WhiteRoseKillie
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I'm absolutely not, though. A prison officer in 2020 was taking home less than they were in 2010:- thanks to a decade of derisory, non-consolidated and often non existent pay awards coupled with the attack on our pensions and the resultant massively increased contributions required. Anyone unfortunate enough to have joined the service after the"fair and sustainable" review is on twenty per cent less than that.You are just plain wrong about this.
The vast majority of people are better off or are happy enough with their lives.
It's a very big part of why they keep voting Tory and why auld lefties like you will never, ever persuade them to change. You are describing a world that most people simply do not recognise. You can call them all the names you want but nobody is listening to people like you and the few who do hear you don't care what you think.
I assume those on benefits or low pay are better off because they saved so much on their food bills by using food banks, then? If only that had been an option back in the bad old days, eh?
You really are a nasty piece of work, aren't you? I know you think I'm a "virtue signalling lefty". From a selfish knob like you, I'll take that.
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Of course I'm not speaking for you. You're a selfish cűnt, so I have very little in common with you.Oh aye. Only you care about your kids future. The rest of us couldn't give a shit about what they face. Are you listening to yourself? [emoji1787]
Moaning like an whiny auld crabbit b*****d, which absolutely is what you're doing, is not the same as caring about something. It's just being a whiny crabbit auld b*****d.
Oh and when you say things like "We have a moral imperative to leave the world a better place for future generations. Our generation has signally failed to do so", you are certainly not speaking for me or anyone I know with that underlined bit. Maybe you just hang around in all the wrong social circles Whitey. Maybe instead of sitting at home whining on the internet, you should get out there and be the change you want to see.5 -
12 minutes ago, virginton said:
Except that you asked for a single, isolated policy that improved the lives of working people since 2010.
It's really not anyone else's fault that you made a roaring c**t of it, yet again. I'd stop digging if I were you.
The rise in personal allowance is only a part of a more involved policy of taxation. One which has unarguably left the vast majority of this country's people worse off than they were in 2010. In many cases (very often those on benefits and public servants) in raw numbers, let alone adjusted for inlflation.
But hey, you've won the Internet (virginton head (interior) division) yet again. Well done you.
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7 minutes ago, velo army said:
Carnoustie Young Guvnor.
Cheers. 'Twas the memory, right enough.
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4 hours ago, gannonball said:
Tbf its probably the first promise/policy I have seen come through my door for about a decade from the tories rather than ‘SNP BAD’ so progress in that sense. The council posts on fb regardless of context will always descend to quite aptly a bin-fire of comments regarding waste collection. Its always the general waste one though apart from charging extra for garden waste now, I now just don’t bother collecting my grass cuttings, f**k the system.
You want one of these babies..
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2 hours ago, virginton said:
Hopefully it gets chucked for being an ignorant fud who has had countless years to work out how the voting system works, and then struck off the register.
If we had done that in the year when every boomer didn't know how to follow basic instructions to cast two votes at the same time, we would have got the correct outcome in 2014.
^^^ can't count to 23. Or 15, if we just mean local votes.
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1 hour ago, velo army said:
I thought they were different posters. CYG and HCN were around at the same time and I never figured them for the same poster.
"CYG"? Did I miss this incarnation, or is the ol' memory letting me down?
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3 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said:
Largs is in North Ayrshire.
I thought his basement was in Greenock. I stand corrected. I have also shortened the list of possibilities for post-retirement re-location by one Largs.
Thanks for the heads-up.
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28 minutes ago, oaksoft said:
FFS. You asked for a single benefit.
He gave you one.
And you can't find it within you to accept it without an "aye but..."
Literally NOBODY is on here defending food banks. Not a single poster.
Literally no-one is saying anyone is defending food-banks. Not a single poster.
It simply is not possible to isolate one wee facet of financial policy without considering all the other policies which affect the end result. The Sage of Inverclyde again posts simplistic pish as if carved in tablets of stone.
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2 hours ago, WhiteRoseKillie said:
I'll stop posting "stuff like this" when stupid people explain to me exactly how the Government since 2010 has, in any way whatsoever, introduced any policy - any policy at all - which has made their life, or their families', or those of any working person, better. Or, any policy which has increased the country's standing or reputation internationally. Or any policy which has ensured the security of the country as a whole. Y'know, kind of the basics you'd like to think any half-competent politician would be able to have a stab at.
In your own time - I'll wait.
I don't gain anything from viewing people this way - watching society devolve in front of my eyes makes me sad and despairing for my childrens' future.
oh, btw, *"fúck all"
ETA: UK Government - I'm aware that some initiatives have originated from Holyrood.
12 minutes ago, oaksoft said:You can add a substantial increase to the new state pension too. It's still too low but it's gone up from about £139 per week to £180 per week. Yeah, that's a massive help. The latest rise is, unfortunately, below inflation. Raw numbers don't tell the whole story, do they, as evidenced by you next point.
Then you can add the triple lock stuff (although suspended last year). ..and, if you don't mind, I'll add the failure to replace ADI, which could be £70 a week lost from some pensioners. As I've posted earlier, let's look at things in the round.
So that's 3 things straight off the bat Whitey and it took less than 2 hours of you waiting. here's a wee rebuttal sfter a few minutes.
Then there's some minor things like the major success of London 2012 and Euro 2020 which they were party to. Really? Ignoring the fact that the Olympic bid was under a (pseudo) Labour government, have you ever heard the phrase "bread and circuses?
If you value the Union, they also prevented the break up of the UK in 2014. Which has benefitted you, yours or the country how?
They then pulled us out of Afghanistan - a country, like Iraq, we had absolutely no business being in - remind me who took us in there? They scurried out of Afghanistan on the Yanks' coat-tails - the same way as they went there in the first place.
Then there was the completion of the cross-rail link across London. I'm sure you don't care about that but for many in that area, it's a game changer. Four years late and massively over-budget, it is going to "start opening" in a few weeks time. Let's see how the operation operates before you claim that as a win, eh?
I'm pretty sure they raised the limit for ISAs to £20k now. Congratulations if you've got a spare 20k kicking around.
And I could have sworn that they allowed people to take their entire pension in one chunk rather than being forced to buy an annuity. How, exactly, is that a benefit?
I'm not about to defend ANY political party but for you to sit there claiming they've done "f**k all for anyone" is just childish pish. Absolutely none of what you've listed has made the slightest difference to me, my family, or anyone I know.* Many of the policies they have introduced absolutely have - and all in a negative way. From reducing one daughter's diability allowance to trebling another's tuition fees, they have year on year narrowed the possibility of advancement.
If you're going to attack people like the Tories (and you are VERY welcome to do so), at least know what the hell you are talking about first.
I was really asking you what you gain by living in perpetual rage. None of my business of course but it seems a pretty shitty way to live the few years of life we all get. We'll all be dead soon enough and none of this will matter anyway. Our kids will be just fine as long as we've equipped them with the tools to look after themselves. We have a moral imperative to leave the world a better place for future generations. Our generation has signally failed to do so and, unlike yourself, I actually care about this.
*Embarrassed to have forgotten the same-sex marriage legislation raised by ScottsDad, although, tbf, my sister and her partner never took advantage of the opportunity.
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39 minutes ago, virginton said:
The personal tax allowance effectively doubled between 2010 and 2021, which took the (very) lowest paid out of the income tax system entirely.
Yep, all those poor folk are so much better off, what with this altruistic action and the increase in in-work benefits. An obvious contributor to the almost complete eradication of food-banks. To quote the recent tory buzz-word, we have to look at financial policy "in the round".
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1 minute ago, scottsdad said:
I know a few gay couples that got married.
That is all.
Fair play. (i kinda knew there would be something).
Not a great return for 12 years, mind.
*awaits tsunami of progressive change implemented by WM*
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1 hour ago, jimbaxters said:
The good news is, you have the chance to change this with your vote today.
The bad new is, not in my area we don't.
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20 minutes ago, oaksoft said:
When you post stuff like this it makes it very hard to believe you are fundamentally any different from the people you call "Tory scum".
What do you actually gain from viewing people in this way?
Apart from "absolutely f**k al" of course?
I'll stop posting "stuff like this" when stupid people explain to me exactly how the Government since 2010 has, in any way whatsoever, introduced any policy - any policy at all - which has made their life, or their families', or those of any working person, better. Or, any policy which has increased the country's standing or reputation internationally. Or any policy which has ensured the security of the country as a whole. Y'know, kind of the basics you'd like to think any half-competent politician would be able to have a stab at.
In your own time - I'll wait.
I don't gain anything from viewing people this way - watching society devolve in front of my eyes makes me sad and despairing for my childrens' future.
oh, btw, *"fúck all"
ETA: UK Government - I'm aware that some initiatives have originated from Holyrood.
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11 hours ago, oaksoft said:
Or maybe it's just that people are capable of making their own minds up about who to vote for and don't experience life in the extreme black and white shades of the online world.
I have to say that the bit in bold really is unbelievably arrogant. And that's me saying that FFS.
Even the I'm-all-right-Jack traditional WCT practise of voting aspirationally or in their own self-interest doesn't apply anymore. Big Jock down the golf club is viewed with just as much contempt as an unemployed Jakey in Onthank. The difference is that Thatcher's Children and their descendants are too fucking stupid to see this. Yes, that's a generalisation, but we have a generation of fucking idiots on our hands who will accept any level of financial and social depredation as long as we can stop brown people coming into the country.
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2 hours ago, scottsdad said:
I don't want to be the one to tell him...
Yeah, OK. Someone was going to pick up on that.
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Ten for Thursday - eduguess on YPM, and a fortunate JtR on the Bouncy Welshman.
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11 hours ago, Loonytoons said:
I might very well be wrong but I think if you retire within 10 years of forced regrading you are entitled to the pension you would have been on had the regrading not occurred..
Certainly the case at my work and I'll be looking into it in greater detail if I get shafted.Yeah, the problem is that the regrade was, in effect, voluntary. Under HMPPS Performance Management, I could have been dismissed, terminated through Medical Inefficiency (which would have given me a payout of 23 months salary), Medically retired, or regraded. The regrade suited me best of the available options. Especially as I got nearly two years detached duty with plenty expenses to top up, as well as two years MT pay (non-pensionable, unfortunately).
All told, I've not done too badly.
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11 hours ago, johnnydun said:
That's pretty poor show losing that amount from your pension.
Are you pretty settled where you are or is a location move on the cards?
Hey, I'm still upright and of sound mind - things could be a hell of a lot worse.
I'm absolutely settled where I am - said to Mrs WRK recently that I'm just not willing to tip up at a new house - no matter how smart - with a basket full of network cables, wifi extenders and routers and try to set up my network from scratch. I'm fecked if I can remember half of the passwords., for a start. Seriously, we've recently built an extension, we're rural but close to York and not far from the coast, plenty countryside to ramble with the hounds.. yeah, settled sums it up.
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Got regraded after my stroke left me unable to perform the more physical duties - the way our pension is calculated meant staying on would see me losing forty percent if I stayed until 60, whereas leaving now means a hit of just sort of seven percent. Not ideal, but better than nearly half..Why are you leaving/left?2 -
55 minutes ago, williemillersmoustache said:
No idea where that is tho.
Aye, that's the one. The full leaflet shows a graph of vote share with Labour's bar sporting a EU flag, while the
cúntstories' side is emblazoned with the Butcher's Apron. You can almost hear the dog-whistle.1 -
17 hours ago, superwell87 said:
Have a job interview on Monday. Hopefully won't be long until I am out of inbound customer service.
I'll be honest - had to google that to make sure it was what I thought. I reckon I'd top myself or kill someone within months.
I've got a couple of post-HMPS interviews coming up. One tonight as a CEO, which ain't what you'd think. Stands in this case for Civil Enforcement Officer, or parking warden to you and me. The other is for accessing footage, calibrating and recording "safety" camera results. I obviously just wanna be loved..
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4 hours ago, Florentine_Pogen said:
Morgan v Farage in a fight to the death with mediaeval weapons. The survivor would then be fed to pigs whilst still barely alive.
HBO would surely sign up to PPV.
Take. My. Fucking. Money.
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5 minutes ago, williemillersmoustache said:
This is pretty desperate
Can't access twiiter on work PC - I assume this is the Hartlepool Tories? Absolute embarrassment.
Mind you, that's the constituency where one interviewee at the by-election was switching to Tory because "we didn't have any food banks when Labour were in power - now we have four".
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Morocco - specifically Marrakesh.
in The Travel Forum
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Off to Marrakesh with Mrs Wrk and a couple of the Rosettes in September. We had a cracking time when the two of us went to Agadir back in 2019, so looking forward to returning to the Desert Kingdom. Marrakesh is hundreds of clicks from the coast, however, so frolicking in the Atlantic surf is not an option this time round. The hotel has a massive water park and loads of pools, but I like to get out and about to explore the locale. Obviously the Medina and associated areas will be high on the list, but I was hoping the P&B massive can help with any suggestions for:
1. places of interest in the city itself, and
2. Places which are worth making an effort to get to on a day trip.
There will be five of us - Two in our fifties and three (including one boyfriend) in their twenties. All fit and healthy so walking ain't an issue. I'm assuming things have changed a bit since the days of Michener's "drifters" and other hippies, but I kinda like that vibe, so wouldn't mind if a similar atmosphere prevails anywhere.
Help us out, P&B!