IcyToes

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[–] IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago

Not really the narrative. Reform opposes it and Tories likely will. Only Lib Dems will complain and media ignore them anyway.

Our media are bad, but not that tabloid.

[–] IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Lol. Democracy.

Democracies don't care about their citizens privacy. Just the optics of getting spied on citizens.

[–] IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

No. They could put it into a review and quietly shitcan this. It's not particularly popular. They just want to say they're protecting kids.

They're spineless and Keir is an authoritarian.

[–] IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago

Probably due to the fact Labour deserted the working class and fascists used the opportunity to blame immigrants with populist lies.

Corbyn speaks to working class people about the real lived experience and genuinely means it.

Working people need to be treated with respect and governments if ignore them at their peril. Blair was wrong that they have nowhere to go so it's fine to ignore them. Starmer is wrong to re-run that playbook.

[–] IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 days ago

You're wrong.

Source: British not using VPN... Well, not for Lemmy, anyhow.

[–] IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

What's with the clickbait headline? Did the linked article change or did OP twist it to mean opposite?

Linked source says:

Headline "Labour rules out VPN ban in UK but issues warning to UK households"

Byline "Labour won't ban the use of Virtual Private Networks"

[–] IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They did respond with "lol, no". I'm not surprised.

[–] IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

We don't know that. There could be a pact. They could avoid running against Green's, Lib Dems, and left Labour folk. Take out Starmer, Steeting and the nasty ones. Can build up support in locals and not run in certain generals.

The one splitting votes is Keir who has taken over the workers party on anti-migration Austerity politics. It's hard to differentiate them and the Tories under Cameron...

Someone has to have the stones to help shift the Overton window back and Corbyn has done it before.

[–] IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

If they started explaining why we won't. It gives folk time to digest. Making clear pensions will always go up by inflation so no one would get poorer is a start. Then by next election, folk are ready for that possibility.

Of course it requires integrity and honesty. Something I'm not sure Keir has. We know Farage and Badenoch don't. If they avoid it, it'll become a large political problem which will cost them.

[–] IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 127 points 4 days ago

Had me in the first half. Well played.

[–] IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (6 children)

Why?

The description doesn't really say what it does differently. Which I assume is the reason someone would create a language. How does it differ from C etc.?

[–] IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago

He couldn't. Referendum already happened, he wasn't in power. He tried to sort it in Parliament first, but Greens, SNP and Liberals backed the snap election. Labour lost in the red wall, by bleeding Brexit votes to the Tories. Moving closer to remain would have gave bigger majorities in remain seats and a bigger hammering in more marginals.

In conclusion, your assertion has no basis in reality.

You hate him because he couldn't do something impossible.

 

Looks like the UK is leading the world by shamelessly sacrificing AI safety at the altar of Trump. Appeasement never works and we have gone backwards towards again being spineless lapdogs in this special relationship.

I remember when we shamelessly followed them in supporting the Iraq war via a sexed up document.

AI can be very error prone and has the potential to be seriously dangerous. It has been said to be used for military purposes and when life and death is in the hands of a computer's decision, who is going to take responsibility for this? Dangerous. We need protections.

We may be on the wrong side of history here. Cowardly from Keir's Labour. I wonder if we traded this for zero tariffs.

 

Analysis from the BBC (who are usually quite motivated and effective at justifying Israel actions).

The sheer devastation is incredible. 66% of buildings damaged. 90% of the population displaced. Water and sanitation systems non-functional. 53/500 needed lorries entering the territory per day (down from 142). They're not even trying to look they're helping now. The population have been squeezed into over-populated tent cities.

It feels like they think if they create the conditions for disease and it kills people, they don't get blamed.

To me, it's hard to think of a way this could get closer to genocide. Absolutely sick.

Israel seem to be galvanised by inaction of the world and probably looking to do the same in Lebanon. Is Yemen after? Where does this stop?

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