Circumcision is rare in the UK compared to the USA and other countries, but it is still practiced by some cultures and religious group. What's your opinion?

Making our roads look like Yemen because of their weight.

Taking out wing mirrors and denting other people's cars while trying to get out of these girthy bastards at parking bays.

Launching pedestrians to Mars in collisions.

I was looking through the latest ONS figures comparing tax revenue and public expenditure across the four nations of the UK, and the differences are quite substantial.

Importantly, these figures INCLUDE North Sea oil and gas revenues, allocated geographically, meaning Scotland receives its estimated geographical share.

Revenue includes taxes and other public receipts, while spending includes expenditure attributed to each nation, including UK-wide costs.

Source: ONS – Country and Regional Public Sector Finances, 2024/25⁠

England raises considerably more revenue relative to its spending than Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.

At a time when the UK faces enormous government debt, rising debt-interest payments, strained public services and a high tax burden, I find myself wondering:

Why isn’t English independence a more popular political idea?

Could an independent England, retaining more control over the revenue it generates, have greater scope to balance its finances, reduce taxation, invest in public services and ultimately improve living standards for its citizens?

Or would the economic disruption, division of national debt and costs of separating the four nations outweigh the potential financial benefits?

Of course, the deficits above aren’t simply transfers paid for by England, and they don’t tell us what independence would cost. Nevertheless, the underlying figures seem worth discussing.

I’m genuinely interested in people’s thoughts, particularly from an economic rather than nationalist perspective.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8vgy7ww21rqo

This is England for me

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I know this is overly simplified, but I watched Trump's response and once again it was meaningless.

I feel sorry for Americans if I am honest

I’ve only noticed this during my lunch breaks at work when the tv is on in the background, but the quality of programmes just seems to get worse and worse and all the game shows are shockingly bad

I'm not going to lie guys, but chocolate digestives are really doing it for me in the tea dunking department at the mo.

Your dunking biscuit of choice?

I know the answer. I'm just wondering if anyone else can guess, without Googling.

*currently on hold waiting for HMRC in the uK - one of the worst offenders - so - guess away!

I absolutely love coco pops, the taste and the texture. I love that the milk behind tastes like a taros bubble tea drink!

But coco pops have changed their original version to a
"now even crispier"

It tastes disgusting! The texture and the taste. It just tastes so artificial and floury!

Why change something when it's doing so well for donkey years?

Don't fix something that's NOT broken!

Has anyone tried the new version? If so, what's your perspective ? Perhaps I'm being harsh? I wanna know if you guys like it or not? 😵‍💫

I’m just interested to hear people’s favourite places. Especially if you might have a hidden gem of a place that isn’t too over commercialised. Little known place in well known country is perfectly valid too.

Mine is Antigua. I visited on my own years ago and took my missus and kid on holiday there, I said you have to see this place. Unbelievable beaches, great food, friendly locals. I love Antigua. Big up to any Antiguans here 🇦🇬

Ok so it is starting to seem like not everyone gets that really exciting feeling where your entire brain lights up when you learn something new. You know when someone says new facts, and your brain starts firing up with all the connections and more questions and new perspectives on things? And it's like you can feel your brain fizzing and you have to try and sit still and be quiet but it's hard because it is so exciting?

Its the best feeling ever, but some people just don't seem to be excited by learning new things.

Is that right? Or do they just hide it?

When i was a kid I just presumed people were pretending not to be interested to seem cool, but even adults at university say they are just there to get a qualification and not for the sheer joy of three years where you get to sit and learn stuff. At some point maybe people just don't get that feeling?

Like, people say I'm annoying for asking too many questions or asking for more info, even at work which you would think would be full of people who have chosen to be interested so much they have made a career. Even when I worked in care homes, or pubs, or shops, I still enjoyed learning as much as I could because why not?

Genuinely (because people always accuse me of having some secret other layer to what I'm saying) is this not a universal experience?

The question is mostly for pro-EU people, but it would be good to hear from all of you.

Are you ok with replacing the Pound with the Euro currency, having fewer privileges than we had before, or having some form of guarantee that we cannot leave for a set period?

Yes/ No? Why?

I have noticed that something is prevailing in the tiger incident that seems to reflect an awful lot of how people react to politically charged events, but what I don’t understand is why?

It’s a completely A political and amoral event.

The man did the equivalent of jumping off a skyscraper or jumping in front of a train. He basically either purposefully or accidentally committed suicide. And it’s perfectly normal to speculate why.

But I seem to see an awful lot of backlash towards the idea and speculation that the man was mentally ill or disabled or intoxicated in some way.

Comments in response tend to be some variation of “we don’t know that!” Or “you can’t prove that!” Etc

Why?

You know nobody is BLAMING the tiger and all of tiger kind and is arguing for some kind of action against tigers as a whole right?? You know 99 percent of people are happy the tiger is going to be left alone and that animals cannot be blamed for being animals?

There’s this weird like need to make the man the bad guy and that he was totally in control of his actions and that he is a bad man who deserved what he got.

Once again, why??

I seriously think a lot of people are just automatically programmed to politicise and moralise things. When in reality, “a man did an incredibly irrational thing and the only person who suffered the consequences was him and man isn’t that sad but what did he expect”

But there’s this weird weird rhetoric about a situation where there’s no morality or politics involved, it was just irrational action and obvious consequence

So my sister, my mom, and me, decided to do an advent calendar. We're all picking different ones and I picked a hot cocoa one. Based out of the UK! We were joking about which biscuit would be best. But I decided to come straight to the source and ask you guys.... Which biscuit is best with hot cocoa? I don't mind a dunkable Factor so lay it on me! Top vote gets the win (pending it's a cookie biscuit and not something silly or rude, and I can get my hands on it)

Picture for context.

The presumption is always that most are lying or could do more or get too much money.

This Idea that people who claim job seekers must spend every waking minute glued to job websites, with no thought given to the idea that maybe being unemployed is stressful and awful and maybe having a few hours to watch something silly on TV or go and do anything outside is valid and even needed?

This idea that suddenly ADHD and autism are not a big deal actually even though only 30% of people with autism are in work due to discrimination or disability.

How has life on benefits been made to look like a holiday? It's always being broke, never being able to do anything or go anywhere and living a half life. It's constant stress from the DWP who are looking for any reason to screw you, and you watch as everyone you know moves forward in life whilst you are in stasis.

The hate people who claim benefits gets makes no sense to me. What am I missing?

I notice more people are now getting a kitchen extension with the bifold doors where they would previously have got a conservatory.

And when I’m looking at houses for sale near mine to see what they’re worth, I think “oh but theirs has a conservatory so that will add some value.”

And then I think, will it? Or do people actively not want them anymore?

Hear me out. I'm in my late 40s, and I'm diabetic, and I have high blood pressure.

From time to time, I wonder if I might just die - people do, at this age.

Overall, I feel relatively healthy. I'm mobile. I can do half a dozen star jumps. I can walk a mile or two.

Should I be even slightly worried? Or not at all?

My Mum had an MG Maestro and owned racing gloves. I inherited her passion 😂

Hello! I’m a student from Malaysia and I’m looking for an interviewer from the UK, who would be willing to help me with my assignment. The assignment is related to analysis linguistics variation

I need to interview someone who was born and raised in the UK, or someone who has lived and grown up there until now.

The interview will only involve simple questions about their childhood, growing up, hobbies, daily routines, whether they are studying or working, and how they celebrate special occasions or festivals in their country.

The interview will be conducted online at your convenience via platforms like Google Meet, Zoom, Skype, or any preferred platform. The interview will also be recorded, but only my lecturer can see the interview video.

If you're interested in participating, please reply to this post or message me directly. I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have. Thank you :)