Bank Of England Says People Need To Accept They Are Poorer

[Delayed]

3 minutes ago, Chekhov said:

>>You don't seem to realise that they are striking because they want a life style like yours and maybe, some nice holidays too.

Why should people work cheap so that you can have your holidays?<<

 

I have no sympathy with people striking if it affects people other than their direct employers, and it's even worse if they work in an industry that is paid for (or even "just" subsidised) by the tax payer.

None, zero, zilch.

If they don't think they're paid enough get another job like the rest of us have to.

 

>>Maybe The Times is trying to get people to understand that foreign holidays and cars are not the be all and end all of life and there are other things more important<<

 

The Times is simply reporting on a group of scientists who, emboldened by their "success" in the Covid pandemic (I mean their "success" in forcing draconian restrictions on society) are seeing how far they can go with the "climate emergency". The climate emergency which is, apparently, not serious enough to warrant disrupting the wading birds in the Severn Estuary.....

But you miss the point anyway, this is supposed to be  a free democratic country, it is not for anyone to tell people what they should or should not want from life.

 

Personally I cannot see anything funny about this, @Delayed must have a very warped sense of humour.....

Yes I must have but it's quite refreshing in this paranoid snowflake society 

Edited April 28, 2023 by Delayed

[Guest]

58 minutes ago, Chekhov said:

You wrote :

The fact that many many people will feel the same as you do doesn't alter anything, 

 

If you cannot see that is a ludicrous thing to say then there is no hope for you.

 

Actually what you wrote above is even more ludicrous.

What did you actually do during the pandemic ?

Do you ever, ordinarily,  go out ?

Did you actually live through the same one as me ? :

 

24 March 2020 :

Health Secretary Matt Hancock told MPs that people should only be leaving their houses for four reasons:

1 -to buy food
2 - to exercise once a day alone or with members of the same household
3 - because of a medical need or to provide care for a vulnerable person
4 - to travel to or from work that cannot be done from home. For work that cannot be done at home, Mr Hancock recommended a 2 metre gap between employees.
The Minister said that any non-essential shops must close and that gatherings of more than two people were not allowed. He stressed that "these measures are not advice. They are rules and will be enforced, including by the police", and noted that fines will be issued for those that do not comply.

The Labour party's view :

Responding on behalf of the Opposition, Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth, said the Government was "quite right" in introducing these measures, noting that the Opposition had previously called for them to be implemented.........."Enforced social distancing is welcome, we called for it".

https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2020/march/update-on-coronavirus-24-march-2020/

 

The BBC News article on 24 March 2020 (excerpts)  :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52012432

One form of exercise a day such as a run, walk, or cycle. This should be done alone or only with people you live with

Even when following the above guidance, people should minimise the amount of time spent out of their homes and should keep two metres (6ft) away from people they do not live with.

This is all about the pandemic.

We are NOT discussing the pandemic - we are discussing  "People need to accept that we are poorer"

You were talking about needing your holidays despite climate change.

 

I think you have lost your way more than a little and need to re-read my posts so that you know which of my statements you are answering.

You have already made it clear that you  (who claimed to care about the poor ) think that other people should work on the cheap so that it doesn't spoil your holidays.

That's very caring - you need to join this greedy, cruel government as you would fit in so well.

 

 

[fools]

On 27/04/2023 at 00:19, Anna B said:

It's not just financial insecurity, but the mental insecurity.

Everyone seems to be suffering from a kind of universal depression. There doesn't seem to be much hope out there, and not much to look forward to. So many problems, so few solutions. Everything's changed overnight, mostly for the worst.

 

Is this an unspoken side effect of Covid? 

no .. smartphones + cameras + social media + socialism + ineptitude  & lack of oversight

[Mister Gee]

5 hours ago, fools said:

no .. smartphones + cameras + social media + socialism + ineptitude  & lack of oversight

So what harm do you believe those three things have done to you ?

5 hours ago, fools said:

no .. smartphones + cameras + social media + socialism + ineptitude  & lack of oversight

We’ve not had a government that’s remotely resembled anything like that for decades in this country. 

5 hours ago, fools said:

no .. smartphones + cameras + social media + socialism + ineptitude  & lack of oversight

On who’s behalf?

[fools]

19 minutes ago, Mister Gee said:

So what harm do you believe those three things have done to you ?

We’ve not had a government that’s remotely resembled anything like that for decades in this country. 

On who’s behalf?

does anyone's smartphone make them happier. look around. See China

what's the public debt like nowadays.

see title of thread and rate of inflation

Edited April 29, 2023 by fools

[Chekhov]

10 hours ago, Delayed said:

Yes I must have but it's quite refreshing in this paranoid snowflake society 

I wish I had a warped sense of humour if it meant I could ignore all the BS around these days.

[Chekhov]

9 hours ago, Organgrinder said:

This is all about the pandemic.

We are NOT discussing the pandemic - we are discussing  "People need to accept that we are poorer"

You compared Covid to this government with your ridiculous assertion that :

 

my belief is that this insecurity has arisen more of a side effect of 13 long years of Tory rule and unfairness, rather than that of Covid 

 

I was pointing out that the suppression of society affected people far more negatively than "13 long years of Tory rule and unfairness", we were almost under house arrest for Gawd's sake. In fact it was even worse than that we were told we had to stay away from other people, at least 2, away in fact. All of which is the antithesis of the human condition as we are social animals (well most of us are).

 

Edited April 29, 2023 by Chekhov

[Chekhov]

9 hours ago, Organgrinder said:

You were talking about needing your holidays despite climate change.

I have answered this post, and your others where you tell people they should not and will not be jetting off on holiday, on the Climate Change thread.

[Chekhov]

3 hours ago, Mister Gee said:

We’ve not had a government that’s remotely resembled anything like that for decades in this country. 

I have answered your point here.

[Delayed]

45 minutes ago, Chekhov said:

I wish I had a warped sense of humour if it meant I could ignore all the BS around these days.

You could do the following:

 

1. Get a hobby

2. Get off the internet

3. Get some perspective

4. Learn that times change