Inequality

[Arniepie]

Front page of the guardian today reporting that over 1 million people in the UK have gone without food for a day.

However on a brighter note a lot of other papers are reporting that the Queen is sending her family round the UK to mark the jubilee which I'm fairly sure, they will be paying for themselves. 

[Kepler-186]

As good a place as any to stick this. Bit of social history and commentary. 
 

Contrast that with Liverpool’s fate at the time.  
 

We’re still waiting for Peel to deliver Liverpool and Wirral Waters. More like MetroCity from Robocop. 
 

 

[Kepler-186]

YouTube clip has the full interview. 

 

 

 

[sir roger]

Panorama special on the levelling up myth at 8pm. Only on for half an hour surprisingly

[Jordy Brouwer]

1 hour ago, Kepler-186 said:

YouTube clip has the full interview. 

 

 

 

Really interesting. 

[Kepler-186]

27 minutes ago, Jordy Brouwer said:

Really interesting. 

There’s a good series with Suggs from Madness called Disappearing London (think it’s on YT) that I first saw when I moved down there. Worth a watch.

 

Going to have to watch The Long Good Friday now. 

 

 

[Section_31]

Thought this was a pisstake but apparently not.

..........

 

Like many mothers Jessica Keplinger, 38, is having to make changes because of the rising cost of living, changing her childcare arrangements, her car and her shopping habits.

 

Keplinger, from Kingston upon Thames, in southwest London, is thinking of getting an au pair to help look after her three-year-old son, Teddy, which will cost about £10,000 a year, rather than a full-time nanny, which is more like £40,000.

 

She and her husband, a hedge fund manager, are also planning to give up their Audi A3, which is mainly only used for the school run, and considering hiring a Tesla, which will cut costs and help the environment.

 

Other changes include ditching her £18 veg boxes and using Ocado and her local farmers’ market instead, ironing her own clothes and stopping regular takeaways from Hakkasan, the upmarket Cantonese restaurant.

 

[TD_LFC]

Yep, we're all having to make the tough decisions.

(Articles from back in January but still).

 

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We’re swapping a £40k nanny for a £10k au pair: preparing for the cost of living squeeze

Like many mothers Jessica Keplinger, 38, is having to make changes because of the rising cost of living, changing her childcare arrangements, her car and her shopping habits.

 

Keplinger, from Kingston upon Thames, in southwest London, is thinking of getting an au pair to help look after her three-year-old son, Teddy, which will cost about £10,000 a year, rather than a full-time nanny, which is more like £40,000.

 

She and her husband, a hedge fund manager, are also planning to give up their Audi A3, which is mainly only used for the school run, and considering hiring a Tesla, which will cut costs and help the environment.

 

Other changes include ditching her £18 veg boxes and using Ocado and her local farmers’ market instead, ironing her own clothes and stopping  regular takeaways from Hakkasan, the upmarket Cantonese restaurant.

These people would be considered peasants by the current government so it's no wonder the disdain they feel for us.

[TD_LFC]

Well that was a fucking coincidence, beat me by 5 seconds.

[Anubis]

Watched Panorama. Then had a brief shufty at it locally. Knowsley, despite being labelled a priority - nil points.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-60319268.amp

[Creator Supreme]

8 minutes ago, Anubis said:

Watched Panorama. Then had a brief shufty at it locally. Knowsley, despite being labelled a priority - nil points.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-60319268.amp

I live in Knowsley mate, saw this a wee while back.

 

I'd like to blame it on the majority of local councillors being lazy inept Blairite drones, but to be honest the blame doesn't lie at their door for this one. The allocation of levelling up money is entirely political.

 

It's the government's way of saying vote Tory and we'll help you. Personally I'd rather starve!

[Kepler-186]

Jack Monroe on the offensive after Lee Anderson is interviewed by Martin Daubeny of the Reclaim Party and they have libelled her. 
 

 

 

[Kepler-186]

These pricks are getting dangerous. 
 

This Anderson is a particularly obnoxious cunt. Watched the clip of him getting interviewed by Michael

Crick when campaigning in 2019. 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

On 09/05/2022 at 16:33, sir roger said:

Panorama special on the levelling up myth at 8pm. Only on for half an hour surprisingly

"The Tories said they were going to do something useful for working class people, but - guess what - the cunts lied. Obviously. It's what they do. Cunts."

 

How did they stretch that out for half an hour?

[Bobby Hundreds]

2 hours ago, Kepler-186 said:

Jack Monroe on the offensive after Lee Anderson is interviewed by Martin Daubeny of the Reclaim Party and they have libelled her. 
 

 

 

Please sue him I'd love for him to live off 30 pence a day.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

2 hours ago, Kepler-186 said:

Jack Monroe on the offensive after Lee Anderson is interviewed by Martin Daubeny of the Reclaim Party and they have libelled her. 
 

 

 

She's had her kicking boots on for a few days now and it's always good to see.

[Kepler-186]

 

 

 

[Bjornebye]

Great to see. 

[Arniepie]

7 hours ago, Kepler-186 said:

 

 

 

Whilst I appreciate this is a touch hyperbolic ..there are genuine scenes which wouldn't be out of place in nazo Germany. 

[Kepler-186]

Good listen about UK poverty and housing interviewing 2 generations of activists, including the founder of Shelter, and the guy who is exposing housing associations and landlords online who are putting people in substandard accommodation. 
 

 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0017chg

[AngryOfTuebrook]

I haven't checked the maths, but this is a quite cute illustration of obscene wealth.

[Edit]

At today's prices, $59 billion would buy you 1,000 tonnes; a fair old heap, but no mountain.

 

https://www.bullionbypost.co.uk/gold-price/?gclid=CjwKCAjw4ayUBhA4EiwATWyBrjvFgLkejlXSfOK9Vf8yZ4RgKEkjDwwm9yRYpRc_V0KUKFS7Mx4VVRoCaHEQAvD_BwE

 

[VladimirIlyich]

On 21/05/2022 at 14:39, Kepler-186 said:

Good listen about UK poverty and housing interviewing 2 generations of activists, including the founder of Shelter, and the guy who is exposing housing associations and landlords online who are putting people in substandard accommodation. 
 

 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0017chg

I'm disappointed nobody has said 'would' yet.

[Anubis]

 

 

[Section_31]

Now a survey has found that almost half of Britons think a key reason more young adults cannot afford their own home is because of their spending on takeaways, coffee, Netflix and holidays abroad. 

The study, by the Policy Institute and Institute of Gerontology at King’s College London, also found that young adults themselves are more likely to agree than disagree that spending on these items is a key reason that they're not on the housing ladder. 

The survey found that 48% of millennials agree with this view, compared with 33% who disagree, with a similar split among Gen Zers (43% vs 33%).

[VladimirIlyich]

George Carlin summed this up many years back.