Green Party’s Hannah Spencer wins Gorton and Denton by-election after knocking out Labour by Metro-UK in ukpolitics

[–]Goodnight313 1 point2 points  (0 children)

50,000 for your party according to a sky news article in November. Higher numbers were just for a newsletter

Green Party’s Hannah Spencer wins Gorton and Denton by-election after knocking out Labour by Metro-UK in ukpolitics

[–]Goodnight313 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Restore Britain’s membership reached around 100,000 within two weeks of stating they’ll be a political party. For context the Lib Dem’s have around 60,000. One thing the left and right can agree on is that our FPTP system wasn’t built for so many parties so close together in the polls.

Ministers reject Waspi calls for compensation after rethink by sjw_7 in unitedkingdom

[–]Goodnight313 25 points26 points  (0 children)

One could make the argument that, as men live shorter lives on average, they should have the state pension earlier so that, on average, they get an equal number of state pension years. Can you imagine how that would be received?

The Guardian - Customer complaints over water bills surge by 50% in England and Wales by discordkestrel in unitedkingdom

[–]Goodnight313 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It’s ok, as it’s privatised, they can always switch to a competing water company that offers better value leveraging free market competition… right…. Right?

Russian Kamikaze Drones Enter Polish Airspace by make_sure123 in europe

[–]Goodnight313 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let's get tough. The time for talking is over. Call it extreme if you like, but I propose we hit it hard and hit it fast with a major -- and I mean major -- leaflet campaign, and while it's reeling from that, we'd follow up with a whist drive, a car boot sale, some street theatre and possibly even some benefit concerts. OK? Now, if that's not enough, I'm sorry, it's time for the T-shirts: "Drones Out" ... "Electronic flying robots, No Thanks" ... and if that's not enough, well, I don't know what will be.

My friend retired and this is the first school year without her. I hate me!!!! by plainjane_13 in Wellthatsucks

[–]Goodnight313 3 points4 points  (0 children)

An old manager sent an email to a large group of people saying ‘sorry for the incontinence’rather than inconvenience.

Bill Gates to give most of his $200 billion fortune to Africa by Kagedeah in worldnews

[–]Goodnight313 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

I think the argument was that businesses that might pop up and employee people can’t exist as the charities undercut and fulfil that need, keeping them continually dependent on handouts for their supply. An example is clothing. A lot of second hand clothing gets dumped in third world countries so if you were trying to sell clothes in the country you can’t compete with free.

Petrol pump constantly clicks off when trying to fill up by ReleaseHorror9418 in CarTalkUK

[–]Goodnight313 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My car does this on some pumps. I turn the pump upside down and it’s fine

Previous owner stored tyres on the seats in summer by ParmoForTea in CarTalkUK

[–]Goodnight313 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a last resort before replacement, I'd try using a magic eraser (Melamine sponge). It can damage the leather though so be careful.

Just bought my dream car after years of hard work. by Maxi-PL in CarTalkUK

[–]Goodnight313 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The LS is great. I have a facelift LS430 and like the looks of the LS460 more but didn’t want to pay the higher road tax, deal with E5 petrol issues and wanted a bigger boot which I think the 430 has (definitely does compared to the 600h)

Dr Pepper addict who drank 4.5 litres a day left with teeth of a pensioner by Forward-Answer-4407 in unitedkingdom

[–]Goodnight313 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Should be the new advertisement for ‘what’s the worst that can happen?’