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- Comment on Benjamin Netanyahu describes UK as ‘first Islamic republic to get a nuclear weapon’ 1 day ago:
Sadly I doubt it will. The sycophants in the Labour party are bought and sold by the Israelis - they’ll roll over and show their tummy, they wouldnt want to stop those sweet sweet
bribesdonations - Comment on Benjamin Netanyahu describes UK as ‘first Islamic republic to get a nuclear weapon’ 1 day ago:
Lolwut ? I want the drugs he’s on…
Pakistani got the bomb in the 1990s and they genuinely are both a republic and a majority muslim (I’m not sure the exact definition of “Islamic Republic” he’s using.)
On the other hand a single digit percentage of the UK population are Muslim (6%), and dude, we’ve been a monarchy for all bar a couple of decades of the last 1500 years.
The Muslim thing is less a worry than trying to pretend one of the longest running monarchies around is a republic, I mean it’s just delusional.
In the last millenium England has only been a republic for the couple of decades in the 1600s when Cromwell took over and executed the king. Scotland has been a monarchy the entirety of the last millenium, Wales has been under the English monarchy since the Normans finished slaughtering them in the 1300s.
- Comment on BMW’s in-car Spider-Man ad is a warning sign: we were promised a transport revolution, instead we got cars tracking us and serving us ads 2 days ago:
LOL, someone in the BMW marketing dept just got wood reading that
- Comment on Millions in Great Britain could face emergency power cuts at short notice 3 days ago:
We have a lot of wind. Not enough yet in my opinion, but there have been days when renewables generated 100% of the consumption and many instances where wind has had to stop producing due to excess (yes that’s a design problem)
- Comment on No particular reason 1 week ago:
Well Douglas Adams thought it was the mice and the dolphins, but crows are very plausible
- Comment on Carenheit 2 weeks ago:
I know the Indians have their 2 digit 3 digit thing, who else does interesting groupings ?
- Comment on Carenheit 2 weeks ago:
it did go over 30° the last time i was there. but tbf also that’s the hottest it gets
40C in London in 2022, 37.7C last month (June 2026)
…gov.uk/…/june-2026-heatwave-a-recap-of-the-tempe…
Anything over 28C is currently classified as a heatwave, but I think they’re going to have to revisit that, or just say “all summer is a heatwave try not to die” given 32-35C has been consistently hit pretty much every summer this decade.
- Comment on Forgot your Google password? Now you can log in with a selfie. 3 weeks ago:
What could possibly go wrong ?
/s
- Comment on UK government drops plan to stop paying coastguard volunteers 4 weeks ago:
Occasionally it even gets it right after the U turn.
- Comment on Now we know how much tax King Charles pays, and it is very little 1 month ago:
The French had an effective solutionEffective means of social levelling
- Comment on A year after nationalisation, is South Western Railway delivering? 2 months ago:
American flag shagging is considered beyond funny and well into boorish here. So yeah it may be tame by yank standards, but sticking Union flags (or St George flags) on stuff is considered a bit crass.
Didn’t used to be, became considered tasteless due to the oiks that keep doing it.
- Comment on Insomnia 2 months ago:
That is exactly what the comic says but its not true, fossil records for ferns go back to the devonian several 100 million years before the Cretaceous
- Comment on UK Sees Lowest Viewing Figures for Eurovision Final Since 2010 2 months ago:
Not to mention the astro-turfed voting by Israel last year (and presumably this year but I didn’t watch)
- Comment on Students Are Learning Less and Getting Higher Grades Because of AI, Study Finds 2 months ago:
Colleges haven’t been training people how to read for centuries;
Yes but that is exactly the timeframe the person you replied to is discussing.
It has been quite a while since nobles were generally illiterate and needed clergy to read and write for them…centuries in fact
- Comment on Man hit by van in Birmingham after residents take down union flags put up by anti-migrant group 2 months ago:
I’m glad I’m not the only one there. I mean if you’re going to be a melt at least do it properly, these half mast flags are just half arsing it
- Comment on NHS to grant Palantir contractors ‘unlimited access’ to patient data 2 months ago:
Of course they are, that was the whole point of letting the Trojan Horse inside the stockade. Thanks Streeting, may you burn in hell.
- Comment on MoD has no system to detect civilian harm caused by military, study shows 3 months ago:
Because they don’t care ?
- Comment on On this day 100 years ago, Queen Elizabeth II was born. 3 months ago:
Missed being longest reigning monarch ever by about 18 months
- Comment on Why are homes left empty in the UK and how can we fill them up? 3 months ago:
That is a little unfair the final paragraph sums up the argument it made throughout the article which is:
“Our research shows that while governments across the UK have introduced a range of measures, too many local authorities lack the dedicated resources, funding and strategic framework needed to deliver meaningful change. Financial penalties alone will not solve the problem. What works is sustained local engagement, professional advice, and properly funded empty homes teams that can support owners through the process of bringing properties back into use.”
In other words, there are powers that exist that could partially address it, more funding and focus on it would have an impact, they also highlighted areas where more / new measures could be added.
- Comment on Peers vote to ban pornography depicting sex acts between stepfamily members 4 months ago:
Focussing on the important things I see. Jesus.
- Comment on I don't think they're alone on one 4 months ago:
Thats because it takes years of practice to get the motor skills for writing trained, remember how bad you were in kindergarten at writing ? If you practised with your left your writing would improve.
Out of curiousity (because I’ve not met another ambi in real life) do you also have things you do left handed and things right ? I play tennis left handed and write right handed for example.
- Comment on DisnAI 7 months ago:
Perception changed as info flowed more freely. They’ve been evil quite a long time (at the least the 1970s), our very ridiculous intellectual property laws (mostly copyright but also other facets) are the direct result of Disney lobbying (and directly bribing) US govt lawmakers at multiple levels of govt.
It was only post internet that their leverage on media channels weakened enough for it to start being discussed
- Comment on 8 months ago:
Is there a way to get rid of the huge distracting “Swipe for next article” overlay on the-independent.com?
uBlock Origin and add “annoyances” to your filter list
- Comment on £6 million repaid to workers as Government cracks down on employers underpaying their staff 9 months ago:
The full list of employers caught is on the press release linked above - maybe your employer wasn’t there ? There’s also a link for working out if you’re being gypped and what to do (if you’re not on the list)
- Comment on Brits in disbelief as new refillable drinks ban implemented across UK 10 months ago:
There already is a tax on sugary drinks
- Comment on The Problem of Writing Poems in the Shape of Deciduous Trees 10 months ago:
And a “d” gently falling to complete the word
I love it, it’s a nice touch
- Comment on Anyway I started blasting 10 months ago:
Just a thought, if there seems to be a difference between US & Euro wheat it could be a pesticide reaction rather than actually the gluten. I know you guys have a lot looser laws on pesticide use.
- Comment on yeah everything is probably made of like, idk, earth water, fire and air or something idrk 10 months ago:
The trick was to throw yourself at the ground and miss
- Comment on Prince Harry makes surprise visit to Ukraine pledging support for thousands injured in war 11 months ago:
en.wikipedia.org/…/Finances_of_the_British_royal_…
investopedia.com/ahead-of-king-charles-coronation…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-57559653
I’ve never dug into it but these are the first couple of links for Harry personally
parade.com/culture/prince-harry-net-worth
businessinsider.com/prince-harry-meghan-markle-ne…
NFI of the accuracy of any of that
- Comment on Our charity could have lost thousands due to Thames Water delay 11 months ago:
Thames Water suck
