Today's discussion about the news
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As a bit of light relief, this is exceptional.
My favourite part is when this clown says there are 5 qualifiers to be accepted as an ethnic minority group and hunting groups "hit everyone straight in the bullseye". I suspect the QC that has advised them of the strength of their case might have seen them coming!
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The only ever so slight legal flaw is the word "ethnic". I mean I've always suspected that some landed gentry are in bred but I didn't realise it had gone that far.
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Yeah. Well my opinion is that this country is on a downward spiral, and has been for a while. Discuss.
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I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
It's a question of degree. While some level of immigration is good, I cannot see how we can go on indefinitely increasing the population at a rate which currently equates to adding a new Sheffield, Bristol or Glasgow every year without causing major problems. In the end the population Ponzi scheme has to stop somewhere. Or to rephrase it for you, we can definitely have too much of a good thing.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]1 -
Isn't the issue Stevo that our way of life relies on the right demographic balance between working and non working age people? We don't have that balance now, and if birth rates are low, that won't improve over time either.
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It'll stop when there's somewhere better to go. I'm not sure that's something we want to aim for.
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Pinnacle Monzonite
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Same old, same old 😁
"I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discreet and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of restraint.”
-Hesiod (around 700 BC) source: Hesiod - Wikiquote
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Pinnacle Monzonite
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My point has nothing to do with generations. The country is spiralling downwards by all metrics. Some larger than others but the trend is there. #broken
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I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
There are some ups and downs as there always will be. Spiralling downwards is a gross overstatement. At worst we've levelled off a bit.
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As a side note, the trolling of Americans on their electrical distribution, laundry drying and road crossing laws is most childishly enjoyable 😁
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Their laundry drying?
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This'd be my guess. I mean, how primitive is it to dry clothes outside?
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Meh, better than (some) Brits who air dry their clothes in damp houses and go everywhere stinking of mildew...
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The narrative that we need high levels of immigration is not unchallenged.
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Is it safe to click on that link, or will I start seeing adverts for DNA tests to determine my percentage of arian heritage?
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Tumble drier? Washing your clothes and ending up with them smelling worse seems an utterly waste of time.
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I am certainly no expert, but I can see a big hole in the conclusions. The studies mentioned calculate cost of providing social security type payments to the immigrants because they are all in low-paid jobs. None of them take account of the fact that without the immigrants there won't be anybody to do these jobs. Which means that costs will go up so that services will be unaffordable for the majority, which is one way of solving the problem of not being able to meet demand, but I can't see it being popular.
The problem is that the current model adopted in most advanced economies that you work to a certain age and then can expect to be supported by the state until you die is unsustainable without population growth. It has been addressed to some extent in the UK with the increase in retirement age but it is still nowhere near enough to balance out with a stable population, and is already highly unpopular without suggesting that it be increased further.
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as someone who lives in a house so small the best I can do is a combi washer dryer and has noticed all children’s clothes shrink in the tumble drier, they is not really an option.
If it’s really damp I have a dehumidifier but a lot of British houses are not big enough for separate tumble dryers.
Winter with all the woolen jumpers etc it’s not possible.
At least they get some extra airing as I move them around the house to get to things I need like food or sleep.
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This feels like it should be on the avocado thread. The optimum solution is to have a dedicated drying room complete with heating and a dehumidifier, but not everyone has the space or money for that. Ditto a tumble dryer.
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I find a spin dry and heating on dries the clothes with no smell or excess humidity. Not cold enough for heating? Hang them up outside.
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I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
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So we need to do more to reduce it to a manageable level. As you say, doing is not a good way to deal with this.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
There are also dry days. Helps if you don't have very young children though.
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I didn't. Could do 2 washes on the dry days to compensate for the wet days.
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I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
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Continual rain for a week? Not common at all.
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I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
There's 2 ways of looking at this, either conditions in the West deteriorate to the level of Africa and South Asia, or else conditions there improve to western levels. The second option would be preferable.
Except increased wealth leads to increased consumption. I'm not sure that the planet can take much more.
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Jeez what's it all coming to? A load of fully grown blokes talking about washing!
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