richard1942.bsky.social
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Trump believes and actions don’t require any factual justification
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If the Tories were the patriots they claimed to be the VIP lane would have been a good idea
Using supporters to find unlikely sources of PPE to supplement normal supply
But the Tories were in politics for personal gain
Hopefully, the Labour Party is less trained by personal interests and greed
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It’s claimed people spend money more wisely than governments, but this is untrue in the UK
Common goods like, roads, healthcare, infrastructure and defence are best pay for by tax
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Trump behaviour makes it appear that he plans a military operation to
1) prevent smuggling from Canada to the US
2) prevent Canada exploiting its unfair trade advantage over the US
3) to liberate the people of Canada from its tyrannical government
I hope that this unwarranted scare mongering
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I think that there are problems related to male identity
I think that there are problems with the “meritocracy” which equates being poor with a lack of merit and value
These converge to make poor young men aggrieved and susceptible to right wing rhetoric
Men need help to adjust
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Blaming a diverse group for a complex phenomenon is toxic and dangerously simplistic (It’s a technique used by the right wing)
So, I don’t agree that blaming men for being bad fathers will help to solve any problem
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It’s rational for Trump to prevent the UK sharing intelligence from Washington with Ukraine.
It’s a horrible situation
We must manage without the US asap or sooner
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An independent body needs to be independent of government
In the UK the central government has become dominant and it has undermined our democracy
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I think young men act in ways that they think young women will find attractive
This might have a greater effect on them than how their dads behave
Incidentally, there were women involved in the recent riots
On average men are more violent than women but only on average
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It would be unwise to publicly acknowledged that the US is not acting like an ally
The US has equipment that Europe needs and the ability to do even more harm if provoked
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It makes sense, if Trump is planning to
Expropriate Canadian resources
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make the US a kleptocracy on the Russian style
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Do mothers and sisters have a part to play as well as fathers and brothers?
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Popularism works that way
Popularism promises the impossible and blames some real or imaginary people when the impossible is not delivered
Immigrants are the main targets in the West
It would seem that Trump expects to suspend democracy before his failure becomes obvious
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NHS E needs braking up into 5 to 10 regions
Money should follow patients. NHS management should stop commissioning services because they have done this very badly
They have commissioned services that provide poor health gain
And many are inefficient - not seeing many patients
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The body should be independent of government
Government policing the media would feed the claims of censorship, police state etc
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NHS is throwing money away but while not spending where it is needed
Streeting needs to reform the NHS management
Money should follow patients
GP should be given the money to look after their patients
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Hospitals are unable to discharge to the community
Yet NHSE unwilling to more funding to community which will solve their discharge issues
Short term thinking at NHSE is failing patients