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Reply | Diane Abbott barred from standing as an MP
at 13:00 2 Jun 2024
Abbot was educated through the state system and earned a place at Cambridge University - that’s hardly “thick as shite.”
I’ve no time for her or Corbyn, but it’s clear Abbot is very popular in her constituency as even last time out when Boris romped home, she picked up over 70% of the vote. |
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Reply | Champions league final interested?
at 23:08 1 Jun 2024
No interest in at whatsoever, not watched any of this years Champions League. I absolutely despise Real Madrid. |
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Reply | Trump
at 23:04 31 May 2024
Trump is a wrong un. End of. |
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Reply | Improved train service for the Cardiff area
at 23:00 31 May 2024
That’s not technically correct as Swansea also has 3 stations, High Street, Gowerton and Llansamlet but your point about improving train services west of Cardiff is very valid. [Post edited 31 May 23:00]
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Reply | Labour the new Tory party
at 22:51 31 May 2024
I’m not a Labour supporter, but the country is in a state after 14 years of Conservative rule, the last 5 years of which is just about the worst period of governance I can recall in terms of competence, corruption, rule breaking, dishonour, lying, gaslighting etc etc. There’s also been a huge transfer of wealth and we’re paying the price.
Immigration has gone off the Richter scale and we’re paying the price with massive increases in house prices, pressure on services, infrastructure and the NHS. Cameron sad he’d bring net migration down into the tens of thousands, but after 14 years of increases we’re now seeing a net increase of 3/4 million. We need invest in training, upskill int people and making people who’re on the dole work (there’s plenty swinging the lead) or do community service - work also needs to pay. I’d vote for a party who promised to deliver that, but none are. [Post edited 31 May 22:52]
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Reply | Royal Mail owner IDS agrees Kretinsky's £3.6bn takeover bid ...
at 22:44 30 May 2024
Commitment to retain the U.K. tax residency ……..
FFS what is the country coming to, it was a British company providing a service in the UK which WE are paying for through the nose, it has a monopoly on letters etc - there’s no way on earth it should be paying its tax elsewhere. In fact we need a serious review of the accountancy and tax rules, if companies want to headquarter in some island and pay no tax then so be it, but they should then be hit with a turnover fee to make up for it. |
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Reply | Trump
at 22:38 30 May 2024
He’s innocent mun - he’s the victim in all this!! Trump is claiming “This was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt,”
I’m of the view he’s as bent as a nine bob note, good enough for him. I just hope there are enough people the other side of the pond who can see through his bovine excrement.
It’s a pretty sad state of affairs when the best the US can do is Trump and Biden. |
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Reply | Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
at 00:00 30 May 2024
Posters are squabbling about life expectancy and mortality rates across the north west and wales - open your eyes and look further afield and compare the North with the South East and the South West. That’s where the big differences are and I’d wager deprivation is a main factor. |
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Reply | Doing a runner
at 23:52 29 May 2024
Good enough for them, thieving @@@@@@@@‘s!
They’ve both got heaps of form and 20 odd aliases on the Police National Computer, so they’re not averse to telling fibs to conceal their identity and I suspect the number of convictions is just the tip of their offending history. |
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Reply | The return of National Service
at 23:44 29 May 2024
The dismantling of our armed forces has accelerated significantly over the last 14 years and staffing levels are bumping along at historic lows. I know the Conservatives traditionally claim to be the party of law and order and the protectors of the armed forces, but looking at things in terms of budgets that doesn’t seem to equate with reality.
In cash terms, spending on defence peaked under John Major in the early 90’s, it then started falling back before it started to increase under Tony Blair in 1997 (£39.9bn) peaking at £73.5bn in 2007. During the Labour years, spending on defence was around 2.5% of GDP.
Defence spending then fell back under Cameron/ Osborne and then May to £52bn (1.9% of GDP) in 2017 before starting to creep up.
Defence spending in 2022 was £69bn and around 2% of GDP - this is still lower than it was under Labour in 2007 and less than the 2.5% figure the Trumpster wants to see across NATO.
If Labour’s defence budget of £39.9bn from 1997 had kept pace with inflation, then we’d now be spending £76.2bn on defence per year. |
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Reply | Angela Rayner
at 21:12 28 May 2024
Not that you’d think that’s the case from the headline in The Telegraph. I suspect they are clutching at straws.
The story came about from an unofficial biography by a Conservative peer and has been pushed by the Conservative Party. Seemingly, no case to answer, which many suspected from day one. I’m not a Rayner fan, but she’s been exonerated.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/28/angela-rayner-no-further-action/
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Reply | The return of National Service
at 12:55 28 May 2024
Nobody in the west wants to see children packed off to war and used as canon fodder, but there are times we have to stand up to aggressors and tyrants, you know 1939, Ukraine etc etc, if we don’t we’ll just be steamrollered in to servitude. |
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Reply | The return of National Service
at 16:26 27 May 2024
Just read that the bulk of the funding for this scheme will come from scrapping the shared prosperity scheme which was introduced to redistribute cash and level up post Brexit. |
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Reply | Summer holiday activities in Turkiye and similar
at 21:07 26 May 2024
The daughter of I guy I used to work with went back packing around Thailand and was involved in a crash whilst a pillion passenger on a moped, she sustained nasty injuries and a 5 figure medical bill - the insurance company refused to pay up.
You’ve got to read the small print in any policies. |
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Reply | Travel Insurance Advice
at 21:01 26 May 2024
Thanks all, I’ll have a good look at your suggestions over the next few days. |
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Reply | The return of National Service
at 21:00 26 May 2024
When I first saw the story in this mornings press I thought it was April Fools Day. It seems poorly thought out, back of a fag packet stuff. Conscripting 30,000 out of around 770,000 eighteen year old kids for 12 months - mental.
While I think there’s definitely a need to provide some young people with a means of developing their skills, a broad brush approach is not required. The kids who need to be targeted are those who are not in education, training or employment not the kids who’re in school and working hard or the kids who’re grafting in a Saturday or Sunday job.
In Wales, as part of the Welsh Bac A level kids have to do a volunteering placement. One of my children (who was a really strong swimmer) volunteered as a swimming coach at a local swimming club. They coached the children and helped the develop the adult volunteer coaches. It was far from easy and involved quite a lot of hard work, including lesson plans for the kids, lesson plans the adult coaches, delivering the session, feed back, reflections, feed back to the coaches etc etc. It also helped them develop their communication skills - it’s not easy for an 18 year old to tell and adult what to do! |
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Thread | Travel Insurance Advice
at 12:29 26 May 2024
I have an elderly relative in her 80’s who has a couple of underlying health issues, the relative is looking to book a holiday and needs to source travel insurance. I have obtained 1 quote which was, to be quite frank extortionate. I was wondering if anyone on here had suggestions on where I might be able to try and get a better price. |
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Reply | Rooney for Plymouth
at 21:19 25 May 2024
I’m shocked by this, Rooney had 2 wins in 15 games - Sheffield Wednesday and Cardiff City. 10 points out of a possible. |
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Reply | The ospreys new ground?
at 21:09 25 May 2024
Bridgend is the better ground, St Helens is a rubbish stadium and is completely unsuitable for top level rugby. If the O’s are looking for a long term home and they have money to spend, then it has to be in Swansea, if they font have any money and there’s limited support available from the council then it has to be Bridgend.
I watch a lot of club rugby, but have no interest in going to watch regional rugby. |
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