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"Depends how you define poverty....
Real poverty in the Uk... Hardly exists"

I mean, I define poverty as the definition used by our government. I don't really define it based on some guys feelings on a Lloyds forum.

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn07096/

"The only person stoping you earning a decent wedge of money is YOU."

This is statistically untrue. In the United States for example (and I would imagine it's similar, if not as bad, here in the UK), if you are born into poverty you have a 4% chance of escaping it in your life. That is a shockingly low figure.

So for your statement to be true, you either have to believe that 96% of people born into poverty are too stupid/lazy to escape it or you have to understand that there are systemic structures in place that actively prevent people escaping poverty. The latter is the obvious truth and to be honest is well documented. It's called the Poverty Trap and is fairly well studied.

It's also why attacks demonizing the poor for being lazy are not only cruel, but entirely incorrect.

Well done on recognizing "machismo" is a word - even if you've mangled and misunderstood the definition - you've confirmed yourself as having the intelligence of a high schooler.

Anyway, I unfiltered you LTI just to see what the post was about, and nice to see you are still as thick as the last time I filtered you. Back to the list you go.

(Man, is this the 5th post directed at me in a week? You guys really do fancy me. Kisses.)

"Only private companies are truly interested in keeping the ship afloat and service standards up to scratch."

I got a bridge to sell you!

This is going to get kicked down the road forever.

Gate13

Fair enough. At least you are helping to spread the good word, jah bless.

"The UK’s problems can broadly be put down to incompetent governance and counterproductive policies. Yes, it has laboured under poor productivity and stagnant wage growth for the best part of two decades. But this should be solvable when, and if, the country is led by a government that can walk and chew gum at the same time."

Well, nice to see you finally admit the Tories are holding this nation back.

"Change the record, it’s boring. If you miss the EU so much, go and move there instead of whingeing on here please."

You have the ability to shape the narrative and "change the record" by simply participating in conversation. If you are struggling to actually explain any of your beliefs, then perhaps you might want to re-examine them?

"You ought to start respecting democracy. It might help you get over your evident bitterness in your posts."

Since when does talking about something mean not respecting democracy? It's a conversation on a forum, we aren't rioting in the street. When you start framing asking questions as bad, then you are the one not respecting democracy.

Secondly, when we are still dealing with the ramifications of the vote (and will do for decades to come) there is absolutely no point sticking your head in the sand and pretending the elephant in the room isn't there. You made a choice, own it. If you are so confident in the choice you made, you should be able to clearly explain some of the benefits.

"no one can ever answer what currency Scotland would use ..can you ?"

It's a very weird argument against independence that there is no clear answer to what currency we'd use. I don't make that decision so no idea why you are asking me. I don't understand why you are particularly fixated on that issue, but to each their own.

"Us Brexiteers are quite happy not to mention the subject, quite smug in the knowledge that we made the right call in 2018."

LOL more like scared to bring it up since it's clear to everyone how f*cking stupid it was. "Not mentioning" it because there are zero tangible benefits to actually mention it, while study after study shows indisputable evidence that we shot ourselves in the foot. All so sad Little Englanders could say they got one over immigrants. No wonder no one brings it up.

"Be excellent to each other."

Never were better words spoken.

"if the had UK voted to remain in the EU but Scotland had voted to leave, where would that leave you with your position ? Would you accept the will of the majority in the UK?"

I'm Scottish, I'm not British. What I want is for the will of the Scottish electorate to be respected so if course I would have accepted that. I accepted the result of the first independence referendum, even though I was disappointed. If Scottish independence had permanently taken us out the EU, then that would have been heartbreaking. That is precisely why the Scottish people were given strong assurances by the No vote (and Tory gov) that if they chose to remain in the UK, they would remain part of the EU.

How did that work out?

And you wonder why another referendum is needed? The parameters of the question have fundamentally changed and it is a direct result of the English electorate choosing to leave the EU against the direct will of, and assurances made to, the Scottish people.

"There seems to be a correlation between some Remoaners and some SNP voters"

Literally every constituency in Scotland voted to remain in the EU, so are you really surprised? We voted overwhelmingly to remain in the EU. Just like we overwhelmingly don't vote Tory. What part of democracy is working when, as a country, we have been governed for a decade by a party we have never elected in 60 years and when we are forcibly removed from a union we didn't wish to leave? Does that sound like acceptable democracy to you? Or does it sound like we are being bound to a country that continually shows complete disregard for the will of the Scottish electorate.

The covid situation between now and the beginning of the pandemic is vastly different. Far more transmissible, but far less dangerous to the average person. Most people have also now either had it or had vaccinations.

I think we are at the point where we are just going to have to live with it, because I really can't see any countries opting for more major lockdowns in this economic climate. If nothing else, I just don't think anyone can afford to do that again. Could be wrong though, sh*t does seem to be hitting the fan with increasing frequency.

Maybe if you are so insecure in your own identity, or so cruelly disposed, it might be confusing as to why someone may want to chose their own pronouns.

Perhaps you cannot fathom the idea that someone born a "boy" or "woman" may not identify as such. Perhaps the very notion that there is more gray than the binary option of either might distress you even further.

What I can certainly assure you, is that at no point in your life have you had to deal with the internal distress of either. Of a society of people, sometimes parents, telling you are something you feel you are not.

So if all you can do is express pity for yourself, because you do not understand a situation, rather than feel empathy towards the men and women that have lived a life full of judgement, anxiety, and personal struggle simply because they do not conform to your idea of what is normal, then I ask you to kindly get a f*cking grip.

Heaven forbid someone asks you to respect their identity. Heaven forbid you have a son or daughter that doesn't identify as a son or daughter. Heaven forbid you give a **** about anyone other than yourself.

I know it's confusing that LGBTQ+ people aren't like you, but they are your friends, your colleagues, your family. Please grow up and act like it.

How much more can this share be diluted? It's already near worthless.

No worries Brixton, I don't get tired of standing up to fascist scum.

Oh dear Brixton, don't you ever get bored of failing to bully people? It maybe worked in high school when you were growing up in the 1950s, but I'm afraid your sad little attempts to intimidate me are wasted online.

Considering there is no real way of proving empirically if they are or aren't having an affect on the SP, it just seems like an entirely pointless conversation to have repeatedly.