@tomyo95.bsky.social
Everything is wrong, everything is a mistake, everyone thinks they can do it better. Getting pretty boring.
June 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Everything is wrong, everything is a mistake, everyone thinks they can do it better. Getting pretty boring.
And how are you going to increase disability benefits for the most vulnerable when PIP claimants doubled in one year and didn't go back down?
June 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
And how are you going to increase disability benefits for the most vulnerable when PIP claimants doubled in one year and didn't go back down?
The person she describes would be eligible for free social care, housing benefit, and/or universal credit if they're out of work. They would likely also get free public transport or maybe even a motability vehicle. How is their life at risk?
June 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The person she describes would be eligible for free social care, housing benefit, and/or universal credit if they're out of work. They would likely also get free public transport or maybe even a motability vehicle. How is their life at risk?
Sometimes governing is about facing reality instead of winning votes.
June 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Sometimes governing is about facing reality instead of winning votes.
Ever considered it's about not bankrupting the government instead of appealing to voters?
June 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Ever considered it's about not bankrupting the government instead of appealing to voters?
What the apps really need is for men to filter out women who filter them out by height. Because why do men need to waste time swiping through women who filtered them out?
June 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
What the apps really need is for men to filter out women who filter them out by height. Because why do men need to waste time swiping through women who filtered them out?
By 'bows to pressure' you of course mean follows the recommendation of the person he appointed to investigate whether it's necessary
June 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
By 'bows to pressure' you of course mean follows the recommendation of the person he appointed to investigate whether it's necessary
Just how is it possible to get a reasonable threshold wrong twice, let's say 25k??
June 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Just how is it possible to get a reasonable threshold wrong twice, let's say 25k??
As much as I want this country to be good for all it's inhabitants, if the public vote Reform into government then they deserve all the nonsense that comes with it
May 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
As much as I want this country to be good for all it's inhabitants, if the public vote Reform into government then they deserve all the nonsense that comes with it
So every policy tweak is a 'mistake' and needs to be apologised for?
May 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
So every policy tweak is a 'mistake' and needs to be apologised for?
I didn't lack understanding that building more houses means there are more houses when I made my original comment
May 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I didn't lack understanding that building more houses means there are more houses when I made my original comment
Yeah I can boil it down to 'just build more houses' - I didn't claim migrants have preferential treatment
May 13, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Yeah I can boil it down to 'just build more houses' - I didn't claim migrants have preferential treatment
Ah yes of course, migrants don't need houses or rooms when they get here, so it's a myth that they have any impact
May 13, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Ah yes of course, migrants don't need houses or rooms when they get here, so it's a myth that they have any impact
While they are a net benefit to the economy and tax revenue, what about the impact on supply of housing
May 13, 2025 at 7:36 AM
While they are a net benefit to the economy and tax revenue, what about the impact on supply of housing
It will win the votes of moderate conservatives who might be teetering on the edge of voting Reform
May 11, 2025 at 10:16 AM
It will win the votes of moderate conservatives who might be teetering on the edge of voting Reform
Such an overreaction
May 6, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Such an overreaction
Oh no, we aren't living in a happy distopia after 9 months?? Better change leader again!
May 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Oh no, we aren't living in a happy distopia after 9 months?? Better change leader again!
'Lower-performing men' - wealth inequality keeps systemically growing out of control and the blame is being shifted on the individual once more
April 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
'Lower-performing men' - wealth inequality keeps systemically growing out of control and the blame is being shifted on the individual once more
But, in theory, a judge who is not affected by racial bias would then be guided to give more lenient sentences to ethnic minority defendants. It's well-intentioned but we have to draft law to apply to everyone fairly.
April 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
But, in theory, a judge who is not affected by racial bias would then be guided to give more lenient sentences to ethnic minority defendants. It's well-intentioned but we have to draft law to apply to everyone fairly.
I'm as liberal as the next man but sentencing guidelines of making presumptions about people based on their ethnic background doesn't seem very equitable - if indeed it works that way
April 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I'm as liberal as the next man but sentencing guidelines of making presumptions about people based on their ethnic background doesn't seem very equitable - if indeed it works that way
and now the UK's second or third biggest expenditure is paying interest on their debt, which is the price of 'generating as much money as they wish'
March 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
and now the UK's second or third biggest expenditure is paying interest on their debt, which is the price of 'generating as much money as they wish'
Not a single benefits change has taken place, or will yet take place for two years, and the Guardian has brought out 20 articles talking about these hypothetical people suffering despite the announcements mostly supporting those with life-long disability + increasing their benefits above inflation
March 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Not a single benefits change has taken place, or will yet take place for two years, and the Guardian has brought out 20 articles talking about these hypothetical people suffering despite the announcements mostly supporting those with life-long disability + increasing their benefits above inflation
The war must seem like a political game to him while it's on another continent
February 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The war must seem like a political game to him while it's on another continent
Can't a man just be him and his wife at the same time in this country anymore
February 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Can't a man just be him and his wife at the same time in this country anymore