スコットランド
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Post by スコットランド on Jan 30, 2022 14:39:59 GMT
Of course it’s relatively shitty for everyone affected but if you’re living in luxury it’s not quite the same as people down the road who you struggling to feed themselves.
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Post by Blackmarsh63 on Jan 30, 2022 14:42:56 GMT
HTF is a can of Heinz Baked Beans £1 now  What the actual fuck? I didn't even bother looking at prices last time we did a shop and grabbed some branston ones instead. The unstackable bastards aren't going in my cupboard any more. Especially not at that price! This sort of stuff makes my pitiful pay increase in my last job even more insulting. 🤣 One of life's mysteries. I noticed Asda's own shite stacks perfectly fine. |
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Post by Frog on Jan 30, 2022 14:42:58 GMT
He never said it was though.
He also said that he is lucky as he knows they can cut back.
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Post by clemfandango on Jan 30, 2022 14:59:48 GMT
Yeah I know I’m lucky and have options. Not sure why I’ve pissed off ecosse so much
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2022 15:04:36 GMT
Yeah I know I’m lucky and have options. Not sure why I’ve pissed off ecosse so much Yeah he is not one to talk. What with enough disposable income to waste on technogel pillows and naples pizza. |
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Jan 30, 2022 15:04:50 GMT
Well, this is the thing, right? Clem is the traditional Tory demographic. Six figure household income, nice house, two kids, two cars*. They are supposed to be bending over backwards to get his vote and all they do is fuck him continuously. If they offer a middle class, white (?) guy absolutely nothing then what do they offer and who the fuck are they offering it to?
*this is obviously not the first time I’ve thought about this, hence the name
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Post by zephro on Jan 30, 2022 15:05:51 GMT
Luckily I got a new job. But after no payrises where I work for 2 years and then they finally got performance related pay boosts through, after 7 months of negotiating with the unions about it, the week after I resigned they came up with a 4% raise. Which was like "Thanks for that... it's still a lot less than inflation though". Let alone 2-3 years of inflation.
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スコットランド
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Post by スコットランド on Jan 30, 2022 15:08:24 GMT
Yeah I know I’m lucky and have options. Not sure why I’ve pissed off ecosse so much No, you haven’t pissed me off so much, just though it was lacking in perspective but maybe I read it wrong. |
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スコットランド
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Post by スコットランド on Jan 30, 2022 15:10:03 GMT
Yeah I know I’m lucky and have options. Not sure why I’ve pissed off ecosse so much Yeah he is not one to talk. What with enough disposable income to waste on technogel pillows and naples pizza. I’m not complaining about the rising cost of living meaning that I may have to reduce some luxuries , am I? Also, money on Naples Pizza and technogel is never, ever wasted  |
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Post by Tonka (🐑,🪤) on Jan 30, 2022 15:10:26 GMT
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jan 30, 2022 15:14:20 GMT
Yeah I know I’m lucky and have options. Not sure why I’ve pissed off ecosse so much No, you haven’t pissed me off so much, just though it was lacking in perspective but maybe I read it wrong. He had perspective on how he was better off compared to people in lower salaries. You read it wrong. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2022 15:14:43 GMT
Actually thinking about it this is the first time in years I am actually caring about money. I am on 75k, no mortgage, live in a shared flat with cheqp shared rent, no commute and literally my only non house expense is my motorbike.
I am the ultimate disposable income cunt who wastes all my money on books, board games and consoles. And even I am looking at being careful. If I am tightening my belt then fucking hell, the average family must be utterly fucking terrified.
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Post by Frog on Jan 30, 2022 15:20:09 GMT
We had a recent payrise structure agreed for the next few years. Inflation has gone through the roof since then and the unions reaction has been tough shit deal with it as far as I can see.
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Post by clemfandango on Jan 30, 2022 15:30:48 GMT
Well, this is the thing, right? Clem is the traditional Tory demographic. Six figure household income, nice house, two kids, two cars*. They are supposed to be bending over backwards to get his vote and all they do is fuck him continuously. If they offer a middle class, white (?) guy absolutely nothing then what do they offer and who the fuck are they offering it to? *this is obviously not the first time I’ve thought about this, hence the name I think they’ve given up on this demographic as most of us are quite liberal in our views and I wouldn’t vote Tory if they paid me. Much easier to concentrate on boomers with paid for property and no debt and all classes of ukippers who want to get rid of all the foreigners. |
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Post by clemfandango on Jan 30, 2022 15:31:59 GMT
We had a recent payrise structure agreed for the next few years. Inflation has gone through the roof since then and the unions reaction has been tough shit deal with it as far as I can see. Shouldn’t the unions be renegotiating? It’s in their interest to do so |
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Post by Frog on Jan 30, 2022 15:46:46 GMT
National officer disagreed apparently, it's not the end of it but it's not looking likely.
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Post by gammonbanter on Jan 30, 2022 15:56:13 GMT
Isn't raising taxes to pay for social care the responsible thing to do?
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Post by Danno on Jan 30, 2022 16:03:32 GMT
An NI increase is disproportionate compared to taxing the higher levels of earned and unearned income. But that would be unTory
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Post by clemfandango on Jan 30, 2022 16:03:51 GMT
Isn't raising taxes to pay for social care the responsible thing to do? Depends on who they are taxing. Should somebody who earns 20k per year and has two kids to feed pay the same as Jacob Rees Mogg? |
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Post by zephro on Jan 30, 2022 16:04:56 GMT
We've got an annoyingly obstructionist kind of Union setup (though I am leaving). Where most the members and key people either work on maintaining obsolete tech or were hired to deal with the millennium bug in COBOL, then with the cash out they got bought houses near the office in London 20 years ago when people could afford to do that. Their position is always if anyone gets a payrise everyone gets one and nobody should be made redundant. So we keep haemorrhaging young people as any attempt to say get women or BAME candidates in the bottom of their pay bracket a raise of 5% and not anyone else gets stonewalled with 1% for everyone. All payrises have to go through them as well.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jan 30, 2022 16:05:17 GMT
But JRM worked really hard to pay for his monocles, top hats and canes.
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Post by Sarfrin on Jan 30, 2022 16:07:59 GMT
Depends on who they are taxing. Should somebody who earns 20k per year and has two kids to feed pay the same as Jacob Rees Mogg? Him paying that much tax would be a start. |
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Post by gammonbanter on Jan 30, 2022 16:33:47 GMT
Top rate of tax should be 70% for what I dunno, anything over 500k. And in work poverty should be a fucking impossibility!
It's funny when you Google which country has the fairest tax system, "fair" seems to wildly open to interpretation!
I'll moan now at n.i hikes, but I would like care when I, or anyone else for that matter, needs it!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2022 16:34:36 GMT
What the actual fuck? I didn't even bother looking at prices last time we did a shop and grabbed some branston ones instead. The unstackable bastards aren't going in my cupboard any more. Especially not at that price! This sort of stuff makes my pitiful pay increase in my last job even more insulting. 🤣 One of life's mysteries. I noticed Asda's own shite stacks perfectly fine. Also, own brand beans cost about a 1/4 the price of Heinz beans. I always buy whatever is the cheapest brand. No they’re not as “nice” but you get used to them and you save a lot of money. It’s not a great feeling looking at the name brands you like and grabbing the supermarket’ budget brand, but its better than your bill at the till being double. And to be honest, the difference in taste isn’t that great. |
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Post by Blackmarsh63 on Jan 30, 2022 16:45:45 GMT
Branston beans are half the price, nicer than Heinz and they stack so win-win-win 🙂
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Post by Danno on Jan 30, 2022 16:47:33 GMT
Glad I'm not alone in my fury at Heinz cans
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jan 30, 2022 16:49:56 GMT
Branston beans are half the price, nicer than Heinz and they stack so win-win-win 🙂 Not a fan of Branston beans |
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Post by Aunt Alison on Jan 30, 2022 17:06:57 GMT
Taste a bit paupery
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jan 30, 2022 17:08:23 GMT
It's the sauce, doesn't taste of tomato.
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Post by Blackmarsh63 on Jan 30, 2022 17:20:04 GMT
You've not got a local Lidl then 🤔 |
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