mannycalavera
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- Comment on James Cleverly’s flight of fantasy with new Rwanda treaty – as Tory MPs plot rebellion 11 months ago:
Sadly I think the Tories have gone too far down this policy road for them to back out, despite everyone being able to see the failures. After the SC ruling and Suella’s sacking they should have taken the opportunity to push it into the long grass never to be seen again. Unfortunately that isn’t happening.
Thankfully the first thing Keir Starmer will do when he gets in is reverse this law and end cooperation with Rwanda on this deal.
- Comment on Daily Mail events firm is given £500k government contract to run UK COP28 events 11 months ago:
I think you need to provide more than just hyperbolic speculation if you want to be taken seriously. Otherwise derision it is.
You’re literally asserting that an events company is not allowed to work for COP if it has in anyway in the past worked for an oil company. What exactly do you think they’re doing for “big oil”? Destabilising governments via secret backroom deals? Please.
“The government told DeSmog that dmg events was providing “logistical support” for all countries represented at COP28, suggesting that officials were not allowed to open the contract to competition.”
I have no means to confirm this statement but neither do you and neither does the article. It tried to connect two different events (COP 28 and an oil event listed in their annual report) and claim some sort of nefarious link. This is really poor journalism. Really poor. At the very least they could have compared this spending to other country’s spending on a similar event spend at COP 28.
So cut out the hyperbole and provide some actual facts rather than hysterical gossip.
- Comment on Daily Mail events firm is given £500k government contract to run UK COP28 events 11 months ago:
I see…
- Comment on Daily Mail events firm is given £500k government contract to run UK COP28 events 11 months ago:
How much do you believe a thirteen day events contract is worth including time for setting up and at the end? In your professional opinion.
- Comment on Daily Mail events firm is given £500k government contract to run UK COP28 events 11 months ago:
Events team charged with hosting events. Utterly disgusting. The government should be ashamed…
- Comment on 'Toothless' sewage watchdog fails to visit 90% of toxic water spills in England 11 months ago:
I’m not clear whether they’re toothless or just incompetent… Or both.
- Comment on Boris Johnson considered ‘raid’ on vaccine plant in the Netherlands 11 months ago:
People lost their fucking minds during the pandemic. What a shit show. Didn’t the EU try and sue AZ multiple times?
- Comment on UK drops plans to hand Chagos Islands back to Mauritius 11 months ago:
According to Mauritius, the proposal stemmed from a UK decision in the early 1960s to “accommodate the United States’ desire to use certain islands in the Indian Ocean for defence purposes.”
Well that’s the end of that. The US won’t allow any change in the island’s status if it is a strategic military post, but it will allow the UK to take the flack diplomatically.
- Comment on Digital pound should not be considered until risks addressed, MPs warn 11 months ago:
Christ why is this so hard, I’m not trying to be obtuse? They listed three things that are statements without explanation of how they might come about other than that he’s stated them. I could state three random things too.
- Comment on Digital pound should not be considered until risks addressed, MPs warn 11 months ago:
I was hoping for a bit more than a general assertion of “bad things will happen” 🤷
- Comment on Digital pound should not be considered until risks addressed, MPs warn 11 months ago:
Are you able to summarise the problems?
- Comment on Apple loses bid to stop UK investigation over cloud gaming and browsers in reversal 11 months ago:
I mean… If Apple wants to actually pay some tax instead of hiding it via Ireland then I’m all for that. And if this is a route to getting that tax then maybe it’s not so bad? But who am I kidding, the UK government will simply roll over.
- Comment on ‘Missed opportunity’ after Jimmy Savile to deal with NHS necrophilia 11 months ago:
Yup he even had a TV show called Jim’ll Fuck It. The sick bastard!
- Comment on Apple loses bid to stop UK investigation over cloud gaming and browsers in reversal 11 months ago:
This will be interesting and likely set a precedent in the EU and US. I have low hopes for any of this sticking, however, as I fully expect Apple to be lobbying hard to the UK government to intervene like MS did. They pretty much berated the UK and called them out on Brexit over a CMA ruling which is dumb as fuck in the context of the competition ruling but politically savvy.
- Comment on Shortage of EV charging points make Sunak's green goals impossible, say businesses 11 months ago:
I feel when we invent the EV charging station that takes the same amount of time as a petrol pump does then it’s game on.
Otherwise EV cars will be limited to those that have a dedicated parking space and a home charger. Even if we kit out every petrol station in the country with EV chargers what the heck are people going to do if it takes this long to charge your vehicle.
This will be a real issue for Starmer.
- Comment on ‘No no no. Avoid them all’: anti-vaccine conspiracies spread as UK cases of measles increase 1 year ago:
The easiest way to enforce this is via schools, make it mandatory for children to be vaccinated if they want to go to school. That’ll get the holistic middle class nutters vaccinated in no time.
- Comment on Average UK gig ticket to top £100: 'People treating concerts like mini-holidays' 1 year ago:
£100+ for a concert ticket is a real shame. I used to be an avid concert goer but that was when I could see some great acts at around £25 a go and that would be expensive 🫰.