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  • Honestly as an older person (I assume ) it surprised me how few folks know it. Untill I considered the diff in our age groups.

    As a child in Oxfordshire I saw them a few times when cycling around the villages, But as a child of the 70s. Cycling miles with little or no parental knowledge of my location. Was not only common for me. But for all folks my age,

    Younger folks tend not to have that level of freedom now. And as they age. No time to waste.

    Wallabies were rare enough to be fascinating when we spotted them. But not unexpected when seen.

    I was about 7 the first time I saw them in the Burford area. And only remember a few occasions after that. So far from common. But we knew they were considered a settled UK species. Much like gray squirrels but less successful.




  • It takes longer but not by much. It’s the volts times amps that indicates the actual work done.

    Having lived in the UK and the US. Kettles only take a min or so longer in the US. They tend to be 1.6kw rather the. 2kw. Your plugs are slightly higher current then ours. Although your plugs always worried me as rather small connection surface wise.

    But people in the US just do not consider boiling water as often as we do. Coffee and green tea tend to be ruined with boiled water.

    Whereas many Brits very much prefer the taste of black tea when the water is boiled. It has a significant effect of the flavours released.

    As such. Even before electricity was common. Most houses had a kettle that could be boiled on gas or the open fireplace. It’s been common in UK houses since the late 1800s.







  • They are MPs, not YP MPs, all 6 are independents in parliament. As YP has not fully formed, it has never selected MPs. And as yet absolutely no ability or authority to do so exists within the party procedures. They are just active members at best.

    A party that appoints MPs without membership approval is a circle jerk with no interest in democracy. That is the whole point of the movement that set up YP.

    Setting up a member led party movement, then allowing some nebulous group of self-appointed leaders to appoint MPs before it’s even formed. Would def be those MPs wanking each other as you suggest.

    Maybe look at what the actual party movement stands for. Rather then listening to media bollocks.



  • Out of site behind closed door. Is most definitely now what any supporters or now members wanted.

    Again look at the facts. 800k people supported the idea of a membership run party that dose not do that shit behind closed doors. Where leadership lack the authority to make policy choices without membership approval.

    members and actual party supporters may question some of ZS actions. But their editing of the founding documents since her actions. Make it very clear behind closed door is not acceptable at all.

    Most support her ideals of a truly open party. They just think she herself allowed it to go on behind closed doors to long and should have told supporters before asking them to join.

    Behind closed doors is the very opposite of what 800k supporters were offered when the party set up.


  • Wrong. Paying debts allows banks to lend money to companies they would never consider worth the risk. If they did not think the gov was to scared to help.

    No truly private company making the choices Thames Water etc al have done. Would have been lent the money they were.

    Debt was given by private banks where other companies artificially upping share price while failing to maintain assets. Would be told to fuck off. The banks depended on gov refusing to let the shareholders suffer. And profited from it.

    As such those debts value should be the same as any other bankrupt corperation. The assets were never theirs but placed in trust with them as management contractors. That did not manage. And turned to the gov for funding for any expansion. So they had no assets to secure the debt. We should not be supporting stupid banks again.


  • Fair outcome.

    Allow them to go bankrupt with absolutely no help from gov.

    Use Millarory stand pipes like in 76 to distribute water to everyone while they vanish as a company.

    Then build a new nationalised water system rapidly repairing all assets. Using military to manage and offering well paid work to any unemployed (many of who will be ex water employees) willing and able to take on the job.

    Then have government site and stare manically at electrical and gas companies. Asking. " So how do you guys plan to get prices below the world average?"


  • Despite those arguments being very much open and a part of national news from day one. His view that it lacks openness seems based on some new fangled view of open no one else follows.

    And your only evidence being one independent MP who is no more than an active member of the party. That clearly disagreed with the remaining sources standing with the party. And decided leaving was his only way to effect a losing argument.

    The more logical conclusion is Adnan Hussain was unwilling to work with the rest of the party.

    Yes, it’s one argument the leaders of both sides of the debate worked together. And one member that happened to be an MP and have no leadership role in the party ( as no one currently does. Even Corbyn is no more than an acting figurehead for the electoral commission rules until after conference). Left after the debate was settled by other active members.

    As I keep saying. The media view of YP is totally false and ignores every other party, having much worse arguments all the time. Anyone who wants to can look into the causes and arguments of the debate. It really takes no effort to see it is to be expected given the current stage and risk involved in setting up any party from an idealistic movement. And no different to the history of every other party in the UK.

    Dose the party have a few issues. Of course, it’s 2 Months old and attempting a first time set up of a very complex structure. But to claim it is failing is totally failinbg to look at any of the internals or plans of the party. Because even with such debates. Everything promissed is happening on schedule. And the actors involved are in no way managing or in most cases even trying to take control while the membership is built.



  • Except it is not NMW never has been when gov order work for benifits. And here it is for free.

    So your comment has no real points at all.

    Hell if any gov pushed local authorities to pay NMW to benefit claiments in exchange for work for the community/infastructure. No one would complain. Except maybe the companies currently charging way more. And I’m pretty sure they would have media objecting all over the place.

    But at every point it has been a way for companies to gain free labour from well below NMW gov paid benefits.


  • Sorry but rubbish.

    Civil service cuts had nothing to do with paying doctors. The 2 events were years apart in announment.

    And austerity was very much a government choice. One you are welcome to agree with. But it being the only option was an out right lie. And it funded huge cuts in corperation taxes etc. Not the NHS.

    As for above inflation. Only if you totally ignore 14 years of no or below inflation pay rises. Is it in anyway possible to say the last one was above the recent yearly inflation.