In reply to Post #344
I just try and live my life (currently fishing btw) 👍 all politicians are liars imho.
As soon as one party gets in power along comes the money and the wheel of self entitlement goes round again..
I just try and live my life (currently fishing btw) 👍 all politicians are liars imho.
As soon as one party gets in power along comes the money and the wheel of self entitlement goes round again..
In reply to Post #342
I Can't believe your affected by all of those.......any examples of how each has personally affected YOU please!
Mal, energy is down to putin remember.......not a Tory government ......
I Can't believe your affected by all of those.......any examples of how each has personally affected YOU please!
Mal, energy is down to putin remember.......not a Tory government ......
In reply to Post #347
Brexit has negatively affected all of us, but some specific stuff for me is a total collapse of selling records into Europe; I used to move about 400-500 records a year into the EU. Last time I sold one was about 3 months ago, and I got bombarded with complaints from the buyer due to the taxes he had to pay at his end (though I had warned him). Whilst travelling, having to queue up in the "Rest Of The World" queue whilst my family (with Irish Passports) continue to enjoy Freedom of Movement.
We all know how bad the NHS is; it's quite personal but one thing I could mention is that my daughters Asthma and Allergies Consultations have been axed due to lack of specialists and funding. Luckily her Asthma is in decline but she has a serious allergy which requires daily management (she is anaphylactic - it's a bit of a concern.)
All of our wages have stagnated; we all earn about £100 a month less than we did a decade ago in real terms and this is a significant contributor to the cost of living crisis. For the less well off, this is felt very acutely.
Brexit has negatively affected all of us, but some specific stuff for me is a total collapse of selling records into Europe; I used to move about 400-500 records a year into the EU. Last time I sold one was about 3 months ago, and I got bombarded with complaints from the buyer due to the taxes he had to pay at his end (though I had warned him). Whilst travelling, having to queue up in the "Rest Of The World" queue whilst my family (with Irish Passports) continue to enjoy Freedom of Movement.
We all know how bad the NHS is; it's quite personal but one thing I could mention is that my daughters Asthma and Allergies Consultations have been axed due to lack of specialists and funding. Luckily her Asthma is in decline but she has a serious allergy which requires daily management (she is anaphylactic - it's a bit of a concern.)
All of our wages have stagnated; we all earn about £100 a month less than we did a decade ago in real terms and this is a significant contributor to the cost of living crisis. For the less well off, this is felt very acutely.
In reply to Post #347
Not seeing much of Putin between the north Sea and my house Wayne...
4 per cent of our supply from Russia
100 per cent of energy bills gone up.
Price cap increased 12 per cent Oct 2021, 54 per cent April 2022, and was due to be 80 per cent Oct 2022...
There's no shortage of gas / electricity, just a shortage of appropriate and adequate action from government
And it's only 'tory bashing ' because they're the ones screwing people over. If it was Labour doing it, the criticism would be the same
Not seeing much of Putin between the north Sea and my house Wayne...
4 per cent of our supply from Russia
100 per cent of energy bills gone up.
Price cap increased 12 per cent Oct 2021, 54 per cent April 2022, and was due to be 80 per cent Oct 2022...
There's no shortage of gas / electricity, just a shortage of appropriate and adequate action from government
And it's only 'tory bashing ' because they're the ones screwing people over. If it was Labour doing it, the criticism would be the same
In reply to Post #349
We produce plenty of Gas, we just didn't invest in storage facilities, ergo, we export it to Europe who store it and then we pay more to get it back. Pretty inefficient.
We produce plenty of Gas, we just didn't invest in storage facilities, ergo, we export it to Europe who store it and then we pay more to get it back. Pretty inefficient.
In reply to Post #345
See post 348.
So, what were the circumstances around your two redundancies?
See post 348.
So, what were the circumstances around your two redundancies?
The government in power say we should be proud of food banks, think about it, u got it yet
Moving on there will be a warm bank near u soon, think about it
No clues, glad u got it.
Now if this was Labour f in up, I'd be on them like a rash, think about it.
Biggest devide between poor and rich, I won't ask u to think about it as you probably get it, 😉
Moving on there will be a warm bank near u soon, think about it
No clues, glad u got it.
Now if this was Labour f in up, I'd be on them like a rash, think about it.
Biggest devide between poor and rich, I won't ask u to think about it as you probably get it, 😉
In reply to Post #351
Just in 2000 .com collapse.
Just in 2000 .com collapse.
In reply to Post #352
So no solid evidence from either of you that the tories are causing those problems......Brexit, blame the people who voted for it, NHS is funded ok if we weren't giving free care to all and sundry, consultants and piss poor management from trusts. Energy prices is across the globe so hardly the tories fault!
Anymore.......
Anymore.......
In reply to Post #352
My daughters has to use them from time to time not the most dignifying experience, but she gets by.and it's good they are there.
Rich / poor divide I would argue about the same we just have the internet now with all its often not accurate / bias data which to base our argument on
My daughters has to use them from time to time not the most dignifying experience, but she gets by.and it's good they are there.
Rich / poor divide I would argue about the same we just have the internet now with all its often not accurate / bias data which to base our argument on
In reply to Post #350
Nobody saw this war coming it saved the UK nearly a billion an year when it closed in 2017.
So you could of said it was a good saving to close the centrica facility as it was not commercially viable.
Hindsight is a lovely thing eh...
Nobody saw this war coming it saved the UK nearly a billion an year when it closed in 2017.
So you could of said it was a good saving to close the centrica facility as it was not commercially viable.
Hindsight is a lovely thing eh...
In reply to Post #355
You can't blame the people who voted for it (not too much anyway). For a start, the referendum was only a thing because Cameron was terrified of UKIP and thought that the UK vote to remain would see them off. Complete and utter fail. Secondly....the people were misled, plain and simple. The reality is so far detached from the promises made during the campaign, its ridiculous.
As for the rest....it's all Tory ideology. Underfund social services, run them into the ground, privatise and make money for the rich donors to the detriment of all of us.
You can't blame the people who voted for it (not too much anyway). For a start, the referendum was only a thing because Cameron was terrified of UKIP and thought that the UK vote to remain would see them off. Complete and utter fail. Secondly....the people were misled, plain and simple. The reality is so far detached from the promises made during the campaign, its ridiculous.
As for the rest....it's all Tory ideology. Underfund social services, run them into the ground, privatise and make money for the rich donors to the detriment of all of us.
In reply to Post #358
Been happening for years under both cons and Labour! The reason we are where we are now is because of the bull**** totally unnecessary Lockdowns and quantitative easing......pretty simple really!
Been happening for years under both cons and Labour! The reason we are where we are now is because of the bull**** totally unnecessary Lockdowns and quantitative easing......pretty simple really!
In reply to Post #359
Mate, what you're saying just isn't true. Go back to my *fact checked* post number 241 and note how between 1997 - 2010 Govt. Improved education and health, reduced waiting times for hospital inpatient care, increased doctor and nurse numbers. All of this has been undone since, because of Tory ideology and the rigid commitment to capitalism, which fails everyone except the wealthy.
Mate, what you're saying just isn't true. Go back to my *fact checked* post number 241 and note how between 1997 - 2010 Govt. Improved education and health, reduced waiting times for hospital inpatient care, increased doctor and nurse numbers. All of this has been undone since, because of Tory ideology and the rigid commitment to capitalism, which fails everyone except the wealthy.