British politics risks an unprecedented shift to the far right as a result of public disillusionment if a Labour government fails to enact radical change, the former shadow chancellor John McDonnell has warned....
Because when you charge 20% on something and the value of that thing doubles you make double the amount too. I think the UK government is way too cosy with big oil and is scared of asking for more
I’m unsure where this problem originates, but my guess would be the instance as it’s consistent no matter where I try to post (local or external communities)....
Conservative MPs are pleading with Reform UK not to stand against them in the general election, the leader of the rightwing populist party has claimed....
Fuck em. Conservatives have had too long to get on with stopping immigration and they’ve done nothing. Losing to Reform is the only way they will learn.
A £94 increase to the average annual household energy bill has come into effect after the regulator upped its price cap in response to a rise in global gas market prices....
We have a lot of gas power stations. These are more efficient, cheaper and cleaner than coal or oil and can be brought online when it’s a cold, windless winter day but when gas goes up, so does the cost of electricity.
Until there’s a considerable battery base installed, this is the way of things for now.
Allies of Keir Starmer claim he has the backing of Labour’s grassroots over his stance on sex- and gender-based rights after a new poll of members suggested they support the party’s updated position on the issue....
Trans women are biological men. They do or did produce small gametes if healthy because they heave XY chromosomes. Biological women do or did produce large gametes if healthy because they have XX chromosomes.
That’s why you use the phrase biological women and biological men. Society can be respectful and let them dress and live as normally as they can but they are men and shouldn’t be allowed in biological women’s spaces.
This is the consequence of pushing an experimental vaccine on people and telling people if they don’t take it they’ll die. People will distrust vaccines that will take years to repair and do so much damage.
I cant argue with someones’ nan’s facebook feed telling them outright lies, but there is a hell of alot of misinformation being peddled - and not just from anti-EV people. Some very pro-EV people also talk total shit. If you havnt considered it, why not?
Why do they HAVE to protest this weekend? Rememberance Weekend? Can’t they protest next weekend? Why does it ABSOLUTELY HAVE to be this weekend? It’s very insensitive to their home country.
The DWP have published the results of a survey on the public’s attitudes to a worrying list of new powers it is considering acquiring, allegedly in order to combat fraud, error and debt in the benefits system....
Look DWP, if you don’t want to give out benefits, just stop doing it. Don’t arrest people. Like you can just say you hate poor people and you don’t think they should have money. This is just getting silly now
I hate it but the public want it. It’s looking over the garden fence, twitching curtian given HD cameras and a police budget. The public are idiots and will vote away their freedom so they can feel safe.
I would relax. This is late teenage years. She’s becoming independant so she can set up her own life. Once she’s left the house and gotten established, you will probably reconnect and have a deeper more adult relationship. Just keep telling her you love her and you’re there for her and keep asking her about her life and what’s happening.
A man who dressed in a latex black “gimp suit” and terrified female motorists on a rural road in Somerset has been found guilty of causing intentional harassment, alarm or distress....
The genius of Britain’s anti-intellectualism (www.ft.com)
The UK is cosmopolitan because it doesn’t overthink
Met rejects calls to investigate Prince Andrew after release of Epstein files (www.theguardian.com)
Britain risks shift to far right if Labour fails to enact ‘radical change’, says John McDonnell (www.theguardian.com)
British politics risks an unprecedented shift to the far right as a result of public disillusionment if a Labour government fails to enact radical change, the former shadow chancellor John McDonnell has warned....
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I’m unsure where this problem originates, but my guess would be the instance as it’s consistent no matter where I try to post (local or external communities)....
Tory MPs pleading with Reform UK not to stand against them, says Richard Tice (www.theguardian.com)
Conservative MPs are pleading with Reform UK not to stand against them in the general election, the leader of the rightwing populist party has claimed....
No excuse for shoplifting because UK's benefits system is very generous, policing minister says (news.sky.com)
Energy bills in Great Britain rise by 5% as price cap increases (www.theguardian.com)
A £94 increase to the average annual household energy bill has come into effect after the regulator upped its price cap in response to a rise in global gas market prices....
Labour grassroots back Starmer’s new stance on gender, allies claim after poll (www.theguardian.com)
Allies of Keir Starmer claim he has the backing of Labour’s grassroots over his stance on sex- and gender-based rights after a new poll of members suggested they support the party’s updated position on the issue....
‘No no no. Avoid them all’: anti-vaccine conspiracies spread as UK cases of measles increase (www.theguardian.com)
Online anti-vaxxers, conflating Covid and MMR theories, are convincing parents against immunising their children
These bus seats have a grey faux leather instead of their usual moquette (lemmy.world)
Discussion: Whats stopping you from getting an EV?
I cant argue with someones’ nan’s facebook feed telling them outright lies, but there is a hell of alot of misinformation being peddled - and not just from anti-EV people. Some very pro-EV people also talk total shit. If you havnt considered it, why not?
Organisers of pro-Palestine marches fear ban on Saturday’s protest in London (www.theguardian.com)
Wasn’t planning on going, but am now seriously considering it. Why is Cruella getting involved....
Can solar and wind power Britain? An update of David MacKay's numbers (www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com)
cross-posted from: derp.foo/post/374476...
DWP considers powers of arrest, seizure and collecting information on where claimants spend money (www.benefitsandwork.co.uk)
The DWP have published the results of a survey on the public’s attitudes to a worrying list of new powers it is considering acquiring, allegedly in order to combat fraud, error and debt in the benefits system....
Maggie's Last Party (Oak Lawn Mix) · V.I.M. (youtu.be)
Highly cultured music
I'm glad we've got MPs around to get to the bottom of things...
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Britain is ‘omni-surveillance’ society, watchdog warns (www.theguardian.com)
The Clock Change: A Thread
Had an absolutely awful night. Our 19 month old has still never slept through, and he’s got a cold…and the clocks have gone back....
Teen daughter - I might as well be an alien to her
Posting this separate after my comment became so long…...
‘Somerset gimp’ guilty of terrifying female drivers in black latex suit and mask (www.independent.co.uk)
A man who dressed in a latex black “gimp suit” and terrified female motorists on a rural road in Somerset has been found guilty of causing intentional harassment, alarm or distress....