Posted by Ben @ February 15th, 2010 9:25 pm. Filed under: A Rose By Any Other Name Would Be Less Funny, Everyone Stop What You're Doing Because You're Mildly Inconveniencing Me, I'm serious!, Join the Fight Against Nebulous Bad-Sounding Things!, So I Just Type What I Want Here And The PM Has To Do It?, Thank You For Coming -- It's Been Very Useful, That's SO UNFAIR! I HATE YOU!, The Nasty Television Upset Me! — Tags: John Catley —
by John CatleyThe Prime Minister has chosen to give his full backing and support to the case for Anthropogenic Global Warming. That is his right as an individual and that right is part of the constitution of this country. The Prime Minister does not have the right to insult millions of British people by describing them as “deniers”, a particularly hateful and emotive insult, because they do not share his view. Recently Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir John Beddington, said “I don’t think it’s healthy to dismiss proper scepticism. Science grows and improves in the light of criticism. There is a fundamental uncertainty about climate change prediction that can’t be changed.” In spite of this, and significant evidence to show that there is indeed much in doubt, the Prime Minister continues issue his insults.
There’s a difference between “I’m not sure if climate change is happening” and “It’s definitely not happening.” One is stating a feeling of uncertainty, and the other is outright denial – and when I say “denial” I don’t mean the psychological “I’m not listening la la la la” denial, I mean the literal denial. Most people labelled as “clime change deniers” aren’t raising questions about whether it’s going on or not – they’re outright saying it’s not happening. The label is apt.
Posted by Ben @ January 26th, 2010 8:33 pm. Filed under: Abolish This!, Everything MPs Have Is Part Of The Expenses Scandal, Nothing Should Ever Change!, So I Just Type What I Want Here And The PM Has To Do It?, Stop Spending My Money On Things I Don't Understand., This was Yesterday's News Ages Ago, spelin an grammer — Tags: Mr Robert Philp —
This is quite possibly the greatest misunderstanding of how MPs are paid I’ve ever seen in my life:
by Mr Robert PhilpMP’s to have a wage just like everyone else. No second home and all expenses to be audited by independent auditors and a committee made up of members of the public
Posted by Ben @ January 26th, 2010 8:29 pm. Filed under: Clearly You've Thought This Through, I'm serious!, So I Just Type What I Want Here And The PM Has To Do It?, Sorry, What Was I Talking About? — Tags: Mr Owen Bell —
by Mr Owen BellEvery supermarket shows price decreases and marks sale items in very large, eye-catching ways, in an effort to entice buyers into buying things they don’t need in quantities they could never use. However, if a price increases, the label does not have to indicate that it has done so. If supermarkets were forced to mark price increases at least as prominently as they mark price drops, the prominence of price drop advertisements would necessarily shrink, as there simply is not sufficient space to label everything with 3 square feet of signage.
The key problem with this idea is the presumption that supermarkets are the reason things get more expensive instead of, say, interest. People aren’t smart. They’re constantly going on about How Much Cheaper Things Were Back Then, gleefully omitting How Much less They Were Paid Back Then. That being said, I think Mr Bell’s endgame here is to get rid of signs in supermarkets. Which… annoying him… for some reason?
Posted by Ben @ January 21st, 2010 11:35 pm. Filed under: Couldn't If He Wanted To, I'm Keeping The Whole Class Back, Lord Knows I Ask Not For Myself, Presumably The Prime Minister Is Not Too Busy, So I Just Type What I Want Here And The PM Has To Do It?, There's Already A Solution But Don't Let That Stop You From Bothering The PM, This Is The Worst Kind Of Discrimination! The Kind Against Me! — Tags: Paul Woodburn of n/a —
by paul woodburnI have been trying to find a job in IT (Information technology) for over a year.
I cannot drive and I cannot afford to learn to drive because I don’t have a job.
There for I cannot travel outside Manchester to work.
IT needs to be big in Manchester. After all this is where Alan Turing made his famous computers.
Or you could get a job in a different field, save up your pennies, and then move to an area with more IT jobs when you can afford it. I mean, y’know, it’s not the government’s fault you live in bloody Manchester of all places.
Posted by Ben @ January 18th, 2010 11:35 pm. Filed under: Anything I Want Should Be Mandatory, Don't Worry About What THEY Want, Everyone Stop What You're Doing Because You're Mildly Inconveniencing Me, George Orwell Had The Right Idea, I Pay Taxes So You Have To Do Anything I Say, I'm serious!, Thank You For Coming -- It's Been Very Useful, Unreasonable Demands — Tags: Robin Rawlings —
I’ll leave the discussion of this charming little petition in your capable hands, folks:
by Robin RawlingsAs a tax payer I fed up seeing my neighbours who don’t work watching their 40″ plasma tv’s, I can’t afford one and I work and pay tax so why should lazy people contributing nothing to the country get more than hard working people. We should force them to work if they don’t work, by building workhouses and then sending them to workhouses.
Posted by Ben @ January 12th, 2010 4:57 am. Filed under: I Pay Taxes So You Have To Do Anything I Say, My Other Car Is Another Car, Thinking Things Through Is Just Not British — Tags: Fed Up Citizen of UK employee —
by Fed Up Citizen of UK employeeWe in the UK are hit with more taxes than almost every county in the developed world, although we have the worst maintained roads in Europe and also when it snows, we are told there is not enough salt/grit for the roads (Road Tax) or even the pavements (Council Tax).
What do we pay the road tax and council tax for?
We the people have had enough, we will not accept any excuses this time.
I agree with Fed Up Citizen! We should always have a storage of salt and grit! Even though the UK only ever gets hit with a snowstorm like this once every, I don’t know, three or four years!
Incidentally, Fed Up Citizen must of had some really cruel parents.
Posted by Ben @ January 6th, 2010 8:58 pm. Filed under: ...Or Else!, Democracy? Isn't That The One Where You Do Everything I Say?, Don't Worry About What THEY Want, I Have A Sense Of Perspective: Problems That Are Far Away Appear Small To Me., That's SO UNFAIR! I HATE YOU!, This was Yesterday's News Ages Ago — Tags: Simon Haigh —
by Simon HaighIceland must repay the £2.3bn owed to British taxpayers which was loaned to the country by HMG following the failure of its banking system. Until the loan is repaid, the UK and Dutch governments must veto Iceland’s application to join the EU.
If every country with debts owed to another wasn’t allowed to get involved then the EU wouldn’t get anything done.
…Oh.
Posted by Ben @ December 23rd, 2009 7:41 pm. Filed under: "Making Britain Great Again", Are You Kidding? We Can't Afford That!, Duplicate Petitions, Exclamation marks!!!!, I Have A Sense Of Perspective: Problems That Are Far Away Appear Small To Me., I Pay Taxes So You Have To Do Anything I Say, What A Dick, Xenophobia — Tags: Barbara Steffensen —
This is a beautifully moronic petition. I love it. It’s like a snapshot of every racist, xenophobic, “Put Broken Britain First” petition I’ve read over the last year.
by Barbara SteffensenPeople of this country are already taxed to the hilt. They do not need to pay more tax so that Britain can be seen to be a leader in world events. Charity begins at home. We need to take care of our own British people first before looking at other nations, especially considering the debt we’re already in.
Posted by Ben @ December 18th, 2009 8:02 pm. Filed under: Can't someone else pay the tax?, Duplicate Petitions, I Pay Taxes So You Have To Do Anything I Say, Won't Somebody Please Think Of The Children? — Tags: Rhea —
by RheaWe need this to stop some abusers of the system from receiving an income solely for having children.
We are experiencing a population boom in this country which we can not afford and which is bad for the environment. We need to stop – as a society – effectively incentivising people for having large families. If they wish to have more children than two they should fund them entirely themselves and not expect taxpayers to do so.
I’ve raised counter-points to this argument before. Simply put: What happens to large families who are legitimately in need of actual benefits? Do they just allow the “excess” children to starve to death?
Posted by Ben @ November 18th, 2009 1:47 am. Filed under: I'm a Voter So You Have To Do Anything I Say, I'm serious!, So I Just Type What I Want Here And The PM Has To Do It?, That'd Be Nice, Unworkable Ideas, Work Around My Delusions Dammit!, You and What Army? — Tags: Andrew Bradshaw of Private Sector —
by Andrew Bradshaw of Private SectorThe Prime Minister should attend every funeral and honour those men and women who have given their life for the decisions made by him and show respect for their bravery
This is a logistical nightmare at best, and an impractical impossibility at… well, at all. If nothing else, who’d be left to run the wotsit? Thingy, you know… the country?
Posted by Ben @ November 13th, 2009 1:57 am. Filed under: ...Or Else!, I Am A Brain!, I'm serious!, Join the Fight Against Nebulous Bad-Sounding Things!, So I Just Type What I Want Here And The PM Has To Do It?, This Is What We're Outraged At This Week — Tags: Antony Curran —
by Antony CurranI would like the government to produce an advert similar to the one currently shown on TV aimed at benefit cheats but aim it at the millionaire and billionaire corporate sector informing them of the consequences of using offshore tax havens to avoid and evade tax and tell them they are being watched and will be caught. The advert should also portray the message that their actions are morally reprehensible and unwelcome in decent society.
Rich people don’t watch TV. They’re far too busy drinking wine and seeing operas and going windsurfing for that kind of thing.
Posted by Ben @ November 11th, 2009 4:07 am. Filed under: I AM TALKING!, I Have A Sense Of Perspective: Problems That Are Far Away Appear Small To Me., I Pay Taxes So You Have To Do Anything I Say, Presumably The Prime Minister Is Not Too Busy, Reject Rednesday, Rejected Petitions, That'd Be Nice, The Nasty Television Upset Me!, What A Dick, What A Load Of Bankers, Young, Dumb, And Online, spelin an grammer — Tags: James Harris, Jonathan Hall, kennerz of kennerz, Kimberley Petts of Fareham college, Ms S Winter-Smith, Theresa —
It’s Wednesday, and that means it’s time to pick at the Reject Bin and see what the British Government had too much common sense to allow the public to sign.
by Jonathan Hall (rejected)This elite ninja force (which should be named NINJA: National Interest Ninja Japanese-y Awesomeness) would take on most of the killing people-type jobs the armed forces have to do so they could concentrate on shouting at people.
I believe this would greatly reduce the government’s spending on defence, thus freeing up more money for education and health.
Brilliant.
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