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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Germany has a similar scheme to BUS - how does what they do compare? Do they devolve, and if they do devolve, do they encounter similar issues (or indeed benefits)? We should always search out examples in other European countries to compare and learn from.

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Have you gone down a conspiracy hole so far that an attempt by a pilot to kill himself is dismissed as a false flag, just because Israelis were involved. Has your mind warped so much that you are unable to consider explanations not involving Netanyahu? MH370 & GW9525 were exact examples of this.

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's not like they've stopped producing kids stuff, they've just added adult things as well (Lego UCS etc etc) To be honest, the best value Lego for kids is to buy a large mixed box off Ebay and let they kids loose on it.

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Growth in the UK seriously lagged our European neighbours in the 60s and 70s. GDP per head (PPP) started higher than France and level with Germany in 1960. By 1979 we were well behind. Strong overall growth in the 80s and 90s meant by 1999 we had got back to pretty much level.

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'd probably extend this into sports as well. I'd want our public broadcaster spending money either on the 'crown jewel' events (wimbledon, FA cup final, ashes etc) or on other sports in service of the public charter. Padel coverage maybe ? School rugby finals?

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You may want to have a word with centuries of historians making statements about times they did not live in, entirely based on 'what people tell them'. And how do you know your experience is typical? I imagine Elton John had a very different experience to you during the 70s. Which is correct?

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Are you saying that its not possible to make statements about time periods that you haven't lived in? That would render meaningless history as a discipline given human lifespans max out at about 115 years.

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Anecdotal evidence is not evidence. To understand happiness we look to data, not individual experience. The Eurobarometer series a pretty robust one, and it shows life satisfaction as broadly flat in the UK (and European neighbours) in the 70s, 80 and 90s. 'Happiest year' in that series - 1990.

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We can argue whether the fix applied by the Tories in the 80s was the right one, but you can't argue the 1970s were an economically good time for the UK. Economic inequality was low, but that's because so many were equally poor. Our European neighbours did far better than us in the 1970s.

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You don't need to have been born in the 1970s to read economic history. The UK was way behind France and Germany in GDP per capita, we had to go to the IMF for a bailout, industries were riven with strife (UK lost 10 times number of days to strikes compared to Germany, 4 times that of France).

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Surely the scandal here is not early release, but the inadequacy of the criminal justice system in reforming the prisoner and protecting the victims when they get out. Leaving after 50% time served or 33% when the sentence is only 3 years is not going to make much difference in that.

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In the stories about early prisoner releases, the tone seems to be that keeping the person behind bars for a few months is the difference between them being a reformed character, and leaving jail as exactly the same scumbag as they were when they went in. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

We fear for our lives after being told our abusive exes will be freed from jail early

Three victims of domestic abuse tell the BBC why they feel let down by the early prisoner release scheme.

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

... to shape their beliefs, so support for the death penalty is related to a principle or value that some crimes are so heinous that the appropriate punishment can only be death (e.g. child murder). Politicians and the politically engaged add lots of other factors. Not saying either is bad or good

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'd speculate a few things - some just because of virtue signalling, some because of conformity, some because of principle or values, some because of practical considerations and some just because if the Americans do it, it must be bad. Most people not in politics use mostly values and principle...

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A national commission is a way to kick things into the long grass. By announcing a national commission on it, he's showing he's not at all interested, but has to throw a bone to some of his supporters without driving Unite and other unions (who hate electoral reform) nuts

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Dear lord, just give it up. We have to reapply, not rejoin, and there is no way the EU entertain anything from us for a long time. Couple that with the French and others looking to punish us good and hard on any terms coming in and we're not rejoining for decades. Concentrate on something achievable

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

That kind of thing is still alive and kicking in the UK. Google Count Binface and Monster Raving Looney Party. Warms my heart to see a senior politician share the stage at a results announcement with a man who has a bin on his head

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's very sad - when I was young the flat earth society didn't actually believe the earth was flat, it was a kind of fun thing where you could imagine what it would be like if the earth was flat (and be geeky about other things). This UN conspiracy nonsense wasn't present.

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you want to be taken seriously, use the correct statistics. That a graphic incorrectly compares two different things being measured to give a false impression. If you actually use the same data series, the comparable figures for Gaza is 12.5% www.unicef.org.uk/press-releas...

unicef.org.uk

New SMART survey provides updated assessment of child and maternal nutrition in accessible areas of Gaza

MOGADISHU/NAIROBI, 21 Aug 2026 – “In Somalia today, aid cuts are closing doors to healthcare, shutting down nutrition services, and pushing water, education and protection further out of reach. As eve...

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

And what do you think this is? Include any evidence that you have.

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Here is a purse of money. That I'm not going to give you.

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Do you mean 'if we had a media that agreed with my point of view'? No one is being arrested for protesting a genocide. They are getting arrested for supporting a proscribed organisation. You can dispute if they should be proscribed, but you can protest whats happening in Gaza without supporting PA.

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The system, as in the electoral system? Why, what do you think is inadequate? The Brexit vote had lots of people who don't usually vote participate and the highest turnout (as a% of voters) since 1992 - surely a sign of an electoral system working quite well?

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

You can't assume those that didn't vote didn't want to leave. The closest is 'Don't Know', but I;d suggest 'Can't be Arsed' is a better assumption. For good or ill, those that could be bothered to turn out voted in the majority to leave. If you don't vote, your opinion doesn't count.

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Don't have time to dig into the methodology and tables for this, but a result where a nuance on a policy about the EU (single market or full rejoin) being worth at least 65 seats does not pass the smell test. This feels like you torturing figures to come up with a catchy headline

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

... commercial vehicles, reduced priority of vehicles behind bikes and pedestrians, increase in the use of ride hailing apps and changed infra to improve safety all play a part. The remaining private drivers in central London are very price insensitive, because they're rich or it's work related.

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Having read the article, private cars don't seem to be a big part of the issue. I know it's a key virtue signal to be against cars, but that kind of policy looks like it would do little to improve most bus speeds. My experience of central London fits the article. Big mix of roadworks...

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This account has got so tedious. It's like people aren't submitting entries anymore and they're just mining the Guardian comments section.

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The two other examples of a serious ethnic / religious split in a single state the middle east are not very successful (Iraq & Lebanon). Is not two separate states a more stable option? Better to be two smaller Jordans than a single large Lebanon?

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Assuming you could dissolve it, what happens to its citizens? Jews and non Jews are about 50/50 in Israel, Gaza and west bank. And who actually dissolves the country?

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I suggest spending some time reading about the history of the area - you'll realise that use of who was there longest and what happened 70 years ago as a tool to try and decide a contemporary problem is pointless.

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

'Misinformation' That's a very patronising statement. I don't know your parents, so might be their individual case, but to assume that the *millions* of people still buying ICE cars is because of misinformation is just a ridiculous proposition.

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Looking at the population figures in Israel, Gaza and West Bank its about half and half Jews to non Jews (Palestinians & non-Jewish citizens of Israel. Pretty sure you can craft a Jewish and non-Jewish state out of that, if there is the political will on both sides (which there isn't)

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I'm interested in how you apply the jew-hating label. There are of course jew haters around - some of them burned community ambulances in London last year. One of them stabbed jews outside a synagogue in Manchester (UK). Does the same label apply to people who abhor Israel's actions in Gaza?

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Good to see MPs using their time wisely. Can't think of anything that the Culture and Sports committee could better spend their time on. Well done Dame Caroline Dinenage. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

UK's 'dismal' Eurovision song choices to be examined by MPs

It comes after the UK's entry Look Mum No Computer came last in May's final, scoring just one point.

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Second, if national decision makes places a negative on a local area, there is a responsibility to try and reduce the impact. Have some houses, but we will build a load of roads, schools and GPs. AND we'll build them first, because you don't believe they'll actually happen.

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I think your article missed two things. One, that people (rightly or wrongly) assume that national decision making always makes sure whomever makes the decision ensures nothing bad happens in their area. Strange how the are area of the PM of the day always misses out on bad things.

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I always think about opportunity cost for government spending. Will I get more renewable generation by giving small amounts to communities to do tiny projects, or by spending this to enable a couple of very big projects? I suspect the latter, but it doesn't give the same good vibes

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Comparisons like this are completely meaningless as you only compare one aspect of a complex picture - other benefits and allowances, typical and aye of saving for retirement etc.

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Ultimately, if you think that concerns about 3x the size of your village of young men suddenly turning up are just racist and have no other root, you're living in a whole different mental world to the majority of the population

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Age profile of construction workers is different, they spend lots of time working on site and indeed they are likely to be concerned in the same way from that. And remember the government is choosing explicitly this location, it's not the result of people making their own choices.

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Of course, one man moving to a rural village is exactly the same as 3x the population of a village of young men moving there in one go with little else nearby. What a silly comparison.

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

... the risk of sexual violence no matter what the citizenship status of the young men. Their concerns are legitimate. Even the deputy leader of the greens agrees, as she said so in a letter when the same was going to happen near her.

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Men commit the great majority of sexual assaults. Offender profile skews younger rather than older. Foreign citizens in jail for sexual assaults at about same rate as citizens. Moving 1200 young men next to a village in the middle of nowhere with 350 inhabitants significantly increases ...

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is very very silly. As a principle, we apply state registration regimes only to protect people where the consequences of badly performed services are high. A bad haircut does not in any way cross that threshold. This feels like a play by an industry association to increase barriers to entry

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The UK government knows the name of the diplomat who it is alleged was in possession of child abuse images. We can't get him back because of diplomatic immunity. But what we can do is pay for posters with his name and photo to go up around his home city with the message "Check his hard drive".

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It's very fast. 2 ltr Ford Duratec with 220 bhp in a car that weighs just over 1000 pounds (500kg). Fast in a straight line, absolute monster in fast corners.

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Because you like hiding from reality?

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It looks like Estonia is getting to the place the UK will do - the need for medium and long term energy storage (month to month, season to season) is increasing. Alongside this are the wires and commercial models to shuffle capacity around the country so its in the right place at the right time.

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LimitedSlipDiff @limitedslipdiff.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

While a supporter of passing the assisted dying bill today, I would have liked it to have a sunset clause, forcing a review of the operation of the safeguards before it is renewed. We have to get this right, some other countries with these laws have headed down a route few in the UK want.

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