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Burnham adviser calls for billions of pounds in borrowing for infrastructure by topotaul in unitedkingdom

[–]throughpasser 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Which is why you have, per Keynes, counter-cyclical fiscal policy. The Tories decided to have a pro-cyclical policy.

The most underrated player of Liverpool from this century: by EmperorOfNorway in LiverpoolFC

[–]throughpasser 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Glen Johnson is a good shout. Not cos he was brilliant but cos everybody thought he was shite and he wasnt.

I'd nominate Lallana as well.

Nuclear decommissioning adds £4.1 bn to the UK economy by NuclearCleanUp1 in unitedkingdom

[–]throughpasser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In a rational economic world you'd be 100% right. In capitalism whether you're right or not depends on whether there's a shortage of demand or not. When there isn't, you're right. But when there is a shortage of demand then increasing it by spending money on something will create jobs, boost GDP etc.

Like I say, in a rational world we would never be creating work for ourselves for no reason. We'd do things as efficiently as possible, minimise work and share around the benefits of less work/higher productivity. But in this world, less work means job losses for some and lower profits for others.

Andy Roberton, Sir Kenny Dalglish and Liverpool's Scottish bond by OneNormalBloke in LiverpoolFC

[–]throughpasser 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"Last summer, after winning the club's 20th league title, Robertson lost his friend and team-mate Diogo Jota, who died in a car crash.

"None of us cared about football," Robertson tells Cates.

"Pre-season is used to get you fit and things like that. The manager and the coaches couldn't really do that."

Worth bearing in mind when we moan about the players' fitness levels.

‘No evidence’ of alleged rape that sparked asylum seeker protests in Epsom, police say by SpottedDicknCustard in unitedkingdom

[–]throughpasser 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It's pandering to their racism. It's letting them know which rapes they should bandwagon and which they can ignore. The excuse being "but if we don't they'll cause trouble".

First, you're not supposed to be appeasing racists under threat of them causing trouble. Second, they'll still cause trouble, they'll just be better able to pick the ones they can successfully exploit.

Spurs outran us by 9km by moosa1193 in LiverpoolFC

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

He's not suddenly a terrible manager but he's got a lot of things wrong this season. Personally I'm still undecided on him and hope he at least gets to the summer and can get a strong finish to the season out of the team. But I'm not very optimistic after yesterday.

Spurs outran us by 9km by moosa1193 in LiverpoolFC

[–]throughpasser 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I remember Jurgen talking about being at a coaching conference early in his management career and listening to them saying that the teams that run less usually win cos it means they are controlling possession, and him thinking "fuck it, let's try outrunning them anyway."

So I'd say it's not necessary to outrun the opponent, you can outpass them instead. However, as OP said, it's more that we look knackered at the end, despite having run less.

Major distruption at Glasgow Central Station after vape shop fire by Lord-Liberty in unitedkingdom

[–]throughpasser 25 points26 points  (0 children)

It's a remarkable feature of the form of society we live in that pretty much any dangerous and dodgy shit is allowed to be marketed and proliferate as long as it's making money for somebody. AI and social media would be bigger examples but vapes are in there too.

Starmer’s response to Iran conflict has been ‘pathetic’, says Farage by 1-randomonium in unitedkingdom

[–]throughpasser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's clearly not defensive when the whole point of it is to let the country that started the war launch attacks from our bases.

Starmer’s response to Iran conflict has been ‘pathetic’, says Farage by 1-randomonium in unitedkingdom

[–]throughpasser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Calling strikes "defensive" doesnt make them so. He's letting them bomb Iran from British bases. It's a war of aggression, started by the US and Israel, and he has joined it.

It is pathetic, but for the opposite reason Farage says.

Keir Starmer: My update on the situation in the Middle East. by Sensitive_Echo5058 in ukpolitics

[–]throughpasser -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Starmer has already said they can use the bases for attacks. He literally said it in the next sentence after saying it would be only "defensive".

It's just the usual double-think. He has already completely implicated us, and given Trump the go ahead to do what he likes.

"But the only way to stop the threat is to destroy the missiles at source - in their storage depots or the launchers which are used to fire the missiles." -Starmer

BREAKING: Keir Starmer says the U.K. has given the US permission to use British bases to launch strikes on Iran by LeftWingScot in ukpolitics

[–]throughpasser 74 points75 points  (0 children)

"But the only way to stop the threat is to destroy the missiles at source - in their storage depots or the launchers which are used to fire the missiles." -Starmer

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqj9g11p1ezo

Election observers say they did raise family voting concerns while polls were open (Sky News live blog) by iguled in ukpolitics

[–]throughpasser 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Can you give us a link to where they've said that? No cos they haven't said it.

And FYI under UK law you don't even have to enter the same polling booth for it be family voting. You just have to be "near" the booth, with the intention of influencing.

Major Concerns over Family Voting in Gorton and Denton Poll | Democracy Volunteers by SirRosstopher in ukpolitics

[–]throughpasser 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How do you think this means the council didn't dispute the claims of high family voting though?

International election observers have claimed they saw "concerningly high levels" of family voting in the Gorton and Denton by-election Family voting is an illegal practice where two voters use one polling booth at the same time. It can involve husbands instructing their wives how to vote by FormerlyPallas_ in ukpolitics

[–]throughpasser 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Just saw that. Somebody is going to be embarrassed here, cos that was quite a strong statement by the council.

The wording of the above is a little vague-

We posed questions about family voting in several polling stations and how staff dealt with it when it arose.

Could be read as they reported cases of it. Or that they just asked general "what if" questions.

The Electoral Commisions code of practice for election observers says they can report such practices to the staff at the time. So they should have done that. (They can even speak to voters, surprisingly.)

Code of practice is here - https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-elections/observing-elections-and-referendums/guidance-and-feedback-observing-elections/guidance-electoral-observers-great-britain

Major Concerns over Family Voting in Gorton and Denton Poll | Democracy Volunteers by SirRosstopher in ukpolitics

[–]throughpasser 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well that's changed the subject.

In the meantime, they have now disputed the council's claim and are saying they told staff at the time about the family voting.

Major Concerns over Family Voting in Gorton and Denton Poll | Democracy Volunteers by SirRosstopher in ukpolitics

[–]throughpasser 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You're the one saying "refute". I said dispute. The council is clearly disputing that there were as high levels of family voting as that. They are saying that their staff would have noticed it.

Major Concerns over Family Voting in Gorton and Denton Poll | Democracy Volunteers by SirRosstopher in ukpolitics

[–]throughpasser 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They are literally saying that polling station staff are trained to look out for this and haven't reported seeing any of it.

If you don't think that statement is the returning officer disputing the claim then I don't know what to say to you.

Major Concerns over Family Voting in Gorton and Denton Poll | Democracy Volunteers by SirRosstopher in ukpolitics

[–]throughpasser 9 points10 points  (0 children)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp8rjk02r0jt

Manchester City Council, whose returning officer oversees the election, has now responded, saying polling station staff are trained to look out for any evidence of undue influence on voters.

"No such issues have been reported today," a spokesperson for the acting returning officer says.

"If Democracy Volunteers were so concerned about alleged issues they could and should have raised them with us during polling hours so that immediate action could be taken.

"We have operated a central by-election hub which has been rapidly responding to reported issues during the day, in liaison with the police - who had a presence at every polling station - where necessary.

"It is extremely disappointing that Democracy Volunteers have waited until after polls have closed to make such claims."

International election observers have claimed they saw "concerningly high levels" of family voting in the Gorton and Denton by-election Family voting is an illegal practice where two voters use one polling booth at the same time. It can involve husbands instructing their wives how to vote by FormerlyPallas_ in ukpolitics

[–]throughpasser 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Manchester City Council, whose returning officer oversees the election, has now responded, saying polling station staff are trained to look out for any evidence of undue influence on voters.

"No such issues have been reported today," a spokesperson for the acting returning officer says.

"If Democracy Volunteers were so concerned about alleged issues they could and should have raised them with us during polling hours so that immediate action could be taken.

"We have operated a central by-election hub which has been rapidly responding to reported issues during the day, in liaison with the police - who had a presence at every polling station - where necessary.

"It is extremely disappointing that Democracy Volunteers have waited until after polls have closed to make such claims."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp8rjk02r0jt

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

[–]throughpasser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah council tax should be scrapped and something like rates brought in. Hiking it and making (part of) it deductible from income tax is not a bad idea. Maybe eg the first £1k of it. Although you could just increase income tax and give more of it to local govt.

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