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Fun thread on all the poo poo that might be on its way just made even worse by the bank of England raising interest rates https://twitter.com/RichardJMurphy/status/1555466755094503424?t=INpjDheVLraC6SxP9XtUDg&s=19
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The interest rates rises are obviously bad for a lot of people but really it was incredibly irresponsible to just let borrowing be basically free for a decade. Like rates had to come up at some point even if it's not for the reasons BoE is saying Also fun fact, the only times interest rates have solved inflation before is when they have been higher than inflation. Number can only go up uP UP
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Wait the UK is going to war with China? Seems unwise.
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Apart from driver shortages there's a whole bunch of other stuff affecting the transport industry. Fewer EU trucks mean less cabotage. A truck going from Spain to Scotland might pass through England and pick up additional cargo to deliver to Scotland. But with fewer trucks coming from the EU it means more British trucks are needed for making internal deliveries. The reason there's fewer trucks coming to the UK is because the additional Brexit paperwork is just too much hassle when there's high demand across the EU with virtually no bureaucracy. Oh, and your drivers might end up being criminalised if some poor refugee is found clinging to the rear axle of your vehicle. The UK's licensing system has changed to deliberately make it more difficult for UK employers to check the license details of EU drivers. If you work for an EU company and have been driving haulage in the UK for more than 5 years, you're required to switch to a UK CPC license. Congratulations, now you have a license that isn't valid in the EU! And our motorway services are loving abysmal compared to the facilities for drivers in most of Europe.
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happyhippy posted:Done a google. what makes me suspicious is the answer to 'who has 3-5k lying around to train' is subsidies, grants incentives etc not... get rid of the test
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Clyde Radcliffe posted:https://twitter.com/LBC/status/1555456738555486208
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projecthalaxy posted:Wait the UK is going to war with China? Seems unwise.
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A Buttery Pastry posted:The solution: Driving even bigger trucks. They considered that & scrapped the plans in 2020...
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I accuse you all of being members of project fear
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Clyde Radcliffe posted:Apart from driver shortages there's a whole bunch of other stuff affecting the transport industry. Are you saying... We've hosed it?
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SMILLENNIALSMILLEN posted:lmoa jeuss christ england
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Regarde Aduck posted:Are you saying... We've hosed it? Charged with one count of vilifying Britain.
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Regarde Aduck posted:Are you saying... We've hosed it? I don't believe we ever had anything to gently caress in the first place
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Jose posted:Fun thread on all the poo poo that might be on its way just made even worse by the bank of England raising interest rates got a, no joke, 100% unironic "well we survived the blitz" response to the impending financial collapse in a dulwich pub last weekend
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bitmap posted:got a, no joke, 100% unironic "well we survived the blitz" response to the impending financial collapse in a dulwich pub last weekend Ah you were talking to Eric idle
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Jose posted:Ah you were talking to Eric idle oh, speaking of which: https://twitter.com/thestuffofmemes/status/1555616282896211968
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Defiant Starmer allies say it would only encourage “high net worth” donors: “Our polling would probably skyrocket overnight.” Lmao
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Venomous posted:oh, speaking of which: https://twitter.com/thestuffofmemes/status/1555616282896211968 I can definitely appreciate an out of touch comedian not only turning into the kind of person they made fun of, but also specifically living out their famous jokes for real
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Tom Smykowski posted:Defiant Starmer allies say it would only encourage “high net worth” donors: “Our polling would probably skyrocket overnight.” the best quote possible
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Tom Smykowski posted:Defiant Starmer allies say it would only encourage “high net worth” donors: “Our polling would probably skyrocket overnight.” 
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sounds like every union should disaffiliate and instead form a new party to recruit mps to that's interested in labour issues you could call it a...labour...party???
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the jeremy corbyn hope and change party
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atelier morgan posted:sounds like every union should disaffiliate and instead form a new party to recruit mps to that's interested in labour issues Maybe, the British Workers Party…
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It's a hindu symbol of peace, op
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That's a weird rear end photo to choose too
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lol no wonder the labour left got rolled when this melt was in charge https://twitter.com/jonlansman/status/1555931287998849025?s=20&t=KaZUO7Te-jnJTd8rhHFxkA
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Has there even been a single instance in history where a grand coalition of everybody from the liberals to socialists that didn't end with the socialists getting purged to grease the skids for fascism? Like they literally spend millions on PR campaigns to emphasize the fact that they believe in absolutely nothing except that everybody to their left is basically a terrorist
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february revolution i guess
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Yeah I guess it still qualified as a coalition at that point
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I've been learning about the 1848 revolutions and lol loving liberals
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Epic High Five posted:Has there even been a single instance in history where a grand coalition of everybody from the liberals to socialists that didn't end with the socialists getting purged to grease the skids for fascism? Like they literally spend millions on PR campaigns to emphasize the fact that they believe in absolutely nothing except that everybody to their left is basically a terrorist We've done it before; united, we cannot be stopped!! Then we'll all get lined up and shot by fascists Or just Communists and liberals Who've been waiting all along to become the fascist cops
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Epic High Five posted:Has there even been a single instance in history where a grand coalition of everybody from the liberals to socialists that didn't end with the socialists getting purged to grease the skids for fascism? Like they literally spend millions on PR campaigns to emphasize the fact that they believe in absolutely nothing except that everybody to their left is basically a terrorist Hungarian Revolution maybe. Although in that case it was nationalism that united the liberals and socialists against the minority populations Hungary.
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Jose posted:lol no wonder the labour left got rolled when this melt was in charge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JikhuJjM1VM
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CoolCab posted:i feel like that was quite not what happened in the 1930s yeah, considering Ramsay MacDonald in particular was (a) an incompetent Prime Minister (b) an arsehole who tried to sell Labour out to the Tories and was expelled from the party as a result, Labour in the 1930s is no model of electoral success to anyone but the Tories
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