mjr
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- Comment on UK train operator nationalised by government after 30 years of privatisation 1 week ago:
Aye, but as I wrote, she chickened out of the actual passenger services.
- Comment on UK train operator nationalised by government after 30 years of privatisation 1 week ago:
BT was Thatcher. Water was started by her, after chickening out at least once, but finished under Major.
- Comment on UK train operator nationalised by government after 30 years of privatisation 1 week ago:
To be fair, not even Thatcher dared attempt rail service privatisation. It was her disciple Major who pushed it through and enthusiastically promoted battling business units on rails in Brussels.
- Comment on Five police forces to drop Palantir surveillance tool 1 week ago:
This link demands we sign up with the Substack Nazi bar to read it, but https://libertyinvestigates.org.uk/articles/palantir-police-drop-nectar-surveillance-tool-east-midlands/ is free to read.
The constabularies involved are Leics, Lincs, Northants, Notts & Derbs.
- Comment on New battery-powered trains will ‘bring faster journeys to north’ 2 weeks ago:
29 110mph 121m Adessia Stream trains from Alstom for Trans Pennine Express. Built in Derby. Let’s see how this goes!
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Polanski is proving to be a bit of a figure head.
Well yes, that’s part of a leader’s role.
Actually leading is another part, but can you blame him for going “I’m not touching that minefield yet.”?
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Defamation requires lying to be criminal. Not all defaming is criminal.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
But would you put it past Google to mess with a left wing party if they do notice? Greens should avoid trusting them with anything.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
Oh good, google, nothing wrong with their support for the green party and they’d never mess with politics(!)
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
The discussion above implies that there may not be a party response due to “confidentiality” which seems odd when the party has defamed someone. I’d expect the ejectee would waive confidentiality.
- Comment on Boycott Starbucks 5 weeks ago:
So that’s what that odd taste to the coffee was!
- Comment on Boycott Starbucks 5 weeks ago:
Timmie’s flavoured lattes are so sweet that it’s probably sugar addiction.
- Comment on Boycott Starbucks 5 weeks ago:
That seems rarely the case in the UK. Even the Starbucks drive through is often next to a service station with an espresso counter serving something better, such as a BP with their " Wild Bean Cafe" counter. Sure it’s not great coffee but it’s not as bad as Starbucks burnt weak offerings !
- Comment on Pluto TV Relaunching Pop-Up Category Of 7 Star Trek Channels, Including All The Movies 5 weeks ago:
I guess this is only in some areas because there’s no Star Trek content on Pluto TV here at all now. Discovery premiered some seasons there in the UK because Paramount+ hadn’t launched yet.
- Comment on Frustrated GP patients hang up as Yorkshire accent baffles AI receptionist 5 weeks ago:
Londonormalisation?
- Comment on A pattern of negative posts about the BBC 1 month ago:
The BBC buys a lot of American shot too, funded by our so- called licence fee, which is in reality a TV tax. We get little choice in it and that is a problem with the BBC.
- Comment on Royal estates rent out homes that fail to meet legal energy efficiency standards 1 month ago:
Yes, why isn’t West Norfolk Council enforcing this like on other landlords ?
- Comment on Royal estates rent out homes that fail to meet legal energy efficiency standards 1 month ago:
It’s more complicated than that, as the private and feudal estates are profitable, but they’d probably just replace any reduced profits with taxes , so basically yes in practice.
- Comment on Wetherspoon bans filming on Meta glasses inside pubs 1 month ago:
Yeah, they’re not gonna enforce it. It’s just a marketing announcement to let Mr Brexit Pubs deny all responsibility when one of their patrons uses pervert glasses to perv. “Well, we told pervert glasses wearers not to perve, so it’s not our fault”.
- Comment on Activists Who Spray-Painted Barclays Set to Be Sentenced As Terrorists 2 months ago:
“We have not been charged with, nor convicted of, any terrorism offence,” said Malik. “At no point during our trial did the prosecution seek to pursue anything to do with terrorism, and the jury were kept completely in the dark and were not told that if convicted, we could be sentenced as terrorists.”
It seems like this an add- on too.
- Comment on Activists Who Spray-Painted Barclays Set to Be Sentenced As Terrorists 2 months ago:
In fac, the judges might be true, but believe they have no alternative to following corrupt rules set by politicians.
- Comment on Activists Who Spray-Painted Barclays Set to Be Sentenced As Terrorists 2 months ago:
Different government, possibly different rules for prosecutors, or maybe even laws?
- Comment on Home Office used ‘AI hallucinated’ information to refuse asylum claim, judge suggests 2 months ago:
I wonder which government’s Home Office did this: Sunak or Starmer? Both big AI fans, it seemed.
- Comment on Activists Who Spray-Painted Barclays Set to Be Sentenced As Terrorists 2 months ago:
Barclays is bad at negotiating with repairers, or is taking a cut.
- Comment on Can darknet fill in for NHS? 2 months ago:
Wow. Have you tried the other legal routes first, such as getting a second opinion, asking for a referral to specialist care for the back, hip or the pain, switching doctors if you don’t get on with your current ones, and/or seeking a private consultation with any likely-looking workplace, trade union or commercial doctor near you? Going private wouldn’t be cheap, but might be cheaper than getting caught with controlled meds in some sort of sting.
The NHS is a wonderful thing, but sometimes people don’t seem to realise that the GP you are currently registered with is not the only option. They go ask the GP, get turned away, then just take matters into their own hands.
- Comment on Thames Water announces hosepipe ban 2 months ago:
It’s a bit of the case that they don’t have many ways to restrict use and this is one of the few that they do, PM it gets used.
But I agree that the private owners of water supply companies don’t seem to have spent enough on maintenance or supply storage.
- Comment on Hundreds left unpaid after festival firm goes bust 2 months ago:
AT least that one seems to have sorted out refunds now:
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/26280959.fans-refunded-heritagelive-festival-sandringham/?ref=rss
- Comment on Hundreds left unpaid after festival firm goes bust 2 months ago:
And this is different to the problems with GCE Live (aka Heritage Live):
- Comment on MPs call for ban on fast food outlets opening near schools to tackle obesity 2 months ago:
Walk? They’ll drive if old enough or get lifts if not. MPs have totally failed to make most schools safe for walking and cycling, plus “parental choice” leads to people sending their children to non-local schools and then pleading they have to drive to drop kids off before work. Maybe they should fix that too?
- Comment on "It's just a waste of time": inside Palantir's £330m NHS failure 2 months ago:
Not a waste of time. They got your nose. And data.