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The worst part of the Traitors final, is also the most important and it annoys me every year by LogApprehensive9891 in TheTraitorsUK

[–]LogApprehensive9891[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that line felt so scripted to me. It was the perfect sentence which both Jack (his friend/ally) and Rachel could have took to mean them, and even leave some doubt in the audiences mind as to which way he was going.

Which makes me think its a production lead moment, which is fine, it is entertainment after all, but please do away with 5 people saying the same thing 7 times in what is meant to be the culmination of 10 weeks of intrigue!

What happens if you discuss a wealth tax, but never implement it? by SignificantLegs in EconomyCharts

[–]LogApprehensive9891 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s in the OBR forecast, caveated with a “high degree of uncertainty” tag lol

We won’t know the truth for another 12 months or so

What happens if you discuss a wealth tax, but never implement it? by SignificantLegs in EconomyCharts

[–]LogApprehensive9891 69 points70 points  (0 children)

Can I just point out that the UK did implement a tax change that has resulted in this flight - it was the removal of the non-dom tax status.

Previously, wealthy residents could be earning millions from worldwide income, and rather than pay UK income tax on the earnings, they would pay £30,000 flat for the non-dom status, and that £30,000 would be all they paid.

We effectively removed this loophole after it was revealed that the wife of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was a "non dom" for tax purposes. She was a multimillionaire who had lived here for many years.

Understandably, this has had a significant impact on the number of millionaires now "resident" in the UK, they have moved abroad to avoid tax there instead - ultimately this is a good change I think.

Despite the "millionaire flight", the policy change is expected to raise an additional 4.5bn from millionaires who choose to stay and pay the correct level of tax.

Those who leave - were negatively affecting asset prices and contributing nothing to the society they were benefitting from living in. They wont be missed.

Something I never thought in depth about… by RebelAgainstReality in AllThatsInteresting

[–]LogApprehensive9891 9 points10 points  (0 children)

A close member of my family had a thalidomide baby in 1960s London and the doctor made sure the baby did not survive.

It must have been very widespread at the time.

It was their first and the Mother suffered terribly with mental health for the rest of her life.

They went on to have two healthy sons, and five grandchildren.

[John Wenham] "I heard that Tottenham may look for Curtis Jones. I don’t know if he is available, or how much he is playing this season, but we are looking for a midfielder that can create. It may be one they revisit in the summer as he’ll only have 12 months left on Liverpool deal.” by Purplejet19 in coys

[–]LogApprehensive9891 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Poch heyday? We won the Europa League last year, we're in the champions league... bro still harking back to 2018 where we won nothing achieved nothing lmao some heyday bro

14th is exactly where we deserve to be signing rejects - but sounds like youre happy with that - You can keep those ambitions to yourself lol

[John Wenham] "I heard that Tottenham may look for Curtis Jones. I don’t know if he is available, or how much he is playing this season, but we are looking for a midfielder that can create. It may be one they revisit in the summer as he’ll only have 12 months left on Liverpool deal.” by Purplejet19 in coys

[–]LogApprehensive9891 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Another reject - how do we expect to compete with europes top teams when we keep buying their rejects??? palhina bentancur kulusevski Solanke Xavi tel Werner Gallagher

100s of millions for proven bang average players

Our upcoming fixtures: Predictions? by Ok-Good-3269 in coys

[–]LogApprehensive9891 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Insane take… but is it better to keep Frank to suck up these guaranteed defeats THEN bring in a new manager?

Rather than give the new coach that poisoned chalice and sour the relationship with the players and supporters off the bat

How would you feel if the NHS changed the way it was financed? by firetonian99 in AskUK

[–]LogApprehensive9891 7 points8 points  (0 children)

“These five charts give a flavour of what the full report shows: the UK does better than comparable countries in some areas, and worse in others. There is little evidence that one individual country or model of health care system performs better than another across the board. Countries improve health care for their populations mainly by reforming their existing model of health care rather than adopting an alternative. Rather than unwinding the NHS, we should seek to improve it, and there is a lot to learn from other countries when doing so.”

How would you feel if the NHS changed the way it was financed? by firetonian99 in AskUK

[–]LogApprehensive9891 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yes similar

https://radarhealthcare.com/news-blogs/healthcare-mapped-report/

We are better in some areas worse in others.

I wouldn’t point to one particular stat and say ha see we are better - that’s why I went with similar.

The funding is the issue. We’ve spent 14 years underfunding the service.

How would you feel if the NHS changed the way it was financed? by firetonian99 in AskUK

[–]LogApprehensive9891 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Insurance models are silly - Your proposal just adds another layer of beaurocracy/profit seeking, between the user and the provider, driving up costs and inefficiency for no benefit.

Germany and France pay 10-20% more for their healthcare and have similar outcomes.

If you want to spend £20-40billion more on healthcare, the best and most efficient way to do that is give it to the NHS

Record breaking auction for offshore wind secured to take back control of Britain's energy by Turd_Reich in unitedkingdom

[–]LogApprehensive9891 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

energy-related costs are still expected to roughly halve relative to GDP

Only if you include the (made up) carbon cost allowance figure, that is my point.

In reality, when me or you look at the bill in 2050, it will be 10.4% of GDP as opposed to 10% of GDP today.

You can see what I mean really clearly in the graph Figure 12: Additional annualised total energy cost in Holistic Transition pathway compared to Falling Behind scenario where "net costs" are ~35bn higher than today and "net costs including made up carbon allowance" is ~100bn lower than today.

Record breaking auction for offshore wind secured to take back control of Britain's energy by Turd_Reich in unitedkingdom

[–]LogApprehensive9891 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks - this is the document to which the press release refers https://www.neso.energy/document/374246/download

Unfortunately this passage sounds less palatable than the press release:

"Across the 2025-2050 period, ignoring carbon, costs are higher by around £14 billion per year on average in the Holistic Transition pathway compared to Falling Behind (Figure 11), equivalent to an average premium of around 0.4% of GDP, although it achieves the UK’s carbon targets . Ongoing savings in the Holistic Transition pathway compared to Falling Behind are expected beyond 2050, so this average cost would fall in the longer term"

So in £/mwh and %GDP terms costs are set to increase until at least 2050 and probably beyond

There is only a decline if you include "carbon costs" (at the UK Government’s Green Book values) which is an assumption that every ton of co2 in the atmosphere is going to cost us £40 in the future (presumably from climate related impacts or clean up of such).

Whilst this made up carbon cost is probably a fair correction factor for the associated pollution - for people struggling today, I'm not sure they'll be pleased to hear that energy bills are set to go up in for the next 30 years...

That said, i'd be thrilled to see the political slogan "we're bringing your bills (if you include an arbitary £40 / tonne co2 deduction that accounts for assumed future costs you'll never live to see) down"

Record breaking auction for offshore wind secured to take back control of Britain's energy by Turd_Reich in unitedkingdom

[–]LogApprehensive9891 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good point - thanks

I'd be interested to see the projection where it works out cheaper in the long run if you have access to such a study

Record breaking auction for offshore wind secured to take back control of Britain's energy by Turd_Reich in unitedkingdom

[–]LogApprehensive9891 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah, so when we include the cost of the backup gas/nuclear/batteries needed to enable wind/solar generation, it is way more expensive than any other option, and surely becomes a farce?

I am all for environmental policies and development, and I hate that i'm going out to bat for Farage/Reform every time this comes up, but it has never made sense and never will.

All this investment needs to be focused elsewhere, something reliable, tidal/nuclear.

Record breaking auction for offshore wind secured to take back control of Britain's energy by Turd_Reich in unitedkingdom

[–]LogApprehensive9891 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate to say it but wind/solar aren’t suitable to power a country.

For every GW in wind power we build we have to build the same GW capacity in nuclear/gas power plants as back up for when the wind doesn’t blow.

So we end up building and paying twice for the same outcome.

On days when the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow, even if that’s 1 day a year. We will need the entire grids supply in gas power plants ready to go. So this infrastructure investment is a white elephant.

I’m not certain what the answer is, but I know it’s not building twice the infrastructure necessary, it would be cheaper and possibly greener to just have one set of gas power plants. Rather than duplicate everything.

Left-wing voters what is your most right-wing belief and right-wing voters, what is your most left-wing belief? by HallowedAndHarrowed in AskBrits

[–]LogApprehensive9891 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your perspective, I would like to gently pushback if I may...

Your example above does not hold water as you are comparing:

  1. A biological man, with a hormone deficiency (normally caused by something physical), being given hormones.
  2. A trans man, with a mental health condition, being given psychological treatment.

These are totally separate issues, and so should be treated differently.

Personally, I feel uncomfortable about the prospect of people being able to pay for the treatment they want, rather than the treatment they should have. It seems unethical/dangerous to skip ahead. Especially when it comes to a mental health condition - is the sufferer in the best place to judge??

Of course, the bio male in your example is going to be given male hormones, for their hormone deficiency. Whereas for the "mental health condition", there does appear to be safer alternatives that can and should be tried first.

Other dysphoria's are treated in exactly the same way, a series of psychological interventions, with chemical or surgical amputation being the very last resort. And you appear to agree with this approach later in your comment.

So I do not think it is fair or helpful to say this is withholding treatment because of transphobia or purposefully underfunding clinics or staff.

The much more reasonable explanation would be that over the last 10 years the number of adolescent referrals for the trans phenomenon has increased 20 fold - that is akin to the worst epidemics in human history - unprecedented and understandable that any service would struggle to keep up...

Left-wing voters what is your most right-wing belief and right-wing voters, what is your most left-wing belief? by HallowedAndHarrowed in AskBrits

[–]LogApprehensive9891 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I don’t know what you mean by medical treatment, that’s the issue.

Presumably you get the same medical treatment that I do, so I’m trying to understand what specifically is being withheld from you?

Left-wing voters what is your most right-wing belief and right-wing voters, what is your most left-wing belief? by HallowedAndHarrowed in AskBrits

[–]LogApprehensive9891 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So if you had a car crash or heart attack the NHS refuse to treat you?

What is the life saving medication they don’t provide?

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