I had to check this was actually real...
Fucking hell fellow UK citizens, we are truly through the fucking looking glass now
@Zailrand I'm of two minds about this, but as a 'guest' should probably re-holster.
Good 'ole IDS, still turning around and meeting himself coming back.
****SHOCKER****
@AirRation which bit are you in 2 minds about? My view is very proUBI because I think it would solve many things currently going on - esp the panic buying. Also I fundementally believe we should support people, not markets.
@AirRation Tories. My grandad (mining engineer then undermanger responsible for pit safety) was a life long paternalistic one nation Tory so I grew up arguing the socialist case with him. He was a very lovely and generous man. I never understood it myself.
@AirRation UBI plus some of the controls the supermarkets are introducing on multiple goods would work... Luckily I haven't needed to go shopping since all this kicked off...
@Zailrand
the controls the supermarkets are introducing on multiple goods are not working. the shelves are empty in many stores, people are still hoarding.
@AirRation of course loads of online crap circulating driving it too...
@Zailrand I agree with both those things.
I reholstered so as not to go off about the hypocrisy and backpedaling of the architects of impoverishment and needless claimant deaths.
It was "fine" they insisted, that the poorest people could live on 70 quid a week, but now saying that is not enough. So much chaos, despair and suffering could have been alleviated this last decade.
Not sure UBI would sort panic buying. It's those with cash to spend who are doing it the most. But it's still a + idea.