As I said on the other thread, not the ones pretending to be anxious.   I wouldn't be so sure on that myself.  Nothing would surprise me

Bit more than a few flowerpots ..

The county of Blaenau Gwent, where Ebbw Vale is located, received nearly $200 million (£150 million) in European Union redevelopment funds over a 15-year period leading up to the 2016 Brexit referendum

A465 Heads of the Valleys Road: The EU contributed £79 million toward the wider £900 million dual-carriageway upgrades, including an £82 million package that paid for more than half of the 5-mile section between Brynmawr and Tredegar bypassing Ebbw Vale

The Works Steelworks Regeneration: The EU co-funded a massive £350 million regeneration masterplan to convert the defunct Ebbw Vale Steelworks site. It delivered a new mixed-use development featuring housing, retail space, wetlands, and a learning campus.

Blaenau Gwent Learning Zone: The EU specifically backed the construction of this flagship further education campus located on the former steelworks site

Ebbw Vale Town Centre Regeneration: The European Convergence Programme approved a significant contribution toward a £12.2 million project to revitalize the main town center, with specific sub-allocations including £1 million directly for core town enhancements

The Regain Building: Subsidies funded this highly sustainable business incubation center built to foster commercial innovation and advance local clean-tech expertise

Ebbw Vale Enterprise Zone: Financial packages designated the town as a Tier 1 area, providing incoming manufacturing and commercial companies with the highest tier of corporate grant aid available anywhere in the UK

the ONS reports that the UK government's net contribution to the EU – that is, the difference between the money it paid to the EU and the money it received – was £11.0 billion in 2018 compared with the £20.0 billion theoretical liability.

Quite obviously, the government could cut out the middle man and all of many negatives that came with eu membership, and funded the projects it wanted to.

I haven’t used Reddit in a very long time but it’s nice to see such a helpful and sincere community, and I thought it might help ease my anxieties to make a post.

I applied for PIP in Spring 2023 for OCD, though I was denied for not having a formal diagnosis. I received a formal diagnosis in September 2023. I reapplied for PIP at the beginning of this year after being recommended to do so due to how severe and debilitating my condition has gotten. I had my assessment in April and got my result in May with 0 points across everything, and the report was like reading about another person entirely. It was like they didn’t read anything I gave and the two additional statements I provided from my carer and somebody who sees the impact of my condition everyday.

I applied for a MR afterward and it was processed in June. On the 11th of August I received a text in the morning saying that they need to call me before reconsidering my case. I got the phone call and it was just security questions and asking if I could handle a lump sum of money.

I was already terribly anxious but my anxiety propelled massively after that phone call. I called the helpline on the 13th and they said a decision was made on the 11th, which I presume to be after my phone call, but they said that they can’t let me know the decision outcome and that I need to wait for the letter. I know this sounds dramatic, been so anxious to the point of tears and it has been all I’ve been thinking about. This condition has taken so much from me and has been so physically and mentally taxing to deal with every day and it’s so disheartening to be invalidated by being essentially told “haha no you don’t actually struggle”.

I saw that you receive a text if you were awarded and that you can see if you have been awarded on Gov Online but I haven’t gotten anything from either still, but maybe I’m just being impatient/paranoid because of how nervous I am. I’m just looking for some kind words and positivity and to not feel so alone. I know that there is a tribunal you can apply for but I have no idea how to get support for that.

Studies suggest that leaving the EU has reduced the UK economy's size by roughly 6%, translating to a loss of £100 billion to £240 billion annually in economic output and tens of billions in lost tax revenues, alongside a direct financial settlement ("divorce bill") estimated at around £30.2 billion to £37.1 billion.

yes well compare gdp to the major eu countries since we left. I'm pretty sure it's higher than Germany for example.

there is no tangible difference. we are in line with them.

obviously again, lockdowns destroyed any like for like comparison with the same country.

most people producing those studies have a huge agenda (ergo, making it up)

what are they doing

Correct me if I’m wrong Farage stood in safe seat and only managed to beat bin man 2-1,  for example if he had stood in Glasgow he would have been wiped out.
I maintain it looks like hollow victory to myself but in fairness he got job done but is all you can say positive about it from reform party.

Bit like saying if Steven Flynn stood in Clacton he would get wiped out.

Fair point but Flynn is anti union I think he’s SNP, so he is massively stand inEngland Farage in my limited knowledge is pro union, I might be wrong, so Farage could stand in Glasgow.

Cider I take you’re point and agree but you must agree he didn’t win convincingly against bin man.

I thought Arsenal won easy today and Celtic won easy yesterday Dixie simpler mathematics

Any thoughts on the betting for 2nd by-election? Farage would be 1.01 from the outset so no interest there, but a 2nd place market would be interesting

Binface was there for the anti Farage locals and got 9,000 votes, so why would they need to look elsewhere next time?

Farage's issues will be forgotten and the focus will all be on whether Burnham and Badenoch 'lose to a bin'.

So this isn't working out the way Labour and Tories hoped, which makes me think there won't be a 2nd by-election.

The tories never stood in the last by election.

yak stating the completely obvious

mafeking never said the tories did stand in the last by election did he ?

2nd by election would follow parliamentary sanction against farage.

He jumped the gun thinking he could avoid scrutiny

How long they take is another matter.

Voters coalesced around Binface, and will coalesce around farrages best placed opponent, likely to be the tory candidate.

Farrage will be short price to win, but long term benefit to others is to expose his sleaze and corruption on national basis via Clacton.

I don't think Count Binface will stand again in Clacton.