The Labour Party. All discussion here please

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1 minute ago, Top Cats Hat said:

I'm open to correction but isn't Car Boot a member/supporter of the Socialist Workers Party which is a Trotskyist party that has nothing to do with the Labour Party?

It's odd he's got an old picture of corbyn as his avatar. Perhaps he's being ironic.

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6 minutes ago, tinfoilhat said:

It's odd he's got an old picture of corbyn as his avatar. Perhaps he's being ironic.

Trotskyists don't do irony.

 

I set a trap for him last year by mentioning 'Comrade Delta', the SWP central committee member accused of rape in 2010 and subsequently covered up by the party. He reacted badly, which suggested party loyalty to me as no one anwhere would support a rape victim being bullied into not going to the police unless they were close to the party.

 

If I am reading too much into this and am wrong I apologise.

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7 hours ago, I1L2T3 said:

You said I could make a patriotic gift. That is for debt reduction, not for services and if you check back that is the context of my original response where I said I would happily pay more tax to support decent public services - read back. There is no guarantee that any savings made as a result of making a patriotic gift would be spent on services, especially with the Tories in charge of public finances.

 

Not a solution is it. Never in a million years. And especially not for people like me who detest the Tories with every fibre of their being 

Where there's a will there's a way. Why not contact the government and find out how you can donate extra income tax contributions to them? Explain how you feel you're not paying enough and how you want to put your money where your mouth is. I'm sure there'll be a way.

[I1L2T3 10]

2 minutes ago, WiseOwl182 said:

Where there's a will there's a way. Why not contact the government and find out how you can donate extra income tax contributions to them? Explain how you feel you're not paying enough and how you want to put your money where your mouth is. I'm sure there'll be a way.

The best way is to make sure that the rotten to the core main parties are held to account, and start to fund our services in a sustainable way. It’s not about me as an individual. 

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3 minutes ago, I1L2T3 said:

The best way is to make sure that the rotten to the core main parties are held to account, and start to fund our services in a sustainable way. It’s not about me as an individual. 

It is, because you want to pay more tax. You can if you make a bit of effort. You say you want more money for public services and are happy to pay more for it, so knock yourself out.

[I1L2T3 10]

3 minutes ago, WiseOwl182 said:

It is, because you want to pay more tax. You can if you make a bit of effort. You say you want more money for public services and are happy to pay more for it, so knock yourself out.

Yes I do but I’m not going to randomly chuck sums of money at incompetent Tory governments

 

 

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1 minute ago, I1L2T3 said:

Yes I do but I’m not going to randomly chuck sums of money at incompetent Tory governments

 

 

Ask for it to go directly to the NHS. Or lookup any one of the numerous NHS charities and donate, say, 10% of your salary each month.

[I1L2T3 10]

4 minutes ago, WiseOwl182 said:

Ask for it to go directly to the NHS. Or lookup any one of the numerous NHS charities and donate, say, 10% of your salary each month.

I already make a number of charitable donations on a monthly basis 

 

But if I could have my taxes hypothecated the first thing I do is reduce your benefits to cut off your supply of Amber Leaf *

 

* Only joking 😀

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12 minutes ago, I1L2T3 said:

I already make a number of charitable donations on a monthly basis 

 

But if I could have my taxes hypothecated the first thing I do is reduce your benefits to cut off your supply of Amber Leaf *

 

* Only joking 😀

If you feel like you want to pay more tax though, that suggests you have spare cash available, so maybe you should up your charitable donations and give to NHS trusts, schools and homeless charities to supplement healthcare, education and welfare respectively.

 

PS. If any right wing forum member had made a similar "joke" to yours here, there'd be the usual left wing bandwagon jumpers (THC, Cyclone, Halibut, etc) all wading in and lecturing you for the next 20 pages. I'm guessing you'll be spared since you usually align with them.

Edited February 25, 2019 by WiseOwl182

[I1L2T3 10]

3 minutes ago, WiseOwl182 said:

If you feel like you want to pay more tax though, that suggests you have spare cash available, so maybe you should up your charitable donations and give to NHS trusts, schools and homeless charities to supplement healthcare, education and welfare respectively.

 

PS. If any right wing forum member had made a similar "joke" to yours here, there'd be the usual left wing bandwagon jumpers (THC, Cyclone, Halibut, etc) all wading in and lecturing you for the next 20 pages. I'm guessing you'll be spared since you usually align with them.

I apologise, it’s up to you what you spend your benefits on.

 

As for what I choose to donate to thats my business but you’re not far off the mark there. A couple of the regular donations are to U.K. medical charities for issues important to me.

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6 minutes ago, WiseOwl182 said:

PS. If any right wing forum member had made a similar "joke" to yours here, there'd be the usual left wing bandwagon jumpers (THC, Cyclone, Halibut, etc) all wading in and lecturing you for the next 20 pages. I'm guessing you'll be spared since you usually align with them.

You do live in a very bizarre world! 😂

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1 minute ago, I1L2T3 said:

I apologise, it’s up to you what you spend your benefits on.

 

As for what I choose to donate to thats my business but you’re not far off the mark there. A couple of the regular donations are to U.K. medical charities for issues important to me.

Good stuff but sounds like you need to dramatically increase the donations in lieu of all that extra tax and NI you're itching to pay.

 

Meanwhile, I'll pay as little tax as I can, and vote for the party that has the lowest taxation levels in its manifesto. Each to their own.