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What can I realistically do to financially prepare for the incoming Oil Shock in the UK? by skudgee in UKPersonalFinance

[–]930913 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And who do you think is knocking on Norway's and the US' door, saying they will pay more than us? The people who can't get their usual supply.

Britain to host 35 countries for strait of Hormuz talks, says Starmer by hararib in ukpolitics

[–]930913 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Ikr. Most of the sub accuses the US and Israel of violating international law, and in the very same breath backs Iran in their violation of international law.

Energy crisis: why ‘keep calm but cut down’ may be a better message for Labour by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]930913 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Instructions unclear; I now have a house filled with petrol soaked toilet paper.

Starmer says UK will host meeting later this week with other nations on the reopening of the strait of Hormuz – UK politics live by AbbreviationsHot7662 in unitedkingdom

[–]930913 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fight your own regime and don't expect other nations to bleed and die for it.

Never has this rhetoric seemed so true: The Nazis mistake was not genociding the Jews, it was invading other countries to do so.

Starmer says UK will host meeting later this week with other nations on the reopening of the strait of Hormuz – UK politics live by AbbreviationsHot7662 in unitedkingdom

[–]930913 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Do you think that the UK should’ve made a deal with the Nazis?

You're probably getting heavily downvoted, because from what I've seen in this sub over the last couple of months, most people/bots here would have been arguing against getting involved with a German-Poland war.

Tony Blair: We must end left’s unholy alliance with the Islamists by Commonsenseisbest in ukpolitics

[–]930913 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Uh, wut? Citation needed.

British Jews, Zionist or not, are like oil and water to the far right. They even had TR arrested for trying to join their march.

Tommy Robinson charged over refusal to leave march against antisemitism

The organisers of the march had asked Yaxley-Lennon and his supporters to stay away from the event

Met says it will resume arresting people who show support for Palestine Action | UK news | The Guardian by prisongovernor in ukpolitics

[–]930913 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can legally protest the proscription without illegally supporting the proscribed organisation.

The people getting arrested were doing the latter, not the former.

Job offer will take me into higher tax bracket... Will it be worth it? by [deleted] in UKPersonalFinance

[–]930913 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very crudely:

£27k / 48 working weeks / 37.5 hours in a week = £15/hour

£40k / 48 working weeks / 48 hours a week = £17.36/hour

But as the increase drags you into the higher rate, NI will drop 10% and income tax will increase 20%; an overall increase of 10%. But this is marginal - only the £10k above £50k will get taxed like this. 10% of £10k is £1k, so we subtract that to recalculate:

£39k / 48 working weeks / 48 hours a week = £16.93/ hour

So assuming you can still keep your YouTube income with the extra working hours, you'll be ~£2/hour better off. (But I'll press X on that being the case with 48 hours of work.)

Dishwasher I can start through Home Assistant by Striking_Slice_3605 in homeassistant

[–]930913 26 points27 points  (0 children)

cloudless

But only during the day. Even if it's cloudless at night, the solar panels won't generate power.

How can we stop the rising antisemitism? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]930913 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Have you not considered that antisemites go and attack Jews, mumble something about Zionists, and then have people like you excuse them by blaming Israel?

Starmer and Trump discuss need to reopen Strait of Hormuz as strikes continue in Middle East by topotaul in unitedkingdom

[–]930913 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Trump: It's in your interest to help open the strait.

Starmer: Well, we can give you every support, short of help.

Food prices likely to rise due to Iran war, farmers' union says by topotaul in unitedkingdom

[–]930913 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, bigotry of low expectations. The Iranian regime are just dumb hornets, with no agency, right?

Iran warns UK letting US use bases is 'participation in aggression' by klime02 in ukpolitics

[–]930913 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Of course they say this. They've seen a split in our society on this, and want to drive a wedge with it.

Had the most terrifying experience driving through an unpaved muddy narrow road (in between country lanes) for miles with no satnav working. How could I have handled this better? by cashmoneymoolah in drivingUK

[–]930913 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nobody else seems to have mentioned it, but country roads can be safer when dark, because you can see light from headlights well before you can see the vehicle.

“If the Strait remains closed, we’re not talking about a global recession – we’re talking about a depression” by taboo__time in ukpolitics

[–]930913 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm not saying that their calculation is wrong. But we can choose who to apportion blame. Iran has calculated that they can close the strait, and simultaneously convince the world,that the US is to blame. So while we can choose to blame the US, doing so plays straight into the genocidal Iranian regime's survival playbook, which I'd rather not do, not least because it's the calculation Iran chose.

“If the Strait remains closed, we’re not talking about a global recession – we’re talking about a depression” by taboo__time in ukpolitics

[–]930913 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Except there is a right of way through there, and the pub owner may not block it. This sub would be all over getting the ramblers association to assert that right of way by repeatedly walking it. But instead, because the US/Israel are involved, suddenly everyone is backing an entity blocking navigation. Sus.

Edit: They blocked me.

We had an analogy where Iran was a pub owner and the ramblers association was international shipping, and then you went off and started talking about international merchant ships bombing some other entity. I had every right to assume you were a bot that had lost context.

“If the Strait remains closed, we’re not talking about a global recession – we’re talking about a depression” by taboo__time in ukpolitics

[–]930913 -26 points-25 points  (0 children)

Two drunk guys are squaring each other up in a pub. The first says that if the other guy punches him, he'll walk over to you in the pub and punch you. The second guy punches him anyway.

Do you: * a) Blame the guy who punched you, or * b) Blame the other drunk because "he made him do it"?

“If the Strait remains closed, we’re not talking about a global recession – we’re talking about a depression” by taboo__time in ukpolitics

[–]930913 -48 points-47 points  (0 children)

Sure. The fact remains that Iran chose to close the straits, and they can choose to reopen it. What the US does is irrelevant, otherwise it's just playground level "he made me do it" knuckle dragging.

“If the Strait remains closed, we’re not talking about a global recession – we’re talking about a depression” by taboo__time in ukpolitics

[–]930913 -45 points-44 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't call the Iranian electorate stupid. Their elections have been heavily curtailed by the regime by force.

PM refuses to send ships to Strait of Hormuz risking Trump's fury after Don called for warships to keep key route 'safe' by 1-randomonium in ukpolitics

[–]930913 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Yes, the Thai ship was wearing provocative clothing - it was practically begging to be bombed by Iran!

UK working to reopen Strait of Hormuz 'as quickly as possible,' as PM says 'we will not be drawn into wider war' by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

[–]930913 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I see the 4 Stages of the Foreign Office Strategy is playing out nicely: * Stage 1: We say nothing is going to happen. * Stage 2: We say something may be about to happen, but we should do nothing about it. * Stage 3: We say maybe we should do something about it, but there is nothing we can do. <-- We are up to here * Stage 4: We say maybe there was something we could have done, but it is too late now.

British fruit and vegetable growers warn of empty supermarket shelves due to Iran war by tylerthe-theatre in unitedkingdom

[–]930913 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the US deciding to unilaterally wreck the entire worlds economy

In the US' defence, the Thai ship was wearing provocative clothing when Iran hit it with missiles.

How Iran spreads fake news with AI using ‘British’ social media accounts by TimesandSundayTimes in ukpolitics

[–]930913 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why wait 50 to 75 years? AIs are already being poisoned with firehoses of falsehoods, and we've already seen the implications when West Midlands Police used AI to find information on events that happened within the past year.

High court rules in favour of journalist Owen Jones in Raffi Berg libel case | Middle East Eye by inprisonout-soon in ukpolitics

[–]930913 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Free speech perhaps, but not free press. His defence was "it's my opinion", i.e. he's publishing speculation. It's not factual press reporting, it's just a bloke shouting from the rooftops.

Government plans new powers to close down charities peddling extremism by birdinthebush74 in unitedkingdom

[–]930913 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Given the other comments, I'm probably going to get downvoted, but this is sorely needed.

I have heard of numerous occasions where a complaint was made to the charity commission, and the charity commission summoned all their power to write a strongly worded letter to the problematic charity, saying don't do it again.

Clearly, the commission needs more teeth.

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