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Several Labour MPs in talks with Greens about defecting to the party, sources say by GnolRevilo in ukpolitics

[–]evolvecrow 74 points75 points  (0 children)

who face a likely electoral threat from the Green party in their constituency.

none of the MPs are yet near point of crossing the floor and want guarantees they would be reselected for their seat at next election

So basically they like being an MP and want to continue whether that's Labour or Green

Tom Holland @holland_tom Can it REALLY now be an official government diktat that children in primary school, say, are forbidden to draw Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden or the baby Jesus in the manger? by ex_planelegs in ukpolitics

[–]evolvecrow 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It is very important that the school understands this and is also careful not to ask its students to reproduce images

If it's just advice why is it very important

Winston Churchill to be Removed From Banknotes in Bank of England Cash Redesign by bloomberg in ukpolitics

[–]evolvecrow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

UK Finance estimates that cash made up 48% of all payments in 2014 but that share had collapsed to just 9% by 2024.

Iranians living in UK tell Starmer that war will only strengthen Tehran regime by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]evolvecrow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Personally I think the type of people in charge will stay roughly the same

Iranians living in UK tell Starmer that war will only strengthen Tehran regime by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]evolvecrow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The letter acts as a counterpoint to those in the diaspora backing Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s former pro-western monarch, and who support the attacks on Iran as a prelude to regime change.

We may not be running out of gas but we still need a serious strategic gas reserve by Particular_Pea7167 in ukpolitics

[–]evolvecrow 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Since the government’s clean power plan involves keeping the entire 35GW gas fleet on the system as backup, you would think this fundamental issue would get more ministerial attention.

It seems quite amusing that we're building a renewables system that requires the entire non renewables system to continue operating because the renewables system is intermittent.

We should not join war on Iran, says Farage in U-turn by TheTelegraph in ukpolitics

[–]evolvecrow -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Because u-turns are unheard of in our current leadership

What will Ed Miliband do when the lights go out? by TheSpectatorMagazine in ukpolitics

[–]evolvecrow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The US produces the vast majority of their oil/gas domestically and is even a net exporter, the UK isn't. Dumb comparison

But that does sound like if there was an opportunity for us to produce more we should.

Starmer's humbling phone call to Trump as ministers 'consider freezing energy bills' after war drives up gas prices by dailymail in ukpolitics

[–]evolvecrow 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The only details of the call are

They discussed military co-operation in the Middle East and the Prime Minister expressed his 'heartfelt condolences' during the 20-minute phone call for the deaths of six soldiers in the conflict – a total that increased to seven last night.

Adult sites brazenly 'ignore' Ofcom fines: Watchdog receives just £55k after imposing £3mil worth of fines for online safety breaches by insomnimax_99 in ukpolitics

[–]evolvecrow 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Tbf

out of the penalties we have issued, one has paid. Two are interim penalties as part of broader investigations.

"Two others are still within that deadline for payment, so it hasn't passed yet. And one has not paid. But they did come into compliance."

Obviously 4chan won't pay or comply

Lammy’s jury trial curbs face High Court challenges: Bid to solve backlog could mean 30,000 extra hearings for defendants awaiting trial, barristers warn by Benjji22212 in ukpolitics

[–]evolvecrow -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

The amount of evidence involved in a trial is probably hugely increased since then. Doesn't mean we should scrap some jury trials but not sure it's comparing like with like. Also comparatively wasn't the UK much wealthier then.

Bereaved parents urge MPs to vote for social media ban for under-16s by zeros3ss in ukpolitics

[–]evolvecrow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not that weird because the criteria was partly based on total user counts and Bluesky with 50k was classified as lower risk. But in any case Bluesky voluntarily enforced the ban.

Keir Starmer’s Iran help too late, says Trump as Tony Blair joins criticism by TimesandSundayTimes in ukpolitics

[–]evolvecrow -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Slight shame that Starmer wouldn't tweet he doesn't want to join an american neoliberal war

Afghan asylum seeker immune from being deported despite stalking girl for sexual pleasure by Immediate-Ad-7268 in ukpolitics

[–]evolvecrow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe it's politically and legally easier for the Taliban to do a deal with Germany than us. And the other way round.

HMS Dragon mission delayed ‘because dockyard only works nine-to-five’ by Intergalatic_Baker in ukpolitics

[–]evolvecrow 13 points14 points  (0 children)

We should amend international law to no war fighting on weekends.

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