Paul T Richards
@paultrichards.bsky.social
Pretty good with words.
But words won't save your life.
But words won't save your life.
Well, if your priority is collecting more tax, we could just go back to taxing rich people at 98% again.
November 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Well, if your priority is collecting more tax, we could just go back to taxing rich people at 98% again.
The system needs top-to-bottom reform, sure.
But we should want everyone to be productive, not just Mr £110k.
And most people I know who earn £110k aren’t trying to work less/avoid promotion. They’re trying to earn £200k or £300k.
It’s a dishonest argument, used to save rich people a tax bill.
But we should want everyone to be productive, not just Mr £110k.
And most people I know who earn £110k aren’t trying to work less/avoid promotion. They’re trying to earn £200k or £300k.
It’s a dishonest argument, used to save rich people a tax bill.
November 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The system needs top-to-bottom reform, sure.
But we should want everyone to be productive, not just Mr £110k.
And most people I know who earn £110k aren’t trying to work less/avoid promotion. They’re trying to earn £200k or £300k.
It’s a dishonest argument, used to save rich people a tax bill.
But we should want everyone to be productive, not just Mr £110k.
And most people I know who earn £110k aren’t trying to work less/avoid promotion. They’re trying to earn £200k or £300k.
It’s a dishonest argument, used to save rich people a tax bill.
Of course the article is punctuated by specific examples, which can all be argued in either direction.
But your entire premise of “we’re taxing the top 20% too much” is an opinion, not a fact.
Most people choosing between heating and eating think taxing the “almost rich” more is a good thing.
But your entire premise of “we’re taxing the top 20% too much” is an opinion, not a fact.
Most people choosing between heating and eating think taxing the “almost rich” more is a good thing.
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Of course the article is punctuated by specific examples, which can all be argued in either direction.
But your entire premise of “we’re taxing the top 20% too much” is an opinion, not a fact.
Most people choosing between heating and eating think taxing the “almost rich” more is a good thing.
But your entire premise of “we’re taxing the top 20% too much” is an opinion, not a fact.
Most people choosing between heating and eating think taxing the “almost rich” more is a good thing.
No! 🙂
That’s his best, but “Silent Sigh”? “You Were Right”? “Pissing In The Wind”?
That’s a solid level of consistency.
That’s his best, but “Silent Sigh”? “You Were Right”? “Pissing In The Wind”?
That’s a solid level of consistency.
November 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
No! 🙂
That’s his best, but “Silent Sigh”? “You Were Right”? “Pissing In The Wind”?
That’s a solid level of consistency.
That’s his best, but “Silent Sigh”? “You Were Right”? “Pissing In The Wind”?
That’s a solid level of consistency.
Oooh, I'd give Mansun "I Can Only Disappoint U" as well. But it's a very short list, you're right.
From a similar era - always though everything Longpigs did was overrated aside from the excellent "She Said".
From a similar era - always though everything Longpigs did was overrated aside from the excellent "She Said".
November 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Oooh, I'd give Mansun "I Can Only Disappoint U" as well. But it's a very short list, you're right.
From a similar era - always though everything Longpigs did was overrated aside from the excellent "She Said".
From a similar era - always though everything Longpigs did was overrated aside from the excellent "She Said".
Thank you. This needs saying loudly and often.
We're going backwards as a nation at the moment - with politicians and media twisting every big public conversation into negativity about migrants.
When Yaxley-Lennon is cheering the Overton Window moving to suit his needs, we're in trouble.
We're going backwards as a nation at the moment - with politicians and media twisting every big public conversation into negativity about migrants.
When Yaxley-Lennon is cheering the Overton Window moving to suit his needs, we're in trouble.
November 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Thank you. This needs saying loudly and often.
We're going backwards as a nation at the moment - with politicians and media twisting every big public conversation into negativity about migrants.
When Yaxley-Lennon is cheering the Overton Window moving to suit his needs, we're in trouble.
We're going backwards as a nation at the moment - with politicians and media twisting every big public conversation into negativity about migrants.
When Yaxley-Lennon is cheering the Overton Window moving to suit his needs, we're in trouble.
I have a quite tremendous amount of respect for how honest/transparent you are, about what you're going through. Keep doing it. Your tribe remains with you. 👊
You're also very funny/witty/dry/whatever, so I'm going to keep following you regardless. ❤️
You're also very funny/witty/dry/whatever, so I'm going to keep following you regardless. ❤️
October 28, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I have a quite tremendous amount of respect for how honest/transparent you are, about what you're going through. Keep doing it. Your tribe remains with you. 👊
You're also very funny/witty/dry/whatever, so I'm going to keep following you regardless. ❤️
You're also very funny/witty/dry/whatever, so I'm going to keep following you regardless. ❤️
Okay, “treat all trans prisoners differently” because “men generally commit more violent crime than women” is getting to a level of broad generalisation that makes little legal or social sense. I’m tapping out of this one.
Try talking to some trans people. They’re people. They’re not the enemy.
Try talking to some trans people. They’re people. They’re not the enemy.
October 2, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Okay, “treat all trans prisoners differently” because “men generally commit more violent crime than women” is getting to a level of broad generalisation that makes little legal or social sense. I’m tapping out of this one.
Try talking to some trans people. They’re people. They’re not the enemy.
Try talking to some trans people. They’re people. They’re not the enemy.
That’s insane. Women can be horrifically violent too. Asserting this behaviour is because they were male at birth is speculative nonsense.
October 2, 2025 at 8:15 AM
That’s insane. Women can be horrifically violent too. Asserting this behaviour is because they were male at birth is speculative nonsense.
You are obsessed about the trans aspect of this person’s identity. Rather than their history of violence, their childhood trauma, their nationality, their age, their race, their hobbies, their shoe size.
When a cisgender person assaults someone, we don’t treat all cis people the same as a result.
When a cisgender person assaults someone, we don’t treat all cis people the same as a result.
October 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM
You are obsessed about the trans aspect of this person’s identity. Rather than their history of violence, their childhood trauma, their nationality, their age, their race, their hobbies, their shoe size.
When a cisgender person assaults someone, we don’t treat all cis people the same as a result.
When a cisgender person assaults someone, we don’t treat all cis people the same as a result.
Being trans has nothing to do with the behaviour.
Where do we put violent women who rape women? Men’s prison?
Where do we put violent women who rape women? Men’s prison?
October 2, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Being trans has nothing to do with the behaviour.
Where do we put violent women who rape women? Men’s prison?
Where do we put violent women who rape women? Men’s prison?
Those are three different answers. In a character-limited format, I’ll say “privacy, competition and it varies”, but it’s a much longer conversation.
If we’re doing new questions, let me go. This person was Irish. Should we ban all
Irish people from women’s prisons because of these actions?
If we’re doing new questions, let me go. This person was Irish. Should we ban all
Irish people from women’s prisons because of these actions?
October 2, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Those are three different answers. In a character-limited format, I’ll say “privacy, competition and it varies”, but it’s a much longer conversation.
If we’re doing new questions, let me go. This person was Irish. Should we ban all
Irish people from women’s prisons because of these actions?
If we’re doing new questions, let me go. This person was Irish. Should we ban all
Irish people from women’s prisons because of these actions?
I can’t see the connection because you’re comparing ‘chocolate cake’ to ‘subtraction’.
Gun laws exist because guns make it very easy to cause harm to people.
Assuming everyone who belongs to a specific demographic behaves the same is basic prejudice.
They are different conversations.
Gun laws exist because guns make it very easy to cause harm to people.
Assuming everyone who belongs to a specific demographic behaves the same is basic prejudice.
They are different conversations.
October 2, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I can’t see the connection because you’re comparing ‘chocolate cake’ to ‘subtraction’.
Gun laws exist because guns make it very easy to cause harm to people.
Assuming everyone who belongs to a specific demographic behaves the same is basic prejudice.
They are different conversations.
Gun laws exist because guns make it very easy to cause harm to people.
Assuming everyone who belongs to a specific demographic behaves the same is basic prejudice.
They are different conversations.
Saying that we can't allow Irish people in women's prisons because of these actions would be wrong.
Saying we can't allow 23-year-olds in women's prisons because of these actions would be wrong.
But sure, let's tar all trans people with this brush.
Saying we can't allow 23-year-olds in women's prisons because of these actions would be wrong.
But sure, let's tar all trans people with this brush.
October 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Saying that we can't allow Irish people in women's prisons because of these actions would be wrong.
Saying we can't allow 23-year-olds in women's prisons because of these actions would be wrong.
But sure, let's tar all trans people with this brush.
Saying we can't allow 23-year-olds in women's prisons because of these actions would be wrong.
But sure, let's tar all trans people with this brush.
Yes, I support restrictions on the object designed for the sole purpose of killing people.
Not quite sure how that relates to treating entire demographics of humans the same, based on one characteristic.
Not quite sure how that relates to treating entire demographics of humans the same, based on one characteristic.
October 1, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Yes, I support restrictions on the object designed for the sole purpose of killing people.
Not quite sure how that relates to treating entire demographics of humans the same, based on one characteristic.
Not quite sure how that relates to treating entire demographics of humans the same, based on one characteristic.
Full disclosure: I'm a White British man - GCSE English Grade A (2000), don't think I've claimed any benefits (it helps I've never had kids or need tax credits, like the majority of people)...but emphatically have never done any volunteering that wasn't either paid or mandatory.
Deport me. 🇦🇺
Deport me. 🇦🇺
September 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Full disclosure: I'm a White British man - GCSE English Grade A (2000), don't think I've claimed any benefits (it helps I've never had kids or need tax credits, like the majority of people)...but emphatically have never done any volunteering that wasn't either paid or mandatory.
Deport me. 🇦🇺
Deport me. 🇦🇺
Would love to see the stats on White British people who volunteer at the weekend, have never claimed any benefits and have a GCSE Grade 4 ability in English
September 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Would love to see the stats on White British people who volunteer at the weekend, have never claimed any benefits and have a GCSE Grade 4 ability in English
I think you’re missing my point. They don’t take their shirts off when their team-mates score, or when the keeper makes a good save.
It’s not instinct and ingrained. It’s on purpose. It’s learned behaviour. It can be unlearned. All this “but, but, they’re excited!” makes zero sense.
It’s not instinct and ingrained. It’s on purpose. It’s learned behaviour. It can be unlearned. All this “but, but, they’re excited!” makes zero sense.
September 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I think you’re missing my point. They don’t take their shirts off when their team-mates score, or when the keeper makes a good save.
It’s not instinct and ingrained. It’s on purpose. It’s learned behaviour. It can be unlearned. All this “but, but, they’re excited!” makes zero sense.
It’s not instinct and ingrained. It’s on purpose. It’s learned behaviour. It can be unlearned. All this “but, but, they’re excited!” makes zero sense.
Still waiting to hear why it’s something to do after you’ve scored a goal. I understand scoring a goal is exciting. Why take your shirt off?
September 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Still waiting to hear why it’s something to do after you’ve scored a goal. I understand scoring a goal is exciting. Why take your shirt off?
And I’m still yet to understand why “scoring a goal” leads to “remove clothing”.
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
And I’m still yet to understand why “scoring a goal” leads to “remove clothing”.
Yeah, but he gets paid and instructed to do all those things. Whereas there’s a rule that says he’s not allowed to do the thing I said.
If I punch my colleague, I get disciplined. If he punches his, he gets disciplined. It’s like there are rules saying what’s acceptable and what isn’t.
If I punch my colleague, I get disciplined. If he punches his, he gets disciplined. It’s like there are rules saying what’s acceptable and what isn’t.
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Yeah, but he gets paid and instructed to do all those things. Whereas there’s a rule that says he’s not allowed to do the thing I said.
If I punch my colleague, I get disciplined. If he punches his, he gets disciplined. It’s like there are rules saying what’s acceptable and what isn’t.
If I punch my colleague, I get disciplined. If he punches his, he gets disciplined. It’s like there are rules saying what’s acceptable and what isn’t.