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A fairly recent piece of polling that depressed me was that people still wanted to tax millionaires more, even if that meant less tax coming in. I mean the mess the nappy stupidity of it.

Whoever comes in, the public will need to be consciously trained to become more resilient, the way that socialism has consciously trained them (and trains them still) to become ever more helpless and dependent.

One good polling question would be:

Would you prefer to see more / fewer / zero rich people in the UK ?

I see little evidence that the presence of the ultra-rich actually does much for everyone else. They’re too good at avoiding tax. Whereas greater income equality is associated with greater happiness and better health.

So, I would prefer to move to greater equality, by which I mean levels we saw in the ‘50s and ‘60s, when there was still plenty of rich people, and plenty of innovation/growth.

They pay most of the tax, no?

“So there it is; work it out for yourself” as Jazzie B once said

Where in England & Wales are people most likely to say they feel unsafe in their local area?

1. Newham: 43%
2. Barking & Dagenham: 36%
3. Brent: 34%
4. Sandwell: 29%
5. Leicester: 29%
6. Luton: 29%
7. Westminster: 28%
8. Birmingham: 28%
9. Hounslow: 28%
10. Wolverhampton: 27%

yougov.com/en-gb/articles…

https://x.com/yougov/status/2035021336158822643?s=46&t=CW4pL-mMpTqsJXCdjW0Z6Q

Well, I'm in the number 1 area so I always make sure the suit of armour is cleaned before I venture forth.

Do I feel "unsafe"? I've lived most of my life in London and there's an element of common sense and keeping your wits which is important. Waving a new mobile phone around isn't a good idea near the tube station and there is persistent low-level criminality (pickpocketing, shoplifting) which is, I suspect, linked to a small number of rough sleepers who in turn have addiction and mental health issues.

I wouldn't walk down the High Street at midnight but during the day, for the most part, it's fine.

Is any of what you report different to Charles Dicken's day?

“So there it is; work it out for yourself” as Jazzie B once said

Where in England & Wales are people most likely to say they feel unsafe in their local area?

1. Newham: 43%
2. Barking & Dagenham: 36%
3. Brent: 34%
4. Sandwell: 29%
5. Leicester: 29%
6. Luton: 29%
7. Westminster: 28%
8. Birmingham: 28%
9. Hounslow: 28%
10. Wolverhampton: 27%

yougov.com/en-gb/articles…

https://x.com/yougov/status/2035021336158822643?s=46&t=CW4pL-mMpTqsJXCdjW0Z6Q

Well, I'm in the number 1 area so I always make sure the suit of armour is cleaned before I venture forth.

Do I feel "unsafe"? I've lived most of my life in London and there's an element of common sense and keeping your wits which is important. Waving a new mobile phone around isn't a good idea near the tube station and there is persistent low-level criminality (pickpocketing, shoplifting) which is, I suspect, linked to a small number of rough sleepers who in turn have addiction and mental health issues.

I wouldn't walk down the High Street at midnight but during the day, for the most part, it's fine.

A fairly recent piece of polling that depressed me was that people still wanted to tax millionaires more, even if that meant less tax coming in. I mean the mess the nappy stupidity of it.

Whoever comes in, the public will need to be consciously trained to become more resilient, the way that socialism has consciously trained them (and trains them still) to become ever more helpless and dependent.

One good polling question would be:

Would you prefer to see more / fewer / zero rich people in the UK ?

I see little evidence that the presence of the ultra-rich actually does much for everyone else. They’re too good at avoiding tax. Whereas greater income equality is associated with greater happiness and better health.

So, I would prefer to move to greater equality, by which I mean levels we saw in the ‘50s and ‘60s, when there was still plenty of rich people, and plenty of innovation/growth.

Fair enough but what can we do about the tech bros, oligarchs and other ultra rich ?

And they seem too distant for there to be much resentment against them in any case.

Its people who are in the £10m zone who seem to get a lot of resentment and who could easily be taxed into leaving or stopping work.

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Trump on the Strait of Hormuz:

“The Hormuz Strait will have to be guarded and policed, as necessary, by other Nations who use it — The United States does not! If asked, we will help these Countries in their Hormuz efforts, but it shouldn’t be necessary once Iran’s threat is eradicated. Importantly, it will be an easy Military Operation for them,” he added.

As the president was leaving the White House on Friday afternoon, he told reporters that he believes the US has “won” its war with Iran

So no one has told him yet about fertilizer?

No problems for the USA.

Most of theirs comes from Canada and Russia !!!

All their food is from those two countries?

This is why MAGA and Trump are off their heads. The world they imagine could happen cannot. We live on a totally interconnected planet.

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