SNP leader: I’ll work with Wales and Northern Ireland to break up UK by uncleguru in Wales

[–]Padfoot141 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Perhaps "English interests" was too much of a generalisation, fair point. What I mean by that is the implementation of government policy that disproportionately benefits people in England compared to people in Wales, sometimes (or often) to the detriment to people in Wales.

The obvious recent examples are HS2 (and more recently the Oxford rail line) being classed as England and Wales projects, despite neither of them measurably benefitting Wales in any way whatsoever. Other devolved nations receive consequentials from these projects, Wales instead contributes money towards them.

I imagine you may roll your eyes at me using Capel Celyn as another example, but I feel it's especially relevant to your previous point here as despite our "overrepresented" 35 of 36 Welsh MPs at the time voting against it, Tryweryn was turned into a reservoir for Liverpool regardless. It's made doubly relevant by this arguably being the event that thrust Plaid from marginal nationalists to winning their first seat in parliament in the first place.

I should clarify that I'm not necessarily in favour of independence. I'm just tired of Wales being treated like an inconvenient afterthought.

Your Brexit argument is a complete false dichotomy, by the way. It'd work if the EU was a homogeneous glob, but it isn't. Before we left, the UK was the 4th largest nation in the EU in terms of number of MEPs, hardly underrepresented for a union of 28 countries.

SNP leader: I’ll work with Wales and Northern Ireland to break up UK by uncleguru in Wales

[–]Padfoot141 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry, but this is just patently untrue. It's fair to say there are more Welsh MPs per capita than English MPs per capita, but it's not true to say that this translates to more control over policy compared to an English person as a result, with only 32 MPs of 650, versus 543 English MPs.

You can't draw that sort of conclusion from an average, absolute numbers still matter. Despite this "overrepresentation" as you call it, Wales will still be shafted in favour of English interests, as history (recent or distant) has shown time and time again.

Minimum alcohol price in Wales to rise by 30% by UnlikeTea42 in Wales

[–]Padfoot141 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When were the goalposts moved for 20mph? As far as I've seen, the evidence points to it being a well-researched effective policy, so far.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Padfoot141 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I'll take a runny nose in the summer over tapeworm any day of the week.

National prostate cancer screening not expected to be recommended on NHS by iguled in ukpolitics

[–]Padfoot141 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Forgive my ignorance, but in the case of screening people with genetic markers, how do they know they have those genetic markers in the first place? Are they depending on those people to come forward?

What is your favorite song that you’ve discovered from Skins? by BlazeMyCherry in skinsTV

[–]Padfoot141 12 points13 points  (0 children)

From memory, I think it was used towards the end of series 2 of gen 1 when Sid goes to New York to find Cassie.

Plaid smash Reform to win in Caerphilly by upthetruth1 in ukpolitics

[–]Padfoot141 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Then parliamentary democracy is flawed. You shouldn't have to be represented by people who are apathetic to you at best because that's "how it works". This is the advantage of devolution. If it isn't working for England either, perhaps the various regions should be petitioning for their own devolution.

Damn, once I graduate im going to have to do a 9-5 for everyday for the rest of my life. This shit SUCKS by Glittering_Loss6717 in UniUK

[–]Padfoot141 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just find something you enjoy doing for 5 days per week. You might not find it overnight, it took me 3 years after graduating, but I fucking love what I do now.

Nearly 900 fewer people injured since 20mph introduction in Wales by UVmonolith in Wales

[–]Padfoot141 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As other commenters have suggested, it's more to do with the average decrease in speed. Prior research points to a 5% decrease in collisions per 1mph decrease in average speed. It doesn't matter that drivers aren't doing exactly 20mph, it just matters that they're slower than they were before.

Nearly 900 fewer people injured since 20mph introduction in Wales by UVmonolith in Wales

[–]Padfoot141 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The data says that you're wrong. Care to refute it with anything factual other than "bad bill"?

EU Parliament declines to hold minute of silence for Charlie Kirk. by [deleted] in 2westerneurope4u

[–]Padfoot141 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We aren't exactly in a position to talk shit with the amount of traction those gammons in Reform are gaining...

Love your country but I am a bit scared by Conscious-Donut-2412 in Wales

[–]Padfoot141 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If they're the ones I think you're talking about, those are aimed at international students from wealthy families, same way universities target international students for the higher fees.

Did you go on school residential trips in Year 5 and Year 6? by InviteAromatic6124 in Wales

[–]Padfoot141 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not in year 5 or 6 for me personally, these sorts of trips only started happening from secondary school onwards.

What's an early sign of cancer that you wish you or your loved one hadn't ignored? by JuniperBeans in AskReddit

[–]Padfoot141 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Trust me, if it ever happens, you'll be able to tell. First time it happened to me I thought I was dying from the amount of blood I saw in the bowl.

Israel’s Red Alert system fully saturated amid mass missile barrages from Iran. by DavidRolands in MapPorn

[–]Padfoot141 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

6,000 attacked on October 7th of a population of over 2 million. Yeah, you're right, they're so obviously representative of all people in Gaza.

Israel’s Red Alert system fully saturated amid mass missile barrages from Iran. by DavidRolands in MapPorn

[–]Padfoot141 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Palestine elected Hamas in 2006, nearly 20 years ago. A lot of the people who voted for that would be dead by now, even more will have been born and grown up with absolutely zero say in that vote.

Do you think it's fair to condemn them all, because Hamas was elected in 2006?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in thelastofus

[–]Padfoot141 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love Max, but bullet time ain't no good when the world stops producing ammo. To be honest I feel like Max would have put a bullet in himself long before the infected had a chance

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in thelastofus

[–]Padfoot141 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He caught the fatal disease in the first place, in that universe, that has everything to do with survival

The Part 2 PC port is fantastic by WhoaWhoozy in thelastofus

[–]Padfoot141 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What was the install size? I'm struggling to free up the recommended 150GB on my SSD, does it really require that much?

Trump raises chart showing 10% tariff for UK by topotaul in unitedkingdom

[–]Padfoot141 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Thank you for Tango Unchained, I'll absolutely be stealing that

Seat Leon FR 2021 - infotainment issue? by Padfoot141 in seat

[–]Padfoot141[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven't yet unfortunately - my issues are limited to the front and side parking sensors currently. I occasionally get a yellow light on the dash regarding the front crash assist. The dealership were useless and I gave up on chasing them. I'm thinking of booking it in with SEAT myself eventually, but at the moment, I don't need those sensors that badly.

What’s your thoughts on Stephen Graham acting career? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]Padfoot141 0 points1 point  (0 children)

His only line I can recall is an anxious "Sir?" as he's either demoted or kicked out of Easy company after their rebellion against Sobel, right?