Syldon @ Syldon @feddit.uk

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Not many people write a Whatsapp message to yourself. If all have been deleted then you can only assume the worst because of the obvious intent to obscure evidence.

It is all a case of mind over matter. They don't mind that we don't matter.

It is like being a kid again and waiting for Christmas. It is taking way too long.

Your point seems to be that people should not generalise an opinion on a large group of people. But you fail to ask the question of when passivism becomes guilty by failing to act. Germany was held accountable for the atrocities of the holocaust. They moved on. They educate in schools in an attempt to prevent this from reoccurring. What is happening in the US with republicans can only persist if people support them, and polling suggests there is support there.

Failings to apply a court order is contempt.

‘Contempt of court’ happens when someone risks unfairly influencing a court case. It may stop somebody from getting a fair trial and can affect a trial’s outcome.

Contempt of court includes:

disobeying or ignoring a court order

taking photos or shouting out in court

refusing to answer the court’s questions if you’re called as a witness

publicly commenting on a court case, for example on social media or online news articles

This seems to be the next level of culture wars. They have no interest in researching why there is an increase in shoplifting occurrences.

The breathalyser a police carries is only an indicator. If you fail the indicator, then you are asked to take another on an evidential breath testing machine. If this one fails or you cannot supply one then they can take a urine or blood sample to test.

There are a number of reasons why a specimen of breath may not have been provided upon request. However, any of these would need to be backed up by substantial evidence:

Medical impairments such as an injury or asthma which would make providing a specimen of breath difficult

Mental health conditions such as extreme anxiety which may impair the ability to provide a specimen on the spot

Police not following the proper procedures when requesting a specimen of breath

It should be noted that the police must, when requesting a specimen of breath, warn you that failing to provide a specimen might lead to prosecution. If they fail to do so then the case may be challenged.

Tory MPs must be crapping themselves.

Another stark reminder of how Hitler got into power.

It is also very flawed.

They assigned 3 extra years to the boomer group to make it look bigger. All the culture groups have 15 years; boomers have 18. It is true that there were more born during those years, but by the time they hit 18, it was the same average per year as other groups.

By 2010 boomers were not even the highest or second highest aggregate. The highest was gen X by quite a way.

They omit that people have always voted less when they are young. The idea that boomers voted to rape the country during the Thatcher years holds no water.

Culture wars at its finest. Another moron who has taken the bait.

how can British troops - which have no fighting experience

You clearly do not read the news much do you. Afghanistan, Iraq x 2, Kosovo. This is as well as the covert ops the UK has taken part in. As for the Ukraine having 1.5 yrs of experience, they have kept the Russians at bay partly because of the advice from NATO as well as experience on how to use the weapons donated.

There is nothing to be gained by training in Ukraine. This is just political points scoring by the Tories who are under immense political pressure from their own party. This is placing a target on the personnel who will be based in Ukraine. It also opens the UK to attacks without the backing of NATO behind it. NATO only applies when the country is attacked first.

It abject stupidity. There is no benefit for them being in Ukraine. They can train them in the UK. This is putting a target on the backs of servicemen in a points scoring exercise. It just shows how little these scum think regarding the well being of people who serve the UK.

They want a war to win the election.

I don't think they are saying the taxes are bad. Every media report will have a bias. The best place to recognise that bias is to follow the money trail. And if you look to the bottom of the report, it was commissioned by ESRC and the Nuffield foundation. The ESRC are independent and rarely get involved in the subject of reports. Nuffield are an independent body usually recognised for reporting on the NHS. The IFS only create the report, they have not chosen the subject matter.

The timing and content of the report is clearly aimed at the Tory conference with the intent of highlighting just how badly the country is performing.

I’m guessing that you’re quite young

This made me smile. It infers naivety is present when clearly it is not.

Now that you have gave it a name I know exactly what you mean. Switzerland are the most prominent that I knew who use direct democracy. Full list here.

I think we need to agree to disagree on that one. I am not in favour of direct democracy because it relies on the people being educated on all issues. Brexit showing just how bad an issue can go.

I don't know enough about the different STV systems to favour one over the other. Wales has adopted STV. Mark Drakeford speaks highly of it, but I do not understand if it is fully protected against manipulation as FPTP is. I favour a PR voting system, while keeping an open mind on STV. I dread that Labour may look at STV over PR. Simply because you will not know just how corruptible it is until someone does it.

Your numbers are a wee bit off,

Hands up, you are correct. I edited the post with correct figures.

They mention three conservative government policies which they claim are causing harm to us

I think you are reading an interpretation that is not there. They do not claim any policy is harming us. They state the facts of where the largest tax rises are coming from which is very near the wording of the report. The actual IFS report is here.

The guardian states the report is damaging because of the conference next week. It is trying to stir up anxiety among Tory party members, but it does not cast aspersions over which tax increases are good or bad.

I agree the windfall tax is just a sham. I would be very surprised if we see any receipts at all. They built huge cop out options into the bill. Shell have declared a reduction in investment because of the windfall tax while only paying £134m to the government from a worldwide £40b profit. The whole process is nothing more than a façade.

No elections just means a dictatorship. Who would get to decide who runs the country.

Except it’s not. It’s £0 per household, because corporations and fossil fuel companies aren’t households. If I instituted a wealth tax on billionaires and raised £282 billion with it, that’s not costing households £10,000 each is it?

This is after taking corporation tax and windfall away from the total £100b (100b-21.6=78.4b). Read it again.

Like PR voting?