Mart
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A mad man is running the asylum.
November 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
A mad man is running the asylum.
How wealth is accrued is not the point It's that having extreme amounts of it tied up in whatever, should not be a reason why they avoid taxes the rest of us can't.
The wealthy borrow against assets, live of that till death and avoid taxes.
The wealthy borrow against assets, live of that till death and avoid taxes.
November 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
How wealth is accrued is not the point It's that having extreme amounts of it tied up in whatever, should not be a reason why they avoid taxes the rest of us can't.
The wealthy borrow against assets, live of that till death and avoid taxes.
The wealthy borrow against assets, live of that till death and avoid taxes.
I don't get to spend all the money I owe in taxes on assets such as shares or property and then say, oh well, I've got nothing left to give HMRC, so you'll get almost nothing, discussion over.
November 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I don't get to spend all the money I owe in taxes on assets such as shares or property and then say, oh well, I've got nothing left to give HMRC, so you'll get almost nothing, discussion over.
So we share in their profits. Do they make profits?
November 20, 2025 at 11:11 AM
So we share in their profits. Do they make profits?
What's this? Greed washing?
Oh, won't somebody please think of the super rich! They have it soooo hard!
Are these the same people that keep telling us they are going to leave the UK if we dare to tax them slightly more?
Oh, won't somebody please think of the super rich! They have it soooo hard!
Are these the same people that keep telling us they are going to leave the UK if we dare to tax them slightly more?
November 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
What's this? Greed washing?
Oh, won't somebody please think of the super rich! They have it soooo hard!
Are these the same people that keep telling us they are going to leave the UK if we dare to tax them slightly more?
Oh, won't somebody please think of the super rich! They have it soooo hard!
Are these the same people that keep telling us they are going to leave the UK if we dare to tax them slightly more?
Given that we've seen unprecedented levels of disillusionment of the BBC under right wing stewardship, perhaps we ought to have a clear out there and bring some balance back to the BBC.
November 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Given that we've seen unprecedented levels of disillusionment of the BBC under right wing stewardship, perhaps we ought to have a clear out there and bring some balance back to the BBC.
And this is being pursued by Carr, the same FCC guy that leant on the media companies, mafia style, that were airing the Kimmel shows, threatening to harm their prospects if they refused to cancel Kimmel.
They can't win by the rules. Always have to cheat.
They can't win by the rules. Always have to cheat.
November 20, 2025 at 9:28 AM
And this is being pursued by Carr, the same FCC guy that leant on the media companies, mafia style, that were airing the Kimmel shows, threatening to harm their prospects if they refused to cancel Kimmel.
They can't win by the rules. Always have to cheat.
They can't win by the rules. Always have to cheat.
He added that "in reality, the FCC will probably come up empty. If the
programme wasn't broadcast in
Ąmerica, that's fatal to Trump's claim and to the FCC investigation. The FCO inquiry is a fishing expedition in a desert -- there's nothing to catch.'
programme wasn't broadcast in
Ąmerica, that's fatal to Trump's claim and to the FCC investigation. The FCO inquiry is a fishing expedition in a desert -- there's nothing to catch.'
November 20, 2025 at 9:11 AM
He added that "in reality, the FCC will probably come up empty. If the
programme wasn't broadcast in
Ąmerica, that's fatal to Trump's claim and to the FCC investigation. The FCO inquiry is a fishing expedition in a desert -- there's nothing to catch.'
programme wasn't broadcast in
Ąmerica, that's fatal to Trump's claim and to the FCC investigation. The FCO inquiry is a fishing expedition in a desert -- there's nothing to catch.'
Yeah, but never mind that, did you see what the BBC did? Made it look like Trump incited the insurrection that he incited. So bad, he's gonna sure them for $1 billion.
November 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Yeah, but never mind that, did you see what the BBC did? Made it look like Trump incited the insurrection that he incited. So bad, he's gonna sure them for $1 billion.
The irony is now there's room to replace them with someone from the left. Probably won't happen as the current supposedly left wing Govt is politically in the same place as the outgoing right wing Tories.
Would be funny if they did get a left DG in there though.
Would be funny if they did get a left DG in there though.
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The irony is now there's room to replace them with someone from the left. Probably won't happen as the current supposedly left wing Govt is politically in the same place as the outgoing right wing Tories.
Would be funny if they did get a left DG in there though.
Would be funny if they did get a left DG in there though.
It's bizarre and hilarious. These people running the BBC are staunch right wingers installed by the previous Tory (right wing) Govt. They've be forced to fall on their swords by one of the leading right wing papers here in the UK for telling the truth but with 1 bad editing choice.
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
It's bizarre and hilarious. These people running the BBC are staunch right wingers installed by the previous Tory (right wing) Govt. They've be forced to fall on their swords by one of the leading right wing papers here in the UK for telling the truth but with 1 bad editing choice.
There's a word for this. Extortion.
November 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
There's a word for this. Extortion.
Limited to what? Making life on Earth unviable?
November 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Limited to what? Making life on Earth unviable?
I liked him more when he appeared to possess a set of balls.
November 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I liked him more when he appeared to possess a set of balls.
Remember, it's not just Starmer, it's his advisors and the team around him. Politically they are about the same Tory neoliberals as the Cameron lot. Which is why they are as incompetent and unpopular.
McSweeny and co captured the Labour partyand made it right wing.
McSweeny and co captured the Labour partyand made it right wing.
October 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Remember, it's not just Starmer, it's his advisors and the team around him. Politically they are about the same Tory neoliberals as the Cameron lot. Which is why they are as incompetent and unpopular.
McSweeny and co captured the Labour partyand made it right wing.
McSweeny and co captured the Labour partyand made it right wing.
I doubt the rest of the COP30 wasn't that embarrassing, reality-denying ignoramus there either. It's not like he will have anything helpful or constructive to add, and he certainly won't understand the matters being discussed.
October 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I doubt the rest of the COP30 wasn't that embarrassing, reality-denying ignoramus there either. It's not like he will have anything helpful or constructive to add, and he certainly won't understand the matters being discussed.
Warned by whom?
Will it do this even though it hasn't historically turned out that way here, hasn't worked out that way in other countries like the Scandinavian countries for example, and here in the UK we already are one of the most unequal countries on earth, the gap needs to be closed.
Will it do this even though it hasn't historically turned out that way here, hasn't worked out that way in other countries like the Scandinavian countries for example, and here in the UK we already are one of the most unequal countries on earth, the gap needs to be closed.
October 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Warned by whom?
Will it do this even though it hasn't historically turned out that way here, hasn't worked out that way in other countries like the Scandinavian countries for example, and here in the UK we already are one of the most unequal countries on earth, the gap needs to be closed.
Will it do this even though it hasn't historically turned out that way here, hasn't worked out that way in other countries like the Scandinavian countries for example, and here in the UK we already are one of the most unequal countries on earth, the gap needs to be closed.
Are people still clinging on to the hope that Labour might eventually govern in a Labour kind of way, rather than just the same as the previous 14 years of Tory failure and Reform chasing?
Seems pretty crazy.
Greens are the progressives now, Labour have abandoned that ground.
Seems pretty crazy.
Greens are the progressives now, Labour have abandoned that ground.
October 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Are people still clinging on to the hope that Labour might eventually govern in a Labour kind of way, rather than just the same as the previous 14 years of Tory failure and Reform chasing?
Seems pretty crazy.
Greens are the progressives now, Labour have abandoned that ground.
Seems pretty crazy.
Greens are the progressives now, Labour have abandoned that ground.
There's not a chance Israel will keep to the ceasefire. They engineer a way to go back to the previous rate of killing.
October 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
There's not a chance Israel will keep to the ceasefire. They engineer a way to go back to the previous rate of killing.
Trump told you, he'd fix this and you'd never need to vote again.
There's no chance you'll get an even remotely fair election going forward.
There's no chance you'll get an even remotely fair election going forward.
October 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Trump told you, he'd fix this and you'd never need to vote again.
There's no chance you'll get an even remotely fair election going forward.
There's no chance you'll get an even remotely fair election going forward.
And there are lies and liars.
October 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
And there are lies and liars.
"Strengthen ties with the US"
Good luck with that!
Good luck with that!
October 20, 2025 at 9:43 AM
"Strengthen ties with the US"
Good luck with that!
Good luck with that!
Reform is just the excuse, these could ghouls actually want to be right wing. They hate the left, they aren't progressive. Their ideology and their job is to carry on the work of the Tories for the last 14 years and keep the wealth and power moving to the elites.
October 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Reform is just the excuse, these could ghouls actually want to be right wing. They hate the left, they aren't progressive. Their ideology and their job is to carry on the work of the Tories for the last 14 years and keep the wealth and power moving to the elites.
Gave up on that cesspool a long time ago.
October 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Gave up on that cesspool a long time ago.
But I'm sure that if they pay Trump personally enough in private bitcoin, they could be involved. He won't be giving those contacts out to just anybody. No, kiss the ring, make the donation and you could be in the running.
October 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
But I'm sure that if they pay Trump personally enough in private bitcoin, they could be involved. He won't be giving those contacts out to just anybody. No, kiss the ring, make the donation and you could be in the running.