Tories would ban under-16s from social media

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• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Whenever the Tories say they’d do something, remember to ask why they didn’t do so in the 14 years they had, most of which with a decent sized majority.

  I don’t disagree that social media is immensely harmful, especially for the youth. I can see very good arguments for there being more stringent age requirements.

  But why didn’t you pursue this before if it’s what you believe in?

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  • steeznson@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    To play devil’s advocate, part of being in opposition is to give parties a chance to reassess what’s important to them. Kemi wasn’t particularly senior when they were in government and the shadow cabinet has changed from the actual cabinet when they were in power.

    Political parties are extremely top driven in the UK with the PM or LOTO having an outsized role in shaping what their offering will be in the next manifesto. Being in power also changes decision making like Tories can now be all in favour of online privacy and civil liberties in a way they couldn’t when they were running the home office. Similar shift in priority for Starmer being emboldened to further purge the left of his party more blatantly than when they were in opposition.

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    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      That’s true. I had it in my head that her cabinet wasn’t all that different from Sunak’s, but if I’m incorrect on that or there has been a cabinet reshuffle I’m unaware of, then that changes things somewhat, I agree.

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  • wewbull@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Sad fact is, very little government policy appears to be driven by the values of those voted in. It’s just bandwagons and financials.

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• Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Doesn’t really matter since the remnants of their party have already fucked off to Reform.

  I think I’ve got more chance of being PM than Kemi.

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• als@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  They’ll do anything but tackle inequality

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• MonsterMonster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Tory and Labour politicians seem to be a dribbling bunch of desperate no hopers incapable of creating genuine original policies without the need to place themselves on a pedestal.

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• oeuf@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Fine.

  Renationalise and redistribute wealth though.

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