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HumanPenguin, to uk_politics in Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer to kick off election campaigns
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Classic but accurate

HumanPenguin, to linux in GNOME Shell & Mutter Broke Their Good Faith With Ubuntu
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As gnome shell and ubuntu. Have nio such good faith agreement.

And thisbis just a process ubuntu has to reduce its own work load.

Who really cares. Ubuntu can include and reject any software they choose.

Ubuntu users can also add and take what ever risks they choose.

And gnomeshell can choose to change there releases and software as they choose.

This os the cost of free as in speach software. If you are need 3rd parties to make your software work. You have to accept they have the same freedoms you insist on.

Personally i prefer that and the option to use older versions if thing go wrong. Then a privrate for profit ccompany making the same choices with less freedom for me.

HumanPenguin, to unitedkingdom in Rishi Sunak announces 4 July general election
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I’m am going to correct myself a little.

I said not voting favours the incumbent. Currently that is less true then in the past. The principle has always been. People in your area will be more likely to vote for consistency. It is just a human nature thing. We avoid change. So the MP you have now is more likely to win. Unless many people are motivated to change.

This election is pretty unique. Even compared to 97. We have many many voters thinking like you. But outright hate in many tory traditional safe seats. Add the huge change in many borders.

Things are a little less predicable then ever. I’m still not a fan of the don’t vote idea. But honestly have less data to challenge the logic.

HumanPenguin, to unitedkingdom in Rishi Sunak announces 4 July general election
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Nods.

Wish green was a winnable option in my area.

They are far from great. But at least are a real change in Ideas.

HumanPenguin, to unitedkingdom in Rishi Sunak announces 4 July general election
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Nope. Fptp is fucking crap.

But you are correct. 2 evils.

But beyond genocide. One is planing to use culture war blaming and punishing disabled to fund tax cuts.

While the other just refuses to invest in a nation where voters are scared of spending.

There is a clear lesser of the evils. And refusing to vote also favours the incubant party.

I live in a constituency where labour is not the most likely way to remove a tory mp. So other bad options exist. At least one that a.so hates fptp in my area.

But unfortunately you are correct. Our fake democracy forces you to look at the history of your area. And avoid voting for the greater of multiple evils.

HumanPenguin, to uk_politics in Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer to kick off election campaigns
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Risky sunks promises boil down to one thing.

More tax cuts funded by punishing the most venerable in society. Totally ignoring all his claimed improvements to the econ… Have benefited the wealthy corporate elites. Who’s income has increased hugly relative to inflation. While the voters he is trying to convince immigration and disabled are to blame. Have lost money relative to inflation.

He is desperat.y trying to ignite a culture war to excuse his own parties obsessive austerity for loss of service quality.

While Kier Starmer simply lacks a will to invest.

Both pretty bad. But only one can be seen as outright cruel.

HumanPenguin, to uk_politics in Call for stricter rules to stop UK MPs repeating conspiracy theories
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Well yes. But then conspiracy theories are already being weaponised.

Like any defensive weapon. It needs some seriose consideration on how deployment should be implemented.

I have no answers. But the conversation is very needed.

HumanPenguin, to unitedkingdom in Rishi Sunak announces 4 July general election
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Sorry but that is a little unrealistic atm. We on the left just do not have the support for such a protest to be effective.

Even a weak labour win. Where left of centre mps could slow government function. We don’t have enough MPs with a rebellious streak to limit much. And no other opposition likely to have the numbers to help.

If we had a significant number of green MPs. Maybe. But honestly there are few places where urrent data dose not mean. Voting green is going to help tories rather then create a green mp.

HumanPenguin, to unitedkingdom in Rishi Sunak announces 4 July general election
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Yeah we all know its significance in the US. Because US movies and media are a huge export.

It is just not considered significant when making any plans.

In the UK the whole US UK war was the act of a mad King. Our parliment at the time refused to fund it. And the war bankrupted the royal family. Sorta leading to our current odd funding. Where parliment profits from royal land. And funds the monarch in exchange.

So the events have more historical significance then average brits recognise. But we don’t tend to treat the date any differently beyond the odd. “Oh the yanks will be on holiday.”

HumanPenguin, to unitedkingdom in Rishi Sunak announces 4 July general election
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Yeah not really. The day means nothing to the average brit. No event that happened then is important enough to raise a single eye brow. As another poster pointed out much of the world celebrated something similar on some day in a year.

HumanPenguin, to unitedkingdom in Rishi Sunak announces 4 July general election
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Yeah you may have heard the term. Parliment is sovereign. It literally means there is never a true lame duck.

While parliment is dissolved. And technically the MPs are no longer MPs. Government can act but only in a clear emergency. The act they can always make. Is to request the king to make temporary laws.

Its never happened since the restoration. But technically the point of our constitutional Monarchy is the king passes power back and forth when parliment is opened and devolved.

In the event russia attacked or something else between 30th May and the end of the election count. Likely 5th or 6th. Sunak can operate government as normal. But would ask the king to enact any change in law. And parliment would be opened soonest once everything is sorted.

HumanPenguin, to unitedkingdom in Rishi Sunak announces 4 July general election
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Wow real optomism. I thought that was extinct on the left.

HumanPenguin, to unitedkingdom in Rishi Sunak announces 4 July general election
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Not to different here.

Its not so much about trust. Its more a case of if I have to suffer a dick in my arse. I d like some variety, And a rapest who at least still thinks he should try to convince me I asked for it.

HumanPenguin, to unitedkingdom in Rishi Sunak announces 4 July general election
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Same situ. Never actually made a bet

It did surprise me they had the same odds on hung par.iment as tory win.

1/9 for a labour win.

So please campaign they seem pretty confident in labour majority.

HumanPenguin, to uk_politics in General election speculation mounts as No 10 refuses to rule out announcement
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Rather you then me.

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