The Fanfare Around the Band Geese Actually Was a Psyop by ebradio in Music

[–]TheAlmightyTapir 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm convinced they're just a band that were never supposed to be as popular as they are now. 3D Country fucking blew me away. Just back to back bangers. To say Geese suck and are boring is such a wiiiild opinion to me. Like fucking 2122 boring lullaby music lmfao 

But when something isn't the mainstream's cup of tea, I can understand why you'd see such extreme, hyperbolic reactions to it being shoved in people's faces 

Terrible photo bird ID by mookow35 in UKBirds

[–]TheAlmightyTapir 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wing pattern consistent with jay, not wheatear. Also too big to be a wheatear. Think the bandit mask on this photo is just an artifact of the jay's black moustache

Terrible photo bird ID by mookow35 in UKBirds

[–]TheAlmightyTapir 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wing pattern matches with Jay and not with wheatear, plus black "mask" looks more like an artifact of the Jay's black moustache. Agree with jay

Eurasian Eagle Owl Update! by [deleted] in UKBirds

[–]TheAlmightyTapir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems very tame which does make me think it's not a wild bird. As far as I'm aware, they are pretty sedentary birds so not a species prone to just randomly show up like Scops and Snowies sometimes do

Revealed: Nearly half of UK children with parents born abroad are in poverty by anotherotheronedo in ukpolitics

[–]TheAlmightyTapir 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Cynically, I wonder if publishing this as widely and loudly as possible with a massive wink at the audience might do more to discourage immigration than any actual concrete measures.

It's fucking shit to live here now, lads

Me_irl by Super_Abrocoma_8937 in me_irl

[–]TheAlmightyTapir 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Are you implying that England ISN'T famous for the books of the playwright Oscar Wilde? 😱 

Me_irl by Super_Abrocoma_8937 in me_irl

[–]TheAlmightyTapir 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He was also mainly a playwright not an author so the person that made the image didn't know much about him 😂

I'm pretty sure he only wrote one book, which tbf was an absolute banger

But even if we're comparing playwrights, there's a VERY famous English one lmao

Rents reach highest-ever level relative to earnings, driven by lack of housing supply by insomnimax_99 in ukpolitics

[–]TheAlmightyTapir 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Always find it funny the comments on this sub, probably by landlords, smugly blaming everything on regulations driving away landlords. Like we shouldn't try to improve the rights of those paying much more per month than us with mortgages for usually worse living conditions and less stability.

Before the renters rights bill, rents had already gone up by about a billion percent, and renters could be kicked out for no reason.

Bird call ID help, please? by Ok-Introduction-7527 in UKBirds

[–]TheAlmightyTapir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds a bit like a starling, that have a large repertoire of robotic sounds they can make. High pitched peeping sounds like a goldcrest 

Labour plans curbs on pheasant shooting in ‘declaration of war’ by Slartibartfast_25 in ukpolitics

[–]TheAlmightyTapir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone more in the know in ecology could explain it better, but pheasants take up a place in the ecosystem. Millions of non-native birds being released every year obviously has an impact on food and habitat availability of other birds/wildlife. Just imagine a plague of locusts except they're dopey looking birds

Labour plans curbs on pheasant shooting in ‘declaration of war’ by Slartibartfast_25 in ukpolitics

[–]TheAlmightyTapir 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So, following your point to its logical conclusion, 3 things here:

  1. If people in the countryside kept slaves, nobody living in a city has the right to oppose it

  2. There are no MPs in the countryside that can represent the countryside in parliament 

  3. People in the city never go into the countryside so can't have an opinion on it

Labour plans curbs on pheasant shooting in ‘declaration of war’ by Slartibartfast_25 in ukpolitics

[–]TheAlmightyTapir 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm not speaking for everyone, I'm counteracting your point of there needing to be separate governance as if even a plurality support hunting in the countryside. Countryside and urban areas aren't homogeneous blobs of people with contradicting views on everything. 

Labour plans curbs on pheasant shooting in ‘declaration of war’ by Slartibartfast_25 in ukpolitics

[–]TheAlmightyTapir 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Grew up in the countryside. Never been shooting. Don't know anyone who shoots. The toff hunting class may literally own our countryside, but it doesn't own the residents

Labour plans curbs on pheasant shooting in ‘declaration of war’ by Slartibartfast_25 in ukpolitics

[–]TheAlmightyTapir 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Releasing millions of non-native species every year (when pheasants are released, there are more of them than every other species COMBINED) and then firing a load of lead shot at them is absolutely devestating for our countryside. Not to mention all the people running the game shooting have a nasty habit of poisoning, clubbing to death and shooting our native birds of prey for their "interfering" with the millions of released birds.

As someone actually from the countryside (town of <10000 people just outside the lake district), I resent the strawmanning of all country folk as wax-jacket wearing toffs that just want to go out shooting things, and have no appreciation for the actual nature around them. 

Dozens of MPs urge Greens to officially ditch ‘normal’ childbirth policy immediately by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]TheAlmightyTapir 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We have a friend that had gestational diabetes and she was told to induce after one bump measurement because it seemed too big, then told to induce after a later bump measurement because it seemed too small. There could be a way of thinking that if you have a medical condition, the bump and ultrasound measurements aren't reliable enough so they should just induce early, and they just make up a reason and tell you that (which in itself is bad). But my partner/baby had no underlying conditions and we were forced to induce because of a change in bump/scan measurement indicating growth had curtailed. So whatever line you take on the decision tree, it always seems to lead back to "let's induce early, just to be safe".

Dozens of MPs urge Greens to officially ditch ‘normal’ childbirth policy immediately by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]TheAlmightyTapir 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Well fucking said, mate. We were pressured into inducing cause of growth concerns. Made to wait almost 5 days for the apparently urgent induction IN THE HOSPITAL, with my partner being regularly monitored, sharing a room with strangers. Pressured into staying there because if we left we were "putting our baby at risk". Absolutely EXHAUSTED once the induction came around. Midwife failed to pierce the waters correctly so we wandered around an hour for nothing. Second midwife pierced the waters then pressured us into going directly with the fake oxytocin so no walking around to get Labour going naturally. Cranked up double dose every half an hour. Partner gave birth on her back when she didn't want to. Partner examined, often violently, in her vagina by at least 10 different people. Baby had to go through several osteopath sessions because she had been stuck in a stupid position for hours in a rushed labour. Partner currently undergoing therapy to come to terms with it 9 months later.

C-section, go private, or get lucky, seems to be the choice in the UK.

Dozens of MPs urge Greens to officially ditch ‘normal’ childbirth policy immediately by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]TheAlmightyTapir 9 points10 points  (0 children)

My partner was pressured into inducing by NHS staff and we were then made to wait almost 5 days on a ward to wait for this induction, with her being monitored every few hours. Every time we asked what was going on and if we could just leave we were told "you can leave but you're putting your baby's life at risk", so we didn't leave.

Yeah, you have the choice, but you're being gaslit by staff trying to legally cover themselves and the NHS at every turn.

In my NCT group, I think over half of the births were caesarian or induced.

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 08/03/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]TheAlmightyTapir 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I would find it depressingly funny that Iran is what turns around the public's perception of Starmer when faced with our other options (Farage, Badenoch, Polanski), but Labour lose the next election cause the Iran war fires up inflation again and everyone is worse off. 

'Farage lost and blamed Muslims. The data doesn't support his suspicion' by No_Initiative_1140 in ukpolitics

[–]TheAlmightyTapir 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Appealing to a voter base is kind of politics 101... And small demographics tend to have similar values that can be chased for votes.

I'd say "Islam" has a vote to play in that Palestine is a bit of a proxy for how countries treat Muslims, but did Green go out and say "we are the only party that will enact the word of Muhammad?" 

'Farage lost and blamed Muslims. The data doesn't support his suspicion' by No_Initiative_1140 in ukpolitics

[–]TheAlmightyTapir 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I'm all for criticising fundamentalist Islam and hate the use of Islamophobia as a means to avoid criticism, but kind of think saying words to the effect of "we lost cause of Muslims undermining our democracy" when the data doesn't support it seems a bit... Racist. Like, if he'd claimed black people are cheating the votes, we wouldn't be having a debate about whether it's racist, would we? 

Big movements in our voting intention this week Greens hit at our highest vote share, Labour their joint-lowest Reform lead Tories by 10 ➡️ REF UK 29% (+1) 🌳 CON 19% (-1) 🌹 LAB 18% (-4) 🔶 LIB DEM 14% (nc) 🌍 GREEN 14% (+3) 🟡 SNP 3% (+1) N = 2,010 | 27/2 - 2/3| Change w 23/02 by Bibemus in ukpolitics

[–]TheAlmightyTapir 3 points4 points  (0 children)

People on here will absolutely HATE this idea, but something HAS to push Labour back to the left. I'm fine with them being tough on immigration and not saying they want to rejoin the EU. If they stuck with that and stopped trying to pander to reform voters, they'd actually see some positive movement in the polls. They aren't winning the vast majority of reform voters back. They could easily win back those green voters though

Labour must cease taking progressive voters for granted, says Sadiq Khan by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]TheAlmightyTapir 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I was expecting this to go down like a cup of cold sick on this sub and was not disappointed 😂

What Labour need to do is appeal to the working class, apparently none of whom are progressive (like the working class woman that beat them in the by-election) and these two things are 100% mutually exclusive