Paul Falcini
@paulfalcini.bsky.social
Living at the seaside in downtown sunny Worthing.
Member Worthing West CLP.
Member Worthing West CLP.
Good description of both Johnson and Farage, also Thatcher and Blair all prey to irredeemable follies. I prefer Starmer's qualities to those flashier attributes.
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Good description of both Johnson and Farage, also Thatcher and Blair all prey to irredeemable follies. I prefer Starmer's qualities to those flashier attributes.
It's Hellifield, alovely grand station in the middle of nowhere. I think it's recently had a refurb and repaint
November 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
It's Hellifield, alovely grand station in the middle of nowhere. I think it's recently had a refurb and repaint
The nostalgia merchants are winning at the moment with their comforting messages that nothing much has to change.
Reassuring when we have unprecedented demographic and economic conditions where no one honest can say what the destination will be.
Reassuring when we have unprecedented demographic and economic conditions where no one honest can say what the destination will be.
November 12, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The nostalgia merchants are winning at the moment with their comforting messages that nothing much has to change.
Reassuring when we have unprecedented demographic and economic conditions where no one honest can say what the destination will be.
Reassuring when we have unprecedented demographic and economic conditions where no one honest can say what the destination will be.
I disagree, the key question is can anyone else do better over a three year time horizon?
November 12, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I disagree, the key question is can anyone else do better over a three year time horizon?
We can't even explore rejoining until after 2029, perhaps three years later we could start and possibly get in by 2040 or 42 and be fully in by about 2050.
None of that is possible if we don't accept why we are out. That's because we didn't have good enough arguments to stay. That's where to start.
None of that is possible if we don't accept why we are out. That's because we didn't have good enough arguments to stay. That's where to start.
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 AM
We can't even explore rejoining until after 2029, perhaps three years later we could start and possibly get in by 2040 or 42 and be fully in by about 2050.
None of that is possible if we don't accept why we are out. That's because we didn't have good enough arguments to stay. That's where to start.
None of that is possible if we don't accept why we are out. That's because we didn't have good enough arguments to stay. That's where to start.
At least you admit you have a job if persuasion to do. You need to persuade people who either don't care about the EU or are against it.
That is not going to be quick. Without that you don't even get to go let alone start.
That is not going to be quick. Without that you don't even get to go let alone start.
November 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
At least you admit you have a job if persuasion to do. You need to persuade people who either don't care about the EU or are against it.
That is not going to be quick. Without that you don't even get to go let alone start.
That is not going to be quick. Without that you don't even get to go let alone start.
His ideas are as stale as they come.
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
His ideas are as stale as they come.
Only the Greens and SNP went into the 2024 GE saying they would rejoin. So you are calling over 90% of voters daft. Which shows how unrealistic what you want is.
I would love to be in the EU now but it's not practical politics, there's a huge persuading job to do.
I would love to be in the EU now but it's not practical politics, there's a huge persuading job to do.
November 12, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Only the Greens and SNP went into the 2024 GE saying they would rejoin. So you are calling over 90% of voters daft. Which shows how unrealistic what you want is.
I would love to be in the EU now but it's not practical politics, there's a huge persuading job to do.
I would love to be in the EU now but it's not practical politics, there's a huge persuading job to do.
Firstly the UK declined into the present circumstances while we were in the EU so it's not a magic bullet for all our ills.
Secondly rejoining is a very long process which no one has a mandate for at present.
Secondly rejoining is a very long process which no one has a mandate for at present.
November 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Firstly the UK declined into the present circumstances while we were in the EU so it's not a magic bullet for all our ills.
Secondly rejoining is a very long process which no one has a mandate for at present.
Secondly rejoining is a very long process which no one has a mandate for at present.
I am sure that's not the case if you are a renter with new rights, a worker with new rights, a worker on a better minimum wage.
A policy of trying to wish away Brexit won't make anyone feel better.
A policy of trying to wish away Brexit won't make anyone feel better.
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I am sure that's not the case if you are a renter with new rights, a worker with new rights, a worker on a better minimum wage.
A policy of trying to wish away Brexit won't make anyone feel better.
A policy of trying to wish away Brexit won't make anyone feel better.
Phillips has been given extensive opportunities to broadcast her views on the BBC. Does she think people don't know that?
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Phillips has been given extensive opportunities to broadcast her views on the BBC. Does she think people don't know that?
If you listen to the programme you will find it's not that simple and it's not that easy and that it's been sensible to have a trial roll out.
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
If you listen to the programme you will find it's not that simple and it's not that easy and that it's been sensible to have a trial roll out.
PFI is an answer if you don't have the capital or can't increase your borrowing.
The value of state assets is limited because they aren't liquid assets, they are very unlikely to be sold to meet liabilities.
A state borrows against its future revenues, mostly taxes.
The value of state assets is limited because they aren't liquid assets, they are very unlikely to be sold to meet liabilities.
A state borrows against its future revenues, mostly taxes.
November 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
PFI is an answer if you don't have the capital or can't increase your borrowing.
The value of state assets is limited because they aren't liquid assets, they are very unlikely to be sold to meet liabilities.
A state borrows against its future revenues, mostly taxes.
The value of state assets is limited because they aren't liquid assets, they are very unlikely to be sold to meet liabilities.
A state borrows against its future revenues, mostly taxes.
This is a lie. The government is not reusing pre 2018 PFI.
Anyway you aren't prepared to listen so I won't waste any further time being misrepresented by you. Muted
Anyway you aren't prepared to listen so I won't waste any further time being misrepresented by you. Muted
November 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This is a lie. The government is not reusing pre 2018 PFI.
Anyway you aren't prepared to listen so I won't waste any further time being misrepresented by you. Muted
Anyway you aren't prepared to listen so I won't waste any further time being misrepresented by you. Muted
13 replies without response and one (failed) invite to pile on. Concerning behaviour.
Also clearly a bad faith argument that doesn't address what's actually proposed. www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/projects-and...
Also clearly a bad faith argument that doesn't address what's actually proposed. www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/projects-and...
PFI – a new era?
www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
13 replies without response and one (failed) invite to pile on. Concerning behaviour.
Also clearly a bad faith argument that doesn't address what's actually proposed. www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/projects-and...
Also clearly a bad faith argument that doesn't address what's actually proposed. www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/projects-and...
Except that post contains no comparison costs for alternative procurement methods.
You and that post are just using exaggeration and hyperbole instead of reasoned argument.
Unless you have a time machine you can't change the current contracts anyway.
You and that post are just using exaggeration and hyperbole instead of reasoned argument.
Unless you have a time machine you can't change the current contracts anyway.
November 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Except that post contains no comparison costs for alternative procurement methods.
You and that post are just using exaggeration and hyperbole instead of reasoned argument.
Unless you have a time machine you can't change the current contracts anyway.
You and that post are just using exaggeration and hyperbole instead of reasoned argument.
Unless you have a time machine you can't change the current contracts anyway.
Labour MP highlights cost savings shock. Get a grip.
November 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Labour MP highlights cost savings shock. Get a grip.
Don't be daft, that money pays for NHS facilities and their maintenance. They are also ongoing contracts so can't be changed.
November 1, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Don't be daft, that money pays for NHS facilities and their maintenance. They are also ongoing contracts so can't be changed.
A strange talking point for someone representing a country with massive numbers of Spanish speakers that has Mexico as a neighbour.
October 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
A strange talking point for someone representing a country with massive numbers of Spanish speakers that has Mexico as a neighbour.
If they work so well why are they so uncommon?
October 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
If they work so well why are they so uncommon?
You would be insane to eat at Pizza Express when there is an independent alternative nearby.
September 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
You would be insane to eat at Pizza Express when there is an independent alternative nearby.
EU wide action + UK has the potential to be effective but usually sanctions take a long time to work. You seem to concede UK sanctions are only really an encouragement to others with more clout to act.
Can we really be sure sanctions that really hurt would boost Israeli opposition to the war?
Can we really be sure sanctions that really hurt would boost Israeli opposition to the war?
September 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
EU wide action + UK has the potential to be effective but usually sanctions take a long time to work. You seem to concede UK sanctions are only really an encouragement to others with more clout to act.
Can we really be sure sanctions that really hurt would boost Israeli opposition to the war?
Can we really be sure sanctions that really hurt would boost Israeli opposition to the war?
Which sanctions and how do you expect them to be effective?
September 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Which sanctions and how do you expect them to be effective?
By act what do you mean? Israel doesn't seem the slightest bit interested in dialogue about it.
September 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
By act what do you mean? Israel doesn't seem the slightest bit interested in dialogue about it.