Inequality

[Arniepie]

2 hours ago, Anubis said:

Crap parents? Top local MP. They’ll probably re-elect him as Bolton/Bury seems to be a nest of Tory voting simpletons.

 

https://news.sky.com/story/crap-parents-behind-struggling-children-tory-mp-james-daly-claims-13038891

 

 

 

'Crap parents' behind struggling children, Tory MP James Daly claims

 

James Daly, the MP for Bury North, was elected in 2019. He is a member of the "New Conservatives" caucus in Westminster.

 

A Conservative MP has claimed that most children who struggle in his town are the "products of crap parents".

 

James Daly, the Tory MP for Bury North, made the claim while speaking to the i newspaper.

 

He was first elected in 2019 as an MP for the area. Bury North has swapped between Labour and the Conservatives since 1997.

 

James Frith, the Labour MP who Mr Daly unseated, is aiming to win the seat back at the election set to be called next year. The current majority is just 105.

 

Mr Daly is a member of the "New Conservatives" group, which includes the likes of Lee Anderson, Jonathan Gullis, Danny Kruger and Miriam Cates.

 

He worked as a lawyer before entering parliament.

 

Speaking to the i, Mr Daly said: "I think New Conservatives represent very much working-class conservatism.

 

"We're not a strange right-wing sect. It's just people who want to give people the best chance to succeed and thrive in life.

 

"When you think about the family, it's about stability.

"Most of the kids who struggle in Bury are the products of crap parents and so what do we do to try to address that issue?

 

"On the left it would just be we'll throw money at this and hope something sticks, somebody like me thinks about this more fundamentally."

 

Mr Frith said: "It is revealing to see how little James Daly thinks of his own constituents.

 

"Rather than insulting the parenting skills of people in Bury, he should look closer to home.

 

"Over the last 13 years the Conservatives have failed to grow our economy, protect our public services or provide opportunities for young people in Bury and across the UK."

 

[Gnasher]

Want to buy a house? Not that difficult.

 

Howard Davies.

Head of Nat West.

Salary £750.000..per annum.

Net Worth.. £5 million..

 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67890334

 

 

 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

5 minutes ago, Gnasher said:

Want to buy a house? Not that difficult.

 

Howard Davies.

Head of Nat West.

Salary £750.000..per annum.

Net Worth.. £5 million..

 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67890334

 

 

 

 

 

[Gnasher]

11 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

 

 

 

The government should be putting a levy on these cunts 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/05/not-that-difficult-buy-home-uk-natwest-chair-howard-davies

 

 

[Red Shift]

“The top 100 billionaires can resolve global extreme poverty four times over.”

 

Assuming the statement to be true, should they? Discuss.

[VladimirIlyich]

On 05/01/2024 at 15:04, Gnasher said:

 

The government should be putting a levy on these cunts 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/05/not-that-difficult-buy-home-uk-natwest-chair-howard-davies

 

 

It is the goverment that have largely caused it and endorsed it.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

11 hours ago, Red Shift said:

“The top 100 billionaires can resolve global extreme poverty four times over.”

 

Assuming the statement to be true, should they? Discuss.

Imagine you had first aid training and a fully stocked first aid kit in your hand and you saw someone bleeding to death in front of you... and you choose to do nothing.

 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

11 hours ago, Red Shift said:

“The top 100 billionaires can resolve global extreme poverty four times over.”

 

Assuming the statement to be true, should they? Discuss.

Unless, of course, you're asking should they resolve it four times over; in which case I'd say once would do.

[ZonkoVille77]

12 hours ago, Red Shift said:

“The top 100 billionaires can resolve global extreme poverty four times over.”

 

Assuming the statement to be true, should they? Discuss.

 

"Stop being poor"

[Section_31]

Once AI kicks off properly, you'll start seeing billionaires and think tanks talk about the dangers of overpopulation. They'll all have a road to Damascus moment about humanity's impact on the environment.

 

Musk was bullshitting recently that the future is AI doing every job and us all sat around making art. What he really means is a few thousand, maybe tens of thousands at most, lucky people and everyone else being gradually phased out.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

44 minutes ago, ZonkoVille77 said:

 

"Stop being poor"

 

[Kepler-186]

23 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

Once AI kicks off properly, you'll start seeing billionaires and think tanks talk about the dangers of overpopulation. They'll all have a road to Damascus moment about humanity's impact on the environment.

 

Musk was bullshitting recently that the future is AI doing every job and us all sat around making art. What he really means is a few thousand, maybe tens of thousands at most, lucky people and everyone else being gradually phased out.

Don’t know if you like podcasts but listened to this recently.

 

Peter Thiel, Musk and so on worship the book The Sovereign Individual. Rees Mogg’s Dad ouevre.
 

An emergent cognitive elite. They know shit is hitting the fan and they’re building bunkers in NZ, Thiel is a massive LOTR fan hence Palantir. 
 

 

 

 

 

[Red Shift]

13 hours ago, Kepler-186 said:

Don’t know if you like podcasts but listened to this recently.

 

Peter Thiel, Musk and so on worship the book The Sovereign Individual. Rees Mogg’s Dad ouevre.
 

An emergent cognitive elite. They know shit is hitting the fan and they’re building bunkers in NZ, Thiel is a massive LOTR fan hence Palantir. 
 

 

 

 

 

We’ve all got bunkers in Aotearoa, although mine’s just a shade sail. 

[Red Shift]

15 hours ago, Section_31 said:

Once AI kicks off properly, you'll start seeing billionaires and think tanks talk about the dangers of overpopulation. They'll all have a road to Damascus moment about humanity's impact on the environment.

 

Musk was bullshitting recently that the future is AI doing every job and us all sat around making art. What he really means is a few thousand, maybe tens of thousands at most, lucky people and everyone else being gradually phased out.

I guess it all comes down to what’s for sale. A billionaire with a global customer base in say, food, would be quite happy for governments to stump up a UBI and continue to cash in, seeing as being paid to consume is already a thing.

 

The financial services industry may appear to be healthy but it’s not based on anything tangible and would collapse, being debt based

[Kepler-186]

5 hours ago, Red Shift said:

We’ve all got bunkers in Aotearoa, although mine’s just a shade sail. 

Hope you’ve got a stash of Speights and pies. 

[sir roger]

20 hours ago, Kepler-186 said:

Hope you’ve got a stash of Speights and pies. 

 

Went on a world cruise in early 2019 and had not seen a pie for 6 weeks when we landed in Bay of Islands and found a fantastic pie shop there. Had three different pies and a portion of chips and just sat there rubbing my stomach like Winnie the Pooh.

[razor]

21 hours ago, Kepler-186 said:

Hope you’ve got a stash of Speights and pies. 

 

[razor]

And a more contemporary campaign...

 

 

[VladimirIlyich]

So Speights is a beer then? I'm sure that used to be the brand of food back in the 70s or 80s?

[Gnasher]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jairzinho]

Probably only responsible for the deaths of a few hundred thousand people. 

[Gnasher]

Oh George. Go tell her.

 

 

[Kepler-186]

I’ll link the article below that features the above YouTube report on how Roblox is exploiting child labor and being massively rewarded for it. Videos about 16 minutes long.
 

Didn’t know much about Roblox but there’s been a raft of mergers and layoffs across the gaming industry. 

 

Article is a lengthy read but if you even know a little about how big games like Fortnite and CoD work using in game currency and items it’s quite a revelation. 

 

https://open.substack.com/pub/peewee/p/the-addiction-economy-seeks-to-create?r=7i95q&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

 

 

[Anubis]

The Guardian suggesting state pension age will have to rise to 71 for anyone born over 1970.

[Tj hooker]

The state pension is already the worst in Europe as well , if it goes up to 71 I'd imagine thousands will miss out on it altogether.