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Post by Gassy on Jun 23, 2023 8:59:31 GMT
Poor taste yes , the crux of what she is saying is right though. Never been a fan of hers as she’s far too left for me but there’s nutters on both extremes. Which is what I was getting at. Rather than people thinking she has a point, the focus will be on the taste of the tweet. Her points will be lost in the response which you can see from the twitter thread itself. Nutters on both ends of the political spectrum, welcome to each other. She's not right at all though. These guys are multi-millionaires / billionaires. If someone who earns Billions is taxed so much that they end up living like everyone else then thats just ridiculous - thats communism. I'm sure this lady is fairly well off, probably owns a nice car. I'm sure those in poverty would also say "If she earns enough to buy a new car, then she's not being taxed enough". Should we all be taxed to the point of the poorest? Then you have the point of bad taste and timing, which is frankly unacceptable. Finally, people potentially being trapped isn't comparable as a boat sinking unfortunately. Remember the global interest on the Thai boys stuck in a cave? Pretty sure they weren't billionaires. There's a huge difference in interest on a search & rescue Vs a report of death. Imagine if a far right loon said during the Thai cave trapping, "the fact that the teacher is a kids football coach as a career suggests he needs to get a better job to earn more money". There would be outrage, and rightly so. Should the rich be taxed more? Yes, I think we all agree with that. But her post is a load of sh*t and quite frankly disgraceful.
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Post by yattongas on Jun 23, 2023 9:30:37 GMT
Which is what I was getting at. Rather than people thinking she has a point, the focus will be on the taste of the tweet. Her points will be lost in the response which you can see from the twitter thread itself. Nutters on both ends of the political spectrum, welcome to each other. She's not right at all though. These guys are multi-millionaires / billionaires. If someone who earns Billions is taxed so much that they end up living like everyone else then thats just ridiculous - thats communism. I'm sure this lady is fairly well off, probably owns a nice car. I'm sure those in poverty would also say "If she earns enough to buy a new car, then she's not being taxed enough". Should we all be taxed to the point of the poorest? Then you have the point of bad taste and timing, which is frankly unacceptable. Finally, people potentially being trapped isn't comparable as a boat sinking unfortunately. Remember the global interest on the Thai boys stuck in a cave? Pretty sure they weren't billionaires. There's a huge difference in interest on a search & rescue Vs a report of death. Imagine if a far right loon said during the Thai cave trapping, "the fact that the teacher is a kids football coach as a career suggests he needs to get a better job to earn more money". There would be outrage, and rightly so. Should the rich be taxed more? Yes, I think we all agree with that. But her post is a load of sh*t and quite frankly disgraceful. She pretty much is a communist though , no idea what her wealth is . Let’s be honest this was vanity tourism by rich people ( gotta spend all that money on something when you’ve got everything 🙄) , going down to a graveyard just to boast they’d been there . That’s what I call sick .
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Post by oldie on Jun 23, 2023 9:39:59 GMT
Which is what I was getting at. Rather than people thinking she has a point, the focus will be on the taste of the tweet. Her points will be lost in the response which you can see from the twitter thread itself. Nutters on both ends of the political spectrum, welcome to each other. , probably owns a nice car. I'm sure those in poverty would also say "If she earns enough to buy a new car, then she's not being taxed enough". Should we all be taxed to the point of the poorest? Then you have the point of bad taste and timing, which is frankly unacceptable. Finally, people potentially being trapped isn't comparable as a boat sinking unfortunately. Remember the global interest on the Thai boys stuck in a cave? Pretty sure they weren't billionaires. There's a huge difference in interest on a search & rescue Vs a report of death. Imagine if a far right loon said during the Thai cave trapping, "the fact that the teacher is a kids football coach as a career suggests he needs to get a better job to earn more money". There would be outrage, and rightly so. Should the rich be taxed more? Yes, I think we all agree with that. But her post is a load of sh*t and quite frankly disgraceful. "She's not right at all though. These guys are multi-millionaires / billionaires. If someone who earns Billions is taxed so much that they end up living like everyone else then thats just ridiculous - thats communism." That's daft gassy. Nobody who points to the ridiculous extremes of income distribution is arguing for equal pay for all. "I'm sure this lady is fairly well off" Ummm Ashna Sarkar was born in London in 1992.[1][2][3] Her great-great-aunt, Pritilata Waddedar, was a Bengali nationalist who participated in armed struggle against the British Empire in 1930s Bengal.[4] Her grandmother is a hospital carer.[5] Her mother is a social worker[5] who was an anti-racist and trade union activist in the 1970s and 1980s,[4][6] helping to organise marches after the racially motivated murder of Altab Ali.[6] "She attended Enfield County School, an all-girls comprehensive school, before moving to the Latymer School, a selective grammar school for sixth form education.[5] She has undergraduate and master's degrees in English literature from University College London." With regards to the Thai cave rescue didn't one of the Brits who took part in that seek legal redress from Elon Musk for suggesting he "must" be a paedophile? Were you outraged Gassy? I didn't find her remarks offensive, but I agree with Stuart (again). Her choice of wording deflects from the main point she was making. It is outrageous that our capitalist system has become so corrupted that we have people flying in space (or trying to), having $500million yachts and but really expensive houses in places like London and not live in them. All the while we have war refugees living in tents, we have employed people in the UK who cannot live on the wage they earn whilst asset owners live a gilded life. Frankly I am more offended by that than a tactless comment on the death of people who took extreme risks because they could afford to.
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Post by Gassy on Jun 23, 2023 10:13:40 GMT
, probably owns a nice car. I'm sure those in poverty would also say "If she earns enough to buy a new car, then she's not being taxed enough". Should we all be taxed to the point of the poorest? Then you have the point of bad taste and timing, which is frankly unacceptable. Finally, people potentially being trapped isn't comparable as a boat sinking unfortunately. Remember the global interest on the Thai boys stuck in a cave? Pretty sure they weren't billionaires. There's a huge difference in interest on a search & rescue Vs a report of death. Imagine if a far right loon said during the Thai cave trapping, "the fact that the teacher is a kids football coach as a career suggests he needs to get a better job to earn more money". There would be outrage, and rightly so. Should the rich be taxed more? Yes, I think we all agree with that. But her post is a load of sh*t and quite frankly disgraceful. "She's not right at all though. These guys are multi-millionaires / billionaires. If someone who earns Billions is taxed so much that they end up living like everyone else then thats just ridiculous - thats communism." That's daft gassy. Nobody who points to the ridiculous extremes of income distribution is arguing for equal pay for all. "I'm sure this lady is fairly well off" Ummm Ashna Sarkar was born in London in 1992.[1][2][3] Her great-great-aunt, Pritilata Waddedar, was a Bengali nationalist who participated in armed struggle against the British Empire in 1930s Bengal.[4] Her grandmother is a hospital carer.[5] Her mother is a social worker[5] who was an anti-racist and trade union activist in the 1970s and 1980s,[4][6] helping to organise marches after the racially motivated murder of Altab Ali.[6] "She attended Enfield County School, an all-girls comprehensive school, before moving to the Latymer School, a selective grammar school for sixth form education.[5] She has undergraduate and master's degrees in English literature from University College London." With regards to the Thai cave rescue didn't one of the Brits who took part in that seek legal redress from Elon Musk for suggesting he "must" be a paedophile? Were you outraged Gassy? I didn't find her remarks offensive, but I agree with Stuart (again). Her choice of wording deflects from the main point she was making. It is outrageous that our capitalist system has become so corrupted that we have people flying in space (or trying to), having $500million yachts and but really expensive houses in places like London and not live in them. All the while we have war refugees living in tents, we have employed people in the UK who cannot live on the wage they earn whilst asset owners live a gilded life. Frankly I am more offended by that than a tactless comment on the death of people who took extreme risks because they could afford to. Bloody hell mate, hard to reply to the different points, so i'll put it into numbers. 1. Well she's suggesting a billionaire shouldn't be able to afford $250k. That's about 0.02 of his entire net worth. Let's say your net worth is £500k, its the equivalent of £125 he spent on this trip... The way she's written it suggests to me he shouldn't be able to afford $250k for a "fun" activity. 2. Her background is irrelevant. Many people come from working class backgrounds and become rich - a quick google suggests she's worth £5m. I'd say that's pretty well off. So my point stands on the car issue. 3. On the Thai points, I was outraged Musk said that. He's an absolute cretin and this comments were disgusting and he was rightly taken to court (not sure who won in the end?). 4. Can't disagree with that. 5. On the final point, I don't have much sympathy for them - they knew the risks. However, making a political scoring point of it just for a few twitter likes and some additional fame is disgusting. What we have is a millionaire complaining that billionaires have too much money. Couldn't make it up really
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Post by yattongas on Jun 23, 2023 10:26:11 GMT
She earns about 60k a year working for Novaro media I think and isn’t a millionaire. She is a libertarian communist ( her own words ) . She’s also a bit of a nut job 😂
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Post by Gassy on Jun 23, 2023 10:48:50 GMT
She earns about 60k a year working for Novaro media I think and isn’t a millionaire. She is a libertarian communist ( her own words ) . She’s also a bit of a nut job 😂 £60k for a senior editor role? Don't forget she teaches in Amsterdam, writes for the Guardian, the Independent, has featured on BBC a few times, featured in documentaries and has a book published.. Although I do agree, she seems like a nut job!
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Post by oldie on Jun 23, 2023 12:18:13 GMT
Interesting that people consider her to be a nut job. I don't ( not that means anything, being 3 parts nuts myself).
She makes valid points even if her solutions are simplistic and Comms lacking in taste (I would argue "professionalism")
Nobody on this thread has justified the terrible spread in income distribution.
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Post by harlaxtonblue on Jun 23, 2023 12:36:41 GMT
Commies drawing up plans to flood the House of Lords with peers , hang on you were going to abolish the House of Lords last month
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Post by harlaxtonblue on Jun 23, 2023 12:40:13 GMT
BBC news , commies plans to expand lords despite abolition pledge
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Post by harlaxtonblue on Jun 23, 2023 12:47:03 GMT
Commies ( Lammy) says it will be pragmatic & Not rejoin Eu single market or customs Union
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Post by oldie on Jun 23, 2023 12:47:07 GMT
Commies drawing up plans to flood the House of Lords with peers , hang on you were going to abolish the House of Lords last month Can we have a subsection created where lunatic, ill informed idiots can post to their hearts delight. That way we can all ignore them en bloc. Just a suggestion
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Post by harlaxtonblue on Jun 23, 2023 12:48:31 GMT
Commies fail to back up claim that the nhs owns 10 % of worlds pagers , I thought it was only our Boris who lied !!!!!!
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Post by harlaxtonblue on Jun 23, 2023 13:29:47 GMT
Commies drawing up plans to flood the House of Lords with peers , hang on you were going to abolish the House of Lords last month Can we have a subsection created where lunatic, ill informed idiots can post to their hearts delight. That way we can all ignore them en bloc. Just a suggestion [br Ha ha , you can’t ignore me on your own you need your mates to do it as well , right what I said , I might of been born in Bristol but I’ve nothing in common with you southerners Back on subject , all I do is type in labour , brexit , Eu , very easy , even I can do it , you can see it all same as I can , when you & your mates start posting a balanced view on brexit : goverment then I won’t bother posting , I won’t hold my breath though Anyway hope you mates help you out , not nice knowing you’ve upset a vulnerable old bloke ha ha Nb , normally they go running to the moderators to get me banned , maybe something you could do , if you haven’t done it already !!
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Post by stuart1974 on Jun 23, 2023 13:33:36 GMT
Can we have a subsection created where lunatic, ill informed idiots can post to their hearts delight. That way we can all ignore them en bloc. Just a suggestion [br Ha ha , you can’t ignore me on your own you need your mates to do it as well , right what I said , I might of been born in Bristol but I’ve nothing in common with you southerners Back on subject , all I do is type in labour , brexit , Eu , very easy , even I can do it , you can see it all same as I can , when you & your mates start posting a balanced view on brexit : goverment then I won’t bother posting , I won’t hold my breath though Anyway hope you mates help you out , not nice knowing you’ve upset a vulnerable old bloke ha ha Nb , normally they go running to the moderators to get me banned , maybe something you could do , if you haven’t done it already !! Hi Oldgas. 👋
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Post by yattongas on Jun 23, 2023 13:34:02 GMT
Commies drawing up plans to flood the House of Lords with peers , hang on you were going to abolish the House of Lords last month Can we have a subsection created where lunatic, ill informed idiots can post to their hearts delight. That way we can all ignore them en bloc. Just a suggestion Cheers mate 🙄
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Post by oldie on Jun 23, 2023 14:55:46 GMT
Can we have a subsection created where lunatic, ill informed idiots can post to their hearts delight. That way we can all ignore them en bloc. Just a suggestion Cheers mate 🙄 🤭🤭🤭
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Post by oldie on Jun 23, 2023 14:59:33 GMT
[br Ha ha , you can’t ignore me on your own you need your mates to do it as well , right what I said , I might of been born in Bristol but I’ve nothing in common with you southerners Back on subject , all I do is type in labour , brexit , Eu , very easy , even I can do it , you can see it all same as I can , when you & your mates start posting a balanced view on brexit : goverment then I won’t bother posting , I won’t hold my breath though Anyway hope you mates help you out , not nice knowing you’ve upset a vulnerable old bloke ha ha Nb , normally they go running to the moderators to get me banned , maybe something you could do , if you haven’t done it already !! Hi Oldgas. 👋 Well, he has certainly proven that identity. I have been told he is permanently banned on the other place. Now he has confirmed who he is, best ignored I would suggest
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Post by stuart1974 on Jun 23, 2023 15:07:52 GMT
Well, he has certainly proven that identity. I have been told he is permanently banned on the other place. Now he has confirmed who he is, best ignored I would suggest Has Basel gone too? Haven't seen him post for a while.
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Post by harlaxtonblue on Jun 23, 2023 15:29:26 GMT
Sun newspaper , page 2 Immigration surge call Immigration should be allowed to climb higher as it will curb inflation by depressing wages , ex chancellor lord Philip Hammond said yesterday Critics blasted the former mp as he argued for a influx of low skilled labour , ex brexit party mp Nigel farage said , he sums up the modern day Tory party , mass migration is there answer to every thing Former no10 aide nick timothy said , how much is enough immigration for these people
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Post by harlaxtonblue on Jun 23, 2023 15:42:58 GMT
Sun , page 10 Leave voters still back there decision Most say leaving Eu will work out well Brexit voters overwhelmingly back there decision to leave & are optimistic it will prove correct Quick summary , disappointed leavers say ineffective politicians are at fault for giving in to much to the Eu,s demands Ex brexit minister David jones said , people arnt stupid , they voted to recover there national sovereignty They also understand our current economic problems are shared across the world They know living in a free country is beyond price , this is why there happy they voted leave Excellent article , must admit I’m just happy for the extra £££&£ but good luck to those who now feel free of the oppressive Eu Worth popping down & getting today’s Sun , some really good articles on brexit
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