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Median

Ditto. Nowt worse than a poster who won't answer simple questions about their own posts, or link to their claims. He's either a troll or conspiracist who's lost down a rabbit hole. I suspect the latter.

Beast

A pro arm wrestler called Dirk from Michigan I've heard. It was on X so it's definitely true.

This is tiresome, and that's not a link. Please just say whether the part you highlighted and I commented on is a claim or a finding. It's a really simple question, which you can answer "claim" or "finding". If that's it's the latter, please provide an actual link - you could have screen shot anything. Re Starmer, the report doesn't say that he covered up or minimised the rape gang stuff. If you say otherwise, post up an actual link to the evidence of your claim.

That doesn't address the question, which I asked as I genuinely wanted to know if the comment you highlighted was a finding from any enquiry, or a claim. What's the answer, please? Re Starmer, where does the report say that he "minimised it" or "covered it up"? That's a serious allegation, and you'll have to link me to the findings in the report which supports your claim. It doesn't say that though, but this is your claim, so support it please.

Are those findings or claims? Regardless, as commendable as it is that Lowe pushed hard for the investigation, anyone seeking to lay the blame for these hideous gangs at the door of Starmer or Khan is beyond pathetic. Additionally, you've got to question why anyone would believe that Rupert Lowe is the saviour of the UK and the working man.

So spending as little money as possible is more important to you than spending an appropriate amount of money to get an appropriately run state. What an odd outlook.

Nope. You'll just get another twitter echo chamber claim, again unsubstantiated.

The only relevant stat.

How's your freedom being impacted by identifying yourself, then doing the thing that you want to do freely? How's it dangerous? Draconian, not even close, and safeguards aren't authoritarian, they're safeguards.

Absolutely. If nothing else, kids aren't learning how to communicate face to face, and have an entirely distorted view of reality. Something has to be done, although I'm not sure what.

It's just a way of creating a 4 quarter game as per American football to squeeze in adverts. Watch this space for whether it carries on after the world cup.

Syndrome

It's welfare, and completely different to a "any pension scheme" - you neither save nor have a a defined benefit. All your NI payments do is gain you an entitlement to some form of state pension at a variable date in the future, and go in the pot as per any tax. None of us started paying NI with a contract to get a guaranteed amount, at a guaranteed date, with a guaranteed annual increase. It's bizarre that people talk as if that's what they've done.

I'll take the non answer to mean that you want the triple lock for the state pension to stay, as you get it, but that shouldn't apply to any other form of welfare.

Yep...but what else to wear doing the gardening?

Socks + crocs = an update on a classic.

It is, although, I'll rephrase Do you feel all welfare should be triple locked, or just the state pension?

I haven't suggested that I think that. Do you feel all welfare should be triple locked, or just the one you receive?

Disagree. I'm against the triple lock - knowing it'll impact many people, my folks included - simply because it's unaffordable. I'm sure this doesn't apply to you, but what gets my goat is pensioners screaming to slash welfare, but insisting that the triple lock remains. The entire welfare state needs serious attention, the state pension included.

I think we could have activated the extension at any time before it was too late, but I take the point others have said that it made sense that we saw what league we were in before committing. Sadly, we were then undone by the technicality, and a mercenary Ross. The lack of loyalty in the game cuts both ways to be fair, but I find Ross's decision to walk pretty classless.

That's a good bit of business. Him coming back in January kick started our season.

I'm not sure whether I'm more disappointed in his lack of gratitude, or us not exercising the extension in time. Probably more with him on balance.

That's ridiculous. Net zero is a pointless pipe dream, and I hadn't appreciated that it had touched the military where it matters. When the battlefield is strewn with bodies and broken equipment, why would anyone give a monkeys about the carbon footprint.