Birmingham City Council signed off on a two-year £300M cut last night; they're skint. Broke, the cashbox is empty!
Like it or not, it's due to poor management, two binmen strikes, hosting the Commonwealth games, investing in a shite IT system that cost more than its worth. Being found guilty of underpaying women for years, and yet a union guy was threatening further strike action while others seemed to think there was a magic wand or a printing press in the council basement that was able to continue haemorrhaging money.
What was the total bollocks stock answer that's always given: "Central Government caused this." 🤦♂️
#cuts #BirminghamCityCouncil
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It's a pretty clever ploy by the Tories to give everyone a tax cut, hopefully, to buy votes for the General Election, and if that doesn't work, then Labour will look the villain of the part if they win and have to put taxes up to pay for their ideas.
If only we could get one of these on the Moon or Mars, we'd really be able to get the ball rolling. #Colonalisation
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I do think some of them really care about improving matters, but they are all just human. Money is a powerful motivator.
𝗜𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗶𝘁 "𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁!"?
A third Labour politician was involved in the Antisemitic furore.
#politics #labour #Antisemetism
https://news.sky.com/story/third-labour-politician-spoken-to-over-meeting-at-centre-of-antisemitism-row-13071272
Labour antisemitism row deepens as third politician 'spoken to' over meeting
Sky News understands Hyndburn councillor Munsif Dad was also at the gathering of activists where Azhar Ali and Graham Jones allegedly made antisemitic remarks.Jennifer Scott (Sky News)
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https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/walsall/2024/02/13/walsall-woman-finds-heart-shaped-spud-in-her-shopping-on-valentines-weekend/
Walsall woman finds heart-shaped spud in her shopping on Valentine's weekend
A Walsall woman had a love-ly surprise when she found a heart-shaped potato in a bag of Tesco spuds on Valentine's weekend.www.expressandstar.com
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https://news.sky.com/story/rochdale-by-election-why-labour-cant-replace-azhar-ali-and-what-happens-if-he-wins-13070586🤦♂️
Rochdale by-election: Why Labour can't replace Azhar Ali - and what happens if he wins
Despite withdrawing support for Azhar Ali, he will still appear as the Labour candidate when voters look at the ballot paper on polling day. Sky News explains why that is, and the challenges still facing party leader Sir Keir Starmer.Faye Brown (Sky News)
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7162051352381145088/?origin=NETWORK_CONVERSATIONS #foss #opensource #linuxsupport
My wife bought a new horse and needs a replacement. Tiger Computing can help. | Tiger Computing posted on the topic | LinkedIn
I mentioned last week that my wife seems to have acquired a new horse. He's to replace, eventually, an existing horse who is getting on. My wife does…Tiger Computing (www.linkedin.com)
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Am I the only one resisting enabling #Ubuntu Pro every time a software update informs me that updates are ready to be installed but that I need to enable Pro to get them?
There is nothing like a little bit of pressure selling, is there? 💳
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Higher taxes is the price you pay for a Labour government. However, a large number of Labour voters don't pay tax, so why should they care?
As of 2020-2021 31 Million paid tax
17.3 million were under 25 years old
12.0 million were aged 25 to 39 years.
15.6 million were aged 40 to 59 years.
14.5 million were aged 60 years and over
Total adult population 59.4 Millon. #politics
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I'm mystified why you are obsessed with Liz Truss. She wasn't in office long enough to do anything, and Kwasi Kwarteng introduced the catastrophic budget that brought her down. True, she endorsed it, so I suppose one could argue that as PM, she was ultimately responsible; however, there have been many disastrous budgets over the years, and prime ministers have managed to survive.
I don't think she would have survived anyway without some extraordinary support. I suspect she was given the job because the party old guard didn't want Rishi, so it was better to have an incompetent. Obviously, they tried to make her look more viable by telling everyone she was Thatcherite, but I get the feeling her Thatcherism extends to reading one of Maggie's books.
There's no way Boris is coming back; he's done far too much image damage for the Conservative Party. My money is on David Cameron, and yet I don't want him either after his spineless performance after the referendum. Sadly, there's little choice in terms of credible leaders for the Conservatives.
I'm still convinced he will take over the reins. His appointment was stunningly bizarre. A return to the flat above number 10 is the only credible explanation for him, IMO.
I didn't see this as you replied to the wrong one :)
As I have said, they are a shambles and not fit to run the country. I know you feel some loyalty to the party, but they are a lost cause. Maybe Labour can actually be better. We may see...
I don't mind paying more tax if we get a functioning country. Various rich people have offered to pay more.
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Why would anyone who openly admits they don't have a big following consider starting a Patreon? I mean, seriously, how do people's minds work? They can't build up an audience when it's free (as in money), so why would anyone pay?
Everyone these days wants to sit on their arse on social media getting paid. #LeSigh
#resilt
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https://planetradio.co.uk/signal1/entertainment/television/for-the-love-of-dogs-alison-hammond/?
Alison Hammond confirmed as new host of For The Love of Dogs
Following the sad passing of TV presenter and animal lover Paul O'Grady,...Alex Ross (Signal 1)
The problem with Docker is their man page is wank!
$ docker service
gives you a list of commands; "Ooh! yes, ps [list all services] is what I want."
$ docker service ps
Gives you this shit.
"docker service ps" requires at least 1 argument.
See 'docker service ps --help'.
Usage: docker service ps [OPTIONS] SERVICE [SERVICE...]
I just want to know WTF the busted swarm is doing FFS!
https://news.sky.com/story/home-secretary-james-cleverly-travelling-to-rwanda-to-sign-new-asylum-treaty-13023151
#Rwanda #irregularmigrants
Home Secretary James Cleverly arrives in Rwanda to sign new asylum treaty
It comes after Mr Cleverly laid out his five-point plan to cut immigration, which included banning care workers from bringing their families over to the UK and raising the minimum salary required for a skilled worker visa.Sky News
I'm wondering if this opposition to the UK/Rwanda deal is a race thing because nobody seems to be up in arms about Italy's deal with Albania or the Turkey/Greece deal and all the other EU deals. Obviously, France believes the UK should take its migrants while paying for the pleasure. 🤷♂️
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67339596
Europe migrant crisis: Italy to build migrant centres in Albania
The centres will be able to process more than 30,000 asylum seekers a year, Italy's PM has said.By Laura Gozzi (BBC News)
Like many things there are no simple solutions, but it helps to work with the neighbours rather
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And yet the news media is tearing its clothes and gnashing its teeth at how right-wing Europe is becoming, even wheeling out those knackered old accusations of "Facist" and "Nazi" labels in a desperate attempt to stop people talking about the subject or even trying to do something about it.
We will see flights very soon once we install some British lawyers out there. I'm not sure how that makes any difference but I suppose governments always seem to have to jump through hoops to get anything done these days.
I see X wants me to start arguing again? It pisses me off that I'm goaded, and people are shocked and offended when I respond.
My response to this would be:
"But EVERYONE is middle class; in fact, I would argue there's only a small proportion of so-called rich and a huge amount of working families, and if there is still a working class, then Labour has failed! One hundred years and Socialism still hasn't dragged its sorry arse out of the road to Wigan Pier."
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Better vote Lib Dem if you want to rejoin the EU, although rejoining is a long way down the road, according to their manifesto. I enjoyed reading the section on Asylum & Immigration. I needed a good laugh.
Next time, someone says that the House of Lords should be abolished because it is filled with rich people with nothing better to do; tell them they're idiots and have no idea what they're talking about. They are a valuable safety net for the British people, successfully blocking the Government (Conservative) 496 times since 2010
https://www.parliament.uk/about/faqs/house-of-lords-faqs/lords-govtdefeats/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66804160
Lords sink plan to axe homebuilding pollution rules
Labour leads a Lords rebellion on removing restrictions on water pollution to build new homes.BBC News
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/starmer-labour-brexit-eu-migrants-returns-b2411296.html
Keir Starmer vows to strike migrants return deal with EU
Tories accuse Labour of ‘surrending’ control of immigration to Brussels – as Starmer promises to put people-smuggling ‘on a par’ with terrorismAdam Forrest (The Independent)
sudo pacman --remove --nosave --cascade mutter
sudo pacman -Syyu
Oh, and I had to:
sudo mv /usr/bin/WebKitWebDriver beacuse pacman moaned about that too!
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https://news.sky.com/story/one-million-smokers-to-be-offered-vape-starter-kits-as-part-of-government-swap-to-stop-scheme-12854821
Vape starter kits for one million smokers in 'swap to stop' scheme
Pregnant women will be offered up to £400 to stop smoking as part of a push the government has said is "the first of its kind in the world".Sky (Sky News)
I do a weekly Newsletter for a customer who seems to be obsessed with "Centre-aligned"
The email has a main offer that, IMO always looks a mess and four smaller offers that look fine. Today she sent the brief over with the main offer, as usual, centre-aligned with a section containing bullet points. 🤢
I tidied it up and put the bullet points in a single cell, left-aligned and sent the now tidy results off for approval.
"𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦-𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘴"
😭 😭 😭
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Total shock! Resigns as the leader of her country on 15 February 2023
Forty-nine days later, the rozzers come to arrest her old man.
Ten minutes before Constable Cameron turns up at the former First Ministers' home, Nikki manages to leave the house with a couple of bags.
#snp
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Looks like her old man might have fooked her career?
#snp
Nicola Sturgeon's husband Peter Murrell arrested in SNP finance probe
Peter Murrell was taken into police custody as officers searched his home and the SNP's headquarters.BBC News
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If I'm right and this is why she resigned, then it's definitely fishy because she's had about four or five weeks to clean up any loose ends before his arrest today.
Looks like they'll be losing a customer. 😞
Now and again, Qwertee have some brilliant tee shirts
https://www.qwertee.com/shop/tees/let-s-summon-demons
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