mr_strange

@mr_strange@discuss.tchncs.de

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation | George Monbiot⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think a switch to PR would be more practical, and more effective.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why supermarket prices really became sky high in the UK⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That sounds like a terrible idea. Just one step away from a return to 1970s-style price controls. Unless you nationalise all the farms too, you end up just encouraging producers to shift to other crops, and that way lies Soviet style bread queues.

  If you want to support poorer people, it’s far cheaper and easier to just give them more money.

  As I understand it, much of the genuine need to food banks in the UK (remember, a relatively new phenomenon) is down to the inflexibility of Universal Credit. It used to be that you could sign on, and get cash in your pocket pretty immediately. Nowadays, there’s weeks of waiting. Let’s fix that, rather than trying to get the government into the supermarket business.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man carrying home his gardening tools arrested by armed police in Manchester⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A timely reminder to never accept a caution (unless you are damn sure you would also plead guilty in court - because that’s essentially what you’re doing).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Old UK hoss needs comfortable new (old) boots.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But what style of boot do you want?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Help @CountBinface@mastodon.world become Mayor of London.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Love me some Count Binface.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just 9% of British voters think Brexit has gone well, poll finds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  The country needs more people. Locals are not having enough babies to cover that, and the world is full of fantastic other people who want to come here, and help make the place great. The only reason to turn them away is a toxic mix of short-sightedness and racism.