suffolksteve.bsky.social
Rejoiner. Dad. Trying to make sense of an increasingly crazy world.
Might never forgive the Tories
In Suffolk, England
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What is the NSDAP manifesto? We’re only talking about closer trade arrangements?
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I travelled from Rome airport recently. Used a scanner for the passport and then just got a stamp as we went through. It’s all possible.
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I find it hard to see how any reasonably thinking person should have a problem with any of what he says.
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They raised the minimum wage by almost 80p per hour
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I don’t disagree
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There was an awful lot of tactical voting in this election, largely because people understand the system very well. I sincerely believe that if we had a PR system, labour would’ve got a much higher share of the vote
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I’m 58 and I think that America will default on its debt during my lifetime.
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Just to be clear this isn’t a new thing
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What’s more important is that a government spokesperson has said he’s struggled to find any other benefits of Brexit. Is this the start?
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What a chilling passage
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Blair has talked at length about this. Maybe BRICS should be one of the sharks. Worst time in history to be out on our own.
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Alas…
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He seems to want a 'Zero Day' scenario. Just wants to break everything without telling us how to put it back together
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Was I the only one waiting for a punchline here?
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Well she was an economist with the Bank of England if that counts?
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Maybe, but we all commented without being sure of the source.
PS The truthfulness of the Times is also up for debate from time to time
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I left Twitter for the reasons that we all did. What we mustn’t do is stop being critical of cut out journalistic articles that we don’t know where they are from or whether there is any truth in them.
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But it’s largely avoided once it gets too high. I wonder if council tax rates for properties above £2million might be part of the answer.
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I’m not unsympathetic, but I have yet to see anybody show us how to do it, if taxing capital is what you mean
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Most farmers are millionaires
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I was just answering the question. Millionaires are very bothered by the IHT and pensions changes, as are farmers. Still work to do admittedly, but let's acknowledge what's been done
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Workers rights. Net zero. Pay rises for doctors
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Did they do that?
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If true
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They do happen, but when I was a civil servant, it was excruciatingly slow
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You’re comparing an opposition party with a party in government. Not sure I see any link there at all in relation to the point, George is making
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The next stage of the drift is,“ I know I said Trump was bad, but imagine if Harris had got in. Sometimes it’s better the devil you know.”
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The French are seriously floating an idea of 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 nuclear alliance to protect Europe
This is a moment that Keir could seriously use to our advantage
Nuclear protection for a FREE trade deal with the EU
Both sides significantly benefit from a security aspect and a trade aspect
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Although he did preface it by saying he normally takes great delight in criticising the government, which seemed unnecessary and childish
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I love Bluesky!
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If he gave it away while full APR appointed I’m not sure that the 7 year rule
applies
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Feels way too early and reminds us that the daily mail always go with the easy, populist view