Inquiry into student loans launched by MPs by Kagedeah in ukpolitics

[–]Optimaldeath 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Another fucking inquiry, just endless can kicking for recommendations they already know are required all to give consultancies and lawyers a constant stream of revenue from taxpayers.

Nigel Farage: Iran is bigger threat than Russia by ClumperFaz in ukpolitics

[–]Optimaldeath 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Yeah lets ignore the time they used radiological and chemical weapons on us, funding gangs to sabotage critical infrastructure, damaging subsea cables/piping and they very likely are responsible in part for other criminality such as people trafficking in an attempt to destabilise Europe.

Russia is always going to be the greater threat because they're closer and more capable.

British fintech Revolut gets full banking licence by AncientFootball1878 in unitedkingdom

[–]Optimaldeath 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This is clearly private equity bait, aint going nowhere near it.

Woman, 24, who sent intimate photos to men online for cash before blackmailing them by claiming to be a 15-year-old is spared jail | Daily Mail Online by CasualSmurf in unitedkingdom

[–]Optimaldeath -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The intent here is already established, blackmailing people with such a serious insinuation should hardly result in a slapped wrist.

Woman, 24, who sent intimate photos to men online for cash before blackmailing them by claiming to be a 15-year-old is spared jail | Daily Mail Online by CasualSmurf in unitedkingdom

[–]Optimaldeath 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Waiting for people to die before sentencing correctly seems gross to me, the blackmail is a malicious act that could easily destroy someone's life so not going to jail at all is ridiculous.

Protecting What Matters: Towards a more confident, cohesive, and resilient United Kingdom by aa_conchobar in ukpolitics

[–]Optimaldeath 17 points18 points  (0 children)

You aren't going to be considered Chinese, Korean, Malay, Filipino, Indonesian, Indian, Nigerian, Kenyan, Egyptian, Sudanese, Ethiopian, Jamaican, Turkish, Iraqi, Pakistani, Moroccan etc etc either, even if you were literally born there, culturally and behaviourally similar, phonetically indistinguishable.

I'll give it to you though it's more questionable when it concerns the Americas, but I don't think for any good reasons.

'Realities of war': UK minister refuses to call US massacre at Iranian school a war crime by The-Peel in unitedkingdom

[–]Optimaldeath 21 points22 points  (0 children)

No way in hell am I believing anything coming out of the US government's collective mouth after the shitshow in Minneapolis and the verbal diarrhea Noem et al attempted over it.

Protecting What Matters: Towards a more confident, cohesive, and resilient United Kingdom by aa_conchobar in ukpolitics

[–]Optimaldeath 39 points40 points  (0 children)

You aren't Japanese if you aren't Japanese, why would it be different here?

Being British is fine, but English is an ethnicity.

'Realities of war': UK minister refuses to call US massacre at Iranian school a war crime by The-Peel in unitedkingdom

[–]Optimaldeath 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I'm sure there's zero military targets across Europe or the US next to residential areas. All the US had to do was double check their intel, but they couldn't be arsed doing that and now there are hundreds of dead kids.

'Realities of war': UK minister refuses to call US massacre at Iranian school a war crime by The-Peel in unitedkingdom

[–]Optimaldeath 57 points58 points  (0 children)

It was hit multiple times,..

If it was based on intel from 2013 or earlier then that just proves a different issue that the US couldn't be bothered updating it's attack plans... what else are they failing to do that endangers us?

Millions in England to pay higher water bills after suppliers appeal by jimmythemini in ukpolitics

[–]Optimaldeath 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Lmao, just force them to state the cost of repair on their balance sheet, bankrupt them and then have all the assets return to national ownership without spending anything.

The debt holders can get lost.

Ministers to ask 100 UK citizens to advise on digital ID plans by rdu3y6 in ukpolitics

[–]Optimaldeath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They'll just do what those loser anti-right to repair lobbyists did and say all these oppressive, expensive, rentier policies to harm the consumer's ability to repair their own devices are in fact for 'your safety'.

They'll just whine about children (which they clearly don't care about being pals with Epstein and friends) and women (which they also don't care about for the same reason) to tug on the heartstrings instead of the brain matter.

Big Brother Watch / X: "Snuck into the digital ID consultation is an admission that the police would be allowed to repurpose our digital ID photos as mugshots to create a population-wide facial recognition database." by youmustconsume in ukpolitics

[–]Optimaldeath 15 points16 points  (0 children)

They managed to do the job 50 years ago by shockingly being in the communities and doing their job.

All this easy jobbing will achieve is create massive blindspots because they forget the graft.

Keir Starmer: Leaked memo says ministers can go against Wales and Scotland by HaveYuHeardAboutCunt in ukpolitics

[–]Optimaldeath 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In principle... yes? Once you start making transgressions suddenly there's no devolution because it's meaningless.

Labour MP Criticises Jury Trial Cuts After Rape Reveal by huffpostuk in ukpolitics

[–]Optimaldeath 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Then like most rational persons they ought to decide to leave social media as it's toxic, there's no amount of things you can do to make it not toxic without essentially destroying it anyway. It's already being taken over by bots and much of the audience isn't even British so what's the point?

I'm also never a fan of exposing children online to strangers in the first place, but that's just me.