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Forget it, Jake (he/him)
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They still need to seek attention though, so would be good from that pov
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All kinds of delights may be found by the hardy explorer
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More than an hour from here - inappropriate
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Disagree, it's just up the road
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Brian dying has made this a cromulent fuckcrustable of a day. Russy needy drinky.
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Also raiding the GBE budget for "small modular reactors" and stopping GBE from using most of its budget to own and operate projects... doesn't sound like much of a win
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The 13bn for warm homes and 8bn for GBE were also pre existing commitments. The not previously announced money seems to be mainly for Sizewell C.
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The drafting also makes this impossible to ignore...
We'll spend more (£14.2bn) on one nuclear plant (Sizewell C), and more (£13.9bn) on decommissioning old nuclear, than the entire budget for GB Energy (£8.3bn) or the Warm Homes Plan (£13.2bn).
It's a very nuclear-heavy settlement for DESNZ.
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All playing with three different bands and doing a solo set on the same bill aren't we
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If you want to listen to albums early on my Australian Spotify account you're welcome btw
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Feels like years of work within Labour to develop a progressive housing position that covered all the bases, supported meaningful investment, affordability, sustainability etc have been trashed in favour of vulgar Tory laissez faire. Although perhaps I contributed to this by resigning from Labour.
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Was obvious they were doomed before the election when Starmer was asked how they could get 1.5m just by supply side reform and he said something like "don't worry, we've done the work to get this right"
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Don't think I've seen them particularly do this before so could possibly believe it's an "under instruction from the leader" bit
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Bristol or Sheffield
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Album was recorded in Wood Green but they made the traditional American mistake of staying in Mayfair. Travelodge was right there on the high street boys!
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I find the latter ok if everyone is joining in and getting into the spirit of it, the "apathetic crowd just staring at you" definitely not a good option
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Back in the USSR always a choice cut because fun to do and limited vocal range required
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Paranoid that answering will reveal delusions as to my cultivated personal brand. Karaoke is one where when I say I like it, irl people look a bit bowled over
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*Or rather the stupid case law interpretation of the current law
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Unfortunately it also really highlights the weakness of the current law because to defend the claim UCU had to affirm that they weren't attacking the claimants beliefs (when irl this should be a legitimate and indeed correct thing to do)
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The pundit class seems fascinated by McSweeney's Irishness in a way that seems to bear little relation to his ostensible politics, which is clearly the product of British Labourism (he has an origin story about being "inspired by the GFA" which seems unlikely, he's a classic UK political hobbyist)
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James have about 4-5 good songs imo, the rest are extremely mid at best
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Both of my grandmothers never forgave the Japanese and, also, er, the Irish 😬 for not doing a blackout
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Even if that's the case it seems odd to blame "lobby groups and activists" when this understanding was also embodied in e.g. the EHRC statutory code (which is even still in effect until the revisions are adopted)
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And the SC was very clear the GR EA protection is still fully functional - so if this is the case you can't unilaterally revoke self ID (in many contexts) for trans without GRC because they're explicitly protected in EA and case law
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Sorry if not clear. This is the bit I'm taking issue - because it's not true to say the law never permitted self ID (it still permits it in many circs), and trans without GRC still have right to be treated as identified sex in most circs (in line with GR protections in EA and other law/case law)
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Trans people were lied to??
Using services based on “self ID” (the gender role in which they present) regardless of GRC is right there in the EHRC’s 2011 Code of Practice.
It’s in the EHRC’s own 2022 guidance.
The Labour Gov recognised this too a matter of months ago.
This is horrific gaslighting.
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I suppose the main news is that the SNP is still quite unpopular vs 2021. But we surely knew this from Scotland wide polling anyway. Maybe Reform taking more of their vote than expected is news?
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Looks a bit like an Eastleigh by election situation to me, if you take the Labour % share vs 2024 not vs 2021 (also complete with surging Farageist party!)
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It's not accurate because the perceived rights weren't solely dependent on EA sex being trans inclusive. The bedrock was the GR protection (and other laws and case law). It's true that the sex protection being trans exclusive creates a mess that may reduce rights, but this isn't very clear even now
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It's different because there wasn't a widespread perception that self IDing trans people (or indeed with GRC) could benefit from the protected characteristic of sex. Rather it was understood as unclear, but possible. This having been clarified as not possible, there's still protection by GR.
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No, I don't think this is true. It was generally not well understood (by anyone) how the sex protection interacted with the GR protection but there was reassurance that the latter would be sufficient in most situations anyway. And this still ought to be the case.