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- British Airways pilot 'snorted drugs off topless woman on night out then tried to fly 12-hour trip to UK'www.lbc.co.uk ↗Submitted 1 year ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 8 comments
- Comment on Thames Water: Is this the worst company in Britain? 1 year ago:
Unless they crash the economy and start enslaving people, they’ve got a way to go before they hit the bottom.
- Comment on Sunak hails Rosebank oil field approval amid climate outcry 1 year ago:
£10.6 billion to the UK government in North Sea revenue for 22/23 v. £2.6 billion for 21/22.
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Equinor (Rosebank majority owner) revenues for 22: $75 billion
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Ithaca (Rosebank minority owner) revenues for 22: $1.9 billion
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BP (formerly state-owned; majority privatisation under Thatcher, from 1979) revenues for 22: $241 billion, for record profit of $28 billion (£23 million)
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- Comment on "Absolutely disgraceful:" Braverman accused of trying to ‘derail’ Chris Kaba case 1 year ago:
Not just any attorney. She was the Attorney General for England and Wales from 2021-2022, the chief legal advisor to the Sovereign and the Government.
And got roundly criticised by the Bar Council for her actions undertaken in the role.
- Comment on UK's First Consumption Room Given Go Ahead. 1 year ago:
The perfect is the enemy of the good. If people are going to use – and some are – harm reduction seems like a no-brainer.
Yes, it would be great if people weren’t shooting up at all… but you can’t quit if you’re dead.
- Comment on London apartment block that deviates from plans must be torn down, says council 1 year ago:
Well
only one in 10 council planning departments are fully staffed, with 13% operating with fewer than three-quarters of posts filled
with
80% [of local authorities] reporting they did not have enough officers to carry out their workload
because
long-term cuts to funding have had a visible impact on planning departments’ ability to retain staff… there has been a 43% fall in resources to the planning system from local authorities since 2009-10.
- Comment on London apartment block that deviates from plans must be torn down, says council 1 year ago:
A fun game of spot the difference, but apparently there’s more going on that you can’t see – eg the planned underground carpark just not being built at all, and them building a carpark over the garden instead.
- London apartment block that deviates from plans must be torn down, says councilwww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 1 year ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 25 comments
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- Comment on Russell Brand: Woman says star exposed himself to her then laughed about it on Radio 2 show 1 year ago:
Following the investigation by The Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches programme into Brand’s alleged behaviour, published earlier this month, Olivia says she tracked down a recording of the programme.
The episode, which aired on 21 June, 2008, features this exchange between Brand and Matt Morgan.
This exchange on The Russell Brand Show was recorded minutes after the incident
Morgan: It’s been 25 minutes since he showed his willy to a lady.
Brand: (Laughing) Very easy to judge! Very easy to judge!
Morgan: The receptionist…
Brand: (Laughing) Look…
Morgan: Receive this!
Morgan adds: “He got told off for ringing a bell, minutes later he’s showing his willy.” Brand can be heard laughing in the background.
Olivia, who has never worked as a receptionist, says she felt disgusted when she heard it.
- Russell Brand: Woman says star exposed himself to her then laughed about it on Radio 2 showwww.bbc.co.uk ↗Submitted 1 year ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 5 comments
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- Comment on Daniel Khalife pleads not guilty to escaping custody at Wandsworth prison 1 year ago:
I’m intrigued by his Not Guilty plea for escaping custody when he was previously in custody, and then found to have escaped it. I don’t know much about legal procedures, but that does seem quite bold.
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- Comment on Tories and Local Governments Refuse To Approve More Homes 1 year ago:
The right-wing government of Hungary spends Airbnb 5% of its GDP on policies to to “get Hungarian women to breed”.
- Comment on Tories and Local Governments Refuse To Approve More Homes 1 year ago:
Look, organisations with unpleasant views aren’t universally stupid. Turning Point states upfront that its mission is to “identify, educate, train, and organize students to promote freedom”, but dig down and you find fun stuff like this: tpusa.com/…/pro-choicers-are-sick-and-twisted
I’d also like to note that praising some historically left-wing policies, and criticising some loonies, should not mean that you stop looking critically at the other things a person says.
Authoritarian policies that deny women choice aren’t limited to right-wing governments. If you support women’s rights to choice, Hungary is not a country you would praise.
‘Baby machines’: eastern Europe’s answer to depopulation The conference in Budapest opened with a sand animation video of migrants rushing towards Europe, and was laced with references to the “great replacement” conspiracy theory, which suggests that shadowy forces want to replace so-called “native” Europeans with outsiders. “There are political forces in Europe who want a replacement of population for ideological or other reasons,” Orbán told the conference. theguardian.com/…/baby-bonuses-fit-the-nationalis…
- Comment on Tories and Local Governments Refuse To Approve More Homes 1 year ago:
You know, pretty much all of that website seems to be written by one guy. So I looked up some of his other work.
the myth that women primarily work for reasons other than economics or family needs distorts reality medium.com/…/women-under-siege-quick-notes-on-the…
It’s hard to draw conclusions. Who knows. But what I will say is that this guy clearly spends a lot of time thinking about how certain women can be coaxed into having more babies.
Women in Europe, North America, and some countries in Asia.
- Comment on Tories and Local Governments Refuse To Approve More Homes 1 year ago:
You can increase social spending and still have contempt for women’s right to bodily autonomy. The two don’t go automatically hand in hand.
- Comment on Tories and Local Governments Refuse To Approve More Homes 1 year ago:
Not really. If your goal is to undo “retreating state support,” you can do that without praising far-right regimes aiming to restrict women’s rights to bodily autonomy.
The fact that they gloss over that little aspect is suspicious.
Their website is conspicuously opaque regarding its funding, and “stop population decline” is curiously close to (but notably more palatable than) the 14 Words, while still acting as an effective dog-whistle for people familiar with those words.
- Comment on Brexit: Labour will seek re-write of deal, Starmer says 1 year ago:
The UK joining the Common Market was a Thatcher thing. Old school lefties opposed it at the time because it put limits on state aid, and weakened the positions of the unions.
- Comment on Tories and Local Governments Refuse To Approve More Homes 1 year ago:
They have a bunch of stuff about “promoting fertility”, eg
the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Israel offer lessons. These countries have managed to increase fertility rates by introducing pro-natal policies — a combination of cash incentives, subsidised childcare, and housing assistance
which all sounds lovely and idyllic, but in reality the far-right government in Hungary has been throttling access to abortion with new legislation that is
an extension of the government’s anti-abortion policies, aimed at boosting the birthrate
meaning that
legal abortions [have] become increasingly difficult as the compulsory counselling sessions were becoming more aggressive and difficult to schedule
theguardian.com/…/hungary-tightens-abortion-acces…
I can’t definitely figure out the angle either. But they are a pro-fertility organisation praising a far-right regime that is implementing regressive “pro-life” policies at the expense of women’s rights, and they are very careful not to highlight the true nature of these policies on their website.
They’re also headquartered in Texas. So… draw your own conclusions.
- Comment on Brexit: Labour will seek re-write of deal, Starmer says 1 year ago:
Corbyn hated the EU, and demanded Article 50 be invoked the day after the referendum. Let’s not forget that.
- Comment on Brexit: Labour will seek re-write of deal, Starmer says 1 year ago:
Gosh, but Jeremy Corbyn said the EU were the bad guys and we should leave asap to improve things for British workers.
- Sunak and Johnson Covid-19 inquiry appearances delayed ‘to avoid party conference season’www.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 1 year ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 2 comments
- Comment on Russell Brand posts video online denying unspecified criminal allegations 1 year ago:
I guess the shift would have been around the time he began
promoting an energetic blend of conspiracy theories, COVID denial, and the liberal use of capital letters, with videos like “The TRUTH About Pfizer” and “The CDC Are SPYING On You,"
promoting ivermectin for viral infections, and hanging out with Tucker Carlson.
www.vice.com/en/…/russell-brand-ivermectin deadline.com/…/tucker-carlson-fox-firing-reaction…
- ‘It’s organised looting’: UK in grip of a shoplifting epidemic, say store ownerswww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 1 year ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 62 comments
- Comment on American bully XL dogs to be banned by end of year - Sunak 1 year ago:
Feel free to post alternative sources.
You’ll struggle to find one that doesn’t state the same facts: that following forensic investigation the victim’s American Bully XL was destroyed, and two dachshunds were returned to their owners without issue.