Theres the obvious corruption here but just to point out repairing individual potholes does not fix the underlying problems that cause them, and prevention is always cheaper than cures.
The three problems are:
The reason I moved from supporting labour to supporting greens is that they are the only ones condemning the State of Israel, it’s openly racist and war crime committing leaders, it’s genocide against the people of Palestine, and because it is now repeating the same tactics in Lebanon, plus the attacks on so many other countries. This statement I made has nothing to do with anti-semitism. It has nothing to do with Islam as Israel has also killed Christians and destroyed a synagogue for fuck sakes.
There will be people across the country who are anti-semitic but I would wager there are a lot more of them in the reform party than any other. Any form of racism should be stamped out and those people questioned, condemned and potentially removed.
Unfortunately, the article you shared is ruined by it’s obvious biases and the fact that some of the points just aren’t objectively wrong. Yes, you can disagree with the premise or the statement but you cannot call it anti-semitism. For example: the sentence
Israel is worse than Nazi Germany, writing about what she described as “the Israeli society enjoying the annihilation and displacement of Gazans by watching and blocking food trucks, whilst the Nazis had to hide what they were doing.”
I would not agree with the comment in general but if raises a valid point. I don’t agree that Israel is worse than Nazi Germany yet but to be honest, there is still time to move there - e.g. the law passed allowing execution of only Palestinians so only looking back in many years can this be decided. Regardless of that, the point that candidate is making is that even in Nazi Germany when there were no cameras and internet, they felt they had to hide the worst atrocities from the general public and especially from other countries, even when most western countries had equal or worse racist propaganda also in the open. In Israel, these atrocities are openly discussed, supported and celebrated for all the world to see. Therefore, they are arguing it is worse in that sense which they do have a point.
Another thing is the complaints about IDF soldiers being allowed in and celebrated in this country. What genuinely is the difference between a UK citizen joining ISIS or the IDF? Both are based on a belief that their religion is the only correct one, that it needs to be fought for and they are going overseas to fight against enemies who are not enemies of the UK (e.g. Iraq and Palestine are not enemies), and both organisations have been shown to commit horrific atrocities. The only differences are that one of the armed forces of a recognised state and the other is the armed forces of another self-recognised wannabe state, and the religions they fight for. British citizens who became ISIS fighters or helped them are still in jail or blocked from returning. British citizens who became IDF fighters are not touched and are allowed to return whenever they want. Both should be illegal or if you choose it, you immediately lose British citizenship in favour of the other. The only challenge I would have to myself is what about people who are fighting for Ukraine but I think the difference is that they don’t have or want Ukrainian citizenship or to ever live there permanently.
Wow, it’s like you read my mind! I charged my kindle last night which hasn’t been used or updated in a while so was planning to lookup jailbreaks and open software tonight. You’ve saved me so much time and effort!
Legend!
I see this every week when I drive to the office. Most of the route is 20mph and single lane. I go at the speed limit and every 2/3 weeks one will overtake me. I’ll then see them at the next light, then there next one, then the roundabout, etc for the next 30 minutes. I’ll usually then go past them as theres one junction with 2 lanes and they always seem to go in the “fast” lane so they end up behind me when it goes down to one. Makes me so happy everytime!
Sometimes you see it when walking even in a black traffic spot - you’ll get to the lights before the cars you’ve passed sitting there.
Im doing to build my fitness up to cycle the route and think it’ll take roughly the same time.
Unfortunately the route is really difficult and long on public transport - it’s easy to get into central and back but trying to go across the edge to the other side was never designed for
It depends exactly where you live but generally it’s to pay for things that your society has deemed to be better spent together. There is the obvious stuff like roads, schools, pensions, police, fire, health, prisons, court systems, bin collections etc. Then there is defence/war, immigration controls, overseas embassies, security services, postal services, plus regulations (health and safety, food standards, restaurants, barbers, doctors, dentists, construction, fire safety etc.) - somebody has to make the rules and check they’re being followed. Often local property taxes are collected for local needs (e.g. police and education).
As much as it feels painful, you do benefit from a lot of collective activity that needs to be paid for.
Fuck the “protect the children” bullshit. I’ve seen them ride past and you can’t actually see much. They’re going too fast, theres a whole bunch of them, the bike equipment is in the way, and most have backpacks. I would not care if my children saw and in fact, would laugh along with them at the people just having a great time.
I wouldn’t be comfortable taking part myself but would never stop other people doing it.
Did some one ask for dust cos I got plenty! Also have one desktop with 30TB of memory, separate small form for HA and Pihole, networking equipment, cooling fans and a UPS all packed into one (un)tidy cupboard. The door doesn’t quite close but enough to hide it from my partner!
What are you on about? Don’t believe the news and social media posts. It is fine here. It’s not perfect but it’s not a punishment to come here
Does this apply to arlo cameras too?
Yes because it’s another room we are able to chill in separately and it was my very old TV before I decided to upgrade to 4k. We have a living room but on some occasions we want to watch our own shows. It gets used about once a week. It’s not used before bed. I don’t see the issue if you’re able to use it without fucking up your life. We don’t have a TV in the children’s rooms. We have a kitchen with a small dining table - no mobile devices allowed so makes sense not to have a tv. We don’t have any other rooms.
The wealthy have the choice of when they pay taxes by arranging their disposals, finding loopholes or lobbying. Normal people, especially employees, have no real say on when they pay taxes or how much - they are deducted when they are paid or are taken when paying for the things they need.
One side has the resources to pay more tax than the other but can arrange their affairs to pay less or pay when it suits them. Yet somehow the argument is that you cannot tax illiquid wealth, that wealth funds investment or that or is unfair. What about the normal tax payers who struggle to pay rent, buy a house, buy food, buy childcare etc.
The truth is, the wealthy can afford to pay taxes at the level and timing that suits society rather than themselves. We can find a way to make that tax as fair and useful as possible but the main thing is to get the money from them to help society.
I definitely have this but it falls apart when working on my computer unless theres one really urgent task or a work call. The fact I’m sitting or the waiting for something to load or something gets in the way stops my motion. Do you have any solutions for computer work?
Fuck yes!
If you still haven’t said shit about the genocide. Know your grandkids one day are gonna ask you, “Why?”
Can you compost all food waste including bones and processed foods?
Three days ago was in a shop at about 10.30am buying something with my headphones on. Went past the two guys queuing behind and one spotted me, pointed down and said “you dropped your gay card” and started laughing. I naturally looked down when he was pointing before I realised what he said. I was so stunned I just looked back at him, gave a half chuckle then turned and left. Wish I said something or did something differently but was just so surprised and perplexed!
Curious how your workplace is handling this as laws here are very different to the US (depending on State). Are you still going to be on payroll as an employee or some type of contractor?
If an employee they need to operate payroll in the UK (called PAYE), and they need to consider if you create a permanent establishment for them. There’s also legal and HR requirements on them under UK laws (right to work checks, redundancy laws, can’t just fire you, pension auto-enrollment, minimum wage checks, health and wellbeing, safety, minimum holiday pay, sick leave, just to name a few, theres lots more and even more coming in a new law that’s just passed).
If you create your own limited company and operate as a contractor, you will likely be “inside ir35” but the workplace needs to assess this themselves. This means your own company will have to operate payroll and keep in line with employment obligations. If this is the direction you’re probably better off using an umbrella company but make sure you pick a reputable one with good reviews rather than the cheapest. This could also cause the workplace to have a UK permanent establishment depending on your role but less of a risk. If you DM your job title I could tell you the rough risk.
You could be a self-employed contractor which means you have to submit tax returns yourself and the workplace has no UK presence but it technically risky from a tax / legal point of view.
Once you move, you’ll likely become tax resident in the UK so should inform/register with HMRC. You’ll need to start paying national insurance after 12 months. You still have to do US returns forever. It’s one of the very few countries who do this by the way.
Check out moneysavingexpert.com for everything it tells you about - anything to do with banks, savings, credit cards, insurance, electricity, mobile contracts, broadband etc). It’s a life saver to explain different products to decide what you actually need, and then where is the cheapest or best value.
Buy anything above £100 on a UK credit card but pay it off on the statement day (if a normal one, look for 0% spending cards or balance transfers for essentially a free or cheap loan but might need credit history). This gives you extra putrefaction (called section 75)
Getting a bank account is the hardest bit so hopefully the HSBC account makes it easier but worth getting a UK based one too once you have an address (it’s free here so you can easily have more). I think HSBC sucks to be honest.
Getting a place to live can also be tricky. Renting can take some time to find and accept a place (one to three months depending on local availability). Buying can be a long ass process. Start looking on rightmove to get an idea (for renting or buying). I would rent for a while to get to know the places or ask someone locally where to live. You could rent an airbnb for a month (or another form of holiday rental) to make your life easier.
Check if you need a car where you live and if buying, look at autotrader.co.uk for an idea of prices but also look at car insurance as can be expensive but and varies enormously by car model. Look at how long your driving licence will last, if you can transfer or need to take a test after a while (DVLA is our licencing agency).
Once established in a place, register with a GP and dentist asap.
Theres a new rule about traveling to the UK if you have dual citizenship - you have to use your UK passport for the flight to the UK.
I was there too! Agree - everybody was super chill and friendly.
Did you manage to get into Trafalgar Square? I think I got lucky that they opened up as I walked past
Says right in the article - … contributes almost £400 million to the economy by attracting about a million people each year.
Want to bet this headline would be different if it wasn’t a Caribbean based tradition or was anything to do with the royal family (how much does the kings birthday cost for instance?)
Good explanation and just to add, it’s probably only slightly more expensive to produce a fake £50 than a fake fiver (materials, effort, etc) but it’s worth 10 times as much. It’s also the same risk of getting caught but 10 times the result each time
Are they more scared of China helping Iran or them seeing / sharing the truths of the wars - the wars crimes, the destruction, the military failures and the lies?