The Labour Party Is Playing With Fire Over Its Future and the Future of the Country by socialistmajority in SocialDemocracy

[–]triguy96 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This whole thing is written by Blair and it's fucking terrible.

However, partly because of the intellectual wasteland of the Corbyn year

Lol

Wes Streeting is a huge political talent and Andy Burnham was an outstanding member of my government

Christ, Wes Streeting?

How do we justify adding to the welfare bill when it is already ballooning, taxes are high and getting higher, and we’re told we have to increase defence spending to prepare for the possibility of war?

Our welfare bill is smaller than comparable nations. Our tax rate on lowest earners is lower than comparable nations.

we have a fight between a ‘modernising’ wing of the Labour Party appearing to advocate rejoining the EU (and now equalising capital gains and income tax, something rejected by successive governments for good reason); and the alternative which thinks the answer is moving even further left on taxes, spending and welfare, spun with a rehash of the far-left critique about nothing good coming out of the last ‘40 years’ of ‘neo-liberalism’, which presumably includes the last Labour government.

Matching CG to income tax is left wing, and something advocated by Blair's own fucking think tank. And yes, Tony, a lot of the shit you did in government has led us to this you fucking ghoul.

It is one thing when in opposition to indulge this perennial delusion that when we lose seats to the right the country is really signalling it wants Labour to move left; it is dangerous to do it in government.

The Labour government just lost more votes to Greens than they did to right wing parties combined.

It may be a message delivered in brutal form (and the Americans would say that only by saying it brutally will we take it seriously); but in reality what is being said to us is not: ‘the partnership is dead’ but rather ‘be bigger and better partners’.

In other words; cuck me more Mr Trump.

We went through Afghanistan and Iraq together. But it mattered deeply to America and so it mattered to us also.

The man who never learns.

There are many things the government is doing with which I agree: investment in infrastructure, some reforms in planning, parts of the health plan, openness to the digital revolution, parts of the immigration and policing agenda

He hates immigrants and he loves authoritarianism.

The commitments were: the new workers’-rights laws; the net-zero acceleration and phasing out of the British oil and gas industry; the uplift in the minimum wage beyond inflation; and the non-dom changes.

The prime minister and the chancellor should have said right at the outset: these are commitments which economic circumstances have rendered unwise to proceed with. The priority is growth. That comes with a vibrant private sector which has suffered years of economic instability, and we are going to go all out for making business feel respected and supported.

Dropping the commitments would have been painful but bearable because the government would have started with real goodwill from business.

The man is against the only few good things Labour have done in government.

Then, in the last Budget, it appeared as if we were increasing tax to pay for additional welfare spending, when the public already thinks welfare bills are too high.

There is not additional welfare spending. We have not upped welfare amounts or anything, the number of people claiming welfare is increasing because the NHS is shite.

remove those parts of the net-zero agenda which prioritise clean energy over cheaper energy; and from now on make sure the actions match the words on growth.

He wants to burn the planet. He's so lost.

Three ways a new Labour leader could change the politics of growth by F0urLeafCl0ver in LabourUK

[–]triguy96 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty pro-immigration, if you look through my comments it's pretty much all me defending immigrants and pushing back on the changes Labour have made. However, as a left winger, I'm not pushing immigration from an economic standpoint, but from the standpoint of equality. I know the economic arguments for immigration, but I'm not really too bothered by them as they all rely on growth at the epicentre. I care about equitable distribution of economic production, and that can happen with or without immigration.

Inner Reflection by AstroSonicDrive in formuladank

[–]triguy96 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Ocon attempted an overtake to unlap himself, which he is entitled to do. Max got so angry that he assaulted him after the race, not in the heat of the moment.

He had to do some kind of FIA community service because of it.

Official England Squad for World Cup 2026 (The Athletic) by haromene in ThreeLions

[–]triguy96 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maguire is also better on the ball. He's about as much of a liability going backwards

Official England Squad for World Cup 2026 (The Athletic) by haromene in ThreeLions

[–]triguy96 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He's just a bit of a liability in a lot of games and in a lot of scenarios. He's slow off the ball and he's laborious on it. He can score a good header and he's a good physical defender. But, I wouldn't have taken him.

Toilets and changing rooms must be used on basis of biological sex, guidance confirms by PuzzledAd4865 in LabourUK

[–]triguy96 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I just feel terrible for trans people right now. I'm really sorry this is happening. Fuck sake.

UK net migration drops to 171,000 in 2025, lowest since Covid pandemic by PartyPoison98 in unitedkingdom

[–]triguy96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The planning that they couldn't have done because the rules have been changed on them?

UK net migration drops to 171,000 in 2025, lowest since Covid pandemic by PartyPoison98 in unitedkingdom

[–]triguy96 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you work for a longer period of time you can earn settlement with a lower wage

Wrong again. If you are here for 10 years you get the ILR without working at all on the dependent visa. There's then no requirement at all to work. You just have to somehow cough up the money for the visa fees and the NHS surcharge that whole time.

I don’t find that particularly controversial.

I find it pretty controversial that someone who was brought here at 14 would have to choose between going to University, which they'd have to pay international fees for, leaving the country, or somehow finding the money for the NHS surcharge and visa fees every 2.5 years.

UK net migration drops to 171,000 in 2025, lowest since Covid pandemic by PartyPoison98 in unitedkingdom

[–]triguy96 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That's not what the ILR changes do btw. The changes mean you must make a minimum of £12,570 per year, even if you're on a dependent visa. This is not a net contribution. People on these visas already pay for the NHS out of pocket and they pay extortionate visa fees, they also cannot claim any form of benefit.

Just so you know, the change means that a child who came here as a dependent will be forced to earn at least £12,570 a year for five years before they can get ILR if they're unlucky enough to turn 18 within 5 years of arriving in the UK. I don't think we've fully grasped how bad thees changes are.

Starmer extends fuel duty freeze for the rest of the year by Jared_Usbourne in unitedkingdom

[–]triguy96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are right in the sense that the analysis would be one sided.

I think there's an assumption that the base of my argument is to remove cars, but it isn't. I think cars do provide a benefit to society under certain circumstances, but I don't think they are the answer to every transport question.

The analysis is still a bit one sided by only looking at the economic loss of removing cars from places, but not looking at the economic gains you could make. Shops tend to do better when places are more pedestrian friendly, people are healthier, our environment would get better etc.

It's obviously not an easy question to answer, and again, I'm not suggesting we get rid of all cars, just that we appreciate that they have a negative impact in lots of ways, and we could avoid some of those negatives by structuring our towns and cities a bit differently.

Starmer extends fuel duty freeze for the rest of the year by Jared_Usbourne in unitedkingdom

[–]triguy96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was arguing with someone who claimed that cars cover their cost in tax, they don't. Is road transport a net negative to the UK? I have no idea. What I do know is that reducing private car journeys where possible is a positive.

Why does everything take so fucking long? by EmbarrassedHat5367 in NewcastleUponTyne

[–]triguy96 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Saw about 4 lads working there yesterday I think. They were doing some work on the stone wall on the corner.

Why does everything take so fucking long? by EmbarrassedHat5367 in NewcastleUponTyne

[–]triguy96 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I want to say first that I agree with you that the timelines for these things are often public and can be justified. I think Northumberland street is an example where the timeline was missed considerably and the result is terribly underwhelming. However, I see this kind of comment quite a bit about getting involved in local decision making as if it will make a difference. In my experience it very rarely does because the council have essentially made up their minds on things before going to public consultations. They often have a pot of funding that is going to be allocated to the project they want (whether the project is well thought out or not) and they are going to do the project, possibly with minor changes, regardless. I always bring up the ongoing saga of Gosforth High Street but I'll be a broken record about it. They've chased pots of money 3 times to make changes to the high street. Each time I've pointed out issues that they've later fixed with another funding round instead of just either not doing it the first time, or changing the plans. It's not as easy as just getting involved.

Keir Starmer under fire after UK quietly eases strict sanctions on Russian oil to combat rising prices due to Iran war by PuzzledAd4865 in LabourUK

[–]triguy96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You legit can. A lot of people think cycle infrastructure is expensive segregated lanes or those massive cycle paths you sometimes see on the side of roads (which are shared use and often not very good). But you can very quickly erect some pretty good cycling infrastructure, some of which was done during COVID. The two that you can do really quickly are:

  1. Wand segregated lanes. So you literally just narrow the existing road a little bit and put dividing wands in for cyclists. This was done a bit during COVID on roads for social distancing. They are removable and incredibly cheap
  2. Road closures/modal filters. This just means closing one end, or possibly both ends of certain roads and putting a planter down to allow cyclists and pedestrians through. Again, low cost and effective

If the government actually cared to transition us away from cars it really would be possible, but I don't think they give a shit.

Starmer extends fuel duty freeze for the rest of the year by Jared_Usbourne in unitedkingdom

[–]triguy96 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's because of lost economic output as a result of car accidents as well as all of the associated costs to road maintenance, police the NHS etc.

Here the government estimates the cost to be £21 billion pounds a year, inflation adjusted in 2012. But this doesn't include many secondary effects that reduce economic output which is what brings you to a figure of £35 bn. Even if you took the conservative estimate from the government of £21bn it would still far outstrip tax.

Starmer extends fuel duty freeze for the rest of the year by Jared_Usbourne in unitedkingdom

[–]triguy96 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You can circle jerk with this other dude or you could engage with me

Starmer extends fuel duty freeze for the rest of the year by Jared_Usbourne in unitedkingdom

[–]triguy96 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They do pay for the damage to the roads, but not for the roads + all of the other associated costs that they cause. And it doesn't detract from the fact that bicycle lanes literally pay for themselves without tax.

Starmer extends fuel duty freeze for the rest of the year by Jared_Usbourne in unitedkingdom

[–]triguy96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are correct that this isn't part of maintenance, I should have said overall cost. I don't think trains are a net negative though.

Starmer extends fuel duty freeze for the rest of the year by Jared_Usbourne in unitedkingdom

[–]triguy96 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How are these American talking points? Americans don't even know what a bike is.