HumanPenguin

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jeremy Corbyn confirms new ‘socialist alternative’ before next election to fight Starmer⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Labour plp and the leadership. Who is at the end of it who you vote for.

  Is not in any way left wing anymore. The shit their doing is more blue then red.

  The members may be broad. But the party no longer pay any attention to them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jeremy Corbyn confirms new ‘socialist alternative’ before next election to fight Starmer⁩ ⁨⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry. But if you plan to vote labour next election. You are not a red voter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This burger was made from cow cells in a lab. Should it really be served in restaurants?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  It is.

  But honestly it can only be no better or better. Live cows are very bad for the environment. Growing plants is pretty bad even without feeding it to cows. Plowing releases huge amounts of co2 while chemical weed killers destroy rivers etc. one has to be done to grow food in a land efficiency manor.

  So again it’s hard to argue lab meat is worse as even high energy cost has renewable and low pollution based options farming dose not. It’s just if aoxiery bothers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK media are covering up British spy flights for Israel⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  clearly being opposite to what the majority of us want.

  Not actually disagreeing but. I’d be interested to see evidence of that. As I think it depends on age.

  Most over 50 grew up thinking of hamas as terrorists that kidnapped and held UK and other prisoners for over a decade.

  As such their ideals and pre internet news will have influenced at least 40 plus year olds.

  You are likely to find the majority is hugely against these actions under 40. As these people very much depends on the internet for news.

  But around 40 plus it likely scews further and further to the mainstream medias opinion. Reinforced over decades of UK media and negativity towards hamas.

  Add to that the age group not only most likely to vote. But most reliable on their party support when voting.

  And the government choices seem less surprising. More so as few of the MPs are under 40

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This burger was made from cow cells in a lab. Should it really be served in restaurants?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Really only 2 questions matter.

  1. Is it as or more healthy then current burgers. Given the issues with processing and health. This should not be hard.

  2. Are people willing to pay The costs needed to provide it.

  No other questions or opinions really apply.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welcome to the Labour police state⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Last effective protest was the women’s pay movement in 1968. Where all women at the factory strike. Plus many other female employees throughout the UK.

  It was effective in that the law changed. Equal pay for women passed as a lawin 1971.

  Question Then became is the legal requirements enough.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What quintessentially British images should go on the new banknotes? Our panel has some ideas⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  David Tennant as paddington might be more fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welcome to the Labour police state⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah interesting how our first attempt at democracy. Was started by and failed due to. Religious fundamentalism.

  Given only wealthy land owners could vote. Hardly democracy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welcome to the Labour police state⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They were far from effective.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No criminal charges over British woman shot in US⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The UK Tends to warn not ban travel.

  We have levels of warning that equate to. You are all on your own if shit happens.

  Down to the be very careful to follow rules level the US is currently under.

  But proscription of travel only happens in a open we are at war setting. And rarely even then,

  The US on the other hand will do it for political disagreements. Like Cuba.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every year for the last 40 years, France has built more homes per person than England.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I asked what they did to cause it. Not why it happened.

  IE How did having the Tories in charge. Directly help building companies not build. That was not possible with labour in charge before 2010

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Full of excuses’: families condemn Matt Hancock’s testimony to Covid inquiry⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  As much as I hate to give any Tory the benefit of doubt on anything.

  His main argument.

  “Nobody has yet provided me with an alternative that was available at the time that would have saved more lives,”

  Dose sound like a reasonable question to ask.

  This was before the availability of fast testing. And before any nightingale hospitals had been build.

  Hospitals were overloaded staff wise. Even with all non urgent care stopped.

  Their was a well documented lack of PPE. So hardly possible for the gov to do more to help care homes keep residents more separated.

  At the time. Their really dose seems like very little else he could have done.

  BUT:

  The NHS did have plans and resources for pandemics. plans the Tory party removed support for during austerity.

  Not to mention the risk of a pandemic has been a well known one since the mid 1990s. Yet still the Tories considered shutting down the minimal support the NHS had. As a tax saving measure. (Because allowing the Tories to keep low corp and capital gains taxes was the real reason).

  Yes the report and HandsonCock never considered this as a cause.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every year for the last 40 years, France has built more homes per person than England.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Given this is total house building. So basically how willing or able private construction companies are to build.

  I’d be interested to know exactly what the Tories did to discourage private building.

  Personally I’d rather blame the development companies who have been openly accused of limiting building numbers. To increase profits value of properties they do build.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starmer outlines plan to shift NHS care from hospitals to new health centres⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Likely town halls and or GP offices.

  Or leisure centers where local Auth ownership still applies. But not many of those left outside London.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why, just why?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  and routinely fucked over Brit

  Stop bragging. You will get blamed for your government funded sex life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NHS in England told to slash recruitment of overseas-trained medics⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly. I think the current gov is significantly to the right of Cameron on immigration, disability rights and equality in general.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starmer outlines plan to shift NHS care from hospitals to new health centres⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow a potentially positive mood. Depending how it’s funded. And how the huge staff shortages (enhanced by new NHS immigration rule). Limit it.

  But for 40 year the NHS has had centralisation into big city hospitals. Increasing the cost difficulty and CO2 footprint of mobility limited travelers to get help.

  Moving more specialist care into local community centers. Would be a huge positive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NHS in England told to slash recruitment of overseas-trained medics⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This is just insane. Since the Windrush. The NHS has had a high dependency on immigration. Mainly due to our own lower pay of staff. Many qualified British medical staff can get higher paying work elsewhere. Both foreign and non NHS UK jobs. This is why multiple governments from both parties haver always offered NHS training and employment as a way to encourage immigration from lower paying nations.

  If the gov does not have the funding (wish to raise taxes). To pay NHS staff and UK care staff a wage that competes with higher paying jobs in the UK or aboard. This will directly lead to a collapse of the NHS.

  Exactly like the Tories have been trying for decades.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK to host Donald Trump for full state visit this year, says Buckingham Palace⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you have confirmation

  Just a news article. Can’t even remember where I saw it. So yeah. You are likely correct.

  That said. If the US refused to support the UK. I find it hard to believe we would not quickly have difficulties maintaing f35s. And given how much they really on software to fly. I’d be more surprised if the US did not have a backdoor.

  I’d add that to anything the US sells that they would have reason to fear if turned against them.

  I really think is the EU and or the UK want to be independent of the US. Arming with modern US weapons is about as safe as. Well issuing Chinese smart phones to all our politicians.

  The US has never been entirely trust worthy when it comes to them Vs the world. Less so now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weight loss jabs study begins after reports of pancreas issues⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Pancreatitis not cancer.

  It is inflammation. Can be minor(short term pain and gastric issue), But when acute can lead to death. Mainly as it seriously harm other organs and has a systemic effect on the body when the pancreas fails.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weight loss jabs study begins after reports of pancreas issues⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The side-effects would need to be pretty extreme

  Pancreatitis ranges from minor to life threatening.

  It can become systemic harming multiple organs.

  So idepending on what this study shows when done. A high number of severe cases. Could def be worse for the NHS then obesity. Considering 1 in 4 adults meet the obesity Def now. And 1 in 5 cases of pancreatitis are classed as severe. Mass roll out could be a disaster if the study shows high numbers suffer this effect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK to host Donald Trump for full state visit this year, says Buckingham Palace⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Unfortunately the new nukes that fit to the f35 we agreed to buy from the US.

  Require US permission to use. So we are far from reducing our reliance on them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sainsburys and Morrisons told to stop tobacco ads⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Both companies question if the 2002 law applies.

  Neither give a shit if they morally should be advertising a dangerously product. Let alone in front of children.

  Ain’t capitalism great.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Injured dog walkers could be costing NHS £23m a year⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  according to my neighbours, you can buy kittens, not do any of that and then just let them be feral around your neighbourhood

  Ignoreing the not having to care for them. And legally cats must be chipped now. But that is a very very recent rule change.

  This is very much a majority opinion in the UK that cats kept inside is cruelty to the cat. You opinion that all cats are required to be inside creatures is the rare one. More common in the younger generation. But not one backed up by evidence.

  Bird deaths are the most common sighted evidence. But cats have been in the UK at least since the Romans first arrival. So 2000 years. And have been used as pest control on farms extensively since at least that period. Urbanisation may mean more cats. But the expansion of humanity and removal of habitate is the real issue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Injured dog walkers could be costing NHS £23m a year⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well it’s sky so I’m not going to disagree with the intent.

  But it’s very open to interpretation. Many right wing readers may interpret it that way. But the tittle just questions the cost. Reading the article it seems more like a warning.

  “For elderly females that dogs may be a bad pet for them and the NHS.”

  I worry more that it makes no effort to compare the huge cost saving regular walking of dogs has on elderly heart and muscle health. And companionship has on mental health.

  But that’s less click baity. And really clicks is all they care about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Injured dog walkers could be costing NHS £23m a year⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Nods saw it on social media so tried it with my little dog.

  Was stunned how effective and quick it was.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Injured dog walkers could be costing NHS £23m a year⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Nods saw it somewhere on social media myself. I have an over eager chihuahua I inherited from an ex.

  So gave it a try. Half an hour of doing this he stopped pulling.

  I’m far from an expert.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK: Chinese asylum seeker allowed to stay in Britain because he “cannot be expected to lie” about his support for Taiwanese independence⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Moving to a nation you are not a citizen off is not simple. More so when the nation you are a citizen of is consider an agressir to the one you want to visit.

  But more to the point. No government can force you to. So even if he could. The UK is required to consider all asylum/refugee claims under his percieved risk at his home nation. It’s part of the Geneva convention.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Injured dog walkers could be costing NHS £23m a year⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Or you know. More information shared with the public about the needs of certain pets.

  Hamsters are the worst off. Most have no idea how big the cage needs to be for them to be unstressed. There already short lives are way shorter and stressed due to pet shops not advising the need a much much larger cage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Climate change turns warm summer days in England into health threat⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Climate change is man made. Mainly from politicians hot air.

  Heck the UK alone has 650 massive methane production plants. Doing nothing useful in Westminster.

  Heck if we seal the building. We can either heat London. Or prevent the cuts to disability benefits.