Doing his best King Charles impression.

[blup]

Not really. On paper yes. In reality it drains money from the rest of the economy, mostly via the banks headquartered there.

It makes money. Book the re form podcast on capitalism

Joe Bloggs in Sunderland pays his mortgage to Barclays in his local town, who transfer that money to London.

Barclays call centre is in Sunderland, offering employment. Profits attach to the company and are distributed through taxation not location

Very little is actually produced in London.

Nonsense

It sucks money from the rest of the country, claiming it all as though it produced it.

Anti Mayoral propaganda

 

[King Billy]

Indeed he did, and the context was this sequence

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When you wrote "nor is Sadiq" you meant "nor is Spline"? A somewhat strange thing to say in response to me pointing out that Sadiq Kahn was not standing in these elections after Blup had said Spline should stand against him.

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When Blup wrote "Well stand against him then…." to Spline he meant Spline should stand against Spline?

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OK.

Bod is doing his pig impression and trying to get you to wrestle with him in the mud.

 

[SPLINE]

Democracy is being undermined by bringing in no-hopers with no purpose other than being paid by big government to vote for more big government.

The corruption is allowing people who don't contribute to society to shape it.

Quote from Farage in a visit to Bolton yesterday:

People with Pakistani passports who have been here for two years can vote in British parliamentary elections. This is skewing the results. As I say in the past making these arguments led to me being heavily criticised. But an independent group of Lib Dems says they have seen these abuses, and we ought to take it more seriously.

'People with Pakistani passports who have been here for two years can vote in British parliamentary elections' How can that be right?

 

[King Billy]

Quote from Farage in a visit to Bolton yesterday:

People with Pakistani passports who have been here for two years can vote in British parliamentary elections. This is skewing the results. As I say in the past making these arguments led to me being heavily criticised. But an independent group of Lib Dems says they have seen these abuses, and we ought to take it more seriously.

'People with Pakistani passports who have been here for two years can vote in British parliamentary elections' How can that be right?

Farage (or you) is telling lies. Simple
You must be a citizen in order to vote, and merely two years in UK does not qualify you to vote.

Who can register to vote in England​

To register to vote, you must be aged 16 or over (but you can’t vote until you’re 18 years old), and one of the following:

• a UK or Irish citizen
• a qualifying Commonwealth citizen living in the UK
• a qualifying EU citizen living in the UK

https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-elections/who-can-vote-uk-elections

You can apply for citizenship if you’ve lived in the UK for 5 years and have had one of the following for 12 months:

• indefinite leave to remain in the UK
• ‘settled status’ (also known as ‘indefinite leave to remain under the EU Settlement Scheme’)
• indefinite leave to enter the UK (permission to move to the UK permanently from abroad)

Apply for citizenship if you have indefinite leave to remain or 'settled status'

Apply for British citizenship if you have indefinite leave to remain (ILR) - form AN, who's eligible, fees and how to apply.

www.gov.uk

Pakistanis are Commonwealth Citizens. Therefore thy have the right (and have had the right) to vote in UK elections since about 1947.

Pakistan did leave the Commonwealth, and therefore lost the right to vote between 1972 and 1989. But as they rejoined in 1981, they now enjoy Commonwealth Citizenship and the right to vote.

Pakistanis are considered Commonwealth citizens. Although Pakistan left the organization in 1972 and rejoined in 1989, it is currently a member, and its citizens are recognized as Commonwealth citizens under British law, allowing for specific rights in the UK such as voting and, in some cases, holding public office.

Although Pakistan gained independence in 1947 and Pakistanis no longer hold British nationality, they remain Commonwealth citizens under British law. When residing in the United Kingdom, Pakistani citizens are eligible to vote in UK elections and serve in public office there.

Pakistani nationality law - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[IT Minion]

Commonwealth citizens, if they've got skilled worker visas then they're allowed to vote. The same as almost everyone who comes here.

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

Pakistan did leave the Commonwealth, and therefore lost the right to vote between 1972 and 1989. But as they rejoined in 1981, they now enjoy Commonwealth Citizenship and the right to vote.

Pakistani nationality law - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I hope that one's near the front of the queue for the chop after we get a government that actually represents its own people.

The "commonwealth" is just a hangover from the past. We give a lot more than we get nowadays. We should give up with the guilt trip over the empire.

 

[IT Minion]

The "commonwealth" is just a hangover from the past. We give a lot more than we get nowadays. We should give up with the guilt trip over the empire.

I'll bet that's another 'fact' you've pulled out of your cavernous echoing rectum. What metrics are you thinking of?

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

I'll bet that's another 'fact' you've pulled out of your cavernous echoing rectum. What metrics are you thinking of?

Thanks for your kind words.

Errr, everything? We're very charitable to the commonwealth. It needs disbanding, it has little or no value to us and is mostly just a liability in having to let people in who couldn't justify their value to this country if from any other country.

Why should someone from a country that happened to once be part of our empire have priority over someone more skilled, richer or more deserving from another country that wasn't part of our empire? It's irrelevant historic nonsense.

 

[King Billy]

I'll bet that's another 'fact' you've pulled out of your cavernous echoing rectum. What metrics are you thinking of?

You overestimate him

 

[IT Minion]

We're very charitable to the commonwealth

How?

 

[Koolpc]

Woof!

 

[IT Minion]

having to let people in who couldn't justify their value to this country if from any other country.

Which commonwealth rights are those? I thought, with a few tiny exceptions, they were subject to the same rules as other countries.

Another fart fact I think.

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

According to Billy Bull's hit, people from the commonwealth have voting rights from day one that others don't get.

A hugely disproportionate number of immigrants are from the commonwealth. Presumably there are incentives, that's why they come.

 

[King Billy]

According to Billy Bull's hit, ...

Check the facts:

Qualifying Commonwealth citizens are entitled to register as Parliamentary and as local government electors

https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/running-electoral-registration-wales/eligibility-register-vote/what-are-nationality-requirements-register-vote/can-a-commonwealth-citizen-register-vote

 

[IT Minion]

According to Billy Bull's hit, people from the commonwealth have voting rights from day one that others don't get.

So we don't ...

let people in who couldn't justify their value to this country if from any other country.

... Then?

A hugely disproportionate number of immigrants are from the commonwealth. Presumably there are incentives, that's why they come.

Presumably? You mean you pulled that out of your arse. Perhaps the ability to have a say in local democracy is a draw but it doesn't matter to me if the developers I work with are Indian or Polish.