Paul 💙

Just some old socialist scouser... 2 sons, 3 grandchildren... Still working and I make 'stuff'

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2024-08-25 21:14:51

"Keir Starmer set to warn: 'Things will get worse before we get better' - BBC News" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8rx0mdgpnno
And just exactly how are they going to start to make 'things' better.
I get the feeling with labour... One that don't really know how to make 'things' better and Two they are not aware of the consequences of their actions.

2024-08-17 08:33:14

It's not really a War is it... I guess it's one way to legitimize the atrocities

2024-08-10 04:54:04

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Only a very few people are on the inside... And making an assumption here, you don't seem to be one of them and I certainly am not.

2024-07-25 09:06:50

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@npub1g0t…tvm4 challenging problems but not insurmountable...

2024-07-23 20:37:34

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Well that didn't last long did it .... Socialist in name only
Good on the 7 who had the whip removed and shame on the rest who caved at the first difficulty....

2024-07-06 08:31:28

It occurred to me that if you want more Drs, Nurses, Medics, Dentists and Teachers etc you don't burden them with tuition fees for most of their working life.... Similarly you don't have to put more money into the same people's pockets .. if you stop taking money out of it monthly to pay the said fees
It has always seemed wrong for Government to give with one hand and take with the other.
Plus let migrants awaiting resident status to work , part pay their way without benefits and pay tax

2024-06-26 06:03:31

"Labour Party manifesto 2019: 12 key policies explained - BBC News" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50501411.amp
I could get behind every one of those policies ... Not so much with the Labour Party manifesto 2024

2024-06-18 20:01:11

The Greens want to introduce a new wealth tax of 1% on assets worth over £10m, and 2% on assets worth more than £1bn.
They say the new wealth tax would affect fewer than 1% of UK households and raise £15bn a year by the end of the next Parliament, with the money going to the NHS.
Works for me

2024-06-14 04:50:06

In the 80's the Mersey was an open sewer... After decades and with EU legislation the Mersey started to get clean ... Then Brexit and the polluters took advantage and with the lack of consequences we are back where we started.
Pollution of our waters is not inevitable... We didn't push shit into our streams, rivers and waterways prior to Brexit
Why now?... So companies can make profit that's why... Get a grip Labour when you get in. Impose EU legislation.

2024-06-13 18:59:41

Here's the thing...
You can say... More operations will be done... Doesn't make it happen.
You employ surgeon, nurses, staff etc... They do more operations.
To do more with less or the same, fucks up with the people you have and ultimately they fail and the Plan to goes to pot and the targets go backwards.
Applies to ever target..
Cannot have more child care places without carers
Politicians start talking about employing people

2024-06-08 20:38:35

I'm all for apprenticeships.... But creating them in bulk without bulk jobs is daft.
Witness call center operators with degrees
Create jobs... With say a massive council house building program and you have something to attach apprenticeships to
Other wise you drive down wages... Lots of skilled people and few jobs

2024-05-26 07:03:53

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Yer.... Typical ... Everyone who will vote for National Service for 18 yr olds will be ones who won't be doing it.
Tory thinking at its best ... Good job they won't win the GE

2024-05-21 15:44:14

Single women still couldn't apply for a loan or credit card in their own name without a signature from their father, even if they earned more, as recently as the mid-Seventies.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/womens-history-month-2022-suffrage-uk-rights-gender-equality/

2024-05-18 09:41:34

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Hillsborough apportionment of blame on supporters

2024-04-25 05:39:29

When politicians want something and the propaganda works they use the 'will of the people narrative' .
When the population want something like a cessation of events in Gaza and the propaganda hasn't worked, the politicians fall back on antisemitism, hate protests by leftist agitators... And send in the police.
Not very democratic is it.
All peaceful protests should be allowed, protected by police.

2024-03-30 09:14:36

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@npub1g0t…tvm4 .. something we have brought upon ourselves by curbing immigration, cutting house building, paring employment to generate profit and actually raising the pension age and not paying a decent retirement pension

2024-03-20 01:38:25

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Looking forward to the day... Nobody gives Trump credit to buy aviation fuel
Amazed that he can find anybody to work for him without upfront payments.
Security, I guess is Gov Secret Service as an Ex-President... But legals must be costing a fortune that will want paying. So he must have some disposable

2024-03-18 06:42:28

Both in the USA and UK we will have unusual elections were most of us will be voting , not on our party of choice's policies, but on the fact that they are not the opposition.
We really do deserve better.

2024-03-12 12:51:45

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@npub1pu6…u9fd the best I expect with actually low expectations is that when Labour take over he never gets another #NHS contract and those he does have gets squeezed out of existence... If we cannot do that squeezing then everything his companies does should get performance inspections

2024-03-06 20:41:51

Caught bits of Hunt's Budget... Do you think the Tories know that they are actually shite at the Government thingy. Totally disconnected from life in the 2024 UK... Totally

2024-03-02 09:43:08

How fucking ludicrous is the USA airdropping aid into an area of Palestine controlled by an Ally that you all supply money and weapons to that is causing the humanitarian crisis in the first place.
The Israeli IDF would not be able to wage war on Palestinians without the US.
The US could stop the atrocities tomorrow...
US airdrops are a sick joke

2024-03-01 07:19:23

I am certain that if I was driving a food truck in Gaza , I would be less worried and fearful of starving people taking what they can carry from my truck than the people with guns firing into the crowd.
The IDF have a history of destroying vehicles and killing the drivers.

2024-03-01 07:03:28

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A massive program of building quality social housing would alleviate so many problems and kick start the economy.
Well that and compulsory purchasing and renovating the many empty properties.
Apart from upsetting landlords, I cannot see a downside.

2024-02-29 08:17:54

The reason the UK is turning into a shit hole in no particular order is:
Benefit scroungers
People in little boats crossing the channel
Councils that cannot budget
Mob rule (my new fav)
Foreigners who are not Christian or white
Workers who want a share of Profits/living wage
Not:
The Wealthy who avoid tax
Corporations who for some reason get Gov Handouts.
Corrupt Politicians
Employers who underpay staff so that they have to claim benefits.
Greedy energy co's and supermarkets who profiteer

2024-02-09 19:09:11

All this belt tightening and restricting our spending doesn't get any economy out of a hole and only digs the country further in.
You spend money on Housing, The NHS, Green environmental projects etc..
Create jobs, apprenticeships, employ people, on decent wages so they pay tax , and have perhaps a bit of disposable income.
So they in turn can buy good and create manufacturing jobs etc... it becomes self generating.
Simplistic.. yes .. but true never the less...

2024-02-09 06:59:10

"‘We never got off the treadmill’: the Britons who can’t afford to retire | Retirement planning | The Guardian" https://amp.theguardian.com/money/2024/feb/08/britons-cant-afford-to-retire-insufficient-pension-pots

2024-02-01 19:56:07

Biden by all accounts is a decent President... Lots of good things... However he will always be associated with his support for Zionist Israel regarding their treatment of Palestinians in Gaza... Historically his reputation will be tarnished forever, regardless of his performance in the US
Sunak on the other hand is a crap Prime Minister... Regarding his lack of positive action in Gaza ... That will just be attributed to him being not a very good, PM, politician and human being

2024-01-23 02:43:26

UK politicians won't adequately fund the #NHS...
They won't legislate to clean up UK water pollution...
They won't stop arming Israel and fight against Palestinian deaths...
They ignored the PO Scandal evidence for years until a TV program (ffs) highlighted the evidence etc etc...
Who do they represent?
'cos it sure isn't me, you or the UK electorate

2024-01-10 07:47:43

Israel's IDF is breaking multiple international Laws in Gaza and the West Bank ... FACT...
Why? Because lots of the Int community says Israel is breaking Int Law, but not forcing them to stop and is complicit in selling offensive weapons and Israel is emboldened in telling the UN to fuck off and stop interfering.
Israel has no intention of stopping and never will allow a two party solution.
I have no idea of how this ends, but it starts with the rest of the world ending weapon sales

2024-01-06 09:10:11

All the talk from UK politicians is a boosting the economy and growth ... It's never about improving the lives of it's citizens.... A huge boost to the economy would be killing all pensioners... Having people on minimum wage with zero hrs contracts .. cutting civil servants to the point where gov services cease to function .. cutting the NHS, teaching, Care etc to the bone... But I guess all that is happening at a speed below the radar.... Fuck the economy and look after the people

2023-12-30 21:11:24

The USA dilemma... Trump is totally unsuited to be President for too many reasons that can be listed .. Biden supports Genocide in Gaza... Mind in the UK we have Sunak who is clutching at straws to not lose the GE and Starmer who will do anything to win the GE ... Both trying to appeal to the same Right of Centre audience... With the appeal of Labour being they are not Tory... We are being let down by politicians in both countries who are failing to cope with a changing world.

2023-12-24 14:26:56

Have as great a Christmas as we can have .. let us not stop fighting against injustices large and small
Banksy's Scar of Bethlehem
https://files.mastodonapp.uk/media_attachments/files/111/635/839/697/131/486/original/1bea33335c0e79c3.jpg

2023-12-24 08:09:12

Found this yesterday looking through some old photos
...pre Brexit lies poster... Not annotated by me
So sad an event
https://files.mastodonapp.uk/media_attachments/files/111/634/358/636/720/581/original/1076ea4de88d324d.jpg

2023-10-22 04:14:12

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@npub1xtg…xfsf @npub1gha…ffp5 interesting fact... Presumably increasing costal land for desalination plants is important for growth

2023-10-18 05:44:50

Is it just me or are tomatoes in short supply... The local Sainsburys had non recently... And a poor selection on another day... Wonder why?

2023-10-17 15:31:20

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@npub1gha…ffp5 There are apparently 1million kids in Gaza that's 1 million people who will grow up to hate Israel... If they live that is... Like all conflict around the world ... Take the wrong action and you generate conflict that lasts for lifetimes... conflict feeds ongoing issues and make no one safe

2023-10-01 18:52:12

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@npub1psd…9sr7 I wonder where the 1% will relocate to, if the Water levels rise... I mean with their money they can go anywhere... bet you they have already contemplated some short term scenarios... the Answer is nowhere is safe and unaffected... nowhere is unaffected, where services, food availability and life can continue as before... nowhere... you think they would realize and actively strive to mitigate the worse cases now.. but i guess they are as stupid most

2023-09-14 05:48:50

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@npub1g0t…tvm4 there is more than enough Brown field sites to build houses... but developers don't want to build 4 bed detached houses on a former factory.... rather build on rural flood planes while they can

2023-09-02 10:47:25

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@npub18xy…yxws it's part of the two sides to every argument mantra... Bollocks... Perhaps for pineapple on pizzas but not for racism and scientific fact etc

2023-07-06 19:22:14

The Problem is prices rise... People naturally want money .... Employers use it as an excuse to raise prices etc, etc... Government steps in to curb wage increase... When they should step in the prevent profiteering, curb price increases and stop the interest rate rises... Which is not caused by wage increases but adds to inflation .. oh! and stupid Brexit didn't help.... Gov deliberately tried to make matters worse, it's appalling how badly they handle the economy

2023-06-08 05:56:56

Smog in New York dispels the belief that the wealthy will be cushioned from the worst of the Climate problems

2023-05-06 06:31:12

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@npub1cmg…rzd2 Fact : you can put the most sensible insight on Mastodon, about Royalty, the state of the political situation in the UK and everything all tied to Einstein's Theory of Relativity and get 3 Boosts and a like.,. Put a cartoon of toilet rolls... 88 Boosts... This apparently is the way

2023-04-23 06:16:09

The current SPA is 66, rising to 67 in 2026/8, and currently scheduled to increase to age 68 in 2044/6. or as proposed 2037.
It is increasing... Because we are living longer , we are healthier and there is not enough workers
Meanwhile, Tories underfund the NHS that keeps us going , and apparently in the past 12 year life expectancy dropped .. plus they stop migrant workers
And now complain, we are not saving for our own retirement... How on minimum wage and the gig economy?
We're fucked.

2022-11-10 05:46:43

A bit about me, scabbed from my Twitter account
I was a L P member
I believe in the Labour Manifesto
I am a Socialist
I hate and abhor racism of all kinds
I believe people should be what they want to be providing it doesn't harm others
I support Palestinian and Jews .. it is not mutually exclusive
My beliefs are not paid for