@thisthattother.bsky.social
Trying to understand UK politics
It's an unsettling experience
Views:
Labour are ok. About time they taxed the rich though
Reform voters are traitors
A vote for green feels nice but is it really just a vote for reform?
Tories- gutters of history hopefully
It's an unsettling experience
Views:
Labour are ok. About time they taxed the rich though
Reform voters are traitors
A vote for green feels nice but is it really just a vote for reform?
Tories- gutters of history hopefully
the plan wasn't to cut spending on disabled people. If you look at the projections the forecast was for a big increase in spend. The changes were just slowing down this increase.
July 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
the plan wasn't to cut spending on disabled people. If you look at the projections the forecast was for a big increase in spend. The changes were just slowing down this increase.
Absolutely, and what is happening in gaza is genocide. Doesn't change that destroying UK military equipment is a crime.
July 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Absolutely, and what is happening in gaza is genocide. Doesn't change that destroying UK military equipment is a crime.
Governing properly is hard work and involves making sensible, tough decisions that pay off long term. Sadly voters in this country can't defer gratification. Labour getting in was an electoral fluke, and a fast decline in living standards is coming after the next GE when reform are in power
June 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Governing properly is hard work and involves making sensible, tough decisions that pay off long term. Sadly voters in this country can't defer gratification. Labour getting in was an electoral fluke, and a fast decline in living standards is coming after the next GE when reform are in power
well it sure beats having to actually do anything
June 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
well it sure beats having to actually do anything
I take issue with the description "ultimate grifter". Amend slightly to being "a traitorous grifter" and it is perfect.
June 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I take issue with the description "ultimate grifter". Amend slightly to being "a traitorous grifter" and it is perfect.
Personal view - what is happening in gaza is genocide and is unthinkably evil. However I'm very glad I don't have to decide between retaining access to the Mossad intelligence which prevents terror attacks in the UK, saving UK lives, rather than morally sound but ultimately futile statements.
June 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Personal view - what is happening in gaza is genocide and is unthinkably evil. However I'm very glad I don't have to decide between retaining access to the Mossad intelligence which prevents terror attacks in the UK, saving UK lives, rather than morally sound but ultimately futile statements.
Lots of criticism on here, with very little critical thinking. Labour (along with other world govt's) have 3.5 years left desperately trying to hold western civilization together. So perhaps be honest, and acknowledge the consequences for the UK of openly condemning Israel and the USA
June 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Lots of criticism on here, with very little critical thinking. Labour (along with other world govt's) have 3.5 years left desperately trying to hold western civilization together. So perhaps be honest, and acknowledge the consequences for the UK of openly condemning Israel and the USA
Speaking the truth has always been controversial. With the insanity in America at the moment it has lurched across the line into catastrophic
June 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Speaking the truth has always been controversial. With the insanity in America at the moment it has lurched across the line into catastrophic
Fair enough. I'll rephrase to: hopefully they either apologised on behalf of the parent company and owners or criticised the wider group of murdoch rags for their influence in making it happen.
June 23, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Fair enough. I'll rephrase to: hopefully they either apologised on behalf of the parent company and owners or criticised the wider group of murdoch rags for their influence in making it happen.
and reported in the Times no less. Hopefully there was an apology in there for helping enable this omnishambles
June 23, 2025 at 7:51 AM
and reported in the Times no less. Hopefully there was an apology in there for helping enable this omnishambles
too soon. I'm not ready to contemplate a redemption arc for that utter prick yet
June 23, 2025 at 7:42 AM
too soon. I'm not ready to contemplate a redemption arc for that utter prick yet
It doesn't need to be presented so adversarially.
June 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It doesn't need to be presented so adversarially.
Yeah. I work with someone who earns close to £100k and gets a pip, I can't get my head round that. Adjusting the rules and encouraging people into work needs to happen, but I think labour are guilty of fiscal grandstanding to convince the OBR they will save money as a budgetary stop gap
June 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Yeah. I work with someone who earns close to £100k and gets a pip, I can't get my head round that. Adjusting the rules and encouraging people into work needs to happen, but I think labour are guilty of fiscal grandstanding to convince the OBR they will save money as a budgetary stop gap
Rather than try to insult, isn't it easier for you just to block me? It gets you a step closer to an echo chamber which is clearly all you can handle.
June 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Rather than try to insult, isn't it easier for you just to block me? It gets you a step closer to an echo chamber which is clearly all you can handle.
Faith in Labours ability to implement this fairly is limited, reasonably after some of the well intentioned botch jobs we have already seen. The onus is on Labour to reassure genuinely scared people that this will be fairly applied, and it is v. irritating that this has come before taxing the rich.
June 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Faith in Labours ability to implement this fairly is limited, reasonably after some of the well intentioned botch jobs we have already seen. The onus is on Labour to reassure genuinely scared people that this will be fairly applied, and it is v. irritating that this has come before taxing the rich.
and I'm not criticising PA for "resisting genocide", and their actions aren't protest. Breaking into a military base and destroying military equipment, potentially putting the lives of serving troops in danger, is treason.
June 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
and I'm not criticising PA for "resisting genocide", and their actions aren't protest. Breaking into a military base and destroying military equipment, potentially putting the lives of serving troops in danger, is treason.
You aren't protesting the other other genocides, yet you criticise others for not protesting the palestine one. That is hypocrisy. And who made you arbiter of which genocide is most worthy of "strategic focus"?
June 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
You aren't protesting the other other genocides, yet you criticise others for not protesting the palestine one. That is hypocrisy. And who made you arbiter of which genocide is most worthy of "strategic focus"?
graffitti on a wall, the wall still works. Paint into the engine of a plane, the engine no longer works. So it wasn't graffitti, and destroying something is an act of violence.
June 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
graffitti on a wall, the wall still works. Paint into the engine of a plane, the engine no longer works. So it wasn't graffitti, and destroying something is an act of violence.
True. I struggle to see any aspect of brexit that hasn't been an abject failure. The EU is a political project which propelled one of the most volatile areas of the world into an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity, and we noped out of it.
June 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
True. I struggle to see any aspect of brexit that hasn't been an abject failure. The EU is a political project which propelled one of the most volatile areas of the world into an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity, and we noped out of it.
You are the one criticising others, yet displaying the same disregard outside your selective focus. So i guess I am pointing out the hypocrisy of those who claim to be moral but whom, by their own criteria, are not
June 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
You are the one criticising others, yet displaying the same disregard outside your selective focus. So i guess I am pointing out the hypocrisy of those who claim to be moral but whom, by their own criteria, are not
I agree with your sentiment but do think as the details of the policy are so critical, and with it being such a contentious policy change, these details should be available before it is put to the vote. I mostly agree with Labour policy, but am just frustrated they keep implementing it so badly
June 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I agree with your sentiment but do think as the details of the policy are so critical, and with it being such a contentious policy change, these details should be available before it is put to the vote. I mostly agree with Labour policy, but am just frustrated they keep implementing it so badly
Dispensations so youth travel have long been a thing, don't act like this is entirely new. Also most of the young people who will benefit from this weren't able to vote for the brexit abomination so were blameless and should be sheltered from the consequences. Older people cannot claim the same.
June 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Dispensations so youth travel have long been a thing, don't act like this is entirely new. Also most of the young people who will benefit from this weren't able to vote for the brexit abomination so were blameless and should be sheltered from the consequences. Older people cannot claim the same.
Awesome news. Nice to have some grown ups back in charge.
June 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Awesome news. Nice to have some grown ups back in charge.
I note you don't post about somalia, CAR or Myanmar. Jus say you only give a shit about some genocides.
June 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I note you don't post about somalia, CAR or Myanmar. Jus say you only give a shit about some genocides.