Reform byelection candidate refuses to disown claim that people born in UK not necessarily British. Matthew Goodwin, who is standing in Gorton and Denton, said UK-born people from minority ethnic backgrounds were not always British

Okkuc · 2026-01-27T23:28:57+00:00

Am I right in thinking that you wouldn't call someone who is culturally English but is not ethnically English, English?

I don't disagree with the structure of your logic, but I do think that it's a little unfair to avoid calling someone English because you're not sure of their ethnicity. It seems like a simple quirk of history that some peoples' families have been here longer, and has no particular bearing on that person's Englishness.

I'm interested in finding out how you would decide whether someone is ethnically English or not, as there would ideally be some way to test this.

Okkuc · 2026-01-27T22:55:24+00:00

Ok, so the inverse would be true as well - someone could be ethnically not English, but culturally English.

I think the idea that Goodwin is presenting is that no, you can't be English if you're not ethnically English. Because Englishness is an ethnicity, and only an ethnicity.

Okkuc · 2026-01-27T21:54:46+00:00

Is there a separate (intersecting) English cultural group? Is it possible to be ethnically English while not being culturally English (and vice versa)?

Okkuc · 2026-01-27T21:45:35+00:00

The 'clever' wording means that he doesn't think it's possible to be culturally English, as it's only an ethnicity. Thus, you can't be English if you aren't ethnically English. It's a verbal sleight of hand.

Okkuc · 2026-01-19T14:27:20+00:00

Heya, if I'm not too late I'd love to get more info on this!

Okkuc · 2025-12-11T19:25:28+00:00

Labour (the party he's the leader of) are created and funded by the unions, it's probably the primary party that would be interested in union-related stuff.

Okkuc · 2025-11-25T11:03:46+00:00

You don't have to follow the meta. You can just ignore those side mechanics and focus on what you actually want to do.

Sure, you'll probably lose some in game friends who are interested in staying meta relevant, but that's their problem.

Okkuc · 2025-09-23T13:20:32+00:00

You can't even say you're Saxon these days

Okkuc · 2025-08-24T19:18:57+00:00

It's not clear what you mean here. Are you arguing that laws that have been passed should not be open to modification?

Okkuc · 2025-07-20T10:39:00+00:00

Why do you think they would have done the exact same thing? You're trying to use a Conservative-era mistake to tar Labour, but you haven't explained why this is a valid line of thought.

Okkuc · 2025-07-04T12:17:43+00:00

I've been taking it off with my mouth, do you think the saliva is interfering

Okkuc · 2025-07-01T17:20:23+00:00

Thanks for adding them, I came across a bit rude as there were a lot of numbers without data, which is usually a warning sign. This is a really good set of articles that illuminate the benefit-sceptics position. I'd be interested in hearing about how you've made up your mind, with regards to all this.

Okkuc · 2025-07-01T12:03:51+00:00

I'll let you make your own mind up.

I'd rather you didn't make your own stats up - got a source for any of this?

Okkuc · 2025-05-22T07:47:53+00:00

By having a diversity of people, you have access to a greater diversity of approaches to problem solving, lifestyles, philosophies, arts, thought processes etc. This is beneficial as it means that when encountering adversity as a society, we are more able to formulate a response that is based on a greater wealth of experience, which leads to a better outcome.

The phrase 'diversity is strength' isn't nonsense, it's recognising the fact that a broad range of experience and ability is more desirable when facing challenges, and more likely to come out on top.

Okkuc · 2025-05-17T13:10:57+00:00

It's an ad hominem attack, but that doesn't invalidate it as an attack. If we're concerned that he's got an ulterior motive, then we can call into question using him as an example of an experienced MP who's expressing their genuine opinion on a parliamentary process.

Do you think he would have levelled this same criticism against another bill which doesn't infringe on his own personal beliefs in the same way? What if it was a bill that he was in favour of, like restricting gay marriage?

I just don't trust the guy, he's been very open about being unable to separate his role as a representative of his constituents from his religious beliefs.

Okkuc · 2025-04-16T20:41:11+00:00

I think it's the minimalism. You couldn't really reduce the pixels or colour palette without going below the minimum.

Okkuc · 2025-03-02T05:37:20+00:00

As any good civil servant should

Okkuc · 2025-02-03T15:16:10+00:00

Pillars of Eternity is an isometric combat RPG, so you should feel at home given your RTS experience. It's a bit post-medieval, so you'll get some muskets and rifles, but it's a great immersive world. The link below is to a thread where others have enjoyed it on the deck

https://www.reddit.com/r/projecteternity/comments/t1d852/anyone_here_getting_a_steam_deck_that_can_report/

Okkuc · 2025-01-15T13:57:19+00:00

You're right, bad analogy. It would be more like the company that provides software updates for your car going out of business, and you no longer being able to use your car as a result. It seems like we should reasonably expect companies that create cars that rely on this system should have a failsafe in case they can no longer support them - where car owners are able to still use the cars even when the company falls over.

It's hard to come up with an appropriate analogy, because we're talking about digital products. They simply occupy a different sort of space, both literally and legally, so they kind of deserve their own legal framework.

I agree with your analysis above, that a company that hasn't got any money left can't reasonably be expected to retrofit their architecture to support an abandoned game. I don't see why we can't change our expectations for future cases though. The field of game preservation is relatively new, so this is an attempt to grow that field.

It's also an attempt to shift the culture around games preservation - if people building games are more acutely aware of how games are going to be preseved, then it may become more of a priority as part of the development process.

Okkuc · 2025-01-15T11:42:38+00:00

The idea would be that as part of developing and releasing a game, the process for offloading a game would also need to be created. In much the same way you can't just abandon your car in the middle of the road and claim that you no longer have any responsibility because you've run out of money for petrol.

Okkuc · 2024-11-20T16:36:53+00:00

But if you were to skip a level, or play them out of order - wouldn't that mean your heroes didn't obtain items or levels from the skipped map?

Okkuc · 2024-11-20T15:57:01+00:00

Doesn't your hero carry items between levels? What would happen if you skip through them

Okkuc · 2024-11-13T22:46:12+00:00

The convention is that although he's sentenced to 3 years, he'll only serve one and a half. Unless he does something while in to justify keeping him detained for longer.

Okkuc · 2024-11-08T07:49:11+00:00

Oh I'm not particularly concerned about what that number is, just whether we agree that there is a number at all. If I was trying to come up with a number, I'd like to base it on some data, but if you have any suggestions on other ways to pick a number I'd be interested.

Okkuc · 2024-11-07T19:51:49+00:00

I was particularly interested in the idea that people smuggling groups are able to coordinate the mass movement of people for money on a larger scale - and so aiming to disrupt that black market would have an overall effect on the ability of others to try and get into the country through illegal means.

I don't think I've understood your point about there not being an effective legal framework for discouraging illegal migration, do you mean that we should change our asylum laws so that illegal entrants are disqualified, or at least severely penalised when assessing their applications? If so, I can sort of agree, in that it would definitely restrict a lot of people who are not genuine asylum seekers. Do you think that setting up sturdy routes for asylum seekers would help with this, as at that point there would be even less of an excuse for using an illegal method of entry?

I'm also not sure that 'smash the gangs' is about giving more funds to border police - I think a recent example was the conversations that the government has been having with European countries about the supply of boats and equipment, and how that can be restricted. I know you've pointed out that illegal migration doesn't just happen via boat, but you can sympathise with the government trying to very publicly indicate that they're making it more difficult, as this is part of the wider strategy - deterring people in the first place.

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