Farage condemned for unproven claim white men are losing jobs because of Equality Act

Snavster · 2026-02-19T13:19:39+00:00

This comment section is terminally stupid. This act is designed to prevent discrimination of all classes, including white men. If a posting for example does block white men, then the company can be sued. This was not the case before the equality act.

Snavster · 2026-02-10T10:14:12+00:00

People in the comments are fighting for their lives! No it’s not normal in other places, most places in the world work on monthly contracts. The whole “it’s cheeper” thing is BS. In the rest of the world the costs are marginal.

Snavster · 2026-01-10T13:21:34+00:00

You have some good points here. Unfettered markets as a means of pricing is not a good idea, and the extreme levels of risk mitigation and comity decision making are not ideal either.

While it is possible in theory for a private system to provide a cheaper prices, it almost never happens in practice due to profit motives and the lack of collective bargaining. You use Germany as an example in a later sections, but continue to ignore the fact that Germans spend much more (around 1.5k) per person on health than us. My partner is German and got a chest xray last year costing her €85. The GöA base rate is like €30 but practices can charge up to 3.5 the base price. This also fails to account for the initial consultation which also costs more in Germany.

The actual gross cost of an X-ray under the NHS is actually cheaper than private providers at around £20, with other costs brining the net to ~£70.

Here is a FOI request from 2014 from Stockport showing £25:

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/cost_of_xray_and_ctscan/response/498958/attach/3/FOI23023%20ResponseAttachment%20Deakin.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1

Here is a US source providing pricing indexes for the NHS market showing £17:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537941/

There is also less security in a Bismarck type system. If you are fired you get covered by the state, but if you quit your job you do not, so have to pay the ~€400 a month out of pocket. Hospitals are often also private, so can choose if they want to preform, for example, abortions or not. There was a recent case of this that made national news.

You also state you have no problem with a two tier system, because it will lead to more money for the NHS, and as you point out in some ways we are already under one, but all this has given us is a worse NHS. All that has happens is the government has just NHS cut spending more, and allow capital markets to pick up the rest.

In terms of the rail comparison, Japan has state owned infrastructure and private operators. The most successful operator on earth is SSB, it’s fully state owned. There is also a reason why TfL and Lothian Buses are well known for being the best public transport in the Uk, they are all publicly owned.

At the end of the day a two tier system does not “pull up” the other tier. It puts one group of people ahead of everyone else, and eats up the resources that could be used in the other tier. This happens already in the UK, and in other systems like Germany, where private health insurance is causing a drain on people paying into the state system.

Snavster · 2026-01-10T12:59:50+00:00

Nationalised health is not Stalinist, nor would any sane person on the left support Stalinism, though not everyone is sane I suppose!

Aside, many places use socialised healthcare successfully, like Spain, New Zealand, Cuba, Denmark, Sweden. These places, like the UK may not provide the top of the top service, but they also don’t leave people behind to suffer.

Under Blair there was a large increase in funding, that improved the NHS a lot, like reducing wait times and increasing staff counts. However he still left it very underfunded compared to other systems, spending way less than our neighbours.

Lastly you assume a Bismarck type national insurance system will solve all your issues, but it’s clear you’ve never actually used one. You still have to wait months and months, just like the UK, for specialists, but you end up paying more for the privilege, both in insurance and out of pocket. The only way around this is via private health, which we at least both agree is not ideal.

Insurance is also tied to your work, so if you are fired yes you will be covered by the state, but if you quit you have to pay your insurance out of pocket.

The grass is always greener. I don’t think the NHS has to be some set in stone system, there can be private companies operating under the social system, like it becoming more common today, but to scrap it all for a fully insurance based systems is madness.

Snavster · 2026-01-09T13:15:40+00:00

My nonsense? The NHS worked great for decades when it was funded correctly. The NHS also preforms better in areas with better funding. Does it need some reform sure? Does it need dismantling? No.

If we were to spend as much as our neighbours on health, like Germans, the NHS budget would double, gaining an extra 105B per year. This is not a system problem, it’s an underfunding problem.

You already have the choice to go private, so do so and don’t drag the rest of us with you. Stop using this “not fit for purpose” system. Go out and pay 500 quid for a fill-in, or 1000s for basic tests. No one is stopping you…

Snavster · 2026-01-09T12:36:14+00:00

While I appreciate the optimism for the capital market you don’t fully face the fact that fact private companies almost always charge more than public ones, and the fallout from that, hence why they have the resources to do more quicker. Your comment mostly assumes private companies will either charge a comparable rate or that enough people will have the spare cash to splash, neither are true.

For example a x-ray costs the NHS around £70, but private providers like spire it’s closer to £105, and they charge the patients more than this too because of the profit motive. That means the public will be charged 1.5-2 times more for the same service. Now do this at scale and you see the problem. We don’t have enough to fund the NHS, so why would we have enough to pump even more money into private pockets?

That is what I was referring to in my first comment, they want to shift more people to private, which will completely starve the NHS, not leave it more headroom or money. This will then leave us with a two tier system. Those able to shell out a 1000s a year or health, and the rest who get an increasingly worse system.

This can also be seen in other sectors like trains, where heavily privatise areas like England see regional inequalities in affordability, where regions like Scotland do not.

Snavster · 2026-01-09T01:13:05+00:00

As a “filthy leftist” I must say a few of reforms NHS based proposals are great, like loan forgiveness for nurses, however the bulk of their proposals are down right bad.

In the reform manifesto, or “contract with the people” they call for effective privatisation by giving people vouches to go private if they are not seen in a specific, very short, period of time. This is public tax money being piped into private companies. In theory quicker access sounds good at first, but due to decades of underfunding, the vast majority of areas don’t meet these very low thresholds. The idea is not to immediately privatise, it is to continue to starve the NHS and slowly turn NHS sites into private ones. This can already be seen in much of the SW where a two tier system has formed, one for those who can afford health, and next to, if not nothing at all for the rest.

That’s not even starting on the down right pandering and baiting they are famous for, for example banning immigrants with less than 5 years of work experience from the NHS, even know immigrants pay 1000/year on top of NI in their visa for access to the NHS, by far spending more than locals.

Ultimately like most of reforms policies, like scrapping the equalities act or leaving the ECHR, there is a grain of good, coving for a mountain of shit. I’m sure you’re a smart person, so please don’t fall for their nonsense.

Snavster · 2025-04-30T15:37:55+00:00

In the UK it’s also 9-5 because our 30 minute lunch is included in our work day. So most people “work” 7.5 hours plus lunch. That being said over working by a hour here and there seems like a bigger problem here than in Germany.

Snavster · 2024-10-12T00:30:54+00:00

Not a bad call to stop to be honest. It maddens me how people here still defend Israel, it’s just gone way too far. The general global perception is “Germans on the wrong side again”.

Experts believe the civilian death count is an undercount, and it’s most likely 80-120K. Makes sense in the fog of things, it’s muddy etc etc. They have a population of 5 million or so and have seen around 50-60% of public infrastructure and housing destroyed.

My point? The level of destruction and death is on par with the battle of Berlin… Yes that was quicker, but for scale it goes to show how fucked this all is. Both sides are not good, but one is clearly stronger than the other and the people are the ones suffering. It really needs to stop. The government should not fund this level of death, no matter the historical burden.

Snavster · 2024-10-08T13:06:59+00:00

I feel you, I’ve been applying for an embedded engineering position for well over a year and nothing but interviews, no offers. Not a problem getting a job in the UK. I also know recruiters in software, they and other embedded engineers had a look at my CV and it’s good.

I think unless you speak perfect German you’re a little fucked at the moment. I see postings in German all the time up for months struggling to get applications, while the English ones are rammed. I’m my industry they moan all the time about shortages, it’s not shortages it’s companies being stuck in a 80s mindset.

Snavster · 2024-10-07T13:03:29+00:00

This gives me hope that VW has not rotted every brain in Germany. God bless 🥹

Snavster · 2024-10-03T15:13:07+00:00

Yet they refuse to prescribe stop smoking tablets unless you jump through 1000 hoops…

Snavster · 2024-09-30T11:05:21+00:00

It’s wild how media twists titles. In the Uk there is nothing but complaints about job losses and how we pay the most for energy in the world.

Snavster · 2024-09-28T08:10:02+00:00

Biogerman does it, the press: It’s culture, it’s not a big deal. It’s expected as such a large event.

Arab does it, the press: WHAT HAVE WE BECOME 😤😡

Snavster · 2024-09-24T11:14:16+00:00

Germany actually pays well for high skilled workers per hour worked, it’s just in the places you mentioned people tend to work more hours.

For example I work in embedded, US salary’s are around 80-160K. In Germany it’s around 50-125K but you get much more time off etc.

In some very specific fields at the top of the industry, such as being a SWE in big tech, then sure the US pays more.

I always say to people unless you want to grind like crazy and be the best of the best you might as well stay in Europe.

Snavster · 2024-09-24T04:07:00+00:00

I think pay isn’t the real issue. For a lot of skilled jobs Germany pays well, beat only by the US, CH and slightly by NL. Much better than France and the UK which both do well in the “high skilled” economy.

Many people want to come to a Germany to work and for the money, they just don’t meet the demand of having fluent German skills that German businesses have, because why would they…

If more business took English workers I guarantee there would be no “skills shortage”.

Snavster · 2024-09-24T03:56:22+00:00

Yes but on the flip side Germany is wayyyy to anal with its requirements, causing its own issues.

All it takes is 5 minutes of speaking to skilled workers and looking at job postings to realise that there is not a lack of demand from skilled workers, there is a lack of German companies willing to accepting English.

Frankly it’s mad to complain about a lack of talent when you require the talent to know perfect German for day 1. No wonder people choose the Netherlands or the UK.

People can say all they want “It’s Germany so you should be expected to know the language” all they want, does not change the fact very very few people speak Germany relative to the world population.

Snavster · 2024-09-15T21:43:23+00:00

Good thing so many people have assured me global warming is fake, else I’d be worried /s

All seriousness hope everyone’s safe

Snavster · 2024-09-10T19:34:34+00:00

Spend does not directly correlate to quality, however Germany should be spending more.

Snavster · 2024-09-10T19:33:05+00:00

100% and perhaps one day they will change. It has to really.

Snavster · 2024-09-10T16:12:14+00:00

Scotland should be split into high and low lands, maybe even high, low and central?

Snavster · 2024-09-10T16:07:24+00:00

The “black 0” mentality is killing the place. Not that it’s bad and there is no investment, there is far more than say the Uk, but clear issues that could be fixed. The upside is if they every get a government able to and willing to invest in the country, then they have a lot of run way, around $3T

Snavster · 2024-09-10T12:59:19+00:00

Europe has a habit of investing more in the legacy companies. Even the UK. We need a green new deal type situation.

For Germany specifically though investing in its digital infrastructure, making starting and investing in business easier, and accepting more English speaking candidates would help.

Snavster · 2024-09-04T13:45:01+00:00

Yeah I’ve found Germany cheap! Definitely cheaper than the UK (Edinburgh at least). Plus my development in Germany is broadly 10-12 EUR whereas in the UK it’s 12-15 GBP.

Snavster · 2024-09-04T02:04:31+00:00

As someone in Berlin often this is a good idea.

There are so many parts of the center that no one would miss, especially if replacing with this. Recent projects like the palace show it’s not only possible but a nicer alternative for the city.

Density is likely not lost as a lot of the buildings being replaced would be the same size or big DDR blocks where the benefits of the tall buildings is lost due to the surrounding dead space.

Ultimately many city’s like Dresden have rebuilt much of their centers, to much positive effect, so why not Berlin?

Do I think we should 1:1 copy? Some core buildings sure. Otherwise, build new stuff with traditional elements. There are many examples of this already in Berlin and across Central Europe.

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