stephenfg.bsky.social
Living in Lowestoft, Scottish, interested in politics, used to be considered a centrist but in the world today probably seen as a dangerous left wing extremist. Enjoy hope and humour, try not to be offensive and usually succeed.
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I think it's bound to have some positive impact, coupled with decent PR it would at least make results more democratic when currently 20% share of a 30% turnout can get you what should be an important job in local govt. It wouldn't cure apathy but it would at least be a positive choice
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It wouldn't have been hard to say what he believes. Courts can't rule on beliefs, only what those beliefs allow you to do. I might believe in God, a court can't make that belief illegal only the limits on any actions that belief leads me to take.
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I am curious how exclusively lesbian groups police membership, is a lesbian who once slept with a man excluded? Unless I've missed the news I don't think there is a biology based test for being a lesbian so I guess they just self ID as such? Most of the LGB lot aren't any kind of gay but that's ok?
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I worry they are doing more harm than good but I think it's a sign of the world in chaos that I'm still grateful to have a normal shit govt that we can boot out if there is a better option or might even change tack with enough pressure
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Luckily they both share an inability to work with anyone except toadies and Farage has the upper hand in that he has some popular appeal to a section of voters which Cummings really doesn't.
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I used to give Andrew Neil the benefit of the doubt, in the BBC days at least I thought he was a clever interviewer who would spank all politicians with equal relish. It took a while to realise what an amoral nob he is but by the time the orange clown appeared in politics I was much more on the ball
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Yes, it was worth a shot, we've heard for years Trump responds to flattery and listens to the last person in the room, unfortunately he's filled his room with Putin loving, democracy hating shits. Hopefully behind the scenes European leaders now at least can be sure the USA won't defend any of us
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I think it's great to find something useful for King Charles to do and I'm sure Scotland will give Trump the welcome he deserves...
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I resisted watching as I was braced for embarrassment but I trust your point of view so glad he managed not to appear a fool admiring the orange emperor's new clothes and apparently found a use for the king! Win win! Maybe King Charles could give him Andrew as a gift when he visits.
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I'm sure he'll get a lovely warm welcome....
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My brother in law who is German/ British bought his when Elon Musk was just considered eccentric, he's selling now. Sad that what started as doing a good thing for global warming is now a danger to the planet. Surely he has enough money to disappear to Mars by now
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I'm a fan but it's very irresponsible to make false and misleading claims like this. Decades of research went into making this impossible. Fake news!
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Amazing how a statement that should be standard from any respectable British politician now seems heroic.
I remember when eat the rich was the slogan, now the rich are trying to eat democracies.
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I missed seeing the show and the abuse. What was that all about? Have we gone so far backwards since Lily Savage presented the show? Shame on the haters
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I rather like being asked to reach the top shelf, I take it as a compliment. Doesn't doing someone a tiny favour make most people feel good about themselves? If nothing else my resting face obviously doesn't say scary unapproachable grump
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I think the pundits and public got used to PMs changing every couple of years or months, it became the Tory way of doing a reset. It's much more exciting to see every drama as a crisis
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It's actually only in England you have prescription charges, none in Scotland, Wales or NI
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Ha ha well it's a bit more poetic than 'we are all doooomed '
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400000+1
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I'm sorry but if I see your mate Stephen Mulhern presenting another programme I will be vibing him off the end of a pier.
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I thought it sounded like a great idea, let's face it no one is going to get much out of Trump and Mandelson can probably toady enough to stop him having a toddler tantrum and being an ambassador he will have to be a bit more discreet with his 'helpful advice' for the UK govt.
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Local govt is a mess, we have 3 councils, I would bet I couldn't find anyone in town who knows who does what and few who could name any local councillor. Counties are an historic anachronism.
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You see if you're from Scotland you would be thinking whit? There is no r in sauce and it's a different vowel sound
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Bikes are great but for a lot of less healthy people or if you want to get slightly bulkier shopping surely a mobility scooter type vehicle you could rent and park like the city bikes would help. The electric scooters I'm not so keen on and not great for the less able
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They really are picking up the cream of the dross
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Thank you. Hope they find some peace and stability
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Dumb question but who is running things now, can't be his military surely and isn't the country already in pockets of different factional groups. It's great that people feel optimistic enough to start returning home but isn't there bound to be new fighting for control?
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Sorry if I've just missed it but I haven't seen exactly what happened anywhere, have you written about it somewhere or is it tied up in legal/ employment arguments?
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Are random jumper compliments in the street a thing, I think I might be a little bit suspicious... But maybe that's just me
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Lots of things you can complain about Keir Starmer but little she didn't know about before she rode the Labour party coat tails to victory. She is a lazy constituency MP who got publicity by joining the anti trans culture wars and pretends to be a great socialist warrior. Good riddance.
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Is the magic it makes the passengers invisible? Shame it doesn't do the same for the dirt
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Not to lower the mood of the daydream but isn't it strange we used to do supersonic but don't now and we used to land on the moon (or did we...) but don't now
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I know it's an excuse for him to be Islamaphobic but the idea that you have to have an established religion of any kind really irks me. We should be chucking the bishops out of the lords and the rest.
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What's he even trying to say? Middle class and middle aged women are more easily offended? Doesn't he have any friends who can tell him to apologise and be quiet? Looks like he's auditioning for GB news
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Isn't that inevitable when most of the world is raised in some religious belief that trains people not to believe the evidence of reality or logic or morality but instead have 'faith'
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Well to expand it would need new legislation. It was the Lib Dems who got the bill passed, Labour was pretty split.
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It seems like a very narrow bill, no? What would be better?
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But presumably if you are diagnosed with a few months to live and you get consent for an assisted end there isn't a time limit for when you carry it out? I mean doesn't sound like the man on the roof would have used it until he was suffering, too much to do
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I watched a Netflix doc. about a woman who knew her mum used a sperm bank and went on one of these open sites to find out if she had any half siblings from the donor. Turned out she had dozens because the doctor at the clinic was using his own sperm for many of the clients. Nasty but better to know?
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I understand snark
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Oh what's happening in the US is scary and not much better here but looked the other way round I don't think saying trans rights or gay rights or any human rights should be exclusively left wing causes helps anyone. Let's face it how often do we get even moderately left wing governments.
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Michael Walker is not in favour of 'literal genocide' You can criticise his views on eligibility in sports participation but I don't think his trans guests and co presenters would be there if they thought he wanted them dead.
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I don't really get why economics is a big issue, care for 6 months or involving doctors and judges in assisted end of life both cost money, no idea which is more and a bit distasteful to bring it into the equation. We also already dance the line of assisted dying with self controlled morphine pumps
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Was it a scoop or a feed?
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Might only be bee sized but really nice to see a good news story
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I'm very suspicious of the deregulation agenda. Seems to me most regulations are there to protect workers or consumers and the problem is more that they are rarely policed. The fire test of the Grenfell tower cladding springs to mind where they got to repeat and adjust the test until it passed
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On one hand I'm impressed by the new standard of ethics Labour are showing, on the other my conspiracy theory suspicions are the story was fed to sky because she embarrassed the PM calling P&O a rogue company. Which btw Boris Johnson promised to take to court at the time they sacked their workers