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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 9h

I think it mainly means ‘Richard Tice would pay less tax’.

Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 1d

I had two gaps. One was solved with two emails and in about a fortnight. I’m on year six of trying to solve the other one. (Both schools are still open, and haven’t joined a trust).

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 1d

I was spitting feathers on Sunday night in Manchester when they cancelled the train to London, meaning the only one left would get in too late for people to take onward tubes, and telling young solo female and foreign visitors that it wasn’t their issue. It absolutely was.

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 1d

It’s also not true. Section 28.2 of the Conditions of Travel says that if your journey is disrupted then *any* Train Company *will* provide you with an alternative as along as they ‘reasonably can’. Your request was obviously reasonable.

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 1d

I’m losing my mind at this lot today.

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 1d

And of course, your reminder that the Conservatives in government enthusiastically approved every single one of the Sentencing Guidelines that they now claim are evidence of the far-right “two tier justice” myth.

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 1d

No Lord Of The Rings or Harry Potter for me.

Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 1d

So one gang did half of them?!!

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 1d

‘We will only restore confidence in the independence of the judiciary…if I entirely take away their independence?’

What a chump.

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 1d

What would the structure be? (With falling rolls there could be a window for such change…)

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 2d

Half the autobahn. And it’s still a debate!

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Ishan Kolhatkar @ishankolhatkar.com · 2d

I’m just not willing to accept this.

It’s WHSmith and that’s that.

Feels like I’ve woken up after travelling back in time and it’s the butterfly effect in action.

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 3d

Mmm… I don’t think that’s necessarily true. The debate around 20 miles vs 30 mph schemes shows it’s not obvious and wellbeing risks are debatable. Likewise, at the other end, there’s debates about whether we should have unrestricted motorway speeds, as some countries do!

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 3d

It’s also the same for tax, as further up the conversation! We often tax things we want to reduce. But we don’t confuse it with punishment. With speeding it’s a bit hybrid, but that’s why we start just banning you if you carry on.

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 3d

A cancelled train to Manchester for Tory Conference has meant I’ve gone via Warrington with a 50 min change time.

So I’ve popped out to the library on Museum Street where I studied a lot during A levels… and my heart is so full: it smells *exactly* the same.

a woman holding a book says " i want to read them all " in front of a bookshelf

ALT: a woman holding a book says " i want to read them all " in front of a bookshelf

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 3d

And I also think it’s okay, as part of the peaceably thing, to discuss - to disagree - what immigration policies could work for different outcomes. Which *is* something I think the more extreme left have struggled with. There’s been a tendency to insult people having good-faith debates.

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 3d

A more useful psychological response is to think ‘wow, this is how many other groups in Britain feel all the time’ and to reflect on that and what it might mean for us ALL to live together peaceably,
As opposed to ‘Oh my god I don’t like this & I am most important so everyone else needs to go away’.

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 3d

So, I’m willing to be a touch more graceful & take Ian’s point that some white men have taken the focus on other groups hard. It has felt exclusionary & anger-making to them. And if you’re the only white person, or in a minority, in a space for the first time, it can feel scary BUT, and this is key…

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 3d

Certainly I think the right would do well to remember their original logic for these policies: which was that they liked money, jobs and peace more than they hated immigrants.

Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 3d

Oh Switzerland is delightful on this sort of thing. Not only is it proportionate to income, the social systems are also connected. So if you don’t pay up, gradually your services get affected. You can’t renew your driving licence, or passport, or apply for certain things.

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 3d

(I actually agree with you on some of the other stuff, but you really can’t blame the left or any kind of workery for immigration. That’s squarely on the Conservative Party).

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 3d

The right are the ones who lifted uni admission numbers and reinstated post-study routes so international students would come and give ££s to the economy. The right also made it easier for businesses to hire from abroad post-EU (again for £). Don’t be blaming the left for the right’s own vices!

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 3d

I once saw someone call it a ‘Beckham tax’ - as in, if the fine isn’t so high it stops the Beckham’s then it’s just a tax, not a punishment.

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 3d

Yes but the pedestrians aren’t doing it while atop a machine.

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve honestly never been able to figure it out. I genuinely don’t know what time I’m allowed to use my super off peak returns. I just get on trains, smile and ready myself to burst into tears if it goes wrong.

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