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decembr14

@decembr14@mastodon.scot

International Man of Mystery
Älskare av franska bilar, tysk öl och allt som är svenskt.

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decembr14, to random
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Sunak takes a "day off", and this is what he comes up with.

Tory twattery. Might appeal to the 80-year-olds, but it's not going to win them any votes in the 18-25 age group. Or anyone who isn't likely to die in the next decade...

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/25/sunak-promises-to-bring-back-national-service-for-18-year-olds

decembr14, to lies
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“Putting up trade barriers with your neighbours can make you richer, said the Brexiters. You can simultaneously cut taxes and increase spending, and pay no price, said Truss. Rwanda is a safe country, said Rishi Sunak.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/24/punishment-election-tories-voters-lies

#Tories #Brexit #Election #Lies

decembr14,
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“The 4th of July is a day of reckoning for the chaos and calamity the Conservatives have brought and for the harm they have done. On election day, the Tories don’t deserve merely to lose. They deserve to be punished.”

And Labour deserves to be punished for being Tories By Another Name. At least in Scotland, we have an alternative to vote for… if some people wouldn’t be so bloody feart.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/24/punishment-election-tories-voters-lies

#Tories #Labour #Election #Lies

decembr14, to random
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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.

#Independence #YouYesYet #Starmer #Labour #Election

decembr14,
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“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.”

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24339862.sky-news-stephen-flynn-brilliant-response-question/


decembr14, to Scotland
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‘Bland’ is not good enough. Just being ‘not the Tories’ is not good enough. Especially when your policies are becoming increasingly like the Tories. And you tell us you’re just going to pick up where the Tories left off when you enter government.

In Scotland, we have a real choice. FFS, use it.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/08/keir-starmer-bland-politics-labour

JackTheCat, to random
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Labour reject EU offer of 'free movement for under-30s' | The National

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24265160.labour-reject-eu-offer-free-movement-under-30s/

decembr14,
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@JackTheCat
Unfuckingbelievable.

“A Labour government would seek to improve the UK’s working relationship with the EU within our red lines.”

But there’s the problem, right there. There is very little of any practical, useful improvement in the working relationship with the EU that can be made while sticking rigidly to those “red (wall) lines”. And it will do nothing for our relationship with the EU to dismiss friendly overtures like this out of hand.

decembr14, to Health
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“Yet again, we in Scotland have the lowest life expectancy in western Europe. Here’s how to improve it.”

Breaking away from Westminster would be a good start. Then maybe we could do more about the deprivation at the root of the problem.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/18/scotland-life-expectancy-western-europe-smoking-drinking-drugs-deprivation

decembr14, to london
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UK governments of all political hues are always telling us that London is the “great engine of our economy”, and how much money it makes for the UK.

If that’s the case, why does London consistently attract more government spending per capita than most other parts of the UK? If London is so bloody brilliant at making money, why does it need so much from the taxpayer? Just sayin’…

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24242964.uk-grants-canary-wharf-16k-per-head-extra-funding-scotland/

JackTheCat, to random
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I can't be the only one that immediately forgets their room number when they leave their hotel? 🤷‍♂️

decembr14,
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@JackTheCat
Could be worse. I was once on holiday in Portugal with a group of guys from a club. Two of them returned to the hotel after a walk, went up to the room they were sharing on the second floor, and found their key cards wouldn’t open the door. They went down to reception to complain. Receptionist looked at their key cards and said, “That’s your hotel next door, gentlemen.”

decembr14,
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@spytfyre @JackTheCat
😂
Crazy thing is that the interiors of the hotels looked nothing like each other... it's a mystery how they walked through the building without realising that. They hadn't even been drinking! Anyway, they never got to live it down.

decembr14, to business
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“Corporations that take investors make an impossible promise to increase profits forever. Accordingly, they hire MBAs whose role is to juggle numbers to create ongoing, short-term profit. This juggling is frequently labelled ‘leadership’.”

https://zeldman.com/2024/04/01/our-lady-of-perpetual-profit/

decembr14, to webdev
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This article was written nearly nine years ago, but on the central point—web page bloat—nothing has changed substantially. It may even have got worse.

“I want to share with you my simple two-step secret to improving the performance of any website.

  1. Make sure that the most important elements of the page download and render first.
  2. Stop there.
    You don't need all that other crap. Have courage in your minimalism.”

https://idlewords.com/talks/website_obesity.htm

decembr14, to ai
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“Official data showed that in the Republic of Ireland, which is home to the European headquarters of several big tech firms such as Google and Facebook-parent Meta, data centres accounted for nearly a fifth of all electricity used in 2022.”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-68664182

decembr14, to random
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Oh, Marina! 😂🤣

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/01/royals-b-team-prince-andrew-princess-of-wales

decembr14, to random
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“Surely you can see what’s going on here. Subverting the democratic process through alleged blackmail to protect Israel from the charge of collective punishment. Demonising opponents of mass murder in order to protect politicians being held to account for their complicity. If you had any illusions in Britain’s political system, now is the time to shatter them – and that is the only good to come from this tawdry, perverse episode.”

https://archive.ph/cnDTo

decembr14, to random
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Many have linked to Richard Murphy's piece already, but it's worth repeating.

I note Starmer has been saying this morning that he did not pressurise Hoyle, he merely "urged" him. Pressure? Urge? Difference? 🤔

https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/02/22/after-the-debacle-of-last-night-it-is-hard-tafter-last-night-labour-look-like-grubby-power-grabbers-intent-on-achieving-their-personal-goal-of-office-irrespective-of-who-or-what-is-harmed-as-a-conse/

decembr14, to random
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What is currently going on in the HoC is unfuckingbelievable.

Get Hoyle's fat arse out of his comfy chair and get him to the House to explain himself.

A total disgrace. Did Hoyle never consider the possibility of the government withdrawing its amendment, and the effect that would have?

Not surprised the SNP walked out. You know something is wrong with the process, when Tory members are agreeing with the SNP.

thisismyglasgow, to glasgow
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Whenever I see this foundation stone inscription, it always makes me wonder if William Wilson, the contractor who built this Glasgow bridge, had permission to add his name on its right-hand side, or if he just went ahead and did it anyway!

decembr14,
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@thisismyglasgow
Not Glasgow, but my favourite example of “putting your name on something”! Brunel’s Royal Albert Bridge over the Tamar. I doubt he asked for anybody’s permission...

The Royal Albert Bridge over the River Tamar, built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

decembr14, to BBC
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“On the 10pm news we had a royal reporter talking nonsense in front of Buckingham Palace, where the king wasn’t, followed by a health correspondent talking outside a clinic where the king also wasn’t. The BBC could have sent someone to my house as well because the king wasn’t there either.”

👏😂

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/09/digested-week-media-frenzy-over-kings-cancer-does-no-one-any-favours

decembr14, to random
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“Can those elected to lead us, and those appointed to assist them, have the full and frank discussions necessary for good governance if they expect that every word of those discussions will eventually be made public?”

No, of course not.

“Can teams forge good working relationships in dark times without the ability to relieve pressure by sharing a private joke?”

No, let’s not be silly.

After this week, I wonder: what is this inquiry actually for?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-68188517

decembr14, to random
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And we thought the Michelle Moanalot scandal was bad enough.

£680 million!

Old Govey seems to have had a bit of a thing for putting cronies into the VIP lane. Wonder what it was worth to him? Not that I would ever suggest there was any such impropriety. Oh no…

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/02/michael-gove-lobbied-by-covid-vip-lanes-biggest-winner-of-ppe-contracts

decembr14, to random
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UK Covid Inquiry: The worst media takes on Nicola Sturgeon's evidence

You know that feeling when you really shouldn't read something, but you can't help yourself?

https://archive.ph/GQIMw

decembr14, to random
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Lesley Riddoch: Nicola Sturgeon’s legacy will be decided by bereaved families

"I can’t recall if Johnson was asked whether his lifelong commitment to Unionism encouraged him to ignore the devolved nations throughout Covid, whilst pressing on with his own political project of delivering Brexit. "

Quite.

https://archive.ph/Ec4w7

decembr14, to random
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Oh bloody hell, now Channel 4 has Dross on the News. I can't listen.

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