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Had BSA Bantam as first bike £5. Neat well put together machine. About 1966 with first child went for M21 600c single-cylinder...

Yes It's not simply about redistribution What a very silly idea. Do people self-inflict low wages, job insecurity, redundancy, high rents?

A contradiction in terms. If there is poverty then the economy has failed.

Crumbs from the rich man's table. The tories have always accepted that some wealth and privilege has to trickle down. In fact it's the...

When I read threads like this i completely understand how in history it was reported of slaves defending their masters ,sometimes to the...

It's amazing and shocking that so many people find it so easy to turn a blind eye to this massive humanitarian catastrophe.

More like adjusting to being powerless. Starmer should have defended Haigh in public, and then been diplomatic about the issue. He has...

No it was a focus on Labour's quite proper pro-worker attitude, which is the very reason for the party's existence in the first place...

Starmer has nothing to lose by taking a moral stance on Palestine and would immediately shoot up the popularity charts. Unfortunately he...

https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2024/10/simply-no-red-lines-at-all/

Starmer is still supplying arms in support of the Israeli genocide against the Palestinians and now the Lebanese. He is aiding and...

Dear oh dear that sounds awful! Didn't you tell them that you were an Englishman and not used to that sort of thing? :rolleyes: Stiff...

But 1 in 6 Americans live in poverty. GDP per capita means nothing if not distributed equitably - they are obviously doing something...

Google it! The answer is "inertia", but it varies due to gravitational effects on earth itself and from other bodies...

My issue is really the inabilty of a lot of folk to think critically plus being totally susceptible to selection bias. The need for...