DoggerD @DoggerCrypto

Well said

⚡NOW - London: "They treat us as if we’re far right extremist thugs, and we’re just everyday citizens, who are concerned about the future of this country." - Simon @alanvibe on the ground at the Unite The Kingdom event as we leaflet crowds about Digital ID.

What is you're trying to prove by this? Are you trying to diminish it's significance? Or just channelling your inner Rainman? I work in a high performance industry within the UK, and I can tell you now, the majority of people with skin in the game quietly echo these sentiments to varying degrees. It isn't just the working class or whatever the media likes to throw out. People are severely unhappy with the state of affairs. I watched today in it's entirety, but much like others, I would never attend as facial recognition and digital ID is a severe deterrent given the governments current form. If you can't see this, then maybe you should take a step back, broaden the circle of people who you actually interact with on a trusted personal level.

@lawrencenewport ~80k for senior specialist roles. Potentially a bit more for senior management roles. Engineering in the UK pays very poorly compared with the US.

The slightly autistic, analytical side of me loves the fact this is well documented on X and we'll get to see the impact of this in a few years time... like a super transparent social experiment. Irrefutable data. The other part of me remembers I'm living through this and has to suffer the consequences and there will be a definite point of no return🤣. Madness, but interesting nevertheless.

Every public sector area I've worked for suffers from extreme bloat. Middle management positions needlessly made because people can't progress through other means. This, mixed with forced ideology and soft quotas lead to really ineffective establishments. Probably pitched the wrong way, as I'm sure the forces need more funding (as does the NHS), but hardline streamlining is needed.

Both sides to blame. Resilience outside of the EU would take time to build, requiring significant short term sacrifice. Unfortunate timing, as perhaps a few decades with no shocks would allow some natural damping to take effect... but Labour policy plus this is a perfect shit storm.

@LeeHurstComic It's a great thing. Polarising these things to the point they're considered dirty words is just silly though. Everything has its place, it's just about working out an optimal energy mix through time factoring lead times, demand and cost.

@bphillipsonMP Excellent news, more of this please.

@mboudry Agreed. Remember talking to someone who represented Germany in Brussels many years ago, was fanatical about historic waste issues around nuclear. Rather than challenging public narrative and addressing technological limitations objectively, they just went full retard 🤷‍♂️.

@clairebubblepop You know, these things aren't mutually exclusive.... both can be true. Too much time is spent on pointing fingers rather than thinking of a solution based on the reality we're faced with...

So basically a floating deterrent? Risky, but optics are good if it pays off. Small part of me would be interested to see how you'll react if either side boots off I.e. using it as further moral justification for picking a side (depending on who initiated offensive action) or just more floundering pacifism. Also interested as to how much you've considered the latter vs banking on the former.

There's probably an argument that Brexit has left us less resilient to shocks such as Iran. But attributing this purely to Brexit and denying it's partly due to poor policy, is just ignorant. There's pros and cons to being in the EU, neither is a death sentence. The problem is we left and the subsequent governments haven't taken necessary measures to account for this. Our ideological stances on social welfare, immigration and energy aren't a luxury we can afford, nor inline with the reality of our situation, and this has just proven that.

I find this such a weird thing to brag about. Was avoiding the war so clearly the correct choice you're now using that decision to win votes? Is it as simple as all war is bad, therefore any decision to avoid it should be celebrated? From where I'm standing it seems like the US has done us all a favour (admittedly not in the short term) but it seems like there were pros and cons of either decision to be involved... so the idea of using this for votes and saying Farage/Badenoch were stupid is just bizarre. Why does everything labour do feel like one big PR campaign to manipulate the public view... where is the transparency?

A part of me would like to think it's not something quite so nefarious. That our government is so paranoid about the 'far-right' and causing social friction with minority groups, that they skirt around any issue which could bolster that sentiment. The other part thinks its about votes. Anything remotely Islamic has been rubber stamped by the left, and there are a few Labour areas which are predominantly Muslim. This does seem slightly futile though, as neither of these groups will likely be voting Labour next time. I'd be surprised if it was due to direct canvasing/monetary reason from terrorist organisations.

I agree. Why should tax payer's money be spent on sending him to the US when he has zero influence on what our government does. Cancel immediately. Also agree, targeting civilian infrastructure is not great. Suspect he's bluffing or trying to foster local resentment to the regime for not negotiating prior to ground invasion. Regardless of what you think of him, Trump has a massive ego, a lot of this is about legacy and what he's remembered for. I can't imagine triggering a humanitarian crisis is at the top of his list.

This argument has worked out really well in recent times. I can see why people would lean on this again 🤣. I am pretty well educated, it's taken a great deal of growing up to realise education doesn't equate to intelligence or just generally being a decent person. Clearly some people are lacking that final epiphany...

@DrRitaDed Happy Easter marra, God bless.

@AirForceDad50 Amazing 🤣

@ThePosieParker @jk_rowling It's sad that's she's given so much to the world, and she gets the treatment she does. History will speak of her fondly, we're just living through the craziest of times, where people can't distinguish actual bigotry from a sensible balanced position.