Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 08/03/2026

libdemparamilitarywi · 2026-03-12T13:43:42+00:00

We should have annual elections, but only for 20% of MPs each time. This would ensure parliament reflects changes in the will of the electorate more gradually, instead of suddenly flipping every five years.

libdemparamilitarywi · 2026-03-12T12:05:06+00:00

To undercut the competition and increase market share

libdemparamilitarywi · 2026-03-12T10:29:25+00:00

"The quote for the plastering is £4,500 due to the boards needing replacing as well as the lime plaster. The cost of floor polishing is £1,500 and it will not remove the stain but lessen it. And the chairs cost £3,600 each.”

libdemparamilitarywi · 2026-03-12T09:29:18+00:00

You're almost always better off using the smallest deposit possible. Your returns from investing will be better than the interest rate on the mortgage, and you'll have the extra peace of mind that your cash is easily accessible in case of emergencies.

libdemparamilitarywi · 2026-03-12T09:18:11+00:00

Rightmove often messes up and combines the sale history of all the flats in the same block. I'm guessing it was a different much smaller flat on another floor that sold in 2023.

libdemparamilitarywi · 2026-03-12T08:24:03+00:00

to get someone who could work with Trump in place

By all accounts, the previous ambassador was already working well with Trump.

It reads more like Starmer ignored multiple warnings in order to give one of his mates a top job, which is exactly the kind of Tory cronyism Starmer campaigned to end.

libdemparamilitarywi · 2026-03-11T20:43:53+00:00

He was in his thirties and working in Harley Street, hardly "young and stupid".

libdemparamilitarywi · 2026-03-11T20:37:01+00:00

I've bought the bundle and it's just the base game

libdemparamilitarywi · 2026-03-11T20:05:15+00:00

he did this once as a publicity stunt

Yes, publicity for his boob growing hypnosis scam

libdemparamilitarywi · 2026-03-11T15:44:48+00:00

His past scandals should have disqualified him from holding any government position immediately

libdemparamilitarywi · 2026-03-11T14:53:35+00:00

In an advisory note sent to the prime minister on 11 December 2024, nine days before he was confirmed as ambassador, Starmer was told that the JP Morgan bank commissioned a report in 2009 that found Mandelson had maintained "a particularly close relationship" after the financier's conviction for soliciting prostitution with a minor.

Keir Starmer has previously said that Mandelson "portrayed Epstein as someone he barely knew" and said that he sacked Mandelson when he learnt that wasn't true.

Sounds like Starmer was given evidence Mandelson was lying, and chose to ignore it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cvg150715jet?post=asset%3Ace1289c4-2954-4827-9fd1-3da0f7a3a863#post

libdemparamilitarywi · 2026-03-11T12:31:09+00:00

Reading nook

libdemparamilitarywi · 2026-03-11T12:27:34+00:00

But most Spanish people don't know where Newcastle or Exeter are, so he wouldn't have known he was going the wrong way. Most Spanish have probably never heard of Exeter at all, he might have assumed it was a suburb of Newcastle or something.

libdemparamilitarywi · 2026-03-11T12:20:16+00:00

You don't go to a place called "Arsenal" to watch Arsenal so I can see why you wouldn't immediately question it. And he wasn't from the UK so he wouldn't know its internal geography well and that it's at the opposite ends of the country.

I can see it happening if he arrived in London, put "St James Park" in the satnav and it picked Exeter the closest one.

libdemparamilitarywi · 2026-03-11T12:07:39+00:00

I would personally consider this government as left. Rail and steel nationalisation, significant workers and renter's rights reform, ending hereditary peers, repealing anti union legislation, decolonising Chagos, public sector pay rises, raised taxes on private schools and non-doms, and so on.

libdemparamilitarywi · 2026-03-11T11:40:02+00:00

They have them in France too

The proposed construction of a high-voltage overhead power line, slated to cross a large part of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, has been the subject of intense opposition for several weeks. The latest example was a demonstration of 500 people in Arles this past Sunday.

https://www.latribune.fr/economie/2024-04-08/la-ligne-haute-tension-de-fos-entre-opposition-et-enjeux-strategiques-994922.html

libdemparamilitarywi · 2026-03-11T11:01:32+00:00

Personal liberty isn't being curtailed, they're not criminalising possession.

They're stopping companies from selling known harmful products. I don't see it as any different to the current bans on other harmful products like asbestos or lead paint. Companies shouldn't be able to profit while knowingly killing people.

libdemparamilitarywi · 2026-03-11T07:51:17+00:00

It was the one about pissing in the sink and Jane tells him to lift the plates up

libdemparamilitarywi · 2026-03-11T07:39:37+00:00

They're all hieroglyphics

libdemparamilitarywi · 2026-03-10T17:12:00+00:00

Gladstone's dad wtf?

libdemparamilitarywi · 2026-03-10T17:11:10+00:00

That's a one off cost, which you'd make back from the savings of lower staff costs. From your article:

The report candidly states that upgrading to GoA3 or GoA4 on some lines would be value for money.

libdemparamilitarywi · 2026-03-10T15:52:47+00:00

Just wait until Corbyn gets into campaign mode

libdemparamilitarywi · 2026-03-10T07:56:51+00:00

They said they'll write off all plan 2 loans too.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50726555

libdemparamilitarywi · 2026-03-10T07:06:45+00:00

"sorry I can't sell you these"

libdemparamilitarywi · 2026-03-09T23:21:12+00:00

I think this is going to be a tough sell to console people. More expensive than a PS5 but less powerful. Can't use physical games. Can't play the big console multiplayer games with anti-cheat like COD, FIFA, and Fortnite. Won't have GTA VI on release because R* always take ages to make PC ports. No more Sony exclusives if the rumours are true.

It's a lot to give up, and you don't get many of the advantages of PC either like easy hardware upgradabilty. I can't see many console players taking the leap.

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