Armand1
@Armand1@lemmy.world
- Comment on is this marketing 11 hours ago:
Tell me about it…
- Comment on 2 days ago:
Whilst I’m a trans ally, I am a little sceptical on this one. I’m going to wait for the official response from the Green Party on this one before judging. So far we have seen no proof of any of this.
The lady in question is a bit of a bit of an inflammatory individual from the little I’ve seen from her socials.
- UK plan to sanction illegal Israeli settlements draws criticism from US, Israel and British MPswww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 2 days ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 0 comments
- Comment on 2 days ago:
I hope they are caught and prosecuted, as are their parents for not teaching them better.
- Comment on Billions lost to Brexit could make NHS waiting lists disappear, top economist says 4 days ago:
Yeah I thought that way too
- Submitted 5 days ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 20 comments
- Billions lost to Brexit could make NHS waiting lists disappear, top economist sayswww.independent.co.uk ↗Submitted 5 days ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 64 comments
- Comment on Israel warns it will retaliate if UK imposes sanctions 1 week ago:
They are deliberately unclear about how they would “act” or “retaliate”.
We should obviously enact those sanctions. Ideally on the whole state of Israel for its actions (otherwise they could just claim those people or companies weren’t in the contested area, even if they are)
- Comment on ‘I’ve been waiting for 20 years’: Father jailed for stealing phone finally going home 1 week ago:
I can only speak to the coverage I have seen them do. I’m sure they might be biased on some things, but so far all the coverage I’ve seen them do has been progressive and factual.
When it comes to trans rights stuff, they’ve done better coverage than The Guardian, and as a general source of news they’ve been fine to me.
They’re not an activist paper, like Novara Media and The Canary, so I go to those on some activist topics too, though I take them with a grain of salt sometimes as they tend to more passionate and therefore biased on some things.
The Daily Mail, The Telegraph are obviously awful and disgusting to read, so if I do read them, it’s with a 10 foot pole.
If you’re unhappy with The Independent, what paper do you read?
- Comment on ‘I’ve been waiting for 20 years’: Father jailed for stealing phone finally going home 1 week ago:
The tendency for The Independent to pin the video or headline to the top of the screen is indeed very annoying. The bottom ad is also annoying but less egregious.
All that said, The Independent is actually a pretty good source of news in the UK. It’s probably the best mainstream paper for people who don’t want right wing slop or trans hate imo.
- Comment on UK has billions in contracts with firms tied to illegal Israeli settlements 1 week ago:
Banning trade with illegal settlements would be a good start, but really the UK needs to sanction Israel altogether until Palestine is freed, their entire cabinet is in jail and the Israeli state starts paying reparations.
Until then, we shouldn’t allow anything other than humanitarian aid into that country.
- Comment on Far-right media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos deported by ICE from US to UK 1 week ago:
White.
- ‘I’ve been waiting for 20 years’: Father jailed for stealing phone finally going homewww.independent.co.uk ↗Submitted 1 week ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 5 comments
- Comment on Far-right media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos deported by ICE from US to UK 1 week ago:
It’s because to hold far right views you basically have to be a nutjob.
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- Comment on Wales suspends all gender affirming surgeries for adults pending an independent clinical review 1 week ago:
Concerns have arisen from referral data from 2025-26 indicating significantly higher rates of referral for gender affirming surgery from the Welsh Gender Service compared with English gender services. In addition, concerns were raised regarding aspects of referral and assessment processes.
Well yes, the system in England has been deliberately defunded and is backlogged by 10 years in some places. If you had as few referrals as England has, then that would be a sign that your system is broken.
At this stage, the pause applies specifically to the surgical pathway within the Welsh Gender Service. Other parts of the service continue to operate, including:
- Hormone therapy support
- Endocrine review services
- Psychological support services
- Speech and language therapy
These services are not affected by the current pause.
I guess it could be worse, but this smells like gender criticals.
- Comment on US Declares Palestine Action a ‘Terrorist Organisation’ 1 week ago:
God forbid those Action In Support of Palestine guys show up!
- Comment on US Declares Palestine Action a ‘Terrorist Organisation’ 1 week ago:
I wonder if this is has anything to do with this proclamation 🤔
Palestine Action protestors accused of damaging Trump’s Turnberry golf course
- Submitted 1 week ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 13 comments
- Comment on We’re defending the Greens against a ‘gender critical’ group 1 week ago:
As a member of the Green Party, I can full-throatedly say that gender criticals are not welcome here. They can go fuck themselves.
- Labour rejects Zack Polanski’s call to ‘slam brakes’ on building AI datacentreswww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 1 week ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 5 comments
- Comment on Book lovers when they see the same 26 letters of the alphabet in a different order 2 weeks ago:
Don’t forget the punctuation!
- Submitted 2 weeks ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 2 comments
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
I fully expect J. K. Rowling to donate 2 million to suing the borough for this.
Btw, if you pay for any Harry Potter merch or media, you are complicit.
- Submitted 2 weeks ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 5 comments
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- Comment on Landlords Are Jacking up Advertised Rents to Dodge New Tenants’ Rights Law 2 weeks ago:
Maybe I’ve just been lucky, but in many years of renting I have never seen someone advertise one rent, then raise it before you close the deal.
- Comment on You know my passion for manga. 2 weeks ago:
I’m genuinely not sure what he meant. I’ve read the whole post and it’s about investments from Saudi Arabia.
- Comment on 'Stats for Lefties' elected to Green Party Council, backed by Greens for Palestine 2 weeks ago:
Iran has a right to defend itself from the US, but don’t forget that Iran’s regime is evil. Did you forget the protest massacres from only last year?
amnesty.org/…/iran-authorities-unleash-heavily-mi…
The Iranian people deserve freedom from both US intervention AND their tyranical government.
- Comment on 'Stats for Lefties' elected to Green Party Council, backed by Greens for Palestine 2 weeks ago:
The Financial Times was particularly quick to come after Foran. It quoted her June post reading:
Glory to the Iranian resistance, whose courageous fight against the imperialist dogs of the USA has utterly humiliated the Great Satan.
Yeah, this is why I voted for her opponent. I don’t like the US, but the little I do know about Iran’s regime is pretty terrible too.
In the end it was a narrow win.
