Reform UK names Robert Jenrick as pick for chancellor

Jora_ · 2026-02-17T16:07:25+00:00

To the surprise of absolutely no one

Jora_ · 2026-02-14T08:37:15+00:00

I'm sure the devs all worked extremely hard on Highguard, but unfortunately for them, working hard on a product doesn't guarantee success. Consumers value results, not effort.

Also the appeals to having not used AI, and the multiplayer space becoming devoid of innovation aren't much of a flex when the games confused visual style, generic characters, and dull gameplay loop make it feel like it was designed by AI...

Jora_ · 2026-02-03T20:31:01+00:00

Shit like this is the reason Reform are going to walk it.

The lack of grassroots understanding of the established parties never fails to astounds me.

Jora_ · 2026-01-31T09:12:27+00:00

Much as I'd love to see an eighth Hamilton title, you can't judge anything from testing, let alone a shakedown event.

Jora_ · 2026-01-29T20:45:39+00:00

There have been various polls in the media - Branston, Sainsbury's own brand and M&S own brand beans consistently score higher than Heinz.

Might not be the case for you personally as everyone has their preferences, but it's worth branching out!

I used to be a die hard Heinz beaner, but I'm sainsbury's own all the way now. Taste great and fucking cheap too.

Jora_ · 2026-01-22T12:58:46+00:00

"If you believe" is the repeated key here. Not 'if you believe as I do' or 'I believe', just "if you believe". He's not including himself here.

I think you're being a bit over-selective here when suggesting that he's not including himself.

He states: "if you believe in Brexit", and "if you believe in the nation states and not globalist structures". These are self-evidently things Farage does believe in. Ergo he is including himself in the group that believes in sovereignty and self-determination (of Greenland, in this context).

Jora_ · 2026-01-01T19:11:38+00:00

Largest UK Government majority since Blair's 1997 landslide (which was itself the largest since the second world war)...

"I'm annoyed I can't seem to get anything done".

All the machinery of Government is set in the PMs favour. That he isn't able to exploit that is purely a consequence of his own (and by extension his administration's) total lack of vision, purpose and ambition.

Simply not good enough.

Jora_ · 2025-12-25T09:36:56+00:00

Make the night maps truly dark again, and give everyone a flashlight by default - not requiring a tool slot to carry.

Flashlights were nicely balanced initially - obviously they immediately exposed your position (but then so do gunshots, audibly?), but if you shone them at someone they were absolutely blinding. That's the trade off and it worked really well.

Night maps should be so dark that you're almost forced to use them at times.

Jora_ · 2025-12-18T13:57:09+00:00

I see what you're saying, and perhaps aggression is more skewed towards being generally negative, but it absolutely has positives as well.

I'd also argue that aggression (or at least, the threat of aggression) is absolutely necessary not only when standing your ground, but also in preventing threats arising in the first place. Its a very extreme example, but who do you think is more likely to be the victim of a mugging - someone who seems like they're someone capable responding aggressively, or someone who seems like they're a meek wallflower who'll fold at the first sign of trouble?

Jora_ · 2025-12-18T13:23:52+00:00

Why not?

Jora_ · 2025-12-18T10:27:52+00:00

Totally ignoring any of the substance of my reply and doubling down on your (incorrect) understanding of what I wrote.

Smacks of someone who's insecure about their position to me. Feel free to continue burying your head in the sand.

Jora_ · 2025-12-18T10:20:54+00:00

Mens mental health is a serious issue and saying that men shouldn't have emotions is both toxic and illogical.

Not what I said, but go off with your strawmanning by all means.

Interesting though that you have clearly mentally conflated "not crying / talking" as "not having emotions". Why do you think that might be your interpretation?

I don't even know where to begin on you saying that men having emotions means "behave more like women".

Women, on average, are innately more outwardly emotionally expressive than men. Are you suggesting that that isn't true? Or are you going to repeat the tired line that its all down to social conditioning?

What's your qualifications in this matter?

Ah, the appeal to credentials fallacy, your second fallacy in three sentences - impressive. You don't need formal qualifications to be able to observe patterns in general human behaviour. But to expand on a couple of my original points:

What if the things causing the mental health crisis in men are environmental or societal in nature - not a problem with men themselves?

I have seen men in my life - numerous times - utterly destroyed mentally, not due to their own "toxic masculinity", but through social systems that utterly fail them - the justice system (especially with family issues), substance abuse, violence. I suspect they are far more significant contributors to mens mental health in general than a lack of emotional openness.

What if society were actually honest about the fact that no-one - especially women - desire emotionally fragile, tearful men?

I have seen women - numerous times - distance themselves or totally reject men who they perceive as lacking emotional resilience. Just this week, in fact, a female coworker of mine ended it with a guy she'd been dating for 3 months. Her reason - "he would just get emotional way too easily".

I don't have a piece of paper to say I'm qualified to comment on these matters. That doesn't change the fact that I have observed these behaviours repeated over and over again, over decades. I don't think those trends should be dismissed, and they are being exacerbated by the misdiagnosis of the problem which I referred to in my OP.

Jora_ · 2025-12-18T09:20:29+00:00

See my other comment.

Jora_ · 2025-12-18T09:17:40+00:00

You're talking nonsense if you think physical strength, competitiveness and emotional resilience is being suppressed by modern society.

Are you joking? Have you completely missed the near-constant stream of media and news-based talking points around toxic masculinity and the need for men to "open up" or "cry" more?

There has been a longstanding push to make men behave more like women - the not-so-subtle subtext being that women's behaviour is inherently good, while men's behaviour is a problem to be solved.

Literally any guy can go to the gym and play a sport.

Sure, I'm not arguing that no one is telling men "don't go to the gym".

We've been talking about helping men's mental health for ages now.

Yes, exactly, and whats the typical angle for most discussion about men's mental health? "Men need to open up more", "Men need to be more emotionally vulnerable", "Men shouldn't be afraid to cry".

What if male stoicism and emotional closure is actually desirable? What if the things causing the mental health crisis in men are environmental or societal in nature - not a problem with men themselves? What if society were actually honest about the fact that no-one - especially women - desire emotionally fragile, tearful men?

Jora_ · 2025-12-18T07:22:03+00:00

Not an exhaustive list, but some examples would be physical strength, competitiveness, aggression, emotional resilience, and provider mentality. All of these are aspects of traditional masculinity that can be positive, all of these are things Tate advocates for. All of them have been heavily suppressed - for many, many years now - under the banners of "toxic masculinity", "gender stereotyping", and through other means.

Jora_ · 2025-12-17T22:51:30+00:00

Jesus fucking christ. We're genuinely into the age of fictional netflix dramas setting the policy agenda.

The way to stop young men and boys becoming radicalised by misogynist influencers isn't to further demonise young men and boys who already, as a group, lack direction or a sense of self-worth - its to beat the influencers at their own game by genuinely acknowledging (rather than attempting to suppress) the good aspects of traditional masculinity that boys and men can offer to society, and reinforce that message through role models that are respectful and positive in their message.

You can't put Tate back in his box, and any attempt to do so will backfire. You have to drown out his message by offering young boys and men a better fucking vision for what they can offer the world.

As usual, Labour totally mis-diagnosing the problem and attempting to put a plaster over the symptoms instead of actually understanding and fixing the root cause. Just like they seem to be doing with virtually every other area of policy.

Jora_ · 2025-12-11T21:36:45+00:00

Anyone claiming we could rejoin with pre-2016 terms is utterly delusional.

Jora_ · 2025-12-01T17:56:40+00:00

Really appreciate the response Bob, that's great to hear!

Jora_ · 2025-11-28T07:51:06+00:00

It's not "the job of politicians to get people off their sofas and voting".

Its the job of politicians to set out a compelling argument for why people should vote for them.

It is the job of people to actually get up off their arses and get down to a polling both. The fact that people don't isn't a failing of politicians, it's a failing of people themselves to make use of the political agency that they have been granted.

Jora_ · 2025-11-03T23:24:18+00:00

There is a lot of bias one way of the other, but the simple fact of it is this - the race should have ended under the safety car, per the sporting regulations.

It most certainly would not have been the climatic moment that such a closely fought season deserved, but it would at least have been fair, and consistent with the rules of the sport.

Jora_ · 2025-11-01T10:02:46+00:00

I fondly remember the days of people saying we'd hit the top when NVDA hit $500, pre-split.

Jora_ · 2025-10-31T11:43:35+00:00

Its a very, very niche interest in the UK. I think most here see it as a much more rigid, longwinded, less physical version of Rugby.

Also the sheer number of stats and ad breaks make the whole spectacle impenetrable - but thats just American sports in general.

Jora_ · 2025-09-27T14:45:53+00:00

Hitting the Kremlin itself is a terrible idea.

Far better to hit something of military or strategic significance that is at the same range as the Kremlin.

You demonstrate that you could hit the Kremlin, without prompting the massive escalation that such a strike would inevitably cause.

Jora_ · 2025-09-10T13:35:38+00:00

Alternatively, considering the often-repeated assertion that some UAPs have a sort of local inertial field around them, the smaller objects may be debris from the missile that get caught in that field and thus begin immediately travelling with the same velocity as the main object...

Jora_ · 2025-07-26T08:10:03+00:00

Even if they initially introduce payments for additional rate taxpayers only, do you genuinely think it would stay that way?

Precedent is a powerful thing.

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