@faoileanngrinmhar.bsky.social
Gaelic-socialist, lover of visual puns.Riased by spaniels from Cork......My views are (unfortunately) all my own
It might be slightly hyperbolic to say but i genuinely think the governement's "growth at any cost" agenda , will decimate the country
December 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
It might be slightly hyperbolic to say but i genuinely think the governement's "growth at any cost" agenda , will decimate the country
I agree , i think this has been coming down the pipeline long before Trump (the overtly ideological part is a new,) but its just parsing the same old but imperialism tied in with corporate hegemony that has existed as long as ive been alive
December 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I agree , i think this has been coming down the pipeline long before Trump (the overtly ideological part is a new,) but its just parsing the same old but imperialism tied in with corporate hegemony that has existed as long as ive been alive
Yes, In a similar vein, i struggle to get my head around the fact that a human rights lawyer could seemingly take such a stringent anti-refugee stance.
December 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Yes, In a similar vein, i struggle to get my head around the fact that a human rights lawyer could seemingly take such a stringent anti-refugee stance.
This a far more optimistic answer than mine and therefore i like it more :D
December 9, 2025 at 11:25 AM
This a far more optimistic answer than mine and therefore i like it more :D
I disagree i think the rich oligarchs/tech bros USED to hate the internet back in its heyday when it was open source and social media was in its infancy and was an open communication forum.Theyve since bought up and dismantled most of those parts of it and now its their revenue and propaganda
December 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I disagree i think the rich oligarchs/tech bros USED to hate the internet back in its heyday when it was open source and social media was in its infancy and was an open communication forum.Theyve since bought up and dismantled most of those parts of it and now its their revenue and propaganda
nobody is saying its a perfect system (nothing is) but a)would it not be a fairer representation of the voting public as a whole ?and b) a lot of people have been calling for PR long before (so not just to thwart) Reform but now a fairer systems is more necessary with vocal minority in ascendance
December 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
nobody is saying its a perfect system (nothing is) but a)would it not be a fairer representation of the voting public as a whole ?and b) a lot of people have been calling for PR long before (so not just to thwart) Reform but now a fairer systems is more necessary with vocal minority in ascendance
Yes! 2 things can be true at once.A reform govt. would be an existential threat AND a Tory government (on its previous and current trajectory) were ruinous to a large portion of society.For an ex-lawyer who knows how important phrasing is, you have to assume if he felt that he would have said it
December 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Yes! 2 things can be true at once.A reform govt. would be an existential threat AND a Tory government (on its previous and current trajectory) were ruinous to a large portion of society.For an ex-lawyer who knows how important phrasing is, you have to assume if he felt that he would have said it
Althought the most pessimistic side of side me thinks that they will ultimately cast their lot in with the axis of right-wing idealogues
December 8, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Althought the most pessimistic side of side me thinks that they will ultimately cast their lot in with the axis of right-wing idealogues
Puts the UK in an interesting position now given that the govt have sunk so much political capital in clinging to the bones of the "special relationship"
December 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Puts the UK in an interesting position now given that the govt have sunk so much political capital in clinging to the bones of the "special relationship"
This is the Neon elephant in the room , that the government wont acknowledge because it,in essence, abhors any challenges to the current status quo. which is why it was happy to crow about removing the 2 child benefit cap as thats still tinkering around the edges of social welfare reform
December 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
This is the Neon elephant in the room , that the government wont acknowledge because it,in essence, abhors any challenges to the current status quo. which is why it was happy to crow about removing the 2 child benefit cap as thats still tinkering around the edges of social welfare reform
All the while saying it's the green party who are nuts 🙃
December 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
All the while saying it's the green party who are nuts 🙃
I mean i would argue the US can be a rapacious imperialist in its own right and looking to change the politics of countries to serve their interests is not new,but given how closely they are aligned with Russia now,it feels a bit like splitting hairs,when the point you make is valid for both.
December 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I mean i would argue the US can be a rapacious imperialist in its own right and looking to change the politics of countries to serve their interests is not new,but given how closely they are aligned with Russia now,it feels a bit like splitting hairs,when the point you make is valid for both.
just as addendum : ive just read the new US foreign strategy paper and what youve outlined is more crucial than ever, its demonstrably now US stated policy to influence foreign democracies
December 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
just as addendum : ive just read the new US foreign strategy paper and what youve outlined is more crucial than ever, its demonstrably now US stated policy to influence foreign democracies
Thats an excellent argument and altho the (prob. naive) optimist in me would look at it as needing to stem the influx of toxins from deliberately bad actors before we have any hope of having a genuine conversation about this issues.i agree defusing their most "acceptable" mouthpieces is step 1
December 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Thats an excellent argument and altho the (prob. naive) optimist in me would look at it as needing to stem the influx of toxins from deliberately bad actors before we have any hope of having a genuine conversation about this issues.i agree defusing their most "acceptable" mouthpieces is step 1
The trump analogy is pretty accurate,and i guess the worry is the same in both cases. is it just a personality cult and in defeating him does the genie go back in the bottle in terms of the hatred and vitriol hes emboldened , or does someone else just rise up in his place?
December 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The trump analogy is pretty accurate,and i guess the worry is the same in both cases. is it just a personality cult and in defeating him does the genie go back in the bottle in terms of the hatred and vitriol hes emboldened , or does someone else just rise up in his place?
Anecdotally I found the most Farage critical story that had the most cut-through with reform voters i met was the tax dodging one, it put him squarely in corrupt elite category that they found hard to reconcile with his man-of-the-people image(and also reminded everyone he had a foreign partner)
December 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Anecdotally I found the most Farage critical story that had the most cut-through with reform voters i met was the tax dodging one, it put him squarely in corrupt elite category that they found hard to reconcile with his man-of-the-people image(and also reminded everyone he had a foreign partner)
who would have thought opening the Pandoras box of emboldening racist attitudes would have had negative knock-on effects to the country ????
December 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
who would have thought opening the Pandoras box of emboldening racist attitudes would have had negative knock-on effects to the country ????
climate anxiety and fear about the future is having a real impact on childrens and young peoples mental health, i know someone who works in this field the results are terrifying
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
climate anxiety and fear about the future is having a real impact on childrens and young peoples mental health, i know someone who works in this field the results are terrifying
if i havent seen the first 4 will i be lost though?
December 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
if i havent seen the first 4 will i be lost though?
and now we'll never sleep again
December 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM
and now we'll never sleep again
if it helps them get their datacentres they might even use the UK NHS - Palantir playbook : give them all the IT infrastructure needed to implement it all at a knock-down price (with all the training and support needed) so that government bureaucracy/competence do not slow down the implementation
December 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
if it helps them get their datacentres they might even use the UK NHS - Palantir playbook : give them all the IT infrastructure needed to implement it all at a knock-down price (with all the training and support needed) so that government bureaucracy/competence do not slow down the implementation
Im sure the AI system algos will ,in no way be, tailored to stack the deck in favour of approvals ..
December 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Im sure the AI system algos will ,in no way be, tailored to stack the deck in favour of approvals ..
Agreed! that imagery of the bulldozers levering the trees,was far scarier than any of the the surrealist things that make the "10 scariest moments in kids films " lists , its completely forgotten
December 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Agreed! that imagery of the bulldozers levering the trees,was far scarier than any of the the surrealist things that make the "10 scariest moments in kids films " lists , its completely forgotten
in fact as i understand it investing more money - was out of bounds as recommendation and hence the above bodge to speed up waiting lists
December 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
in fact as i understand it investing more money - was out of bounds as recommendation and hence the above bodge to speed up waiting lists
Especially a judge who more often than not has had very different background to most of the accused?
December 2, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Especially a judge who more often than not has had very different background to most of the accused?