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Discussion in 'General Chat' started by HRH Custard VC, Apr 12, 2022.

  1. QuarterMoonII

    QuarterMoonII Economist

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    You really are as brain dead as I think. You are arguing against actual facts. Go back to what I originally stated (you could not even manage that): “nearly six million on sickness benefits” – note the plural, more than one sort of benefit covers ‘sickness’. You then quote the government website from 2010, when the DWP reckoned that 78% of people on incapacity benefit were fit for work. So three quarters of one sort of ‘sick’ people were not as sick as they claimed.

    You brought the NHS into it – I never mentioned NHS vacancies originally, just vacancies in the economy. I never stated that NHS vacancies were all for D.I.E. managers (you wriggling around in the hole you have dug yourself) but they seem to be able to afford lots of them on six times a nurses’ wages, so why not get rid of the useless prats and hire six nurses instead?

    Let us try some pretty pictures:

    Statista_LongTermSick_20240330.jpg
    May 2010 – 2,233,000 on Long Term Sickness
    December 2023 – 2,800,000 on Long Term Sickness: most common reason cited ‘mental health’.


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    February 2010 – Incapacity benefits 2.61m
    August 2023 – Incapacity benefits 1.59m, UC (Workless) 3.86m


    According to the DWP, the number of people claiming Universal Credit without having to look for work is 3.9 million:
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    No surprise at all that a quick analysis of the places with the highest numbers of benefit claimants as proportion of population comes up with Labour voting Birmingham (6.6%), Manchester (4.7%), London (4.7%), Liverpool (4.6%) and Newcastle (4.6%). People that vote for the workers’ party not really working.

    The official seasonally adjusted unemployment rate as of February 2024 was less than 1.59 million.

    I see that you keep getting likes off the same brain dead followers for arguing that 2+2=5.
     
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  2. Archers Road

    Archers Road Urban Spaceman

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    Ooh, look. Graphs…
     
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  3. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    ...and not a Venn to be seen.

    Everyone loves a Venn.
     
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  4. Archers Road

    Archers Road Urban Spaceman

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    Partial to a pie-chart myself.




    Mmmnn…pie…
     
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  5. pompeymeowth

    pompeymeowth Prepare for trouble x
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    I prefer a pie chart
     
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  6. pompeymeowth

    pompeymeowth Prepare for trouble x
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    Nooooo
     
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  7. Toby

    Toby GC's Life Coach

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    Easter Road 1980 Well-Known Member

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    Saf Not606 Godfather+NOT606 Poster of the year 2023

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    He didn't say Ukrainians must fight to the last person. He said they will fight to the last person.
     
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  10. Saf

    Saf Not606 Godfather+NOT606 Poster of the year 2023

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    No need for that.
     
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  11. QuarterMoonII

    QuarterMoonII Economist

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    Graphs from official (Leftie) Establishment civil servant statistics – it does not get anymore hard cold fact than that.

    Look at that big orangey bit in the middle one that started in 2015 and has ballooned ever since with work shy slackers claiming utter b*ll*cks like anxiety and depression. Some of these cretins need to man up or we should get them off the system by firing squad.

    If the data came from the OBR it would be totally unbelievable as they should be scrapped for being consistently wrong. Starmer and Reeves will base everything on them.
     
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  12. QuarterMoonII

    QuarterMoonII Economist

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    It is probably worth £3.5m unless it is in Stockport
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  13. QuarterMoonII

    QuarterMoonII Economist

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    Charles and Camilla?
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  14. Mind The Duck

    Mind The Duck Well-Known Member

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    That's worse
     
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  15. Mind The Duck

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    I think we should trial UBI before trying firing squads
     
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  16. Mind The Duck

    Mind The Duck Well-Known Member

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    Is Ukraine officially a dictatorship if Zelensky remains in power tomorrow?
     
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  17. pompeymeowth

    pompeymeowth Prepare for trouble x
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    Are they under martial law?
     
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    Archers Road Urban Spaceman

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    I think they are. But they’re also at war. Isn’t that what martial law means?
     
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  19. Toby

    Toby GC's Life Coach

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    Yep, and their constitution says that under Martial Law they don't hold elections.

    Guess the clowns Mindy follows don't care about facts.
     
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  20. Mind The Duck

    Mind The Duck Well-Known Member

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    For about 6 more weeks
     
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