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Yeah, that was criminal imo! I know I'm in a minority here, but I do actually think the BBC is balanced - I'm pulling the "I've lived in many other countries card" that always makes me feel a twat , but when you see Sky in Australia , Cayman compass , CNN etc - you realise what real TV news bias looks like. Channel 4 is the closest we have , but its to my own alignment so I don't mind I think in trying to be impartial the BBC airs views that support both sides, but at different times - so yes they may give something the limelight and not something else at the same point in time, but over time it balances out. I don't see them as being supportive of the tories, the headlines are mostly critical. But then during Covid I did think that Nick Triggle twat was telling us all it's just a mild flu, from day 1 until today and recently inferring that the NHS was beyond hope - Fixing the NHS - a near impossible job for new PM? - BBC News .

I hated writing about the "mini budget cost the BoE 65bn" piece, because it feels like saying it's only 6bn! 6bn could pay for libraries for eight to ten years , on current budget*.. But it's being said a lot by the media and its factually very incorrect and needs to be called out. I desperately want to see an end to politicians openly saying something on camera and microphone, when its published fact otherwise. Trump did it and Boris did it and it frankly scares me that people swallow it all. Websites like fullfact etc dont even seem to help. I certainly don't want to hear about Labour or the Liberal Democrats doing it , but perhaps they both know what they are up against, a rigged system, monopolies everywhere and lobbying being "accepted as norm" - so they are deciding to get down and dirty just to get power off of them? *UK library budgets fall by £25m in a year | Libraries | The Guardian

Adding .... I'm not an economic expert, I've got an a level and a little degree .. But I think that's more than these twats. Some of my above post might be misunderstood , but I "reckon" its right 😀

I'm full of covid, so this may make no sense by the end and I wont edit for once! Sometimes I wonder at how smart the smart people are.. This is a result of the BoE saying its going to end its emergency buying measures, it's not a surprise - it's perhaps a surprise its gone a bit earlier . Hopefully, most know me on here as a rabid socialist - so read this the right way please, I'm not supporting anything the twats in charge have been saying, blaming the BoE - the BoE has to control inflation, its all its there for (and lender of last resort of course) The BoE had to act due to the mini budget, but its the BoE acting to purchase that drove the interest rate down (this is the "cost of borrowing" for the government, to anyone who's not savvy). The BoE said they'd spend up to 65bn - I think they've spent around 5 to 7.5 bn (they said up to 3bn per day). There's lies going around on both sides, but the BoE have NOT spent 65bn on bonds - but what they will want to do is make these purchases investments and therefore it's in their interests that the price goes UP from the day they bought them, so they are assets and not debt. Maybe they've seen the background of Kwasi's report - or maybe they have decided that if the government wants to play stupid buggers with debt and borrowing and ignoring the elephant in the room of extreme supply chain issues*- whilst simultaneously blaming the BoE for inflation - then fuck em.. Lets look after our own institution and prioritise inflation and fuck the damage to pensions, investment funds etc - let them die on their own sword, rather than the BoE be brought back into Gvt control. I mean, can you imagine what would have happened if the BoE was under gvt control during this past month - we'd have kissed goodbye to the state pension and any chance of controlling inflation , thats for sure. (* yes its global, but the Brexit add on has fucked us royally). Side note - but this is worth watching for any with an interest - I've crossed paths with him in real life and he's no socialist - hes "one of them" , but he speaks the truth and pretty much spells out that Britannia Unchained is utter utter bollocks. This was recorded years ago, 11:40 onwards debunks these twats completely.

I watched this in bed, with Covid for the first time - and saw my neighbour in my seat on TV 😕 Was always going to miss this match, had a weekend booked In Edinburgh for a family birthday -- nailed on win, but 5 - 1 .. wow.

Fuck me, they cancelled the raise outright and cancelled the NHS Health and Social Care Levy.. I'm in a kind of shock despite expecting it to happen - but not to cancel the whole fucking raise.

That depends on who "we" are. If its people on PAYE between 12,570 and 150k then sure - but corporation tax (if companies even "choose" to pay it - see holding companies offshore / Ireland etc) , dividend tax , directors salaries seem to be continually getting looked after. It boils my piss to see corporation tax fall , when its almost fucking optional to anyone above the middle classes - PAYE is optional to most business owners , over the working class - and they are just totally screwed. Corporation tax profits 2009-10 (£) Corporation tax profits 2010-11 (£) 0 - 300,000 21% 21% 300,001 - 1,500,000 Marginal relief Marginal relief 1,500,001 or more 28% Corporation tax rates Financial year 2020-21 Financial year 2021-22 Financial year 2022-23 Financial year 2023-24 Main rate 19% 19% 19% 25% Small profits rate N/A N/A N/A 19% Lower threshold N/A N/A N/A £50,000 Upper threshold N/A N/A N/A £250,000 A cut of 2% to 19% over 2010 and the 28% higher rate isn't even there anymore. 2023-24 was promised by Sunak - but lets see how long that lasts - they'll fucking reduce it again. I'm not trying to be "all about the workers" but the squeeze is on everyone but the upper middle classes to the elite, imo - and nothing on corporations due to "your pensions are in it" / "they will take their business elsewhere" etc. Oh shit, rant coming... Costa wont take their business elsewhere if you tax them properly for UK sales , or force them to give proper employment contracts - it will just be an "operating cost" for selling coffee in the UK, which they will still want to do - they can still make a profit. Profit is better than no profit. jaysus... valium and relax.

I think I've vented before here about the Guardian - for me it's the Mail on the other side of the spectrum. "libertarian" has fuck all to do with the Liberal Democrats. It refers to neoliberalist economics, not liberal politics. Difference Between Liberalism and Neoliberalism | Compare the Difference Between Similar Terms

Yeah I think that's incorrect myself - as otherwise Centrica wouldn't be making the money it is. I believe the price cap preserves their margin. But I'll go research though, as what you are saying makes more sense than what I am thinking.

fuck me , i picked the wrong time to post a bigun!

I bet this has already been posted , but I've not seen it. It's a gem anyway: One thing thats pissing me off at the moment (and please someone correct me if I'm wrong) - are two statements coming hard and fast in the media : Both of which totally contradict my A level economics knowledge, of supply and demand and how prices are decided by the market. Forgive the format, I know its not school 1. Energy companies cannot help the wholesale price and we cannot control it - they are not making excessive profits. a. The way I understand this says they ARE - they charge a percentage mark up on the fuel they sell - so if a unit costs £1 and they put a 10% markup on it - they make 10p per unit - if a unit costs £4 and they put 10% margin on it they make 40p per unit - thus exploiting the consumer - who has no choice but to pay. b. Electricity is sold at a price matching unit price - no matter the source. E.g "Gas prices going up, means electricity cost goes up" . How does that work for Nuclear, Renewable etc? They are just matching the cost - if they sold theirs cheaper , then they would put decrease demand on the gas electricity, thus forcing a reduction in price. 2. We cannot tax profits at a higher level , because it stifles investment. This has to be bullshit - Consumers pay tiered tax - low rate and higher rate , based on thresholds. Businesses are taxed on GROSS profits (profits that equal the revenue brought in from sales vs the cost of selling those goods ). Am I mistaken that investments are a Cost of goods sold? If I invest in training courses because my employees need new skills next year - that is a cost of selling my service and therefore its a cost that reduces the profit so I'm taxed less. So how does taxing people reduce investment? If anything it MAY convince them to invest more in order to avoid taxes and reap their money over a longer term. Thinking that oil and gas companies are going to seriously invest of their own accord into renewables is like thinking a tobacco / nicotine company is going to invest in not selling nicotine anymore. Set me right someone please, its driving me fucking bonkers.

I'm perhaps old and jaded, but I've said this 3 times in the past 25 years... They have the media sewn up and marketing is all powerful nowadays.

It really did, exactly like that and that's why I can't let it go I'll try get my lass to sign up just to back it up. (cos that makes it even more credible, from the same IP, right?) I'm still livid, a trip down from Maidenhead then we ended up getting our tenner deposit back and having to book some shit seafront overpriced room at last minute on a saturday. Utter utter cunt he was.

To be fair though, my last visit to Brighton , after a 100 mile drive - was to be kicked out of a hotel that we'd reserved because he didn't have the parking he said he had and we were a straight couple. Seriously. I asked about parking - he called us too straight and uptight and told us we'd have to go ; I told him he can't do that - he pointed to the camera and said "I've just filmed you complaining that the hotel is a queer hotel" .. (which of course, we didn't say anything like). Cuts both ways. Was fookin livid. Oh, and FWIW I think this is going to be a challenge for us. I'd be happy with anything other than defeat.

He needs to stop just standing about or walking when he loses possession, so many times today he was the ONLY member of the team not jogging at least. I was raging at him today and felt a bit sorry for the lads sat next to me - I think I just hit a snap point with him - all I see is ego.

So, after seeing Pope today - wow what a difference and clearly better than Dubravka (albeit just this one game). Was getting annoyed with ASM again today though, he just seems so disinterested when out of possession. Also wrong with Lingard being a good target for us , he looked properly in it for the money today, not the Lingard of his England days by a long shot.

Well, in my limited experience of watching Pope, I think Dubravka is better. Pope has that England goalkeeper twitch in him that makes silly mistakes every 4 or 5 games. Also, Wood aint no Donkey either. Hopefully he'll settle this year and maybe ASM will learn how to put a high ball in, rather than a square ball when he's ran out of options on the touchline with 3 men on him.

You keep mentioning Dubravka like he's our second keeper - I'm not so sure, he's probably better than Pope ?

even if, imo. We've finally got a bit of depth . Yes it's dissapointing we haven't got a striking option - but honestly, last year's team was good enough for top 10 , if Howe was here since day 1 - this one is much improved. Everyone we've rid of - wouldn't get a chance even if Wilson or Bruno got injured. All my opinion, but I'm super happy with deals made last year, that we still haven't seen the benefit of (Trippier, for example) - and having watched and followed wood's international career I think he's a cracking player and hopefully just needs to settle in. Expecting instant results is a bit of a thing nowadays imo, as the Premiership is spoilt with the best of the best - I still think it takes at least a year for any "normal" player to truly gel with the team. I've not been this excited for years , proper buzzin!

The squad we have is good enough for a top 10 finish , using the squad , not relying on just a first XI - I'm feeling pretty good about the business done and , more importantly, the lack of business we've done with piss takers. European qualification has to be a possibility too.

I thought he did, but without that word - saying moving the balance back to people getting paid a fair amount for the work they do (I'm paraphrasing as I heard it, didnt read it). Personally, I think he's playing dirty, and the long game - He needs to win over the idjits and there a lot right now , because the public are regularly fed a dose of bullshit. Once they are in , I'd hope they will move their policies for the next term far more in line with what we would expect. Priority is power at this stage. What I'd like to see, is Lib Dems rock up with a full nationalisation plan during the strike year, now that would perhaps win favour. My fear is that the Tories stand for a strong lurch towards USA culture and politics, and priorities for me now are deeper than just socialism - we MUST be seen to stand in agreement with the ECHR for example. For me, the repercussions of what they are trying to do at the moment could really hurt not only our image, but global security - other countries do look and follow the UK sometimes , the pandemic is a sign of that imo.

You can go sea kayaking in Tynemouth , it's not quite the same as the daily kayak to the beach from my house I used to do , but it is very relaxing and surprisingly calm. (my kayak was the blue one at 0:04) -just saying

Lovely. Wonderfully manipulative use of the word: cower.

On a private fucking plane no doubt.

Get well soon, skank. I'm still clean too, despite being in the face of it quite a few times.