blackn1ght
@blackn1ght@feddit.uk
- Comment on World's longest coastal path opens in England to the public 1 week ago:
This is pretty sick. Now we need a review of all the best pubs on the route.
- Comment on [Video] British journalist Steve Sweeney bombed by Israel while reporting in Lebanon 1 week ago:
Imgur blocks traffic from the UK, so many of us can’t see this without being on a VPN and switching to a different country.
@RubberDuck@lemmy.world Any chance you can use a different host?
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- Comment on Car park firm NCP collapses with nearly 700 jobs at risk 1 week ago:
Not great that people there’s 700 going to be out of a job, but I won’t shed a tear for the company. Their prices were always outrageous.
- Comment on British expats who fled Gulf desperate to avoid huge tax bills after London return 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Customers of three UK banks report being able to see other people’s accounts on app 2 weeks ago:
The DPO Controller at the banks: I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue!
- Comment on Migration minister fails UK citizenship test question 2 weeks ago:
My friend was revising for his UK citizenship test back in 2012. I had a couple of goes on a mock test and I failed it both times. The questions were absurd and I’d bet most people wouldn’t know about and were of no relevance to British culture.
- Comment on FIFA hikes 2026 World Cup parking prices, including for disabled fans 2 weeks ago:
Oh yeah I totally expet their rates to increase massively. And for people who made a reservation a long time ago who paid under the normal fee to have their booking suddenly cancelled.
- Comment on FIFA hikes 2026 World Cup parking prices, including for disabled fans 2 weeks ago:
FIFA is now charging around $175 on average for parking spots at 2026 World Cup games in the United States.
Holy shit - $175 to park your vehicle for one game?! What’s the chances that these venues are completely inacessible to public transport / walking?
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- Comment on Doom Bar maker Sharp’s Brewery in Cornwall to be closed by US owner 3 weeks 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 4 weeks 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.
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- Comment on Fly-tipping across England reaches record high 4 weeks 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’ 4 weeks ago:
More live F1 on channel 4 please!
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- Comment on Online shop's UK county selector 4 weeks 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?” 4 weeks 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?” 4 weeks 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? 4 weeks 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? 4 weeks 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 5 weeks ago:
Relevant username?
- Comment on Hold my beer... 5 weeks ago:
You flipping turnip!
- Comment on UK bank bosses plan to set up Visa and Mastercard alternative amid Trump fears 5 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 5 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 1 month ago:
Gold medalists receive a butter pie barm.
- Comment on One in 14 children who die in England have closely related parents, study finds 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago:
What about coconut milk?
