Steve Baker posted:

Oliver Dowden, the Conservative party chair, recently delivered an interesting speech to the Heritage Foundation thinktank in Washington.

Powerful Two-Hander posted:

So much for the great UK-Australia trade agreement, smdh that we can't even keep Neighbours going after Brexit.

They should end the show with either a) it was all a kangaroo's dream or b) getting nuked by Putin or similar.

I'd also settle for Harold/Carl goes postal if either of them is still alive.

Richard Rout posted:

We must put the planet first - its future really is hanging by a thread

Richard Rout posted:

We recognise that renewable energy is a key part of delivering energy security but it can’t come at any cost or to the detriment of Suffolk or the environment.

Campaigners posted:

Campaigners say the Sunnica energy farm, which will span several villages in Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, will change the unique character of a vast area of countryside shaped by farming and horseracing.

https://www.saynotosunnica.com/ posted:

The Say No to Sunnica action group is not against solar, we are not 'NIMBY's' (Not in My Back Yard) but do not agree with losing our entire back yard to a scheme that is simply too large and too intrusive.

fuctifino posted:

https://twitter.com/NadineDorries/status/1500521963642630148



#WeStandwithUkriane

jiggerypokery posted:

We've been utterly betrayed over Corbyn but that isn't the end of the story of our generation.

P&O posted:

We will be making a major announcement today which, with the support of our shareholder DP World, will secure the long-term viability of P&O Ferries.

quote:

If you're in a customer facing roll further information will follow separately one how we would like you to work with our customers.

Guavanaut posted:

I suppose we can be thankful that it's not being run as an Evangelical culture war issue like in the US, but that just makes it even more puzzling who it's actually for.

Labour posted:

This was a despicable assault on workers’ rights. But British seafarers do not need meaningless platitudes – they need action.

Labour posted:

[The] government should claw back taxpayers’ money claimed by DP World, including £10m in furlough payments; suspend its licences to operate until the situation is resolved; and remove it from the government’s transport advisory group.

Tesseraction posted:

HEY. HEY GABRIEL. MAYBE IF PUBLIC TRANSPORT WASN'T DOGSHIT ELSEWHERE THINGS WOULD BE IN EQUILIBRIUM.

Also I live in 78%-stan and I have no car eat poo poo.

Guavanaut posted:

We need a new level beyond red on

for where two grown men having a literal slapfight can trump a war we were all paying attention to and the five we were ignoring.

feedmegin posted:

Gotta factor in your yearly sub for that, though.

goddamnedtwisto posted:

The man engine is much more fitting with the whole "infinite amount of people move one along" theme:

quote:

It was invented in Germany in the 19th century and was a prominent feature of tin and copper mines in Cornwall until the beginning of the twentieth century.

Scottish Labour posted:

“On the doorstep, things are improving,” she said. “We’re seeing people who left us in 2016 and 2017 coming back. It is because of Boris.”

Isomermaid posted:

Is there a groundswell of people out there that are looking at the state of the UK and going "what this situation needs is more cops, policing us, preferably, and not going after the many and routine crimes commmitted every day by agents of capitalism" or is he just doing his usual thing of starting from an outcome he wants (more cops) and then imagining what he'd say to people who were asking for it?

Wikipedia posted:

The 1926 general strike in the United Kingdom was a general strike that lasted nine days, from 4 to 12 May 1926.[1] It was called by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in an unsuccessful attempt to force the British government to act to prevent wage reductions and worsening conditions for 1.2 million locked-out coal miners. Some 1.7 million workers went out, especially in transport and heavy industry. The government was prepared, and enlisted middle class volunteers to maintain essential services.

Nothingtoseehere posted:

Thankfully no one pays attention to what Labour says anyways these days.

kecske posted:

Graduates face 'eye-watering' 12% interest rate on student loans.

quote:

Interest on loans taken out since 2012 is typically adjusted each September at the rate of RPI during the previous year - with up to three extra percentage points depending how much a graduate earns.

quote:

Johnson says he was surprised the government was attacked over its Rwanda policy. But David Blunkett first proposed this idea in 2004. He says Starmer is “a Corbynista in a smart Islington suit”.

Failed Imagineer posted:

quote:

In Tuesday’s brainstorming cabinet, Grant Shapps, the transport secretary, had suggested making MOTs on vehicles once every two years, saving about £40, while Boris Johnson backed proposals to let nursery staff look after more toddlers each to help bring down childcare costs. Other suggestions included cutting green levies on energy bills in spite of the UK’s net zero target, while Kit Malthouse, the policing minister, pushed for more tax cuts, backed by Jacob Rees-Mogg.