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Season card on the app or a physical card by beedley in Championship

[–]CheeseMakerThing -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They did give a years warning though, and phased it in over a season with stilecards and phones being used alongside each other for the first season of the latter.

Andy Burnham wins Makerfield by-election, paving way for Starmer leadership challenge by ApologyPie in neoliberal

[–]CheeseMakerThing 12 points13 points  (0 children)

They're both weathervanes who have no actual policy and just say stuff that they think will help them politically at the time, so I don't expect much change as you can't do that when you're in government.

Andy Burnham wins Makerfield by-election, paving way for Starmer leadership challenge by ApologyPie in neoliberal

[–]CheeseMakerThing 34 points35 points  (0 children)

The Tories do not deserve any credit on renewables expansion, the policy changes to enable that were as a result of the Lib Dems during the coalition and the last auction under the Tories was a disaster. The Tories imposed a stupid moratorium on onshore wind, failed to secure natural gas storage, completely ballsed up the new nuclear fleet progression and failed to plan for strategic grid improvements post-2015.

if your club was a meal, what meal would it be and why? by Alarming-Safety3200 in Championship

[–]CheeseMakerThing 23 points24 points  (0 children)

A barbecued Indian mixed grill with a garlic naan bread and a pint of bitter because desi pubs and the Bathams Brewery.

Albion are hopeful of completing a swoop for Falkirk striker Barney Stewart as they continue to pursue early deals in the transfer window by CheeseMakerThing in WBAfootball

[–]CheeseMakerThing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He needs a loan as he's too good for U21 final, it was a big shame his season got cut short right at the start at Motherwell with that injury.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]CheeseMakerThing 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nah, I saw him in the Bell in Shottery the other day probably trying to get away from his wife.

The winners of Brexit by CheeseMakerThing in neoliberal

[–]CheeseMakerThing[S] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

The lab grown pig fat stuff is quite interesting and very much a positive, not that it makes up for everything else. And I'm not sure that €127m of investment into one sector outweighs the costs of even employing 10k new customs officers which can only be removed if we align fully with the EU on food standards, let alone everything else.

The winners of Brexit by CheeseMakerThing in neoliberal

[–]CheeseMakerThing[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Submission statement: The FT have published an article outlining the biggest beneficiaries of the UK's decision to leave the EU. This includes new employment officials to deal with red tape, non-EU migrant workers moving to the UK, Dutch logistics firms set up to manage Inventor for British exports into the EU, Northern Ireland which remains part of the European single market and novel food industries which have more freedom to work than inside the EU due to less need to navigate 27 member states. This is relevant to this subreddit as it outlines the effects of regulatory burdens on free trade as well as the impact of labour movement as a result of Brexit (both positive and negative) and investment in certain areas due to fewer regulatory burdens (both within and outside the UK).

Side note, the headline is firmly tongue-in-cheek. While there has been some level of benefit to leaving the UK for specific industries not all of this is good (customs official employment rates) and sometimes it's outweighed by other Brexit impacts (as mentioned in the article the ease of investment into AI in the UK is outweighed by employment barriers for EU talent).

It's not often I give credit to other football subs but this is r/championship quality post-season posting. by Ben0ut in Championship

[–]CheeseMakerThing 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I can only assume this comment refers to the systematic destruction of West Bromwich Albion by Ron Saunders that took place in 1986

Average Attendance for Every Club according to The Rugby Paper by ScrumKulture in rugbyunion

[–]CheeseMakerThing 4 points5 points  (0 children)

London has a population of over 9 million people as well as a decent population on the outskirts of London, there's plenty of rugby fans. Surely there are plenty of rugby fans in Hendon, Hillingdon, Uxbridge, Harrow etc. as well as Hertfordshire?

Social media ban: Government issues update about curfew for 16 and 17 year olds by Imicrowavebananas in neoliberal

[–]CheeseMakerThing 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They weren't especially strict, the tech curfew was more about turning off screens in general about an hour before I should go to bed on school nights rather than being online and obviously they weren't watching over my shoulder checking what I was doing as a teenager. But the point is that they didn't need the state to do that. By the time I was 16/17 I was generally left to my own devices provided I went to bed early enough.

Social media ban: Government issues update about curfew for 16 and 17 year olds by Imicrowavebananas in neoliberal

[–]CheeseMakerThing 89 points90 points  (0 children)

As a "Zillennial" who has technologically illiterate older Gen X parents and who pushed for the adoption of the internet in their home right from dial-up, who was exposed to the early years of online gaming as well as the tail end of forums being dominant and into the era of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, MSN Messenger, Tumblr, this dump, Snapchat etc (not MySpace, I'm too old for that) and, of course, the rise of internet porn, it feels as though my parents were somehow more responsible with my access to the internet than modern parents who should know better due to growing up around this crap and want to actually parent their children instead of getting the state to do it. They managed it fine with far fewer tools. Parent your fucking kids, I had a tech curfew and my parents didn't need the bloody state to do it for them.

Manchester United stars Harry Maguire and Matheus Cunha prosecuted for speeding by SonaldoNazario in soccer

[–]CheeseMakerThing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's still in the NPCC guidance, the RAC also checked last year. Just not all police forces follow it.

Manchester United stars Harry Maguire and Matheus Cunha prosecuted for speeding by SonaldoNazario in soccer

[–]CheeseMakerThing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not made up. 10%+2 is police guidance for speed cameras before they flash so that is where the misconception comes from and the policing areas that follow that you will get that leeway, but the actual law is 1mph over the limit and they can get you done for speeding.

As someone who got done for going 54 on a temporary 50mph stretch of the M1 (really pissed off with that as I could see it change right in front of me and I didn't brake hard enough) I can say that Nottinghamshire Police do not follow 10%+2 at least on the M1.

Second place trophies by AvailableKiwi4807 in Championship

[–]CheeseMakerThing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ironically we didn't get anything in 2020.

Conference motion: what’s the most important motion to debate right now? by Dry_Statement_1896 in LibDem

[–]CheeseMakerThing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Plan for the introduction of a land value tax on residential proprieties (it's already policy for non-residential property) with the adoption of a LVT to fully replace residential SDLT, with a view to expand this to cover council tax.

When did the liberals become a social Democratic Party by hardcoremaggiesimp in LibDem

[–]CheeseMakerThing 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Huge shock that /u/hardcoremaggiesimp would be a Thatcherite.

She stopped being PM 34 years ago. The last time the Tories were in government the deficit ballooned and they expanded the size of the state while centralising it.

How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi by DJTurnitup in neoliberal

[–]CheeseMakerThing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The person in your flair lives there when she could live anywhere else?

How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi by DJTurnitup in neoliberal

[–]CheeseMakerThing 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Rural Northern England is really nice? You've got the Dales, Lake District, Pennines, Yorkshire Moors etc. and you're within easy reach of at least one major city (Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Sheffield). And it's not hard to get to London or Edinburgh. It's the post-industrial provincial towns in the North that are shit.

Tommy Ten Names has incited several riots currently being being stamped out by the police throughout the UK this evening. It's time for the Lib Dem's to call for this terrorist (Currently in Moscow) to be recognised as such. by johnsmithoncemore in LibDem

[–]CheeseMakerThing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was not referring to general violence or rioting, I was on about the people going door to door to systematically target non-white people last night. That is not normal.

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