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That was the Israeli propaganda line which Starmer supported and used against the left. Complete nonsense of course and now somewhat out of fashion as the Israeli right reveal their true colours

Nobody proposes capping wealth.

Hmm dunno. Not sure what Starmer's true intentions really are. I suspect he is an old fashioned conservative, keep things as they are, steady as you go, but without the crack-pot ideology which has dominated since Thatcher - which thanks to your hero Hayek by the way; the lunatic economist...

No just realism. Current vehicle (Mazda 6) has cameras/screens for reversing, lane correction etc but it doesn't take much to spoil the picture! And also people don't seem to see the link between automation, increased productivity etc, and unemployment, not to mention the poorer quality of...

Quite right too. I see we have Telegraph readers in the thread! 🤣 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/sep/02/trade-unions-workers-rights-labour-mick-lynch

Good for the unions! (y)

Pine can last 250 years as you have discovered a.k.a. redwood. Swedish "unsorted" is favourite. Don't know about yellow pine for joinery but i suspect not. Oak can be disappointing as it doesn't take paint too well, and sills especially can get waterlogged. In fact in the past I've taken...

It's about saving the motor industry, and toys for the boys.

Driverless cars is verging on science fiction IMHO. Not sure why it's even being talked about - it doesn't solve any problems which couldn't be solved in easier and more reliable ways. Just think of a busy town street with dozens of cars moving through - it'd only take one of them to go out of...

Same everywhere. Every town in UK is filled to capacity with parked vehicles. Parking on public roads and spaces should not have been permitted in the first place but nobody saw the boom coming, even the 1963 Buchanan report underestimated it. Phasing out private transport could revive centre of...

No surprises there. High rents and housing shortage. Everybody is doing it, tenants and home owners making a bit of cash by Airbnb and sofa surfing or holidaying. Local lad I know lets his home for a week, or a weekend, whilst he goes off on travel excursions, with enough to live on from rent...

Working 60 hours a week won't do it either. I doubt Labour has the answer, least of all how to do it without raising the cash through taxation. Fiddling with planning rules would take years to have any effect.

But it's only become a necessity for about one generation, since WW2. How on earth did people manage? Answer; walking, cycling, public transport.

I reckon EVs are about saving the motor industry and not the planet. Private powered transport is likely to become a thing of the past. It's a very recent phenomenon - there were no car owners on our street when I was little (b 1944) and hardly any cars passing by. Makes sense as we move away...

No it's the right who think socialism is something special and somehow a threat to society. Socialists just think of it as normal - it's how society has to be run. The idea that welfare should be the responsibility of us all, is older than Christianity. Perhaps because they didn't implement...

They aren't supposed to choose themselves - we have democracy. But alarmingly Starmer has been opposed to it and Labour have dropped in their own people instead of allowing democratic selection process, which is not good. Due to a crack-pot ideology involving de-regulation and free markets...

I see you are missing the point as usual and defending the right of the mega rich to hold on to as much wealth as they can. But at least you are out here talking about it, which is a way forwards! The figures are probably correct they come from a reliable source. They are just indicative of the...

I see you have lost the plot altogether! Don't worry about it you are not alone. :unsure:

I said it. Basically society as we know it could not function without all those well known and contentious socialist functions in place - from NHS (UK's biggest business/employer) downwards. https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/the-nhs-workforce-in-numbers There are no examples anywhere of...

No it is not Maybe you don't realise it but every one of your posts sounds bitter, resentful, angry, miserable. Sounds like a miserable way to earn a living. I can see why this would make you resentful. Do you regard a normal 40 hour week plus holidays as pure laziness? "Meritocracy" is one...