"The promises of the fediverse can “solve a pretty huge distribution problem,” Patel said. Instead of spending time building a presence on other platforms for their benefit, a publisher can do that on their own sites — while giving readers the ability to see those posts on other federated platforms." https://digiday.com/media/why-publishers-are-preparing-to-federate-their-sites/
So... If #Westminster (that's London, England for those watching in black and white) govt. politicians can veto Scottish Government decisions then THEY ARE NOT DEVOLVED powers.
'Devolved,' therefore, is just Reserved when they feel like it.
Keir Starmer standing in front of a band of Labour supporters brandishing placards of the Union Jack emblazoned with the word “Change”, does not represent change for Scotland and its people.
“I couldn’t vote for a Labour Party because they back £18 billion of public sector cuts, they’ve chosen to walk away from green commitments. They now don’t want to be part of the single market in Europe and it’ll deny the people of Scotland a choice over its own future. That’s not change, that’s the very same thing that we have at the moment.”
#Taiwan's military mobilised forces & said it was confident it could protect the island, after #China started 2 days of #punishment drills around Taiwan in what it said was a response to "separatist acts".
The exercises in #TaiwanStrait & around groups of Taiwan-controlled islands…,come 3 days after #Lai Ching-te took office as Taiwan's new #president, a man Beijing detests as a #separatist.
China, which views democratically governed #Taiwan as its own territory, has denounced Lai's inauguration speech on Mon, in which he called on #China to stop its threats & on Tues Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called #Lai "disgraceful".
Lai has repeatedly offered talks w/ China but been rebuffed. He says only Taiwan's people can decide their future, & rejects Beijing's #sovereignty claims.
The Eastern Theatre Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (#PLA) said it had started joint military drills, involving the army, navy, air force & rocket force, in areas around #Taiwan at 7:45AM.
The drills are being conducted in the Taiwan Strait, the north, south & east of Taiwan, as well as areas around the Taiwan-controlled islands of Kinmen, Matsu, Wuqiu & Dongyin, the command said in a statement.