Boba Fret
@bobafret.bsky.social
Likes Star Wars and guitars. Views are usually someone else's, stolen and repackaged as my own, in order to sound cleverer than I really am.
Extraordinary a group of adults have such little life experience they can't see a problem with this. Even worse when you consider that same group one day seriously believe they could form a government.
November 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Extraordinary a group of adults have such little life experience they can't see a problem with this. Even worse when you consider that same group one day seriously believe they could form a government.
I remember this episode of The Avengers.
November 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I remember this episode of The Avengers.
What I'm amazed at most is the timing of a party which has a flagship policy to disband a defence treaty playing a part
in keeping an actual war from expanding across Europe today. I get they're committed tankies, but to be so out of touch with geopolitics and the mood of western Europe...
in keeping an actual war from expanding across Europe today. I get they're committed tankies, but to be so out of touch with geopolitics and the mood of western Europe...
November 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
What I'm amazed at most is the timing of a party which has a flagship policy to disband a defence treaty playing a part
in keeping an actual war from expanding across Europe today. I get they're committed tankies, but to be so out of touch with geopolitics and the mood of western Europe...
in keeping an actual war from expanding across Europe today. I get they're committed tankies, but to be so out of touch with geopolitics and the mood of western Europe...
According to their website, their constitution is decided by their members, which is fully aligned with the nature of the party. So the problem here appears to be she expects to change the rules against the wishes of the members if she personally doesn't agree with them.
November 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
According to their website, their constitution is decided by their members, which is fully aligned with the nature of the party. So the problem here appears to be she expects to change the rules against the wishes of the members if she personally doesn't agree with them.
Treasury bills slightly outpacing cash ISA rates at the moment and available to buy wrapped in an ISA from an app on your phone with no increased risk. He'll be forced into being slightly better off. Real problem is having access to large amounts of cash without good investment advice.
November 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Treasury bills slightly outpacing cash ISA rates at the moment and available to buy wrapped in an ISA from an app on your phone with no increased risk. He'll be forced into being slightly better off. Real problem is having access to large amounts of cash without good investment advice.
When my parents (who also owned a house in 1970) retired they sold the family home for something more appropriate. It was the same value. Now my mum's selling again and moving into a retirement flat. Guess what? Same value. I don't think this lady realises just how lucky she is.
November 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
When my parents (who also owned a house in 1970) retired they sold the family home for something more appropriate. It was the same value. Now my mum's selling again and moving into a retirement flat. Guess what? Same value. I don't think this lady realises just how lucky she is.
The number of people that have fallen into the category of bought a house over half a century ago *and* were fortunate to have ended up a multimillionaire through asset inflation *and* have no intention of releasing equity on that asset must be tiny. I take this lady's point, but she's an outlier.
November 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The number of people that have fallen into the category of bought a house over half a century ago *and* were fortunate to have ended up a multimillionaire through asset inflation *and* have no intention of releasing equity on that asset must be tiny. I take this lady's point, but she's an outlier.
Right, thanks. That's not a line I use. Do they actually look like the picture generally? (I'm assuming they picked a particularly bad example rather than a typical one)
November 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Right, thanks. That's not a line I use. Do they actually look like the picture generally? (I'm assuming they picked a particularly bad example rather than a typical one)
I don't live in London, but I visit it regularly for work, have done for more than a decade, and use the tube every time. I've never seen a carriage looking remotely like that. I don't even recognise that seating layout, is it a specific line?
November 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I don't live in London, but I visit it regularly for work, have done for more than a decade, and use the tube every time. I've never seen a carriage looking remotely like that. I don't even recognise that seating layout, is it a specific line?
Errr...
It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll)
YouTube video by AC/DC - Topic
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Errr...
But anyway, the point I'm making is people like Farage get what they want, repeatedly, and still aren't happy. (Possibly because he doesn't consider the consequences of policies up front and so is genuinely surprised when things like kicking out Europeans results in other people turning up instead).
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
But anyway, the point I'm making is people like Farage get what they want, repeatedly, and still aren't happy. (Possibly because he doesn't consider the consequences of policies up front and so is genuinely surprised when things like kicking out Europeans results in other people turning up instead).
It was pointed out during the Brexit campaign that immigration would increase when immigrants from further afield than the EU would be more likely to bring dependants. Didn't seem to be a worry back then. Also the peak includes people from Hong Kong and Ukraine which was a temporary blip.
November 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
It was pointed out during the Brexit campaign that immigration would increase when immigrants from further afield than the EU would be more likely to bring dependants. Didn't seem to be a worry back then. Also the peak includes people from Hong Kong and Ukraine which was a temporary blip.
What will be the cost to employers to implement a system where the first 2k is still on SS and the rest isn't? Can't believe the payroll service providers offer that kind of flexibility today. And you can't take someone off SS without an employment contract change.
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
What will be the cost to employers to implement a system where the first 2k is still on SS and the rest isn't? Can't believe the payroll service providers offer that kind of flexibility today. And you can't take someone off SS without an employment contract change.
And they haven't been placated anyway. Not by Brexit, not by immigration so low the population is now possibly in decline (or about to be). God knows what Reform will campaign on after this, but there's no way they're going away. It's only going to get worse.
November 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
And they haven't been placated anyway. Not by Brexit, not by immigration so low the population is now possibly in decline (or about to be). God knows what Reform will campaign on after this, but there's no way they're going away. It's only going to get worse.
Obviously your eye is drawn to the artwork there. But after that has settled in, then the realisation that even without it, that is still just about the sh*ttest decor I've seen in a house. How would you even go about dreaming that up?
November 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Obviously your eye is drawn to the artwork there. But after that has settled in, then the realisation that even without it, that is still just about the sh*ttest decor I've seen in a house. How would you even go about dreaming that up?
Always the victim of course. What I really can't believe is, after over a decade of the UK being stalled politically by being entirely consumed by discussions of immigration, he's still peddling a variant of the "we need a serious talk about immigration" line.
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Always the victim of course. What I really can't believe is, after over a decade of the UK being stalled politically by being entirely consumed by discussions of immigration, he's still peddling a variant of the "we need a serious talk about immigration" line.
In that case we should all pay the same, but we don't do that either. The Tories tried it in 1990 and there were riots and hence how we got here. I agree council tax does seem to conflate different things, but it seems that, or some form of it, is what the electorate actually wants.
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
In that case we should all pay the same, but we don't do that either. The Tories tried it in 1990 and there were riots and hence how we got here. I agree council tax does seem to conflate different things, but it seems that, or some form of it, is what the electorate actually wants.
How is it not serious when another former member of the Reform leadership and close colleague of his has just been sent to prison for ten years for being exactly that? It sounds very serious to me.
November 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
How is it not serious when another former member of the Reform leadership and close colleague of his has just been sent to prison for ten years for being exactly that? It sounds very serious to me.
Is she thinking of Invasion of the Body Snatchers? Only when someone else is born, it doesn't replace an existing human. There's just one more human than before.
November 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Is she thinking of Invasion of the Body Snatchers? Only when someone else is born, it doesn't replace an existing human. There's just one more human than before.
Well it would solve the housing crisis too then! Double whammy.
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Well it would solve the housing crisis too then! Double whammy.
If you limit yourself to 14 units of alcohol each week you are no more likely to die from a disease that can be caused by drinking than someone who doesn't drink. Under this amount, to increase the chance of extending your life, you are far better off taking other steps than stopping drinking.
November 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
If you limit yourself to 14 units of alcohol each week you are no more likely to die from a disease that can be caused by drinking than someone who doesn't drink. Under this amount, to increase the chance of extending your life, you are far better off taking other steps than stopping drinking.
You can offset your adjusted net income with pension contributions made outside salary sacrifice I believe, assuming that doesn't change too. But otherwise I agree with your sentiment. Given upcoming changes to ages at which you can access pensions too, attacking pension contributions seems unfair.
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
You can offset your adjusted net income with pension contributions made outside salary sacrifice I believe, assuming that doesn't change too. But otherwise I agree with your sentiment. Given upcoming changes to ages at which you can access pensions too, attacking pension contributions seems unfair.
He now tries to claim that speech was a warning about Putin and he was ahead of his time. Conveniently forgetting the conclusion to it, which was that we should befriend Putin because he was fighting back against other influences in our society he considered worse.
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
He now tries to claim that speech was a warning about Putin and he was ahead of his time. Conveniently forgetting the conclusion to it, which was that we should befriend Putin because he was fighting back against other influences in our society he considered worse.
Thankfully for their sons they had to return to the US because these parents who care so much about them they moved them to an authoritarian state, also forgot to check whether they would be eligible for an education over there, and they're not.
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Thankfully for their sons they had to return to the US because these parents who care so much about them they moved them to an authoritarian state, also forgot to check whether they would be eligible for an education over there, and they're not.