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"Roughly 1,500 babies have been born HIV-positive every day since January 21, because Musk cut off their mothers’ medication." prospect.org/power/2025-0...

submitted 7 days ago • 188 comments

I think we can put to rest the notion that offshore wind turbines spoil views and economies. The fact is that they can make coastal sites far more interesting and boost tourism as people travel to experience them, sometimes even up close. Boat tours to see the turbines are "surprisingly popular."

submitted 11 days ago • 11 comments

Today's deal is a positive first step in rebuilding our relationship with Europe. The government must now face down the naysayers and dinosaurs in Reform and the Conservative Party and be more ambitious to go further and secure the best deal for our country.

submitted 18 days ago • 9 comments

Brexit was a referendum on whether the UK should leave the European Union. The UK has left the European Union. Referendum fulfilled. If the people bleating about "Brexit Betrayal" wanted the Referendum to enshrine their pet policy preferences, they should have included them in the question.

submitted 19 days ago • 104 comments

🌹 Labour's official policy recognises that First Past the Post is "flawed" and driving "distrust & alienation" in politics ⚠️ Now, multi-party politics is colliding with a 2-party system - and inaction is becoming untenable 🎯 We need a National Commission for Electoral Reform

submitted 35 days ago • 12 comments

An illustration of how FPP goes from sandbag to springboard - Reform votes and seats in different councils: Oxfordshire: 18% vote, 2% seats Cambridgeshire: 23% vote, 16% seats Devon: 27% vote, 30% seats Leicestershire: 33% vote, 46% seats Derbyshire: 37% vote, 66% seats

submitted 35 days ago • 19 comments

What if I told you that the problems of international trade were solved in 1944 but never implemented? I've written post on trade deficits/surpluses and role in current situation + how Keynes's Bancor could be solution Some 90-day pause reading for you. Link: tinyurl.com/ycy2fwfv 🧵👇

submitted 57 days ago • 1 comment

Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.

submitted 43 days ago • 861 comments