moderatecentrist

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Five grooming gang survivors tell PM they will stay on panel only if Jess Phillips remains in post⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think Jess Phillips seems like a decent person, I’ve watched her speak about the issue of violence against women and girls before. Here’s what the grooming survivors who support her have said:

  “Jess Phillips has remained impartial to the process, only listening to feedback [and] we want her to remain in position for the duration of the process for consistency,” they wrote.

  “Her previous experience and drive to reduce VAWG [violence against women and girls] and her clear passion and commitment is important to us.”

  They praised Phillips, who they said had “devoted her life to hearing and amplifying the voices of women and girls who would otherwise have been unheard” and had helped some of them access support.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Family seek £180k-a-year tutor from 'socially appropriate background' to prepare one-year-old son for ‘Eton or Harrow’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably beyond my hoodwinking skills. Also I’m not northern myself, I was just wondering what kind of person they would consider to have a “socially appropriate background”. Posh accent, wealthy family, and from South East England, I would expect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Family seek £180k-a-year tutor from 'socially appropriate background' to prepare one-year-old son for ‘Eton or Harrow’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I was a manager at Woolworths back in the day, I swear… but this family would probably say my accent isn’t posh enough to tutor their child.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kew woman fined £150 for pouring coffee down drain in Richmond⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The article says the fine has now been cancelled, but originally someone from the council defended the fine by saying:

  We are committed to protecting Richmond’s waterways and keeping our borough’s streets clean and safe.

  Pretty ridiculous. Coffee is an organic substance right? Made from roasted coffee beans. I could maybe understand if someone was pouring industrial chemicals into the sewers but coffee surely shouldn’t be a problem.

  Also of course big water companies get away with dumping sewage into rivers, but a very small amount of coffee apparently needs to be harshly punished. One rule for big business and another rule for common people.

• Family seek £180k-a-year tutor from 'socially appropriate background' to prepare one-year-old son for ‘Eton or Harrow’www.lbc.co.uk ↗
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bath is a beautiful city. But why is it so increasingly impossible to live there?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe the UK needs politicians like they’re starting to get in the USA. If you don’t know this guy pictured, he’s running to be mayor of New York. His campaign is all about making necessities more affordable (rent, food, transport), and his poll numbers are pretty good.

  A photo of Zohran Mamdani, candidate for mayor of New York. He is standing at a podium which has a sign on the front with his first name in capital letters. There are spectators. Behind Zohran is a sign which says “afford to live & afford to dream”.

• ‘Brummies united against racism’: poster campaign takes on the far rightwww.theguardian.com ↗
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You should stop doom scrolling now⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Great character

  A still image of the character Paulie Walnuts in the TV series The Sopranos. The caption says “watch it, Chrissy” which is what Paulie says in this scene.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨King's coat of arms to feature on new UK passports⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember the crisis in Sudan a number of years ago, the Brits were still stuck there while the Irish had already been evacuated by the Germans on account of the EU. I believe every EU diplomatic mission is actually supposed to support EU citizens regardless of nationality, although possibly in cases where their home country’s mission is inaccessible.

  That’s cool. I guess Brits will have to go without such benefits for the time being. And if Reform are the next government then the UK’s ties to Europe will probably be reduced. I suppose there is time for the public to change their voting intentions before the next election though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨King's coat of arms to feature on new UK passports⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Another advantage of the Irish passport over the British passport is that the Irish passport allows you to live and work in 26 other European countries. But hey ho.