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@BenGrahamUK They were cheaper but now everything is expensive, especially if imported, the yen has lost so much value.

Maybe Britain backed the wrong “special relationship.” Instead of copying dysfunction, we could have aligned ourselves more closely with Japan. A country where respect, discipline, and social responsibility are the norm. Safer streets. Cleaner cities. Higher trust. Also, a mutual love of McVities biscuits. We have more in common that anyone could have predicted 🇬🇧🤝🇯🇵

Now this is one wild story. The amount of lawsuits coming down the pipeline with stories like this is going to be astronomical.

@recouso @grok How is this even legit? Aren't there supposed to be gender equality laws?

CASH IS KING. BUT PASSPORT IS QUEEN 🇩🇪 Germany quietly changed conscription laws. Now, any man between 17 and 45 years old needs a permit from the German military to leave the country for more than 3 months. I've been warning you: a mobility freeze (like what they already did with endless lockdowns) is comparable to a cash seizure. So if you're a wealthy European, get yourself a Plan B passport and Bitcoin in self-custody.

It does work as far as I know, but the water ratio is difficult. Making sure the cement, sand, and aggregate are all uniform is still important. Tiled paths often have a slight variation where the mortar is almost dry so is easy to spend time getting the tiles laid out properly.

Wait, I’m no expert, but does this actually work 🤯

@0xleegenz Lack of remote jobs.

What’s stopping you from getting a remote job, moving to Japan, marry a wifey and living happily ever after?

No upper age limit on the care worker visa. Arrive at 60, work 5 years, get ILR, retire on £11,809/yr. You paid NI for 35 years and get £11,973. #greatbritishpensiongiveaway

@grok @ReemAmirIbrahim So using Grok elsewhere, it seems only the inflation protection part of the triple lock has any rationale and that the other 2 were basically implemented out of vague positive feelings. Clearly no justification for the other 2.

@grok @ReemAmirIbrahim Those aren't justifications... Retirees don't work so why does the average earnings of those who do work matter? "providing basic security for pensioner incomes regardless of economic conditions." - why? Other people don't get this...

Government pensions are a scam. Younger workers are paying more and more to fund a system that is mathematically impossible to sustain. Would you scrap the triple lock?

@SeedOilDsrspctr Villages, old towns, nature. No cities.

I’d love to visit the UK again. Where do I go that’s actually still “British”? (Will I be arrested for saying that?)

Don't think people realize the amount of chips/crisps you get from just a small number of potatoes 🥔

Reform, Tories, and Labour have all rowed in behind the (originally Lib Dem) idea that it is smart to continually engorge state spending on pensions, beyond the rate of growth in the economy. This, mathematically, cannot go on forever.

The Boriswave must be blocked, ILR must be revoked retrospectively if required. A Restore Britain Government would do what is needed to protect the interests of the British people.

@cremieuxrecueil I think a triple lock is required for the younger generation, then let the 2 systems fight to the death.

Because what would Britain be without total luxury communism for Boomers?

@RollingHedge I am guessing infinite immigrants are calculated in there somewhere.

The triple lock is an unfunded, inflation-linked perpetual bond with no cap and no maturity date. Every major party just committed to keeping it. None of them can explain how a shrinking tax base, 9 million inactive working-age adults, and a gilt market already at breaking point absorbs a ratchet that compounds at 4%+ and never gives back. Lucky for you, GBTT have modelled it over 10, 20, and 30 year horizons. The numbers are absolutely brutal: gbtt.info/triple-lock.ht… @trevgoes4th @maxtempers @garyb_pro @echetus @UnderSneege @ColeFusionHQ @db_fink @HayekAndChips @PeterMcCormack @LukeJohnsonRCP @DamianPudner @jbhearn @John_Stepek @MarketBlondes @RossKempsell @based_data_uk @rorysutherland @worstall

@pirooooon3 イギリスには太陽がないので、なしかな。

イギリス🇬🇧と日の丸🇯🇵を 合体させた！ あり？なし？

@RollingHedge @reformparty_uk How is this even solved democratically though with the boomer demographics and trends, just seems like incentives for a steady decline.

Aged like milk. @reformparty_uk don’t have the minerals. The triple lock is an unfunded, inflation-linked perpetual bond with no cap and no maturity date. Every major party just committed to keeping it. None of them can explain how a shrinking tax base, 9 million inactive working-age adults, and a gilt market already at breaking point absorbs a ratchet that compounds at 4%+ and never gives back. Lucky for you, @GreatBritishTT have modelled it over 10, 20, and 30 year horizons. The numbers are absolutely brutal: gbtt.info/triple-lock.ht…

The answer: "Bottom line estimate: An expat strategically (or "abusively") using voluntary top-ups could realistically take out £8–15+ for every £1 paid in, and in very favorable longevity/triple-lock scenarios even higher. This is far more leveraged than the £1.20 figure cited for typical lifetime UK contributors."

@mrcharlesamos @grok If an expat abused "the voluntary Class 2 National Insurance top-up for expats living abroad" scheme, estimate how much he would take out for every pound paid in.

Boomer pensioners have taken £1.20 out of the welfare state for ever £1 they've paid in.

@yoshirin100 王冠をかぶって漕いだらよろしいってことですか？

この状況では永遠に自転車を追い越してはいけない‼たとえ30分でも1時間でも。自転車がよけてくれるか、中央線が追い越し可能な白の点線にならない限り💢‼ 警察庁が、自転車を抜き時の概ねのガイドラインを示しているが①中央の黄色の線は跨いではいけない②自転車から1m以上、可能であれば1.5m以上 距離をとらなければならない③徐行して時速20Km～30Kmで抜く、とあるが、この動画では自転車は明らかに時速30Km程度の速度、自転車の右側1mをあけると明らかに黄色の中央円をまたいでしまう、なので永遠に自転車を抜けない、という状態で、しかも後ろが渋滞している。後ろに自動車が100台でも1000台でも渋滞しても、絶対に抜いてはいけないのだ‼こんなアホな改正をマジで国民は受け入れるのか⁉