Private Eye has been reporting on the Post Office scandal for over a decade: Richard Brooks joins the team to discuss how we got here and where things go next. Plus, updates on the Mirror Hacking debacle and the massive profits being made on Teesside.
Got a small walking treadmill, that now became a fire hazard, rhe motor is sparking, but replacing it seems not feasible as i cannot get a replacement part (the company stopped existing a while ago and doesn’t seem like a main manufacturer). And it seems a slightly more permanent installation than not....
Sooo if you skim the previous posts on here, you’ll know that Feddit.uk’s only Admin (@tom) has been missing for a couple of months and in that time we were defederated by lemmy.world (although we’re back now) and we are one upgrade behind (just a minor fix) with one much bigger one whistling down the pipeline that may...
They’re really descending into the pits of weird fringe politics - like the sort of stuff you’d see from pre-Farage UKIP.
It also seems to be the opposite strategy to Johnson, who was essentially the bullshitting yes man that wanted great, wonderful, positive things for everyone but with no plan on how to achieve it. Instead of grand visions of new (unfeasable) infrastructure projects based on (non existent) future technology that the government will help develop, and impressive sounding targets (with no execution plan) to “make Britain world beating”, we now have policies seeking to actively block and slow development of anything new. Johnson was popular because he was promising progress and great things to everyone. Sunak is now attempting to do the polar opposite of what Johnson used to achieve electoral success, presumably because he’s aiming for the opposite of electoral success???
Taskmaster - Series 17 | Line Up Announcement (youtube.com)
Taskmaster returns soon for Series 17!...
Page 94 - The Private Eye Podcast : Ep.95 Post Haste (www.private-eye.co.uk)
Private Eye has been reporting on the Post Office scandal for over a decade: Richard Brooks joins the team to discuss how we got here and where things go next. Plus, updates on the Mirror Hacking debacle and the massive profits being made on Teesside.
Post Office victims to have convictions overturned (www.bbc.com)
Ministers prioritised driving in England partly due to conspiracy theories (www.theguardian.com)
What is Labour’s £28bn green investment plan — and will it survive until polling day? (www.ft.com)
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Rishi Sunak suggests general election in second half of year (www.bbc.com)
Page 94 - The Private Eye Podcast : Dark Starmer and Dirty COPs (www.private-eye.co.uk)
The team discuss the Labour leader’s newfound love of Thatcher, the news from COP28 and the Telegraph deal that even its journalists are against.
Where to recycle treadmill?
Got a small walking treadmill, that now became a fire hazard, rhe motor is sparking, but replacing it seems not feasible as i cannot get a replacement part (the company stopped existing a while ago and doesn’t seem like a main manufacturer). And it seems a slightly more permanent installation than not....
What the data shows about the UK’s public services doom loop (timharford.com)
Rishi Sunak faces migration dilemma as Tory civil war worsens (www.ft.com)
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‘His days as a Labour MP are over’: Starmer condemns Corbyn’s Hamas stance (www.theguardian.com)
‘Suella is toast’: Inside the Tory backlash against Braverman (www.thetimes.co.uk)
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UK productivity almost flat since the financial crisis (www.ft.com)
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Unambitious King’s Speech suggests a PM who has lost focus and is looking at a post-election future in Silicon Valley (www.thetimes.co.uk)
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The cat who's best friend is an almond (youtube.com)
Local leaders seek to reverse 40 years of UK bus privatisation (www.ft.com)
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This is the first Scottish Labour lead recorded in a Westminster poll since 2014: LAB: 38% SNP: 32% CON: 18% Via @YouGov (twitter.com)
Britain must overhaul the way it approves infrastructure (www.economist.com)
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Six years after Carillion, UK audit reform is still circling the drain (www.ft.com)
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Fedxit: Migrating to a new instance
Sooo if you skim the previous posts on here, you’ll know that Feddit.uk’s only Admin (@tom) has been missing for a couple of months and in that time we were defederated by lemmy.world (although we’re back now) and we are one upgrade behind (just a minor fix) with one much bigger one whistling down the pipeline that may...
Resilient Bonsai Tree Sculptures Burst Through Porcelain Vessels (mymodernmet.com)
‘This is political expediency’: how the Tories turned on 15-minute cities (archive.ph)
More conspiracy nutjobbing from the Tories.
Projects that are experimental or daringly innovating the terminal and command line world?
What projects are out there seeking to innovate in the terminal and command line space, and improve or revolutionize the terminal environment?...