roundsdown.bsky.social
Old Glaswegian amputee and supporter of Scottish independence, with a love of guitar, reading, video games, TV & films, philosophy, politics and more. ♿🏴 No DMs⛔. Not interested in crypto⛔. No business promotion⛔.
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That's absolutely fantastic. Hope he has a full recovery and the very best future.
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They have a cheek keeping the name 'Labour'. Herr Starmer is full tilt Tory.
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Plus, you claim that 'UK and Europe are riddled with it.' Based on what evidence, given that even DWP disagree with that assertion? What you have is an opinion, which is your right, but it's just an opinion with no data to support it. It's jingoistic nonsense that is the basis of harmful rhetoric.
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I fail to see how you claim what you're saying doesn't imply a fraudulent element to the claims of people who have mental health issues. For a start, your point fails to address that social media facilitating MH issues is a modern issue and doesn't explain chronic depression, schizophrenia, etc.
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It's as if Labour told the Tories to, '...hold my beer.' Herr Starmer and his cohorts are a repugnancy in need of removal.
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Certainly a new low for Herr Starmer.
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Bang on! Always money for war and subsidies for the wealthy.
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Lol. I just realized I gave the wrong reply to the wrong post. Sorry for any confusion you may be experiencing. lol.
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That was the data they gave us in training and it has stayed fairly constant since the early 2000s, with minor fluctuations. This is the reason I know all their rhetoric re 'benefits crisis' is horseshit. You could always spot the dodgy looking claim, as their medical evidence was lacking at best.
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I used to process benefit claims and was trained across several benefits, including ESA. I processed thousands of claims in my time and can assure you you are categorically wrong. DWP's own data estimates only 0.5% of claims are fraudulent. I can attest to this from years of experience and training.
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It's fantastic. That constant, unsettling feeling in the air. Some clever writing and brilliant performances.
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youtu.be/84P4dzow1Bw?...
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When Shakespeare said, "All the world is a stage...' this guy saw a Machiavellian opportunity. I'm so glad I'm past the halfway point in life. The future is looking grim.
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youtu.be/84P4dzow1Bw?...
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I think it might even still be on YouTube. That's where I saw it, initially.
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Good shout. 💯
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It's an education. As all of his work is. He also did a four part series called, 'Century Of The Self', which ties in, as it examines how psychology was hijacked by Freud's nephew, Edward Bernays, and gave birth to the book 'Propaganda (1922)' that led to the birth of 'Public Relations'. Fascinating
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That's the very chappy. Former theatre director, if memory serves me.
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It was an eyeopener for all the weird contradictions that came out of Cameron's government. Suddenly the bizarre stuff came into sharp relief and, he was right; all you could do was watch and think, 'Oh dear'.
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He really is. In a terrifying sort of way. lol. But, he's fantastic.
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Adam Curtis made a documentary called Bitter Lake (2015) where he examined this very issue, but attributed its inception to Russian politics. He referred to it as, "Oh Dearism", whereby the strategy was to flood the media with manifold contradictions, so as to leave the public unable to understand.
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I saw that was being considered. They really are shameless about maintaining their propaganda machine. Still won't be paying them. Be interesting to see how that goes. As it is, they give a portion of the fee to all channels that use their infrastructure, but that's not an applicable argument here.
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I haven't so much as a huckleberry of doubt that I will love it. Thanks for your skill and hard work.
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Just bought this. I love this series immensely. Can't wait to get stuck into this tonight. 💯👌
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You could be right. Although, even then, I can't see Westminster relinquishing their hold of their favourite piggy bank. I think we need to stop playing a game that they made the rules for. We need to invent a new game and to not tell them the rules. We need to broadside their usual gambits.
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It's Melanie Phillips: every time she opens her mouth, people end up thinking a dog farted. I'm unaffected by claims that if I don't support Israeli genocide of Palestinians, then I'm an anti-semite. Couldn't give a shit what murdering, Zionist psychopaths think of me. They're a stain on Judaism.
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This is purely my hypothesis and lacks evidence. I suspect that politicians lack of action on homelessness is just an extension of the punitive exercise of using unemployment to motivate us to be good little worker drones. Behave, or lose your job and maybe even your home. It's a political choice.