HumanPenguin
@HumanPenguin@feddit.uk
- Comment on Wealth Taxes Are Pointless While Tax Havens Exist 2 days ago:
The UK is one of the world’s biggest tax heavens.
We just allow foreign property ownership to provide a tax heaven from other nations taxation.
The UK introducing a wealth tax on both UK wealth and foreign owned property. Would be the first step to ending tax heavens,
And as soon as the billionaires etc decide to move their wealth from property. Capital gains tax is assessed.
- Comment on Yvette Cooper rejects Blair’s call for UK to have backed Trump’s strikes on Iran 1 week ago:
Fucking disgusting. The right wing as a whole ignoring the clear fact. Voters in no way support this war. Or Israel’s actions as a whole.
It is so fucking clear that the rightwing is not responding to political pressure. But billionaires funding their pressure to change voters minds.
Their was a time not so long ago. Where all political donations to parties were expected to go via the party.
It is amazing how personal donations have expended in the last 30 years. With huge Coralation to the growth of wealth inequality moving the UK to the top 10 most unequal nations. Matching the push to the rightwing for those at the top,
- Comment on ChatGPT driving rise in reports of ‘satanic’ organised ritual abuse, UK experts say 1 week ago:
I lived near a house in the UK. Where in the late 70s the same rumers of satanic abuse and witchcraft cults existed. As a so called cult had been arrested.
Turns out to have been normal child paedofilea abuse. And a political cult. Just locals turning to satan and witchcraft. As a way to make it seem further from their own beliefs.
As chat got etc is trained on human responses. This is likely exactly the same. Folks seeing political figures acting like scum. And desperately looking for ways to define them as different to their own beliefs etc.
Just as every xtians church dose when priests or members are caught being sick arseholes.
- Comment on UK launches consultation asking for views on under-16s social media ban 1 week ago:
They ask. But will only give a shit about comments they personally benefit from.
IE ones that do not limit the billionaire owners bribing them.
- Comment on MPs’ basic salary to rise to £110,000 by end of parliament, watchdog says 1 week ago:
Ain’t going to happen. Without folks joining parties that demand it.
PS it was voted as part of the YourParty constitution at conference. That no your party MP can not have a second job. Or accept any form of non party donations,
The donation thing was expected of all parties until recently. All this billionaires and foreign funded think tanks donating money to individuals rather then parties. Did not exist in the 90s.
What labour leadership Tories and reform dose now. Is new,
- Comment on Record number of rough sleepers in England last year, official figures show 1 week ago:
Useless alone. But absolutely any one of your possible answer is a fucking important one
And clear indication that some change is harming people in the UK.
- Comment on Why this school will ditch a shirt, tie and blazer from its uniform 3 weeks ago:
Because school head teachers think it makes the students look well managed.
Think for a moment about UK history. Very little to non of it was implemented to ensure poor people were treated equally. And the introduction of uniforms was no more so.
Back in the day it was about wealthy schools looking like they were preparing students for work life. iE uniforms tried to match the idea that successful students would have to wear suits.
And as such uniforms were mainly used in city schools as more rural schools tought for farming or mining communities. Not office jobs,
In the 70s as less farming or mining jobs were expected.more schools tried to introduce dress codes to force dress standards for children expected to have to do so once working.
- Comment on Why this school will ditch a shirt, tie and blazer from its uniform 3 weeks ago:
That assumes those with money. Will not go separately to buy clothing. While those without telly on the school.
Sorry but that is not the way it will work. Just because schools are required to provide the uniforms. Dose not mean their will not be a market for uniforms outside the schools supply.
- Comment on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office 3 weeks ago:
A case being “The Crown vs. HRH King Charles III” is perfectly feasible. The monarch being subject to law is a concept that goes back over 800 years.
Except the concept has not. At no point in that history. Has any UK king or queen ever been tried by anything other then parliament itself.
And the one time parliament did it. It was done in parliament exactly because the constituency of the crown being different from the current monarch is not well defined. It’s only separation definition is in the right for ownership and duty to be passed.
Other then the king. The only people fully free of the justice system. Are MPs when acting in parliament itself.They are not free of the whole justice system. They have limited parliamentary privileges mainly related to what they can say without consequences, but they couldn’t murder their opponents.
Actually no that is not how the sovereignty of parliament in defined.
Yes actions are only free of judicial jurisdiction when acting in parlimentry session. But those actions are in no way related to speech alone.
While no an MP could not murder someone during parliamentary session.
The normal justice system would not be responsible for protecting that person. Parliament will. This is exactly why the tower of London was originally considered the be the kings and then parliaments prison. And not the judiciary.
This is why parliament has a chief Marshall to enforce it’s authority. And why the tower of London has it’s own guards independent of the UK police and military.
While this all seems to be just of historic interest. And honestly the orders (people involved) are no longer armed or trained in a way that would be official to actually enforce the law. Not to mention the tower is no longer in a position to provide a reasonable or effective prison.
The legal structure has very much not been replaced in any way.
And if (cos I am biased after all.)
N Farrrage was to suddenly jump up and strangle J corbyn during PMs questions.
It would be an odd situation. Likely in 2026 it would involve parliament and the Chief marshall asking the met to actually help out. And quickly passing laws to support it. It would not be automatic.
- Comment on Why this school will ditch a shirt, tie and blazer from its uniform 3 weeks ago:
You may want to look at school funding and the attitude of the last 1t years of government to such.
Before considering that the future of school provided uniforms will be any newer or in any better condition.
- Comment on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office 3 weeks ago:
International law dose not exist. It is just a collection of treaties signed by different nations that they agree to. IE it is entirely contract law.
And given how little the UK has cared about such agreements. IE openly committing genocide. Against the Geneva convention treaty. Arresting protesters and abusing disabled people against the ECHR treaties.
There is absolutely no way parliament is going to consider any of them to outright override UKparlimentry sovereignty.
And when you remember our constitution literally applies the historical authority of the king. Being passed to parliament. Any agreement we sign. Is very much only down to the current majorities willingness to follow.
A point very important to remember given current polling for the next election.
- Comment on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office 3 weeks ago:
While Cromwell’s far from a great example of democracy.
He is the example of parliament creating a law that made killing a king illegal. And the very creation of our current constitutional monarchy. His actions basically created most of the constitution changes the nation now works on.
Hence why the example was made.
You are correct in the fact that telling secrets in parliament is technically legal. It is worth noting that parliament has the power to enforce rules upon itself. Technically to the point made by Cromwell.
IE in the event and MP was to announce secrets in parliament. Without gov approval and more so now it is televised. (This was not the case in my youth. When recording parliament was illegal for that very reason.)
Parliament would technically be able to have the MP imprisoned. Although as of now parliament has no where to store them. It was the tower of London in the past.
But yep it would have to be parliament that enforced such rules. And doing so would require a majority. Hence why bojo tried to close parliament and got prevented.
- Comment on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office 3 weeks ago:
The kings authority to refuse is not recognised.
If the king or queen were to be accused. It is technically impossible. As our whole criminal justice system is based on the king Vs the defendent/accused.
But that dose not apply to other royal family members.
- Comment on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office 3 weeks ago:
Yep it’s about giving secret gov data to Epstein. So while the peado accusations will likely be investigated as a result. Based on motive gathering.
ATM no new evidence of actual SA with minors has been shown in the files.
Just pics of him kneeling over a fully clothed shortish female of indeterminate age.
- Comment on Why this school will ditch a shirt, tie and blazer from its uniform 3 weeks ago:
Will not stop wealthy parents buying new.
Will just take burden of poor while continuing to hilight the difference in quality.
- Comment on Dual nationals to be denied entry to UK from 25 February unless they have British passport 4 weeks ago:
Well that has changed. Because back in the early 200p the requirement existed.
- Comment on Dual nationals to be denied entry to UK from 25 February unless they have British passport 4 weeks ago:
Sorry. But that is for US citizens becoming dual.
Not foreign citizens becoming US.
If you are a non US citizen applying for US citizenship. Then you have to request the home nation end you citizenship.
- Comment on Dual nationals to be denied entry to UK from 25 February unless they have British passport 4 weeks ago:
Yes.
- Comment on Nigel Farage's claim he 'can't be bought' is ridiculed 4 weeks ago:
Translation:
The folks voting for me. Cannot afford to buy me.
- Comment on Dual nationals to be denied entry to UK from 25 February unless they have British passport 4 weeks ago:
When I lived in the US. The UK embassy was openly recommending this to folks taking US citizen ship.
- Comment on One in 14 children who die in England have closely related parents, study finds 4 weeks ago:
Thanks for sharing. Nice to have less anacdotal evidence.
- Comment on Britain’s High Court says government acted illegally in outlawing protest group Palestine Action 4 weeks ago:
Yes. As far as making laws they can.
It’s not a good thing. But is why voting and education is so important. Because when it comes to actions in parliament only voting has any authority.
It’s not unique. As we see in the US. Where both houses have to act on many things.
But honestly there is not real answer. Any organisation given the authority to arrest parliament is under the same risk of abuse. As we see with the US FBI. All it means is the corrupt political org. Takes control of that first.
In the US and UK. It is why the right has taken control of the media over the last few decades.
This is also why both main parties have worked so hard to remove the right to protest. The mass is the only control we have.
- Comment on Britain’s High Court says government acted illegally in outlawing protest group Palestine Action 4 weeks ago:
Honestly. Would you really want the law to work that way.
The result would be a government that is impossible to legally fault. As doing so would be to expensive for the people in power.
But the answer is. No the acts of any MP in parliament are not within thremit of any legal authority other then parliament.
The original reason for this was to prevent each party trying to make the actions of the last gov a crime. It really dose not take long to imagine the harm that would cause,
- Comment on One in 14 children who die in England have closely related parents, study finds 4 weeks ago:
Anacdotal experience only. But I’d suggest it’s way more common then folks know.
More so from the 1970s and before. And in rural areas of the UK.
As a teen My GPs lived in a farming village. And would hint at it when I visited and got to know a few local girls. I did not think much of it at the time.
Post Uni I lived with them for a few months. And got to know one of these girls way better. To the point she felt the need to explain why she never wanted children.
Apparently she knew a few others in the village were in the same situation. For timing this was mid 80s we were both in our mid 20s at the time. So he mother likely finishes school in the 60s. And I know sex education in schools was very hit and miss due to political attitudes at the time.
But news over the last 30+ years. Would lead me to recognise while Insest is no less common. Pro Choice really matters for more reasons then most would expect.
- Comment on One in 14 children who die in England have closely related parents, study finds 4 weeks ago:
Resentful upvoter earned.
- Comment on Universal basic income needed to cushion blow from AI job losses, says UK minister 1 month ago:
It is possible. Because the rich and powerful go totally bonkers when AI comes up.
Why do you think the rich are so keen to see it. Sure as hell not to increase the cost of doing business.
I’ll buy AI will never have the power claimed. But it already has the power to replace a metric fuck ton of jobs. And lots of the so called rich and powerful are working fucking hard to make sure folks feel comfortable relying on it.
You have to be pretty blind to think they are doing that for any other reason then to enhance there own position on the inequality scale.
- Comment on London bus driver sacked after chasing and punching thief 1 month ago:
Would have a point. If this was about him facing charges.
But it’s his employer. Any one who has worked knows Thier employer will never support this when acting in their name.
If you work retail even security no company is going to let you act to stop violence when in their name.
It may not be right. But hardly a suprise.
- Comment on Universal basic income needed to cushion blow from AI job losses, says UK minister 1 month ago:
More to the point. Taxing enough to pay it. Would make the billionaires investing in AI pointless. So such billionaires will never let it happen.
No one is investing in AI for the good of a nation. Just to save money on their own staffing costs.
- Comment on Why the NHS still wastes billions on patients who shouldn't be in hospital 1 month ago:
Add to that, the huge centralisation of hospital services since the 80s. Such that small town local hospitals no longer have any specialist support.
More and more services have been moved to big city hospitals where paitents from multiple towns are expected to travel.
And again elderly etc are less able to be at home ue to transportation difficulties. And complexity getting services fast.
- Comment on Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows 2 months ago:
Number of people with ultranationalist views rising. As 3 main parties start pushing fascist ideology. Media “acts” surprised.