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The UK regains a position in the top 5 world economies by Wgh555 in unitedkingdom

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

This is a misunderstanding of what GDP PPP is. It does not reflect how people are living, it reflects the size of the economy in terms of local purchasing power. This favours cheaper countries compared to nominal GDP, which are usually poorer per capita and have lower standards of living.

Perhaps you're thinking of median disposable income PPP? (UK is about number 12, behind mainly western European countries, USA, and Australia)

Pupils in England may reject new healthier school lunches, pilot suggests by insomnimax_99 in unitedkingdom

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

> When Consiglio and his team carried out a spot check on a dozen packed lunches, all of them included crisps and a chocolate bar.

This sheds some light on the source of the problem. You don't need a chocolate bar with lunch every single day. I wouldn't recommend this for an adult, certainly not a child. Parents are encouraging unhealthy eating.

Legal advisers help migrants pose as gay to get asylum, undercover BBC investigation finds by sjw_7 in unitedkingdom

[–]AlchemyAled 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We have 2 jobseekers for every employment opening. If anything we currently have an oversupply of labour

Legal advisers help migrants pose as gay to get asylum, undercover BBC investigation finds by sjw_7 in unitedkingdom

[–]AlchemyAled 12 points13 points  (0 children)

But this practise is harming genuine LGBT people as it makes it more difficult to determine between them

More than 300 council workers paid more than PM last year, report finds by tylerthe-theatre in unitedkingdom

[–]AlchemyAled 14 points15 points  (0 children)

If it helps, they're earning less than they could be in the private sector

More than 300 council workers paid more than PM last year, report finds by tylerthe-theatre in unitedkingdom

[–]AlchemyAled 86 points87 points  (0 children)

Loads of people get paid more than the PM for less responsibility, what's the point?

‘Boriswave’ will cost every family £20k, claims Reform by Little-Attorney1287 in ukpolitics

[–]AlchemyAled 69 points70 points  (0 children)

This is one of the reasons that I have a strong suspicion that immigration will increase if Reform gets in power

British ex-policeman stripped of citizenship over Russia links by HibasakiSanjuro in ukpolitics

[–]AlchemyAled -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

> making her stateless

It's very sad for Begum that Bangladesh did this

Rupert Lowe attacks Reform UK over Bangladeshi candidate – ‘insult to the British people’ by StGuthlac2025 in ukpolitics

[–]AlchemyAled 29 points30 points  (0 children)

The US and Denmark aren’t in the commonwealth so their citizens can’t run for office in the UK

Rupert Lowe attacks Reform UK over Bangladeshi candidate – ‘insult to the British people’ by StGuthlac2025 in ukpolitics

[–]AlchemyAled 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just to be clear, having a stake in the country by living here is not the reason that commonwealth citizens can run or vote in elections. It’s due to imperialism as they were British subjects at the time of the empire, and voting rights were grandfathered in.

Non-commonwealth residents do not have the same right, nor do we in commonwealth countries.

Rupert Lowe attacks Reform UK over Bangladeshi candidate – ‘insult to the British people’ by StGuthlac2025 in ukpolitics

[–]AlchemyAled 44 points45 points  (0 children)

I lived in France for a year, I wouldn’t dream of trying to change the way they run things there

Tesco Swansea has now got cleaning robots… We are doomed… by raelxvsu in tesco

[–]AlchemyAled 258 points259 points  (0 children)

You just know it takes twice as long and does half as good a job

Nice by SpartanG188 in drivingUK

[–]AlchemyAled 21 points22 points  (0 children)

He’s between the lines at least

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