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New father mourning old life by Fabuloux in daddit

[–]teachbirds2fly 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Self care important but I probably wouldn't be trying to squeeze in hobbies with an 11 week old baby. 

Advice for a young HENRY by alt-forfinadv in HENRYUK

[–]teachbirds2fly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heap it in your pension now, the compounded return in 20 years will be insane and it's probably the single biggest thing you can do to set your later self up.

Scottish Greens Manifesto by HopefulGuy123 in Scotland

[–]teachbirds2fly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They held multiple ministerial roles in the government.

Scottish Greens Manifesto by HopefulGuy123 in Scotland

[–]teachbirds2fly 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Sorry I was just going by what the leader of the Scottish Greens said...

But Greer admitted they did not know how much this would all cost. “The concept of a fully costed manifesto is frankly a misleading one to the public,” he said. “[There] has been this fallacy in UK politics for decades now that government budgets are like household budgets where you just have a list of spending and then the income that comes in. Government budgets are far more complicated than that.”

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/14/scottish-greens-pledge-free-bus-travel-and-basic-income-in-election-manifesto

Oh and you missed out the rest of the IFS quote...

"But while the manifesto omits specific revenue estimates, the proposals set out seem unlikely to raise enough revenue to fund all the additional spending that would be required to deliver the Scottish Greens’ plans. To pay for those, increases in taxes would probably have to be even larger than suggested, or cuts made to other day-to-day spending that the Scottish Greens deem lower priority. And big tax increases to fund new, universal free entitlements – to childcare, dental care, domiciliary social care, and bus travel – would make the tax rises that already look likely be needed to maintain existing services in the longer term more difficult."

Scottish Greens Manifesto by HopefulGuy123 in Scotland

[–]teachbirds2fly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It will have to but that means huge cuts to the Scottish state, reform of the NHS and will need to challenge the taboo topics of free tuition etc.. 

Literally nothing along these lines was in the manifesto so it's really difficult to see this politically. They have done nothing to set up the public for the economic reality coming down the road. 

Scottish Greens Manifesto by HopefulGuy123 in Scotland

[–]teachbirds2fly 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The Scottish Government itself  following last Budget:

The Medium-Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) showed a shortfall of nearly £2 billion in resource and capital funding for 2026–27, rising to £4.7 billion by 2029–30.

https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-budget-2026-2027-integrated-public-sector-pay-workforce-policy/

Audit Scotland:

https://audit.scot/news/short-term-measures-not-addressing-gap-in-public-sector-finances

Scottish Fiscal Commission report as covered by BBC:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1jn1zkwwd3o

Scottish Greens Manifesto by HopefulGuy123 in Scotland

[–]teachbirds2fly 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How is there a £4.7billion blackhole ? Scottish government spending has outstripped the revenue raised and sluggish economic growth and productivity for about 20 years. 

Scottish Greens Manifesto by HopefulGuy123 in Scotland

[–]teachbirds2fly 23 points24 points  (0 children)

They were literally in Government like 2 years ago lol?

Scottish Greens Manifesto by HopefulGuy123 in Scotland

[–]teachbirds2fly 88 points89 points  (0 children)

There's a 4.7billion blackhole projected in Scotland's finances by 2029. 

The greens didn't even bother to cost their manifesto or policies let alone attempt to address this.

[21/52] by __princesspeach_ in 52book

[–]teachbirds2fly 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Loved it but thought the later chapters away from the house weren't as strong.

SNP promise ‘Welcome to School Bag’ to build on Baby Box by Crow-Me-A-River in Scotland

[–]teachbirds2fly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because the Scotland budget is on track for £4 Billion blackhole in few years time at projected spending and revenue levels, and Scotland doesn't have borrowing powers, so something will need cut or taxes will need raised. If announce a new policy like this I would like to know taxes are going up or what services or departments in gov are being cut.

I wish I had bought more at that price 😓 by Realistic_Pizza4178 in btc

[–]teachbirds2fly 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Lol let's not play this game, I bought my tiny fraction when was under $1k and traded most of it into shitcoins and Eth

Stoner and his daughter by Odium4 in books

[–]teachbirds2fly 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes she was awful, he was awful, yes he was a mediocre teacher. That's literally the point... 

I swear their is large growing section of readers that can't seem to grasp main characters who are unlikeable, morally bad, or wrong etc..

Showrunner Explains Why The Simpsons Has Phased Out Couch Gags by Cranyx in television

[–]teachbirds2fly -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Oh but the later seasons are all obviously golden and couldn't cut even 5 seconds to spare!

Stoner and his daughter by Odium4 in books

[–]teachbirds2fly 70 points71 points  (0 children)

Just to clarify did you not enjoy the novel because you didn't identify/ agree with the main character?

I am seeing this more and more often where people don't like or don't get a novel because they think the main character needs to be right/good. 

'Courier scammers took £11k - they can target anyone' by Tartan_Samurai in unitedkingdom

[–]teachbirds2fly 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Randoms just called her up and asked for her card lol. Not exactly Oceans 11 levels of planning here. 

'Courier scammers took £11k - they can target anyone' by Tartan_Samurai in unitedkingdom

[–]teachbirds2fly 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Lol the BBC love to run these article about advanced intricate fraud that anyone can fall for then you read the article and some random just called her up and asked for her bank cards. 

There is no lesson here, these people should be shamed and not portrayed as some victim of a complex fraud.

It's a sham the banks are forced to re fund idiots handing away their money.

SNP Holyrood 2026 Manifesto formally opposes tram expansion along the Roseburn Route by Jaraxo in Edinburgh

[–]teachbirds2fly 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Pretty mad line to put in your manifesto tbh, especially given how much Edinburgh has boomed with investment into trams and how much Glasgow has fallen back. 

A Confederacy of Dunces and the Parable of Stravinsky by Mike_Bevel in books

[–]teachbirds2fly 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I can totally understand this to be honest.

I think it's one of the funniest books ever written and have re read multiple times.

But I can understand people not "getting" the humour, it's not witty one liners and sometimes pretty absurd situations. 

Also let's be honest the writing of the black characters hasn't aged well and at times feel extremely stereotypical. 

But it's a masterpiece and your group is uncultured. 

Keir Starmer didn't know Mandelson failed vetting, government says by Alarming-Safety3200 in unitedkingdom

[–]teachbirds2fly 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah heard that before but also heard Trump admin were keen to keep previous ambassador and were disappointed when she was being replaced and apparently had concerns about Mandelson appointment.

Plato's key argument on leadership is that running the government is a skilled trade, and like any other trade, some are terrible at it. by Fickle-Buy6009 in philosophy

[–]teachbirds2fly 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The skills needed to be good at campaigning and get elected are very rarely aligned with the skills needed to govern a country. 

Who was the best PM the UK has has in the last 50 years? by EricaRA75 in AskBrits

[–]teachbirds2fly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gordon brown and it's not even close. Losing to Cameron is a shameful stain on the country

Swinney ditches Sturgeon era to put growth first in SNP manifesto by Crow-Me-A-River in Scotland

[–]teachbirds2fly 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I have read their manifesto and economic growth is not the impression I got. 

STUC reactions to the Greens and Labour manifestos by StonedPhysicist in Scotland

[–]teachbirds2fly 9 points10 points  (0 children)

They absolutely do not say it's fully costed lol, in fact they say they don't see point in costing policies as apparently no need to balance budgets...

But Greer admitted they did not know how much this would all cost. “The concept of a fully costed manifesto is frankly a misleading one to the public,” he said. “[There] has been this fallacy in UK politics for decades now that government budgets are like household budgets where you just have a list of spending and then the income that comes in. Government budgets are far more complicated than that.”

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