lmlkn.bsky.social
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Month on month growth figures are just noise, as you know. You aren't trying to paint a particular narrative here are you?
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You are obsessed with reform. How about you speak about the Lib Dems for once?
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What can be done? The media is clearly manipulating the public, including even the supposedly impartial state news
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But enough about Goodall
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If you've been reading anything you should understand that the increase in defence spending is intended as a deterrent.
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Defense acts as a deterrent. It's not complex to understand
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It's not about policy, it's about feelings
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There was child poverty in the UK before Brexit. So what's your actual specific policy idea? Otherwise it's a nice sounding, simplistic solution to a complex problem - populism.
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Once again 0 actual policy suggestions here, just polulism
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Delusional.
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Racism
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Her race is irrelevant. Maybe you just don't like white people
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People behind their smartphones are savages.
The distance breaks their empathy.
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Go for the ad hominem attack if you want, but please at least try to base your arguments on reality
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Your fellow Scots are who said no, not Westminster
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And the independence campaign has been 100% honest at all times?
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If you asked me whether I'm English or British I'd say English. Doesn't mean we should remove England from the UK, even though many English people feel Westminster doesn't work for them either. And the referendum results suggest the numbers might be smaller than you say, despite the endless noise
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Also randomised drug testing is profoundly illiberal and not something I support
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I just worry that the independence argument is a populist tool for solving all your problems, while not actually doing so. For example, you could propose that Westminster bans second jobs (which I'd support), but instead you think the UK should be split to solve that problem. Many similar cases
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Yes, Scottish independence solves everything, Scottish politicians are magically immune to the issues you claim plague every MP in Westminster
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The greens, what a great idea, the one thing that would solve all our problems is state sponsored hypno-breast enlargement
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>reform mouthpiece
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Accepting a free gift is miles away from insider trading
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Beyond delusional.
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Why do news organisations continually platform farage and seemingly never speak about Ed Davey or the lib Dems?
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WFP *means tested. You're repeating RW media distortions of the truth.
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Hadjar's 2-0 over Lawson too
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The specific nature of the policy makes a big difference to them
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This is populist nonsense. If you actually examine the greens' policies they don't make sense. They're a student party with nice sounding sound bites and an inviting name, but they would be ruinous if they got into government
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The "they're all the same" narrative benefits the Tories. The media is pushing that narrative as hard as it can.
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The Tories who have a vested interest in making labour look right wing?
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That's what they'll tell you. But there's been a significant difference between the parties already. Unfortunately they have to govern in the real world, which the socialists may find uncomfortable
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Ignore the papers and look at what's actually happening. The autumn budget raised a lot of money from areas including taxes on the wealthy. Unfortunately labour is beholden to the whims of the public so they won't immediately cut pensions and massively raise taxes etc like we might want
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Many of the "true socialists" in the party would prefer to remain forever in opposition
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The greens are a joke of a party. Not serious candidates who should be running the country, even in coalition.
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It's also your responsibility to look through the bullshit that's being produced on all sides. So much reporting is being done on rumour, unnamed sources rather than actual factual reporting on what's being done. The media has an agenda and is trying to make you feel this way
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Doubtful. Farage's policies would wither under any form of scrutiny. He'd crumble in a serious election campaign under the spotlight as the leader of a major party. That said the media would likely be working in his favour. He has his nutter base but the sensible members of public sense his bullshit
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I do hope so. But the media can be very effective at establishing a narrative, particularly when operating in lockstep
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I'm hoping that one day the media will help decipher the policies for their readers in a responsible and balanced way, instead of twisting, catastrophising and sensationalising everything this Labour government does. I won't hold my breath.
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Nick Ferrari is a shameless right wing stooge
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The gym comment is referring to ideas like this: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Some numbers here but no concrete details - which if they existed would be reported by every paper. I'll await an announcement from the government before forming a strong opinion
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It's telling yet not particularly surprising that they can't tell you specifically what they're outraged by
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They've moved to creating news, rather than reporting on facts
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Yep. When it comes to discussing actual policy they aren't interested. Barely a whisper about the budget for example.
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I misunderstood you, apologies.
Completely agreed with this. I'm not sure why they preemptively tied their own hands around tax via their fiscal rules, making it politically challenging to increase taxes.
An increase in CGT at the top level could bring quite a positive change, seems sensible
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What didn't you like about the budget?
It almost seems like you'll be anti labour, and pro reform, no matter what they do.