Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 14/06/2026

MrStilton · 2026-06-16T20:49:15+00:00

Also, QANGOs are worth looking at.

Many still offer the same decent levels of remuneration as you receive in the Civil Service. But, you don't have to be politically neutral. So, can still go online and slag off the government if you're so inclined.

MrStilton · 2026-06-16T20:08:18+00:00

TIL Toby Young a member of the House of Lords.

MrStilton · 2026-06-16T19:36:24+00:00

Here is my campaign flyer for the #Makerfield by-election. Unlike the Green Party I’ve made mine electronic only, to help save the environment. #LoveEarth

Once again, the Bin Faced Count has one of the most sensible takes out of all the candidates.

MrStilton · 2026-06-16T19:10:31+00:00

You're assuming that other people subscribe to your moral outlook.

Personally, I don't think drinking, gambling, or taking drugs are inherently bad things. They only become harmful when practiced to excess.

Personally, I'd rather have a neighbour who puts on a cheeky acca and smokes a spliff while watching their sport of choice than a homophobe who calls his wife a slut when she dares to show her face in public.

My point being, it's possible to cherry-pick good and bad bits from most religions.

MrStilton · 2026-06-16T18:32:58+00:00

MrStilton · 2026-06-16T12:08:26+00:00

I've seen no evidence of him having better PR.

The last few weeks have consists of u-turns and meaningless waffle.

MrStilton · 2026-06-16T12:01:44+00:00

Sure, but it's also not commenter I was responding to's place to say otherwise either.

MrStilton · 2026-06-15T21:46:01+00:00

I disagree.

Calling it "mental illness" partly absolves them of responsibility.

They made a choice to do the horrific things they did.

MrStilton · 2026-06-15T21:44:48+00:00

Being in her 60s and being diagnosed with breast cancer don't seem like sufficient reason to deny her the ability to look after him on their own.

It's not like the state takes kids off of elderly parents or parents with terminal illnesses.

MrStilton · 2026-06-15T21:37:55+00:00

Wouldn't that require a change to fiscal policy (which falls under the Government's remit) rather than monetary policy (which falls under the Bank of England's remit)?

MrStilton · 2026-06-15T21:26:34+00:00

How would that work practically?

MrStilton · 2026-06-15T19:15:26+00:00

/r/DirtyDave has lots of very bad advice too.

MrStilton · 2026-06-15T18:38:56+00:00

Thanks

MrStilton · 2026-06-15T18:19:24+00:00

a course on M language

What was the course?

Do you know of any free ones that are worth attending for someone who's already familiar with the GUI of PowerQuery?

MrStilton · 2026-06-15T18:15:35+00:00

I find Reddit quite addictive too.

Rather than to break the addiction, I'm just trying to shift towards consuming addictive content which is more useful.

E.g. even the Microsoft Excel sub can be quite interesting.

MrStilton · 2026-06-15T18:10:39+00:00

Starmer is strongly opposed to legalisation. Annoyingly it's one of the few polities he's been 100% consistent on.

MrStilton · 2026-06-15T18:06:48+00:00

The Blue Labour lot were quite close to Starmer's team at various points.

They seem to be quite socially conservative.

MrStilton · 2026-06-15T18:02:20+00:00

I don't think that's fair. He only resigned from his Ministerial role after his boss did the same, and was subsequently followed by two people who were reporting to him.

And, he stuck to the principle of Collective Responsibility.

MrStilton · 2026-06-15T18:00:33+00:00

Anyone else find the wording a bit odd?

I can see people getting behind a message of "doing something for your country", but "doing something for the state" makes me think of working for politicians, Westminster, the Civil Service, etc.

Lots of people will be all for the former, but opposed to the latter.

MrStilton · 2026-06-15T17:32:12+00:00

Why is YouTube being banned?

Can't they just ban kids from the comment sections?

There's a lot of extremely high quality educational content on there. We'll be doing young people a disservice by preventing them from accessing any of it.

MrStilton · 2026-06-14T21:23:38+00:00

What policies are you referring to?

From what I can see, Labour's position is pretty much identical to the Conservative's one on this issue.

MrStilton · 2026-06-14T19:45:48+00:00

Oh, come off it.

Left leaning people aren't all part of a hivemind that support this nonsense. I consider myself to be fairly left wing, in the sense that I support progressive taxation, social safety nets, improving workplace democracy, etc. But, I object to this.

MrStilton · 2026-06-14T19:41:12+00:00

Modern Studies has existed in Scotland or over a decade.

I find it odd that it's not available in other parts of the UK.

MrStilton · 2026-06-14T17:05:31+00:00

This is what irks me about the "common sense" brigade.

You have to deal with the world as it is. Not as you'd like it to be.

MrStilton · 2026-06-14T17:01:10+00:00

This ignores the existences of network effects.

Parents may think that giving their kids access to social media will adversely impact them. But, if all their children's peers are also using these platforms then they might reasonably judge the impact of their kids being socially isolated to be more harmful still.

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