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Thoughts on the budget?
What do you like?
What don't you like?

I like no increases in NI ,income tax and VAT.
I like no increase in fuel duty
I like the NHS allocation
I like the Justice and education allocation.
I like the bus fare cap
I like abolishing non dom
I like 50% private jet duty increase.

I m sure I ll find something to hate but not yet.
This does feel very much like what I voted for. All that shoe leather finally paid off

The budget in summary.
Ladies and Gentlemen, proudly presenting the budget to look after the little people.

* I m crying happy tears *

Loook ! Look what I found!

This is from the OBR September 2024.
If all of us pack and go,the UK will shut up shop and close market. We produce so much more than we are given.

I don't want to hear "pim " in this thread again.

Una doo... *sashays out of thread*

the father knew he has a son and yet decided to do something reckless

What was the reckless thing he did? Being a shiite? Please

justwise:

Cicero is an amateur Beside Trump,don't you know?

The weave is the cutting edge in sophistry and oratory. Courses are currently being designed in Harvard for it.

Jamesclooney:
This defense of her being accomplished or not being an airhead is amusing. Politics at this level is all about your oratory skills, eloquence and presentation. Where was this defense when Sarah Palin, then a sitting governor, was being mocked in 2008? Even JD Vance took heat with the “cat lady” comments. Over here, Liz Truss is practically synonymous with a being a joke—all based on her disastrous premiership and u-turns plus speaking style. But with Kamala, we’re supposed to overlook that? She’s fumbled too many interviews for someone running for POTUS (Bret Baier, 60 minutes, Telemundo, CNN, even Al Sharpton….for her sake I pray she doesn’t go on Joe Rogan).

Trump isn't a saint either. For me though, as a Nigerian passport holder, I’m honestly worried about a second Trump presidency. Last time, getting a U.S. visa from Nigeria was nearly impossible. Just hoping I can get one from UK before January 20, otherwise it’s game over for my US trip plans.

Trump is an eloquent orator with great stage presence.
He is always on point when answering questions in interviews .
Ms Harris should learn from him .

You have absolutely nothing to fear as a minority from a Trump presidency. He will always do the right thing.

Treadway:
Missjekyll et all

Have y'all been following Kamala's travails and how she has been bumbling,

Kamala Harris is quite an accomplished lady. I m not even offended by you calling her an airhead. *shrugs

We will know in 10 days. I do h*te trump and everything he stands for. I do not believe he has a single redeeming feature.

Lexusgs430:
So David needs to openly repeat his position and not keep mute.......

When in opposition, one could clamour for all sorts......

Do we still have any slaves alive or who now receives the money...... Imagine making reparation payments to tinubu....... 😂

Slavers kept good records. They may not have addressed them by name as Mr Tunde Nwosu but they sure knew "Big John" . Just as you know how much is currently in your account, they kept track of everyone and their offspring.

It wouldn't be that hard to find descendants.
I give you the First nations of the US and their compensations just as an example

Addendum: the last payment to the slavers was made in 2015. The same way their estates were identified, use the same way to find the victims.

Also it would be tinubu paying reparations. His adopted mother (madam tinubu)was a notorious slave trader. Bad blood will out.
Why she has anything named after her is a mystery. Some people should be in the dustbins of history.

Lexusgs430:
I would honestly love to know David Lammy's views on reparations now....... 😂🤣

It wouldn't have changed but he has to take the government position publicly.

Sadly, the right thing to do does not often coincide with the official position.

Slaveowners got paid,why not pay the victims of this barbaric,despicable practice?

Lexusgs430:
Sure never did, but seems a newer variant is running around.......

Never to the jabs...... 😁😂

Did you not? I don't like being sick during Christmas. Winter is bad enough,thanks

Looks like a crack den. Gosh

Lexusgs430:
Covid is back with a venegance..... Be careful out there.......

It never left. Book in for Flu/covid vaccinations

moshuur:
Hello....I have capital 1 Credit card

I wan comot 200 pounds from the credit card straight to my bank account.

Pls how can I go about this?

You are going to get some mad charges for this . It affects your credit score as it's taken as a sign that you are struggling.

Addendum: I m seeing other warnings to you too ⚠️ . Don't do it.
I ve never considered this as an option because it clearly sets out in the paper your card comes with. Pull it out and read it

Can you get an overdraft from your bank instead? Penalties will be less dire

Gadafii:
My papa used to stack coins into of his study table in his private room, he forbade other siblings from entering that room, I was the only one allowed inside that room

Even other wives no Dey enter there😂😂

That man spoiled me silly, I was living large as an under 10 year old boy, he buys the biggest bread for me to drink tea every morning before I go school, I had access to his coin in his room, he was a teacher in my primary school, so food vendors dey package my food separately when ever they serve him, he made sure I was more than comfortable and well fed, my other siblings nearly behead me for these reasons

Unfortunately I lost him when I was 10, then my nom took over

Even till this moment she still Dey package garri and beans for me 😂😂😂

This was favouritism. Imagine being one of your siblings. Yuck

Ismael97:
I've never been loved because I don't know what love means at all. I was a posthumous child. Lost my dad when my mum was pregnant. Shortly after birth, I lost my mum. I have no siblings. I lived with relatives who maltreated me so much that I thought they even had issues with my late parents cos I have never seen such dehumanizing treatment before except only in movies. Up till now, I hate people due to the psychological impact of the maltreatment I got from the people I lived with. I like been alone most times because I trust nobody, I can't confide in people because I feel nobody got my back. I was so determined to at least get education for myself and today I am glad I did. However I am still struggling

Gosh. Come and take a hug!

Ooooooo this is a great thread. Loving it.
I have never doubted my family's love for me and I love them right back.

Poverty. Poverty is the core problem here.

Suswam. Never thought i would see your bulging eyes again. Life na turn by turn ,no be so?

You can't afford eggs ,I have a crate of the very best free range with yellow yolks. Yum yum yummy. And I did not have to steal even 1 naira for it.

Hi Everyone, I m just on a wee fishing /brain picking expedition. Bear with me

Was anyone in the stockmarket during the pandemic boom? Did you cash in then or leave your cash in the market?

Considering the 2022 bust, did you regret your position? What would you have done differently?

The stock market is at record highs at the moment. Everytime I think "surely that's the peak". I wake up to skyrocketing gains.

Should I stay or fold? Thoughts please

Honestly.
Why can we not have closed drainage? Are we immune to good things?

People, big things afoot today in parliament, it seems. Yippee! Elections do matter. Our right to strike is back.
*wiping tears from my eyes* may the tories never happen to this country again,Amen!

Zahra29:
Lol 🤣

As if there are not prime properties across the UK and US purchased with looted funds.

If the UK was fantastically corrupt, I doubt you would have chosen to come here.

Like I said, there is corruption and then there is next level corruption. If you can't see the difference then I'm still waiting to sell you a beautiful Caribbean island. Now reduced to £799

Deny till you are blue in the face. The UK is fantastically corrupt. It even encourages corruption in other countries by helping them stash their loot and charging fees while hypocritically pointing fingers.

It seems you don't like the UK being described in those terms but you expect me to accept that for Nigeria because "its true"? Nah.

Zahra29:
Tread lightly lol okay. I don't have a dog in this fight, I'll leave you to battle it out with her on the depth of her love or hate.

I've always maintained that every single country is corrupt to a degree. In the UK we've had many scandals including Fayed cash for questions and the terrible MP expenses scandal of the early noughties for which several MPs faced criminal sanction (and Labour MPs were the most implicated actually).

However what separates corrupt and fantastically corrupt countries is the degree/impunity of corruption and the lack of consequences which emboldens future corruption.

For example, it would be completely unheard of in some countries for a politician to be caught with millions of tax payers funds under their bed looted from pension funds or funds intended to build a state hospital or school. Or for a civil servant to seriously allege that a snake was responsible for swallowing up millions of missing state funds. When corruption is so rampant that there is no money left to pay teachers and doctors because that money is sitting pretty in a Swiss account, being used to buy mansions and luxury cars while pensioners starve (and it's not just Nigeria bdw, there are other countries like this )

Just give Nigeria 2 years and the thieves there will also figure out how to buy yachts and stash in overseas accounts. They wont hide it under the bed anymore.They ll also figure out how to throw phones away and delete WhatsApp messages so as not to get caught. There are levels to this looting stuff. They ll join the top tier
66 years vs a thousand years and half a worlds worth of treasure.

I ask again What is the UKs excuse?

Zahra29:
Lool....

Ok let me tone it down. Perhaps not hate, but the online comments calling her the n-word, evil woman and the like.....is it fair to say this is "strong dislike" ?

In my view there's a difference between making deliberately derogatory comments and blunt statements that while not sounding palatable, are not inherently untrue. Just like when Cameron called Nigeria a fantastically corrupt country and there was much furore....it wasn't a sweet or politically correct thing to say, but is/ was it a lie?

When Kemi makes the following comments about immigration:

We need to make sure that when people are coming to this country they are people who are coming to contribute and who want the success of our country.

“If you want to stay here we live in an age where you need to be very committed. We are not a dormitory, we are not a sponge.


What is so wrong with the above statement?

She's obviously proud of being Nigerian as she frequently refers to her background, but that doesn't mean that she isn't allowed to make a critical observation or that every comment she makes about immigration is automatically dog-whistling or pandering to the bigots in her party.

-You mean the same Cameron of greensill fame? Talk about hypocrisy. We are just now beginning to unearth the grotty mess that was the covid vip lane. The UK is a fantastically corrupt country. Despite having more than a millenia to get it right and having stolen half the world's money to do it with ...that was the best they could come up with. Nigeria is 64,what's this country's excuse?

-I ve loved Nigeria for decades,met many Nigeria lovers. I know what Nigeria-loving and Nigerian pride feels like. It doesn't feel like Badenoch. She feels contempt for Nigeria and trying to say this is love is gaslighting of the highest degree. I would tread lightly on this issue. It's an open wound for many .

Gosh ,here's the possible way this could have happened.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjGFdePFVvs?si=izimMuTvzgjxC_XS

I m interested in people's theories. What happened to cleverly?

ReesheesuKnack:
Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke Badenoch

issa goal…issa goal issa goal…🎶🎤🎵🎼🎶

Right . Own goal.

It's the ouroboros of poo. Because the racists in her party will not vote for her and she will have done all this for nothing.

Shrugs

Zahra29:
If you really believe that Warsi resigned over the Hester comments (which came to light several months ago), and not over the investigation into her conduct which was launched the same week that she announced her resignation, then I have a Caribbean island to sell you for only £1,000

She has been on my radar long before now back when she called out Bozo for his conduct.

Yippee. Cleverly out. Prepare for what kemi and Jen rick will call us today to get votes.

I m bracing myself for impact. Waiting on her page for the insults so that I can fire back. Today na today

Goodenoch:
Yes. Incidentally, she resigned over the Frank Hester comments and the party's inaction on them - exactly the same things that Badenoch described as 'trivial'.

Goes to show very clearly that beyond the attainment of high office, having principles (or lacking them as in Badenoch's case) is a completely separate thing.

Thank you. I would happily have a cup of tea and a natter with Warsi. But Badenoch...nah,I ll pass

Zahra29:
Others have cautioned on here against suing your employer/other unless you have a solid case:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10/08/dr-christopher-oyediran-sued-nottingham-university-hospital/

He accused the hospital of race discrimination, the hospital alleged that he was "extraordinarily lazy", belligerent and extremely rude to staff.

Not only did he lose, he also has to pay £20k in costs

Doesn't mean they weren't racist.I would hire a Silk and appeal. Sadly, funds may be limited for the gentleman.

Zahra29:
Who is Waheed Farsi ?

Sayeeda Warsi. I have mangled her name for no reason