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

  1. QuarterMoonII

    QuarterMoonII Economist

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    Why? The plan to sell the Royal Mail to the Czech billionaire was already in the pipeline when the Tories were still in office. You appear to be too stupid to realise that the ‘Post Office’ and ‘Royal Mail’ are not one and the same.

    If the guy has any sense he will split the business in two and hand the loss making letter delivery part back to the government for £1. The only part of the business actually making a healthy profit is the European parcel delivery division that they bought.

    If anyone is crying tiny tears it will be the ‘nationalise everything’ Lefties.
     
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  2. Ponders Revisited

    Ponders Revisited Well-Known Member

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    How's the economy doing?

    Genuinely interested (but can't be bothered to check).
     
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  3. QuarterMoonII

    QuarterMoonII Economist

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    To which sort of ‘cruising’ are you referring? I have not tried any of them.
     
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  4. pieguts

    pieguts Mentor

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    You often make assumptions which are incorrect about people’s understanding of discussed issues. Trying to point score on an anonymous football forum is really sad and only highlights your own inadequacies.
    As a summary, you are a tedious and boring **** <cheers>
     
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  5. pieguts

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    You tinker…
    You need to improve your trolling fella, it’s becoming a little predictable <laugh>
     
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  6. QuarterMoonII

    QuarterMoonII Economist

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    Sir Keith Stalin is clearly on a quest to make sure that he has a Number 1 slot in the bag for Xmas as the Prime Minister with the worst approval rating in history.

    His constant lying is really coming home to roost with his promise to help the WASPI women now rejected by Rachel from Accounts as she has already splashed too much debt on unfunded and uncosted public sector pay rises for her union controllers.

    Absolutely no surprise at all that her calamitous budget has driven up inflation (now at an eight month high that she cannot blame on the Tories), so a pre-Xmas cut in the Bank of England interest rate now looks off the table. Will we get to a technical recession in 2025?
     
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  7. QuarterMoonII

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    How could I make an incorrect assumption about a post consisting of one 15 word sentence? I see no mention anywhere of a sale of the Post Office.

    Facts seem to be considered very tedious and boring on here. As I stated, the Post Office and Royal Mail are two separate entities. So your attempt at point scoring was a total own goal and highlights your stupidity. Lack of brain cells seems to be your inadequacy.
     
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  8. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    It's feeling a little poorly, but sends its regards.
     
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  9. QuarterMoonII

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    In fairness, Liz Kendall has delivered what many would consider to be a “fair solution”.
     
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  10. DMD

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    I've not looked deeply into the whole issue, but from what little I have read, I was surprised that the Ombudsman found in favour of the Waspi's, as I don't see their argument as being that strong.

    The whole issue of changing the pension age for both sexes is separate in my opinion.

    I think the main issue at present are the lies and hypocrisy of Labour offering their whole support, and then dumping the cause when they feel they don't need the votes.
     
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  11. Ponders Revisited

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    To the best of my knowledge, I don't think I've ever been a troll, let alone trolled anyone.

    I'm not one for politics, so I use this forum as a gauge. One side says one thing, and the other says something else. It is all rather confusing.
     
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    Hmm. That's a pretty grim assessment.

    I think I'll move to Borneo.
     
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  13. pompeymeowth

    pompeymeowth Prepare for trouble x
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    :emoticon-0159-musicI'm a troll, fol de rol:emoticon-0159-music
     
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  14. pieguts

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    Well done for not understanding the original post and you have the audacity to claim others lack brain cells <doh>
    You are a clown fella, tedious boring and not very bright… but a clown nevertheless <laugh>
     
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    Right oh…I’m convinced fella <laugh>
     
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    Correct – their argument was/is very weak. The original move to equalise the retirement ages for men and women was publicised long before it was introduced and it was pointed out that a group of women would lose out because they reached the old retirement age but would not be able to retire.

    The idea that they were being robbed of a pension was invalid since there is no State pensioner in this country for whom the State has saved one single penny of their National Insurance (N.I.) contributions. Ever since the system was created it has always worked on the (now defunct) theory that today’s workers paying the N.I. would fund living pensioners receiving a pension. Demographics (people living twenty years longer than they used to when the scheme was created) have destroyed the funding model, forcing governments to raise the retirement age.

    When it was equalised the decision was announced fifteen years beforehand. Only women born in the 1950s are affected and it seems plenty of them had their heads buried in the sand until 2010. If I recall, the Ombudsman set up a scheme to compensate women who had not worked sufficient years to qualify for a full pension (mostly having taken time out for childcare purposes) but this expired in 2010.
     
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    A person with at least two brain cells to rub together would have responded with more than one sentence to explain what they actually meant. Your original 15 word sentence was clearly open to misinterpretation because it contained no actual facts about how Starmer had allegedly sold out the Post Office when the only news was about the actual sale of the Royal Mail.
     
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    Hull. European city of Dullture !
     
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  20. Ponders Revisited

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    Goodo.
     
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