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I'll respond to stuff above later, but for now I'll just express my utter gobsmacked aghastness that some character from Reform ( Farage's racist loony party) just spoke on telly and describedvthe Conservative party as 'Socialists'. Seriously..whatever your Politics, if you agree that the Tories are 'Socialists'..you are on the wrong planet.

P.S. Just heard the UK economy is now officially 'In Recession'. Well done Rishi!!!

It's been a while since you posted that, the latest in our discussion of the rapid increase in both poverty and wealth inequality. I'm not going to engage in a line by line rebuttal, but it does seem to me that in summary, you don't think that anything can be done apart from a bit of volunteering to help in some cases. Clearly I'm not going to criticise the 'good works' which many from all socio economic strata engage in, but they really do amount to 'P****ng in the wind' when compared to the size of the problem. (Assuming you accept that there is a problem)

He strikes me as a pretty confused character in many ways. It's as if his consciously projected 'Mr Nice Guy' image is often at odds with his suppressed natural instincts. Just a short quote from his 'Wiki' entry.

You should have consulted me Nonna ..

But was born in West Bridgeford.

That's not what his tone indicated.

Ken Clarke was for the most part an 'old school' Tory MP who I could tolerate whilst largely disagreeing with him politically. He spoiled all of that when describing his time at Nottm High School. He stood on the pavement next to the High School sports field in Hucknall Rd, just by City Hospital, singing the praises of the (Largely fee paying) High School. All was well until in an example of monumental crassness, he jerked his thumb over his shoulder up towards Arnold Rd/Gainsford Crescent and said. "Of course the council had their own place up there", in a couple of phenomenally

You may recall that a couple of weeks back I described a fiasco of a 'Targeted Lung Health Check', which left me with 14 hours of very unpleasant and potentially dangerous side effects from Ventolin as well as feeling rough for days. I put in an email complaint and after a week had heard nothing until I realised the message had bounced back into my spam folder due to an incorrect address. So. I sent it again.. with a corrected address. It did not bounce back. ...One week later, still no response, so I sent another message threatening to raise my issues to a formal complaint to the QCC i

Mick, I sympathise as I'm pretty sure I acquired Covid on my flight out for a Canaries cruise last Feb. I wasn't wearing a mask. Thing is I don't think basic masks offer much protection from airborne virus that's already there. My understanding is that they are thought to reduce transmission by people who are already infected, maybe asymptomatically, by trapping a lot of droplets they might otherwise be spraying about.

Morning! I was in Nottm over the weekend visiting my brother but mainly, to meet up with with an old friend who was a neighbour, and a school buddy through Henry Whipple and then HP. We haven't seen each other since at least 1970, but more likely 1968. over half a century ago. Rich is now living in Cornwall. We had a really good natter for about 3 hours. Our Ben may remember his family. Chambers', at 28 Southglade. Selfie here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/D5t3ACEaoXc6Z6kN6 Anyway..we met at the Griffin's Head in Papplewick. First time I've ever been in

Oz, I'm broadly in agreement with Jim on this. The bottom line for me is that the whole 'Leave' campaign, was based on lies, half truths and innuendo. In effect, that meant that by leaving the EU, people 'reclaimed', things which they had not lost in the first place. The 'Leave' liars claimed three main things: 1. We no longer controlled our borders. This is complete bull, based on a deliberate misreading of the EU 'Freedom of Movement' principle, under which any EU citizen could move freely between EU countries and work in any of them. In other words it worked both ways and th

I assume you mean Altruism emanating from what you say is a small group of society.. AKA 'The rich'. It's not Altruism which determines their tax bills.. it's Govt. And it's in the present Govt. where Altruism is severely lacking. There's no shortage of Altruism in wider society.

No. It's just evidence of inequality.. and yes, Oxfam take a political stance on it, but whether they do or don't, the evidence stands. It is you who is getting all fired up about 'implied blame' etc. I've said repeatedly that I don't blame 'the rich' in general, however you define them, so long as their wealth is honestly and legally gained. That does not mean that the current status quo should be maintained. What if we turn it on its head? There are plenty in our society, and I'd argue mostly on the broad political right.. who like to blame the poor for their own conditio

Buddy Holly died on my 10th birthday 65 years ago today ...

My JVCs are the HA-D600 model. They have little labels on them declaring them 'Digital Ready', which is a pretty meaningless statement, but pretty symptomatic of the time when everything from kettles to clothes pegs was judged to benefit from association with the wonders of digital.. There is nothing digital about their technology, or the signal they are meant to reproduce and in fact the analogue output from CD is limited in frequency to a range of 20Hz to 20 KHz. .narrower than some pure analogue sources. That said they are a semi- open backed design which works well but like all

BK, until you mentioned it, I'd never heard of 8D. However, I looked it up and found info which is in the link below. Briefly, it is a sort of 'fake' surround sound, created by adding echoes etc., which fool the ear/ brain into 'hearing' surround sound. It reminds me of something EMI did years ago which I think may have been called 'Sensaura' It worked without headphones.... until you moved your head...whereupon the effect fell apart. So using headphones obviously gets past that problem. If you like the effect I see no reason not to pursue it. I'll check it out when I have

I definitely didn't see it in the late 60s as I barely saw any telly,being too busy being a fab DJ. I was also living where I am now when I saw odd bits. So I must have seen the 1978 re-showing. I didn't see all of it as it mystified me, but I do recall being quite bemused at some of the scenes I did see. The female lead seen in what I assume was her bedroom, in her underwear. Not quite hard core porn, but a bit odd for a kids programme. Lots of chatter online, and it's been released on DVD. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/The_Owl_Service_(TV_series) https://www.imdb.

Amlodipine. Doesn't sound too pleasant to me, but mercifully I don't have to take it. I think three things are apparent. 1. We all react differently to meds. 2. We can frequently 'get used' to meds after a while. 3. Some meds just aren't for us. I recall being given a Beta Blocker about 30+ years ago long before any heart issues were apparent, as a non addictive anti anxiety treatment. It worked a bit.. but for the first few days my legs and feet felt like lead, as the drug stopped my heart from responding to demand, when climbing stairs for e.g. Amlodipine is ruled out f

What are the BP tabs Jim?

That IS the point!!! I would venture that most people regard the massive shift in wealth and incomes in the last three years as both unjust, AND ethically unacceptable., especially when all the indicators point to this situation continuing to worsen. I'm at a loss to understand exactly what you find so objectionable about this being pointed out? Let's try another tack.. 1. Do you accept the Oxfam figures? ( Forget about blame.. implied or otherwise.) Do you also accept the UK 'ONS' figures which confirm the effect in the UK. I.e., that UK rich have got massi

I think I explained a week or so back what an almighty hassle the Targeted Lung Health Check set up caused me. In particular a reaction to being given 4 doses of Ventolin with no warning of possible side effects or possible drug interactions despite me making it clear to the bloke doing the testing that I have Heart Failure and am on numerous meds. I put in a detailed and lengthy complaint via email but got no response.. not even an acknowledgement. It turned out there was something wrong in the email address I'd been given and my messages had bounced back, but into my Spam folde

It was you who raised the 'spectre' of 'paying 45% tax' somewhere 'upthread'. You and I and most others probably, know that the 45% rate only applies from £125K upwards or whatever, and yet you used it it to support your argument around human greed. I clearly stated I'd be very happy to be subject to that rate, as no doubt would many others. I can't be bothered to do the maths and I'll take your word that the notional tax on £25k of the total income is 60%, but as you clearly hint.. that's just a statistical artefact and %ge paid on the total income is still way below 45

Only if insinuation is demonstrated by analysis of the actual words used. We disagree on that point. Much the same as yours I imagine. Such as "to suggest, without being direct, that something unpleasant is true:" (Cambridge Dictionary). The Oxford has the same definition online and so do others. Why can't you see the Oxfam article for what it is? It's a summary of a much bigger, 50+ page report. It's a clear statement of fact surrounding the rapid increase of inequality globally in the last 3 years. The rich have got massively richer,

By the way.... Nobody in the UK pays 45% tax on their income.. Let's look at somebody on £150k p.a.a.. figures approx. Your Tax liability would be £52k, leaving £98k, so your tax is actually close to 33%, not 45%. This is because you pay nothing on the first £12.5 K, 20% from £12.5k to £35k 40% from £35k to £125k and 45% on the rest. It's true you would also pay NI of £8.5k, but your take home pay would still amount to £89.5k, or roughly 3 times the UK median annual salary BEFORE tax etc. Someone on £200k would of course get closer to 45% tax, as around £7