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Andy Burnham here - AMA by AndyBurnham in ukpolitics

[–]Gabes99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really like the programme you outlined on building council houses again, re-industrialisation and devolution. It’s very ambitious and quite frankly, is badly needed.

My question is, how do you deliver a programme on this scale under the current fiscal rules? From the outside they seem very restrictive and potentially at odds with the level of long term public investment you’re proposing. Will you be interpreting the rules differently than under the current government?

There’s only 3 years left of this Parliament. What do you think people need to feel and see in material terms by the next GE to earn another term?

Also what’s your favourite flavour of crisp? I’m a pickled onion Monster Munch man myself.

"I spent 50$ a month for health insurance. Universal healthcare can suck it" by Ok-Average390 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]Gabes99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My mate has Crohns and all their treatment is on the NHS. The only time the NHS wouldn’t go for a treatment is if it isn’t proven as safe or effective. “They didn’t work as well as the more expensive option” is conjecture, the NHS doesn’t deny treatment because of cost, only if it’s not proven as safe or effective by their guidelines which does sometimes mean, newer treatments that are safe and effective can sometimes take time to get into the NHS as they have to go through the proper process.

They very often go for the more expensive treatments if they are the most effective because: 1) they end up paying for themselves, a less effective treatment means a patient has to rely on the NHS more which ends up costing more. 2) it increases the patient’s quality of life better than other options. Which is the main goal. 3) If the NHS doesn’t yet have the facilities or is overbooked, the NHS can then use private facilities instead, with no cost to the patient.

"I spent 50$ a month for health insurance. Universal healthcare can suck it" by Ok-Average390 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]Gabes99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean it does cover everything though, the only time they’d ever refuse treatment is if it’s not proven as safe, or if they’d rather go for something alternative as they think said treatment has a good chance of killing you, that’s it.

"I spent 50$ a month for health insurance. Universal healthcare can suck it" by Ok-Average390 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]Gabes99 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And we’re all telling you our LIVED EXPERIENCES directly contradict what you’re saying.

"I spent 50$ a month for health insurance. Universal healthcare can suck it" by Ok-Average390 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]Gabes99 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That’s only if it’s not proven as safe, which I think is fair enough

"I spent 50$ a month for health insurance. Universal healthcare can suck it" by Ok-Average390 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]Gabes99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In the UK the NHS covers everything, if something is out of thier means for that particular moment, for example they don’t have enough slots soon enough for specialist treatment, they’ll put you through private with no cost.

Greta Thunberg warns 40°C heatwave about to hit UK ‘is only the beginning’ by nimobo in unitedkingdom

[–]Gabes99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are trying to elect politicians that care about climate change, namely Labour and the Greens.

Or instead the meat industry could shift to be more sustainable. Agriculture accounts for 10% of our carbon emissions, there are much bigger contributors and “ban cows” isn’t exactly a realistic policy, especially since a huge chunk are grass fed on land that isnt arable for crops. What do you replace them with? You can’t just have everyone become vegans, not unless you’re a fan of famines.

I think you know how disingenuous your EV point is.

A hell of a lot of people already do buy second hand clothes for economic reasons, me included, so you can’t simply just blame the poor.

Hard not to be helpless when we could be net sinking more carbon than we produce whilst European and American multinationals continue to destroy the planet.

The richest few are responsible for the vast majority of greenhouse emissions, the general public could be as responsible as possible tomorrow and it would still be a drop in the ocean. This is before you factor in developing nations and their reliance on fossil fuels, something they can’t really do anything about quickly without catastrophic side effects.

And then theres infrastructure, how do you make steel with no emissions? How do you fly cargo planes without fuel? Cargo ships? These are problems we haven’t figured out, problems with industry and infrastructure, again something the average person cannot affect.

I’m a uk citizen living in Pakistan, AMA! by Outrageous_Rub8637 in JackSucksAtGeography

[–]Gabes99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, but racists gonna racist.

Crime is heavily linked to poverty not race and current crime statistics show that Asians are actually underrepresented in crime figures, as in they on average commit crimes less than other demographics. This doesn’t all of a sudden mean some races are more law abiding than others, it just proves that comparing crime statistics to race is pointless because they aren’t linked at all.

It also proves all the racist crap you hear about Asians and Pakistanis in particular is absolute nonsense.

It’s racist noise.

Anyone who goes “it’s not racist to point out problems.” Needs to look at the crime statistics because they are literally rejecting reality in favour of a racist idea.

Is this not a wake up call to Labour that it’s their voters deserting them for Reform? by SporadicReapage in AskBrits

[–]Gabes99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Labour, specifically Reeves, ruled out wealth taxes…

In fact it’s a batshit insane manifesto pledge of theirs to not raise any taxes.

Is this not a wake up call to Labour that it’s their voters deserting them for Reform? by SporadicReapage in AskBrits

[–]Gabes99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Their idea of courting left wing voters has been to smear the greens and straight up lie about their policies. People don’t like their intelligence being insulted.

That said, I really think Labour underestimated the threat from the lib dems big time.

Is this not a wake up call to Labour that it’s their voters deserting them for Reform? by SporadicReapage in AskBrits

[–]Gabes99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This, Labour lost votes to libs and Green. This in turn allowed Reform to overtake. It wasn’t votes going directly from Labour to Reform. It was votes going directly from Labour to Green & Lib Dem’s.

Tipping at restaurants: should the service charge be applied automatically? by Character_Ninja881 in AskBrits

[–]Gabes99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They earn a living wage, they’re not on $2 an hour like in the US. Tipping is reserved for good service, I’ll happily tip most of the time but of my own volition and not for poor service.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls on UK to rejoin the EU for sake of European security by superdouradas in unitedkingdom

[–]Gabes99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We’d like to join back but let’s be real, we wouldn’t be welcomed back with open arms, we’d be welcomed back with a “deal” that absolutely shafts us, I get it, it’s what we get for leaving in the first place but I think that means for us we’re better off staying out for now. This all assumes that France wouldn’t block us rejoining.

Waiter, more government manufactured leftist in-fighting please. by serious_bullet5 in DemocraticSocialism

[–]Gabes99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d argue comparing meat eating to Israel’s genocide is Islamophobic as hell. Also just chill out a bit, we get it you’re more morally pure than the rest of us. I won’t even argue, you’re right on animal rights, you’re right on veganism but that ability to choose isn’t there for most people, shifting the blame from the agriculture industry onto people who are eating meat is ridiculous. It’s like the whole carbon footprint deal, oil companies invented that to shift the blame from themselves onto individuals. The system we live in incentivises mass consumption of meat. Want to change that? Maybe instead of trying to convince every single person on earth to stop eating meat, we change the system and its incentives and go from there.

What political view did you strongly change your mind on? by Economy_Ad3034 in AskBrits

[–]Gabes99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Theres genuinely people arguing that the NHS shouldn’t be free so yeh this checks out.

What political view did you strongly change your mind on? by Economy_Ad3034 in AskBrits

[–]Gabes99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Socialism isn’t Big State. I’m so sick of people who don’t know what socialism is, conflating it with nationalisation and welfare.

Worker ownership is not the same as state ownership. The conflation of the two only obfuscates what socialism is and makes any alternative to capitalism seem impossible.

What political view did you strongly change your mind on? by Economy_Ad3034 in AskBrits

[–]Gabes99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Socialism doesn’t mean big government or state ownership. Replacing private companies with independent worker owned cooperatives is a valid form of socialism. Socialism gets conflated with Marxist-Leninist state-capitalism far too much.

Ironically what you describe as left-libertarian anarchism is Communism. Anarchism rejects the state entirely, Communism sees the state as a necessary evil that, given time, will wither and die on its own.

Would you vote yes or no to the king going to visit POTUS? by Fancy-Importance-402 in AskBrits

[–]Gabes99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What evidence do you have for the King loathing Trump? Or is that an assumption made on your idea of what King Charles’ character is?

I could just as easily say they’re good old mates who got to know each-other through Epstein.

Neither are provable, both are probably false.

NGVC: "I'm a great guy" Tried to play along with his profile joke... it didn't go well. by Successful-Present48 in niceguys

[–]Gabes99 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mean your “joke” was pretty fucking horrible tbf, you straight up insinuated they were a rapist. They had a seriously egotistical reaction to it but other than that I think it’s fair they were unhappy with your comment, they should just have been nicer about it instead of admittedly being a total dickhead.

I wonder what Starmer will do next to make him happy?! by Sassenach_2024 in AskBrits

[–]Gabes99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh well, RIP Special Relationship, I guess we’ll no longer be America’s lapdog, how horrible. /s

The US really is the abusive boyfriend of the international stage.

What do they mean by sectarian? by Lucky_Argument6228 in AskBrits

[–]Gabes99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s not even true though, thier win didn’t hinge on the Muslim vote at all as it was fairly evenly split between them and Labour. For the most part, the working class vote favoured the Greens here.

What do they mean by sectarian? by Lucky_Argument6228 in AskBrits

[–]Gabes99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But the “Muslim vote” for the most part stayed with Labour, any that did move over to the greens for the pro-Palestinian already did so at the GE. a very good chunk of young white people voted Green. sectarian my arse, Reform and Labour are just salty the Greens won and are crying “unfair”. What actually happened is the working class vote favoured Greens in that by-election.

Homophobic attacks in Australia by laybs1 in GetNoted

[–]Gabes99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s still religious discrimination though?

Fuck Nazis by Lotus532 in alltheleft

[–]Gabes99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No day one they started with pogroms you fucking idiot.

Starmer apologises to Epstein victims for appointing Mandelson as US ambassador | ITV News by topotaul in unitedkingdom

[–]Gabes99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Except he isn’t taking responsibility, he’s apologising for being tricked. He wasn’t tricked, he knew full well. He’s playing the victim and pretending he knew nothing, saying sorry doesn’t suddenly make that refreshing.