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You can't make this stuff up!

#Labour has spent the last fourteen years telling you that the #NHS is underfunded and understaffed. Screaming that there are not enough doctors and nurses, what do they plan to do now that they are in power? Take a scalpel to the NHS. ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ
theguardian.com/society/2025/mโ€ฆ

NHS England to cut workforce by half as Streeting restructures

The health secretary will shrink NHS Englandโ€™s workforce to save money and avoid โ€˜duplicationโ€™
Denis Campbell (The Guardian)
#nhs #labour

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Taking a leaf out of Elon Musk's DOGE book, I see?
"๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ-๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด."
#Politics #Labour
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly2l6โ€ฆ

Keir Starmer vows to unleash 'shackled' civil servants

The PM writes to officials, telling them they "must be enabled to re-focus on your core purpose".
Henry Zeffman (BBC News)
#politics #labour

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So much for the Tories cutting benefits.
Remember children, you voted for em'.
#politics #Labour
news.sky.com/story/minister-paโ€ฆ

Minister Pat McFadden says welfare cuts are 'coming soon'

Pat McFadden, the chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, has confirmed that cuts are on the way for the welfare bill. It comes as the chancellor is looking to save money for the public purse.
Sky News
#politics #labour
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dick_turpin

The problem with the UK is that nobody wants to pay taxes. They all believe there is this enormous body of '๐˜™๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ' who can supposedly be squeezed to pay these taxes for them, but more importantly, that it's the government's place to provide everything for the population free of charge.

friendica (DFRN) - Link to source

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—œ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ?

TBH, I could kick myself because I was already thinking yesterday morning, "I bet Trump stops sending weapons." If I had posted that thought on social media, I'd have beaten all the journalists to the scoop.

"๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ'๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ!"

telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202โ€ฆ

Trump suspends all US military aid to Ukraine - latest updates

Donald Trump paused all military aid to Ukraine to pressure Volodymyr Zelensky to agree to a ceasefire with Russia.
The Telegraph

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"๐˜Œ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง......"

๐Ÿค” So, if it can defend itself, why does it need America's help?

Europe is fooling only the gullible if people think they stand a chance without US help. I wonder how brave Starmer would be if Trump announced a withdrawal from Europe.

British Army: Approximately 83,010 personnel
Royal Navy and Royal Marines: Approximately 32,610 personnel
Royal Air Force (RAF): Approximately 32,610 personnel

Just under 150,000 in total. Russia has just under 3 million personnel on active duty.

France has 290 Nukes, while the UK has 225, with a plan to reduce that to 180 by 2030

Russia has 5,580

france24.com/en/europe/2025030โ€ฆ

Starmer says 'coalition of the willing' to present Ukraine peace plan to Trump

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Sunday that European leaders had agreed to draft a peace plan for Ukraine to present to the US.
NEWS WIRES (FRANCE 24)
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dick_turpin

Ahaha

Given that Ukraine has only been independent of Russia for 34 years, I'm reasonably confident that most Russians feel it is still part of their country. I didn't say that Putin was right to invade what I am saying is if you poke a dog with a stick, you should expect to be bitten.

The EU is just as guilty as Zelenskyy IMO. They should have known the shitstorm they were causing. It's incredible how:
Albania: Applied in 2009
Montenegro: Applied in 2008
North Macedonia: Applied in 2004
Serbia: Applied in 2009
Turkey: Applied in 1987

And the EU has dragged its feet, and yet when Ukraine applied, it was almost fast-tracked.

I don't really care if people hate Putin, or think he's a dictator or evil incarnate. Folk need to take a moment and look at it from the Russian point of view. This is an expansion towards Moscow as far as they are concerned.

friendica (DFRN) - Link to source

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ #Labour ๐— ๐—ฃ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ!
Where did I put my surprised face?

news.sky.com/story/mike-amesbuโ€ฆ

Mike Amesbury: MP jailed for punching constituent in street walks free after appealing prison sentence

The 55-year-old punched his constituent several times and was heard shouting: "You won't threaten your MP again will you, you f****** soft lad?"
Alix Culbertson (Sky News)
#labour

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This proves that leaders are indeed a bunch of feckless kids.
European politicians, including Friedrich Merz of Germany, said that Europe needs to work towards independence from America politico.eu/article/friedrich-โ€ฆ and then next thing the UK's Kier Starmer says that Donald Trump, i.e. America needs to play a firm role in Europe. bbc.co.uk/news/live/c625ex282zโ€ฆ

What a bunch of headless chickens! ๐Ÿ” ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ

Starmer says US needs security role in Ukraine to deter Putin as he prepares to meet Trump - follow live

Meanwhile the US president says Europe should provide the security guarantees after any ceasefire deal with Russia.
BBC News
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dick_turpin

The problem with the UK, and I don't think it is 'Party' specific, is that we still think we have the standing and the strength to influence other countries like the Americans can, which means we are shocked when Europeans don't take any notice of what we say or do for that matter hence the reason we are bending over backwards for Ukraine in the vein hope someone in Europe says "Good old Briton, you can always rely on them." It's also amazing that we have been running our military into the ground for the last ninety years. Starmer's announcement has probably been the first increase in funding for decades.

Of course, nobody is saying: "Hang on a minute. I thought we had a ยฃ22 Billion black hole?
They're all a bunch of liars."

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It's incredible how people can change their minds when you threaten to turn off the gravy train.

"When you've got'em by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow."

aljazeera.com/economy/2025/2/2โ€ฆ

Trump says Ukraineโ€™s Zelenskyy to sign โ€˜very bigโ€™ minerals deal

US president says he expects Ukrainian leader to sign agreement to jointly develop natural resources on Friday.
Al Jazeera

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This happens under #Labour, and nobody says a word. If it had happened under a #Conservative government, the press and TV news would be screaming, "Tories attack the NHS!" remember, children, it's not about what you like but who you like.

independent.co.uk/news/health/โ€ฆ

Amanda Pritchard resigns after MPs said she lacked drive to reform ailing NHS

Wes Streeting said there must now be a โ€˜new relationshipโ€™ between the Department for Health and Social Care and NHS England
Millie Cooke (The Independent)
#labour #conservative

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๐—–๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: My graphics card has stopped working.
๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜: We'll reinstall the driver.
๐—–๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: That didn't work.
๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜: Hang on, how are you getting a desktop?
๐—–๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: The one screen works but not the other.
๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜: So the card is working?
๐—–๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: I kicked the cable, and now the one screen doesn't work.
๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜: So reinstalling the driver was pointless, you may have damaged the port.
๐—–๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: I'll buy another card from Amazon.
๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜: Umm? OK.

๐—–๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: I fitted the new card, and that doesn't work either!
๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜: What?
๐—–๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: Only one screen works!
๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜: I'm coming to you tomorrow, I'll need to physically see it.

๐—–๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: It's working now.

I bet he'd pulled the cable out of the monitor, or he hadn't pushed the cable in enough. ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿ™ˆ

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Now thats a #Labour policy I do agree with. It should have been done years ago!
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/freโ€ฆ

Free breakfast clubs launch in 750 schools within weeks - helping deprived kids

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson tells The Mirror the rollout of free breakfast clubs will soon begin to help struggling families and kids held back by scarring impact of poverty
The Mirror
#labour

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People really need to understand what's going on. Zelenskyy's offer of resignation is worthless! The whole reason for Russia's invasion of #Ukraine is to stop Ukraine from joining the EU! Zelenskyy, to Putin, is probably irrelevant. His reason for invading is to ensure a buffer zone between Russia and the European allies.

Putin is the aggressor and possibly a dictator, but Zelenskyy is a trouble maker imo.
theguardian.com/world/2025/febโ€ฆ

Zelenskyy says he would โ€˜quit for peaceโ€™ as he refuses US demand for Ukraine minerals

Ukrainian president says US military aid was a โ€˜grantโ€™ rather than a debt but adds that he wants Trump to be โ€˜on our sideโ€™
Luke Harding (The Guardian)
#ukraine
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dick_turpin

That's not a very good example. Churchill came to power eight months after the war was declared and was given the push the moment the war was won. He spent most of his time begging other countries, especially America, to join in. "Come on in, the wars lovely."

Churchill was lucky that Roosevelt agreed to defeat Germany first rather than the country that had attacked them.

There's no nobility in death, just death.

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Andy Wootton

Churchill warned about Hitler for years but the Tories listened to those who said Mr. Hitler was 'a sound fellow' we could trust. He came to power when events proved he'd been right all along.

Winston made very dodgy decisions before WW2. He set the British Army on striking miners, the example Maggie followed with the police, right after giving them a big pay rise.

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dick_turpin

You mean the NUM that took money from Gadaffi? Miners who terrorised their own community, some of whom were simply trying to survive. Bussing in 5000 men at Orgreave is not a strike; it's a declaration of war.

Anyway
You and I grew up in a world where we were indoctrinated with the view that the Communists, aka the Russians, were evil and wanted to destroy us all. We were told that while the UK and France could lob a couple of ICBMs at Smolensk, it was the Americans who truly kept us safe in our beds. I'd far rather have the US and Russia friends than at each other's throats.

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Andy Wootton

You know when I said I hated bullies? There were no conditions on that. Scargill led a thug-army but when you are hungry and your only weapon is solidarity, I can understand the temptation to turn to violence. My parents were One Nation Conservatives, my maternal uncles were miners and NUM members. They were not Stalinists. They wanted the NHS, widows' pensions and changing rooms with showers.
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Andy Wootton

The Russians did want worldwide Communism and America wanted Capitalist democracy. It's hard to understand how both arrived at authoritarian dictatorships while the environment goes to hell in a handbasket. Their leaders may be friends but they are both at Europe's throat now and the EU isn't sure we can be trusted either. I don't want to be on Putin and Trump's side.
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Andy Wootton

I think Starmer needs to work towards Europe not having 'sides'. We could co-operate on what we agree on and ignore what we don't. That was what I wanted, for Europe, the British Isles, Great Britain and Scotland, instead of Indie-Yes/No or the Leave/Remain binary choices. That was childish. Those Eton lads aren't always as clever as they seem. You don't start a fight when you're outnumbered, even if you are Head Boy.
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dick_turpin

I'm not convinced Europe will ever treat us as equals or treat us fairly, for that matter. I'm gobsmacked that people are willing to hand over their country to Brussels so that they can glide through customs for two weeks in Ibiza.

I asked many people at the time of the vote why they believed so firmly that the European Union was good for Britain. None of them gave me very good reasons; they all seemed to have pretty unimportant personal benefits, such as the ability to take Benji the dog with them or work abroad while retaining British citizenship. Until, of course, Brussels does away with that, and we all become EU citizens.

I did vote to remain, mainly because I hoped the referendum may have given the EU a wake-up call to the extent they changed their disrespectful attitude. I never imagined that we would actually leave. It'll be at least twenty years before they allow us back, and even if they did, I guarantee they would punish us because France, for example, is very vindictive.

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The way to fight the far-right is to either show that their claims are inaccurate or to actually do something about the claims that are or have an element of truth. Simply calling them Fascists and threats of violence has the opposite effect and only serves to make them stronger.
theguardian.com/world/2025/febโ€ฆ

โ€˜Now is the time of monstersโ€™: young Berliners despair at far-right surge

Alternative fรผr Deutschland projected to finish second in federal election with about 20% of the vote
Ashifa Kassam (The Guardian)

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I've been reading a book!

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ
Processes how the brain distinguishes between "us" and "them" in social contexts. A key brain region involved in this is the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), which plays a role in social cognition, including distinguishing between in-groups and out-groups.

๐—”๐—บ๐˜†๐—ด๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ: Involved in emotional reactions and threat detection, often more active when perceiving out-group members.

๐—”๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜… (๐—”๐—–๐—–): Helps regulate conflict and bias between in-groups and out-groups.

๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป (๐—ง๐—ฃ๐—): Important for perspective-taking and understanding social differences.

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Are we really going to send British troops to shoot Russians? I mean, it's a nice sabre-rattling gesture, but do we really want to risk starting a full-blown war? I wonder what Russian mothers or the Russian people will think when their sons are shot by 3 Para or whichever regiments we send?

theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/fโ€ฆ

Starmer ready to put British troops on the ground in Ukraine if peace deal reached

It is understood to be the first time the PM has been explicit about sending British peacekeepers to Ukraine
Nadeem Badshah (The Guardian)

friendica (DFRN) - Link to source

Amazing! Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, three years on, and suddenly, Europe can get off its arse and look like they're doing something. This has nothing to do with peace, defeating the Russians or potentially brokering a deal and everything to do with "Whose in charge!"

Europe, including the UK, is an utter joke! They all want American money, troops and support, yet when America decides it's time to stop the squabbling, everyone starts throwing a tantrum.
#ukraine #PresidentTrump

itv.com/news/2025-02-17/starmeโ€ฆ

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#ukraine #PresidentTrump

friendica (DFRN) - Link to source
There is only one enemy a European Army would fight: Russia.
Anyone in favour of this idea is a moron because Europe might just as well declare war now. Happy WW III. Never mind global warming; there'll be no Western Hemisphere to worry about once the nukes start flying.
theguardian.com/world/live/202โ€ฆ

Zelenskyy calls for European army as Germany hits back at US over Vance tirade โ€“ as it happened

โ€˜Our army alone is not enough, we need your support,โ€™ Ukraineโ€™s president tells Munich security conference
Hamish Mackay (The Guardian)

friendica (DFRN) - Link to source
Looks like the press is gunning for #PeterKay. I wonder if Netflix has bought the show or if he's planning to sell his own DVD, and that's why he threw people out for spoiling it?
telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/the-otherโ€ฆ

The other side of cuddly comedy โ€˜nice guyโ€™ Peter Kay

The publicity-shy comicโ€™s on-stage outbursts have shocked fans of his โ€˜everymanโ€™ image. But he has long been a divisive character
Liam Kelly (The Telegraph)
#PeterKay

friendica (DFRN) - Link to source
There are going to be a fair few people pissed off if Trump achieves this, mainly because he'll crow about it for the next few years.
#Trump #Ukrain
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c04n62โ€ฆ

Ukraine war talks start now, Trump says after Putin call

The US and Russia leaders spoke over the phone after Trump said Nato membership for Ukraine is unlikely.
Bernd Debusmann Jr, at the White House, and Mike Wendling (BBC News)
#trump #Ukrain

friendica (DFRN) - Link to source

Guilty by association or just as bad?
Sadly, at the moment, the Guardian doesn't say what he's supposed to have said.

Quote: "A government source told PA News: โ€œOliver Ryanโ€™s remarks were unacceptable and deeply disappointing.""

So much for #Labour cleaning up the sleaze in politics.

theguardian.com/politics/2025/โ€ฆ

Second Labour MP faces sanctions over offensive WhatsApp group messages

Burnley MP Oliver Ryan has already apologised for his own comments in wake of Andrew Gwynneโ€™s suspension
Peter Walker (The Guardian)
#labour

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@realDonaldTrump needs to threaten to pull US troops out of Europe. That'll shit'em up. ๐Ÿคฃ

politico.eu/article/eu-slams-dโ€ฆ

EU chiefs chastise Trump for sanctioning the ICCย 

In a first jab at the White House, Ursula von der Leyen and Antรณnio Costa said the U.S. presidentโ€™s move to target the International Criminal Court undermines global justice.
Aitor Hernรกndez-Morales (POLITICO)

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Before I say anything, let me make one thing clear: ๐—œ โค๏ธ ๐Ÿฌ.๐—”.๐——.

This is yet another reason why Opensource and Linux are not more mainstream. I've been playing ALPHA 27 for a few days now. The only thing is, I'm playing on a Windows machine! According to the attached post, if you want it (On Linux), compile it yourself. ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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One thing that annoys me about the Internet is the volume of keyboard warriors who proclaim themselves to be the champions of morals and "Doing the right thing" Yet when Labour announces a third runway, a deafening silence descends regarding Climate Change.

๐—˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†:
๐Ÿ›ซ If Heathrow's total airport emissions (Scope 3 included) are around 20 million tonnes COโ‚‚e per year, and the two runways handle all flight activity, A single runway could account for roughly 10 million tonnes COโ‚‚e per year (very rough estimate). Thus increasing the total to 30 Million tonnes.๐Ÿ›ฌ

If the Conservatives had announced this, the web would have gone into meltdown!

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpql1wโ€ฆ

Newspaper headlines: Heathrow's third runway and London 'gold shortage'

Heathrow airport's expansion and a Bank of England bullion shortage feature in Thursday's papers.
BBC News
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Dunno where you're getting the idea the left is silent about it, I've seen constant mockery disgust and alarm. The very post above yours in my timeline is linking to the Guardian [ theguardian.com/commentisfree/โ€ฆ ]. Even the Guardian!

I agree it'll probably just waste billions and then get cancelled before completion.

Look at Labourโ€™s acts of environmental vandalism and ask: did I vote for this?

Our rivers, our wildlife, the air we breathe: the government is sacrificing all to the insatiable god of GDP โ€“ and mocking our objections, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
George Monbiot (The Guardian)

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And I have discovered a new level of stupidity for IT Support.

A guy calls saying he cannot receive emails from a contact in India, and the emails are going to spam.

๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: "It's not in spam; it's the other one."

๐— ๐—ฒ: "Junk folder?"

๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: "That's the one, but it's not in there."

๐— ๐—ฒ: "Wait, do you mean our quarantine?"

๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: "Yes."

๐— ๐—ฒ: "OK, send us the email address, and we will have a look."

He promptly sends a phone screenshot of the IM conversation with the guy in India who has attached a photo of his desktop with his rejection message (and his email address). The phone screenshot is too small to read, let alone the picture from the IM conversation.

JUST GIVE US THE BLOODY EMAIL ADDRESS!

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There's the story I've told a few times before.
We used to use another program for remote support, I forget its name now but it began with A and had a red icon.

So one of the lads got this woman to download it and run the executable.

๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: "Right, can you see that red icon on your desktop? Click on that, please."

๐—ช๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป: "There's no red icon."

๐˜ˆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง "๐˜–๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต. ๐˜–๐˜ฉ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด."

๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: "OK, What DO you have on your desktop?"

๐—ช๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป: "I've got a mouse, a keyboard, my coffee mug....."

I shit you not.

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Andrew Lewis Workshop

my other favourite was a regular call from someone in an office saying the fax machine was broken. Every time we went there it was working. After about 6 weeks of call outs, I said "OK, I'm going to stand over you while you send a fax and see where the problem is." - she puts the page in the machine, dials the number, presses send, the fax goes through. I say "see, it's working" and she responds by huffing, waving the page at me and saying "it HASN'T sent, look, it's here."
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๐—•๐—˜๐—–๐—”๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜'๐—ฆ ๐—ก๐—ข ๐—•๐—˜๐——๐—ฆ
There's staff, just no beds!
#nhs #Capacity #NoBeds
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgly9zโ€ฆ

Patients dying in hospital corridors, say nurses

The Royal College of Nursing details harrowing cases from more than 5,000 nurses across the UK.
Nick Triggle (BBC News)
#nhs #capacity #NoBeds

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Watched 24 Hours in Police Custody this morning, which showed the dumbest cop in the UK conducting a search. They find bags of what turns out to be crystal meth, and PC dumbarse opens the bag and sniffs it! Luckily, it wasn't Fentanyl. What a moron.
peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/cโ€ฆ

24 Hours in Police Custody: ยฃ1.5 million drugs bust that saw Peterborough man jailed features on new episode of Channel 4 documentary

Episode to be broadcast at 9pm tonight (Monday, January 13)
By Stephen Briggs (Peterborough Telegraph)

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๐—œ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐˜!
#greggs
expressandstar.com/news/2025/0โ€ฆ

'It's disgusting' - Walsall residents react to Greggs price hike as sausage rolls hit ยฃ1.30

Pastry giant Greggs has yet again hiked up its prices, with the nation's favourite sausage roll now costing ยฃ1.30 at most sites across the country.ย 
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#greggs

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It's nice the intelligencia of the #Labour party investing heavily in a technology that's likely to put its supporters and union members out of work.
#ai #MeLaughsAndPoints
news.sky.com/story/uk-to-mainlโ€ฆ

UK to 'mainline AI in the veins' under new plans from Sir Keir Starmer

The government will be hoping the plans - with promises of billions of pounds and thousands of jobs - can help stymie the claims they are mismanaging the economy and stunting growth in the UK.
Tim Baker (Sky News)
#ai #labour #MeLaughsAndPoints

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Hold on a minute, @HastingsDirect, how do I know I'm not entitled? I mean, you sent me an email saying that if, as I do, pay by instalments, you'll pay not only the higher rate difference but interest, too. I mean, you even list the date I renewed!

So are you saying not only did you 'mistakenly' overcharge, but you've now mistakenly offered a refund? Are you sure you haven't made another mistake, and I should be refunded?

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