blackn1ght
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- Submitted 5 days ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 43 comments
- Comment on Doom Bar maker Sharp’s Brewery in Cornwall to be closed by US owner 6 days ago:
I wonder if St Austell brewery would be interested in buying it? It would help keep its Cornish heritage.
I’m suprised that it’s such a popular beer though, personally I’ve never liked it.
- Comment on US stealth fighter fleet spotted over Lancashire as Trump threatens strikes on Iran 1 week ago:
We heard this last night. We live under a flight corridor and not that far from Manchester & Liverpool so it’s not too unusual to hear air traffic, but this was extremely loud and lasted for about 10 minutes. Checked Flight Radar and there were two USAF refueling jets overhead, although it didn’t show any other jets.
- Submitted 1 week ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 6 comments
- Comment on Fly-tipping across England reaches record high 1 week ago:
Why don’t the fly tippers just take it to the tip?
- Comment on MPs back UK broadcasters in push to expand sport’s free-to-air ‘crown jewels’ 1 week ago:
More live F1 on channel 4 please!
- Submitted 1 week ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 5 comments
- Comment on Online shop's UK county selector 1 week ago:
Country selectors can also be annoying:
United Kingdom - not in the list. England - not in the list Great Britian - Yep
- Comment on Banned Mullvad VPN TV ad criticizing United Kingdom escalating censorship and mass surveillance “And Then?” 1 week ago:
I try it every now and again but I simply don’t “get” the format. This isn’t an issue wtih Mastodon, it’s just that style of social media, I had the same issue with Twitter. The vast majority of content seems to be people just dumping their thoughts into a post. I think it’s because I have no interest in following people, but topics, which I find that Lemmy/Reddit easier to follow.
- Comment on Banned Mullvad VPN TV ad criticizing United Kingdom escalating censorship and mass surveillance “And Then?” 1 week ago:
Yep, the vast majority of people will pick the path of least resitance, and signing up to centralised services are usually very familiar and easy. Throw in the concept of instances / servers, and suddenly people are confused - they don’t know what that means for their experience and it gives them a choice paralysis.
- Comment on We conduct affairs of state in a building that’s riddled with asbestos and mice. Can’t Britain do any better? 1 week ago:
I like the idea of moving things up north, but I’m not sure if it’s really practical given that Whitehall is in London and other key departments.
- Comment on We conduct affairs of state in a building that’s riddled with asbestos and mice. Can’t Britain do any better? 1 week ago:
Then there is the “full decant” option, in which both houses would move while the job is done. Neither option comes cheap. It would be an estimated £8.4-£11.5bn and take 19 to 24 years for the full decant, whereas staying put would come at a whopping £11.8-£18.7bn and take somewhere between 38 and a staggering 61 years.
Seems like the full decant option it is then?
I’ve read that one of the reasons why repair jobs take so long is because some Lords refuse to have sessions is there’s any visible building work going on in the chamber. So contractors need to stop, put things back and stop while there’s a session going on and then continue when it’s finished. And other staff complain if there’s any slight bit of noise going on.
If they can decant everyone out then this should surely help with that as contractors can work uninterrupted.
- Comment on This is a baby cow 2 weeks ago:
Relevant username?
- Comment on Hold my beer... 2 weeks ago:
You flipping turnip!
- Comment on UK bank bosses plan to set up Visa and Mastercard alternative amid Trump fears 2 weeks ago:
However, the UK is taking a less aggressive stance, with Visa and Mastercard working within the initiative.
Both companies are part of the new funders group, giving them a stake and a say alongside a large number of banks and payment companies including Santander UK, NatWest, Nationwide, Lloyds Banking Group, the ATM network body Link, and Coventry Building Society.
I’m confused, Visa and MasterCard are involved in the project that’s looking to replace them?
- Comment on Why this school will ditch a shirt, tie and blazer from its uniform 2 weeks ago:
I’m still in favour of ditching school uniforms entirely and just mandating that they can’t have any branding on their clothes.
If schools want to have a uniform, they should pay for it and not charge the parents.
- Comment on North of England launch bid to host Olympic Games 3 weeks ago:
Gold medalists receive a butter pie barm.
- Comment on One in 14 children who die in England have closely related parents, study finds 3 weeks ago:
Yeah. I was like “errrr no fucking shit they’re closely related?”
- Comment on One in 14 children who die in England have closely related parents, study finds 3 weeks ago:
The title confused me, I thought it meant that the parents were closely related to the child. Turns out it means where the two parents are closely related to each other, i.e. cousins.
- Comment on Oatly banned from using word ‘milk’ to market plant-based products in UK 3 weeks ago:
What about coconut milk?
- Comment on Government on track to lower minimum age for train drivers to 18 in Great Britain 3 weeks ago:
I’m surprised there’s shortages, I thought loads of people apply to be train drivers?
- Comment on Government on track to lower minimum age for train drivers to 18 in Great Britain 3 weeks ago:
I think there’s a lot to it in stopping the train smoothly and accurately and applying the correct amount of power for any given conditions. The drivers also seem to have to require extensive route knowledge to the point they can drive the train safely in poor visiblity.
- Comment on Coventry's light rail technology a 'game-changer' 4 weeks ago:
It’s a tram.
- Submitted 4 weeks ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 5 comments
- Comment on Average house price tops £300,000 for first time, says Halifax 4 weeks ago:
To be fair if it’s on a flood plain then it should be unsellable, mortgage providers and insurers might not want to deal with it.
- Comment on Average house price tops £300,000 for first time, says Halifax 4 weeks ago:
I wouldn’t say they’re small constraints because they’re not necessarily easy to fix. They could ease the load on the local authorities planning offices by hiring more staff or easing regulations, which will always drag on and take time. There’s the fighting with NIMBY’s in courts. And there’s also only so many builders in the country that can be on projects at any given time.
- Comment on Average house price tops £300,000 for first time, says Halifax 4 weeks ago:
There are huge house building projects going on, at least there are in my area. However there’s constraints as to how fast you can actually start these projects as you need to find suitable land, go through all the red tape and have enough resources (materials, people) to build them. So if demand keeps outpacing supply, the prices will still continue to rise.
Interestingly, I saw an article recently that average rents actually started to decrease, so maybe the increased supply is very slowly having an impact on the rental market.
Slightly off-tangent, but it frustrates me when sellers complain that they can’t sell their house and then take it off the market. No, you can’t sell it at the price you want, it’s obviously over-priced. If you were to knock off £50k or £100k, I’d guarantee that you’d be able to sell the house.
- Submitted 4 weeks ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 13 comments
- Comment on Alton Towers bans people with anxiety from using disability pass 4 weeks ago:
I’m not seeing any comments on the article, but I can imagine what they’re like.
- Submitted 4 weeks ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 40 comments