merridew

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[–] merridew@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Maybe not. Ample time to make an independent judgement whether to downvote.

OP, if you suspect financial crimes are being committed, you should not be tipping off those involved by publicising this.

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 6 points 2 years ago

Is anyone able to screenshot the modmail receipts? I can't actually see them, and without them OP's story seems... rather thin.

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago (5 children)

10 minutes is a long time on the internet.

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 10 points 2 years ago (7 children)

"Authentic engagement"? It's been a matter of minutes since you accused people on Lemmy of being sockpuppets...

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

These accounts somehow were able to fully understand an incredibly complex story in less than 10 minutes

What is easily understandable, in far less than 10 minutes, is that a) this is incredibly hard to follow, and b) your mass-posting this everywhere does not comes across well.

If, as you allude to, you have retained legal counsel, I urge you to ask them if posting this all over the place and getting into internet bunfights is likely to impact your case... and I also urge you to follow their advice when they advise you to stop.

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

Why not? Labour are the party that introduced tuition fees in the first place.

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 7 points 2 years ago

Although a majority of Britons agree that adult couples sharing a home should do equal amounts of housework, two-thirds of them admitted that women ended up doing much more

Evidently yes.

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Following the investigation by The Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4's Dispatches programme into Brand's alleged behaviour, published earlier this month, Olivia says she tracked down a recording of the programme.

The episode, which aired on 21 June, 2008, features this exchange between Brand and Matt Morgan.

This exchange on The Russell Brand Show was recorded minutes after the incident

Morgan: It's been 25 minutes since he showed his willy to a lady.

Brand: (Laughing) Very easy to judge! Very easy to judge!

Morgan: The receptionist…

Brand: (Laughing) Look…

Morgan: Receive this!

Morgan adds: "He got told off for ringing a bell, minutes later he's showing his willy." Brand can be heard laughing in the background.

Olivia, who has never worked as a receptionist, says she felt disgusted when she heard it.

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 19 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I'm intrigued by his Not Guilty plea for escaping custody when he was previously in custody, and then found to have escaped it. I don't know much about legal procedures, but that does seem quite bold.

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

Donner-reed kebab?

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The right-wing government of Hungary spends around 5% of its GDP on policies to to "get Hungarian women to breed".

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/04/baby-bonuses-fit-the-nationalist-agenda-but-do-they-work

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Look, organisations with unpleasant views aren't universally stupid. Turning Point states upfront that its mission is to "identify, educate, train, and organize students to promote freedom", but dig down and you find fun stuff like this: https://www.tpusa.com/live/pro-choicers-are-sick-and-twisted

I'd also like to note that praising some historically left-wing policies, and criticising some loonies, should not mean that you stop looking critically at the other things a person says.

Authoritarian policies that deny women choice aren't limited to right-wing governments. If you support women's rights to choice, Hungary is not a country you would praise.

‘Baby machines’: eastern Europe’s answer to depopulation The conference in Budapest opened with a sand animation video of migrants rushing towards Europe, and was laced with references to the “great replacement” conspiracy theory, which suggests that shadowy forces want to replace so-called “native” Europeans with outsiders. “There are political forces in Europe who want a replacement of population for ideological or other reasons,” Orbán told the conference. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/04/baby-bonuses-fit-the-nationalist-agenda-but-do-they-work

 

Look, I know the forecast was for Saturday to be the last hot day of the year, but I thought we might have a few days of grey before the start of all-out autumn rainstorms.

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