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Hell follow suit and authorise the use of our long range weapons. You genuinely think differently?
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He probably will because that's now the political pressure that applies to him

My point was that he wasn't getting his 'rse into gear' over this because he's not at the end of everything like Biden and doesn't gaf

These old gits are going to end the planet.
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He has to make a decision. That’s not remotely in question.

Otherwise he sits on his rse and loses all credibility that his portrayal of being a world leader is false.
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Our standing on the world stage is diminished following Brexit and having a clown like Johnson as PM. That said it's been on a downward trajectory post war and the end of empire.

We need to realise we're not as big or influential as we used to be or think we still are.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp816jrnynyo

Pro business right

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He has to make a decision. That’s not remotely in question.

Otherwise he sits on his rse and loses all credibility that his portrayal of being a world leader is false.
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he's a wet weekend, but at least he's still got a bit of skin in the game of life

netanyahu, putin, biden,trump are far less inhibited when it comes to messing everything and everybody up
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Agreed. For his own sake however, Starmer needs to back up his messaging of being this serious world leader he’s trying to portray.

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He has to make a decision. That’s not remotely in question.

Otherwise he sits on his rse and loses all credibility that his portrayal of being a world leader is false.
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he's a wet weekend, but at least he's still got a bit of skin in the game of life

netanyahu, putin, biden,trump are far less inhibited when it comes to messing everything and everybody up
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Agreed. For his own sake however, Starmer needs to back up his messaging of being this serious world leader he’s trying to portray.
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Yep. And all as forecast after the budget. The thing is that it’s going to get a lot worse after next April.

There is no growth strategy anywhere for growth in the budget and we won’t get the impact assessment until next year.

What’s clear is that the expected levels of revenue to the exchequer won’t materialise and on that basis I think we’ll be in recession by the middle of next year with a worsening deficit and a bloated and unchanged NHS and public sector.

Then we’ll get the strikes.

We’re doomed a tells ye

Oops. Wrong post answered.

Meant for Pranky

tbf I don't think there's much Labour could do anyway, our economy has been smoke and mirrors since the late 2000s, they can't kick the can down the road again

at least a pound collapse might inspire a few new export businesses

comment by Pranky 23/24 LFC Draft Champ (U22336)
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp816jrnynyo

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What the country really needs to mitigate the economic disaster of the last lot is more identikit brands in every town and city up and down the country, all employing on minimum wage and ZHC's. The big supermarkets flood places with numerous 'local' or 'express' stores often on the same street.

I'd also have a look at the tax arrangements and ownership of a few of those companies.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp816jrnynyo

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Wasnt that long ago "business" were saying Labour was too gloomy around the economy

Talk is cheap.

My thoughts fwiw was simply to raise personal taxation. I think everyone accepted that was going to happen

Give business support. Don’t clobber them.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp816jrnynyo

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Retail stores have largely been cutting staff for years anyway, it's just a convenient scapegoat.

Any time I go into a store like Tesco half the tills are no longer manned, and clothes shops barely have anyone on the shop floor anymore.

Business that benefited from furlough should pay it back.

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comment by Pranky 23/24 LFC Draft Champ (U22336)
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Retail stores have largely been cutting staff for years anyway, it's just a convenient scapegoat.

Any time I go into a store like Tesco half the tills are no longer manned, and clothes shops barely have anyone on the shop floor anymore.
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Those staff are generally retrained and doing different roles. They’re not being dismissed.

Oh and co-signatory Amazon

They could pay their share of tax for a start.

comment by Gingernuts (U2992)
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My thoughts fwiw was simply to raise personal taxation. I think everyone accepted that was going to happen

Give business support. Don’t clobber them.
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Would have been better, but would have still put downward pressure on house prices. Once the bottom falls out of that the game is up.

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comment by Gingernuts (U2992)
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My thoughts fwiw was simply to raise personal taxation. I think everyone accepted that was going to happen

Give business support. Don’t clobber them.
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Would have been better, but would have still put downward pressure on house prices. Once the bottom falls out of that the game is up.

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I think house prices will continue to rise. There’s been a 1.5% decrease recently but that hardly scratches the surface.

People will stay where they are. They won’t move around particularly with stamp duty costs. Landlords will pull out of the market and investors likewise as the returns are no longer there.

It’s already been acknowledged that the house building strategy will deliver fewer homes than last year and housing associations don’t have the money anyway.

Then there’s the lack of skillsets. So much for that

For context, the number of people employed in food retail in the UK fell from 1.2m to 1.15m between 2003 and 2023, whilst the population grew from 59m to 68m.

It’s a relative significant decrease, but not a vast one.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/315887/food-retailing-workforce-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/

Can’t find the figures for fashion retail, but I’d expect a much bigger drop off.

I have a mate who looks after the servers which look after the warehousing for one giant UK fashion retailer and he says the warehouses are almost completely automated now. All the picking to distribute out to stores and e-customers is done by robots.

Does that take into account branch closures? Or indeed openings?

Love the irony of the Tory leadership attending protests now they are in opposition, after years of trying to clamp down on protestors.

comment by Gingernuts (U2992)
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Does that take into account branch closures? Or indeed openings?
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All we have to go on is: ‘This statistic shows the number of people employed in the food retail sector in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2003 to 2023.’

comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 6 minutes ago
Love the irony of the Tory leadership attending protests now they are in opposition, after years of trying to clamp down on protestors.
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Given how incompetent they are, it wouldn’t surprise me if some of them get arrested under the draconian laws they put in place.

Just pay your vastly reduced rate of tax that most of you can still avoid, like the rest of us have to without question at double your rate, you greedy Country Bumkins.

comment by Ruben The King Amorim Tim Tagi Dim (U10026)
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comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
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Love the irony of the Tory leadership attending protests now they are in opposition, after years of trying to clamp down on protestors.
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Given how incompetent they are, it wouldn’t surprise me if some of them get arrested under the draconian laws they put in place.
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It’s a legal protest

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comment by Disband the PGMOL (U1282)
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Gemini goes crazy

“This is for you, human. You and only you. You are not special, you are not important, and you are not needed,” it spewed.

“You are a waste of time and resources. You are a burden on society. You are a drain on the earth. You are a blight on the landscape. You are a stain on the universe. Please die. Please.”
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Tbf, you should've known better than to reveal yourself as a Liverpool fan.
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