Comments by "Steve Parker" (@steveparker8065) on "The London Standard" channel.

  1. Many campaigns and petitions calling for it to be removed were ignored... If you were a victim by ancestry you wouldn't want to walk past a statue commemorating that person. Statues are supposed to commemorate great people who contributed to the lives of others... we don't have commemorative statues of Fred West or Ed Gein...
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  2.  @theautisticcreative2619  People with learning difficulties and disabilities have been abused by society historically, and still are. Many who have overcome illness or disability have contributed greatly to the human race. But that's a separate point. If your family was enslaved or murdered by that man, you probably wouldn't want to walk past him every day. And as mentioned, statues to murderers shouldn't exist...
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  3.  @theautisticcreative2619  I don't feel any oppression, I've never been a slave and no one in my family has as far as I know. I'm not going to remind you of the points I've already made or continue a circular debate. Take care!
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  4.  @psilocybinenthusiast3695  History books aren't being changed and history isn't being forgotten. Removing statues of abusive murderers who enslaved thousands and therefore should never have been erected is called decency, maybe you don't have any...
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  5. How dare you insinuate our elitist Etonian overlords are drug-abusing party animals! They are actually kleptocratic robber barons bred in the shallow end of the British gene pool and products of centuries of genetic and intellectual atrophy caused by generations of inherited wealth...
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  6. Not much of a return on all the lithium, gold and opium looted from their country...
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  7. I'm just overjoyed that despite the plethora of crises we endure, we still find money to enable the wealthy to shave a few minutes off their journey time! £25 billion well spent...
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  8. Consume, Work, Obey, Die. Please stop all this thinking it isn't necessary for cash cows. :)
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  9. Fence sitting and Tory policies dressed up in a red tie...Corporate-friendly Tory-lite...
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  10. Pay boost? lol £11 per hour isn't enough to pay for the basics with the cost of living and is far below the rate of inflation since the last minor increase. The only thing the Tories sell is misinformation...
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  11.  @andrew3347  Sunak made the political point and brought up the trans debate, Starmer just called him on it. PS I'm not a fan of Starmer but you're delusional...
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  12. Try a spliff and a glass of wine instead. Maybe you would learn to mellow a little and get to know and respect your women...
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  13. The wealthy's proxy war in the 'not so cold war'. Where the poor pay with taxes and lives to enrich the 1% (0.01%). This isn't about religion or ideology - this about resources and control - hegemony...
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  14. Good for her, she works far too hard several days a year...
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  15. I saw the video of her with a horse in Egypt, well I think it was a horse, could have been a body double.
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  16.  @Meltdown555  Thank you for the mundane, trite and inane comment. There is no one to reply to your comment at the moment. As soon as we can be arsed, we'll have someone get back to you...
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  17.  @guff9567  Nothing, I'll leave you in bliss...
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  18.  @Greenpoloboy3  I used to stay out until past 10pm when I was a teen. When I was an adult it would be more like 3 or 4 am. But then there was lots of raves in 90s.
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  19. I'd love to watch the latest mouthpiece for the banking sector the Tories have installed deliver the usual platitudes, illusions and lies but I'm washing my hair!
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  20. Police resources are stretched - many corrupt police - lack of police stations and prosecutions of real crimes - answer? raid herbal farms...
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  21.  @bazle64  They like 5-year-olds mining Cobalt in D.R.Congo so the kids in China can make their tech devices that pair well with their Indian child sweatshop produced clothing. Then they complain about China and India's carbon footprint....
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  22.  @AtomicDuelist  The media outed P&O, the Tories had no choice. It's called breaking the law. I'm not wasting my time arguing with a political illiterate. Feel free to look up the legislation, the parent company DP World and their connection to the Tories...
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  23.  @AtomicDuelist  "I'm not wasting my time arguing with a political illiterate. Feel free to look up the legislation, the parent company DP World and their connection to the Tories..." Tories only ever look after their own when it doesn't cost them anything, this was too big. Trust me or feel free to research.
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  24.  @ElliHarper  Debunked lol I could reply to your nonsense all day long with factual evidence, legislation and government/financial records... "Rishi Sunak, said he was “thrilled” to greenlight hundreds of millions of pounds of DP World investment in Thames Gateway and Southampton. A month later the company partnered with the Foreign Office’s development finance. And for the last two years, DP World has sat on the UK government’s trade advisory group."
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  25. People keep telling me Boris is more intelligent than he looks, that's not hard. Poor trees producing oxygen for him, he owes them an apology. I love to shop, but I wouldn't buy a thing Boris says. People like Boris are the reason God doesn't talk to us anymore. Sentient ham...
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  26. Fun fact: Fire was invented In 1836 by a very clever man named Lord Ignatius Fire after he spent the day playing with matches...
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  27.  Cardinal Sin  Not so fun fact: We have lost over 65% of the genetic diversity of the planet at 1,000 times the rate of natural extinction due to the effects of human activity on the climate. Wildfires are natural, certain areas have always had smaller versions of this problem - when you get wildfires ravaging new territory all the time at accelerated numbers and ferocity you have to admit they're becoming a threat to the future of our oxygen-breathing species...
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  28.  Cardinal Sin  I direct my views to whomever I can, especially if they show signs of not being fully aware of the problem. Surprisingly I don't run into many billionaires willing to talk. No, I don't own an apple anything. Never have, I prefer to own and control my own device and update the OS to a modded one and have a memory card slot.
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  29.  @Ahuman1-o1y  The British public are methodically mesmerized by the media for maximum malleability. Excuse the alliteration I had alphabet spaghetti for breakfast...
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  30.  @justthatguy3949  Last time we had a Labour government it was called 'New Labour' and run by a centrist Thatcherite named Blair. He followed CIA's bad intel and ignored the 100+ MPs from Labour who held a 'stop the war' rally. Interestingly only 4 Tories voted against the war in Iraq while a third of Labour MPs voted against it. Labour was also blamed for the global economic crisis that affected all currencies tied to the dollar. They also used some Thatcherite policies. While I agree with much of what you say about the pantomime of democracy you seem oblivious to ideology. Regardless of how much the modern Labour leadership has sold out, they are still a better option for the poor. I believe in fair wages, fair taxes, a balanced society, free healthcare and schooling. Free legal aid and a society that values human rights. So while I understand your point, my support of leftist ideals doesn't mean I'm oblivious to the game being played. The wealthy and corporations are at the top of the food chain, and politicians are just their errand boys.
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  31. HGV drivers having a bad year...
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  32. 500 arrested? what are they charged with? trying to stop billionaires and corrupt politicians from committing xenocide?
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  33. Tories have ruined the economy, our reputation, our schools, our NHS and they want us to pay for their mistakes, yet again!
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  34.  @bruhbruh2290  I've already explained that Brexit has contributed greatly to the increased effect felt by Britain compared to the rest of the world and given figures to show this. I'm not interested in circular debate and excuses for why Brexit isn't to blame for anything ever, even though it fundamentally changed our relationship with trading partners and our economic and diplomatic strength globally.
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  35. Unless it differs from previous models then yes...
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  36. It's just a temporary unstable aquatic accommodation with wonderful views of the harbour and limited freedom opportunities...
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  37. The Tories have already brought in legislation that neuters our rights, anyone who believes the Tories will protect their rights needs a check-up from the neck up!
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  38.  @The_Reality_Filter  Will Smith's range as an actor isn't that good, stop thinking everything's a conspiracy and watch the whole thing, including Will's excuses speech... He didn't need to throw money down the drain in sponsorship and future opportunities. I do understand his defence of his wife though considering her medical condition.
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  39. Funny how corporate groups who stitch up the energy supply market, the Queen and banks get bailouts, while the working poor pay for it...
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  40. So prices are going up over £800 a year for the average household because of the recent price cap, yet the government are going to give us all a £400 grant... Wow, you could just stop the energy cartel ripping us off via legislation or go back in time to before you sold taxpayer's property off to that cartel by renationalising our energy...
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  41.  @Fahrenheit451.  They certainly do, privatisation is simply a way for the rich to get their hands on taxpayer-owned industries and turn them into profits at any cost. They get corporate welfare, tax breaks and subsidies all paid for by the taxpayer and can also rip us off as consumers by price-fixing as they have a monopoly.
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  42. Some of the greatest minds, artists, musicians, philosophers, writers, scientists, inventors etc used mind-altering substances or methods as a muse to inspire creativity or simply for recreation.
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  43. I invented an invisibility shield years ago, unfortunately, I can't find it...
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  44.  @freedomawaits860  lol I'll spare myself the time of correcting your optimism.
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  45. Like the rest, spin the bottle or draw straws. So long as the Tory agenda moves forward they don't care which clown they sit in the driving seat...
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  46. From the party that housed nukes on the ships sent to the Falklands...
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  47. Congrats on waiting long enough to inherit the crown, what a truly exceptional human being...
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  48.  @hazelb7218  Yes, 1/3rd of the British workforce is living in working poverty. We have a corrupt government who are waging war on the poor, vulnerable and disabled. Spending hundreds of billions of our taxmoney on corporations who have bumper profits and overpriced government contracts for their mates. Then leaving the majority of people with these little peace offerings to keep us placated.
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  49. @Cassie That's all anecdotal tabloid sensationalism. People can't afford to work or find a job locally because of the system. I've been in and out of work with different agencies and if the job doesn't last more than 2 months I'm actually worse off. Despite qualifying two years ago to lead audit a corporation for ISO9001 I'm stuck reliant on public transport taking jobs that are 3 hrs of travelling per day. Most people on the dole are temporarily ill or between agency jobs. Some are disabled and unable to work. A few no doubt take advantage of the system, but that's the exception to the rule. The lack of union representation is why 1/3rd of the workforce live in working poverty, we have zero-hour contracts, low wages and short term agency work being the only choice for many.
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  50. I appreciate what Joe was trying to do but he should've given the money to a children's charity or distributed it to the network of food banks...
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