comment by EVERYTHING’S POTE! (U17054)
posted 15 minutes ago
comment by Boycott THFC (U23088)
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comment by bmcl1987 - the M stands for meltdown 🤓 (U14177)
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comment by Boycott THFC (U23088)
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comment by No Løve - Give them an inch they take a yard (U1282)
posted 11 minutes ago
expressed a view that the policy which other posters are objecting to, is in my view worth looking at. I have not seen any reasoning expressed on here to satisfy me that the policy suggestion is without merit
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You gotta be kidding me. You've provided literally nothing to support your proposals, which have been sufficiently critiqued just now.
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In the absence of me providing anything to support my "proposals", what it is that you are now expecting me to do?
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Why did you want to know on what ground my wife obtained ILR?
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You demanded that I give you an opinion on whether your wife should receive benefits, and I asked in response for information which seemed could be relevant.
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Every permanent resident of the UK should be entitled to exactly the same benefits.
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He wanted to know, but couldn’t explain, for a position he is holding, why 🤷‍♂️

BBC News - French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigns after less than a month
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cewn9k0w9rxo

I know this was mentioned further up but I can't imagine what our cousins on Le Fil de Discussion Politique are saying about this over on Le606.fr

"Ce sont tous des nonces!!!"

Also I must have invested more micro plastics than Monsieur Lecornu because he's younger than me but looks at least a decade older 🥸

"Ce sont tous des nonces!!!"

comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 29 minutes ago
BBC News - French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigns after less than a month
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cewn9k0w9rxo

I know this was mentioned further up but I can't imagine what our cousins on Le Fil de Discussion Politique are saying about this over on Le606.fr

"Ce sont tous des nonces!!!"
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I love the BBC:

'He could appoint a Socialist, on the basis that the left deserves a go at government - but a Socialist administration would itself not take long to fall.'

Based on...?

The only reason it would fall is La République En Marche refusing to compromise on the same policies the Assembly has rejected over and over and over and over again.

If La République actually negotiated and were prepared to compromise with the Socialists, Greens and La France Insoumise, they could lock out the far right quite comfortably.

But no, Macron would rather see Le Pen in power than any threat to his tax-cutting, low regulation agenda.

Israel just bombed a car in Lebanon that had a handicapped man who was injured from the pager attack and the wife who was looking after him.

https://x.com/fatimabassam11/status/1975158258244755833?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw

comment by Boycott THFC (U23088)
posted 4 hours, 35 minutes ago
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comment by bmcl1987 - the M stands for meltdown 🤓 (U14177)
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comment by bmcl1987 - the M stands for meltdown 🤓 (U14177)
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comment by bmcl1987 - the M stands for meltdown 🤓 (U14177)
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posted 1 minute ago
comment by bmcl1987 - the M stands for meltdown 🤓 (U14177)
posted 57 seconds ago
comment by Boycott THFC (U23088)
posted 4 minutes ago
as I've said, I'd consider an exemption on paying n.i.

but yes I think it's a reasonable policy to not pay non citizens welfare payments.

i don't see it as being a major disinsentive for young people. people who decide what country they move to, based on what welfare payments are available, don't seem like top of the list of people you'd want to bring in anyway tbh.

when I've looked at jobs overseas, it's never something I've even considered, and I'm pretty thorough in terms of looking at pros and cons etc.
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Where overseas have you looked? What job areas and what countries?
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middle east, far east. private sector.

it's never something that's even crossed my mind.
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Which private sector? And you must have missed my previous question, I’ll post it again;

You think my wife, who has indefinite leave to remain in her own write, who is married to a British citizen, is running a small business employing multiple British citizens, who has paid PAYE, NI, corp tax and tax on her own income for 15 years, should not be entitled to maternity related benefit for the British children she has given birth to?
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indefinite leave on what basis?
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On a legally granted basis that is independent of her relationship to me.
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You demand that I tell you what welfare policy I would set specifically for your wife, but you decline to explain your wife's circumstances?
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You declined to specify what countries you had “looked into”, declined to say what part of the job market or industry you looked into. Both of which are of relevance to the discussion as different countries may have different rules from each other, or indeed have schemes targeting certain industries, and so we can properly investigate the veracity of your claims.
And if you can articulate a reason why the nature of her IDR, which I’ve explained already has no ties to me or any other British citizen, is relevant, then I can respond.
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I don't have to answer detailed questions about myself in order to reply to your demands for my views on your wife's welfare payments

I'm not advocating setting policies for individual people, or on setting general policies based on a case sample of 1.

But if for some reason you want to know what I think would be a fair system for a particular person, then you would need to tell me what their circumstances are.
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Welcome to the Nigel Farage school of backing yourself into a corner then refusing to answer a simple question.

It's easy to.talk on this in the abstract, when it comes to actual personalised examples of people it will affect the stuttering and obsfucation starts.
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On the basis of the information you have provided, I would not personally be able to endorse any welfare payments to your wife.

This does not affect your wife's current benefit entitlement.
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Oh FFS. Do you even know who you're replying to?

comment by Boycott THFC (U23088)
posted 8 hours, 3 minutes ago
Not that I'm encouraging it, but the died in Tottenham could at least have the capacity to make dark humour that might make some prkic laugh, even if tasteless and heartless. Like Frankie Boyle on a particularly inappropriate day.
Didn't die a virgin is, aside from anything else, just a terrible, completely unfunny joke.

But back to the original question, yes it is 'too soon'. imo anyway.
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My sense of humor is different to yours, mainly in that bad as it might be, I demonstrably have one.

comment by EVERYTHING’S POTE! (U17054)
posted 1 hour, 38 minutes ago
comment by Boycott THFC (U23088)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by bmcl1987 - the M stands for meltdown 🤓 (U14177)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Boycott THFC (U23088)
posted 18 minutes ago
comment by No Løve - Give them an inch they take a yard (U1282)
posted 11 minutes ago
expressed a view that the policy which other posters are objecting to, is in my view worth looking at. I have not seen any reasoning expressed on here to satisfy me that the policy suggestion is without merit
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You gotta be kidding me. You've provided literally nothing to support your proposals, which have been sufficiently critiqued just now.
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In the absence of me providing anything to support my "proposals", what it is that you are now expecting me to do?
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Why did you want to know on what ground my wife obtained ILR?
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You demanded that I give you an opinion on whether your wife should receive benefits, and I asked in response for information which seemed could be relevant.
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Every permanent resident of the UK should be entitled to exactly the same benefits.
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👍As a PR (!k) I endorse this post.

Tom Tugendhat has just described the UK economy as a "Ponzi scheme intended to enrich the old at the expense of younger people". He also says centrism isn't dying but young people are turning away from what doesn't work for them.

He's not wrong but he should be wearing a hot dog outfit and sign off with "we are all trying to work out who done this"

comment by Michael Scofield (U11781)
posted 39 minutes ago
Israel just bombed a car in Lebanon that had a handicapped man who was injured from the pager attack and the wife who was looking after him.

https://x.com/fatimabassam11/status/1975158258244755833?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw
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Why on earth do you watch video after video of shat like this, it really isn't healthy.

Tom Tugendarsehat, another Tory saying things we all know, without taking responsibility for causing the problem.

comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 1 minute ago
Tom Tugendhat has just described the UK economy as a "Ponzi scheme intended to enrich the old at the expense of younger people". He also says centrism isn't dying but young people are turning away from what doesn't work for them.

He's not wrong but he should be wearing a hot dog outfit and sign off with "we are all trying to work out who done this"
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Extra funny given the Tories have announced massive spending cuts at their conference but omitted any cuts to pensions/WFA

So once Farage has triggered the braindead into getting worked up about asylum seekers then those who already have indefinite leave to remain, who does he demonise next to get his base worked up? I'm going to go with dual nationals, probably the Irish. Will probably not bother reading the Good Friday Agreement before announcing it.

comment by Playmaker (U22780)
posted 9 minutes ago
So once Farage has triggered the braindead into getting worked up about asylum seekers then those who already have indefinite leave to remain, who does he demonise next to get his base worked up? I'm going to go with dual nationals, probably the Irish. Will probably not bother reading the Good Friday Agreement before announcing it.
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His wife and all his exes.

comment by Robbing Hoody - Dad, why is my name ‘202... (U6374)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Playmaker (U22780)
posted 9 minutes ago
So once Farage has triggered the braindead into getting worked up about asylum seekers then those who already have indefinite leave to remain, who does he demonise next to get his base worked up? I'm going to go with dual nationals, probably the Irish. Will probably not bother reading the Good Friday Agreement before announcing it.
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His wife and all his exes.
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comment by Playmaker (U22780)
posted 25 minutes ago
So once Farage has triggered the braindead into getting worked up about asylum seekers then those who already have indefinite leave to remain, who does he demonise next to get his base worked up? I'm going to go with dual nationals, probably the Irish. Will probably not bother reading the Good Friday Agreement before announcing it.
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He's got German kids, the Fatherland should be OK.

I think I’d be tempted to take away benefits from anyone who writes “would be grate.” It’s not great, but it does grate.

And “indefinite leave to remain in their own write.” WTF?

Off to the JA606 gulag for both of you!

comment by Beeb (U1841)
posted 53 seconds ago
I think I’d be tempted to take away benefits from anyone who writes “would be grate.” It’s not great, but it does grate.

And “indefinite leave to remain in their own write.” WTF?

Off to the JA606 gulag for both of you!
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Have you met Mr. Forza?

Actually, I do personally find that donkeys grate.

comment by Beeb (U1841)
posted 14 seconds ago
Actually, I do personally find that donkeys grate.
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You need the sturdy box kind instead of hand held to get through a whole one.

Would be grate is a grate sentence.

Grate as in break down into smaller chunks or grate as in gets on your nerves?

So I make 12 grounds for indefinite leave to remain in the UK, from the Gov.uk website:

1. you work in the UK. You may be able to apply if you have a work visa. You must usually have lived and worked in the UK for 5 years. If you have a tier 1 visa, it can be 2 or 3 years. If you have an Innovator Founder or Global Talent visa, it can be 3 years. You may also need to meet the salary or financial requirements - this depends on your visa.

2. you have family in the UK. You may be able to apply if you have a partner, parent or child or other relative settled in the UK - either as a British citizen or a person with indefinite leave to remain.

3. you have family in the UK & your partner has died

4. you have family in the UK & your relationship ended because of domestic violence

5. you’ve lived in the UK for 10 years or more

6. If you’re a Commonwealth citizen. You can apply if you’ve been living in the UK for 5 years on a UK Ancestry visa

7. Some Commonwealth citizens have ‘right of abode’ in the UK. This means you can live or work in the UK without immigration restrictions.

8. You may be eligible for citizenship instead, for example by applying under the Windrush scheme.

9. a refugee or have humanitarian protection or Discretionary Leave

10. returning to the UK having previously had indefinite leave to remain

11. served in the armed forces

12. permission to stay in the UK as a stateless person


This seems to be a lot of people can become eligible for welfare payments to me (assuming that anybody with indefinite leave to remain can indeed currently obtain welfare payments).

I'd think that there is room for consultation as to whether it may be appropriate to reduce some of these.

What is the definition of 'Welfare' in the UK?