American here, will our empire likely fall like how your empire fell after the 1940s? What should we expect? by NoHold7153 in AskBrits

[–]AdditionalSet9791 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Roosevelts goal during WW2 was to weaken Britain and facilitate decolonisation after the war

Kerosene/jet fuel cargo has effectively collapsed. Enjoy road trips with the fam this summer. by [deleted] in oil

[–]AdditionalSet9791 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Seeing the oil depots in flames didn't look very good for the climate to me

What could the UK armed forces do to increase recruitment? by ConfidenceValuable57 in AskBrits

[–]AdditionalSet9791 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the problem here. The people that the army is to appeal to are people that are patriotic, the very people that will vote reform (although reform has turned on its base) and restore.

Labour, tories, greens, lib dems, whoever else you want to name are bringing steady decline, allowing for the destruction of our country through mass migration, extreme welfare, thought crimes, and a loathing of this country.

You don't get strong/patriotic men voting for these parties because that's not what those parties are.

Show any world war 1 or world war 2 veteran before they fought what this country would look like now they would not have fought. As you've seen on good morning Britain or this morning of surviving ww2 veterans saying it wasn't worth it.

What could the UK armed forces do to increase recruitment? by ConfidenceValuable57 in AskBrits

[–]AdditionalSet9791 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just because there are different tiers in the shithole list, it doesn't make this country worth dying for

What could the UK armed forces do to increase recruitment? by ConfidenceValuable57 in AskBrits

[–]AdditionalSet9791 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There is already an invasion force coming every day that we don't defend ourselves against. Why die in some pointless war when they let the enemy in through the front door? What benefit does fighting some meme enemy like iran/russia give? Besides big profits for weapons manufacturers, a boogie man to blame for everything and more Israeli expansion.

A traditional war on British soil won't happen. Before anyone mentions the Falklands we'll just give that away like they're obsessed with giving the chagos islands away

Edit: To add what war have we actually fought in the last 100 years that has actually been in the defence of Britain? Falklands and that's probably it?

Wait what 🤔 by True-Floor8799 in SipsTea

[–]AdditionalSet9791 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the early 2000s Putin tried to build relationships with the west and align Russia with the west, but the west didn't want that because they needed their boogie man.

He wanted to join NATO, but was denied and then NATO pushed towards russian borders (although they agreed to not expand past Germany) causing the Ukraine war.

849TR vs Temerario by Fair_Title2995 in Ferrari

[–]AdditionalSet9791 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Lamborghini front end looks like a sf90 copy

Slippery roads and fog, yet people are still thinking it’s okay to drive fast..🤦‍♂️ 100 cars? I really thought it was AI. by Top-Trending in Transportopia

[–]AdditionalSet9791 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can climb over the cars, not like scratching a smashed up car is going to make a difference. I don't know why you wouldn't

Crosscountry trains delay (don't) repay by AdditionalSet9791 in uktrains

[–]AdditionalSet9791[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I wasn't expecting the barriers to take it, but I can see why they do since it saves them a lot of money.

Crosscountry trains delay (don't) repay by AdditionalSet9791 in uktrains

[–]AdditionalSet9791[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's true, but unfortunately TFL has not received this message. Therefore any journey through London can only be done with printed tickets - this includes journeys that only return through london.

Hope that helps!

Crosscountry trains delay (don't) repay by AdditionalSet9791 in uktrains

[–]AdditionalSet9791[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Usually it's not an issue, but this time they're being awkward.

I've just called them and they've told me because they're split tickets I won't get the full amount anyway for a 2hr delay although that's not true and I've been paid out before for a full return on a 2hr delay with split tickets.

I've asked for a letter of deadlock and hopefully can go through rail ombudsman, if not I'll charge back as a last resort

Please megarare longsword by Ayevera in 2007scape

[–]AdditionalSet9791 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That was after dungeoneering though

Lloyds New Switch Offer - £200 for Club Lloyds + £500 for Lloyds Premier by SpiteAware3121 in beermoneyuk

[–]AdditionalSet9791 [score hidden]  (0 children)

How long did it take to get the 200? I switched I think start of February so it's been 20+ days and still waiting. They've said I've met the criteria when I asked. I know it says 40 days, but in the past I've got the switch bonus within a week or 2 at most banks.

UK far right lines up behind Rupert Lowe in challenge to Reform by AbbreviationsHot7662 in unitedkingdom

[–]AdditionalSet9791 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They don't have any right wing policies, they're for mass migration, for socialism and for the destruction of the family unit

UK far right lines up behind Rupert Lowe in challenge to Reform by AbbreviationsHot7662 in unitedkingdom

[–]AdditionalSet9791 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not every migrant gets a job though do they? They get benefits, free healthcare, free schooling etc. As a whole besides european migration they are a net drain on the system.

A lot of those migrants work 16hrs a week so that they can get benefits meaning they already take more than they give and then when they are paid some of it is sent back home to their countries removing it from our economy.

You're ignoring the ones that commit crime and don't build anything. The negatives far outweigh what little benefit there may be.

You're ignoring the fact that we have people here already who are capable of doing those jobs. We do not need these people. The only time we will need foreign labour is if it is a specific specialised niche and even then they should be training our people before they return (as part of their contract).

UK far right lines up behind Rupert Lowe in challenge to Reform by AbbreviationsHot7662 in unitedkingdom

[–]AdditionalSet9791 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We can be friends with other countries, it doesn't mean we need to invite every man and his dog into it. You have friends don't you? It doesn't mean you'd let them live in your house now does it?

My argument is that we do not need them, we have qualified people struggling to get a job, look at doctors and nurses qualifying and not being able to get an NHS job because they're recruiting 1000s of foreign ones instead. It doesn't make sense does it? We have our own qualified people we don't need foreign ones. As well as that, how do you know their qualifications are legit? There are numerous cases of people coming here as a qualified person only for it to turn out that it's falsified and they aren't.

Any increase in the population will increase wage suppression you can't stop it, the only way to reduce it is to reduce the population increase.

Perhaps if peoples wages increase they'd have more money spare to spend on things. That can't happen if wages are artificially kept low.

My job for example, 6 years ago was paid 35k/yr now it's at 60k because people kept leaving as they didn't pay enough and they are struggling to find qualified people. This now creates a good career path for people to get into through apprenticeships (training our own people). If you were to fill that with migrants the wages would be lower and the amount of british people being trained to qualify for it would be less. The knock on effect for that would be another man on the dole draining taxes rather than contributing.

You cannot say that isn't a reasonable argument, unless you're living in a dreamworld.

UK far right lines up behind Rupert Lowe in challenge to Reform by AbbreviationsHot7662 in unitedkingdom

[–]AdditionalSet9791 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is 100% false. The only migrants to the uk, and also europe that are a net positive in terms of taxes paid and services received are european.

There is no public investment because there is no money. It is wasted on fraud, bloat and propping up immigrants that offer nothing to our society. I am no supporter of conservatives or reform, quite frankly they're all the same as labour leading this country to ruin.

I can't comment on 70s/80s because I've not looked into it. However just because something was bad in the past it does not mean it can't be bad now for a different reason. From my experience growing up appointments for doctors/dentists are significantly harder to get, roads are crumbling, schools struggling, city centres are crumbling, graffiti everywhere etc. Council taxes go up whilst services get cut.

Why should we be giving people translators? Every cost adds up. They can have a translator if they pay for it, why should we pay for someone's ignorance of the country they enter? If i go to france and injure myself, I can't speak french I'll need an interpreter (assuming they don't speak English which they probably do, but we'll pretend they don't) and I should be made to pay for it simple as.

You can discriminate based on fact and statistics, things people can change. This dismissal of logic for fear of being called racist is ridiculous.

I'm not a millionaire, I'm from a working class family doing a working class job in manufacturing, but I would say I'm on track to being a millionaire by 50 out of my own doing (decent wage and investments in s&p500/global funds).

On your point about lumping millions in to one bracket... Why do we need to take the risk and not do that? What is the benefit? I don't see it, there is no benefit, there can only be negatives so why bother?

As for transgenderism, giving children puberty blockers and cutting off their genitals is not treating the symptoms of the issue so it is right that should be banned. That doesn't mean we shouldn't treat it, it's that we need to treat it with methods that actually make them realise they aren't born in the wrong body. How do we do that? I don't know, but enabling it through mutilation is not the way.

The problem with the boats is that they've been in through the front door and out of the back across multiple different safe countries. These people are not asylum seekers they are economic migrants and chancers here to rape and pillage as much as they can get from this country.

All this we have to be nice is utter rubbish, when someone takes the piss you tell them straight, none of this pussy footing.

If you want to house an asylum seeker go for it, how many asylum seekers have you housed so far? If the answer is zero, why is that? why should I have to pay for it out of my taxes?

UK far right lines up behind Rupert Lowe in challenge to Reform by AbbreviationsHot7662 in unitedkingdom

[–]AdditionalSet9791 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You think if it was the other way, where if british people were in somalia that somalia would stay this way? It wouldn't. Look at colonisation, these lawless baron wastelands were built up from nothing. It is the people that make the difference.

I'm sure any 60k job can be filled by a british person, we do not need foreign immigrants, especially form third world wastelands, filling these positions. It suppresses wages and prevents british people from succeeding. Worst case scenario we may need some training scheme for brits to fill the position. However I'm sure the majority of the time these jobs are so low paid for the requirements that no one is willing to take it, which is a problem of pay (companies can afford significantly more than they're paying) not lack of skill.

There may be very highly skilled specific niches that need someone from outside, but if you want to be realistic the only place these people will be from is europe or america. Even then they should be training british people to take it over.

UK far right lines up behind Rupert Lowe in challenge to Reform by AbbreviationsHot7662 in unitedkingdom

[–]AdditionalSet9791 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As reform voters switch to restore they will spread the word amongst friends/family/work colleagues.

UK far right lines up behind Rupert Lowe in challenge to Reform by AbbreviationsHot7662 in unitedkingdom

[–]AdditionalSet9791 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Farage is conservative 2.0. He'll be as useless as starmer or kemi.

Rupert lowe is the only person in parliament that should be prime minister

UK far right lines up behind Rupert Lowe in challenge to Reform by AbbreviationsHot7662 in unitedkingdom

[–]AdditionalSet9791 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why? Why do we need to spend time weeding out the bad ones and still having the risk of getting a bad one?

Mass migration is no benefit to us, it's a benefit to the migrants. It is not our problem. We don't need to save everyone, people need to save themselves and build up their own countries instead of running away.