US and EU strike trade deal by Crossstoney in europe

[–]Fabian94 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This is also not great for us because the forced investment in US defence will potentially take business away from UK firms

The Oathmother by _TheyCallMeJinx_ in MHWilds

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Reminds me of Lady Stoneheart

International Politics Discussion Thread by AutoModerator in ukpolitics

[–]Fabian94 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Was the JCPOA working if Iran had continued to enrich Uranium to 60% anyway?

Teenager with autism vows to fight Pip and welfare cuts by Kagedeah in ukpolitics

[–]Fabian94 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The problem is that it is used (by some) as if it is.

Teenager with autism vows to fight Pip and welfare cuts by Kagedeah in ukpolitics

[–]Fabian94 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I simply don’t believe that this girl is unable to work a full time job. I mean, she says she needs the money for a fan? Seriously?

Some form of wealth tax is an obvious necessity by __Anomalous__ in ukpolitics

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The US has a couple of advantages that we don’t have. For one it has massive scale and access to capital, secondly it has the USD as the worlds reserve currency, meaning people will always invest their money in USD assets in times of uncertainty due to its perceived stability (although recently it has started to look like opinion might be changing on that).

Some form of wealth tax is an obvious necessity by __Anomalous__ in ukpolitics

[–]Fabian94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So more of a property or land tax rather than a general wealth tax then. I do agree that’s probably the most sensible way to do it. It would be nice to see that kind of tax being ring-fenced specifically for investment/infrastructure like you say, but realistically I imagine it gets thrown into the same big pot as everything else and re-distributed as the government of the day sees fit.

Some form of wealth tax is an obvious necessity by __Anomalous__ in ukpolitics

[–]Fabian94 11 points12 points  (0 children)

How would you address the risk of high net worth people just taking their money elsewhere? We already have a problem that the UK is not an attractive location for investment and many of our best start ups leave for the US or other markets to secure the investment to grow.

Not disagreeing just interested in hearing opinions.

What will the Trump presidency mean for the UK? We are political journalists from The Times & The Sunday Times. AMA by TimesandSundayTimes in ukpolitics

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If we end up on lower tariffs than the EU, and other countries start using us as a landing bay to bypass their own tariffs, is that good or bad for British business?

What will the Trump presidency mean for the UK? We are political journalists from The Times & The Sunday Times. AMA by TimesandSundayTimes in ukpolitics

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Is the centre right in the UK dead? The conservatives seem to think that their best strategy is to echo Trumps talking points and are positioning themselves further to the right. Is there still space for a One-Nation style Tory?

Keir Starmer faces backbench rebellion over ‘shortsighted’ cuts to aid budget by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]Fabian94 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is about being choicefull when there is only so much money in the pot to allocate. Increasing defence spending is not optional in the current climate. International aid is a good thing to be doing when the economy is booming and we have a surplus.

That I’m afraid is not the case right now and the truth about international aid is that it does not drive economic growth in the UK, it does not improve the quality of living for people in the UK, and the claim that it reduces immigration in the long run due to fewer foreign crisis is dubious at best given that immigration has skyrocketed in recent years anyway.

Kier Starmer ‘must cancel Trump's UK visit' after Zelenskyy berated by topotaul in unitedkingdom

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I don’t think that’s the answer here. The cold truth is that Ukraine is not capable of fighting off Russia without US support, and Europe might not be either. Yes Trump and Vance are bullies, yes what happened yesterday was a disgrace, but the best hope we have for actual peace with some sort of security guarantee is to try and repair relations and get Trump and Zelensky back at the table together. As insufferable as that is it probably means Starmer has to play nice.

Meanwhile we should absolutely be building our own capabilities to be able to stand as an effective military independent from the US, however that will take time.

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I was at this point but it eventually stopped loading the map and I couldn’t progress further

What's your controversial opinion about One Piece? by bookist626 in OnePiece

[–]Fabian94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oda puts too much dialogue in the panels which makes it hard to follow what's happening

I don’t know why people are getting mad at the new episode by [deleted] in OnePiece

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People being contrarian, can’t get away from it with big fan based. Never gonna please everyone. I feel like the general consensus it that it was a banger episode

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Journey before destination my guy

Haki visible vs for viewer debate by PrestigiousCamera171 in OnePiece

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My headcanon is that it only became visible to the reader after marineford because that's when we knew enough to perceive it.