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Small private companies with up to 3/4 employees will be far better off as they won't ANY NI.

The right wing press will never tell you this.

Ukraine getting short of troops....

Defence budget is now 4.9% of their GDP.

Understandable with a terrifying past history of 200 years.

Putin only respects strength.

Childish

It's all getting very childist

Offer at 120% premium.

Further recognition that the UK is cheap - Temple Bar estimating 40% discount to world peers versus 50-year average of 20% discount.

FTSE100 ✅ 0.65%

https://www.ig.com/uk/indices/markets-indices/ftse-100

Https://x.com/JonothanHayman/status/1854540373487439904

America has spoken.

Tariffs for all‼️ 😲

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

2,500,000 Indian troops volunteered to fight and support us during World War Two.

By far the largest proportion of any of our Empire troops

NEVER FORGET.

2,500,000 Indian troops volunteered to fight and support us during World War Two.

By far the largest proportion of any of our Empire troops

NEVER FORGET.

It’s hard not to think of the carnival US politics became under Trump.

Are we living in the age of stupid? The era of the idiot? The answer of course is yes, with examples of monstrous moronicism everywhere – from climate deniers to the “plandemic” crowd who believe Covid-19 was cooked up in Bill Gates’ basement. On the other hand, human beings have always been illogical creatures. A better question is whether we are, as a species, becoming dumberer. If this is already the era of the idiot, what comes next?

BLUE

The ageing think is true.

Think about it.....

Far fewer babies (contraception / can't afford 'em), folks living far longer (thanks to healthcare)

Some Countries are paying couples to have more, with big tax breaks. As they fear for their economies.

The average age increases yr on yr....hence the State Pensions age gets later and later.

The actress that plays Peggy Archer has just died at 105 and she started at the beg, of the Archers until her last radio performance at 102. Maybe an extreme example but worrying for any advanced Countries finances.

Migrants cannot be returned unless, the country that the migrant came from, agrees.

Tories stop processing small boat people when they passed the illegal migration bill.

Causing over 100,000 migrants to be in limbo. Hence the massive hotel bill.

Labour are now processing them post haste.....but it will take a long time.

Https://www.lse.co.uk/chat/hot-topics.html

I blame KENNY..😲

BLUE

Just 3% of migrants arrive in small boats.

In 2023 1.22m migrated into the UK on vistas.

Our mostly right wing press like to conflate the two.

Like Europe we have an ageing demographic and a very low birth rate (1.44). 2.1 required to balance deaths. Without migration the economy would crash.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/283287/net-migration-figures-of-the-united-kingdom-y-on-y/

A family has paid tribute to their son who has been killed in Ukraine, saying they "begged him not to go" but he wanted to help.

Callum Tindal-Draper's family said they were informed by the 4th International Legion that the 22-year-old from Cornwall had been killed in action while the foreign volunteer platoon defended an observation point on 5 November.

His father Steven Draper said the family were proud of their "brave" son, who had told them before going to Ukraine in June he knew the risks he would face and the chances of him coming home were slim.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0qd7wpgvjgo

Three attempts on his life, already ....that we know about.

Will he last full term?...4 years

TROAJAN.

Israel will act completely unrestrained.

Worldwide protests will increase.

Wonder how Trump will deal with all the Universities demonstrating.

Troops?