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  • Jeremy Corbyn's New Group Sounds Very Much Like Another Party Which Is Rising On The Left

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  • Because Farage can split the right to win...

    But the left splitting means it has to lose?

    I desperately want to get politics away from being about figureheads and cults around individuals. But it already looks like Green at looking at a new party with some interest. A decent coalition of "actual" left parties, working together could ... could ... be really quite powerful.

  • Influencers are pitching in

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  • As a content consumer ... none of those "alternatives" are alternatives to youtube.

    They all immediately take you to a "how to buy hosting on our platform, and why our platform is good for hosting" pages. Rather than just taking you to the hosted content. So as a consumer, I now need to work out how to consume the content there. And ... I ain't gonna bother.

    youtube.com the content is right there.

    Youtube is a platform for consumers, that creators have to work for.

  • Nissan unveils new electric car to be built in UK

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  • In a world of fuel efficiency (and range) being a prime seller ... I cannot fathom why low profile saloons (and estates) are not more of a thing. Surely a lighter bodied lower profile vehicle has less drag and therefore better range and efficiency. Surely.

    We're just marketed and, more importantly people are still buying, these bloody great big heavy SUVs with bugger all space inside.

  • NATO ally (Sweden) reveals mass act of unexplained sabotage

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  • The thing that says "click to rate" and has the pointer arm off the chart in it's default "rest" position.

    Right, it's right there

  • Ninja sword owners will be paid to surrender weapons before ban

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  • Performance art.

    Anything in the UK carried for the intent to harm another person is a weapon. I do lots of low impact woodland/forest work. Axes, saws etc. in my bag. If I carried them to a Birmingham park to murder someone they would be weapons and not allowed. If I carry them into a woodland I have a contract to manage, they are tools and allowed.

    These extra rules/laws don't change the above. The swords could still have been outlawed as weapons by the legal system.

    But... doing this means the perl clutches can sleep easy knowing "something is being done"

  • British public thinks supporting Ukraine is more important than good relations with USA

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  • It's almost like the disunity with europe is part of some targeted effort

  • Fears raised over Starmer's plan for troops in Ukraine

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  • You don't do it by appeasing then and allowing them to invade neighbors.

  • Fears raised over Starmer's plan for troops in Ukraine

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  • We were making Russia a geopolitical ally. Russia decided to invade Ukraine. Appeasement met with backstabbing.

  • Fears raised over Starmer's plan for troops in Ukraine

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  • The bully that starts the war doesn't need to be appeased to stop the war. They need to be defeated.

    History tells this is the only way. Appeasement just drags the way out until the bully bullies again.

  • Dishwasher tablets that don't come with loads of plastic?

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  • Government should “urgently” legalise e-scooters says shared transport charity - says serious safety incidents are rare

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  • There are some great examples of cycle lane design out there. And some atrocious examples of cycle lanes that have been built. But that's a separate rant.

    If we had a quality cycle lane network, we could have adapted that to support "more than walking, less that driving" lanes without much issue.

    The earlier we invest in this new class of highway the cheaper and easier it will be.

  • Royal finances: Monarchy to get £45m extra funding - BBC News

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  • The headline there (from the BBC) is incendiary at a minimum.

    I'm no Royalist. But the Monarch actually takes less of a percentage from the estate than they used to. 12% this year down from 25% last year. What has happened, is the crown estate is making more money due to financing green energy strategies which are both environmentally beneficial and financially sound.

    The Monarch taking 12% from the estate, and the estate getting richer means there is more money going into the public domain from the estate that there has been before. This isn't "money from the gubment" being given to the monarch. This is the monarchs businesses are doing better than they have before.

  • Inside Labour's plan to build 'mini' nuclear reactors around UK

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  • It's almost as if we don't all have to pick a team and support everything they do. This isn't sports all, this is politics.

    I can support trans-rights, hate the Rwanda plan and like nuclear if i want to.

  • Woman mauled to death posted video of her dancing with XL bully to song saying 'I don't 'give a f***' about the breed being banned

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  • Replying in this thread because I like the openness and communication of it.

    I completely agree with you Sharp this could be addressed by breeding and training. But ... the end goal is not to have aggressive murder machines on our streets. The breeding of power and aggression into the breed shouldn't have been done in my opinon (or allowed into the UK). Breeding out the aggression, effectively means eliminating the breed anyway and gives us a transition period of completely unknown dogs.

    Unfortunately, the primary reason (in my worthless opinion) for owning these dogs is the visage of power and aggression. The public penalty of that is part of owning that "power symbol". The public reaction to the dogs, is the reason people want them in the first place.

    I do compare this to "assault weapons" in the US. It's not a phrase that makes much clear sense (like XL Bully). If what you want is a working tool, get a different gun/breed. If what you want is a family companion, get a different breed. If you want the power symbol, get the XL Bully or the "assault weapon". There's no specific reason to own that specific dog, except the power symbol.

  • What are your "controversial" opinions that go against popular opinions in the UK?

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  • I keep trying trains, here are some of my experiences. Caveat, I actually like/enjoy driving myself, but I want trains to be good for everyone including me.

    Living in Wiltshire, within walking distance of a train station. Have friends in Kent, again walking distance of a train station. I was visiting those friends a few times a year, maybe even monthly at the time. I didn't have my own vehicle. Jumping on a train with a book, seemed like the good option. The cost was incredible, easily 4x the cost of fuel if I had a car/motorbike (as I later did). The trains were generally on-time, into London. Once I bought a vehicle (motorbike at the time) that became my default. The one time I wanted to leave the motorbike at home due to bad weather, the line was flooded between reading and Paddington and I had to take the bike in the rain anyway. It cost me less to pay the fuel, insurance and outright buy the motorbike in a year than I spent on the train.

    Living in South Wales, travelling to leeds regularly (several times a month). Avoiding the road miles/fuel/carbon, trying to take the train. The journey is long, involved several changeovers. The worst changeover was at Cardiff, I had a 55 minute wait at the end of a 5+ hour journey before a final 20 minute train home. I did get a lot of reading done. I also got a lot of drinking done, that much time sat on a train and I'd have a few cans. Ironically google maps often told me to get off at a station before home, and walk the hour and twenty minutes from Cwmbran home, as it was quicker that taking the layover in Cardiff. Eventually started driving again.

    South wales valleys, into cardiff. Rush hour traffic is horrendous. The drive to work at the weekend was around twenty minutes, during rush hour you'd add an hour to that at least. Started taking the train. Was regularly late to work as the rush hour trains would be at capacity and I wouldn't be able to get on, or they weren't running. I had a 35 minute wait at the station each evening after work, if I worked late I'd often get stuck waiting on the hourly train home. The train, while "in theory" quicker, was even slower than driving; it was less reliable and it worked out more expensive than the fuel.

    The train should be a solid win. But time after time I've ended up buying a vehicle and going back to driving.

  • How's everyone's pets doing tonight?

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  • Got a pair of rescue dogs ... neither of whome can cope.

    The younger one is OK with the first couple of fireworks. But once they become more consistent he gets anxious. I think we can train through that though. We've only had him this year, so this is our first experience.

    The older girl. As soon as the first bang goes off she's a shaking mess. Refuses treats and training just causes her more anxiety. She will completely ignore loud bangs on the TV, so that training method on other days doesn't help.

  • Sikh 'barred from Birmingham jury service' for religious sword

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  • The job of every guard is to look out for threats.

    And this "threat" has already had an exception written into the Security staffing standards. So, despite what that individual thinks, the item is not a security threat and the staff member is in the wrong.

    Apologies have been made, and training hopefully improved.

  • Outrage after Greta Thunberg arrested at London oil summit protest

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  • Funny ... I only know about the protest because she was there and arrested.

    Funny ... you're bothering to promote her acts by commenting on social media about it.

    Go sit in the corner rude boy.

  • BBC ignores Rejoin March as thousands descend on the capital

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  • Attacking people for being misinformed

    But, I was told people were not stupid and they knew what they were voting for. How dare I assume they didn't understand the implication and how dare I think I know more about it than they did.

    I understand your point that attacking people and calling them stupid wont "make them change their mind". But they had the time to research and understand the implications before the referendum. They've had much more time now to go back over it.

    Banging your head on the wall pretending it won't hurt, doesn't make you misinformed or need education. It makes you stupid and it needs to be called out. I don't need to convince someone that banging their head on a wall will hurt.

    Sadly, I do need them to stop banging their head on the wall. As it's a shared house and we've all got to live here. Holes in the wall ain't helping anyone.