HumanPenguin
@HumanPenguin@feddit.uk
- Comment on Even great data couldn't solve the UK’s COVID woes 9 hours ago:
The NHS is well known for out of date pcs etc. Data is often restricted from department to department. Gathering group data for reseach is pissible. But far from responsive.
The system is just not designed for the short notice analasis the pandemic required. Because making it so has never been a consideration. Instead the hostory has been about researchers analysing data over time.
- Comment on Thames Water boss defends bonuses as sewage spills soar 1 week ago:
and dump Thames Water sewage onto them.
While ensuring it doesn’t go into local rivers. Just to make the point.
- Comment on Vegan drink Oatly can’t call itself ‘milk’, judges rule 2 weeks ago:
Law has a concept of the average idiot (cannot remember the real term). When applying confusion as a risk. Honestly milk has been used so much in English. (Coconutsand other things) I think that would fail.
I ANAL though.
Its more likely that oat milk is intentionally selling as a mamory milk alternative. That was made as an argument. But it is clearly a biased response from the court.
- Comment on Vegan drink Oatly can’t call itself ‘milk’, judges rule 2 weeks ago:
Yeah. And it is clear the court is not being unbiased. Given your comment.
It seems likely that parliment could be convinced to rule on this with enough negativity. No legal restrictions exist on the name. The dairy industry has no trademark or claim of unique use or confusion.
Parliment has the right to rule against this by act. if they agree. IE basically passing a law restricting courts from bias against long used language terminology.
Honestly it would require folks to write to MPs pointing out the stupidity ans bias. But enough may be annoyed by this that such a movement can be formed.
- Comment on Call to fix palliative care before assisted dying 2 weeks ago:
It was illegal for doctors to do it during Harold Shipman’s time. Just less monitored. But most doctors refused to even discuss the subject with patients.
No one should make the mistake the nation supported it then. Changes to the law have been discussed since at least the 80s, This is the closet we have ever come to legalisation.
- Comment on MPs vote in favour of historic bill to allow assisted dying after emotional debate 3 weeks ago:
Explain how this law allows the state to initiate the process?
- Comment on Transport Secretary Louise Haigh resigns after Sky News revealed mobile phone guilty plea 3 weeks ago:
huge investment that would benefit hundreds more.
Will it. It’s a port. So employment opportunities long term are limited. Literally every job is likely to be replaced by engineering over a relatively short timespan. Jobs in ports are labour-intensive. So historically already many are replaced with machines. It is also the first jobs looked at with new tech. The few non-labour-intensive jobs are by nature AI suitable and already of huge interest to that community.
There is a reason, a company with a history of downsizing or reducing the cost of employment is interested in such investments. Other than it also expanding the profitability of its other operations.
As long as we as a nation allow the treat of other nations out bidding. It will always be a race to the bottom.
Honestly, I am older than most here. In my 50s. And have watched how children born after me are given way less opportunity to build a life than I was. Despite seeing the same reduction over my parents. While housing is a huge part of it. The general fall in wages vs living costs is also way worse. And it can be clearly seen as a choice by our governments pressured by companies like this.
At some point it is a requirement to say “NO”. Trading or investing in our nation is about more then taking profit. Its about working with us as a nation as well.
- Comment on Transport Secretary Louise Haigh resigns after Sky News revealed mobile phone guilty plea 3 weeks ago:
Given the actions of said investor.
When you’re trying to encourage businesses to grow in the UK
It is sorta invalid when the company is working to fire UK workers and rehire foreign ones with fewer rights and lower costs.
- Comment on GB News invite Trump to 'invade Britain' 3 weeks ago:
so this is what sovereignty was about?
- Comment on Tough news for protesting farmers: Labour doesn’t actually need their votes 4 weeks ago:
Honestly, it’s a slightly different cause and effect.
The wealthy keep taxes low by funding both media that concentrates on blaming the poor. And funding politicians that support the argument.
Same result, just different initial source. Think the old cartoon with the monopoly man sat at a table with a huge pile of cookies. Another guy with one cookie and a third with none.
“Hey that guy wants to steal your cookie”.
- Comment on Tough news for protesting farmers: Labour doesn’t actually need their votes 4 weeks ago:
Hardly a new take.
It’s why labour did not care about the left post Corbyn.
Why the Tories ignore the poor. And both are happy to lump blame on immigrants or shaft the disabled.
FPTP makes it worse, as community size is more powerful. But PR would only improve it a little.
Larger, more loyal voting blocks will always have more power than smaller or overtly anti the current leadership.
- Comment on A common nasal decongestant lacks evidence but is still sold in the UK 4 weeks ago:
Yeah at least if you live to far from the sea. tip some salt in the loo.
Just be sure not to flush first for the authentic experience.
- Comment on A common nasal decongestant lacks evidence but is still sold in the UK 4 weeks ago:
but is still sold in the UK
Saline has an effect. It’s minimal in the spray form. But any liquid that is safe can help a little. And at this time of year. Dehydration from fan heaters is a common cause.
So I’m not surprised the crap is sold. Just remember, boiled water with a tiny bit of salt will do as well. Often better.
- Comment on Thames Water supply ‘on knife-edge’ with £23bn repairs needed 4 weeks ago:
Huge saving. LOL, a bit like saying don’t worry your only going to die of a bullet, we save the rockets for the big boys.
- Comment on Thames Water supply ‘on knife-edge’ with £23bn repairs needed 4 weeks ago:
Thames Valley area
Just FYI: Thames water covers a larger population than that. Much of London is not technically in the Thames valley.
- Comment on Typhoo Tea teeters on the brink of administration 5 weeks ago:
By drinking some not crap tea.
And being shocked this shit ripped you off for so long?
- Comment on The return of Trump means Britain must rethink its defence strategy – and role in the world 5 weeks ago:
Unfortunately, only local auth councillors tend to have any interest in lowering the limit.
Well at least since 1967 when the M1 was first given the temp 70mph limit.
- Comment on The return of Trump means Britain must rethink its defence strategy – and role in the world 5 weeks ago:
Sounds logical on a just consider it level.
But us old farts know better.
The nation went metric in 1965 joined the EU in 1975.
You know how all road signs are reflective. Well, back then that did not exist. Reflective roadsigns started in the early 1980s.
Add to that, most major roads end up replacing the signs every several years.
And the simple fact is No If in the 80s we decided to double sign (as other nations did. Every nation in the EU did it at some point. France was well before road signs, 1795 I think. But the rest of the EU could not agree on anything before the 1940s. Almost all of them had their own versions of imperial like units divided over regions based on political power.
It was not until the early predecessor to the EU post ww2 that most of Europe changed.
If we started in 1980 by displaying km plus mph on all signs. (Rounded to the nearest unit). The original change would not have cost any more than current spending. Buy now, most major roads would have had many replacements, likely dropping the mph.
We would still see some dual signs in very low use back roads.
But when did you last see a non-reflective sign. Because that is as often as you would see MPH only signs. At 0 extra spending.
- Comment on The return of Trump means Britain must rethink its defence strategy – and role in the world 5 weeks ago:
Just to be clear. The UK is full metric as far as EU rules are concerned.
Heck, as far as the SI is concerned, so is the US. We both changed in the 70s. SI just required all other units to be defined based on metric. The UK and US do this. And the EU just requires all trade to be available as a metric option.
What you actually use to communicate in nation non-sales is your own business.
We and the US are just to stubborn to use the better units.
- Comment on Any hope of ‘getting Britain working again’ must not demonise people on welfare 5 weeks ago:
As labour are continuing tory crap. And have added nothing to it.
How can that be worse.
As a potential victim of this crap. Please stop weakening the case with over grandiose claims of crap.
- Comment on New coal mining licences will be banned 5 weeks ago:
Thanks. Makes sense.
- Comment on Keir Starmer says the UK can decarbonise without disruption – that’s neither true nor helpful 5 weeks ago:
Vat meat is likely the long term future. IE lab grown but more efficient.
Vegonism will become more common. But is not going to be 100% or even close in time to have an effect. Ao likely ever as that effect is its biggest sell atm.
But lab grown meat can manage and use CO2 where as its hard to do so with live animals.
But arible farming is still a huge user of CO2 and really not being pushed to cha ge rapidly. Cost is still seen as more important then green energy use.
- Comment on New coal mining licences will be banned 5 weeks ago:
The word restricted in the desc rather than the tittle BANNED.
Indicates it’s not as banned as they want to suggest.
Of course, if it’s really banned then great, it’s well past time. But that switch in wording is carrying a lot of weight.
- Comment on Guardian will no longer post on Elon Musk’s X from its official accounts 5 weeks ago:
Seems Vance threatening tariffs to nations that limit musks political bull.
Has made the political corruption so obvious it can’t be ignored.
- Comment on Post Office: Fujitsu boss 'does not know' if Horizon is reliable 5 weeks ago:
Post Office: Fujitsu boss ‘does not want to admit’ if Horizon is not reliable
- Comment on Britain will rejoin the EU within 15 years, former Brussels chief predicts 1 month ago:
I can see clear calls in 15 years. But likely another 10-20 before those calls agree on any approach to join.
There will be a huge we should get what we had push making any actual agreement impossible.
- Comment on Over £1 billion to boost bus services across the country as bus fares capped at £3. 1 month ago:
Agreed.
Hell it would be a fair argument to renationalise all buses and trains and make the service free as a whole.
Honestly that would be a very logical way about doing things. Companies (specifically high street retail but all companies) would benifit hugely. It would trully encourage Public transport over car use . Assuming matched with investment in services.
And remember the lack of rural public transport since 2010 is forcing more and more non working retired or disabled people to be forced to move into cities etc. This is hugly increasing competition for housing and increasing the cost/distance lower paid workers are having to travel to work.
But honestly non of these options was ever on offer. Yes its entirly fair to say hay more could be done.
But it is no way acceptable to attack people as shill just for sharing the announcement as is. It is just attacking for the sake of attacking.
- Comment on Over £1 billion to boost bus services across the country as bus fares capped at £3. 1 month ago:
They could have. And that would be cool.
But it would only be a false dichotomy if the true positives and negatives were completely ignored and only the reduced discount was considered.
The simple fact is UK bus services have been hugly underfunded and cut under tories since 2010. Many rural areas litrally no longer haveing any public transport at all.
This causes huge issues. As it forces disabled(non working) or elderly retired people to move into the very housing that lower paid working class people need to compete for. Making the cost of transport a greater part of lower income daily costs.
The simple fact is the tories had no plans to continue the £2 discount forever. And had absolutely no plans at all to invest in improving buses. (Or responding the long since closed trainlines).
Yes their are lots of thing that could be done better.
Hell their is a huge huge argument for making all public transport free. Its pretty much what is needed to ensure reduced car use. Amd would hugly help UK High streets etc. But again can only help if we are also spending money on expanding the existing destroyed public transport system we have.
No one with any brains expects this budget to be a left wing give away. No matter how much many of us may feel that would actually be better. That is just never what either party promised.
But to accuse people of being shills and outright refuse to discuse the positives that are being offered is the very definition of being biased and dishonest in comparisons.
- Comment on Chief thought Skripal poisoning could be 'act of war' 1 month ago:
Yeah. Just to let you know. That generic you is the same as saying “you people” and yep we brits have a bad history of that sort of comment. But many of us recognise the error.
Its generally best to say the UK or British government when that is what you mean. Because just like every other nation. Most of the you that are in the UK do not have any control or history over these events.
- Comment on Over £1 billion to boost bus services across the country as bus fares capped at £3. 1 month ago:
Translation. You have no answers. And are the very tory shill you accused op of being.
Cool don’t worry everyone reading can tell.