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Angharad

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Rhywle yng ngogledd Ceredigion.

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Angharad's avatar Angharad @angharadhafod.bsky.social
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I'm quite fond of the rotating Swiss national presidency as well, where the president changes every year.

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Fingers crossed the UK legal system works

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Tbf I wouldn't want to replace the monarchy with a presidency either. At least, not a presidency in the sense that most people would think of it. I would go for something like the German style presidency (where most Germans don't even know the name of the president), I guess. But other models exist

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When Tories privatised water, they said it was to increase investment. WCs borrowed & raised prices, but the money went to shareholders, not investment, & Ofwat protected their profits, not the consumer. Now Ofwat say WCs can increase prices to pay for investment... Same old sh*t.

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Angharad's avatar Angharad @angharadhafod.bsky.social
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I noticed that Phil Moorhouse (unofficial Labour spin doctor in chief) is already saying that the headline there in The Guardian is wrong and actually he still will move to rejoining. I wish I knew if the purpose of the spin was to quieten dissent or to open up a path. I fear it's just the former.

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Angharad's avatar Angharad @angharadhafod.bsky.social
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Ok, I guess you have a formal definition of what is a weed where you live. Here, a weed is simply any plant growing where you don't want it. Therefore if you cultivate salsify it is by definition not a weed.

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I've grown then before. So not weeds. It was years ago though, I can't even remember what they tasted like.

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My favorite tried-and-true resistance tactic: Being Extremely Fucking Annoying.

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Sounds silly, but making it impossible for fascists to assemble is one of the most important tools in our arsenal for stopping fascism. Ignore the historically illiterate liberals bleating that it makes you as bad as them, if fascists try and march down your street, makes some noise and stop them!!

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And they’re off! #ToryCivilWar

Suella Braverman: “I’d be interested in knowing whether Kemi thinks I’m having a “very public nervous breakdown”.”

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That's likely true as well. Reform Ltd voters were mostly angry people, and so probably more inclined to make the effort to vote.

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That's interesting but not at all surprising. Conspiracy theories thrive under a chaotic government, and at times the Tories actively encouraged them. Although I'm sure they aren't going to go away completely, hopefully they will moderate somewhat now that we have adults in charge.

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and Lib Dems, whilst not particularly up in vote share, playing the game spectacularly and increasing their representation (I place them to the left of the current Labour, at least in how they presented themselves in their manifesto and campaign). So I'm optimistic. This is no time for pessimism.

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Angharad's avatar Angharad @angharadhafod.bsky.social
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What Reform Ltd is, and where it stands in the political spectrum. They will now be exposed, and that might make quite a difference. The notable thing at last week's election was the rise of more progressive parties, with Green and PC notably up in vote share, ctd...

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That's only around a third of their voters (36% if I recall) would choose the Tories if there were no Reform Ltd candidate standing, with a similar number going to the other three main parties (in total, Lab/LD/Green). It still seems to me that a lot of people don't really understand ctd....

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I don't agree with this analysis. Firstly Con + Reform ltd = 39% In 2019 Con was 44%, with Brexit ltd mostly withdrawing to support Johnson. That's a decrease of 5 pp. Secondly we have to appreciate where Reform ltd's votes come from. Exit polls last week suggested....ctd

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Keir Starmer rips up his Brexit red lines to improve the UK economy and opportunities, he'll find voters will applaud him for it.

New survey finds 56% UK voters believe the Government should change its stance on UK-EU relations, just 24% think they shouldn't.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

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Just think of all the extra votes they could have got if they'd committed to this before the election.

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"Asked about whether Labour should reconsider its stance on the single market, customs union and freedom of movement in order to gain economic benefit, 71% of Labour voters thought they should. Only 2% said 'definitely not'."
#BrexitHasFailed

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Angharad's avatar Angharad @angharadhafod.bsky.social
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Yes, whatever we do will compromise somewhere. But I really feel that the drawbacks of AMS are far fewer than other systems. And it has some distinct advantages, not least of which is the ease of mapping it onto our current system.

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Brexit has been so good for the UK’s global trading relationships that I moved my company HQ to Singapore, and now I’m cutting a third of the UK workforce by James Dyson

newsthump.com/2024/07/10/b...

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Angharad's avatar Angharad @angharadhafod.bsky.social
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He often looks like a fish out of water to me. He seemed so insincere in everything he did, as if he didn't have the capability to be sincere about it.

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YouGov post-UK election net approval ratings: Sunak: -47 Farage: -38 Ramsay: -7 Starmer: -3 Denyer: -3 Davey: +5

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RedDwarf 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 #RejoinEU #Bercow4HoL's avatar RedDwarf 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 #RejoinEU #Bercow4HoL @reddwarf.bsky.social
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How Fartage, the Tories and the rich conned the working class into voting against their own best interests.

youtu.be/tnR-j7D7Rwg?...

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Waterstones really showed their true colours with this one. To sack an employee for expressing her own personal objection, in her personal time, with her personal books against an anti-trans author is disgusting.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

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Angharad's avatar Angharad @angharadhafod.bsky.social
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My mum cooked rabbit stew when I was young. I seem to remember I didn't particularly like it but it wasn't terrible either.

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Angharad's avatar Angharad @angharadhafod.bsky.social
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Indeed. I'm not sure it will live up to its hype; we'll see. But regardless, you've just made the argument well for not storing more digital data than necessary.

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Mark Chadbourn's avatar Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social
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Look how Reform voters’ views are far away from everyone else. Lib Dem and Labour virtually the same.

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Angharad's avatar Angharad @angharadhafod.bsky.social
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That is theoretically ok, until the subject gets scammed to give up their private key, or otherwise loses it. But at least it mitigates against large scale data harvesting. Probably.

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Angharad's avatar Angharad @angharadhafod.bsky.social
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I'm completely with you on that one. I too had considered that I would probably be happy with it (even though I'd still have a few reservations) if we had PR, but without that I am very uneasy.

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Angharad's avatar Angharad @angharadhafod.bsky.social
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But imagine we're in a situation in five years time, where Nigel Farage is just become prime minister of the UK and decides the government needs to access all the data. Are we still happy for an ID card? We have to think like this, because if we don't like that idea, then we should stop now.

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Angharad's avatar Angharad @angharadhafod.bsky.social
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At least part of the problem is that someone always has the key. If they don't there's no point in having the data there in the first place. If the keys are only available as needed, and the government does not have control of these keys (that's a BIG if) then it could work.

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Angharad's avatar Angharad @angharadhafod.bsky.social
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The day the Tory government sold "anonymised" NHS data was the day your argument fell flat.

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Angharad's avatar Angharad @angharadhafod.bsky.social
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Err no. With respect, I have worked in industry on encryption, and currently lecture (amongst other things) in security and privacy to Comp Sci undergraduates. If the data are there, they are vulnerable. They are also available to abuse by a rogue controller (e.g. future government).

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Angharad's avatar Angharad @angharadhafod.bsky.social
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"We are not reopening the wounds". I've got news for him: the wounds are still wide open. And they'll stay open until brexit is reversed.

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Not "any other" information. This is where the main privacy concern arises. It should not be more information than is strictly needed for the purposes of the card.

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Angharad's avatar Angharad @angharadhafod.bsky.social
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I've long been an advocate of AMS. When I get a chance I'll dig out an article I wrote on it some years ago, but the tl;dr is that it fits easily with what we've got now, is easy to understand, proven to work in Scotland and Wales, and maintains the constituency MP which many ppl are fond of.

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Angharad's avatar Angharad @angharadhafod.bsky.social
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That would be normal procedure, if a new speaker is to be appointed. Though it might be quite neat if he appointed a Lib Dem speaker for a change.

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Angharad's avatar Angharad @angharadhafod.bsky.social
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Importantly though at present the records are not linked. And that's how it should be.

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Angharad's avatar Angharad @angharadhafod.bsky.social
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I don't know, it really depends on the scope. I'm not against ID cards if it's done properly, I'm merely pointing out that there are risks and they need to be carefully considered. There's a risk that we jump into something with over-enthusiasm without due consideration.

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