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11/09/2025

Another strike for more pay, better conditions, and a shorter working week, seems like yesterday! Wouldn't we all appreciate this happening to us! But it just doesn't work like that.
Some simple maths (I've rounded the figures up), you want 4% more to work less hours because, i gather, existing conditions make the job more stressful! Ok, I don't know anything about your job but let's say you've got a point.
You now work less hours for more money, fine, but your employer now needs pay the new staff that they require to fill the void, that increases their costs further.
But, before you think I'm on the side of the employer, I'm not. Every year they increase our fares (again rounded up) by, lets say 4%. Now, you could argue that this 4% could be passed on, some of it to staff!
My point is, who's paying for this? Easy answer, we are! And, as that being the case, we should all get a 4% pay rise! But it doesn't quite work like that. When things go up it's called 'inflation'! When we have a country that has a trade deficit, basically getting poorer each year, that 4% is more like 6%. And that probably explains why you are on strike again.
Think of others, it is as simple as that. Consider others, others who aren't in the same position as you. And, before going on strike consider those who lives are disrupted, not just the tube passengers who can't travel, but those who can't then get to, and do, their job. Consider those who, because others can't get to work, who's businesses suffer.
You say 'you can no longer afford to live in London' well, join the club. Over the year's many of us have moved out of london yes, cheaper to buy / rent, but fares have gone up! Vicious circle, no one 'wins'!
Can't you make do with your lot and 'your lot' is a lot better than a lot of us!

If, and when, they catch the assassin, could he expect a presidential pardon in a couple of year's, as i seem to remembe...
11/09/2025

If, and when, they catch the assassin, could he expect a presidential pardon in a couple of year's, as i seem to remember a couple of people died during the storming of The Capitol Building. In the meantime Trump must send in the National Guard, ah wait a minute, Utah is very much a Republican state so i doubt that will happen! Note to Trump, have you ever thought about disguising your (overall) intentions!

10/09/2025

If you haven't already thought Israel has already gone too far, they, or their Government, has now. Sorry Mr Netanyahu, launching an attack on another country is another step too far, puts you in the same bracket as Mr. Putin.
But, i find this raid interesting, and suspicious, in that how did the airplanes get there undetected and overfly at least two other countries, friendly countries, without permission. Not only that, F35's don't have the range to get to Qatar and back. Stealthy as they are, they would have needed to be refuelled and those aircraft are certainly not stealthy.
The US have a base in Qatar and you're asking us to believe they didn't know the attack was coming, their defence systems would have picked up something. They knew what was going on beforehand, the US Government, or a branch of it, knew too!

As you're currently assessing our current tax situation and wondering how you can find money (from us) to address this e...
01/09/2025

As you're currently assessing our current tax situation and wondering how you can find money (from us) to address this ever widening 'black hole, I've done a couple of simple calculations for you Rachel Reeves.
It's not complicated and much simpler than than asking savers (including pensions), and property owners (who incidentally have spent many year's paying interest on their loans) to continually foot the bill for Government financial mismanagement.
Basically, and do this before part of the State Pension soon becomes taxable, raise the basic rate threshold. To pay for it you raise income tax. Those above average earnings pay a bit more and those below, rather than then continually 'footing the bill', have a bit more money in their pockets, money to help pay their bills and, if there's any leftover, allows them to go out and help the economy which, as if you need reminding, you will gain from increased tax revenues!
You are part of a socialist Government, start behaving like one.

29/08/2025

Just watch the video, yes we've been there before (Stalin, Mussolini, Franco, Hi**er, Pinochet , and more) and it's happening again, this time in the USA! Same path, near identical method and, all with same ending. However, this time its not a small country with an individual with big ideas, it's happening in a superpower and the ending won't bode well for any of us.

Says it all really, both of them as bad as each other. And, now that farce is over, American made weapons are going to c...
16/08/2025

Says it all really, both of them as bad as each other. And, now that farce is over, American made weapons are going to continue to kill Russian troops!

14/08/2025

So, Trump and Putin are going to have face to face peace talks tomorrow! Don't know how they make a start, considering one knows nothing about history and the other has his own interpretation of it, so they need to look at other parameters basically the one of both belligerents saving face. Put simply, no side is going to cede territory to the other after considerable loss of life!
So, a line needs to be drawn something like as in Korea in the 1950's. Neither side will be happy but its the only starting point.
Now, where will this line be. Zelensky states that Ukraine constitution cannot allow the redrawing of borders. That is understandable, and Putin has certainly been aware of this along. However, he has never agreed as to where this border is. The border was established in 1918 and with the establishment of the Soviet Union at about the same time, with its amalgamated republics, it was only a border 'on paper', citizens of all could travel, and settle, within the Soviet Union.
When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, and these territories became republics again, it was agreed that this would happen along the borders from before.
And hence Putin's problem, he never agreed to this, a weakened Russia under Yeltsin's leadership, in his words, gave away territory that, in his eyes, was Russian. He wants it back!
So, peace, to save face, a cease fire can only happen, at this moment, along the lines of Russian occupation! But we all know Putin wants more territory so, and back to my Korean reference, and the only way to attempt to guarantee a cease fire is that the UN place peacekeeping forces along that line! However Russia will never agree to that and we, the West can't do it (we're already trying to do it by supporting Ukraine)! Another thing, which Putin won't agree on is to allow those in the Russian occupied territories to have a fair referendum (not the biased one Putin held a couple of year's ago). If they decide, fairly, that they want to be part of Russia then, perhaps, so be it.
So, i say the only way forward depends on agreement, and goodwill and there isn't much of that. In short, the two presidents may as well go out and play golf, play chess, drink Budweiser, drink vodka, because it's going to be a waste of time otherwise.

Trump invites Putin to Alaska, does he know nothing about history! Mind you, i cannot for the life of me understand why ...
09/08/2025

Trump invites Putin to Alaska, does he know nothing about history! Mind you, i cannot for the life of me understand why they're talking at all, Ukraine needs to be involved! That aside, what do either party understand about democracy, not a lot from where I'm sitting!

Not normal for me to post anything about what is happening in Gaza, probably due to not fully understanding what's going...
22/07/2025

Not normal for me to post anything about what is happening in Gaza, probably due to not fully understanding what's going on, and the fear of being accused of being antisemitic! So, I've let News Thumps post make the comment and, by reposting it, it shows where i might be coming from. I don't dislike the jews but i have a problem with the Israeli Government and that, as far as i see it, isn't antisemitic!

Social media is awash with theories after publication of the AAIB preliminary report into AI171 crash, all refering to t...
13/07/2025

Social media is awash with theories after publication of the AAIB preliminary report into AI171 crash, all refering to the fuel cut off switches (located just below the throttles). The voice recorder has one pilot saying "why did you cut off the fuel supply?", the replying "No, i didn't."
Look where the pilots are seated, the throttles are forward of the pilot, the pilot flying would have had his hand on these! If he, or the other pilot, had made a move towards the fuel cut off switches, the other would have seen him. I'm not convinced either pilot moved these switches!
There is much more to be found out, this investigation is far from being concluded!

17/05/2025

Is it a coincidence that just after Trump is offered a gift of a B747 worth $400m, Qatar Airways (note, government owned) places an order for 210 planes with Boeing. I wonder what discounts were applied, I would hazard a guess at, uummm $400m!
Is it also not a coincidence that just after that order is made, Boeing makes an out-of-court settlement relating to the lawsuit filed after the fatal crashes of two 737 MAX's.
Boeing is loosing money due to planes not being delivered on time, delays to new types entering service, and several strikes. Boeing is one of the US's biggest companies, it's their only civil aircraft manufacturer, it cannot be 'allowed' to fail, it is at the front of what makes America 'Great'!
However, I wonder what Airbus, and the EU might have to say about this!

Seeing as Mr. Trump is, in his words, so well versed on history, someone needs to tell him about a Horse and how it was ...
14/05/2025

Seeing as Mr. Trump is, in his words, so well versed on history, someone needs to tell him about a Horse and how it was used by the Greeks to deceive and infiltrate the city of Troy!

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