UK Politics

[steviewevie]

8 hours ago, LJS said:

yeah...the waspi women thing shows the bullshit of saying stuff in opposition for political reasons and then doing the opposite when in actual power for practical reasons.

Still...it wasn't in the 24 manifesto so they haven't broken any pledges and 10billion is a lot at the moment, but now another bunch of people who hate this government, and never f**k with pensioners.

[steviewevie]

Bank of England warning of stagnation...if that happens and govt don't hit their growth targets that is a big problem...and if they're going to hit certain targets taxes will need to go up again which will piss everyone off.

This country probably needs a reckoning anyway...low/zero growth, high inequality and an aging population. So options are we increase that working population more with immigration which is unpopular, increase taxes on the working population which is unpopular, raise the pension age which is unpopular, means test pensions which is unpopular, change NHS to insurance based which is unpopular...or suddenly the economy starts growing dramatically which is proving difficult.

[steviewevie]

and then there's this

 

[lost]

39 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

and then there's this

 

Is he going up against keir starmer and the granny harmers for Christmas no 1?

[steviewevie]

 

[steviewevie]

6 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

 

only watched a bit of this...but it's good...he's getting a proper grilling, getting asked detailed, difficult questions about policy that journalists would never ask because boring and techy.

[brettredmayne]

Has the new online safety act being discussed here, a lot of message boards I post on are very worried about it 

 

Mainly due to costs to implement the security needed

Edited 8 hours ago by brettredmayne

[Crazyfool01]

1 hour ago, brettredmayne said:

Has the new online safety act being discussed here, a lot of message boards I post on are very worried about it 

 

Mainly due to costs to implement the security needed

No but I did get a dm about it earlier … maybe needs a thread … ? Have told person to contact @eFestivals

[Skip997]

Prohibited under the online safety bill:
 

encouraging or assisting serious self-harm

cyberflashing

sending false information intended to cause non-trivial harm

threatening communications

intimate image abuse

epilepsy trolling

 

If point 3 is actually implemented then large parts of the internet will need to be shut down 

 

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety

 

[steviewevie]

I approve. It needs regulating. Infact I'd say this doesn't go far enough.

[Skip997]

4 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

I approve. It needs regulating. Infact I'd say this doesn't go far enough.

So regarding point 3, that’s the end of facebook, X, online versions of The Sun and The Daily Mail, loads of message boards etc

 

As much as I hate some of the above, is it censorship too far.

 

Anyway it’s not going to work.

[steviewevie]

3 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

So regarding point 3, that’s the end of facebook, X, online versions of The Sun and The Daily Mail, loads of message boards etc

 

As much as I hate some of the above, is it censorship too far.

 

Anyway it’s not going to work.

yeah man, death to the internet.

[steviewevie]

Mandy has got the US job.