Syldon

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Yeah, very sorry that this app is Windows only, would love to switch to Mac in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
[–] Syldon@feddit.uk 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There is always going to be pros and cons when it comes to UI. Since Mac comes with a set size monitor, I can understand why there is little support for it. Although, as someone who needs PC glasses, it is a big remiss to not cater for disabilities.

Rwanda scheme can save billions of pounds, claims Rishi Sunak in c/uk_politics@feddit.uk
[–] Syldon@feddit.uk 2 points 11 months ago

It has prob cost 1/2 billion so far with nothing to gain for it, and absolutely no hope of it coming in the future. Dropping out of the ECHR could save companies a few billion pounds, and that will all be at the expense of workers rights. Fighting "illegal" refugees is not in their line of sight. They want to make labour costs as low possible in the UK. This is why no one has any money, but they want you to have much less again.

King's tie features Greek flag after Elgin Marbles row in c/uk_politics@feddit.uk
[–] Syldon@feddit.uk 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

And again - price of fish. The topic at hand has nothing to do with colonialism.

King's tie features Greek flag after Elgin Marbles row in c/uk_politics@feddit.uk
[–] Syldon@feddit.uk 1 points 11 months ago (5 children)

What has that got to do with the price of fish?

King's tie features Greek flag after Elgin Marbles row in c/uk_politics@feddit.uk
[–] Syldon@feddit.uk 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

They are heading to Greece. They will be there within the next 10 years. If Starmer doesn't just hand them over, then the Greeks will use their veto to stop the UK joining the EU. Since Starmer wants good relations with the EU without actually committing to join, then the Elgin Marbles will be a good start point, as well as doing the right thing.

Weekend PC Game Deals: Freebies from Ubisoft, massive charity bundles, and a lot more in c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
[–] Syldon@feddit.uk 3 points 11 months ago

+1 from me there.

Digital pound should not be considered until risks addressed, MPs warn in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
[–] Syldon@feddit.uk 2 points 11 months ago

Charge negative interest rates? How do you think that will affect the banking sector.

Boris Johnson to apologise to Covid inquiry but say he got big calls right in c/uk_politics@feddit.uk
[–] Syldon@feddit.uk 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If he got everything right, why apologise?

King's tie features Greek flag after Elgin Marbles row in c/uk_politics@feddit.uk
[–] Syldon@feddit.uk 1 points 11 months ago

Give over you clown. Who pays the wages and assigns staffing at the museum.

King's tie features Greek flag after Elgin Marbles row in c/uk_politics@feddit.uk
[–] Syldon@feddit.uk -2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)

Typo - OFC they are not. But they will get them under Starmer, he has said as much.

Yeah, very sorry that this app is Windows only, would love to switch to Mac in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
[–] Syldon@feddit.uk 11 points 11 months ago (8 children)

Mainly because Windows has more support. Software availability is the biggest draw to Windows. I would quite happily drop it in a heartbeat if Linux came close.

King's tie features Greek flag after Elgin Marbles row in c/uk_politics@feddit.uk
[–] Syldon@feddit.uk 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (7 children)

ofc they are not. It is ridiculous to want to hold onto them. The amount of people who want to keep them in the UK is very small.

EDIT: to correct a typo.

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Labour to u-turn on plans to abolish Lords in first term – report (www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk)
 

Pretty sad. There is a massive cry for reform and yet we have no one willing to take the bull by the horns.

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Weekend PC Game Deals: Call of Duty and Battlefield to try, a new demo festival, and more (www.neowin.net)
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‘Proportional representation will lead to better politics’, Labour conference told (leftfootforward.org)
 

The only justification for not doing this is protectionism. Starmer is placing party above country. We can see how damaging the Tories are. I do not want to see their likes again.

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Bernie Ecclestone pleads guilty to fraud after failing to declare more than £400m (www.independent.co.uk)
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Labour is right: billions were lost to Covid fraud, and the public deserve a reckoning | Devi Sridhar (www.theguardian.com)
 

This is one I am keen to see come to fruition. These thieving scumbags need brought to justice. I love the angle of looking into the way the funds of the HS2 are being dispensed since its shutdown announcement.

Credit to Phil Moorhouse on this one.

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Lee Anderson ripped apart over claim Labour will ‘put UK up for sale’ (leftfootforward.org)
 

You couldn't make this shit up.

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Reform of UK democracy needed to tackle climate crisis, Green Party conference hears (leftfootforward.org)
 

Finally, someone from the Greens pointing out the elephant in the room. All the protests that have occurred regarding climate change have achieved nothing. The only time anything changes in the UK is when it affects votes. Protests do not affect enough votes to matter. FPTP voting systems are just another form of self harm. A majority of people vote for what they do not want, rather than what they desire.

Most want Net Zero to be a thing. Most are willing to make sacrifices for it. This is why Labour are seeing it as a platform they should embrace. Most want NZ because of the evidence we can see that is very stark and frightening. This is not an opinion developed because they saw protests which annoyed them.

There is a reason why fossil fuel companies pump so much money into Tory election campaigns. FPTP is easily corrupted by expensive campaigns. We will never stop money from trying to con turkeys that Christmas is great to look forward to, but by making every vote count for things we want, will make them have to work so much harder at the con.

The other obvious argument is that FPTP enabled the most fascist government the UK has seen since the Victorian era (IMO). The Tories would not happen under a PR system. We really need PR to prevent these sort of people taking power again. If Starmer persists with this approach of rejecting PR reform, then he is showing he wants to promote his own power over the wellbeing of the UK.

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Weekend PC Game Deals: Bundles for multiplayer mayhem, storytelling discounts, and more (www.neowin.net)
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Petition: Call an immediate general election (petition.parliament.uk)
 

Let know Sunak know there really is people who want an election.

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Sunak's HS2 Act of Madness (www.youtube.com)
 

Links that were provided in the video.

https://twitter.com/LouHaigh/status/1709937815256248787

https://twitter.com/LouHaigh/status/1709916624625537207

I seriously hope this one blows up. That flimsy red wall would be demolished.

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Sunak reported to police over conference speech comments (leftfootforward.org)
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Jacob Rees-Mogg says HS2 money should be used to scrap inheritance tax (leftfootforward.org)
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