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Post by marispiper on Sept 9, 2024 8:39:09 GMT
A lot to comment on in this section.
First off, Khan and Joe's. Pollution in outer London is negligible so it didn't need 'fixing' but the charge has better him loads a money. Tunnel charges now, and pay per mile round the corner, I'll wager. The motorist - such a soft target...
Afghanistan: that country is in an almighty state since total Taliban rule. The poor, poor women with their covered faces and unheard voices, watching while child after child dies of malnutrition. The population will fail. What a regime! What a religion! We can't even help them.
Landlords: a dreadful situation resuiting from demand outstripping supply. I heard a landlord moaning on the wireless the other day that he'd bought property to provide his pension, the aim being to retire mid 50s. He was grumbling about the fact that his income was no longer secure because of tenants defaulting and the inability to evict and his further inability to sell. My heart bleeds for you...
All this (imo) stemming from 'right to buy' - disastrous. We have long had the financial capability (via mortgages) to buy property but never have because it is totally immoral. Making money off the backs of others while simultaneously inflating the housing market.
Everybody's at it though - even Labour MPs... Landlords kid themselves they are charitably meeting a need. Ha!
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Post by rikiiboy on Sept 9, 2024 8:56:10 GMT
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Post by rikiiboy on Sept 9, 2024 9:02:51 GMT
A lot to comment on in this section. First off, Khan and Joe's. Pollution in outer London is negligible so it didn't need 'fixing' but the charge has better him loads a money. Tunnel charges now, and pay per mile round the corner, I'll wager. The motorist - such a soft target... Afghanistan: that country is in an almighty state since total Taliban rule. The poor, poor women with their covered faces and unheard voices, watching while child after child dies of malnutrition. The population will fail. What a regime! What a religion! We can't even help them. Landlords: a dreadful situation resuiting from demand outstripping supply. I heard a landlord moaning on the wireless the other day that he'd bought property to provide his pension, the aim being to retire mid 50s. He was grumbling about the fact that his income was no longer secure because of tenants defaulting and the inability to evict and his further inability to sell. My heart bleeds for you... All this (imo) stemming from 'right to buy' - disastrous. We have long had the financial capability (via mortgages) to buy property but never have because it is totally immoral. Making money off the backs of others while simultaneously inflating the housing market. Everybody's at it though - even Labour MPs... Landlords kid themselves they are charitably meeting a need. Ha! [Why is Afghanistan's death rate so high? This backdrop of political instability and growing conflict has left children as the main casualties of violence, greatly increasing the child mortality rates in Afghanistan. Furthermore, malnutrition remains a leading cause of child mortality in Afghanistan.10 Jul 2024] |
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Post by rikiiboy on Sept 9, 2024 12:10:18 GMT
Why is the Labour party fretting about an alleged 20 billion black hole?
The USA has a 34 trillion black hole.
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Post by marispiper on Sept 9, 2024 13:08:58 GMT
A lot to comment on in this section. First off, Khan and Joe's. Pollution in outer London is negligible so it didn't need 'fixing' but the charge has better him loads a money. Tunnel charges now, and pay per mile round the corner, I'll wager. The motorist - such a soft target... Afghanistan: that country is in an almighty state since total Taliban rule. The poor, poor women with their covered faces and unheard voices, watching while child after child dies of malnutrition. The population will fail. What a regime! What a religion! We can't even help them. Landlords: a dreadful situation resuiting from demand outstripping supply. I heard a landlord moaning on the wireless the other day that he'd bought property to provide his pension, the aim being to retire mid 50s. He was grumbling about the fact that his income was no longer secure because of tenants defaulting and the inability to evict and his further inability to sell. My heart bleeds for you... All this (imo) stemming from 'right to buy' - disastrous. We have long had the financial capability (via mortgages) to buy property but never have because it is totally immoral. Making money off the backs of others while simultaneously inflating the housing market. Everybody's at it though - even Labour MPs... Landlords kid themselves they are charitably meeting a need. Ha! [Why is Afghanistan's death rate so high? This backdrop of political instability and growing conflict has left children as the main casualties of violence, greatly increasing the child mortality rates in Afghanistan. Furthermore, malnutrition remains a leading cause of child mortality in Afghanistan.10 Jul 2024] I note the Afghanistan embassy in London is to close at the end of the month. Diplomatic relations are impossible to maintain with the regime. |
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Post by marispiper on Sept 9, 2024 13:28:09 GMT
Just been listening to Paul Nowak - a powerful speaker, no doubt about that. He made some good points about the Trade Union movement and Union membership but other things he said were ridiculous talking about 'privately educated Tories' - private education now obviously being the ultimate slur 🫤 and taking credit for fighting every corner from Stephen Lawrence to Grenfell.
I am fully in support of union membership and have twice been rep at school but this kind of speech wasn't measured at all and was as far-left as it gets (though unlike its counterpart, that would seem not to be a derogatory term)
Obviously of Polish extraction, he talked about inclusivity and mentioned his roots but having been to Poland recently, I found it interesting (not to say alarming) just how anti-migrant that nation is! He didn't say that of course. He banged on about working people and lambasted Farage but seemed blissfully unaware of why previous Labour voters have moved to Reform.
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Post by rikiiboy on Sept 10, 2024 8:43:34 GMT
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Post by rikiiboy on Sept 10, 2024 13:02:37 GMT
The huge state pension rise for pensioners next April is hardly noticeable at a whopping £8.84 a week.
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Post by hild1066 on Sept 10, 2024 19:42:41 GMT
Then again Rikki, if an adult between 18 and 67 loses their job, they would be on £90.85 a week with no predicted rise at all.
On that basis the annual inflation linked rises for pensioners is a much better deal.
We have had weeks of petitions and debates about pensioners incomes and virtually none about poor single adults and poor families who also struggle to heat their homes. I work with people who were in bed with their children by 6.30pm to stay warm last winter
There are warm hubs that poor pensioners can go to during the day time, often with free tea and biscuits, some with subsidised hot meals. These are advertised very well. There are cafes offering cheap pensioners meal deals in every town.
There is nowhere after school or after work for poor working age adults to go of any equivalence. No community centres open for them between 5 and 8. No cheap meal deals either and no free buses to get to them either.
Benefits must be targeted to those in need. Utility Companies have been told to increase their Warm Home Grants or face higher taxes. These will come through this winter just as they did last year.
Disabled Adults have barely had a rise in years.
It would be lovely if they were getting a £400 pa increase.
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Post by marispiper on Sept 10, 2024 19:56:33 GMT
Agree with the above Hild.
As a category, lots of pensioners are well off -but not all.
I am one and there are concessions for me right left and centre. Nice certainly - but deserved?
The plight of disadvantaged and poor adults however doesn't seem to register with anybody. Who's the minister fighting for them or outraged at their plight
I was watching the news tonight showing jubilant prisoners released early (another discussion there) but there was one middle aged poor s*d who literally had nowhere to go and had no idea where he would spend the night. Awful.
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Post by skylark on Sept 11, 2024 6:25:45 GMT
Yes, Maris. A lot of those early release prisoners will be sleeping on the streets.
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Post by ARENA on Sept 11, 2024 6:32:00 GMT
Yes, Maris. A lot of those early release prisoners will be sleeping on the streets. . People who have committed serious crimes will not be released. The majority were due to be released months after they are. The press are having a field day. If these people weren't released early there would be no places for serious offenders |
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Post by rikiiboy on Sept 11, 2024 7:30:18 GMT
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Post by marispiper on Sept 11, 2024 8:24:47 GMT
Yes, Maris. A lot of those early release prisoners will be sleeping on the streets. . People who have committed serious crimes will not be released. The majority were due to be released months after they are. The press are having a field day. If these people weren't released early there would be no places for serious offenders Er.. that's not quite accurate. A number of serious domestic abusers are about to be released and their victim spouses/partners are naturally terrified. |
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Post by hild1066 on Sept 11, 2024 9:29:05 GMT
Yes, because they were charged with things like GBH or common assault and it was not classed as domestic violence by the CPS. I mean it was, but it wasn't legally written as such in the charges or the sentencing. Although I note that two of these men had served their sentences for GBH/Domestic Violence and were then back in prison for failing to meet probation conditions. One for not notifying the police that he had moved house and another for being out beyond his curfew.
Therefore technically they are not being released for the domestic violence but for failing to meet conditions of release.
The law is an ass sometimes. None of this makes their victims feel any better. However, most men gaoled for domestic violence never re-offend and we must be mindful of that and they do all come out of prison at some point. Where it goes wrong is when their victims contact the police to say they are hanging around the street outside or they have been texting or phoning and nothing happens, nobody reacts and usually the victims end up moving miles away just to feel safe.
We have people doing 15 years for fraud and deception - which are crimes - but not violent ones, surely they could be in some kind of bail hostel serving their sentences instead of Wandsworth. We have persistent shoplifters, animal abusers, driving offenders, and many others in prison, even the occasional person who didn't pay their TV licence fine. We need a different system for these people. A sort of halfway house prison, where they can work but have to come back every night and stay in. They do this is other countries and do it very well. It costs less because their work contributes to their living costs and they are monitored more closely e.g. staff might pick up on whether they are trying to commit another crime.
We also need proper centres for people who commit crimes due to their addictions. Good old fashioned big houses in the country where they can be treated and rehabilitated. I am sure the NT has some properties that hardly anyone goes too, despite the vegan scones.
It needs imaginative development and a proper serious look at what other countries are doing.
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