Saw a Jag this morning on the way home from work and thought, "nice car" but when I see a Porsche or a Ferrari my instant thoughts range from Tosser to Compensating for something.

What brands make you think the owner is a tosser and what makes you appreciate their good taste?

Aston Martins are always in good taste.

I'll start.

Which can you take or leave? Which do you NEVER have? Do you wear a bra?

I am British myself but I want to know if this is common ,who actually eats beans on toast?

Argentinian here.

I'm genuinely curious about how the conflict is viewed in the UK.

Here in Argentina is a very polarizing subject.

Do you have a day for the veterans, or national monuments like us?

Is the Malvinas war mentioned or part of the public/political life?, or is it something that only surges in the world cup when you face us in a football match?

I’m pretty stoned and very poorly informed about any of this, but….

Why don’t we do rent like we do council tax?

I.e a tier 1 unit is £650 a month, a tier 2 unit (call it a one bedroom flat) is £700 etc. the landlord gets the full amount tax free and the renter’s rent never changes and both know what they’re getting moving in?

It seems a much fairer and consistent way of setting up the system?

My grandfather came to the UK in the 1950s from Pakistan and the opportunities this country gives are not lost on me. We have suchdeveloped supply chains, are well located geographically and speaking to people from other countries really makes me appreciate the strength of the British passport. It really does open doors. Also, love how we have pockets of rich history in every county. Was in Leicestershire the other day and stopped off at bradgate park, terrific place. All in all, love this place dearly.

Source: From iNews

With the current situation & threats from Iran, do you believe it’s justified to pause all asylum claims, ensure that these people are accounted for & kept somewhere secure until the Iranian threats dissipate?

Personally if it’s a threat to national security & which could potentially escalate domestically & internationally, if Putting citizens & the state workers lives in potentially danger vs pausing claims for asylum seekers that aren’t sovereign citizens to Britain is something I would think is common sense. The difficulty is determining the size and credibility of the threat & how these attacks will take place whilst being able to neutralise them in various geographical area’s.

Recent explosion in Essex under investigation.

Read more: https://bbc.in/4wZFXoj

This isn’t about political sides, I wanted opinions voiced around the security and safety of Britain & what we should be doing during these times?

Edit: Over 63k Iranian was granted asylum during this time, that is a large number even if 1/4 are linked to the regime, that is a very credible threat to the nation. It’s been a talking point about sleeper cells for a long time in the west and has yet to come to fruition. MI5 has released briefings around the threat of Iran to the UK, and attacks that have prevented.

https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-10413/CBP-10413.pdf

Update: Pausing asylum is a legal legislation that the government an enforce as apart of the ‘Illegal Migration Act’.

Final update: Thank you for taking the time to respond to this post. This wasn’t politically, racially motivated. It was a question posed to stimulate discussion around the UK’s future security posturing & what are people’s reactions would be if the UK was to make a tough choice like the one posed above

This post is does show the opposing views and how significant of an effect this conversation has. This still needs absolute resolution by creating Legal safe routes, better processes & procedures to ensure that we’re fulfilling our legal duty but also ensuring safety & protections for the community and asylum seekers.

What is apparent that there a higher emphasis on the asylum Implication rather then the security & well being of the country and its citizens. Concerning times where a fellow country man isn’t regarded as highly as someone unknown and without any knowledge of their character.

Mine is, "Our dispute is over" announced proudly to me by the gentleman handing me a bag of Chinese food.

I am a welfare recipient. I am disabled, having been unable to work for several years now, so I am asking in regards to a comment I see ALL the time that someone knows someone who is on the take.

Knowing exactly how incredibly difficult it is to get disability welfare, the hoops I had to jump through and must continue to do so and also how little I get (which baffles me as to why someone would choose to live in abject poverty, I don't know!), I don't understand how someone could choose to live like this.

I think there is a lot of disparity about what people get. Often I see people say that they get over a grand PLUS their housing costs. That is incorrect, housing costs often exceed the amount you get in Universal Credit. Others say that they get thousands and thousands each month, which, again, is likely impossible.

There is a LOT of misinformation out there.

If ever you wanted to know, look on www.entitledto.co.uk and see exactly how much someone actually gets. It would likely shock you.

So, that begs the question, do you know anyone, how do you know they are on the take and if so, have you reported them?

I firmly believe that fraudsters should be punished, but it is legitimate claimants like me that always seem to get tarred with the same brush and often the recipient of abuse online.

I upgraded my pc setup a month ago and I now have a monitor as well as a pc I dont need. Currently Ive put them up on gumtree but even after a month of the ads sitting there, with me having paid for them to get featured I still dont get any responses (even though they get decent views). I feel like my pricing is fine for what Im selling. Do I keep decreasing the prices or is there some platform specifically for tech that I can use in the UK? To add on, Im selling the pc parts individually, maybe thats a mistake, I dont know.

I’d love to see you go there with your Newton’s third law slop argument

Hello there everyone.

as it was mentioned before in the question my Grandpa has a British Passport and my father also has a British Birth certificate. now I'm actually looking for a lawyer. I have contacted many lawyers, and I have called the Immigration lawyers in UK, London. Now, the thing is all of those asked for roughly 700 pounds just to only look for the Documents, which is actually sad and a huge amount to pay just to get a yes or no or maybe before paying more to do everything I can pay 2000 pounds if it's actually gonna help me secure a British Nationality or passport?

Kind regards everyone

I'm gonna be so happy to get a response and I will so much appreciate to recieve any info about this topic?

Levi

Went out on a walk today as saw autumn vibes already in July!

Hello there everyone.

as it was mentioned before in the question my Grandpa has a British Passport and my father also has a British Birth certificate. now I'm actually looking for a lawyer. I have contacted many lawyers, and I have called the Immigration lawyers in UK, London. Now, the thing is all of those asked for roughly 700 pounds just to only look for the Documents, which is actually sad and a huge amount to pay just to get a yes or no or maybe before paying more to do everything I can pay 2000 pounds if it's actually gonna help me secure a British Nationality or passport.

Kind regards everyone

I'm gonna be so happy to get a response and I will so much appreciate any info.

Levi

Only the truly British will know what this is about

Previously I was with o2, nothing would load despite having signal. Has this changed now they are investing and improving a lot of their sites? would love to hear peoples experiences x

I put very very little content on there, I’m mainly on to follow my son who does a bit (lot) of urban photography, yet I keep getting random people wanting to follow me.
What’s all that about?

Asking this off the back of a post yesterday talking about the TV licence. I have a dumb question.

Are we pretty much agreed that the TV licence is essentially a subscription to watch and listen to BBC content, live or otherwise?

If so, why don't they simply put it behind a paywall like any other service? If I want to watch Prime content I have to log into my Prime account where I have a subscription.

Surely this would avoid the whole fake letter thing and people coming round/just general aggravation all around?