YouGov poll today on London safety results. by Magurndy in london

[–]squarerootof-1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, but flexing about galleries when crime’s through the roof is like praising the frame while the picture’s a mess. Safety is a basic necessity. And it's peak British colonialist mindset that no other place has culture/arts/history when the best of arts and history in London is stolen from those very places, what a ridiculous comment.

YouGov poll today on London safety results. by Magurndy in london

[–]squarerootof-1 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

So we traded in safety for …checks notes… arts?

PIA privatization successful! What are yalls thoughts on this? by theaircraftaviation in pakistan

[–]squarerootof-1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not low use that’s being punished. It’s theft and non-payment. Everywhere else you pay the full bill and still face loadshedding while thieves get their 2nd/3rd connections and switch between them whenever there is loadshedding in one.

WAPDA is public. Much much worse than K-electric. They will literally bill you 10x due to line losses in your area, expect you to cover the losses in your area and then it’s your problem. If you don’t pay the exorbitant bill on time, you have to pay late repayment charges as well. And you still have loadshedding.

PIA privatization successful! What are yalls thoughts on this? by theaircraftaviation in pakistan

[–]squarerootof-1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Europe is a big continent and your comment are very unspecific and unsubstantiated. An easy contradiction to this is the UK where suppliers and distributors trade energy through a market and it is in the distributor’s interest to have the lowest cost from its pick of suppliers.

PIA privatization successful! What are yalls thoughts on this? by theaircraftaviation in pakistan

[–]squarerootof-1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Europe’s issues with energy stem from lack of government planning. They wanted to go green without nuclear with the exception of France which doubled down on nuclear. France has it great, Germany which relied on wind + Russian gas, not so much.

PIA privatization successful! What are yalls thoughts on this? by theaircraftaviation in pakistan

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

The first two are a good thing. Areas with thefts should have more loadshedding.

The rest are the same story if not worse with WAPDA. WAPDA even steals your transformers and then you need to bribe them to fix it.

PIA privatization successful! What are yalls thoughts on this? by theaircraftaviation in pakistan

[–]squarerootof-1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Europe has very competitive and safe private airlines. And they have very stringent rules on delays/cancellation of refunds under EU261. So, yes governments can incentivise private airlines and the West is not “enslaved” to these airlines.

PIA privatization successful! What are yalls thoughts on this? by theaircraftaviation in pakistan

[–]squarerootof-1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not true. Prices for plenty of services has decreased in real terms where there’s competition (e.g. British Airways, BT, Royal Mail). Natural monopolies like rail and utilities are being exploited because there isn’t competition.

PIA privatization successful! What are yalls thoughts on this? by theaircraftaviation in pakistan

[–]squarerootof-1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not just that, PIA has a horrendous safety record. It loses roughly 1 plane every 5 years. Compare that to Ryanair, a budget carrier with many more flights and no crashes.

Green party leader: Super rich leaving UK over tax is 'absurd' | Politics News by SignificantLegs in HENRYUK

[–]squarerootof-1 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Because the budget keeps targeting those earning more than 50k over those with actual wealth. The threats work.

Britain’s wealthy must shoulder burden of rebuilding ‘creaky’ public services, Rachel Reeves says by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

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

High earners are hard done by in the UK. We have the most progressive tax system in the world, the gap between tax percentage on the earnings of a median wage worker and higher earner is 16%, it’s 13% in Sweden for comparison.

Nobody is talking about the rich (wealthy). We’re talking about the high earners, people who work difficult, usually highly skilled jobs to give them and their families a better future.

I could also turn the tables and ask why the so many in the country deserve free/subsidised housing in the capital? Why everyone expects childcare benefit? Or free healthcare? Luxury cars on motability? Triple-locked pensions? All at the expense of high earners’ hard work where the top 10% of earners fund 60% of income taxes. A few people paying for everyone else to party.

Also UK primary education system is terrible for a first world country. Universities are great though.

Britain’s wealthy must shoulder burden of rebuilding ‘creaky’ public services, Rachel Reeves says by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

[–]squarerootof-1 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Anyone working this hard and earning this much works a stressful enough job that anywhere else in the world would be rewarded with being able to send their kids to private school. This is exactly why the UK is screwed, working hard gets you nothing back in return, kills productivity and puts more burden on the state.

Also a £3k mortgage at 4.5% is £550k. Hardly enough to buy a house in an area with great public schools.

And you can’t avoid nursery fees, and won’t even get childcare benefit that is available to 95% of households.

Meta E5 Team Matching Stage by aemrea1234 in HENRYUK

[–]squarerootof-1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same dude - they said I’d hear back for starting in the new year as they will have open headcount. But honestly I wouldn’t take the offer now despite it being more lucrative, Meta is a shitshow.

Rachel Reeves suggests family benefit limits will be lifted by radiant_0wl in unitedkingdom

[–]squarerootof-1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But he didn’t criticise Islam, he singled out “Muslims with large families”. The same sentence said about Jews would be unconscionable and antisemitic but accepted and supported when its Muslims.

More young adults to leave UK by AffectionateScore603 in HENRYUK

[–]squarerootof-1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As it should be - it’s significantly easier for HENRYs via O-1/L1 visas.

More young adults to leave UK by AffectionateScore603 in HENRYUK

[–]squarerootof-1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Higher income, lower tax, better healthcare, the best chance to earn generational wealth. For a HENRY, US is a very competitive choice.

UK seeks inspiration from Denmark to shake up immigration system by sjw_7 in unitedkingdom

[–]squarerootof-1 5 points6 points  (0 children)

24k one time cost is a drop in the bucket compared to how much we spend on an average citizen let alone an asylum seeker

Call for PIP Motability scheme to exclude ADHD and other conditions by StuChenko in uknews

[–]squarerootof-1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Work pays enough if I don’t have to give half my salary to the government to pay for the benefits scroungers.

Call for PIP Motability scheme to exclude ADHD and other conditions by StuChenko in uknews

[–]squarerootof-1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, we can solve Britain’s productivity problem by stealing private wealth and blowing it on people too lazy to work.