DutchZoomer

27% of pensioners are millionaires according to ONS wealth surveys.

Owning a home is FAR more difficult for young men and women today than it was for my generation. That’s just a fact. Average earnings have not kept pace with average house prices - to suggest otherwise is ignorant. The gap has grown at an astronomical rate. The young have every right to feel pissed off, I’m angry for them. And I detest this patronising attitude of people my age that we just happened to manage it all so much better through ‘common sense’ and fewer avocados. There are millions of young Brits who work hard, take care of their money and dedicate themselves - and yes, they are struggling to find a proper home. They have done nothing wrong. In fact, they’ve done everything right but the system still failed them. I am ensuring that there is a political party to finally represent them - Restore Britain is that party. A party that supports the aspirational and committed young British men and women. Scrapping interest on student loans. Stripping back the power of empire-building planning bureaucrats who cruelly prevent sensible house-building in fair locations. Crushing the overbearing regulations that make building anything so very cumbersome. Overhauling leasehold rules which trap owners with mutating service charges. Ending the vindictive war on landlords to make sustainably renting a proper option. Slashing tax to hand back financial control. Entirely abolishing stamp duty for Brits. Because we will not tinker with the status quo, we will not conserve it, we will not reform it. We will fundamentally change how this country operates. The model must break. I will make you one promise. Restore Britain will break it.

The same thought had crossed my mind, but after the schadenfreude wore off I then thought no, too risky, too complex, and at the moment entirely unnecessary. Europe needs to be strong in Europe. I genuinely think thats all they are equipped to do and that’s just reality. Say we do leave, without us they would have no parity with their rivals and their economies would have to fundamentally change, and they would still likely enter a recession for a decade. They would be fractured and vulnerable to probing or god forbid partition. That is what losing America’s nuclear umbrella means. That is just a losing position all around. Let’s admit however that NATO has just been going through the motions, but like zombies, we all arrived here together Now, can we please leave them the f*ck alone and give them some time to put in work? If I have to see France and Britain get humiliated any more I may die from second hand embarrassment

Five countries including Germany, Italy and Spain call for a common solution to the energy crisis - a month ago they spoke of shock, now it’s crisis - starting with the introduction of an EU windfall tax on energy companies, citing market distortions and tight national fiscal space. In other words, new revenue is needed to finance relief measures. And a sign this is deeper than initially suggested.

Were these sheep in Gaza ‘terrorists’ too? What kind of evil does this?

Israel putting out feelers for a war with Turkey is beyond insane. Turkey has the same population size and mountainous terrain as Iran, plus a modern NATO-equipped and funded military. Israel would get curbstomped.

Ukraine has reportedly deployed over 200 troops to North Africa Libya with the goal of disrupting Russian oil and gas exports in the Mediterranean.

Countries with 0% Capital Gains Tax : 🇨🇭 Switzerland - 0% 🇦🇪 UAE - 0% 🇸🇬 Singapore - 0% 🇭🇰 Hong Kong - 0%