Does he have shares in the betting industry?

Amazing that, when in government, these people apparently think only about how unfair it is that the ‘hard working people’ should be asked to pay taxes for services from which everyone benefits but once out of power they are happy that the tax payer funds them personally - and handsomely.

Quite. And now they’ve been up a while and the ‘fixings’ have slipped and they appear untended and often bedraggled, the faux patriotism is shown in all its glory. They have no pride in the flag and probably none in their country.
It’s provocative bluster designed to upset ‘lefties’.

On reflection, that’s not such a bad idea!

If you introduced a ‘don’t cover it if it’s stupid’ clause. We’d never hear anything from Trump

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…might have been clumsy and probably shouldn’t have been made as it was but it did not materially change the tenor of the speech and Trump’s actions to ‘call off’ the mob were delayed beyond all reason for a man who claims to have encouraged only peaceful protest.
His actions now are pure bullying.

I watched the whole of the relevant Jan 6th speech. It’s over an hour of my life I’ll never get back. For the most part is claimed the election was stolen, that the US was doomed and that the people must fight to get back control. There was one, brief mention of peaceful action. The edit ….

I’m retired from the NHS and it’s true that the clear impression public sector workers get is that they should be happy to work for rates of pay with which those in the private sector would certainly not be happy.
Truth to tell, financial reward is rarely the first thought but there comes a time…

There are and always were alternative ways to seek and impart information other than via Social Media. At worst a ban will inconvenience young people and at best they will regain their childhood years and hopefully be better adults in consequence.

Everything about Trump is despicable!

There’s only one person in the entire world suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome. And that’s the man after whom they named it. Nobody is more deranged, as his post here - and many others on ‘Truth’ Social - clearly illustrate.

This is the biggest counter to the much repeated “but the wealthy pay 95% (or whatever enormity they’ll parrot) of tax paid.
Nobody seems to consider what that means for the size of their wealth and how it compares to the majority of the population.

I’m so sad, and shocked, that you have felt this necessary. This program is an absolute jewel and your departure will diminish its shine by an infinite amount.
I love to listen to the cage.
It won’t be the same. It may not survive. A large part of me hopes that your departure means the end of it.

Absolutely right. I never thought that encouraging everyone to go to University was either good for many of them (many simply not academically inclined) nor ever guaranteed a stable and fulfilling career.

But what did I know?

Quite.

All true, yes. But, although I bought my first house at 26 I had never had much *expectation* that I would. My parents lived in rented accommodation until the day they died and I never really thought of them as being unduly deprived as a consequence. Nor did they.
Maybe it’s about expectation?