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Reply | The state pension will rise by 4.7% next year.
at 14:45 17 Sep 2025
I don't understand why the triple lock exists. Why does the pension need to rise by more than inflation? It shouldn't slip behind but why does it need to grow by more (admittedly only when inflation is low)?
That is definitely an unsustainable amount. |
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Reply | This Unite the Kingdom march
at 10:26 14 Sep 2025
I always wonder why people don't notice that the 'facts' right wingers use to just their opinions are often proven to be false. If they had a legit point surely they could use actual facts to prove it.
They also love free speech as long as it is about them being able to say hateful stuff. I notice people in some federal jobs are being sacked in America if they post anything about the Kirk murder that suggests he wasn't a lovely guy.
Musk removed fact checking from twitter (because right wing hate speech is often based on lies) and replaced it with community notes. One of his posts got flagged with a community note so he got the way notes work changed.
I mean, if you have to stoop so low to make your point it suggests your point is rubbish doesn't it?
SYL is just a disgust thug. Only recently beat a bloke unconscious and scarpered. Pretty obvious what kind of people follow someone like him. |
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Reply | This Unite the Kingdom march
at 10:19 14 Sep 2025
I don't understand what people see in Farage. I mean, he announces how he will stop the boats. Experts claim it won't work but even if it does it will
A) cost upwards of £30bn
B) cause us to breach the EU trade deal
C) break the good Friday agreement
D) force us to leave multiple international treaties making us a pariah on the world stage causing untold future damage
It will, in short, ruin the country and, even if successful, will stop around 50k Brown people from coming hereoon the boats, around 10% of net migration.
The fact that people think that the boat crossings are this country's biggest problem shows how clever Farage is I guess. |
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Reply | Burns out on loan in January?
at 08:07 2 Sep 2025
I think it's worth pointing out that most of those who wanted to leave did so because they weren't getting games. Some of them (rightly in my opinion) probably felt they'd been replaced with someone not any better than themselves. |
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Reply | Sycamore Gap vandals sentenced
at 17:30 15 Jul 2025
Yes, he was excellent. WE need to change our thinking about crime and punishment in this country and I've been surprised that we've started locking people up for an offensive tweet or a bit of criminal damage.
Norway's system is setup to rehabilitate rather than punish and they get very very low rate of repeat offenders. |
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Reply | Sycamore Gap vandals sentenced
at 17:21 15 Jul 2025
Prisons should be used to remove people from society that are a danger to it. I don't see how this improves society, it just means we have to pay to look after them for a couple of years.
We need an alternative for crimes like this. Some kind of stronger community service - all day for 6-12 months type thing, where they can rebuild stuff rather than knock it down. |
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Reply | Glastonbury
at 10:11 27 Jun 2025
Going for Gold and Getting Better are anthems aren't they? Chasing Rainbows?
Anyway, A Matter of Time is a surprisingly good album, possibly my favourite by them, which isn't bad more than 30 years after their first. [Post edited 27 Jun 10:11]
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Reply | Air source heat pumps
at 14:50 23 Jun 2025
On very cold days you can hear mine for sure but I wouldn't call it loud. In the house things are much quieter than with the boiler and the heat pump making a noise that can only be heard outside during winter didn't seem like a huge problem to me.
But that's in a town, can see how that may change in the countryside. |
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Reply | Air source heat pumps
at 10:18 23 Jun 2025
I think heat pumps are usually around 15 years expected life span. Most are guaranteed for 10 years, though so are combis. |
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Reply | Air source heat pumps
at 07:16 23 Jun 2025
Mine is capable of 65 degrees, but it isn't efficient at that temperature, I don't think any of them are, so it runs at 45. |
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Reply | Air source heat pumps
at 19:50 22 Jun 2025
I waited ages for octopus to come round (having put down a £500 returnable deposit). They then said they couldn't install one in my house and left.
Used Aira in the end who were very quick and excellent service. |
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Reply | Air source heat pumps
at 17:48 22 Jun 2025
Most ASHPs installed here will be air to water, but eit worth noting that if you are doing from scratch an air to air system is worth considering, because, as stated, it can also be an air conditioner which is getting more useful in the UK each year |
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Reply | Air source heat pumps
at 17:04 22 Jun 2025
I have an ASHP with solar and battery. I was very lucky to get mine for £4k including all rads. Recent quotes for friends have been way higher.
So far it's worked very well. In winter I do have to charge the battery three times a day on octopus cosy tariff, but I heated the house for less than I was paying for gas which was unexpected.
The solar and battery is saving me around £1k a year at the moment and cost £8k.
Personally, I'm very happy with the setup.
The rads aren't too huge either, but it's definitely worth finding out what they intend to install as one quote I had had them fitting rads basically the entire length of the wall in most rooms. |
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Reply | The guy standing behind Rachael Reeves
at 12:17 5 Jun 2025
You do know that this government haven't made any law changes in this area don't you?
Sentencing is done by judges following the guidelines laid down by the (previous) government.
Assuming you weren't joking of course - which I hope you were. [Post edited 5 Jun 12:18]
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Reply | Dip
at 11:31 5 Jun 2025
Jim Magilton chesting the ball with his arms so pinched into his body that he often had handball calls against him. |
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Reply | Interesting Leif Davis stat in BBC Ait-Nouri story:
at 12:00 3 Jun 2025
Glad to read some sense being spoken about how good he is and indeed has been this season.
Wasn't that good defensively I hear people cry. Well two things 1) Cajuste and Greaves didn't cover as well as Burgess and Luongo used to and 2) his job in the team is primarily not about defending, hence his brilliant attacking stats.
And he's still a decent defender believe it or not. |
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Reply | Morsy could leave for free this summer…
at 09:52 3 Jun 2025
Am I the only one that doesn't think Cajuste fits the pivot system?
He's a lovely player, but his defending isn't that good, he doesn't cover when Davis goes up as Luongo did (which led to people blaming Davis all the time) and he didn't actually get any assists. Much like Taylor, I think he'd fit a traditional central role better.
I'd rather we found a player that fitted the system we play personally. |
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