Máirtín Ó Loċlainn
@mr--mo.bsky.social
Data warehouse developer for agriculture supply company. OU student, cyclist, reader, servant to three cats.
going by the recent updates to numbers, they aren't counting either.
November 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
going by the recent updates to numbers, they aren't counting either.
Surely this is what the home office exists to do! Or am I hopelessly naive.
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Surely this is what the home office exists to do! Or am I hopelessly naive.
And who’s next? Gays? Women? are you stating where your money is coming from?
November 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
And who’s next? Gays? Women? are you stating where your money is coming from?
I tend to regard intelligence as realising how little you know, and at least having the interest to ask questions.
November 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I tend to regard intelligence as realising how little you know, and at least having the interest to ask questions.
I get that, just he now has a court case to confirm he can carry on. Whereas if he had lost would he have thought about the consequence?
November 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I get that, just he now has a court case to confirm he can carry on. Whereas if he had lost would he have thought about the consequence?
Not knowing when that clip comes from. Wonder if he feels free to say things now www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Graham Linehan cleared of harassing trans activist but convicted of damaging phone
Irish comedy writer cleared at Westminster magistrates court of harassing Sophia Brooks on social media
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Not knowing when that clip comes from. Wonder if he feels free to say things now www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
would you really launch that just before a General Election, just as people get to see their pay slips and the changes?
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
would you really launch that just before a General Election, just as people get to see their pay slips and the changes?
Trumps "peace" deal is working well then.
November 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Trumps "peace" deal is working well then.
You could argue Motobiltiy is corporate welfare. So many of these schemes subsidise private companies.
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
You could argue Motobiltiy is corporate welfare. So many of these schemes subsidise private companies.
rightly or wrongly, the UK is short of doctors, nurses, dentists etc. how Is the shortfall being covered? where are the training places? Where are the incentivised degrees to encourage take up etc. then there are plenty of other areas with similar problems. And yet unemployment is up….
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
rightly or wrongly, the UK is short of doctors, nurses, dentists etc. how Is the shortfall being covered? where are the training places? Where are the incentivised degrees to encourage take up etc. then there are plenty of other areas with similar problems. And yet unemployment is up….
What’s the saying, best time was yesterday, second best time is today. Just because it hasn’t happened is no reason to just give up.
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
What’s the saying, best time was yesterday, second best time is today. Just because it hasn’t happened is no reason to just give up.
How would this apply if you’re based in Gibraltar? I have no issue with the idea, just wondering About the real impact.
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 AM
How would this apply if you’re based in Gibraltar? I have no issue with the idea, just wondering About the real impact.
As a driver of a PHEV Golf, petrol is far cheaper than charging away from home today. Though driving it IMO in electric is a nicer experience.
November 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
As a driver of a PHEV Golf, petrol is far cheaper than charging away from home today. Though driving it IMO in electric is a nicer experience.
I just don’t get the pension bit, yes it raises money but most people aren’t saving enough. How does this help? I also note effective 2029, which is about the latest a GE can be called.
November 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I just don’t get the pension bit, yes it raises money but most people aren’t saving enough. How does this help? I also note effective 2029, which is about the latest a GE can be called.
Only comment I'll add, at least the north gets mentioned. Try getting from Cornwall or Devon to anywhere. But to answer your question, I suspect never.
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Only comment I'll add, at least the north gets mentioned. Try getting from Cornwall or Devon to anywhere. But to answer your question, I suspect never.
Depending on the exact change cutting cycle to work and making no change to car schemes, going all in on Heathrow expansion really shows what the gov thinks of the green agenda.
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Depending on the exact change cutting cycle to work and making no change to car schemes, going all in on Heathrow expansion really shows what the gov thinks of the green agenda.
What joy maybe we can get another Jaffa cake type case, what kind of package counts for tax purpose.
November 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
What joy maybe we can get another Jaffa cake type case, what kind of package counts for tax purpose.
Maybe it's my memory, but I don't remember seeing anything like the level of advertising growing up c30 years ago. I am assuming it was illegal, or very heavily regulated. I remember the pools and bookies, and far fewer of the later. I assume there are stats on the changes??
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Maybe it's my memory, but I don't remember seeing anything like the level of advertising growing up c30 years ago. I am assuming it was illegal, or very heavily regulated. I remember the pools and bookies, and far fewer of the later. I assume there are stats on the changes??
And the single way Reform can be beaten is to make voters feel richer. There are serious obstacles to joining, but that shouldn't rule out trying. There are also options that don't involve joining that would realign the UK. But the UK government seems to have given up and is simply chasing Reform.
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
And the single way Reform can be beaten is to make voters feel richer. There are serious obstacles to joining, but that shouldn't rule out trying. There are also options that don't involve joining that would realign the UK. But the UK government seems to have given up and is simply chasing Reform.
I am just of the opinion that Labour were idiots to rule anything out. See also how they are handling the current raising tax fiasco. The UK was in a hole, is in a hole, no options should be off the table.
November 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I am just of the opinion that Labour were idiots to rule anything out. See also how they are handling the current raising tax fiasco. The UK was in a hole, is in a hole, no options should be off the table.
No, there is no rejoin, there is the option of looking at join, looking at what options exist around single market, EFTA, etc. Nothing should be off the table, no red lines.
November 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
No, there is no rejoin, there is the option of looking at join, looking at what options exist around single market, EFTA, etc. Nothing should be off the table, no red lines.