HumanPenguin
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- Comment on Thanks to the american FPTP voting system, Nigel Farage could obtain an absolute majority with a minority of the votes 1 day ago:
Yes theoretically.
But then so could you and I. But ATM the odds of us being made a gov minister are about the same. At least for me. You may have won a few MP elections I do not know about.
- Comment on Thanks to the american FPTP voting system, Nigel Farage could obtain an absolute majority with a minority of the votes 1 day ago:
Def Possible. But given, such positions are political in a coalition. Again, the lack of power of vote risking party makes it unlikely.
I’d guess it’s more likely under a majority, where he gains a reputation for a specific subject. Under FPTP, coalitions tend to need to appeal to the multi MP parties to survive.
- Comment on Thanks to the american FPTP voting system, Nigel Farage could obtain an absolute majority with a minority of the votes 2 days ago:
As an independent under FPTP.
Nope that can never happen. He can only ever win one seat.
- Comment on ‘Massive’ increase in pensioner shoplifters in past year 3 days ago:
Not to mention the telegraph claimed source. A private security company. Conveniently claiming they have no documentation because their customers (the supermarkets) do not want negative publicity.
- Comment on Urgent ‘do not eat’ warning issued for popular meal sold in Tesco and Morrisons 6 days ago:
Can only guess.
But it seems logical that the rules would define contamination, as including any ingredients not listed on the packaging.
That said. Issuing an "Urgent ‘do not eat’ warning ". Seems like an over reaction. Rather than warning folks of the error. Returns will be refunded and listing the real ingredients.
- Comment on If Keir Starmer is willing to help Trump host a lucrative golf tournament, will he caddy for him too? 1 week ago:
Another way to consider it.
If the US is not willing or able to force there president to follow their own rules.
What duty dose the UK have.
Him running his own company while president has been against US rules from early on. Him using his political influence to push his own interests is unconstitutional.
Our PM allowing him to to help our own nation breaks no rules.
We are not responsible for protecting us democracy from itself.
- Comment on Brexit led to 1,500 deaths a year as EU nurses left UK, study finds 1 week ago:
Brexit was dumb.
That said this sounds like an overstatement.
We average between 550k to 600k deaths a year. So 1.5k is well under 0.3%.
Add the fact it is almost impossible to put such deaths down to 1 cause. They were after allin NHS care.
And it very much sounds like the usual press over enthusiastic support for a small comment in the data. Not something clearly identified by the study authors.
- Comment on UK Government warns British lawyers about possible american sanctions over advice to ICC in Israel case 2 weeks ago:
The US is run by a man, who randomly adds rarrifs to nations hebhas signed free trade agreements with.
No point worrying about upsets and sanctions from a nation that is totally beyond trust trade wise anyway.
- Comment on Reeves suggests UK-EU trade more important than US deal ahead of Washington talks 3 weeks ago:
And the acceptance that the EU is a priority is also acceptance that none of trump’s desires can happen.
Us downgrading to accept any US standards that are not already EU accepted. Means we will not be able to sign a simple deal with the EU.
As soon as we accept multiple incompatible tradeing rules. Trade with the EU becomes more complex and expensive.
And trump etc al have absolutely no interest in adapting to any standard but their own.
Besides this. Trump has already proven no deal signed with the US is worth the paper it is written on. Even his own deals signed with Canada are worthless as soon as he decides he doesn’t like them.
And we can never trust the nation not to vothe narcissistic idiots in again. The US is just not trustworthy as a trade partner.
- Comment on Trans women should use toilets based on biological sex, Phillipson says 3 weeks ago:
We awoke to finally find ourselves entering a little light. Then just as we were starting to celebrate. We forgot the folks in the back.
And suddenly those folks shouted grabbed our ankles and dragged us back into the dark brambles of bigotry.
The fear was more then they could handle. And our lack of far was more then they were willing to tolerate.
- Comment on Compilation of Protests Against the Supreme Court – What The Trans!? 3 weeks ago:
The protest need to be aimed at parliament.
While interpretations are grown to interpretation. Interpret the laws parliament passes is all the power the court has.
To prevent this requires the sovereign parliament, to word the law in a non questionable way.
The only way this gets fixed. Is to convince parliament to change the GRC law ro clearly state that suck operations make the recipient legally female. And to address the intersex issue by stating such people are the sex they identify with as an adult.
The actual science only matters if parliament chooses to make it so. Even then the law tends to apply to the science at the time of passing.
- Comment on Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads 4 weeks ago:
Agreed.
But the issue is with both the words extremists and religious. No extremists thinks they are. Heck I can assure you most think our rejection is extream. And religiose people rarely admit their restrictions are religion. Even when using the Bible to justify shit. They will argue it is science or common sense.
Their is a need to term unacceptable laws in a way that forces them to openly argue their restrictions do not apply. Or actually are religious extremism. The latter is close to impossible.
Be honest with ourselves. I agree trans equality laws should exist. But only 20 or 30 years ago society as a majority considered them extream. Some off us remember it even if we disagreed.
Gay marriage was def extream when I was in my teens. Gary rights at all in my parents teens. (They also disagreed)
And a very small % of any of those considered their religious ideals as a significant element.
- Comment on Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads 4 weeks ago:
Unfortunately it requires our government to take a strong position. To actually stand up publicly and tell the people of the UK. We will not tollerarate this return to the fascist playback used before ww2.
Without that librarians and soon store keepers will constantly face the threats and attacks of extremists groups.
Much like anti abortion protesters try to intimidated those that disagree with them protesting clinics etc.
That is exactly what is being attempted here. Racism prejudice and fear for the future is being weaponised by the right. If our gov dose not stand up to the actions now. The attempts in the US to override the legal system etc will follow. Reform or a reunigghting of the people who support it will turn into a trump like administration.
We saw the start of this when Boris tried to shut down parliment illegally. The attacks on the echr are the UK equiv of the claim we saw leading up to trump 1. IE the supreme Court has become political. Gaining the power to take control. Our right is doing the same by trying to eject us from the courts mandate.
- Comment on Universal theme park for Bedfordshire confirmed by Starmer 5 weeks ago:
And yet they won’t endorse Buy British.
The issue with buy British is, it equates to an anti all foreign trade message. Where we actually need a stronger trade link with nations other then the US.
“Don’t buy US” is more effective
- Comment on Approving US-made cars would make UK roads less safe 5 weeks ago:
In the US most equipment suppliers have raised loading unloading for contractors.
So the big pickups are designed to be a similar height to low loader semis in the US.
- Comment on Approving US-made cars would make UK roads less safe 5 weeks ago:
Thanks due to vision loss I’ve not been able to drive since 2010ish.
So have not been paying attention to the market.
Oops.
- Comment on Ill and disabled people will be made ‘invisible’ by UK benefit cuts, say experts 5 weeks ago:
I’d say its the reverse. The fact that disabled have been abused by tories for 14 years. Yet no one paid significant attention to protests. Means they are already invisible to the majority. So the gov knows the can intentionally ignore them while increasing the abuse…
- Comment on Approving US-made cars would make UK roads less safe 5 weeks ago:
Having driven in the US.
There smaller trucks/lorrys often used for rental etc. Uhual etc.
We really do not want that shit on our roads.
And as the same law is what allows many of there huge suvs. Nope def not a good idea.
Every nation that sells cars. Expects to adjust them to differing standards. Even the US he ce why Vauxhall exists.
Trump is being his usual cos I say so self with no real merit to his claims.
At no point should the UK be willing to lower standards to trade. Just as we have to adapt or not sell cars the US wont cert. If the US considers europe ir the UK a worthwhile market. They can continue to adapt.
They would have some resemblance of a point if we only made rules on their cars. But most cars sold in the UK are imported. Why the hell should the US get discounts our own manufacturers dont.
- Comment on More than 1m cars sold in UK each year too big to fit typical parking space 5 weeks ago:
Those exemption do not currently apply to actual licence to vechle type allocation.
I do not know about the rest of the EU. But in the UK no class of car only applies to disabled users or actual road access law.
If I live on a no vechle access road. Being disabled would not allow me to drive a car to my doorstep.
Same goes for any limitation in the site or weight of vehicles.
My licence (no longer valid as I now have a disability that bans me from driving.) Was an old one that allows me to drive 3,5t trucks. Newer licences do not let younger drivers do so without passing a different test.
This is the closest we have ever come to adding a new restriction on the type of car you cab drive. No extra specification for disability has ever existed for the changes you propose. Hence why I included this need to reconsider so Ugh things in my suggestion.
As for the rest of your response. The comment you responded to was trying to address that exact situation,
- Comment on More than 1m cars sold in UK each year too big to fit typical parking space 1 month ago:
We should really just have EU law that over a certain size requires a new license that isn’t automatically given to people that have one now.
Ignoring the brexit crap and assuming you ment EU and UK laws.
I don’t think that would help. If we had a new licence class. It would just mean people need to do more tests to drive it.
Unfortunately licence structure have no when needed requirements. Just the qualification.
A suggested solution would be a road access class. If vehicles over a certain size (lets just say width. ) had a significant no of roads they were only allowed in for blue badge holders or loading and unloading. No parking.
For most owners the impractical living with such vehicles would only be tolerable when they have a second transport and a safe storage area that dosent ban parking.
- Comment on AI firms are ‘scraping the value’ from UK’s £125bn creative industries, says Channel 4 boss 1 month ago:
Lobbying to change the copyright to forever is certainly happening in the UK.
And the current 50 or 70 years is def a move towards it from the original 14 to 21 years created in 1710 when copyright was first created in the UK.
So yes it is. We are just a slower change then the US
- Comment on AI firms are ‘scraping the value’ from UK’s £125bn creative industries, says Channel 4 boss 1 month ago:
Terrible.
Almost as bad as IP firms stripping the whole point of copyright by lobbying to change copyright terms to forever.
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- Comment on Thames Water picks US private equity firm KKR as preferred buyer 1 month ago:
Executive and board compensation as a result of any deal of this nature should be public money.
- Comment on Police launch urgent search after girl, 11, falls into River Thames 1 month ago:
Cold flowing water is very very different from a warm swimming pool. Especially when dressed.
The current in the Thames can get dangerous for strong adult swimmers in certain areas. (Or the whole upper thames at certain times of year)
- Comment on Network Rail to set up property company to deliver 40,000 homes 1 month ago:
Never let facts get in the way of a good joke.
- Comment on A quarter of Britons now disabled 1 month ago:
But just over 7% of brits claiming any disabled benefits.
Please remember these numbers are in no way backing for the crap the government is doing. Most disabled work.
Even most on disabled on benifits work. PIP is not about income. It is about covering the difference in cost for disabiled to live anything close to equally in society. Including getting to and fr work.
- Comment on I'm So Proud To Be Deported From The USA - Dorset Eye 1 month ago:
Nit a gambler. Bit im seriosly wondering what odds I can get on Trump refusing to step down.
To much of this is looking like the early moves of a dictator.
He has already indicated an unconstitutional 3rd term.
- Comment on Why Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is wrong about UK’s net-zero goal. 1 month ago:
Her basic argument is.
" whaaa it hard and my funders dont wanna whaaaa waaa. ’
- Comment on Government to save £5bn by restricting benefits to 'those with the greatest need' 1 month ago:
Exactly the claim made by tories when they invented PIP.
A reminder for all those not watching. The process for reviewi g claims cost them way way more then they ever saved.
A huge 60 % of rejected cases were overthrown by courts for failing to follow thier own rules.
And DWP is still refusing to release their imvestigation into the huge rose in suicides from claiments.
Anyone who thinksbclaiming PIP is toneasy is delusional.
The disabled community as a whole has spent the last 14 years stressed to the point of ill helth through exactly the percecution Labour is planing to contine.