The UK is a bizarre country where its seen as just fine & normal for people to sleep in tents in the freezing cold. Temperatures to hit -4 this week
But the idea Billionaires could be less rich. Not poor, not struggling, just a bit less rich, this is seen as extreme and radical
We got sent an election leaflet from Reform through the post on Tuesday. We’ve politely sent it back in the enclosed pre-paid envelope, saying “Never contact us again.” That way, Reform has to pay the postage. Please share!!
The way people in the UK do not grasp how important free healthcare is and have elected successive govts that have deducted the NHS by stealth, failing to match funding to the cost of living for over 10 years.
It’s almost like earth was perfectly created for human beings, literally water falls from the sky and food grows on trees, but somehow we find ourselves trapped in a machine that requires credit scores and a 40 hour work week for existence.
It's a cracking day for going out and just Getting In The Way™ you know. Go to the supermarket, stand in front of the milk for ages, reach for the same bag of parsnips at the same time as someone else, leave your trolley sideways across the aisle.
Oh look, it rained.
Areas of the country where water companies are currently dumped sh*t into rivers and on to beaches.
Brown, currently dumping sewage.
Red, has been dumping sewage within the last 24 hours.
Remembering when Rotherham station looked like this and Trainline argued about giving me a refund/ letting me use my ticket on a different route because they reckoned my train was still going to turn up.
This is the first holiday season I’ve *really* noticed everyone is VERY off. Driving today, I saw like ten near-misses. People were driving aggressively & stopping in the middle of the road. Everywhere you go, people are sick, struggling, & not thinking clearly. It’s so sad.
1. They talk to us condescendingly, as if we’re children or ignorant.
2. They expect us to sacrifice work–life balance because they do.
3. The wages simply aren’t livable
4. The work environment is toxic, and they resent us for calling it out.
I had less than two years notice that the university education I'd worked hard to have - that I'd planned my future around - would end up taking tens of thousands of pounds more from my income over my lifetime. Can you ask for my compensation too, Angela?
Hang the fuck on
Last week you were saying these young people aren't deserving of £10 an hour pay
And now you're saying it's because of high taxes they're leaving?
Fuck off mate.
one of the reasons we can't have nice thinks in the UK is because every time someone posts an obviously scandalous train ticket price, 300 pedants come out the woodwork to say 'actually if you book at midnight on a tuesday on a full moon while whistling dixie you can save 3%"
No prior generation had to give up all other joys in life to buy a home.
They had phones. They watched tv and movies. They ate at restaurants. They traveled. They drove new cars. They went to bars with friends. They drank and smoked constantly.
To pretend otherwise is absurd.
Only 12% of the UK earning over £50k a year is such a humbling truth on the state of the UK general economy. Do you know how poor that is as one of the largest and biggest economies in the world ?