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Wen, to UKpolitics
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Why some inheritance regimes are more unequal than others

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/08/why-some-inheritance-regimes-are-more-unequal-than-others

Bell's article uses some interesting comparisons from Germany where in the 19th and 20th centuries, inheritance laws differed across the contry.

Wen, to DadBin
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Vulnerable children locked up and ‘gravely damaged by the state’, England’s former top family judge warns

Sir James Munby says measure reflects government’s ‘shocking moral failure’ to help those with complex needs

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/09/locking-vulnerable-children-up-moral-failure-says-england-top-family-judge-james-munby

simon_brooke,
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@Wen As someone who spent much too much of his childhood in mental hospital (in Edinburgh), I feel this.

A much better, kinder, cheaper, more humane, more rational thing to do with us would have been to kill us.

Wen, to running
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Morning stroll.

Ran with the Collie (12k, concrete road, some track) and then returned to take my mums elderly terrier for her 2k walk. Clearly the pair of them have had a disagreement overnight. They still are not talking after breakfast.

Wen,
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@Delphi The Collie does moonlight a couple of days a week on an ad hoc basis at the farm he came from (just down the road) and my partner, although not running at the moment, is extremely fit and keen. So he gets a decent amount of exercise - rarely enough though.

Delphi,
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@Wen The moonlighting is great. You sound like the perfect people to have a collie. What a lucky dog.

Wen, to UKpolitics
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Don’t underestimate Starmer’s push for workers’ rights – it could be his defining legacy

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/07/labour-workers-rights-keir-starmer-workplace

Could being the operative word. Workers do not fund his party, and he s determined to keep them out.

#UkPolitics #LaboutCorruption

Roadwarrior29,
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@Wen Many of us in Fire&Rescue withdrew our political levy in favour of the Labour Party many, many years ago. The people, big business, who used to fund the Blue Tories, now fund the Red Tories.

russellt,
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@Wen

Time the unions disaffiliated!

Wen, to UKpolitics
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There is no ‘change’ for Britain without a massive injection of cash. Why won’t our politicians admit it?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/07/no-change-britain-without-injection-cash-politicians-admit-it-labour

There is a simple answer. Labour and the Conservatives rely on commercial support - not party members. Voters are just fodder.

Another very English perspective but I suppose I can forgive that - just be careful about using the British title in future.

#poverty #UkPolitics #LabourCorruption #ToryCorruption #ChildPoverty

Wen, (edited ) to UKpolitics
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Infant mortality is rising and births are plummeting. This is the legacy of 14 years of Tory cruelty

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/07/infant-mortality-births-children-tory-government

In pursuit of the American (health) dream….

Labour has said little on child poverty, although the shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting, has pledged a “strategy for not just reducing child poverty but ending child poverty”.

Remember - Scotland it trying and it is working.

#NHS #InfantMortality #LabourPromises #TotyCorruption #LabourCorruption #UkPolitics

Wen, to animals
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Time for a new enclosure

We always need somewhere other than keep her while grass is cut. And not having very much time on our hands, we have bought an almost assembled tortoise run.

I am relying on the Collie to interpret the instructions - my partner is of no use…. Meanwhile he is convinced he can work his stick into the construction.

#Tortoise #ScottishBorders #Collie #TortoisesOfMastodon #DogsOfMastodon

Wen, (edited ) to Scotland
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Countryside access curbs in England ‘cost six times’ Scotland’s right to roam

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jun/06/englands-restrictive-rural-access-rules-cost-six-times-that-of-scotlands-figures-show

It is actually a right to access responsibly. But what the hell, it will always be used as a stick to beat Scotland by most of the MSM.

I am however very very amused. This must be the first vaguely positive article the Guardian has published about Scotland. Have they got the right country? Or was their ;Scottish Correspondent' on hols?

#Access #Scotland #ScottishIndependence #LandReform

Wen, to Scotland
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Guardian on Labour’s Welsh dilemma: winning a landslide with a lame duck leader

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/06/the-guardian-view-on-labours-welsh-dilemma-winning-a-landslide-with-a-lame-duck-leader

That is not what his leader believes, and it might help his cause if he was not supported by a truly corrupt company. Labour AND the Guardian wake up. Amazing statement ‘Since 2019, UK ministers have disregarded constitutional norms by legislating in areas devolved to the Senedd.’ - they have never said the same thing about .

Wen, to teknologi
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We never agreed to only buy HP ink, say printer owners

https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/11/hp_inc_ink_filing/?td=keepreading

After the Mike Lynch debacle when the jury decided that the US judicial system should not be used to cover the arses of incompetent HP execs we have this…

I suspect that HP is a sell for any investor paying attention.

Thebratdragon,
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@Wen yeah I needed a colour laser, so had to buy new.

Wen,
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@Thebratdragon Well for us, a reliable black and white printer suffices for most printing and when high quality colour is needed the Epson copier/scanner/printer is great - if a wee bit slower.

Wen, to UKpolitics
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Incoming ministers ‘will face UK public services on brink of collapse’

https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jun/07/incoming-ministers-will-face-uk-public-services-on-brink-of-collapse

That's what you get by voting tories in. We have done a fair amount in mitigation in Scotland, but Westminster and the England dominance of the ‘voluntary’ union continues to hold us back. The removal and squandering of Scottish/UK resources for ideological reasons did not help either.

Wen, to cycling
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Wales and 20mph speed limits

From The Times today

'However, figures published this week show injuries on the roads fell by a third in the final quarter of last year compared to the same period a year earlier. After a review, the Welsh government agreed to more 30mph exemptions but insisted that most roads should remain at 20mph.’

The hysteria about 20mph was just that - rabble rousing based on no attention to the details. That included Times reporting.

#cycling #walking #wales #UkPolitics

Wen,
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#cycling #walking #wales #UkPolitics

I should add that for 5 months of the year we live in the Scottish Borders (migrate north during the winter for reasons). We have had 20mph limits on most roads in towns and village for some years - actually a Conservative policy, supported by most - and it has made a noticeable difference to traffic and pedestrians during that time.

alper,
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@Wen Right wing fear mongering latching onto a topic they know would get currency. That’s all it ever is.

Wen, to animals
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Breakfast meditations

#CatsOfMastodon #ScottishBorders

Wen, to random
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‘will extend child benefit to wealthier families

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/06/tories-pledge-to-raise-pay-threshold-for-child-benefit-charge

So at an estimated cost of £1.5Bn the threshold for will be extended to £120,00 a year.

They really are taking the piss here. usage the highest it has ever been, the on its knees, in crisis and now this.

Apparently it will be paid for by cracking down on . What thought this gem up? They really want to lose.

Roadwarrior29,
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@Wen Of course, the Tory way....

Wen, to random
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Scottish Tory leader says he plans to stand in key SNP target seat

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/06/scottish-tory-leader-douglas-ross-says-he-plans-to-stand-in-key-snp-target-seat

It’s been covered by others, but the Tory desperation to find somewhere he might win, by dumping one of their own amuses me.

#ToryDesperation #ToryCorruption #DRoss #ScottishIndependence

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