TheGrandNagus
@TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
- Comment on Lammy admits fishing without licence on Vance trip 4 hours ago:
Seems a bit of an over the top response.
He wasn’t aware he even needed one, and once he was informed he immediately fessed up about it publicly and referred himself to be looked at.
The sentencing guidelines state that the normal punishment for a first offence of this violation is a warning, which is probably what he’ll receive.
- Comment on Dubious UK local news websites with Russian links are receiving cash for coverage 5 days ago:
I imagine Labour are scared to go after them because it’ll be called censorship, and the Tories didn’t do anything because they thought they’d benefit from it (short-sighted, now it’s Reform getting the benefit).
Theoretically, Ofcom is independent, so the above shouldn’t be a thing, but in reality, like with Ofgem and Ofwat, I’m not sure that’s actually the case…
Personally I’d be fine with a compromise: you get to keep your licence to air, but you have to be reclassified as a news channel, as that’s clearly what you brand yourself as to the public.
It wouldn’t be the end of the world, you can still have an editorial slant. At the end of the day, Sky News has a mild right bias and Channel 4 News has a mild left bias. GB News just wouldn’t be able to get away with some of the more egregious stuff they do.
- Comment on US envoy to Israel taunts Keir Starmer and likens Gaza assault to Dresden bombing 5 days ago:
The Same Starmer who is increasing military funding, as well as support for Ukraine?
The same Starmer who is signing defence pacts with allies like the Nordic countries, Germany, and others?
The same Starmer who appears keen to expand various naval projects, as well as the GCAP, to like-minded allies like Canada and Australia?
The Same Starmer who has increased resources towards GCAP (UK, Italy, and Japan’s joint 6th gen jet fighter project, which is significantly further ahead than the US’s and France/Germany/Spain’s 6th gen fighter projects)?
The same Starmer who’s overseen the Royal Navy successfully prevent attacks from Houthi terror groups attacking and boarding civilian ships bound for Europe?
The same Starmer who, after Iran threatened to attack UK bases, warned them not to, and they immediately backed down?
Starmer and his team actually seems pretty competent on defence.
This is just dumb posturing from a deranged Republican.
- Comment on Dubious UK local news websites with Russian links are receiving cash for coverage 5 days ago:
If it was a newest channel it would already have been revoked, because they keep breaking Ofcom standards.
Unfortunately, they’re using the same loophole that Fox News uses in the US… “We’re an entertainment channel that covers current affairs. We are not a news channel.”
It’s staggering it works tbh, especially since their name literally has “news” in it.
- Comment on Homelessness minister threw out her tenants - then increeased rent by £700 a month 1 week ago:
If I were to be charitable, she gave them 4 months notice, when the law only requires one, then she tried to sell it and it is still actually on the market at a reduced price.
However, this is fucking disastrous for image, doubly so given what she’s a minister of.
Given the information above, are the headlines overblown and missing very important context? Definitely. But that’s what the media does. And Labour are morons for not preparing for that by vetting their ministers for shit like this.
God they are actually so bad at this. They aren’t the Tories, they should know they aren’t going to be let off for things like this. They need to be whiter than white.
- Comment on ‘Climateflation’ could push up UK food prices by more than a third by 2050, report says 2 weeks ago:
Yes but remember climate is the only factor in food inflation. This estimated 1.1% would be on top of other factors.
- Comment on Labour MP claims it'd cost "Upwards of £100bn to Nationalise Water". He is an extremely smart man. Why does he lie like this? 3 weeks ago:
All well and good, but then we’d have a truss-like markets meltdown that drives up the cost of all borrowing and destroys investment.
There’s a reason the government mass seizing industry is only done by banana republics.
We’re better off letting them go bankrupt and letting the government step in as operator of last resort, as the law already lays out.
- Comment on Woman, 74, tells of pain and fear after arrest at Liverpool pro-Palestine rally 3 weeks ago:
It’s not a wrongful arrest though, she was supporting a proscribed terrorist group, rather than any other legitimate group.
- Comment on Woman, 74, tells of pain and fear after arrest at Liverpool pro-Palestine rally 3 weeks ago:
I’m sorry that you’re a terrorist-supporting idiot.
Literally kill yourself.
- Comment on Woman, 74, tells of pain and fear after arrest at Liverpool pro-Palestine rally 3 weeks ago:
No they aren’t. Palestine Action is illegal. Because they’re terrorists. The rest are fine.
- Comment on Ofwat to be abolished as ministers look to create new water regulator 3 weeks ago:
Probably a good thing that will benefit us.
The problem is, like with most things this government seems to be doing, we won’t feel the benefit for a long time. People are impatient and they want results now.
Whether that’s reasonable or not doesn’t matter. It’s the reality, it affects polling, and will affect the next general election.
Things like this, the planning reforms, the infrastructure spending they’re doing, SureStart 2.0, NHS improvements, green subsidies, etc won’t start to bear fruit until Reform are in, and they’ll benefit from it, only to then tear it all down so the next government inherits the same poisoned chalice this government did last year.
- Comment on Chippie owner given ‘devastating’ £40,000 fine by Home office for allegedly illegal hire 3 weeks ago:
I swear people just want to be unhappy.
We say we don’t want companies to illegally hire, yet when they do and face the consequences of it, we get stories like this.
We can’t have low fines, otherwise business just treat it as a cost of doing business… I’m sure we’ve all seen stories of big companies knowingly breaking the law and being fined pennies, and things like small companies fly tipping because occasionally being caught works out cheaper than proper waste management.
The onus is on the hiring company to check if the person has all the required paperwork and has a legal right to work.
- Comment on UK strikes deal with private investors to build £38bn Sizewell C nuclear power plant 3 weeks ago:
That is a staggering price, but unfortunately it’s needed. We can’t keep using gas as a base load forever, and batteries are not ready, we don’t have that kind of capacity.
Costs for nuclear have spiralled because we stopped investing in it a long time ago, and we lost expertise on how to build it. Thanks, Thatcher. Truly you are the gift that keeps on giving.
- Comment on UK government to ban public bodies from paying ransoms to hackers 3 weeks ago:
One of the many things I’ve seen Labour pass that’s made me think “wait this wasn’t a thing already?!”
- Comment on Labour MP claims it'd cost "Upwards of £100bn to Nationalise Water". He is an extremely smart man. Why does he lie like this? 3 weeks ago:
NOOO
Stop putting thought into things!
- Comment on Woman, 74, tells of pain and fear after arrest at Liverpool pro-Palestine rally 3 weeks ago:
Being an old, white, middle class woman shouldn’t make you above the law.
Supporting a proscribed group when there are dozens of legit pro Palestine groups is obviously a stupid thing to do.
Tankies feel free to downvote ❤️
- Comment on State pension age could rise again after cost of triple lock soars 3 weeks ago:
We saw how politically unviable it was to take away WFA from those who had money while still preserving it for people who don’t.
Labour completely collapsed in the polls overnight, and have paid an extremely heavy price for it, with the biggest reason stated for the polling drop and sub-par local election results being the WFA changes.
Now imagine scrapping triple-lock.
It simply will not happen. Anybody who says they do it won’t be elected, and anybody who does it without it in their manifesto won’t be elected again.
Not that Labour could pass it even if the leadership wanted to weather that storm. There would be a backbencher revolt the likes of which we’ve never seen before. MPs wouldn’t back something they know will get them ousted.
Sadly it seems the only thing that will put an end to the insanity of triple lock is terms pending a bailout from the IMF.
- Comment on Pride rainbows taken off police cars after court ruling 3 weeks ago:
I’ve seen loads of police vans like this. It’s only part of the van and they’re just as recognisable as before IMO.
- Comment on Pride rainbows taken off police cars after court ruling 3 weeks ago:
Your post history says you aren’t. Interesting.
- Comment on Pride rainbows taken off police cars after court ruling 3 weeks ago:
You’re the psychotic, transphobic moron.
Nobody cares about you or your stupid cunty opinions.
- Comment on Pride rainbows taken off police cars after court ruling 3 weeks ago:
So link that, not the high court ruling, dummy.
- Comment on Pride rainbows taken off police cars after court ruling 3 weeks ago:
Your proof of the police being right wing is that they arrest people for supporting terrorist groups? Christ on a bike…
- Comment on Two UK pro-Palestine organisations have bank accounts frozen 3 weeks ago:
Possibly related to them having a donate to Palestine Action button on their website, although they say they removed that after proscription of PA.
Perhaps their account was automatically flagged because of the previous transaction, or something transactions went through after the proscription. I wouldn’t be surprised if the bank was afraid of legal repercussions on their end if they acted as a middle man in funding a proscribed terrorist group.
Regardless, the bank not giving a clear and concrete reason why the funds are frozen is frustrating, and IMO not right. How hard would it have been to say “This account has been flagged as financially supporting Palestine Action. Funds are temporarily frozen pending investigation.” I hate lack of transparency.
- Comment on France’s eight weeks of summer holidays, or England’s six? I’ve done both and know which one I prefer 3 weeks ago:
I’ve always thought that different regions should stagger holidays a bit more, so that there’s not just a 6-week window where you can book holidays, leaving only the wealthy families able to because of the supply/demand imbalance.
- Comment on Pride rainbows taken off police cars after court ruling 3 weeks ago:
It really isn’t.
Police in the UK are generally not right wing. Why would they support people who hate them, slash their numbers, slash their funding, and gave them pay stagnation?
The UK police is not like the US police where Republicans are clearly allied with them.
US brain has hit you hard.
- Comment on Pride rainbows taken off police cars after court ruling 3 weeks ago:
High court != Government.
- Comment on Pride rainbows taken off police cars after court ruling 3 weeks ago:
You’ll never guess what the ‘L’ in LGBT stands for…
It stands for Lesbian. What is your point?
I’m not the one going against the LGBT community, she is.
I don’t see how you can come to that conclusion given the article.
Did you read it?
Again, I don’t see how you can come to that conclusion about her goals.
??? She doesn’t think Trans people, a part of the LGBT community, exist.
Again, this is jumping to conclusions.
It really isn’t.
True but that doesn’t mean any particular person who is critical of one section of the community is necessarily against the whole community, that doesn’t follow.
It absolutely follows. If you are against Trans people, you are against LGBT.
Firstly wow that took no time at all en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law
I’m well aware of what Godwin’s law is. What’s your point, exactly? It’s relevant.
Do you deny that there were Jews in Germany who hated the Jewish community? Yes or no?
- Comment on Pride rainbows taken off police cars after court ruling 3 weeks ago:
You’ll never guess what the ‘T’ in LGBT stands for…
This person is absolutely standing against the LGBT community. She is actively seeking to drive a wedge between LGBT communities and the police, making the entire community less safe in the process, as well as trying to divide people in regards to LGBT issues.
She will happily cut off her nose to spite her face, if it means harming trans people.
And being part of a community doesn’t make you immune from being against the community. There’s plenty of anti-immigration immigrants, there’s homophobic/transphobic/biphobic people in the LGBT community, there were people from colonies who saw their own colonies as barbaric and welcomed white masters, there were Jews in Germany who hated Jews and happily supported Nazis, there are working class people who are disdainful of working class culture.
- Comment on Pride rainbows taken off police cars after court ruling 3 weeks ago:
No, they clearly aren’t talking about this ruling or this judge, they are talking about the UK as a whole.
As usual, fuck you UK.
Have a look through their comments and they seem to say it a lot/complain about Brits a fair bit.
- Comment on Pride rainbows taken off police cars after court ruling 3 weeks ago:
Then your experience is very, very different to mine.
I think you are gravely mistaken if you think you’d be safer with no police. There is no shortage of people that want to attack LGBT people. If you think they’d leave you alone, think again. Knowing that there’s no police to assist would only embolden them.