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The tory is strong in this one. You ofc can work out 10% inflation means 10% more tax income. Keep your stupid for GB news.

No, I don’t. I can’t see who the deal is between - because it’s not between the ruling class and the ruled (the social contract doesn’t exist). In the big scheme of things the money given to Tuften Street “think tanks”, lobby groups, straightforward corruption and ownership of the media is peanuts in comparison to maintaining the current property relations in UK (and most of the world). We’ve seen what happens when the ruling class feels threatened and can no longer maintain the façade of “democracy”. PR doesn’t alter things much abroad: it gives a different style of entertainment to keep people distracted.

This really is a million miles from being realistic about the way the world is ran these days. The money given in donation and corrupt boys network schemes is small. It is small compared to the return on the investment. These people have made billions from the scams of our government. Sunak himself was linked to the billions earned betting against the pound. That is money directly from our pocket. We will now have to spend billions buying those gilts back on maturity. The money being made on corruption in the UK is staggering. And it is being done for a song. The national audit offence asked Sunak to look into £55b in the fraud they found to be possible from treasury finances. He refused to look in that direction. This is something that is very prevalent throughout the Tory party.

I am not 100% sure that this is not just a trolling session anymore, so I will end my comments here.

As a member of the undertall society I find this offensive.

Well done.

But surely you recognise that voting in parliament is what seals the deal. That is where the real power is. This is why Tory donators have spent so much money on "advisory" groups like 55 Tuften St etc. I always say follow where the money is. The largest money in the world is chasing reforms through law not through intimidation, because that is the cheapest way to do it.

As for the suffragettes, they most certainly were terrorists. That is regardless of whether you saw them as right or wrong. They were ultimately trying to change opinion through fear and intimidation.

I agree there are a lot of comparisons between the suffragettes and the groups for climate change today. My point was that they were ineffective in getting that change until circumstances provided an opportunity. Even today the biggest drive for Net zero has come from the war in Ukraine. Prior to this Net zero activists have gained no ground.

Large amounts of cash is the driving force that is actively blocking the changes we desperately need. Most people in the world are blind to the corruption that is taking place. We need mechanisms in place so that we can educate the public on good/bad in a critical approach. We need empowerment for the whole nation of the UK not just those in the swing seat areas. FPTP is a very easy system to manipulate. It is because of this that we have a fascist government today. They may not have the power of some of the historical known Fascists, but the ideals for taking total control and subjugating dissent is very much there. They are openly using the tactics from Fascists of time gone by.

I very much agree with climate activism. I am arsey in how much effort I make sure my household does it part to be green. I just disagree with the actions they are taking. I see them as very short sighted and destructive. When you are attacked by clowns always go for the juggler. The juggler in the UK is Parliament. Climate activists should be fighting to change how Parliament works to be more effective. If we had a PR voting system, then everyone can have their say on what is important to the country. You shouldn't need to protest; you should only be looking to re-educate to gain support not intimidate.

It was the fear of the spread of Bolshevism. We saw this repeated after 1945.

This is very much wrong on so many fronts. The triple entente was an association that led to alliance during WW1 between both "democratic" and communist regimes. WW2 also had Russia as an ally. We even banned animal farm being published because of it. There were suppressions going on against communism in the UK, which then reinforced the unionist movement. Most notably were in the Glasgow shipyards. There may have been a fear of these for the upper classes, but the lower class were empathetic to the cause. I would argue that the appeasements given to the lower classes that were gained in the 1920's were partly down the legitimacy of the ideals that the communist pushed out. There really was an outcry for more empowerment across the board.

The unknown soldier we have in London now is a direct result of the fear the upper classes were feeling at that time. The grief of all nations who took part in the war was palpable. The upper class read the room and made adjustments because of it. The unknown soldier was the original version of South Park's "I am really sorry" video.

Firstly, It has to be noted Sunak is doing nothing to tackle inflation. He is actively giving his donors free reign to fleece the population in many areas, energy being the most egregious. So the cost to the benefits system is firmly at the door of the Tories and their practises over the last 14 years.

My personal belief is that all benefits should be triple locked. We should not be arguing for the lowest possible denominator, we should be looking at what is needed. Some pensioners need that payment as much as people need wages. Don't buy into Tory rhetoric that another group should be suffering as much as you are. Get a proper and fair tax system up and running. Stop the Tory donations from corrupting our politicians. Rejoin the EU so businesses can function again. Give us voting reform so we can stop this ever happening again.

Every password should have more than 8 letters to be effective. Beef stew is not stroganoff.

Individual education trumps news media imo. I do not experience the need for the food banks in the UK, and yet I am very much aware and saddened by them. Populist media relies on people just using their own experiences. This allows them to target each group separately. I believe that people should broaden their horizons with the views of others to get a look at the bigger picture. And more so, sadly in today's world, follow the money trail.

The first petition to parliament was in 1866. 50 years later they had achieved nothing.

4 years of war, where women were pushed into the roles that were traditionally held by males, gave their cause magnitude. This also came at a time when the population were asking why the masses were paying the highest cost and yet had no real say in what was happening. The suffragette movement did not just affect the vote for women; it gave empowerment to ask the question of equality for all. Google how Alice Paul had to contend with black women wanting to take part in the rally in 1913. The world was changing from being subservient to empowerment with a voice.

The media back then had a lot more power than the media of today. There was no competition to give an opposing view, now we have Facebook, Twitter (X or whatever), Tiktok and many other forums. Without the world war, you could easily argue that the cause could have failed and died.

Look at the hijab protests of Iran. This is exactly the same oppression that women were under at that time. They had to fight religious norms as well as an entrenched society of males who were supressing the population. I sincerely hope the Iranian women win their fight, but the cost will be high.

So no, I disagree that terrorism can win the day always.

The Good Friday Agreement was born out of terrorism. Even then Terrorism was not the main factor in achieving the end result. It took multinational efforts to get both sides in the same room. It took near 50 years of consistent bombing campaigns and murders where 3532 people lost their lives to convince the people that this was wrong. Put this into context with population size against the UK. Ireland has a population size close to a 40th of the UK. I can count the number of suffragette events on my fingers that I know of. I remember most of the bombs that the British news media posted regarding the troubles. Every bomb was given media coverage. We had much better press back then, even if it was biased towards propaganda against the IRA, they never failed in reporting an event.

The GFA is hanging by a thread even now. Can you honestly say that the suffragette movement could have yielded same result without the world war?

It has been known for a long time now. The Tories have already sold the NHS with privatisation. A large portion of procedures are not done by the NHS anymore. This is why the money doesn't go anywhere. You may not be paying for it at point of use, but it is not public health anymore.

This is true. Straight after Russia invaded, oil prices went through the roof. The EU bought a ton of gas to fill up everything they had.

The problem is that every penny they made then, they have now lost in much larger quantities. The national wealth sat at $170b at the start of the war. At the start of this year it was down to $85b. The reckoning is that the wealth fund could be depleted by the year end. I personally find this unlikely. What is very much going to happen though is that the wealth fund will be needed for any recovery once this is over. How much will be left?

Russia has over $300b held in sanctioned banks overseas. If they can retrieve any of this, then that will be a major get of jail free card. I cannot see banks just handing this over to Ukraine as compensation. That will not happen. I can see Russia been held accountable for the stolen companies and hardware that they decided to just keep and not pay off anymore. A lot of which will be those airplanes that they kept in Russia.

The amount that is now coming in from fossil fuels is less than half of what was being sold at the start of the war. There are additional costs to selling the oil now. It now has to be shipped in large quantities, when before it was piped. The pipelines to China and Turkey are at capacity. The rest is sent by sea.

Piped gas sales were killed off. There is not much in the way of facilities to create liquid gas. They also have to have facilities at the decant port where ever that is. Russia is sitting on a lot of gas it can do nothing with.

The Ruble is now 1/20 of the value it was before the war. Every import is now cost 20 times more.

Russia is also loosing approx. 3 vehicles to every vehicle destroyed in the Ukraine hardware. The war is proving to be a lot more expensive for Russia when it comes to hardware losses.

Putin has ruined the economy of Russia not just financially, which will be a long term loss, but demographically also. It is estimated that 20,000 have been killed in the fighting, with 80,000 injured. There has been a mass exodus of young men trying to avoid conscription. The population is going to be very unbalanced when all this is over. That will have additional costs.

So yes it made a bundle at the start of the war. Russia is not sitting so pretty now. The whole exercise is a shambolic waste of life.

Make it illegal to publish news media inside the borders if you are a foreign national. I wouldn't have thought that a difficult concept.

People are not falling for the con anymore. They have bottomed out and have no further to go.

Why do you think they want to influence your opinion. It is all about making money, and a lot more than they expect from some crappy newspaper. GB news hasn't made a single penny in profits, and yet are still giving out £100,000 pa contracts.

So tell me. Where is the best place to trust?

If it was not for the internet people in the UK would have zero idea just how bad the media is, so I really do not understand your point.

We have to ban foreign nationals owning our media. They do not purchase media companies as business interests anymore; it is only ever about changing public opinion.

This is why we need media reforms in the UK.

I never meant to imply you couldn’t get quality PC gear, you very much can, but as soon as you do you’re paying just as much or more than a Mac.

I am guessing you think the internet is wrong then.

Dale Vince is one of the major donors to Just stop Oil. He was in the panel with a recent Question time event. It is Dale Vince who made the donation to the Labour party, which the daily mail tried to push as a donation from the Just Stop Oil group. He is an altruistic person who likes to make his money works for what he sees are good causes. I very much doubt he would donate without looking into it.

Just to be clear though, it was not the Just Stop Oil group who donated to the Labour party. Full fact covered this one and put the record straight.