Off Topic Politics Thread

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ChilcoSaint said:
I absolutely agree, but consider the effect on a party’s votes when they pledge to raise income tax by 1p in the £ in order to fund the NHS properly. Most of the people who sent money to Captain Tom won’t vote for that on principle, even though the tax would probably cost most of them less than their donation.
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We could solve so many of societies problems overnight if the basic rate of income tax was raised by 2p in the £ (while raising the threshold to protect the low paid), and loopholes for business and high earners were closed. But yeah, that's always been considered electoral suicide. I wonder though, after this crisis is over - what sort of society to we want to be, and are we all willing to pay towards it?
 
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ChilcoSaint said:
Another of our great comedians tells more home truths:
https://www.independent.co.uk/voice...Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1587050630
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Nailed it in the last paragraph about the captain.

Meanwhile, my employer Lidl, are still parking their morals in the gutter and refusing to accept that the updates to the coronavirus job retention scheme, that clearly indicate that people with care responsibilities are now eligible to be furloughed.
They still insist that the original rules trump the updates, which will make life interesting when I do return to work.
Do I follow work procedures that come from updates or should I ignore the updates and continue to follow the original guidelines?
That will be an interesting conversation.
 
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Archers Road said:
Wtf happened in Nova Scotia last night?
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Yeah, it's a bit of a trip. Used to drive by his freaky denture clinic fairly regularly. Amazed that the whole "homemade police cruiser" didn't raise serious alarm bells before.

Sounds like the first victims were his ex and her spouse, because of course.
 
Schad said:
Yeah, it's a bit of a trip. Used to drive by his freaky denture clinic fairly regularly. Amazed that the whole "homemade police cruiser" didn't raise serious alarm bells before.

Sounds like the first victims were his ex and her spouse, because of course.
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No one you know has been hurt, I hope? (though the victims will all have friends and relatives, of course).
 
No one that I am aware of, though I know a couple people who knew victims. Happened a couple hours east of here...tiny little community I had never even heard of previously. Sounds like he has been planning this for a long time... making a fake cruiser wasn't a hobby.
 
Schad said:
No one that I am aware of, though I know a couple people who knew victims. Happened a couple hours east of here...tiny little community I had never even heard of previously. Sounds like he has been planning this for a long time... making a fake cruiser wasn't a hobby.
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Jesus. Glad you're okay mate. What a nutter.
 
Interesting little online tit for tat going on at the mo.

A bunch of fake NHS staff Twitter accounts that are actively pro-government pop up, some that have lifted pictures of actual NHS employees. Twitter journalist grabs hold of it, investigates it and there looks to be some genuinely interesting questions raised

Official Department for Health and Social Care Twitter account responds 'These claims are categorically false' 'To share disinformation of this kind undermines the national effort against coronavirus'.

I mean, I could be wearing my tinfoil hat here, but it almost looks a step away from an official Gov twitter handle accusing a journalist of wrongthink.

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Am I right......it turns out that the reason for the shortages in PPE equipment is because the British suppliers sold them pretty well all abroad just before our orders went in. Oh and don’t blame the government for being late in ordering..........that was the responsibility of the hospitals themselves. It means basically that the shortage was caused in that case by the suppliers just looking for early profit!!!
 
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Beddytare said:
Am I right......it turns out that the reason for the shortages in PPE equipment is because the British suppliers sold them pretty well all abroad just before our orders went in. Oh and don’t blame the government for being late in ordering..........that was the responsibility of the hospitals themselves. It means basically that the shortage was caused in that case by the suppliers just looking for early profit!!!
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Verifiable sources for this claim please Beddy. Given what was known at the time shouldn't export restrictions have been in place? Did the hospitals have funds for such purchases? This was when the threat was being downplayed. Am I right.
 
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