The Official Politics Thread (enter at your own risk)

[Come On You Irons]

There. Resident WHO political commentators and gurus can knock yourselves out in here and conduct your endless bickering. All other threads will be locked.

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I had no idea about this lamp post fatality. Is it likely to become a shrine?

[Fauxstralian]

Sounds like your son knocks around with rednecks
Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, eh?

[Fauxstralian]

I saw some of the social media posts with flag hangers saying people should show empathy for the silly old fool climbing a lamppost 
Pointed out that the bloke would have been first to celebrate people drowning in the channel 
The flag hanging isn’t patriotism it’s an attempt to intimidate anyone who doesn’t fit your idea of British ie white
Just be honest 

Yes, there is racism in Australia and a similar campaign against immigration. Lots of right wingers there as well. Probably why they are still lumbered with the medieval nonsense of the monarchy
Lots of racism in America too mostly coming from the President … notice you don’t condemn that. 
Any news on the motivation of the bloke that shot Kirk? The bloke from a staunch MAGA family 
 

[only1billybonds]

Funny how Sven never addresses the rampant racism in Australia, a place which he seems to adore.  My Mrs is an Aussie and one of her sons is married to a second generation Croation. The last time we visited i paid over 2.5 k for an air b& b rather than be around when he would kick off with her. If I reeated some of the slurs I'd probably get kicked off of her.. 
I've now visited Australia 4 times and I can say in all honesty that as well as being better than us at cricket, they leave us standing when it comes to being racist. I have a son over there and all his mates are obviously Aussies or Kiwis and they cant believe how laid back he is whenever a conversation turns to foreigners/ immigration.

And yes,MA is right, I never remember seeing the right celebrate the death of a prominent lefty but that really is a one way street.
People who were born years after she left office were partying in the streets when Thatcher died. Fucking sick.

[Massive Attack]

I see a man fell off a lamppost hanging up a flag in Bristol and all those foreign NHS staff weren’t able to save him 
60yo painter & decorator with a history of Bristol City violence

Yeah, I've been seeing a lot of Left leaning people openly laugh and mock his sudden death online of someone trying to show pride in their Country. The tolerant and caring Left are proper sick in the head and backwards in their core beliefs when such tragic events occur - See also family Christian man Charlie Kirk’s death being mocked/celebrated.

[Fauxstralian]

The stock market is riding the AI boom at the moment
Whether that turns out to be a bubble let’s wait & see
Doing great things for my pension pot at the moment and hopefully Legal & General know what they are doing 

I see a man fell off a lamppost hanging up a flag in Bristol and all those foreign NHS staff weren’t able to save him 
60yo painter & decorator with a history of Bristol City violence

[only1billybonds]

MA.

I see you representation of the Palestine flag.

Your fatwa will be in the post.

[Massive Attack]

This monstrosity can't be far off it with everyone chucked in to the mix (apart from those nasty far righters who get to keep their Stone Island flags)..

[BerlingtonBertie]

We’ll have a jungle union flag next. Half rainbow, half adrican and some urdu scribbles scribe. Animals

[Monsieur merde de cheval]

The people are their destiny.

Are there any ex-colonies that have out-performed the world norms in any metric (except, maybe birth rate)?

The decision to dish out a British Passport to the entire  Commonwealth nations in the 60s  is playing out now.

[Monsieur merde de cheval]

The people are their destiny.

Are there any ex-colonies that have out-performed the world norms in any metric (except, maybe birth rate)?

The affore mentioned USA, Australia and New Zealand?

Compare former British influence compared to the French cunts and it tells a story.
All the french gaffs are utter shitholes...and they learned jack shit ..except for being a cսnt who can speak french.
We have a legacy to be proud of as far as I'm concerned 
Aside from our portion of USA .. Canada .. Australia..New Zealand  by comparison is quite telling

[Monsieur merde de cheval]

The people are their destiny.

But..... the food!

 

Yea...

[Monsieur merde de cheval]

I wouldn't serve again for this country and what's it's become...no chance chief.
Ask the mosques to recruit a few .
I'm done with you ...and I'm not alone

[Mike Oxsaw]

The people are their destiny.

Are there any ex-colonies that have out-performed the world norms in any metric (except, maybe birth rate)?

The affore mentioned USA, Australia and New Zealand?

Not sure that the USA was actually United when Mad George gave it away. Australia & New Zealand are still pink in the atlas.

[Westside]

The people are their destiny.

Are there any ex-colonies that have out-performed the world norms in any metric (except, maybe birth rate)?

The affore mentioned USA, Australia and New Zealand?

[Eerie Decent]

The people are their destiny.

But..... the food!

[Nutsin]

War mongers mongering! You ready?

[Mike Oxsaw]

The people are their destiny.

Are there any ex-colonies that have out-performed the world norms in any metric (except, maybe birth rate)?

[Nutsin]

The people are their destiny.

[goose]

it's very on trend to talk about the K shaped economy, but it its prevelant in both the UK & UK at the moment.

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It’s as well to look at who is mostly affected and how rather than worrying about the respective stock markets ( whose investors make up a minority of individuals overall ).

Right now the average person is experiencing their money not going as far as it did in the past and I’m referring to Americans as well as us Brits. 

[goose]

And yet the FTSE hit record highs a couple of weeks ago and is only 1 or 2% off those highs todays.
Proof that the markets are very far removed from what’s actually going on.

[Come On You Irons]

S&P at 6,900, I wonder if that breaks through 7,000 by years end?

Meanwhile the UK has had two consecutive quarters of contraction and is heading firmly toward recession under the clown Labour government.

[Nutsin]

S&P at 6,900, I wonder if that breaks through 7,000 by years end?

[Nutsin]

Dow Jones at 48,700 I wonder if it’ll hit 50,000 by years end?