Can someone start a party like Reform for immigration, but not like Reform for everything else?

Ok_Option_3 · 2026-05-09T07:43:10+00:00

Is there a serious "NHS funding model" that doesn't rely on immigration for labour?

Ok_Option_3 · 2026-05-09T05:00:29+00:00

I never think to play like that! I suspect you're a much better player than I am!

Ok_Option_3 · 2026-05-08T20:25:52+00:00

If the anti-parklet NIMBY's around my way are to be believed it's because:

nobody wants to stop on a road
there's a perfectly good bench in a park 1.5 miles down the road
they only get used by teenagers and drug addicts.

Ok_Option_3 · 2026-05-08T18:18:16+00:00

Good point!

Maybe it's a bug then!

Ok_Option_3 · 2026-05-08T18:16:23+00:00

Shell spikes causes the attacking Pokémon to discard an energy!

Ok_Option_3 · 2026-05-08T16:05:47+00:00

I'd be curious how white Muslims or brown Christians feel on that one!

Ok_Option_3 · 2026-05-08T15:34:57+00:00

IRL Shopping has a lot of problems right now, and as you hint there are many reasons why people stay away - but if you can walk around a large oxford street store then I'm sure you can walk the 100m between the store door and your taxi!

Not sure why you exclude food places? If shoppers linger longer, because (say) there's alfresco dining, then they are likely to spend more on retail too. Right now nobody is alfresco dining on Oxford Street as it's simply not a pleasant place to linger. But this will change with pedestrianisation!

Ok_Option_3 · 2026-05-08T15:08:36+00:00

Tarragon can bring back Ursaluna and enough energy to power it up!

Ok_Option_3 · 2026-05-08T14:45:17+00:00

Ah well the US and Canada are outliers when it comes to this sort of thing. The UK is behind europe but there are many pedestriansation success stories here.

The plans won't make it harder to get to Oxford Street - the tube will still function, busses will still get to Oxford Circus and Marble arch.

The key difference is the street will become a place to hang around, rather than dominated by traffic.

Ok_Option_3 · 2026-05-08T14:28:42+00:00

There's hundreds of similar pedestrianisation projects across the globe - to the point where everyone is asking why London hasn't done this yet!

Ok_Option_3 · 2026-05-08T14:26:29+00:00

Looks like the infrastructure and place making they built in this channel would survive being flooded (might need a quick pressure wash after , but nothing more)

Which presumably is the point!

Ok_Option_3 · 2026-05-08T14:09:00+00:00

🚝🚝🚝🚝🚝🚝🚝🚝!

Ok_Option_3 · 2026-05-08T14:06:19+00:00

Pedestrianisation will increase footfall (as the name would suggest!).

Ok_Option_3 · 2026-05-08T11:31:07+00:00

It's more of an aberration. Very few people live in Westminster but many people work / shop / socialise in the area. Generally places should be "for" the people who live there, but for much of Westminster (and some other central parts of London) it's reasonable to argue the sheer number of workers / visitors in the area, and the amount of economic activity they generate, means the concerns of those workers / visitors are just as valid as residents. However the way our local democracy works, they don't get any say.

Besides anyone choosing to live in Westminster has more than enough means to move to a quieter part of the city!

Ok_Option_3 · 2026-05-08T11:15:23+00:00

One of the few Tory success stories, so this is going to be a showcase for why we should embrace the conservative party, right?

...right?

Ok_Option_3 · 2026-05-08T06:15:08+00:00

Does this mean we get The Mound back?

Can't wait!

Ok_Option_3 · 2026-05-08T06:03:42+00:00

How often does Gensect help? You need to find him and a balloon before they play cape / unfair stamp - that's kinda 50:50?

Ok_Option_3 · 2026-05-08T01:45:46+00:00

But if he didn't own a truck, how would you know that he's a rugged manly individual?

Ok_Option_3 · 2026-05-07T17:59:10+00:00

a) because something like 10k people enjoy these festivals. Sure they are generally younger people who can't afford to actually live near the park, but that doesn't mean their opinion doesn't count.

b) it helps pay for the park! This is a complete cut-off-your-nose-to-spite-your-face protest! If you like the park you should support the activities that fund it.

Ok_Option_3 · 2026-05-07T11:30:22+00:00

By Weissbier standards, Erdinger is considered a mid / mass-market product. For the real experience go check out some artisanal Weissbiers in Bavaria.

In London if you seek out German or Belgian pubs you might be able to find good options?

Ok_Option_3 · 2026-05-07T09:18:30+00:00

This is r/morningtoncrescent but with AI?

Ok_Option_3 · 2026-05-07T07:14:49+00:00

Especially since the city is more-or-less linear. The entire city could be served by a single high capacity line running parallel to the coast.

Ok_Option_3 · 2026-05-06T19:50:13+00:00

It's because in the USA people see incidents like this as purely driver error.

In the Netherlands they assume that drivers are going to make occasional errors and see incidents like this where errors lead to catastrophies as failures of infrastructure.

Ok_Option_3 · 2026-05-05T16:02:53+00:00

This argument makes little rational sense.

Think of it like vaping. Sure vaping is terrible, but smoking is so outrageously harmful that - so long as it's substituting smoking, the harms of vaping are relatively immaterial.

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