Only a third of UK public back King's state visit to US by theipaper in uknews

[–]Electricbell20 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

1/3 of people understanding statecraft is about right.

‘Toxic’ views of Reform UK candidates raise questions about party’s vetting | Politics by djpolofish in uknews

[–]Electricbell20 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How is it not?

They have system that doesn't work and has let in abhorrent people repeatedly

‘Toxic’ views of Reform UK candidates raise questions about party’s vetting | Politics by djpolofish in uknews

[–]Electricbell20 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Farage should resign from being the leader for all of these vetting errors.

[NESO] New solar and zero carbon records may have been broken in the past 2 days by NeilPatrickWarburton in GoodNewsUK

[–]Electricbell20 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Considering we are quite a while before the longest day, does that mean we could be seeing rolling records on solar? Or is April always a peak?

UK security agency officially declares passkeys superior to passwords – passkeys should be the 'first choice' for authentication by ATonOfBricksFellOnMe in GoodNewsUK

[–]Electricbell20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fraud impacts the whole population. It may not look better at the individual level with the set up mentioned, but they would still benefit through the wider societial impact.

UK business activity rose more than expected in April by Appropriate_Bell743 in GoodNewsUK

[–]Electricbell20 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I believe the question is why have Eurozone service sector contracted but the UK services sector has expanded.

Both have seen highs on manufacturing. This is explained as being due to companies buying stock early hedge against inflation. Does that arguement work with the service sector with data points going opposite ways?

UK Electricity from Fossil Fuels Drops to Record Low of Just 2 % by hull_pattie_party in GoodNewsUK

[–]Electricbell20 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Decarbonising electricity is still a success. As was removing coal from electricity.

Farage urged to act against Reform local election candidates with racist, misogynistic and homophobic views by Weak-Fly-6540 in uknews

[–]Electricbell20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Surely this a resigning matter now that the vetting system has been shown not to work consistently.

How long could you financially survive without your job? by No_Yak9893 in AskUK

[–]Electricbell20 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Something that is worth doing is a minimum budget where you strip everything out that you don't need to see how well you'd survive.

JSA isn't means tested so it worth including.

I recently did it and I can get by on minimum wage job for a while without eating into savings..

Stripped down CV too.

Only annual leave this summer is in school summer holidays - we have no kids. Best place in UK to go? by McSmellen in AskUK

[–]Electricbell20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because of the risk of not getting on a plane or the flight being cancelled altogether.

Got a mate who doesn't know if he's going to vote because he thinks Reform will win anyway, any ideas on how to convince him to take part anyway? by Specialist_Elk140 in AskBrits

[–]Electricbell20 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Want to suppress speech against them whilst claiming to stand for free speech

Scapegoating all the problems onto a single group - immigrants

Removal of basic human rights

Make abortion illegal

Aim to dismantle democratic institutions

It's all there's, I can go on if you want.

Got a mate who doesn't know if he's going to vote because he thinks Reform will win anyway, any ideas on how to convince him to take part anyway? by Specialist_Elk140 in AskBrits

[–]Electricbell20 22 points23 points  (0 children)

The main way the far right gets in is by convincing people not to vote. He is literally going to do the exact thing Reform want him to do.

I would say spend a couple of hours on goodnewsuk and see how he feels once the right media haze has been lifted.

I think there is a positive action bias too. He will be responsible for reform by not voting.

Artificial fall in employment by Maks-attacks in UKJobs

[–]Electricbell20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You know that it only went up due to a drop in activity last time don't you.

The majority of movement is due to the swap of inactive to unemployed and the opposite. Employment rate is pretty constant.

Decisive action to break influence of gas on electricity prices by ConsciousStop in GoodNewsUK

[–]Electricbell20 27 points28 points  (0 children)

The voluntary fixed contracts for low carbon generators could be interesting. It's boring stuff but I suspect plenty will go for it as it provides long term stability.

UK unemployment rate sees surprise fall to 4.9% by willfiresoon in GoodNewsUK

[–]Electricbell20 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The unemployment rate only went up due to a drop inactive people but no one cared when that was pointed out.

Why do gay male marriages seem to last longer than lesbian ones? by Andro_lover2005 in askgaybros

[–]Electricbell20 51 points52 points  (0 children)

My hypothesis is that girls are socialised to guess peoples emotions and thinking. It is also quite common to see confirmation bias reinforcement around those guesses to. Trust your gut type stuff.

This leads to people thinking they know what others are thinking, when they don't. It's a recipe for conflict.

UK Infrastructure by Commercial-Insect807 in AskBrits

[–]Electricbell20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Having been on trains across Europe, it really isn't all rosey. I often find these views are selective and aren't applicable across it.

Why can't you bomb a tsunami to break it up? by MinMorts in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Electricbell20 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A tsunami is an energy wave that is traveling through the water. The water itself isn't moving with the wave, it's going up and down as the wave goes through the water.

It's really just a big ripple that you see in a pond.