UK Politics Thread 🇬🇧

[Kasgoinjail]

Inflation is down
Interest pending

Source: The Guardian UK inflation falls sharply to 3.2% amid slowdown in food price rises


As much as I dislike them, Labour need to get back to Labouring


Also I see that Prosperity Deal Scam is on ice too

 

[the next guy]

Welcome to the twilight zone where Nigel Farage can be accused of racism yet still lead the polls | Nesrine Malik

After weeks of allegations of schoolboy racism, the Reform leader is doubling down. And our political establishment is allowing it, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com

 

[Kasgoinjail]

Bank of England cuts interest rate to lowest level in nearly three years | Watch Sky News coverage

The Bank of England has cut the base rate to 3.75%, taking it below 4% for the first time since January 2023.Many economists and experts had been expecting r...

www.youtube.com

 

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i told the mandem about uk politicians. and a breh doing this as well ...

"David Lammy has announced the creation of new “swift courts” which will see a judge decide verdicts in thousands of cases where the right to a jury trial will be removed."

Juries to be scrapped in thousands of cases, Lammy confirms

The justice secretary outlined ‘bold but necessary’ reforms including removing juries in cases that could have a jail sentence of three years or less

www.independent.co.uk

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

‘Of course he abused pupils’: ex-Dulwich teacher speaks out about Farage racism claims — Guardian US

Exclusive: Chloë Deakin tells how she wrote to Dulwich college master to argue against Farage’s nomination as prefect

apple.news

 

[Kasgoinjail]

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

 

[DaRealness]

 

[null]

can't believe that i agree with that pr*tt



as for digital ID maybe he should talk about the de-facto digital ID aka telephone number (and IMSI)

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1367549421994571

 

[Kasgoinjail]

Source: BBC X could face ban in UK over deepfakes, minister says

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

Reform UK accused of betraying election pledges after council tax rises

Four out of five councils controlled by party have proposed 5% council tax rises, the maximum permitted by law

www.theguardian.com

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

Farage accused of ‘parroting Kremlin lines’ after remarks on UK troops in Ukraine

Pat McFadden says stance on potential peace deployment casts doubt on Reform leader’s commitment to national security

www.theguardian.com

 

[TheAlbionist]

Source: BBC X could face ban in UK over deepfakes, minister says

Ofcom need to show some strength on this one - X has become an almost purely malign influence and they've been given an absolute cast iron reason to get them out of the UK. Can't waste the opportunity and give Musk a carte blanche to do whatever the fukk he likes with our democracy's conversation.

 

[Kasgoinjail]

Ofcom need to show some strength on this one - X has become an almost purely malign influence and they've been given an absolute cast iron reason to get them out of the UK. Can't waste the opportunity and give Musk a carte blanche to do whatever the fukk he likes with our democracy's conversation.

I totally agree

Ofcom used to be very staunch with advertising etc

 

[Kasgoinjail]

Must