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What’s their deal! ? Shady American money?
January 21, 2026 at 8:23 AM
What’s their deal! ? Shady American money?
If you don’t hammer them they’ll assume their appeasement of the far right is working so I think it really is important to keep hammering them.
January 8, 2026 at 6:20 PM
If you don’t hammer them they’ll assume their appeasement of the far right is working so I think it really is important to keep hammering them.
I mean, it was sustained through quite a bit of might as well.
January 7, 2026 at 7:59 AM
I mean, it was sustained through quite a bit of might as well.
And without a bowl, where do you put waste liquids while you’re washing up? In the water? Urgh. If you have a second sink, then absolutely no excuse for a basin. But if just one sink it’s an unfortunate necessity
December 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
And without a bowl, where do you put waste liquids while you’re washing up? In the water? Urgh. If you have a second sink, then absolutely no excuse for a basin. But if just one sink it’s an unfortunate necessity
As someone prohibited from driving by virtue of poor eyesight, I don’t like this argument. Your options are slightly restricted by not driving but you are not cut off from society. A quarter of the population manage it and most of those haven’t killed anyone!
December 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
As someone prohibited from driving by virtue of poor eyesight, I don’t like this argument. Your options are slightly restricted by not driving but you are not cut off from society. A quarter of the population manage it and most of those haven’t killed anyone!
Unfortunately I suspect the headache HS2 has caused the last couple of governments means that future rail infrastructure spending will not happen on any scale. HS2 could have been the launchpad for all these other projects people in this thread talk about, but what government would risk that now?
December 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Unfortunately I suspect the headache HS2 has caused the last couple of governments means that future rail infrastructure spending will not happen on any scale. HS2 could have been the launchpad for all these other projects people in this thread talk about, but what government would risk that now?
Why have the Guardian completely shat the bed on this issue? I’ve spent the last 20 years reading their opeds saying governments should invest in public transport and then when it happens… this.
December 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Why have the Guardian completely shat the bed on this issue? I’ve spent the last 20 years reading their opeds saying governments should invest in public transport and then when it happens… this.
Something weird happens in high end estate agents where normal supply and demand rules don’t apply. I think they see it as a loss of status if they drop the price so they just keep it on the market for ages and presumably inflation takes care of the value eventually.
December 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Something weird happens in high end estate agents where normal supply and demand rules don’t apply. I think they see it as a loss of status if they drop the price so they just keep it on the market for ages and presumably inflation takes care of the value eventually.
I’m predicting this will actually increase cases in the system as a) the CPS will feel empowered to push a load of borderline cases before these judge panels which it never would have put in front of a jury, and b) that will generate loads of appeals from wrongful convictions
December 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I’m predicting this will actually increase cases in the system as a) the CPS will feel empowered to push a load of borderline cases before these judge panels which it never would have put in front of a jury, and b) that will generate loads of appeals from wrongful convictions
The opposite end of this is people justifying costs in terms like ‘50p per household per day!’ Who measures costs like that? Totally meaningless. I assume you only do this when you think the actual cost is too high and you need to break it down to its smallest possible unit.
December 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The opposite end of this is people justifying costs in terms like ‘50p per household per day!’ Who measures costs like that? Totally meaningless. I assume you only do this when you think the actual cost is too high and you need to break it down to its smallest possible unit.
What a waste of a perfectly good house.
November 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
What a waste of a perfectly good house.
Wow. Is this… in the present day?
November 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Wow. Is this… in the present day?
Yeah I think we’re agreeing
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Yeah I think we’re agreeing
I think we’re all agreeing that nobody gets near the £4k limit. I think where we differ in whether the government should restrict it or not.
November 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I think we’re all agreeing that nobody gets near the £4k limit. I think where we differ in whether the government should restrict it or not.
No, and it didn’t get me to £4k. Maybe half that. But you keep citing the limit rather than what the bulk of people spend. Children’s safety kit is specifically included by design: the gov wants me dropping my kids at school by bike on the way to work to reduce car journeys. This helps that happen
November 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
No, and it didn’t get me to £4k. Maybe half that. But you keep citing the limit rather than what the bulk of people spend. Children’s safety kit is specifically included by design: the gov wants me dropping my kids at school by bike on the way to work to reduce car journeys. This helps that happen
My point was in defence of the scheme!
November 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My point was in defence of the scheme!
It includes the cost of gear too, including, in my case, child seats etc. So it’s quite easy to get to a seemingly large number without being unreasonable
November 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
It includes the cost of gear too, including, in my case, child seats etc. So it’s quite easy to get to a seemingly large number without being unreasonable
That chicken nuggets case is such a bollocks example anyway. The case was overturned in a higher court saying that the first tier tribunal erred in law. So our existing frameworks can and did deal with that issue
November 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
That chicken nuggets case is such a bollocks example anyway. The case was overturned in a higher court saying that the first tier tribunal erred in law. So our existing frameworks can and did deal with that issue
Hi. Real life example of one of those here, and yes.
November 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Hi. Real life example of one of those here, and yes.
This is what I don’t get. They’re quite obviously a one term government, so why not just do some good and fix things? At least then history will look kindly on you.
November 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
This is what I don’t get. They’re quite obviously a one term government, so why not just do some good and fix things? At least then history will look kindly on you.
Agreed. Also it’s currently a crazy tax break for those higher earners above pension age
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Agreed. Also it’s currently a crazy tax break for those higher earners above pension age
Yeah. Such a massive tell in such a short sentence. The taking is the anchor, the objective fact. The giving is the subjective variable part. Totally accepting the ‘problem immigrant’ narrative but with the reluctant and patronising suggestion that there’s the odd paediatric surgeon they’d tolerate
October 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Yeah. Such a massive tell in such a short sentence. The taking is the anchor, the objective fact. The giving is the subjective variable part. Totally accepting the ‘problem immigrant’ narrative but with the reluctant and patronising suggestion that there’s the odd paediatric surgeon they’d tolerate
True but also the gradual elimination of single glazing and doors you can put in with your shoulder. It’s just a lot harder to get into the average house now than 30 years ago.
September 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
True but also the gradual elimination of single glazing and doors you can put in with your shoulder. It’s just a lot harder to get into the average house now than 30 years ago.
Same here. Every time I clicked on a seat it said it had gone so you click on loads of seats very quickly and it thinks you’re a bot
September 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Same here. Every time I clicked on a seat it said it had gone so you click on loads of seats very quickly and it thinks you’re a bot