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dave, 1 month ago to random

It's sad to hear about the death of one of my Wild West Midlands heroes. The light shines on. #ELO

Richard Tandy, ELO keyboardist who shaped band’s futuristic sound, dies aged 76
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/may/02/richard-tandy-dies-aged-76-death-elo-electric-light-orchestra-keyboardist

dave, 1 month ago to random

I know I'm a pedant, but I've seen a couple of news outlets using the words "sent to Rwanda" in this context. If the person knew the destination in advance, and went voluntarily, they haven't been "sent" anywhere? #RwandaNotInMyMame

dave, 1 month ago to random

For those of you who need reminding, many of the things wrong with this country (irrespective of your political leanings) are the fault of the party that's been in charge for two thirds of the past 100 years, and all of the past 14. This website might help you to change that:

#GTTO

https://stopthetories.vote

dave, 1 month ago to random

To translate Sunak's speech, we're going to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP. We are going to achieve this by keeping the spending the same and reducing GDP. It's a proven technique, as demonstrated by Brexit.

dave, 1 month ago to climate

When the West Antarctic ice sheet melts, perhaps very soon, we will most likely have a million refugees all of our own. What are we going to do? Send them to #Rwanda?

I'm disgusted that our government is not tackling the real issues that we are currently dealing with and will have to deal with in the future. The Tory party are just desperately trying to grab any votes from whatever batshit crazy minority faction they can find. They don't care about this country. They only care about themselves, their jobs, and their lucrative sidelines.

#ClimateChange #ToriedDestroyingOurCountry

dave, 1 month ago to random

Today is St. George's Day and I'm frankly ashamed to be English, and I'm ashamed of what our country had become under the cruel leadership of the Tories.

In addition to being ashamed, I'm also pretty angry. I hope the Tories are obliterated at the next election. Every single Tory MP who has voted for this legislation, and has pretended that there are safe and legal routes to claim asylum in the UK, deserves to burn in the fires of hell for all eternity, as far as I'm concerned.

Guardian: UK passes bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/22/rwanda-deportations-bill-passes-parliament-sunak

#RwandaBill
#RwandaNotInMyName
#ToriesDestroyingOurCountry

dave, 1 month ago to random

That's the first thing Putin has done for a long time that makes any sense!

Russia designates Meta an extremist organisation | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/meta-russia-ban-facebook-extremist-ukraine-b2532808.html?utm_source=press.coop

dave, 1 month ago to random

The #GMC should stick to matters of medical practice. It's them that have brought their profession into disrepute. I'm 100% behind this sadly former GP.

BBC News: Tribunal: Just Stop Oil doctor's fitness to practice 'impaired' - BBC News
BBC News - Tribunal: Just Stop Oil doctor's fitness to practice 'impaired' - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1vw4k9qn29o

dave, 1 month ago to UKpolitics

The Conservative and Unionist Party; the party of family values.

Discuss.

#TorySleazeParty
#UKPolitics

dave, 2 months ago to random

A lovely day in Devon, waking from Brixham round to Sharkham Point. It was very windy on Berry Head though (gusts of 40-50mph).

A fishing boat battling against a strong wind and a very choppy blue sea. Lots of white horses.
A shadow of a man on a beach. The sea is close on the left, and the cliffs of the bay are ahead.
A busy harbour. A boat with a bright red hull is in the foreground. Across the harbour lines of houses reach back up the hill side. The sky is cloudless blue.
A beach with a large piece of driftwood. Blue sky with fluffy clouds. The sea is calm in the sheltered bay.

dave, 2 months ago to random

The screenshot is from an article today about the Post Office IT scandals, in the i newspaper. The fact that the author deems it's necessary to explain what a floppy disk is/was makes me feel ridiculously old.

dave, 2 months ago to random

According to the Guardian, "Labour may fail to grab target seats as young voters turn away over Gaza and climate"

I'm definitely not a young voter, and I resigned my membership over the abandoned climate policy (amongst other things), and would do so over their response to the Gaza crisis too. I understand the argument that they are better than the Tories and a step in the right direction, but I don't see how their economic and other policies are going to make any difference to this country. Austerity has been proven not to work, and it will just leave the door open for an even bigger lurch to the right in 2029. Government borrowing is not bad per se; it's what it's spent on that matters.

Tory-lite is not going to cut it.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/11/labour-may-fail-to-grab-target-seats-as-young-voters-turn-away-over-gaza-and-climate

dave, 2 months ago to random

If it doesn't fit, you must acquit.

I must remember that the next time I commit a double homicide, I should take a very ill-fitting item of clothing with me and leave it at the scene. Ideally, a size 8 dress or something, to doubly confuse the feds 🤣

dave, 2 months ago to random

My local MP, Harriet Baldwin, has been awarded a damehood. However, I shall continue to afford her the same level of respect I always have, and in the unlikely event of her knocking on my door I shall take even more pleasure in telling her to F off.

It's not clear what she's received the honour for. Probably, always voting as instructed by the whips, reliably smiling when having her photo taken in front of things she's claiming credit for (regardless of the validity), and holding onto a safe seat during difficult times.

The honours system stinks.

dave, 2 months ago to random

If the assisted dying bill is passed by the Scottish parliament, I wonder if it will be vetoed by Westminster?

UK membership soars by 24% as assisted dying in Scotland moves closer
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/28/dignitas-uk-membership-assisted-dying-scottish-parliament-bill?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

dave, 2 months ago to random

Despite having to actually get up and catch an early train rather than just stumbling blurry-eyed into the study, I was in a good mood, until…

dave, 2 months ago to random

#BBCNews just ran an article on the ten o'clock news basically pushing the government agenda on Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs). It failed to mention this government commissioned report...

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/08/low-traffic-neighbourhoods-generally-popular-report-ordered-by-sunak-finds

#BBCToryBias

dave, 3 months ago to random

Could anyone tell me what these little birds are? As seen in Dorset, UK.

dave, 3 months ago to random

The #Tory government demonises minorities and the vulnerable, supports murderous regimes, encourages racism and suppresses peaceful protest. The nasty party? It sounds more like the Nazi party to me.

Sunak is now complaining about so-called mob rule. Well, so am I! After 14 years of this criminal, self-serving mob ruling the country I've really had enough.

We need to get the #ToriesOut, and get #ProportionalRepresentation in, so we can move forward with a less divided and more caring society, and a country that works for everyone.

dave, 4 months ago to random

I'd just like to point out that saying that Israel is using unnecessary violence, is killing tens of thousands of innocent people (hating Israel is not a crime), and that there must be a peaceful, fair solution "between the river and the sea" is not antisemitic.

We must stop supplying weapons, funding and encouragement by passively standing by.

#CeasfireNow
#Gazs

dave, 4 months ago to random

Would someone please explain why saying "fucking Israel' is anti-Semitic? Calling for Britons fighting for the IDF, and thus supporting genocide, to be locked up is also fairly reasonable in my opinion.

#Labour #Gaza

dave, 4 months ago to random

I just can't vote Labour...

"Kate Osamor, a Labour MP, was suspended in January for saying Gaza should be remembered as a genocide on Holocaust Memorial Day, while McDonald lost the whip in October for telling a pro-Palestine rally: “We will not rest until we have justice. Until all people, Israelis and Palestinians, between the river and the sea, can live in peaceful liberty.”

That was from yesterday's Guardian. I just don't know what #Labour and Starmer stands for, although I fear it's the same as the Conservatives, and doesn't include fairness, decency, humanity, or concern for what matters to most ordinary people.

dave, 4 months ago to random

Donald Trump says he would encourage Russia to attack Nato allies who pay too little, says the Guardian. He's as mad as a box of frogs, but by this time next year he'll most likely be in charge of a large nuclear arsenal.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/11/donald-trump-says-he-would-encourage-russia-to-attack-nato-countries-who-dont-pay-bills

dave, 4 months ago to random

Someone is recommending that the government penalise the privatised utilities companies for ruining our pavements. Well, you can guarantee that the current government isn't going to do anything to correct the 'mistakes' of the Thatcher years, or jeopardise the profits of their privatised friends.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/09/call-uk-utility-firms-higher-fines-street-scars-pavements

dave, 4 months ago to climate

Reservoirs in Catalunya are 16% full, following 40 months of drought. The #ClimateEmergency is happening, right now, and affecting ordinary people every day. It's long past the time when politicians should have stepped up, and the #LabourParty abandoning their £28bn green policy is totally the wrong thing to do.

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/02/01/spain-expected-to-declare-drought-emergency-today-with-big-fines-for-breaking-water-rules