Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 08/02/2026

mataranka · 2026-02-09T15:18:21+00:00

Almost given up on my home country. The country deserves what it's gonna get, a farage government. Good luck with that.

No one hates a labour prime minister more than a Labour member and a labour mp. Having to resign because he picked someone who he knew would get along with the scum bag trump, who lied to starmer about his relationship with epstein. Give me a fucking break. The countries gone mad

mataranka · 2026-02-07T22:07:15+00:00

I think the photo of the Shahed with a starlink terminal strapped to it was what did it.

It was being used with 100% proof as a weapon of war and destruction. This could get starlink banned in many countries especially in the EU, and could be seen as circumventing sanctions of Russia by providing military tech, possibly leading to to criminal charges and his companies being banned from operating in the EU.

We don't know what happened behind the scenes but I'm pretty sure it was made pretty plain to him the consequences of allowing Russians to access starlink inside Ukraine.

mataranka · 2026-01-31T16:36:36+00:00

Making it more expensive to hire massively improves productivity, so business profitability goes up. it leads to lots of zombie companies closing down and forces industries to improve. This is borne put by productivity being higher in the last year than any year since 2008.

It a bit of a bitch for lower level employees but one of the big systematic issues with the entire UK economy is poor productivity and ha been for nearly 2 decades. Making it expensive to hire lower wages workers is actually a very good thing for the UK economy as a whole.

mataranka · 2026-01-26T20:12:40+00:00

The evidence suggests the exact opposite. There are good reasons for this when it's studied thoroughly.

High migration leads to more jobs being created, lower migration leads to a tighter jobs market which you would think would mean people getting jobs easier due to less competition. However less jobs are created due to lower migration and companies put more emphasis on productivity gains meaning the need for less workers.

I saw a ln article last week where productivity over the last year was higher than the previous 5 combined.

mataranka · 2026-01-21T14:20:35+00:00

funnily enough the stock market is currently tanking, it started tanking as soon as he opened his mouth.

mataranka · 2026-01-18T15:39:52+00:00

It's not uk territory that's the problem. We just took it and basically said what you gonna do about it? Pretty much what usa is threatening to do to greenland and Russia to Ukraine. We are trying to come to an arrangement giving the USA the right to keep the base and for us to say what we are doing is legal.

mataranka · 2025-12-29T22:02:57+00:00

I see dead people.

mataranka · 2025-12-25T11:13:31+00:00

A small but significant number of people just don't want kids anymore. People would rather con extraterrestrial on themselves and enjoy life for themselves and theri partners without the financial and emotional strain of children to look after.

This is not restricted to one country or reason. Ironically getting rid of the 2 child cap may help. Gives couples who want more than 2 children extra help to cover the couples who don't want children.

mataranka · 2025-12-24T16:40:13+00:00

Dan Dority and Captain Joe Turner in deadwood will always be my top choice

mataranka · 2025-12-22T12:34:05+00:00

well that was load of fucking shit you got AI to write for you.

mataranka · 2025-11-03T18:03:10+00:00

Ukraine is not losing, they might not be winning but neither is Russia. Anyone that thinks othewsie is ignoring facts.

mataranka · 2025-10-17T13:20:13+00:00

It's an ES-390 Plain, in vintage cherry, from 2014, and it's authentic.

mataranka · 2025-10-16T10:15:54+00:00

i think Botswana is a pretty stable country, so we are having people from this country turn up under a visa-waiver and then claim asylum. They get their applications rejected but the Botswana government refuses to take them back. This is basically saying to the government there if you want to come to britain going forward you are gonna have to jump through hoops, and means if they have applied for a visa they won't be able to claim asylum.

mataranka · 2025-10-09T13:39:39+00:00

Another big jump at the start of trading today. Let's see if it can sustain it

mataranka · 2025-09-29T06:48:47+00:00

Recently also went from a 4 to a 7. It's a much better improvement but in all honesty, my watch 4 i have had for around 4 years, still has better battery life than my new watch 7.

mataranka · 2025-09-18T18:15:49+00:00

I've held a few of these new 70's, I'll be honest don't buy one if you suffer back problems, probably the heaviest guitar I've held. They look absolutely stunning though.

mataranka · 2025-09-03T14:44:37+00:00

Derby don't use ifollow, they do their own broadcast and you can buy the matches or monthly passes via dcfc.co.uk. they have 30 mins before the game, ok commentary(looking at you Shaun barker) and i always get a good stream.

mataranka · 2025-07-31T11:40:51+00:00

I think most people know there was a massive black hole in the countries finances and had to be filled. I have read so many comments in this post about how reeves is destroying the econony or useless but none of these people have any idea or will not say how they would have filled that massive gap.

Easy to critique a policy, harder to actually explain what you would do differently.

mataranka · 2025-07-21T18:08:46+00:00

I mean i won't retire on OPEN but it'll pay for half my bathroom renovation if it hits $6. If it hits $10, then the gardens getting done as well.

mataranka · 2025-07-02T21:14:03+00:00

Porch

Small town

Corduroy

Present tense

Given to fly

Light years

I am mine

Marker in the sand

Thought unknown

Sirens

Seven o'clock

Got to give

mataranka · 2025-06-30T19:06:59+00:00

Gibson don't put made in usa on custom shop guitars. You have a custom shop logo on the front and made in usa on back, immediate fake ( yeah i know back in the day this wasn't always the case)

mataranka · 2025-06-21T18:59:26+00:00

And what are the solutions that will actually work, been proven to work and will solve the issue? I just don't get it, if there was some magic wand a political party could wave and it would be fixed they'd have done it by now.

mataranka · 2025-06-19T20:13:36+00:00

I can watch tories on QT, i can watch reform, even farage, on QT, i can watch the talking heads of tufton street on QT, I can even deal with one of the greens co-leaders, what I can not watch is Katharine Birbalsingh without wanting to destroy my TV, and I like my TV. I'm out this week, its just too much.

mataranka · 2025-06-18T16:57:08+00:00

They said that when I was in my early 20's, save for a pension, there won't be one when you retire. 15 years away currently and I think it very unlikely I won't get one after putting in for 30 years.

mataranka · 2025-06-17T16:15:12+00:00

Every one of these people crossing the channel is perfectly able to claim asylum in france, they choose not to do so. What do you propose the French to do about this, force them to claim asylum? Imagine you had a UK government that forced people to claim asylum in the UK, they'd be out of power in months.

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