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Perpetual UK Politics Thread Part Two
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I don't know if it was discussed in this thread but the Labour Party last month put out a weird video generated by AI -- redundant -- of anthropomorphic animal characters representing how they will improve various govt. services.
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...s-tiktok-video-after-using-graphic-song-video
Apparently it was pulled because the lyrics were explicit.
Not because the video itself was weird or the whole TikTok video dumb.
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...s-tiktok-video-after-using-graphic-song-video
Apparently it was pulled because the lyrics were explicit.
Not because the video itself was weird or the whole TikTok video dumb.
It sounds like you're confusing the two cases.
The ones from 2016 is not the same one from 2025.
Though I agree with the basic premise, western governments should not being doing concessions to non friendly states, as it just encourages them.
Its like another American person got arrested in Russia a couple of days ago
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/14/american-detained-in-russia-019107
You got business (or wanting to go on holiday) in a non friendly country like Russia, Iran etc you should be on your own if you get arrested.
I wanted to ask our American friends if you could keep her in the US, perhaps for a few more years at least.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/20/liz-truss-cpac-speech
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/20/liz-truss-cpac-speech
So Farage distancing himself from Trump over Ukraine was reported widely, but him sharing the CPAC stage with people throwing Nazi salutes is not. Weird, that.
Apple ends cloud encryption in the UK after the government’s requests to build a backdoor: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...cryption-feature-from-uk-after-backdoor-order
The US did that in 2016 similar reaction
wired "cook said no"
So not surprised they'd take the same stance here in the UK
wired "cook said no"
So not surprised they'd take the same stance here in the UK
As I understand it, that's not entirely true. Apple has disabled the highest level of encryption for UK users, which almost no one has turned on anyway. I'm not saying that this is good, but it's certainly better than the backdoor the UK government wanted them to build in.
(Obviously, this is certainly a matter of concern for the people who are using this level of encryption, but the vast majority of users will be unaffected.)
Wonder if it's possible to register some address outside the UK so that you can set up your device with access to the strongest encryption.
Oh well, AI and quantum computing will make encryption moot, right?
Oh well, AI and quantum computing will make encryption moot, right?
Labour MP Michael Amesbury has been jailed for 10 weeks for assault.
It doesn't automatically trigger a by-election but would be subject to a recall petition.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/feb/24/suspended-labour-mp-mike-amesbury-sentenced-assault
It doesn't automatically trigger a by-election but would be subject to a recall petition.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/feb/24/suspended-labour-mp-mike-amesbury-sentenced-assault
I had it turned on for me and. the whole family. Still do. For now.
UK foreign aid is being cut from 0.5% to 0.3% of GDP. This is to fund a faster increase in defence spending.
Given what's happened to USAID, I'd (perhaps naively) hoped we'd be getting back up to 0.7% and filling some of the gaps the USA have left. Instead we're joining them in retreating from the world.
Given what's happened to USAID, I'd (perhaps naively) hoped we'd be getting back up to 0.7% and filling some of the gaps the USA have left. Instead we're joining them in retreating from the world.
Yet the two-child benefit cap and winter fuel payments had to go. I suppose they found the Magic Money Tree after all.
It is ironic how relevant Yes Minster and Yes Prime Minster are today, if someone hasn't seen it then it is well worth watching.
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Funny because Apple rolls over readily enough in China... (might be paywalled)
Fair play to Starmer on that one - all Trump ever wants is to play being King and he can come over and get a few tips.
In other news - Anneliese Dodds has resigned as International Development Minister over the cuts to the international aid budget. Seems to mainly be because her budget has to take the full brunt of it in order to avoid the stupid fiscal rules that they refuse to admit they can change at any time.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpv44982jlgo
In other news - Anneliese Dodds has resigned as International Development Minister over the cuts to the international aid budget. Seems to mainly be because her budget has to take the full brunt of it in order to avoid the stupid fiscal rules that they refuse to admit they can change at any time.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpv44982jlgo
Looks like there are plans in the works to git rid of the ridiculous leashold system England and Wales still use. Haven't found more details and the all news reporting focuses on flats, will be interesting to see if it'll extend to land as well.
I'm at 84 years and really itching, because if they don't sort something out soon I need to start getting the paperwork in order. Or at least end the whole "marriage" thing.
Ah, Gove was talking about ending marriage value, so a bit disappointing that Labour can't even pretend to aim as high as Michael Gove.
Hopefully it's just a start. Once they get this over the line they may expand it out. Leasehold is mediaeval.
Yeah, though Gove's plans wouldn't have stopped new build leaseholds. They're phasing them out from different ends, as long as they don't get distracted along the way.
Get in touch with Citizens Advice and get it done. The paperwork, for you at least, is minimal, and CAB and decent solicitors can help make sure the total cost is sensible. I've done it twice and both times CAB and solicitors kept the total cost down to low four figures, rather than the preposterous 5 figure value both freeholders wanted.
This recent poll shows favourable/unfavorable ratings of various leaders including Keir, Nigel, Trump, Zelensky, etc.
https://yougov.co.uk/politics/artic...nts-in-ukraine-affected-favourability-ratings
https://yougov.co.uk/politics/artic...nts-in-ukraine-affected-favourability-ratings
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/08/us-support-uk-nuclear-arsenal-in-doubt-trident-france
Well, that's one way to get the damned subs away from Glasgow.
I'm shocked. Shocked I tell you. Well, not that shocked.
https://www.theguardian.com/educati...d-to-private-school-fees-say-english-councils
https://www.theguardian.com/educati...d-to-private-school-fees-say-english-councils
I can see the Telegraph headline now: "Labour's Education Apocalypse is Only Just Getting Started!"
I am very much enjoying the Reform car crash. It’s a definite palate cleanser, what with everything else going on.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7430zw4zqyo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7430zw4zqyo
Lowe is a scumbag, but that's par for the course when it comes to Reform. But his major crime was taking the spotlight away from Farage.
View: https://x.com/disclosetv/status/1899075815708430479
I'm so proud right now
I'm going to spontaneously
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sgd9nYqVz2s
& some
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfidious_Albion
on the side...
I mean after all we are the main bastards...
View: https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1638900907411644416
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I wish our Government and media would respond with a "yeah, whatever mate" and just get on with their gorram day. It's just more trolling.
Alternatively, a quick phone call saying "Vlad. Nice billions of quid you've got parked in Kensington. Be a shame if something happened to it" would do.
Alternatively, a quick phone call saying "Vlad. Nice billions of quid you've got parked in Kensington. Be a shame if something happened to it" would do.
While there were not very many actual members of the Nazi party who were also British subjects, there was a surprising amount of approval in Britain of what Hitler claimed to stand for in the early to mid '30s - particularly in the upper classes, including the king.
However, even dropping my Javascript and ex-Twitter blocking, the tweets Hangfire linked won't load for me, so I have no idea in what context he's talking.
However, even dropping my Javascript and ex-Twitter blocking, the tweets Hangfire linked won't load for me, so I have no idea in what context he's talking.
Russia is one of those countries for whom the UK is the great and eternal enemy upon whom all ills can be blamed (because we won at having an empire back when that was the in thing in Europe), so everything is our fault including their invasion of Ukraine.
Iran is another one because of the whole thing with the Shah, and we're sometimes part of China's rotating cast of villains because of what we did when we were having a go at being a narco-state and told them that not buying our drugs wasn't an option via the medium of warships.
Iran is another one because of the whole thing with the Shah, and we're sometimes part of China's rotating cast of villains because of what we did when we were having a go at being a narco-state and told them that not buying our drugs wasn't an option via the medium of warships.
Russia did have a reasonable empire (weird thing to say tbh) at the time this was en vouge. It is just that they screwed up by the numbers. Alexander II, III and of course Nicky II were at best feckless and at worst muppets as far as domestic politics go, then Germany screwed them over three times in 30 years (WW1 in itself, that little bit of hybrid warfare with Lenin, and of course WW2), concurrently with Stalin screwing the USSR over, and Brezhnev having the bad manners of dying 10 years too late.
The UK didn't manage to do even one small fraction of the damage to their empire (either in the Tsarist or Soviet incarnation) they did to themselves, which makes the constant projection even more amusing.
Not remotely comparable, in my eyes. I don't want to speak well about the Iranian regime, but the only real contender the 1953 coup d'etat has for "worst British post-WW2 foreign policy blunder" is Suez.