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Last Notes npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 I agree with this entirely, but I think it has developed beyond that. Under Johnson we saw him & many of his politicians actually monetising the political system to directly enrich themselves, using government like a giant personal ATM. It's a big reason the country finally woke up and kicked out the Tories. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 Can this be followed by an investigation into Keir Starmer's (and other Labour MPs) Israel links? npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 luckily, the government also equally crack down on wrong-doing by MPs. /s npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 surely this will just create bigger problems in the future? npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 He criticises whilst (in this article at least) not offering any viable alternative other than taking from what is now the middle class (a diminishing percentage of the population in itself) - which is exactly what the billionaires want. He skirts over the issue of the vast difference between a billionaire and someone who now happens to own a home that may currently be valued at £1m, and offers what? npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 It also ignores the fact that these are human beings and that during their time in their new country they will make connections, establish relationships, and (most) will contribute to the society in which they now live as they attempt to rebuild their lives and attain some sort of 'normal' life free of fear and persecution. To rip that away after what they have already endured is inhuman. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 The one thing that often seems to get left out of the discussion on wealth taxes is that millionaires & billionaires have seen their wealth increase astronomically over the last 5-10 years, both relative to historic growth rates, & the rest of the population, most of whom have seen their income stagnate & even fall (even more so relative to inflation). npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 I still remember when Rafah was Biden's red line back in May last year. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 How much is a life worth? npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 All the regulatory bodies have just become a corrupt sham, doing the very opposite of what Thatcher assured everyone was consumer protection, to sell the whole Privatisation scam. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 Agreed - different opinions to his own are not tolerated in the party, or the country as a whole. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 I feel that this actually flips reality on its head. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 Dear Mister Starmer npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 🤞 npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 I'm not even convinced govt. policy is directed by a pursuit of growth. I suspect that like the Official Tory Party™ they are mostly focussed on protecting the wealthy and continuing the upward transfer of wealth. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 I get quite a few people disagree with me about Starmer being a fascist, but i have no better word for someone who will not tolerate anyone even within his own party offering an alternative opinion to his own, expelling party members and MPs who do not bend the knee, using police powers to squash any public dissent from HIS policy stance, particularly those policies that target the defenceless, whether at home or abroad, and actively participates in the genocide of civilians. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 I used to have a Private Pension that was reduced to about one tenth of its original value due to legal & government bungling, obfuscation & lies. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 I'm a little concerned that Starmer says they have shared family values. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 the difference in spending hides a lot of hidden facts... out of 8 billion people, very few buy yachts. A lot more buy washing machines (as an example), and the top 10% with their 50% of all spending do not buy half the washing machines, or smartphones, or computers, etc. And as those more expensive little 'luxuries' become out of reach for a growing proportion of people, these are the areas that will be hit hardest, not the yachts or private jets. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 And after the corporate owners give all the jobs to the robots, the only ones buying the corporate owners products or services will be... the robots? They won't be paying the robots? So who does that leave to buy the products or services? npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 Ah, i see the problem here. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 "the BBC is fully committed to covering the conflict impartially" npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 Agreed, although I wouldn't say 'willing', but yes, desperation. In my own case I was in constant 24 hr pain, and even with painkillers was unable to sleep for more than 2 hours at a time because the pain was so intense. I had a consultant appointment scheduled that was almost 6 months away. I simply could not have endured waiting 6 months. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 Let me think about this. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 I've been arguing for a long time now that people have to stop thinking of politics in terms of nation states - the world is now purely in a battle between the rich & powerful, and the poor. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 the problems of a 400 character limit is i often have to try to curtail my thoughts (and less explanation), tho i generally regard it as a good thing. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 The problem here is that it has never been Starmer's role to lead a Left Labour Party, but rather to actually stop the drift back to the Left under Corbyn. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 well, i can see why most of us are not politicians... because most of us aren't warmongers with no care for human life... npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 I know I'm dreaming of a fantasy land here, but for once I'd like to see politicians making decisions not simply because of the financial benefits (or lack of), but because they are either morally, or ethically, right or wrong.. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 People would realise the disparity is even worse if they'd stop thinking in percentages. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 agree 100% npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 Labour is the one party that definitely SHOULD be representing people out of work, if for no other reason than being there to help people get into work, supporting them with education, healthcare, and the financial ability to be able to pursue employment opportunities, these are the very things that often impact whether people are able to work. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 Starmer, our Prime Minister, supports this. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 Since the media won't honestly report what is happing in Gaza, so Palestinians have had to show the world themselves, we can't have Palestinians showing their final extermination to the world, can we? npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 What has Farage EVER done to prove his competency, his credentials, his ability to do anything constructive? npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 i have no disagreements with the value of a structural analysis of society, but the terminology is self-reinforcing in terms of the value of people from different groups in society. 'Upper' automatically implies superiority, and leads to entitlement. 'Lower' is automatically demeaning and 'Lower' and 'Working' are often used as pejoratives. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 Indeed, many of the derided immigrants in our country work to maintain a sense of community far more than 'English' people. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 and people's social isolation is not due to immigration... it's more due to the 'no such thing as society', the elevation of self-interest as a virtue, the breakdown of empathy as being aspirational, the 'on your bike' mentality (of Norman Tebbit), and prioritising 'work' as the standard measure of a person's value that has disrupted communities as people move and chase the financial means to simply stay alive. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 i've never liked the terms upper class, middle class, and lower class (or working class) commonly used in the UK - i found the terms loaded with secondary meaning that places value judgements on people. Consequently i've always simply viewed life and society as a battle between rich and poor, powerful (those with power) and non-powerful (those without power) ... (and just look at the antonyms for powerful - almost all loaded as derogatory) npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 also, land clearance ready for Israeli occupation npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 I'm sure you can correct me if wrong, but it seems to me that governments only ever take account of the 'cost' of welfare benefits in terms of money going out. And then they stop there, ignoring the effects of that money circulating in the economy, helping to maintain the livelihoods and businesses of other people within the economy, and in turn also returning in part from more taxable income from businesses & employees at those businesses who benefit from that increased spending. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 And for this, Biden handed the Presidency to Trump... npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 Dear UK, npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 The world's inaction (fine words do not count as action), doing nothing to stop Israel's war on ALL Palestinians is the most morally corrupt thing to happen in human history. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 or. from what I remember, interest paid on money owing? npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 Countries should be boycotting El Salvador as much as America, for enabling this npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 Who predicted RFK Jr. saying billionaires are autistic? npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 and the simple the fact that generally the longer you take to fix something (or defer it), the more extensive the damage and the more expensive to fix. (Same for the NHS and health - the longer you leave helping someone, the greater likelihood their condition will worsen and require more time/resources to resolve later) npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 During my 60+ years of life I have never seen a right-wing party achieve power by telling the truth. Not once. Anywhere. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 I think the mistake is trying to understand Trump in terms of the conventional economy. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 Anyone who's ever had benefits as their sole source of income, or been homeless, knows that it is the very poverty of the situation that makes it difficult (sometimes impossible) to get a job. The longer you're in that situation, the less money you have to purchase clothes to appear professional in an interview, and the less money you have to even travel to work when you first get a job. In London, the travel cost alone can use up at least half your benefits (excluding housing). npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 An interesting display of Labour's priorities, to 'save' British Steel whilst continuing to allow water companies to poison us and our environment. I will never understand the point of saving businesses or investing in weapons to 'save' our country if politicians continue to allow people to die through inaction in stopping profiteering of water and energy companies, on top of benefit cuts and driving poverty. What exactly are we saving? npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 relaxing mortgage conditionality was one of the biggest mistakes in the UK - it's why it now often takes 2 people on above average wages to buy a house, whereas in the 60s/70s it only required 1 person in the household to be working (or a decent inheritance). Rising house prices most benefitted people already on the housing ladder, enriching already well-off people. Also contributed to rents rising such that it is difficult for a single person to find decent rented accommodation. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 I wish American 'Warfighters' would remember how much disdain Trump has shown for them, referring to them as losers and suckers. I wish they would pay attention to how he is treating Vets in the current purge of government institutions. They should realise that he will discard them just as easily as he disparages them. Not one of them should be fighting on behalf of this man-child. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 Excellent article - further to the economic factors (benefits) surrounding defence spending, self-investment is an urgent 'must', highlighted by Trump sabotaging the working of supplied equipment to Ukraine... that control cannot be left to outside countries. 2nd, so far Ukraine has been left to fight a war not only for themselves but for the whole of Europe. Largely it is only their citizens dying, but their win is essential for all of us. Doing nothing will cost more. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 The thing that frustrates me most about all discussions involving European Aid for Ukraine is that it is highly likely that if Ukraine fails, Putin won't stop there, and the rest of Europe could self-destruct politically, and Russia will continue it's attempts to extend its borders. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 I agree with you on many things but not this one. Giving young people the ability to choose to have a college or university eduction without the fear of crushing and off-putting debt enables them to gain higher paying jobs with higher tax contributions. Blocking people from that opportunity is short-sighted and self-defeating for the relative education of the nation competing in a global economy. Current policy is typical of the UK's ignoring the big picture. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 When i was born (into an average family) my father was the sole breadwinner. That was true for almost every other family on the road of mortgaged houses where we lived on an average estate in an average town. Almost every house had a car in front of it. When i went to college there were no fees. Many even received grants to help with living costs. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 Why isn't a husband voting differently to his wife like the husband cheating on his wife? npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 When I think of Just Stop Oil protestors and the vast number of people protesting against the genocide in Palestine it occurs me that the reason governments don't listen to them is because they are not billionaires. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 The difficulty here is people. Unfortunately, a lot of people are at best morally & ethically grey, & even if we were to replace all the current members of the police force, those new members would still be coming from an uncertain pool of candidates. A bit like replacing Tories with Starmer. The problem is compounded by the fact that this also extends to the people who would be selecting new candidates, not only the replacements themselves. I don't have a solution. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 odd, i found regularly reading what you write told me enough npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 oh, we've reached the 'terse words' stage... that'll stop him... npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 I think I'll get better results tossing them into a volcano to appease the gods... npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 I missed that version. Was it the Director's Cut? npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 I'm not sure eliminating Hamas was the primary objective, more a bi-product. Israel are creating a land uninhabitable for its previous and existing citizens - I believe Isreal's plan is to repopulate it as part of Israel, and that involves both depopulation, and land clearance, so they can rebuild with little trace of its previous inhabitants left to remind people of the horrendous cost to life (and morality). (Much like their main benefactor). npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 When I see the stories about so many ex-republicans now endorsing Harris, the surge in voter registration after various Harris endorsements, the decline in numbers attending Trump events, the fact Trump lost in 2020, and that now many people only have smartphones and ignore unknown callers, it is hard to take polls seriously. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 The same for billionaires. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 Israel & its allies have repeatedly tried to paint Israel as the underdog, defending itself. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 It's not an original thought, but I have long argued that War is a failure of Politics, and that leaders who resort to War to achieve their ends are not 'strong' - they are weak, lacking both the intelligence and the will to find other solutions that do not cause wanton destruction and death. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 I don't think we'll really know what Kamala Harris thinks on this issue until 7th January. Maybe unfairly, I expect to be disappointed. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 When i refer to the lack of imagination under Labour, this is what I'm talking about. There is no £22bn black hole - it's billionaire/millionaire tex avoidance/evasion. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 Yes - what changed under Johnson was the unapologetic public nature of the corruption. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 Public knowledge of Tory corruption started slowly. When they received an unassailable majority under Johnson, the corruption went into overdrive to the point they didn't even try to hide it. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/113/192/248/153/059/348/original/9e54c9f530b060ab.png npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 Starmer received more in donations and gifts (and that's just the ones that have become public knowledge) than a single person receives in basic Job Seeker Allowance/Housing Benefit in over SIX YEARS. But yeah, Welfare scroungers are the problem. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 Takes a special kind of stupid to be gifted an election on a plate - not because of your own popularity but because of disdain for the incumbent - and not use that opportunity to show you are a better person npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 Most people have no idea of the many obstacles to gaining work that exist for homeless people. Even simple things like being able to wash and wear clean clothes to make yourself presentable, getting to an interview or place of work when you can barely even afford food, and may not even have had a decent night's sleep. When you are homeless you own no more than you can carry, and maybe not even that if mindless thugs have attacked you and robbed you of everything you possessed. npub1kr8frtd7zarkdm9l7ws469mvdjvx05szx4th0m4z0fkyjlqtyt7sy2ek5q SufferForMe 🆘 I'm with Mia on this - my principles have to come first over any other perceived value. 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