Dave Merritt
@butwhatifitsall.bsky.social
Gen Xer (1965), benefitted from the golden age of the UK welfare state and social mobility. Career in social housing (remember that?) now retired. Father of Jack Merritt, killed in the 2019 Fishmongers’ Hall attack. Writing a book. Food. Music. Politics.
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Apparently the Ugly People see the need to do this to ”to see off “dark forces … stirring up anger” over migration,”
That’s from Mahmood via Alex Norris, Home Office Minister
If we are copying Denmark are we going to copy them on the welfare state and taxes too…or just stir up immigration hatred?
That’s from Mahmood via Alex Norris, Home Office Minister
If we are copying Denmark are we going to copy them on the welfare state and taxes too…or just stir up immigration hatred?
November 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Apparently the Ugly People see the need to do this to ”to see off “dark forces … stirring up anger” over migration,”
That’s from Mahmood via Alex Norris, Home Office Minister
If we are copying Denmark are we going to copy them on the welfare state and taxes too…or just stir up immigration hatred?
That’s from Mahmood via Alex Norris, Home Office Minister
If we are copying Denmark are we going to copy them on the welfare state and taxes too…or just stir up immigration hatred?
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The government seems to be trying to simultaneously claim it can deliver Reform’s agenda better than Reform, while also about once a month sending out someone to decry Reform’s racism.
It’s genuinely sort of amazing that they still haven’t realised why that doesn’t work.
It’s genuinely sort of amazing that they still haven’t realised why that doesn’t work.
November 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The government seems to be trying to simultaneously claim it can deliver Reform’s agenda better than Reform, while also about once a month sending out someone to decry Reform’s racism.
It’s genuinely sort of amazing that they still haven’t realised why that doesn’t work.
It’s genuinely sort of amazing that they still haven’t realised why that doesn’t work.
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London is also diverse. It's hugely multicultural, and it's a largely tolerant and welcoming place.
Sure it has it's problems and the housing crisis is a big one.
But the haters don't hate this city because of that.
They hate it because it stands as living proof that multiculturalism works.
Sure it has it's problems and the housing crisis is a big one.
But the haters don't hate this city because of that.
They hate it because it stands as living proof that multiculturalism works.
November 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
London is also diverse. It's hugely multicultural, and it's a largely tolerant and welcoming place.
Sure it has it's problems and the housing crisis is a big one.
But the haters don't hate this city because of that.
They hate it because it stands as living proof that multiculturalism works.
Sure it has it's problems and the housing crisis is a big one.
But the haters don't hate this city because of that.
They hate it because it stands as living proof that multiculturalism works.
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Gerrymandering is only a good idea if your party is perennially popular because when a wave comes in to punish your party in the next election, you will be decimated
November 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Gerrymandering is only a good idea if your party is perennially popular because when a wave comes in to punish your party in the next election, you will be decimated
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Something I would pay my licence fee for alone is From Our Own Correspondent on Radio 4, which I listen to on BBC Sounds when I am out.
It always teaches me about things around the world which the regular news seems not to report. Important things as well as just lives
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It always teaches me about things around the world which the regular news seems not to report. Important things as well as just lives
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November 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Something I would pay my licence fee for alone is From Our Own Correspondent on Radio 4, which I listen to on BBC Sounds when I am out.
It always teaches me about things around the world which the regular news seems not to report. Important things as well as just lives
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
It always teaches me about things around the world which the regular news seems not to report. Important things as well as just lives
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
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Still smarting over the utter tanning she took after going on BBC local radio.
November 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Still smarting over the utter tanning she took after going on BBC local radio.
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How perfectly tragic.
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Liz Truss on Fox News supporting Trump suing the BBC
"There are lots of people in Britain who are cheering President Trump on and want him to sue the BBC"
"And I believe the organisation needs to be defunded"
"There are lots of people in Britain who are cheering President Trump on and want him to sue the BBC"
"And I believe the organisation needs to be defunded"
November 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
How perfectly tragic.
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Yep! The impact on the Energy Grids *alone* (this crap is expected to draw *daily* more than what tips many places into "Rolling Brownouts" in occasional hot weather!), shows it's not realistic.
Then there's the water needs, etc.
It's the new version of the Hyperloop or Space Elevator, is all.
Then there's the water needs, etc.
It's the new version of the Hyperloop or Space Elevator, is all.
November 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Yep! The impact on the Energy Grids *alone* (this crap is expected to draw *daily* more than what tips many places into "Rolling Brownouts" in occasional hot weather!), shows it's not realistic.
Then there's the water needs, etc.
It's the new version of the Hyperloop or Space Elevator, is all.
Then there's the water needs, etc.
It's the new version of the Hyperloop or Space Elevator, is all.