tenebrisnox

@tenebrisnox@feddit.uk

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HMRC criticised by watchdog for failing to track billionaires’ tax⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Good thing too… if those rich people had to pay tax then they’d leave the country. Who would pay all that tax that they don’t pay if they did leave… er… er… it made sense when the posh man said it on the radio this morning and his poshness made me believe it with all my poverty-stricken heart.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rightwing campaigners claim there is covert deal to return Parthenon marbles⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  For me it’s a conspiracy theory (and most likely untrue) - but it’s quite an interesting one rather than “stupid”. Raises ideas about authenticity and what people are doing when they go to look at artifacts in museums. There HAVE been paintings, for instance, hung in galleries for years that have turned out to be forgeries but - for a long time people were happy staring at the “art”. Also, ones that have been restored beyond a point where they are pretty much not the original piece. How much would it alter things if the Marbles were all replaced with exact replicas at the British Museum?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rightwing campaigners claim there is covert deal to return Parthenon marbles⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t there a conspiracy theory that everything on show at the British Museum is a replica anyway and that the real artifacts are carefully stored elsewhere?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thames Water refuses to claw back executive bonuses paid using £3bn emergency loan⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Anyone able to give me career advice about how to become a Thames Water executive? Doesn’t look hard to do and you keep getting bonuses!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Shifty"⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Keep searching Youtube. It’s been put up and taken down a couple if times already. It’ll be put back up again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Reform UK Council Leader Calls Ukraine War 'A Distraction'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  From what I understand Kemkaran was parachuted into Kent from Bradford a couple of months before the election. Locals in Maidstone have been asking for proof that her residence is in Kent. She has a background in media and has an online history that is beginning to get some scrutiny.

  From my perspective this is the start of a coup by some well-organised, well-financed right-wingers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Warning RTS electricity meters in 300,000 homes could stop working⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And why can’t the power companies pay for this out of their eye-watering profits? I don’t understand why you think the BBC needs to be involved any more. (People I know have only had issues with smart meter installations that have caused just unnecessary stress. I’m pretty much waiting until I hear that they actually work better than half the time and that there are mechanisms to verify readings before I sign up.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Warning RTS electricity meters in 300,000 homes could stop working⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Surely cheaper than enforcing mass installations. (Although it’s customers doubtlessly picking up this cost.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Warning RTS electricity meters in 300,000 homes could stop working⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wouldn’t it be possible just to replace the valve transmitter with a digitised version that sent out the same signal?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d not heard of this before. Most appropriate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Help me out here? Aren’t these the same groups calling for freedom of speech and against cancel culture. It’s all so confusing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Millions of Britons brace for across-the-board bill rises in ‘awful April’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s interesting that terms like “Awful April” and “Cost of Living Crisis” are so rapidly adopted. I’m convinced they are thought up in something like a Civil Service or lobby group PR panel and then given to media. Both terms assure us that these things are short-lived and not usual when we know that “Austerity” (a less reassuring one) is now a permanent state of affairs. This is the way it’s going to be forever. Unless we go for the pitchforks and torches.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK economy grows by 0.1% in unexpected boost for Rachel Reeves⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I struggle to understand economics. How is it that almost all the major big businesses in UK have been reporting strong if not record profits recently? And yet hardly any growth… hmmm…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Too many young people find doing a day's work 'stressful', says Liz Kendall⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Ban work before it kills you!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thames Water seeks court approval for emergency cash⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This. Exactly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Water bills in England and Wales to rise by £123 a year in April⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why am I not surprised?

  (More and more I have an absolute feeling that I’m being fucked over by already wealthy people - and there’s nothing I can do about it in any way!)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wimbledon school crash: Woman rearrested over deaths of two girls⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You are right. Is a hitherto episode of epilepsy a good defence for dangerous driving in general?

  I guess it could come down to whether or not the person has previous incidents of dangerous driving or they have footage or other evidence to suggest she wasn’t epileptic. If there’s no physical evidence or subsequent seizures. (I know I’m speculating and - you are right - we should assume innocence and that her account is right until shown not to be).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wimbledon school crash: Woman rearrested over deaths of two girls⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is there a way checking whether an epileptic seizure has taken place? (MRI scan showing trace evidence in the brain?) If the driver has not experienced subsequent seizures, it would be difficult to accept this one without evidence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Water bills in England and Wales to rise by £123 a year in April⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What strikes me is how a so-called “independent regulator” seems to collaborate with these water companies and make HUGE pay rises seem normal and inevitble.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK warns Putin after Russian spy ship seen near British waters⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Non story for sabre-rattling attempt.

  Navy rear-admiral on LBC this morning said that Russian subs go up the Channel daily to noin their Northern fleet and that if the UK scrambled a response every time it would exhaust the country’s resources. He said that Russian vessels are legally allowed in the area as long as they don’t interfere with any UK underwater resources.

  Distraction from the Harry vs The Sun story and calls for criminal prosecutions?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NatWest to hike chief's pay as bank returns to full private ownership⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  While the UK spirals the economic waste bin, Nat West makes 18.3% profit this year (£1172 million).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thames Water boss defends bonuses as sewage spills soar⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  £770,000 in bonuses. Laughing their heads off as they swill champagne and chomp down caviar.

  After nearly 30 years of work I’ve become convinced that ANY company or organisation would be better run without executive/senior management and letting the staff make decisions and work collectively would be more effective (or at worse… no worse than this disease of mangerialist greed that’s clearly adding to the ruin of this country).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vegan drink Oatly can’t call itself ‘milk’, judges rule⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure (but happy to be corrected) that there is a legal standard definition of what constitutes milk. There was a documentary on Radio 4 a few years ago that asked “What is milk?” and found that - in UK and Europe - it couldn’t be answered (other than it had some cow involvement somewhere). Some pateurised “milks” had barely any actual milk. From what I remember it was the lobbying of the dairy industry that prevented a standard definition.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘It went nuts’: Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhood⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You could be right. I listened to a Tory minister on the radio today talking about ending anonymity on the internet and - more interestingly - about silo-ing parts of the internet so that certain groups, such as children, could only access certain “versions” of the internet. I wonder whether that’s the longer-term agenda.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘It went nuts’: Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhood⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This apparently “spontaneous” group of “ordinary mothers” looks surprisingly media-trained. I’d be interested in knowing more about the founders. When the “keep our schools open during covid” group were examined they turned out to be a puppet of a right-wing thinktank.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HMRC has seen a 50% drop in investigations into wealthy tax evaders⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  HMRC claim that only 5% of UK don’t pay their taxes.

  That 5% is worth £36 billion a year!

  I’ve got my suspicions about who that 5% are. Damn you you single-parent, new trainer-wearing, work-shy benefit claimants! Damn you!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ukrainians who have moved to the UK have highlighted the lack of dentists as among the most astonishing aspects of British life⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Do dentists in other countries have the same sense of prestige as British ones? I used to work with a guy whose wife was a dentist and he constantly talked about being a dentist as being on the same level as a doctor. Said that entry requirements for dentistry at university is the same as medical doctors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gordon Brown calls for overhaul of benefits system as study reveals ‘crisis’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

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  This table was in an article discussing benefits including pensions from across Europe. I’ll see if I can locate it. I think the data comes from this calculator: www.oecd.org/els/…/tax-benefit-web-calculator/#d.…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gordon Brown calls for overhaul of benefits system as study reveals ‘crisis’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Britain’s benefits system is rated as the meanest in Western world, according to OECD. And yet there’s a misconception in UK that those on benefits live the life of Riley.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Keir Starmer announces plan for supervised toothbrushing in schools⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m happy with having a “nanny state” if it means my sons can get dental treatment. The only NHS dentist in our area won’t take appointments (unless you go private) and say that if children are in pain to call 111. As a child I went for a check up every 6 months. That’s now not possible since Tory austerity.