The Regular Trousered Philanthropist

Alternative Reality is the opium of the masses

[The Regular Trousered Philanthropist @raggedarsed]

@ColinBrazierTV Even the Tory rail minister admitted it was cheaper to settle,so the "taxpayer" point is moot.

(Hospitality industry alone thinks it's lost £3.5bn in revenue).

The "productivity" gains demanded seemed to consist of fewer staff.
Is it rail-users who want that?
Or shareholders?

[The Regular Trousered Philanthropist @raggedarsed]

@kelvmackenzie Will it cost more than the estimated £850m in lost revenues (compensated by the taxpayer)?

Or the £3.5bn the hospitality industry says it's lost?
(not to mention other industries).

It costs even more to keep you on your high-horse than it does to warm Nadhim Zahawi's horses.

[The Regular Trousered Philanthropist @raggedarsed]

@PeterSweden7 😂😂Nobody cares, you whopper.

Nobody's asked you to get the mpox vaccine, & the disease isn't spread by airborne infection, so even if there is a vaccine rollout, nobody's going to care whether you take it up, nor whether you get the disease.

[The Regular Trousered Philanthropist @raggedarsed]

@kelvmackenzie Because the UK is just about the only country that insists a large private sector is the only way of getting good results (& they're not even particularly good).

70% of judges are privately-educated, & we don't want to subsidise that kind of myopic social engineering any more.

[The Regular Trousered Philanthropist @raggedarsed]

@keatsie777 @aeaglecrypto @UnityNewsNet As Orwell pointed out in Homage to Catalonia, anarchy didn't really work, & it's one of the very few examples of an attempt.

I can see you weren't offended by political theory, though, by the fact that you kept calling me playground names. 😂

[The Regular Trousered Philanthropist @raggedarsed]

@keatsie777 @aeaglecrypto @UnityNewsNet 😂😂 Steady, tiger.
You're right, other forms of despotism were available (although communism has tended not to replace democracy, & I can't think of a single historical example of anarchy).

But it's entertainingly revealing that you were offended by it, & thought it "immature".

[The Regular Trousered Philanthropist @raggedarsed]

@aeaglecrypto @keatsie777 @UnityNewsNet 😂😂 ok, Adolf

[The Regular Trousered Philanthropist @raggedarsed]

@aeaglecrypto @UnityNewsNet 😂 Yes, but the Taliban weren't bullshitters.
They were fighting against an alien power, like the rebels were in 1776.

They weren't just bullshitting on social media about overturning an elected government.

[The Regular Trousered Philanthropist @raggedarsed]

@keatsie777 @aeaglecrypto @UnityNewsNet I didn't describe anybody I don't like.
I described a hypothetical event where democratic norms like elected govt & trial-by-jury are overturned by violence,as advocated by a bullshitter.

But if you think I've offended people you like,call it something else. Tyranny? Despotism?

[The Regular Trousered Philanthropist @raggedarsed]

@FiveTimesAugust I'm ok, because my doctor isn't qualified.
So I'm not at risk from all that bogus-science that's used to control us, because he doesn't know any of it.

He does all of his research on Facebook, and in local bars.

Works brilliantly, I've never had a serious illness.

[The Regular Trousered Philanthropist @raggedarsed]

@nazarinveronica 😂😂 "Whispers"
Any other made up, mythical bollox you can get annoyed about?

Space badgers?
Ninja-trained budgies?

[The Regular Trousered Philanthropist @raggedarsed]

@MahyarTousi Has anybody been arrested this week for hate speech?

I mean, I know you can be, because thousands have been arrested for it over the past few years, but most of the ones I've seen from this week have been for incitement.

This is a genuine question, btw.

[The Regular Trousered Philanthropist @raggedarsed]

@nozydog If the arrests are in breach of Article 10, then that's the defence that will be adopted by their lawyers.

And if a jury finds in their favour,they'll be released.
Democracy at work.

Keep an eye on Article 10,though,b/c the Human Rights Act 1998 is the UK mirror of the ECHR

[The Regular Trousered Philanthropist @raggedarsed]

@UnityNewsNet 😂 "Collapse"
He polled 33.7% in the GE, & now he's polling 33%

What a tailspin.

[The Regular Trousered Philanthropist @raggedarsed]

@keatsie777 @aeaglecrypto @UnityNewsNet What is it, then?

[The Regular Trousered Philanthropist @raggedarsed]

@keatsie777 @aeaglecrypto @UnityNewsNet Call it what you like.
But armed rebellion against an elected govt., and trial-by-jury, sure as hell isn't democracy.

[The Regular Trousered Philanthropist @raggedarsed]

@OppiusVen84508 @aeaglecrypto @UnityNewsNet 😂"some shooting"...what an endorsement.

You guys are good at marking your own homework.

But you're 55th on the Press Freedom Index,& on the World Democracy Index,you're not even listed as a full democracy.

Not that anybody cares,just give us a rest from your freedom bullshit.

[The Regular Trousered Philanthropist @raggedarsed]

@NicholasTyrone Yes,beginning to look like the right hasn't finished splintering,yet.

Some of the Tommy Ten-Names faction aren't happy with Farage, nor is Lolz Fox,& Ben Habib is getting spanked all over the place.

And the Tories can't decide whether to continue rimming Farage,or grow a pair.

[The Regular Trousered Philanthropist @raggedarsed]

@PeterSweden7 I think it's fair to say Starmer wouldn't want to be associated with the AfD's concept of democracy, anyway.

They were even expelled from the far-right ID group in the EU parliament, after one of their members complained that criticism of members of the SS can be a bit harsh.

[The Regular Trousered Philanthropist @raggedarsed]

@benhabib6 Faking a mandate from a ballot that never asked any such thing? How democratic.

The 2016 ballot asked if we wanted to remain a member of the EU. The vote was "no"...& we are no longer a member of the EU.

When did we vote to leave the ECHR?
Certainly not in the last election.