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- Comment on Starmer claims that America under Donald Trump 'keeps us safe' 3 weeks ago:
A different way of ensuring the safety of the UK would be to work with our European allies and together build up our defences.
- Comment on Record breaker Starmer is the 'most unpopular PM since polling began' 3 weeks ago:
I think there’s some truth to what I said, right?
Fascist movements are apparently characterised by: “extreme militaristic nationalism, contempt for electoral democracy and political and cultural liberalism, a belief in natural social hierarchy and the rule of elites”. I think Putin’s rule has those characteristics. And tankies are authoritarian, right? They might idolise the USSR or the PRC, both of which have had a focus on militaristic nationalism, contempt for electoral democracy, and a belief in the rule of elites.
- Comment on Record breaker Starmer is the 'most unpopular PM since polling began' 4 weeks ago:
Being pro-Putin or a tankie is the same thing as being a fascist
- Comment on Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards 4 weeks ago:
Yeah I’m thinking this might be a mistake from Sir Keir. He’s trying to sell it as an anti-immigration measure but a lot of the people in the UK who are against immigration are also very suspicious of data collection by the government.
- Real reasons people do not have the number of children they want revealed in new reportwww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 4 months ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 18 comments
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- Comment on French newspaper: The British elites always talk about their special-relationship. They claim the americans are their lovely cousins. But do US elites actually respect them ? 6 months ago:
I know Brits like to joke about the French but I like France. And they’re a pretty similar country to the UK from a geopolitical standpoint. Both countries have their own nukes, both are permanent members of the UN Security Council, and both have very similarly sized populations and economies (both have about 68 million people, while Germany has 83 million people).
So maybe France is a natural European ally for the UK. And of course France is right next to the UK.
- Comment on French newspaper: The British elites always talk about their special-relationship. They claim the americans are their lovely cousins. But do US elites actually respect them ? 6 months ago:
Maybe we need a new special relationship…
A photo of Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron standing next to each other
- Comment on How chaotic gang of British 'geeks' launched one of most lucrative gaming franchises of all time [Grand Theft Auto] 6 months ago:
That would be great. “Get tae fuck ya wee bawbag” (I think that’s the kind of thing Scots say)
Unfortunately I think they’ll stick with the USA
- How chaotic gang of British 'geeks' launched one of most lucrative gaming franchises of all time [Grand Theft Auto]news.sky.com ↗Submitted 6 months ago to games@lemmy.world | 9 comments
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- Comment on The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme 6 months ago:
In both cases you have a person doing something that many people would consider bad. Then this person gets mad when others find out about their behaviour. If you don’t want people to find out you did something, maybe just don’t do it in the first place.
- Comment on The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme 6 months ago:
I think it’s pretty comparable. The guys in the OP are getting mad at Derek but they’re the ones who said bad things in the first place. Their actions caused this. All Derek did was let people know the truth, and maybe it’s good when people know the truth.
- Comment on The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme 6 months ago:
If you find out that someone cheated on their wife, do you have to keep it private to protect the cheater’s “privacy”?
Maybe it’s better if that person’s wife knows the truth.
- Comment on The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme 6 months ago:
Good guy Derek
- Comment on Sir Gareth Southgate: Boys need role models, not gaming and porn 7 months ago:
I think health problems are one type of problem that young people are facing, and the news has talked about mental health in particular being a growing problem for young people.
Lack of employment generally (not just health related) seems to be a problem - apparently the percentage of young people who aren’t in employment, education, or training is increasing.
I think Sir Gareth has identified some of the problems too. Lack of healthy role models, abundance of unhealthy role models. Abundance of porn, especially unhealthy porn. Negative effects of social media. Etc.
- Comment on Sir Gareth Southgate: Boys need role models, not gaming and porn 7 months ago:
Even if Jesus was fictional, He’s still a pretty good role model by what’s written about Him.
If Christianity only expected people to think that Jesus was a good role model then maybe I would be more willing to turn up at my local church. But Christianity expects a further belief: that Jesus is the son of God, which is a supernatural claim.
Personally I’m just not sure I believe the supernatural stuff.
- Comment on Sir Gareth Southgate: Boys need role models, not gaming and porn 7 months ago:
- Comment on Sir Gareth Southgate: Boys need role models, not gaming and porn 7 months ago:
We didn’t have smartphone on us 24/7. And of course content producers have gotten better at making their stuff visually stimulating and addictive.
Yeah I think both of those could be reasons why young people have problems today. Another reason could be the Covid lockdowns, which resulted in young people spending more time online, and less time in the real world.
When I was young I spent some time online, using internet forums etc. But the most fun I had was when I socialised with real people in the real world.
- Comment on Sir Gareth Southgate: Boys need role models, not gaming and porn 7 months ago:
True, you could argue that young women are also being negatively affected by “toxic influencers”.
I guess Gareth has chosen to focus on issues facing young men though. Of course Gareth has experience mentoring young men, as the manager of England’s men’s football team.
Society probably should help both young women and young men, but maybe each group faces slightly different problems. E.g. according to the Samaritans, men are 3 times as likely to die from suicide as women, although women attempt suicide more than men do. So both groups clearly have problems, but they seem to deal with those problems in different ways. Maybe different approaches are needed when helping each gender.
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- Comment on Luigi Mangione, accused of US CEO murder, depicted in London mural 7 months ago:
Innocent until proven guilty and all that.
I thought that only applied to conservatives who have been accused of sexual harassment.
Being serious though, I agree with @mannycalavera@feddit.uk that killers probably shouldn’t be venerated, but it’s definitely interesting that the Luigi case has inspired a lot of discussion, so I wondered what Lemmy users might think about this mural.
- Comment on Luigi Mangione, accused of US CEO murder, depicted in London mural 7 months ago:
It might still be there. The article I got the OP image from is about 1 month old, but someone posted photos of it on Reddit yesterday: old.reddit.com/…/luigi_mangione_in_bethnal_green/
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- Quarter of Gen Zs consider quitting work as young Brits cite mental health as key reason to go unemployedwww.lbc.co.uk ↗Submitted 7 months ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 19 comments
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- Comment on 'I was duped into leaving London for school in Ghana - but it saved me' 7 months ago:
I read this article, I thought it was interesting. The author says that he ended up being grateful for the strictness from his mother - he thinks she took him away from a dangerous criminal life.
I wonder whether British parents generally these days are not strict enough, or too strict. Clearly this guy thinks that strictness when growing up can be beneficial, even if it’s painful at the time.
- Comment on Jobless, isolated, fed misogynistic porn… where is the love for Britain’s lost boys? 7 months ago:
Fair enough. I don’t think I’m convinced of God’s existence myself. But I think freedom of belief is important - we should be free to believe or not believe in God, because I don’t think anybody knows the answer for certain.
- Comment on Jobless, isolated, fed misogynistic porn… where is the love for Britain’s lost boys? 7 months ago:
What evidence is there that proves God’s existence?
- Jobless, isolated, fed misogynistic porn… where is the love for Britain’s lost boys?www.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 7 months ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 50 comments
