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Yuriy Akopov
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I think it is a good policy, and am glad the government took the risk, but it is universally unpopular including among working class people.
November 27, 2025 at 9:08 AM
We all dislike how the government seems to be guided by polls, but lifting 2 child benefit cap is firmly opposed by the public inc. by the majority of Lab voters.

This is a bold move and a gift to the young - the only group that is net positive about lifting it.

Give the government credit for it.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This got me blocked in the end:
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Working class people are not the majority in Britain: www.ons.gov.uk/employmentan...

This absolutely doesn't mean "life is good actually", it is not and is getting worse, but people who cooked their brains on poverty porn aren't helping.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Take a break.
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Wait, I get it now, they simply believe that the "Nicolas (30 ans)" meme is exactly 50% correct!
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
November 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The latest threads by Will Stancil are all about that the housing crisis is made up.......….

Choosing to understand it as something that might indeed be true in the US of A (even though the same arguments are used in the same debate here in Britain as well).
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Ok, this one is good actually.
November 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"Not. One. Bit."
November 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Mstislav Rostropovich went bald early and was then rocking Norwood 7 till the end (he is 32 in the first photo, 60 on the second, 78 on the third).

Few have this courage today.
November 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
*looking for the exact best fitting anime frame*
November 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I only go rarely, so don't remember it precisely, but I think all or almost all of my last 5 were a local orchestra, Harmony Sinfonia: www.harmonysinfonia.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 AM
November 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
"Go Robert Mueller and the rule of law!"
November 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Westminster bridge did its naughty shadow thing again today.
November 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The NHS doomsday clock that is never further than 5 minutes away from the midnight. Minute hand periodically moved on live TV by a group of people in scrubs. They look very serious.
November 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Roofer used a Mavic drone to access the state of my garage roof, maybe the first time I saw it being used not for entertainment (apart from the war videos where they drop grenades).
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
November 14, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Net migration IS coming down quite fast, and we will soon know who was right about whether it was a good or a bad idea economically and politically.
November 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Got another film back:
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
November 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Went to Sanna Marin's talk:
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM