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[Hiberno-Britannic Politics] - This Place Is Not A Place Of Honour
Bethryn
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This is a thread for discussing politics relating to England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Eire, and a number of other smaller islands nearby or not so nearby.
~9,000 years ago it was connected to Europe via a landbridge called Doggerland. Many of us wish it still were today.
~9,000 years ago it was connected to Europe via a landbridge called Doggerland. Many of us wish it still were today.
...and of course, as always, Kill Hitler.
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People are muttering about Prince Harry I guess
It's genuinly frustrating that with everything going on that keeps taking headlines. Honestly who gives a shit about a bunch of rich people drama? It's all tabloid clickbait bullshit to distract people from everything going wrong.
NHS collapsing? Civil liberties being revoked? Cost of living crisis? Never mind any of that boring shit Harry had a scuffle with his brother and you can read all about it in his new book. What a hero.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2023/jan/06/chief-nurses-union-government-pay-rail-strikes-rishi-sunak-live
Edit: looks like I can't link directly to it, it's in the stream at 14:04
They quote from the report:
There are also difficulties with its compatibility with the ECHR, apparently
As I saw so beautifully put on Facebook (or Twitter, I forget) the other day:
You see, the thing about Harry and Meghan is that Prince Andrew is still a sexual predator.
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Harry and Meghan didn't use nearly 8 million of public funds to pay someone they hadn't ever met to keep quiet for a year so.. clearly they're the real threat to the Royal Family.
And if we put him on trial and send him to prison we can just stop talking about him too!
Sunak said one true thing - things won't get better in 2023. He's right, no election in 2023...
It's so crazy it might just work!
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When does the Eurostar concession run out on the tunnel?
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/jan/06/katharine-birbalsingh-quits-as-the-governments-social-mobility-chair
Which tbh is really shitty! Maybe he shouldn't be King one day! Oh well I guess there's literally nothing that can be done to hold them accountable
I feel like I'm entitled to not know about every aspect of their private life against my will though.
yeah the breathless beat by beat chapter by chapter drip feed of this book and the netflix thing on the news before xmas has been exhausting
This seems like a bad thing for the health secretary to say
I'll be fine, just give me a minute, a man's got a limit, I can't get a life if my heart's not in it.
Meanwhile Boris is getting memoryholed.
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https://goodlawproject.org/revealed-the-names-of-those-who-referred-covid-testing-firms-into-the-vip-lane/
Man, that's a wonderful setup. Take OptiGene which is mentioned in that article. It landed a COVID contract that increased their net profit by 1221% from the prior year.
So taking a look at their most recent audited financial statements ending November 30, 2021. They have one admin employee that they pay roughly £12,000. And it also mentions that their directors serve without remuneration. Yea I'm sure.
But wait, they also issued dividends in that fiscal year. £8,720,000 in dividends in fact, with only 888 shares indicated. Okay, well who owns the shares? Well those would be the only two officers of the organization, who each own 25-49% of voting shares.
One contract and now both officers of the company are £2.18m to £4.35m richer.
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Additional, from Guardian story:
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It's almost as if he's trying to draw attention away from the fact he's been found guilty of failing to declare financial interests and paid lobbying work. It's one of the oldest tricks in the book, when your corruption has finally caught up with you start making noise about something controversial with a vocal looney following so you can claim it's all politically motivated.
Bonus points for managing to draw a bunch of support from people passionate about their fringe issue to come out and wave signs in your defence when normally no one would give a shit about your crooked arse.
I'm assuming there'll still be no money for a pay rise for staff...
And made in Poland, which is where at least a little of the increase is coming from due to the slide of the pound.
Brexit continues to work as intended, I see.
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We'd end up in a worse place (which might still be preferable), and any politician supporting it would be the media's new favourite punching bag.
'Making the best of it' isn't a great phrase, but saying we want to just put the severed limb back on won't achieve anything. The window for sanity has already passed.