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- What is the wider significance of the terrorist attack in Moscow? Does the NHS need reform or spending increases? And why is the increase in child poverty not being discussed in the media?
Rory and Alastair answer all these questions and more in this week's Question Time.
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00:00 Intro
00:40 ISIS-K vs Russia
06:20 Freeports and 'Special Economic Zones'
09:45 Tazmania election
10:53 Health Service reform
16:50 Rising child poverty
21:26 2 child benefit cap
25:50 treatment of prisoners
29:05 Building on golf courses
30:42 Vaughan Gething
32:05 Wholesome discussions
I find The Rest is Politics enormously uplifting. Thank you both.
Spot on!
Not if your A Scotsman.
Both talk shit about Scotland
I came to find out what all the fuss is about and I am extremely underwhelmed.
Get MP's fingers out of NHS, too many of them have financial gains private healthcare - shares, CEO, jobs, medication. MP's should NEVER FINANCIALLY gain on policies they have control of.
Yes. And most of what's described as "care" overlaps heavily with housing needs and the profits to be made from property management. Homelessness for some is a business opportunity for others. Residential homes for the elderly, looked after children, sheltered accommodation for disabled adults ... the list goes on. And more attention is paid to the value of the building than the people living there.
But scarily, there is no evidence that NHS management, and even its structure, is actually capable of delivering healthcare. They demand more money over and over without saying how they will use it or what they will deliver. Repeated failures in maternity units , despite mothers and babies dying and being seriously damaged, results in the management saying they will look at the reports and adopt changes they think will help. Millions has been spent with a private company on scanning, rather than buying scanners they can use for years, the lists of incompetence are endless. It is The Post Office with beds.
Also, the NHS needs to be the ONLY healthcare system in the country. If you want to save the NHS, you have to eliminate the competition. Make the rich use the same system as the poor and you'll see the quality of that system skyrocket. Retaining a private healthcare option was the stupidest thing allowed.
@@kassistwisted
How about bringing supermarkets along car production and retailing outlets under government control, so as to eliminate all choice and competition?
😢 2:41 🎉
Interview James Timpson from Timpson’s repair shops. Doing lots for prisoner jobs after their time inside. Worth a chat, interesting chap.
AC is everything wrong with the UK
In Norway we pay a small 20£ fee for a standard doctors appointment but there’s a limit of 250£ a year and anything above that is free. The idea being that if you need to go to the doctor more often than that, you have serious health issues. You can also apply for an exemption from these fees but it helps to ensure that no one wastes the time of the health services
Similar in far-Eastern Europe - just the fee is ~€4 (it was €1,40-€2 until 2022) for a GP, could be higher for other specialists. Of course, our "average" wage is below €1'500. Any basic insurance, which most official employers offer as standard deal, will wave all the appointment fees (there are exceptions not requiring insurance, conditions of which i haven't researched) major part of procedure fees and some other expenses in case of an accident. Medication, dentists, psychologists and licences-related fees are not included in standard employers' insurance, they might be covered by fancy premium insurances you can choose to pay yourself. Otherwise insurance is paid by employer, if you have one. Overpriced medicine usally is the biggest expense here.
Sounds like a cool idea, kind of like catastrophic health insurance. I’m beginning to think we need something like that in the US. A healthcare system fully run by government sounds absolutely awful, but the fact that people are on the hook for huge bills for something as necessary as healthcare is also awful.
Rory asks the question, where will the money come from, if we are to fund the NHS adequately.
Have you interviewed Gary Stevenson (Gary's Economics on CZcams, twitter, etc)? He's currently campaigning for a reduction of wealth inequality and showing how this would benefit the nation.
Please get him on and give him the opportunity to explain this relatively simple solution.
It's also worth noting that we spend less on healthcare as a percentage of GDP than many of our near neighbours like France and Germany.
I know people get narky about 'socialist' ideas, but there is so much money being concentrated among so few at this point that only forcible redistribution by the state (whether it be by taxation or other means) is going to adequately fund services to the levels we used to enjoy and address the grotesque inequalities that have worsened in our society.
Additionally, and this is a point Gary makes 'til he's blue in the face, a lot of that wealth has basically been directly lifted from the public purse and stuffed into private pockets. Is it really wealth redistribution when it's reclaiming public money from what's functionally embezzlement?
NHS problem ain't money. It's bureaucracy. There's a reason why no other country in the world has set up their health care system like the UK. What's required is to move to public health insurance model and let the hospitals run themselves. Introduce a little competition into the system by expanding the base of people that buy private health insurance. A little co-pay from patients is unavoidable. You don't ride a bus or train or mail a letter without chipping in. I don't see why health care is any different.
177 UK citizens have over £1,000,000,000 in wealth.
@@adtastic1533 I won't argue with your opinion, as it's your right to have it. All I'll say is, free healthcare is expected purely because that's what was promised. From the cradle to the grave. If we never had it, no-one would expect it.
The problem I have with say, paying for GP appointments, is that it would disproportionately hit the poor, as they are more prone to certain illnesses.
I find annoying, when I see how many GP or hospital appointments are wasted, due to no-shows of patients. Some would say a charge should be made for wasting an appointment. Yet, many appointments are missed because of cognitive issues, mental health problems and even poor education. Many of these people won't be in a position to pay a "fine" and socially, we certainly can't afford to withhold treatment until they pay.
I understand arguments from an alternative view, but it shouldn't be considered until those at the poorer end of society have a safety net, and are better educated and supported to the extent prevention of illnesses becomes a real mainstream focus.
@@palmeraj70what % are no show? Thanks.
Love Rory’s idea to replace golf courses with forest! Absolutely brilliant 🤩
Maybe AI powered virtual headsets will one day be so good that the demand for real golf courses will be so terrible that they'll go bust and can be reverted to ancient woodland biomes. Something crazy would be needed to make it happen, but it would be just such a nice thing. Plus it'll give me an excuse to stop playing and being so terminally terrible at it.
NHS: why ignore that the NHS has to pay Private health out of their budget? That's one principle reason for the spiralling costs.
Antony Gormley has been one my favourite interviews - inspirational and thought provoking - 5 ⭐️
Excellent chat, I enjoyed the relaxed way you discuss these matter, without the point scoring that normally goes on. Thank you.
The Antony Gormley chat was truely inspirational and would love to hear more - greta podcast as always gents
I never feel that The Rest is Politics are lying to us, their discussions are frank and I believe honest and trustworthy.
Well one of the commentators is alistair Campbell who lied to the public along with Blair about WMD’s in Iraq and still won’t even apologies for it he’s a war criminal
Patiently awaiting Monday's Leading episode
The increase in poverty and the gap between rich and poor is a damning indictment of the growth in selfishness in our country. It started during the Thatcher years, it continued to a lesser extent through the New Labour years and the past 14 years have been disastrous for those on lower incomes and worse job security. The country (or at least a significant proportion of the population) are clamouring for change. But it’s not going to be easy. The election of a political party that is, at least, more socially conscious is a start. And I totally agree with Rory on getting rid of all golf courses and replacing with forests. As Mark Twain said, golf is a good walk spoiled!
Yes the UK is on it's way to becoming one of those South American style countries with massive wealth inequality. This is the endgame of Thatcherism now whether Margaret foresaw it or not.
My sister lives in France and you pay €13 to book a Doctors appointment. If you attend you get €12 back. I'm a Socialist and have no problem with that.
Very cool Q and A, gents! Thanks so much!
Thank you lads. A great discussion about varying subjects.... We used to get this from RTE radio but no longer soooo i really look forward to your discussions.
100%. RTE has lost its way.
Yes to the golf course plan!
Another great conversation gentlemen , keep em coming they are greatly appreciated.
I'm about to see Nye tomorrow. I wasn't expecting it to come up in this video. Thank goodness Alistair didn't drop spoilers. Green spaces in cities need to be preserved because cities need their 'green lungs'.
Please get Gary Stevenson on as a guest We need to hear what he has to say 🙏
Excellent Rory. I'm a massive golfer (terrible at it, but love it) but would give it up in a heartbeat if the alternative was a massive amount of extra woodland. What a great suggestion. Literally never gonna happen, but so uplifting to hear a conservative genuinely care about the environment.
the repeating intros are really annoying. Just start the podcast and keep going
Agreed
AMEN to that!!! Are YOU listening TIMES RADIO! Really fecks me off
They're meant to hype you up for the main event. Not sure if I agree with it but that's the purpose.
@@heycidskyja4668 I get it. I just REALLY don’t like it
Double agreed - did I just type that ?
Every now and then the podverse throws up the most unexpected of crossovers. As a devotee of both TRIP and Chris Buck (brilliant guitarist for Cardinal Black) on YT, never in a million years would I have thought to hear AC drop he recorded bagpipes with them! Proper Easter Egg, that 😂
Hey. Great show. Will you be having Gary Stevenson on soon??
Rory for PM! ...of New Zealand. Where I, ahem, live.
I knew I liked Rory, and his anti-golf stance has only improved my estimation of him. Golf, a nice walk spoiled.
Wollaton Park, Nottingham, good chunk of it flattened out and fenced off. Golf courses feel just as unnatural as a skyscraper when you're walking in nature.
I can tell Alastair why he can't understand why Labour aren't saying anything about child poverty, it's largely because people like himself spent the last 7 years aiding and legitimizing a political and media campaign that sought to present any attempt to redistribute wealth and raise taxes as a radical far left communist agenda to the point where Labour is now terrified of media criticism. He cannot understand this because it would involve him accepting his role in contributing to the current ideological consensus, hope this helps.
Thanks for this episode - some really important topics discussed especially child poverty. Are there any churches trying to tackle this issue? Also really appreciated Rory's idea of planting forests on the golf courses in London! A wonderful idea.
Please could you have the sound up a bit in the edit? 🙏 The volume is just fine in the podcasts outside CZcams, though!
Yes!!! Rory is right. Give cash to the poor. Save their lives and mental health. Well done Rory. Not bad for an old Etonian
True to a point, but that simply puts a sticking plaster over a fundamental problem that we need to reduce the gap between rich and poor and that can only be achieved by some form of wealth tax, or alternatively, providing better paid employment.
@@buzzukfiftythree Absolutely true. So... in the short term, give them cash to get them through the daily crises of buying food and paying for shelter, and build wealth-leveling into the taxation system so the levels of wealth inequality trend downwards in the long term. Perfect plan!
Salford's Lowry Theatre hosted the GM Moving Conference on Monday, the day after the Moscow terrorist attack; I attended and was a tad concerned about security
There were a number of armed police wandering around the Quays, some on horseback, but no idea whether their presence was connected!?
I hope those stately home owners are going to be held to account. Rory doesn't seem to be very bothered about it.
I was shocked by that, once a Tory, always a Tory. True colours!
Because he's a posh boy who's never had to want for a thing. Did you see their little discussion on housing they had where they stated that people will have to live in small 5 storey apartment complexes in the future? I bet he or Alistair won't have to though. They'll have their homes with their quaint little English gardens while the rest of us will have to live in prison blocks on the outskirts of the major cities.
Yup, he's a Tory making a career change. Like a chameleon.
He's an Etonian Tory toff with a big house in Scotland and director of an estate company find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/IK6qnRGPR77hwiqXOtDyspiiRD0/appointments
So not surprising really ...
Alistair was point on regarding taxes and services. Im Canadian and our health care system is struggling like Britans. We want all the services but we also want less taxes. Its not sustainable.
Absolutely true. If we want decent services then we have to pay for them and the only way that can happen is either by increasing taxes or (where health is concerned) changing the funding model to health insurance. The problem is that a significant percentage of the population simply don’t understand the economics. Tories want as little state involvement in services as possible and our current predicament is largely because of that. When you bring profit into the public sector funding equation then it costs more and more.
@@buzzukfiftythree_When you bring profit into the public sector funding equation then it costs more and more._
The exact opposite is true.
Competition brings prices down.
One major error accounts for almost the whole problem, and since I just passed eighty in Canada I'm qualified to tell you all: getting sore and achy when you get old is not a medical condition. It's part of getting old.
A fantastically high percentage of medical people's time and billing is devoted to non-medical conditions of old people.
Cut that in half and the budget problems will go away.
Doctors will still be overpaid but their waiting rooms won't be as sweaty. Hospitals will still be dumps, but they won't have hallways full of beds. And the Swiss can maybe go back to making chocolates.
@@imacmill Thames Water?
@@imacmillit doesnt though. Americans pay just as much if not more than an equivalent person in the British healthcare system has paid for them through their taxes. Competition only works if you can boycott the provider’s service until you reach an agreeable price. If you’re diabetic and there’s only 3 companies who produce insulin they can all increase their prices in lockstep with one another because you’ll just die which is exactly what’s happened in America.
On NHS funding, the number to pay attention to is real terms per capita spending. The absolute spend Rory mentions is irrelevant.
Per capita real terms spending has gone down every year since the Tories got in. Before that the NHS was one of the most efficient health systems in the world by almost any measure. There wasn’t much fat to cut, so reduction in funding can only hurt provision of care.
To even keep care at previous levels, per capita spending would need to have steadily increased because of an aging population.
You can’t fund the NHS correctly without correcting the gap between public wealth and private wealth. The NHS are paying rent, where they used to own property, they’re paying for the profits of more and more private companies. _And_ they’re having funding cut because we’ve sent all economic growth since 2008 to very wealthy private individuals and companies.
Appointment charges are a tax on the sick and will further open the health gap between rich and poor.The better off will think nothing of missing an appointment. The worse off will think twice before making one.
YES!!!!!
A Tory govt you (Tory Rory) were a part of, happily voting to make those children poorer, colder and hungrier. Well done.
Yes his voting record is terrible
Yes can't wait for the next government to repeal the Make Children Poorer, Colder and Hungrier Act 2019.
They talk about this at length. It's a systemic issue with parliamentary procedure
@@TheNightMammoth I wouldn't hold your breath as Labour are now the Excuse Making Party
Please please please interview Gary Marcus on AI. He’s a global expert on AI who is regularly consulted on government policy around the world. There’s another side to AI that isn’t being discussed, and he’s the one to explain it.
Cardinal Black rocks! I Will be listening for the pipes on their next album.
And I also agree on that the uk should focus on culture export, as a swede I have been very sad because of the trouble/taxes/import stuff on all the quality uk music gear since brexit…
Proportionally many many poor people don't vote compared to the comfortably retired and those in work.
If more poor people could be persuaded to vote then politicians would suddenly pay attention.
The poor voted for brexit and then the elites and ceos of multinational companies like ryanair and easyJet accused them of racism bigotry and being stupid
Interesting. Would a small financial incentive help? Like £20 per person? Vouchers? Or make it a legal requirement like in Australia. Agree though, more enfranchisement, not less, is needed (I.e: voter ID should not be needed).
Rory had will i am at his house and not on the podcast 😂, cant think lf anything more fitting
As someone who has never missed a GP appointment and for every GP appointment I’ve had I have had to phone and wait and phone again then humiliate myself and expose all health issues to the receptionist before being permitted a time and date to get treatment. The idea of then being asked my card details in order to charge me for this pleasure a second time in person as well in my taxes seems absurd!
I'm a proponent of Universal Basic Income. But I suppose I can understand concerns that some people will spend it frivolously. (Even if I don't share those concerns.) Perhaps a more politically palatable compromise would be a "vouchers" system which can be spent on necessities such as food, utilities, educational supplies, and hygiene products.
@andybrice2711: Spent years finding data for the voucher system way back in the early 90's when the state pension had been drastically reduced. The problems re the voucher system is the cost re admin and distribution, in determining who actually qualifies. Plus the problem of counterfeiting & fraud.
People would need to claim and thus the homeless and nowadays continual changes of addresses due to the rent increases and no fault evictions would find it problematic re ID. Finally there is the pride of often the most desperately in need being too proud to use the voucher in public - work was done on this
@@avs4365 I'd say just skip means-testing and give it to everyone, like the Winter Fuel Allowance.
Wealthy people would just pay it straight back in their taxes.
Yes, that's somewhat inefficient. But still far more efficient than having to assess everyone and investigate fraud.
@@andybrice2711 It's what a majority (with checks) of higher paying EU countries do - with Finland trying it out a few years back. A good tiered tax system without the massive jumps we have here in the UK. There is the problem with assessing children of 'borrowing'. Where names are difficult to clarify such as Smith, Jones, Singh, etc and kids being moved about between benefit claimants milking the system but it is not wide spread. It needs a move from form filling checks every time a benefit or income changes and more active on the street active checks.
A voucher system...it's patronising
@@andybrice2711if you think UBI is means tested you don't know the core principles of UBI
See George Carlins routine about golf courses 🤣
The NHS may be unique in that a large proportion of its spending leads to an increase in its future liabilities. Had my heart attack (fortunately minor) in 2009 been fatal it would have saved the NHS a fortune.
I think the NHS offset that cost by making it difficult to get tested for conditions that are ridiculously expensive to treat.
@@CC-hx5fz I don't seem to have had that problem, nor has my daughter. At the moment between us we are costing the NHS something north of a quarter of a million a year. That will fall with time of course.
@@philipsmith1990 I hope your health improves. I was thinking more of how much it would cost to screen every adult regularly for Vitamin D deficiency, for example. Or there's an extra test for Thyroid function that might benefit a fifth of patients that are never quite well on standard treatments. That's hundreds of thousands of patients. I get what you're saying. The NHS tried saving themselves £500 and left me permanently disabled.
Shop lifting is on the rise, one because some people can't afford to buy somethings, because prices have been increasing in supermarkets and shops.
Yes!!! Givechancess!!!!!
It’s good to listen to you two and appreciate your comments and views, but oh dear, you are both light years away from the reality of life on the streets.
Alastair talks about giving people 2nd 3rd and 4th chances. That’s the problem we have at the moment, it’s not a deterrent!
Apropo of something I suppose. My recollection is that Tasmania has a proportionate representation voting system called the Hare- Clark System and that the Israeli proportionate representation system used it as a basis. It’s all probably changed utterly, though.
We still have the Hare Clark system - unfortunately we have taken a huge step back with this seeing reverted back to an expanded parliament to 35 seats (again) after 26years. With population of around 573k we don’t have the depth of talent along with 29 councils - over governed.
Questions:
Why didn’t the sprinkler system work?
Why didn’t the alarm system go off?
Why didn’t the metal scanners work?
Where were the security guards?
Why didn’t the local police from 50M away turn up?
Why did it take an hour and a half for the Russian guard to get there when they were 5 minutes drive away?
Smacks of it being allowed to happen.
NO golf courses my grandad now hates rory haha
You don’t have to speculate about the torture those ISK prisoners appear to have endured - this is a social media age. Videos of the original attack, videos of them being captured, videos of the guy’s ear being severed (and then fed to him), and videos of them being tortured are all circulating online. We live in a crazy, crazy time.
Tax the rich
Ha ha ha ... In England ? Ha ha ha ... Ask Charles to pay taxes loool
What was the scope here again?!, and what our nhs has to do with Isis_Express?
It was great to hear you mention the iniquitous impact on child poverty of the Two Child benefit limit but really disheartening to realise that this 2015 policy was only now, nearly a decade on, being talked about seriously. Women's groups in England more or less acceded to it, facilitating the Rape Clause to ask very vulnerable women if any of their children was the product of rape. Their excuse was "It's better that we do it than the DWP do it." Scottish women's groups refused to expedite this disgusting policy. SNP MP Alison Thewliss brought attention to the Rape Clause and no one with the power to do anything about it, has.
Why might Scottish people be more socially and politically engaged in general than the English? And do you think that listening to the third sector might make gvt policy makers slightly more in tune with what is actually happening, rather than what SPADS and ideological pals believe will happen?
Thanks for a consistently great show.
Rory wants to get rid of all golf courses??? Hang on, Trump plays golf. Great idea, Rory!
I always enjoyed Hannah Gatsby's description of certain types of golf players, the ones with one glove on their hands, she pointed out. The ones which make you think, "c***." Rory's onto something in banning golf and turning the land into forest and a lot less seawords wandering around.
Don Delillo nailed it in an aside in the novel, Players. Terrorists on television are briefly shown assassinating a foursome of golfers. Then this: Golf, that anal round of scrupulous caution and petty griefs.
Guys this Labour v Tory fight we get on HOC. Lift the game.
Rory keeps quoting Sajid Javid on the increase of government flexible funding on the NHS to exceed %50, I still don't understand what that is and what does it mean, this point remained unchallenged and not properly referenced, anyone knows what sort of 'flexible' fund he's referring to?
In Colin Thubron's "The Lost Heart of Asia" he highlighted the proliferation of Madrassas growing up in the area and the possible danger they posed to the West, and that was 30+ years ago so it would be disingenuous of our Foreign Office to say the weren't aware. They, in their lazy way, just ignored it, it seems.
I worked in public service for 20 years. Invariably "more efficient" always, without fail, simply meant that work loads were even more crushingly and impossibly out of control than they were the last time some cretin said things needed to be "more efficient."
Looking at many towns in uk it seems like we are in a state of collapse. It’ll take 20 to turn it around. In the face of the current geopolitical issues and shifts, it’ll be challenging to say the very least.
Politicians need to stop talking about the middle class and start talking about the poor
HM The King and the Prince of Wales have put far more spotlight on poverty, homelessness, and food poverty than either the govt or Labour.
No surprise.
Jeremy Corbyn has made much more of it. As per Hitchhikers Guide, nobody capable of being Prime Minister should be allowed to do the job and he's the only person I think should be allowed to do it. Maybe you think he's useless but his heart is always in the right place. I can't think of anything we need more.
Couldn't agree more
Yes Alistair revive cool Britania! why not we are/were good at it. But on the downside I would be ashamed to invite someone from almost any European country to visit UK now. It looks and feels like a dump really. It never used to be like that.
If you are concerned that people don't have enough, giving cash is a reasonable response. But maybe we should not make it a system that puts people into categories. IF we recognize that air and water and other natural resources belong to all, then we should expect that industries will compensate the people when they emit pollution, extract resources or otherwise degrade environmental quality. If there is no needs testing, the administrative costs are vastly reduced.
If the policy is funded by charging fees proportional to pollution and resource depletion, that will promote sustainability. It will motivate efforts to REDUCE harm to the environment. We should make this a global policy.
Of course people need a second chance but pretending all the best employees have been to prison or have issues with mental health is nonsense.
Regarding your comments regarding Nye Bevan are spot on a brave politician. When was the last time we saw one of those.
It's been suggested somewhere the solution is to give everyone a cash handout
Dear Rory, where could we get money to fund the NHS? You really shouldn't have to ask...
It's a no-brainer!!
Save the most important part of your health care system GP office visits and anything that is done in hospital.
Giving people cash destroyed economy in Poland. There's a difference between giving free nappies, food, books and giving cash to hand.
Bang on pointing out Labour’s abandonment of poverty as something to tackle Rory. Still reeling at the child benefit cap issue. I can barely believe it. The situation of people affected is so dire.
Unfortunately there are a lot of greedy unempathetic people in the english electorate that seem to hate welfare.
Having welfare reforms that helps the 'lazy' 'spongers' etc in policy before an election is a vote loser and an easy target for tory trolls/press, same reason there is no plan to reverse the fascist NI Troubles Bill.
@@dondoodatwhat happens if someone already has 3 children and then they have a change in their health and are unable to work? The social security system is supposed to be a safety net that we all pay into and hopefully will never need and it should cover basic living costs which at the moment it doesn’t.
@@dondoodatbecause people with multiple kids may be ok while working and then get hit with unemployment. You seem to think that there's this welfare queen thing with millions getting pregnant to get more child benefit
@@dondoodat because you talk bollocks
@@keithparker1346 they're a troll. It's not worth it.
Muslims don’t use their left hand. So there’s no need to go any further…
I believe Will.I.am is vegan not vegetarian
ISIS K was led by a cia asset for 30 years in Afghan etc. Wiki. ISIS was armed and trained by cia even heli evacced their leaders out of hot spots in Iraq and Syria in Murikan choppers
I think you are on the brink of something huge - bag pipes in a rock band and clay pots at Yale plus of course Ai in creative writing. That is how to get out of the deadly ruts so much of the world seem to be wedged at the bottom of. Neoliberal flavoured ruts. At the bottom of ruts we are not part of anything, being creative joins us with the world again. I think Britain can be a great cultural superpower so keep right on banging on , Alistair.
Why is any sort of enterprise or innovation mostly rubbished in Great Britain ? Where is this growth, exports and good jobs supposed to come from ?
The reason we do so badly with infrastructure around the country is a tendency to be parochial, we could learn somthing from the victorians
Healthcare 🤔 Do you remember that BREXIT bus promise? Boris promised £350 million a week. I live in Spain, and you should see how much better healthcare is here.
What do you think about everyone referring to their enemies as Nazi's? The Nazi party ceased to exist in May 1945 and all surviving former Nazi's are in their late 90's. Could those 90 year old men really be calling all or any of the shots in The Ukraine, Gaza or Israel?
Rory, I already pay to see my GP through taxation. Note GPs are private businesses. Reduce tax and then I will happily pay to see my GP. It is one or the other
The calousness of the Conservative Party to the living standards of the lowest income groups in society in long standing and underpins their lack of appreciation about the cost of living crisis.
And not a single mention of Islam as a factor in the Moscow attack - Sam Harris was right about Rory!
Well, the Welsh government must MAKE AN EFFORT!!!
the nhs's data is worth tens of billions at least to any number of tech companies why not use licencing agreements for its use to aid funding instead of giving it to peter thiel .that valuation is from over a decade ago btw
I'm not sure where to send a question so I'll ask it here: you both have talked positively about the arts & the expression thereof almost in the same breath of praising the development of AI. Are you not concerned that AI is already destroying many artists' careers as is evidenced to be happening, and in your minds what if anything can be done about it? Signed an artist who has been losing work to generated drivel.
Ceramics? Talk to Nick Cave!
If people are charged for doctor appointments, a significant number will not have to pay because they are poor.
So, no point.
Another form of tax.
Good luck 😂
I'm not familiar with the attempted ISIS-K attack in the Netherlands mentioned. Can anyone share details/an article?
13:01 I've never understood why self inflicted illnesses through obesity or smoking and drinking etc can't be taxed. I'm obese and a vapour now and i would welcome a 'tax'
High tax burden relative to uk historically, but low compared to Europe standards and we wonder why things are underfunded
They ARE taxed
Baby powder is also used to cut cocaine
Especially if the cia is involved
Duh,,,,
The question no-one has answered is, why would they attack Russia?
I guess answer is, "because they can".
Russia is flooded with poor uneducated migrant workers from central asian "stans".
It's not like in gulf states where workers require some kind of employment sponsorship - in Russia it's even easy - they don't need nor visa nor dedicated workplace and can work/live in Russia as long as they pay a modest monthly fee and also can quickly become citizens in a couple of years.
Many migrant workers live in inhuman conditions, don't have any work rights and exploited by their employers, constantly harrased by police for bribes and sometimes hunted/beaten by nationalists.
They develop their own support networks, charities, mosques, chaihanas, clubs etc and could live in some kind of bubble, completely isolated from russian society if they want.
Some of them become disilusioned and radicalized.
War flooded black market with cheap automatic weapons and reoriented police/security apparatus toward real/imaginary internal/external threats like spies, saboteurs, traitors, lgbt, opposition activists, independent journalists etc.
So, freedom of movement, lack of migration control and any integration initiatives from authorities, constant harassment, radicalization, weapons availability, security refocusing - all of it makes tremendously easy for ISIS to remotely coordinate attacks in Russia comparing with europe or usa.
And, becaulse of wars in Afganistan, chechnya and Syria ISIS considers Russia as its mortal enemy of the same kind of infidels as usa and europe.
@@maxkorotkov9009 thank you for a detailed reply.
But these groups never operate on the basis of because they can, they always have a purpose, because such attacks use lot of resources, and attracts corresponding backlash, so unless there's purpose, they never attack.
My question still stands, there appears no reasons for them to attack.
Russian domestic fights with Islamic groups are behind them.
Russia is fighting the west, the so called Satan for these groups.
And, Russia has taken a measured approach to Gaza, another plus point.
I do not see any reason for them to attack Russia, and no-one has presented credible reasons as to why.
Yes!! R. S. Is CORRECT.