🇬🇧 Discussion: UK Politics

[InCali]

Reform are significantly further right and saw most of the bleed from the Conservatives (who are more a mix of centrist and right), rather than Labour benefiting from their votes quite as directly. So in essence it’s a bunch of right voters going further right, but as a result splitting the vote of the right to help the left.

Seems like the majority from both sides are fed up of the Conservatives. LD and Greens are a better fit with Labour, but Labour have enough of a majority to get laws passed without needing anyone else.

I’m not sure what to expect on the policy front just yet going forward, but at least the party in power for 14 years needs to get a lesson when they F about for so long as if there are no consequences.

Thanks. Sounds like I was sorta on track.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Eat , NIMBYs. Do it for multiunit housing too.

 

[squeekness]

Windfarms good!!!!

 

[InCali]

Eat , NIMBYs. Do it for multiunit housing too.

I think those cause cancer, but you have to walk around them 4 times while singing the Battle Hymn of the Republic. RFK Jr. told me so himself.

 

[blueharvest]

Keir Starmer to meet Joe Biden this week for first time at the White House

US president to host bilateral talks with UK leader travelling to Washington for major Nato summit

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Lily Adler]

New fears Brexit has ‘drained life out of UK economy’ following IMF report

The International Monetary Fund’s July report warns ‘the global economy is in a sticky spot’ with the UK lagging behind most other major economies

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Lily Adler]

'A scene from a horror movie': 'Major incident' declared in Southport after stabbings

North West Ambulance Service said at least eight people were stabbed and taken to hospital, some to Alder Hey Children's Hospital. The attack is not currently being treated as terror-related.

news.sky.com

 

[squeekness]

'A scene from a horror movie': 'Major incident' declared in Southport after stabbings

North West Ambulance Service said at least eight people were stabbed and taken to hospital, some to Alder Hey Children's Hospital. The attack is not currently being treated as terror-related.

news.sky.com

In America, the guy would have had a gun and killed them all.

 

[Iceman]

'A scene from a horror movie': 'Major incident' declared in Southport after stabbings

North West Ambulance Service said at least eight people were stabbed and taken to hospital, some to Alder Hey Children's Hospital. The attack is not currently being treated as terror-related.

news.sky.com

Absolutley terrible, innocent children in the middle of the day going to a playgroup.

 

[blueharvest]

'A scene from a horror movie': 'Major incident' declared in Southport after stabbings

North West Ambulance Service said at least eight people were stabbed and taken to hospital, some to Alder Hey Children's Hospital. The attack is not currently being treated as terror-related.

news.sky.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Lily Adler]

Good guy with a gun rhetoric trying to make things worse.

 

[Lily Adler]

Third child dies after Southport mass stabbing

Police confirmed a third child has died following the stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed dance party

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

 

[Iceman]

Good guy with a gun rhetoric trying to make things worse.

As @squeekness alluded to, if this guy was using an assault rifle instead he could have own mown down the whole playgroup and teachers and then gone outside and killed another 50 people. It’s hard to take out a ton of people with a knife unless you choose the most cowardly target like this guy did.

 

[squeekness]

Truly awful.

 

[squeekness]

As @squeekness alluded to, if this guy was using an assault rifle instead he could have own mown down the whole playgroup and teachers and then gone outside and killed another 50 people. It’s hard to take out a ton of people with a knife unless you choose the most cowardly target like this guy did.

That's the only positive, if you want to call it that. At least you guys have sensible gun laws to control some of the damage. Now all we need to do is just stop all the hatred that causes things like this everywhere in the first place.

 

[blueharvest]

Violent protest breaks out in UK after vigil over stabbing spree: Police

A violent protest broke out in Southport in the United Kingdom on Tuesday following a vigil for the victims of a deadly stabbing spree, police said.

abcnews.go.com

 

[squeekness]

Violent protest breaks out in UK after vigil over stabbing spree: Police

A violent protest broke out in Southport in the United Kingdom on Tuesday following a vigil for the victims of a deadly stabbing spree, police said.

abcnews.go.com

Just awful how people hate each other.

 

[B]

Good guy with a gun rhetoric trying to make things worse.

As @squeekness alluded to, if this guy was using an assault rifle instead he could have own mown down the whole playgroup and teachers and then gone outside and killed another 50 people. It’s hard to take out a ton of people with a knife unless you choose the most cowardly target like this guy did.

Couldn't agree more, if this was an American citizen in an American town, this would have been a mass shooting. As terrible as it is, it's fortunate that the sick deranged animal that did this was limited to the fact that a knife was probably the most dangerous thing he could get hold of otherwise the death toll would have been significantly worse.

Having concealed carry in the US doesn't even stop the knife crime in the US so it's hardly going to work here. I'm pretty sure I've read a few articles that compared knife crime/fatal stabbings between US/UK, in relation to the population, with the pair being comparable, I think the UK's was a slightly higher rate, but not by a drastically significant margin like say the gun crime.

 

[blueharvest]

Southport stabbings: boy, 17, charged with murder and attempted murder

Manchester latest scene of far-right violence as Lancashire teenager is charged after three children were killed and others injured at dance class

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

English GPs to stage industrial action over 1.9% budget increase

Experts warn that first collective action in 60 years could have damaging knock-on effect on rest of health system

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Lily Adler]

Muslim stabbed at train station hours before far-right demo at Liverpool mosque

The local community feared a repeat of last year's Suites Hotel riot.

metro.co.uk

 

[squeekness]

Not getting any better over there.