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Your right Alma that is true those ethnic minorities are definitely represented in the England cricket team. However my stance is that in football, rugby, boxing etc, there is a definite under representation from Asian backgrounds. I mean being a "ethnic" myself growing up in England my p...

1 of my sister in laws is like this but it´s only for 3 or 4 days before the full moon.
And the answer seems to be no, doesn´t seem to be anything you can do about it.

Fraufruit wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2024 8:12 pm But Nicki is endorsing Trump now after she said she never would. If something happens to him, she'll be back in the game.

That´s called debasing yourself so that you can hang onto power or get even more of it.
Look at Cruz, the master of it.

Just seen a few clips from the debate. Trump with his usual outright lying (his base sadly believes every word) and Biden looking out of it. What struck me though was it wasn´t a debate as such but rather a who can insult the other more contest. Typical politics nowadays, let´s not worry about what ...

Well, Dorset has messed up its postal voting.... I guessed something was wrong when they sent me an email today, asking for more information in order to register. This struck me as slightly odd given that I have already had a letter confirming my voting status. I called to check, and the email was ...

dstanners wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2024 3:10 pm
Once you add in voter-apathy,

Brexit was won/lost by people who didn´t bother to vote.

Couldn't believe (well could) Trump's incoherent self-indulgent gibberings at Trump Tower after the verdict. The man is clearly unhinged. How can anyone take him seriously, let alone as a candidate for president?! Aren't the Republican Party embarrassed?! Yet someone like Nikki Haley, who seem to t...

Went down a bit of a rabbit hole the other day when reading about conspiracy theories and believe you me there are many absolute batshit crazy ones out there. Yet I can´t help thinking that the Flat Earth one is probably the craziest there is. Normally you can´t disprove a conspiracy theory because ...

Well, Joe Biden is old, but he's a workhorse and a legislative powerhouse who still gets things done. Anyway, it's not like the UK puts up its best. Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Nigel Farage? Phew. The problem is a surge in global gullibility. Stupid people vote for scary characters who make them...

Yes! And his rambling speech afterwards was hilarious. What planet is that guy on. The planet where he is polling higher than Biden. Yeah. Unfortunately also the planet we are on. He´s now more popular with his supporters than before. We do like to take the piss out of Americans and their seemingly...

The national service bollocks is just the torys trying to win back the same people who voted for them in the last GE. Personified by older spiteful people who think its a disgrace that youngsters may actually have it a bit easier than they did in their day,the same morons who thought that the UK was...

I tip if I think the person deserves it. I hope we don´t get into the culture of tips being expected. Why should we tip delivery drivers just because DHL, Amazon etc pays shitty wages. When was the last time anyone tipped a server in McDonalds, bank worker etc etc. When you tip your waitress what ab...

Alberto wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 9:52 pm
And also: it is not the role of government to feed poor residents of the land. So a poor widow, Brit or Thai, shouldn't be different. I know of course in reality there are some benefits etc.

What?
Expand on what you mean here.

FIFA/UEFA will tell you it´s to stop touts etc.
It´s not, it´s just another way of them getting their snouts in the trough.

Fraufruit wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 1:59 pm

It's kind of a pity, though. Love happens everywhere.

I don´t think love has a lot to do with it when these old people go to Thailand and come back with a new young wife.

While that is true of many social systems such as welfare, etc., do you think that is why the NHS is such crap? No it´s crap because of years of mismanagement. My nephew used to work in IT for the NHS and the amount of wasting money just in that department was insane. Btw the treatment itself from ...

Never touched the stuff in my life and don´t intend to.
Never had a pothead throw up on me or get abusive so if people want to smoke it it seems to do a lot less harm to others than alcohol does and no govt is going to ban alcohol.
So can´t see a problem with it being legalised.

pappnase wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 1:52 pm It's just not fair.

Because if it´s not done it promotes health tourism which over the years 1000s have taken advantage of.
It´s once again one of those things where the majority of people have to suffer because of the small % of people who abuse the system.

Auntie Helen wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 8:14 pm After 5 years the foreigner doesn’t have to pay the NHS surcharge.

As far as I know you have to pay the surcharge forever unless you apply for unlimited leave to remain.
Every visa holder no matter how long the visa is for (except under 6 months) must pay the surcharge.

Just been rewatching these...