealderson4424  I used the word 'affair' in the loosest possible sense to mean 'something going on' not necessarily a full blown sexual relationship but in many workplaces it's policy not to have such relationships and it can be a sacking offence. It's regarded as bad for morale because it indicates favouritism. The outrage among Conservative voters would be related to their conservative social views and how they like the Party to be seen and presented to voters.
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  253.  @georgealderson4424  Sadly so. They have the help of a lot of media and they try to ostracise, intimidate or silence media that are critical of them. At the moment Boris is proposing to privatise Channel 4 because he hasn't forgotten how they embarrassed him by displaying an empty podium, when he failed to accept their invitation for their leadership debate.
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  254. They're here because many of them are already British passport holders or helped British forces. They've been flown direct from Afghanistan. Do you not watch the news?
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  255.  @katdes7305  Illegal immigrants aren't entitled to benefits. Don't you check your facts?
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  256.  @katdes7305  They may claim to be asylum seekers but they have to be checked out to see if they are genuinely asylum seekers or economic migrants. The latter are sent back, but yes they are housed and fed until their cases are sorted out. I am a taxpayer and I'm also paying towards the £37bn that Boris handed out to his friends and supporters in contracts for which there was no competition, and which have not been published as legally required, and for no little benefit to the country, as assessed by experts. I guess you're o.k with paying for that as long as the friends and supporters are not foreign.
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  257. That would require a general election, but as there is a 'viable' Parliament, the Queen could refuse it.
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  258. He can achieve more where he is. One MP on their own can't achieve much in Parliament. It's collectively that people can achieve whether in or out of Parliament.
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  259.  @Anees-  No. Science.
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  260.  @zotharr  I don't watch much TV. I get news online more, but I suppose you have a point as to mutate is to change and the TV picture is always changing. One of life's obvious points though.
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  261.  @mydogeatspuke  Don't you think highly of yourself?
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  262.  @mydogeatspuke  It's you who keeps the comments going. So glad you put me right Doctor Freud. Perhaps this conversation can end now.
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  263. Suella Braveman would be a disaster. She's worse than Boris for telling lies, and is willing to break the law and state that it's not illegal.
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  264. 'I'm prepared to take on the orthodoxy'. That means 'I am going to ignore the experts (again)'.
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  265. No they model themselves on the Tory government.
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  266.  @paulcummins5231  Any relation to Dominic?
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  267.  @paulcummins5231  He's not really. He's his own best friend, out for revenge.
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  268.  @paulcummins5231  All the media love a scandal and a revenge story. It's clickbait
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  269.  @flabbybum9562  He's the man who admits he 'didn't realise' the importance of the port of Dover to our trade with the EU, and this was when he was appointed as chief negotiator for Brexit, a post which he resigned from shortly afterwards. Many of these confident 'contenders' either have no awareness of their ignorance and shortcomings or don't care if they do.
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  270. Understaffing is due to Brexit but here's some people who may be willing to fill those vacancies.
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  271.  @johnp6636  There sure aren't Brits queueing up to fill those vacancies.
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  272. Because, as Churchill said, it's the worst system except for all the alternatives.
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  273. Dim and dimmer.
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  274. There were lots of women and children on the planes. Do you not read the news?
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  275.  @knightofwangernumb2998  You mean you don't read sources you don't agree with and decide to call it propaganda. You can at least see the images of people on the planes if you look.
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  276. gladifly. The level of your bigotry and ignorance is astounding. You are bang in line with Nazi thinking.
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  277. Pras Lye. I should welcome you since I live there, but bigots are not welcome in London.
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  278. Pras Lye. Nope. The groomers were jailed.
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  279. It's not fine that any of the Royal family were friends with Adolph Hitler but it was only the King who abdicated who was friends with him. The present Queen and her parents were a target of his bombers. People aren't being 'replaced'. They are still here but many city inhabitants have moved to a better life in the countryside outside of the cities. Maybe corporations 'served' the Nazi government in Germany (which was also self-service in terms of profits), but they did not serve the people. The people were gun fodder for Hitler in the end. He did not care if they all died as long as they continued the fight, even when he knew it was no longer possible to win that fight.
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  280. Gladifly. That's aboslutely not true. 1) It was Edward VIII, King George's brother who was friendly towards Hitler. 2) The Brits did not target civilians at first. British civilians were targeted by German bombers during the Battle of Britain in 1940. 3) The British did not start the war. Hitler was warned by the allies that there would be war if he invaded Poland and he chose to invade Poland thus starting a war. Stop reading and listening to fake history. Look it up for yourself.
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  281. gladify. You are wrong. Show me any evidence that George VI met Hitler. You are getting him mixed up with his brother Edward and can't be bothered to check it seems. The Battle of Britain started in July 1940 and 'From 7 September 1940, London was systematically bombed by the Luftwaffe for 56 out of the following 57 days and nights.' 'More than 40,000 civilians were killed by Luftwaffe bombing during the war, almost half of them in the capital, where more than a million houses were destroyed or damaged.' Chruchill did order a bombing attack on Germany in May 1940 after the Germans bombed their allies in Rotterdam, Holland. When allies are at war they will seek to protect each other. Hitler only wanted friendship with Britain on his own unreasonable terms i.e allowing him to invade other countries, and you could not trust Hitler. He had an alliance with Stalin, then suddenly invaded his 'ally' Russia. It does not matter that there were Germans in Poland. That does not give one country a right to invade another and when Hitler did invade, he had extermination camps built for Polish opponents and Polish Jews. He was a disgusting human being responsible for millions of deaths of his own people, his opponents in the war and the Jews. Defending him is frankly something only nazi sympathisers do.
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  282.  @hurera2000  Sadly, many people find the 'smooth toff' image appealing and vote for it.
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  283.  Rahul D  When my daughter worked as a waitress, she was the only English person working in the restaurant and the other staff said to her 'Why are you working here? If we spoke English as well as you we would not be working here.' Most English people aim for better paid jobs. The immigrants are prepared to work for lower pay it seems because where they come from pay is even worse or jobs are not available. The theory was that if we came out of the EU, pay would have to increase to attract more British workers. We shall see. P.S. Immigrants are keen for their children to be educated so that they can get better paid jobs than their parents.
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  284.  Rahul D  I'm sure there are still many people desperate to get out - men and women.
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  285. That slimy snake!
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  286. The Victorian drainage system is unable to cope with these volumes of water and the ground can't soak it up either as so much of it is concreted over.
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  287.  @billykimbah2528  Youtube doesn't show dislikes on comments but you can dislike a page.
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  288.  @gowdsake7103  Yes I've seen lots on the flights. Do you not look at the news pages online?
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  289. Too unworldly and unpractical. Doesn't know how anything works.
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  290. Not Truss. She's too dim.
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  291. Get him a bowl of milk then
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  292.  @Chadhogan111  You can't change the geography of the continent. You are European because you live within the continent called Europe.
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  293. Probably a Tory donor.
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  294.  @chriswilde7246  A spoiled vote is an ignored voter. Better to vote for a smaller party as the main parties do take note of their national share of the vote, and how many votes nationally they are losing to other parties, so that can affect policy indirectly sometimes.
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  295.  @chriswilde7246  O.K. Start your own party or continue to be ignored is the sad reality.
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