Victorian Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 "... been vetted... " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo-Jimbo Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 47 minutes ago, dobmisterdobster said: Everybody hates Rwanda all of a sudden. If you don't want to live there then Vive la France! Not Denmark it seems, as they are in talks with Rwanda to do the same as the UK has. https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/denmark-talks-with-rwanda-transfer-asylum-seekers-2022-04-20/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroonlegions Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 3 minutes ago, Victorian said: "... been vetted... " Yip, he is in the Tory delusional and denial mind set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroonlegions Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 7 minutes ago, dobmisterdobster said: Rwanda has been vetted and we haven't sold them any weapons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boab Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 23 minutes ago, dobmisterdobster said: This has nothing to do with the UN. Despotic regimes are not allowed in the British commonwealth. 😂 Aye, you crack on, mate ! As I say, nice trolling ! The old fishing rod must be creaking today ! 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boab Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 23 minutes ago, dobmisterdobster said: This has nothing to do with the UN. Despotic regimes are not allowed in the British commonwealth. 😂 Aye, you crack on, mate ! As I say, nice trolling ! The old fishing rod must be creaking today ! 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobmisterdobster Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 4 minutes ago, Jambo-Jimbo said: Not Denmark it seems, as they are in talks with Rwanda to do the same as the UK has. https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/denmark-talks-with-rwanda-transfer-asylum-seekers-2022-04-20/ Not to mention the EU offshoring migrants in Turkey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobmisterdobster Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 3 minutes ago, maroonlegions said: A Scotsman playing the Doctor. You love to see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroonlegions Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Just now, dobmisterdobster said: Not to mention the EU offshoring migrants in Turkey. Quick get that in writing and post straight to the home office. Here is the address below. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroonlegions Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Just now, dobmisterdobster said: A Scotsman playing the Doctor. You love to see it. Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobmisterdobster Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 1 minute ago, maroonlegions said: Nope. He's from Glasgow. Put that in your pipe and smoke it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 1 minute ago, dobmisterdobster said: A Scotsman playing the Doctor. You love to see it. Dr who is pish . Has been since Tom Baker regenerated into the next one ! 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobmisterdobster Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Just now, JamesM48 said: Dr who is pish . Has been since Tom Baker regenerated into the next one ! 😂 I hate Dr Who more than words can describe but fair play to Ncuti Gatwa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gizmo Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 2 hours ago, dobmisterdobster said: A lot of people don't know how to cook. It's a problem with the education system. 1 hour ago, dobmisterdobster said: Don't get takeaways every day. Learn to cook. Use fresh ingredients. It's worth it. There are people going to foodbanks and asking for food that doesn't need to be heated. Not because they cannot cook but because they cannot afford to turn on their ****ing cooker. I suppose you believe poverty to be a personality defect, like Thatcher did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobmisterdobster Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 3 minutes ago, Gizmo said: There are people going to foodbanks and asking for food that doesn't need to be heated. Not because they cannot cook but because they cannot afford to turn on their ****ing cooker. I suppose you believe poverty to be a personality defect, like Thatcher did. I have lived in poverty before. I have been homeless before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taffin Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, maroonlegions said: All in it together.??? In the fifth-largest economy in the world. THELONDONECONOMIC.COM More than 90,000 people ‘die in poverty in UK every year’ “No-one wants to imagine spending the last months of their life shivering in a cold home with the anxiety of falling into debt." And before the resident Tory spin doctors start with the usual, But, but buts. Pay attention to actually carried this research out below. "Working-age adults are twice as likely to die below the poverty line as pensioners, according to research from Loughborough University commissioned by the end-of-life charity, Marie Curie". Working adults, so not dole scrounging smack head junkies then. Bit of a leap there. It should come as no surprise to people though that it's those of working age who are the ones being shafted. It was the same during Covid. Edited May 12, 2022 by Taffin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kila Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 21 minutes ago, dobmisterdobster said: I have lived in poverty before. I have been homeless before. So now you want others to experience what you went through. I get you now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack D and coke Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 21 minutes ago, dobmisterdobster said: I have lived in poverty before. I have been homeless before. Nobody comes from homeless and skint to Tory as hard as you bud Itll be the same skint and homeless when I split up with my mrs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobmisterdobster Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Just now, kila said: So now you want others to experience what you went through. I get you now. I want people to avoid poverty by living efficiently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Dan Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 1 hour ago, maroonlegions said: All in it together.??? In the fifth-largest economy in the world. THELONDONECONOMIC.COM More than 90,000 people ‘die in poverty in UK every year’ “No-one wants to imagine spending the last months of their life shivering in a cold home with the anxiety of falling into debt." And before the resident Tory spin doctors start with the usual, But, but buts. Pay attention to actually carried this research out below. "Working-age adults are twice as likely to die below the poverty line as pensioners, according to research from Loughborough University commissioned by the end-of-life charity, Marie Curie". Working adults, so not dole scrounging smack head junkies then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobmisterdobster Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 1 minute ago, jack D and coke said: Nobody comes from homeless and skint to Tory as hard as you bud Itll be the same skint and homeless when I split up with my mrs. I live in the north of England bud. Not quite the same as bonnie Scotland is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusk_Till_Dawn Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 31 minutes ago, RobboM said: This got me thinking. Think about the number of times you’ve read stories like this over the years. And the number of times nothing is done about it. So corrupt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooter McGavin Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 40 minutes ago, RobboM said: AYE BUT REMEMBER THAT TIME WHEN CORBYN DIDN’T SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kila Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 7 minutes ago, dobmisterdobster said: I want people to avoid poverty by living efficiently. Ah wait a minute. So it was YOUR fault that you were in poverty and then homeless before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad von Carstein Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 33 minutes ago, dobmisterdobster said: I have lived in poverty before. I have been homeless before. In the same way manaliveits105 voted Yes, ie he didnae! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobmisterdobster Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 2 minutes ago, Konrad von Carstein said: In the same way manaliveits105 voted Yes, ie he didnae! I slept on the beach in Cleethorpes. I was homeless for a few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooter McGavin Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 35 minutes ago, dobmisterdobster said: I have lived in poverty before. I have been homeless before. “I have lived in poverty before, therefore I want everybody else to live in poverty” ”Back in my day, we lived off of potatoes and bread everyday and didn’t wash for weeks! This new generation is just soft!” “I know times are hard right now, but they were hard ages ago as well, so what’s the problem?” It’s 2022 and we’re living in the developed world where medicine and technology have never been further advanced. As incredibly unrealistic as it may sound to you mate, things can actually improve, y’know things don’t always need to be s**** just cause they were in the past? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobmisterdobster Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 6 minutes ago, kila said: Ah wait a minute. So it was YOUR fault that you were in poverty and then homeless before? I want to help people live more efficiently and have more money in their pocket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobmisterdobster Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 1 minute ago, Shooter McGavin said: “I have lived in poverty before, therefore I want everybody else to live in poverty” ”Back in my day, we lived off of potatoes and bread everyday and didn’t wash for weeks! This new generation is just soft!” “I know times are hard right now, but they were hard ages ago as well, so what’s the problem?” It’s 2022 and we’re living in the developed world where medicine and technology have never been further advanced. As incredibly unrealistic as it may sound to you mate, things can actually improve, y’know things don’t always need to be s**** just cause they were in the past? I wouldn't wish poverty and homelessness on my worst enemy. I'm in my 30s so you're barking up the wrong tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boab Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 2 minutes ago, dobmisterdobster said: I wouldn't wish poverty and homelessness on my worst enemy. I'm in my 30s so you're barking up the wrong tree. Either would I ! Which is precisely why I don't vote Tory, and never will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taffin Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 4 minutes ago, dobmisterdobster said: I wouldn't wish poverty and homelessness on my worst enemy. I'm in my 30s so you're barking up the wrong tree. Helping others others doesn't diminish whatever you managed to do to get yourself on your feet. There is certainly something to be said for living efficiently and taking responsibility for themselves though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack D and coke Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 16 minutes ago, dobmisterdobster said: I live in the north of England bud. Not quite the same as bonnie Scotland is it? Not sure what that’s got to do with it. North of England certainly not Tory either until they lost their mind recently. I’ve maybe got you mixed up with someone else I thought you’d mentioned your parents live in south of France on Le Pen thread. Apologies wasn’t meant to come across a personal dig. Fair play if you’ve picked yourself up from living on the beach, good on you👍🏼 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kila Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 6 minutes ago, dobmisterdobster said: I want to help people live more efficiently and have more money in their pocket. What we need is for the rich to live more efficiently instead of wanting more and more. You clearly desire that lifestyle at all costs to everyone else. Happy for others to be in poverty if it means you have a cosier life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Thor Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 1 hour ago, dobmisterdobster said: This has nothing to do with the UN. Despotic regimes are not allowed in the British commonwealth. what about ones that are doing forced transportation, removing human rights legislation and of course industrial scale corruption? Are they allowed in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taffin Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 1 minute ago, kila said: What we need is for the rich to live more efficiently instead of wanting more and more. You clearly desire that lifestyle at all costs to everyone else. Happy for others to be in poverty if it means you have a cosier life. That's probably true for an overwhelming majority of the West. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobmisterdobster Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 3 minutes ago, jack D and coke said: Not sure what that’s got to do with it. North of England certainly not Tory either until they lost their mind recently. I’ve maybe got you mixed up with someone else I thought you’d mentioned your parents live in south of France on Le Pen thread. Apologies wasn’t meant to come across a personal dig. Fair play if you’ve picked yourself up from living on the beach, good on you👍🏼 The North of England is more Tory than you think. My Dad lives in Lyon. I do not. Thank you for your kind words Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 1 hour ago, dobmisterdobster said: I hate Dr Who more than words can describe but fair play to Ncuti Gatwa. It’s deteriorated drastically in the last few years . Bad writing , plots and hopeless Drs who have had zero personality or charisma . Think last decent one was David Tenant . I watched some of his adventures . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldChampions1902 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 26 minutes ago, dobmisterdobster said: I want people to avoid poverty by living efficiently. Like switching off their heating in the depths of winter because they cannot afford it and then freezing to death, or having the heating on and therefore unable to afford food, thereby dying of starvation? Because that is the reality of poverty for huge numbers of our poorest citizens (or about to be). And your solution is to tell them to live “efficiently”? I suppose that’s a change from, “let them eat cake”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobmisterdobster Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 1 minute ago, JamesM48 said: It’s deteriorated drastically in the last few years . Bad writing , plots and hopeless Drs who have had zero personality or charisma . Think last decent one was David Tenant . I watched some of his adventures . I would rather pour molten metal down my throat than watch that show. But fair play to the new Doctor for picking up the bag. Hope he makes the most of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kila Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Just now, Taffin said: That's probably true for an overwhelming majority of the West. Takes a certain kind of evil to knowingly and willingly push people into poverty to gain wealth. I don't think the overwhelming majority of westerners actually want that to happen, though they'll get fed propaganda that tries to convince them to **** themselves over in the interest of the elite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 16 minutes ago, dobmisterdobster said: I want to help people live more efficiently and have more money in their pocket. Nothin at all wrong with people making their own meals if they can afford it . The amount of salt and sugar in so called “ healthy ready meals “‘is shocking . Yuck . Also a real sense of achievement one can get from cooking A meal from scratch . Can lift one’s self esteem . 👍 an accomplishment . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobmisterdobster Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 1 minute ago, JamesM48 said: Nothin at all wrong with people making their own meals if they can afford it . The amount of salt and sugar in so called “ healthy ready meals “‘is shocking . Yuck . Also a real sense of achievement one can get from cooking A meal from scratch . Can lift one’s self esteem . 👍 an accomplishment . Go to Aldi/Lidl or farmers markets and get fresh produce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 1 minute ago, dobmisterdobster said: Go to Aldi/Lidl or farmers markets and get fresh produce. Yea that’s been discussed on the “ inflation “ thread . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldChampions1902 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Tory reptiles even got their noses in the trough at food banks. Shameless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 4 minutes ago, kila said: Takes a certain kind of evil to knowingly and willingly push people into poverty to gain wealth. I don't think the overwhelming majority of westerners actually want that to happen, though they'll get fed propaganda that tries to convince them to **** themselves over in the interest of the elite. Unsure if some knowingly and willingly push people into poverty to gain wealth but they are certainly reluctant to part with their wealth to benefit their work force ie decent wages etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 8 minutes ago, WorldChampions1902 said: Like switching off their heating in the depths of winter because they cannot afford it and then freezing to death, or having the heating on and therefore unable to afford food, thereby dying of starvation? Because that is the reality of poverty for huge numbers of our poorest citizens (or about to be). And your solution is to tell them to live “efficiently”? I suppose that’s a change from, “let them eat cake”. I was having a discussion with my line manager and she informed me that she was aware of some workers wanting to work in the office as it was cheaper than at home due to heating bills . Sad times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kila Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Just now, JamesM48 said: Unsure if some knowingly and willingly push people into poverty to gain wealth but they are certainly reluctant to part with their wealth to benefit their work force ie decent wages etc People who vote for the Conservatives are approving of their austerity measures and all the suffering it causes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taffin Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 9 minutes ago, kila said: Takes a certain kind of evil to knowingly and willingly push people into poverty to gain wealth. I don't think the overwhelming majority of westerners actually want that to happen, though they'll get fed propaganda that tries to convince them to **** themselves over in the interest of the elite. You don't think others live in poverty to enable the cosy lives we have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Do a windfall tax. No. No. We're not doing that. Nah. Isn't the right time. Nah. (Waits a few days... ) We are considering having a windfall tax. Everything has changed. Prudent. Responsible. Have an emergency budget. (Get some slimy welt to take the piss out of the idea). Nah. No. No. Not doing that. No need. We're doing something else. (Waits a few days... ) ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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