phillipwatson.bsky.social
Left Twitter was phillwatson1970. Charlton fan. Star Trek fan. Brexit exile living in Switzerland. Believer in Occam’s razor, rationalism and Vimes’ Boot Theory
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1 of 2 very unlikely things need to occurto make Homes more affordable.
Either
1. Wages have to rise significantly to cover gap between house prices and wages.
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2. Houses values need to drop significantly to allow gap between House Prices and wages to fall.
Neither of these things will happen
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoMm...
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Palestine 🇵🇸 and Gaza
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If it didn’t exist it can’t be right either
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It does seem that certain people are literally scared of hearing another language
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This is what he said when I asked if immigrants should only speak English in public as my OH spokeRussian to her Russian friends in public.
‘correct this is England so you should only speak English. Russian is for Russia not England, if you wanna speak Russian go there’
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I had some bigot on FB saying these people can hardly speak any English and the whole basis for this is hearing them speak their own language in public.
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The problem with Leavers is they always thought borders were one sided and should only apply on U.K. side which is why they didn’t see any problems with NI, and the border in Gibraltar and on EU mainland. Going by the response of the Right Wing Press on this deal it’s clear they still think this
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youtu.be/vGAqYNFQdZ4?...
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Because it’s not them being deported or abused and they don’t think it will happen to them
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It’s worse with her. To the right wing media think she’s a common person who has got ideas above her station and should really know her once. The Establishment have always had a problem with social mobility actually working.
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This is from the ruling
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I’m reminded of @daraobriain.bsky.social about the ‘fear’ of crime
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Feelings do not match the actual scientific data.
It ‘feels’ more unsafe because useful idiots like Lowe keep telling the gullible it is.
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Reform coming third seems to be bigger news than the bigger shock of Labour taking a seat from the SNP which shows they are on course for regaining power in Scotland.
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Labour pulled off a major shock by winning this seat but you wouldn’t know it. Looking at the media it’s Reform surge Reform surge Reform surge oh and Labour won the seat
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They also think just because they support Trump nothing bad will happen to THEM.
The naivety is almost touching
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No mention of the Flying Spaghetti Monster either
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Death Becomes Her (no it doesn’t)
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That’s more spoilers though?
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Silence of the Lambs?
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I’m sure more came in 1950-70s?