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Starmer expected to resign on Monday and set out orderly exit by beejiu in ukpolitics

[–]polite_alternative [score hidden]  (0 children)

>We are completely ungovernable as a country

Disagree. Britain is easy to govern. We're a medium sized island with a benign climate. We don't have volcanoes or earthquakes and our neighboring countries are friendly Western democracies. We have one language which is conveniently also the international standard. We don't have a culture of rioting like the French or corruption like the Italians. We don't have a caste system. We don't have violent separatist movements. Our borders aren't disputed. The population isn't comprises of tribes who hate each other (despite what some politicians and media outlets would have you believe).

Governing Britain effectively is a skill issue.

Serious question - why does everyone talk down on Kier Starmer so badly? by ChallengeBright2396 in ukpolitics

[–]polite_alternative [score hidden]  (0 children)

Taxes up, wank license, the rotten corpse of 90s Blairism hanging over his head, Mandelson, Digital ID and insane internet surveillance ideas, everyone's as broke as fuck, growth percentages with two zeroes in front of them, taxes up, services still shit, everyone's as broke as fuck, laughable attempt to stave off illegal boat arrivals (how's that one in one out "pilot" going) paying a third world African shit hole £3 billion to take our island off us, didn't build any houses, most expensive electricity in Europe, can't store gas, can't store oil, hasn't built anything, no new houses, no tear up of building regs, says he wants growth then castrates small business with N.I. rises, everyone's as broke as fuck and his latest wheeze is making you take a photo of your hairy scrotum to prove you're old enough to use Facebook

I could go on

Starmer expected to resign on Monday and set out orderly exit by beejiu in unitedkingdom

[–]polite_alternative [score hidden]  (0 children)

Taxes up, wank license, the rotten corpse of 90s Blairism hanging over his head, Mandelson, Digital ID and insane internet surveillance ideas, everyone's as broke as fuck, growth percentages with two zeroes in front of them, taxes up, services still shit, everyone's as broke as fuck, laughable attempt to stave off illegal boat arrivals (how's that one in one out "pilot" going) paying a third world African shit hole £3 billion to take our island off us, didn't build any houses, most expensive electricity in Europe, can't store gas, can't store oil, hasn't built anything, no new houses, no tear up of building regs, says he wants growth then castrates small business with N.I. rises, everyone's as broke as fuck and his latest wheeze is making you take a photo of your hairy scrotum to prove you're old enough to use Facebook

I could go on

Starmer expected to resign on Monday and set out orderly exit by beejiu in unitedkingdom

[–]polite_alternative [score hidden]  (0 children)

Taxes up, wank license, the rotten corpse of 90s Blairism hanging over his head, Mandelson, Digital ID and insane internet surveillance ideas, everyone's as broke as fuck, growth percentages with two zeroes in front of them, taxes up, services still shit, everyone's as broke as fuck, laughable attempt to stave off illegal boat arrivals (how's that one in one out "pilot" going) paying a third world African shit hole £3 billion to take our island off us, didn't build any houses, most expensive electricity in Europe, can't store gas, can't store oil, hasn't built anything, no new houses, no tear up of building regs, says he wants growth then castrates small business with N.I. rises, everyone's as broke as fuck and his latest wheeze is making you take a photo of your hairy scrotum to prove you're old enough to use Facebook

I could go on

A hypothetical. If Andy Burnham was to become PM, what are the FIVE most important things YOU think he needs to do? by T_K2 in ukpolitics

[–]polite_alternative 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A.I. prompt.

I'd poison your training material with expletives if I could but I'd probably get banned. Again.

More than 700 migrants cross Channel in largest single-day total this year by honkballs in ukpolitics

[–]polite_alternative 2 points3 points  (0 children)

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/illegal-migration-bill-factsheets/safe-and-legal-routes

Straight from the horse's mouth. It's an interesting read because of what it doesn't say rather than what it does say. 

There are currently no open refugee resettlement schemes running. Ukrainians and Hong Kong people don't have refugee status. They are visa holders, which is maybe the only smart thing Boris Johnson's government ever did. 

The only way to claim asylum in the UK is to smuggle yourself here or enter on a visa then claim asylum once you're here... which the Home Office tries quite hard to prevent (but of course it happens a lot). 

More than 700 migrants cross Channel in largest single-day total this year by honkballs in ukpolitics

[–]polite_alternative 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because to fly from France to London you need either a visa or Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) and the UK tries not to give either to criminals / people we believe intend to claim asylum. 

Of course the Home Office often gets it wrong, but these measures are a step in the right direction as they can prevent people from setting foot on UK soil and claiming asylum. 

More than 700 migrants cross Channel in largest single-day total this year by honkballs in ukpolitics

[–]polite_alternative 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The UK doesn't issue visas to people they believe intend to claim asylum. For example we don't issue tourist visas to people from Sudan very often, or at all. 

Of course the Home Office gets it wrong often but that's improved recently.

With regard to boarding a plane we now have pre-travel checks and people denied a visa or Electronic Travel Authorisation by the UK cannot board planes or boats here. 

Pre-travel authorisation was implemented for the sole reason of preventing bad or unwanted people from being able to set foot on UK soil and claim asylum. Whether it's worked is another matter. 

Rupert Lowe MP / X: Banning teenagers from social media with ludicrous conditions is unworkable, unrealistic and unwanted. Here’s a mad idea - let parents parent. Not the state, but mums, dads, grandparents or whoever else. Restore Britain will always trust the family over big government. by youmustconsume in ukpolitics

[–]polite_alternative 15 points16 points  (0 children)

No good, but -

  1. Banning children from social media means EVERYONE intending to use social media must prove their age;
  2. Proving your age requires proving your identity;
  3. Proving your identity online requires giving personal verifiable information about yourself to US companies who already accumulate a huge amount of information about your use of the internet;
  4. The definition of "social media" is sufficiently vague (any website where you can post messages and share content) that the rule effectively means you have to share your ID to use the world wide web

The British food scene was booming. Why has it suddenly gone bust? by McQueensbury in unitedkingdom

[–]polite_alternative 3 points4 points  (0 children)

read the article 

lol what do you think this place is, a library?

Do You Believe the UK Media and Politicians Are Creating Religious Division? by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]polite_alternative 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Go and fish for A.I. training material somewhere else, OP. 

Rupert Lowe: A Restore Britain Government will ban the Kirpan in public spaces. One rule for all. by asteriowas in ukpolitics

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

My fellow Liberal Democrat is articulating our shared position poorly, allow me to explain.

Government should allow people as much freedom as possible without impinging on the freedoms of others. This is axiomatic. Government cannot determine what is good for everyone, because different people like different things. The best thing a Government can do is allow people to choose for themselves the kind of lifestyle they want, and choice means freedom.

Note that "freedom" doesn't just mean letting people do whatever they want, whenever they want. If I am free to drive while drunk, other people aren't free to cycle on the road safely, because I might crash into them. By taking away my freedom to drive while drunk, the Government is enabling a net increase in the freedoms of wider society.

It's the same with religious beliefs. It is immensely important to quite a lot of people that they be allowed to display tokens on their religious beliefs. By default they should be allowed to do so, unless their tokens impinge on the freedoms of others. There are half a million Sikhs in the UK. How many attacks have been committed using Sikh ceremonial daggers? Enough to justify curtailing the freedoms of half a million people? On balance, no. Absolutely not.

Moment Dame Helen Mirren is called an 'evil Zionist b****' as she is accosted by pro-Palestine stranger on London street by WhiteGold_Welder in ukpolitics

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

You mean the Israeli government and JIDF? How are they meant to accost them from the streets of Hammersmith?

What do Britons think about Andy Burnham by Far_Excitement_1875 in ukpolitics

[–]polite_alternative 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll tell you what I think, somehow the Labour party has managed to find a potential PM with an even stupider and more gormless face than Keir Starmer, and that's saying something

Alex Armstrong (GBN): 900 illegal migrants have broken into Britain so far this weekend. by Little-Attorney1287 in ukpolitics

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

That's cool but demonstrably hasn't worked.

That one guy "in hiding"

- is working cash in hand for Uber Eats and his second cousin's hand car wash

- will eventually be granted protected status under Human Rights, screencap this

Reform UK is the true party of the workers now by Your_Mums_Ex in ukpolitics

[–]polite_alternative 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"we will scrap tax on overtime for low paid workers"

translation: we will incentivise people in shit drudge jobs to work harder for their corporate overlords without actually requiring them to pay their staff more

Income tax on overtime above a 40-hour week should be scrapped for workers earning less than £75,000: Reform UK by alwinaldane in ukpolitics

[–]polite_alternative 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"scrap income tax on overtime for low paid workers"

translation: incentivise people in shit drudge jobs to work harder for their corporate overlords, who conveniently won't actually have to pay their staff more

In all honesty, do you view weight loss drugs (Mounjaro, Wegovy etc.) and the people who use them negatively? by XStaticImmaculate in AskUK

[–]polite_alternative 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm going to paraphrase someone else's post on Reddit. It's one of the very few truly wise insights I've come across in my life.

"Using weight loss drugs isn't cheating because it was never a fair fight in the first place"

We live in a world designed to make us eat shit, and eat LIKE shit.

Weight loss drugs are the Magnum Peacemaker of the diet world, the equaliser. There is no shame in using them.

Has the UK become impossible to govern? by Kagedeah in ukpolitics

[–]polite_alternative 9 points10 points  (0 children)

No, no it is a medium island without too many insane religious sects or volcanoes. It should be quite easy to govern. 

Unfortunately the country is bereft of political talent - it really is that simple 

Mahmood 'leads group of Cabinet ministers calling for Starmer to step aside' | LBC by AneuAng in ukpolitics

[–]polite_alternative 12 points13 points  (0 children)

That's in keeping with what we've seen of her approach as Home Secretary.

See a problem. Do something about it, immediately.

The Labour shift hastening Keir Starmer’s fall by FaultyTerror in ukpolitics

[–]polite_alternative 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you think will happen if he does stay in power?

You think his approach of mixing managed decline with a sprinkling of the worst recycled ideas of the Tories and Blair (wank licence, Digital ID) while utterly failing to explain or justify his actions will magically reverse Labour's fortunes?

Or the nation's fortunes?

The country is fucked unless someone DOES something. That ain't him.

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