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To nobody’s surprise, the UK National Union of Students (NUS) is revealed to be an antisemitic cesspit.

Noticed this poster in the windows of several local shops – don’t know where to start on this. “Digital programmable currency”, well, that’s basically the regular Pound Sterling these days, given how bank accounts and debit and credit cards work. And the paranoia about state control of money...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rishi-sunak-key-workers-union-ban-b2257926.html Got mixed feelings about the fact that the Tory government is enacting eyewateringly harsh anti-union laws enabled by Brexit, given that the trade unions were mostly in favour of Brexit…

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/croatia-euro-currency-kuna-eu-b2254653.html Croatia is a much more sensible nation than Britain.

Conservatism explained in the simplest terms.

Well yes, he’s being completely, hopelessly un-aware rather than outright malicious. Not a good look though, particularly as the man’s also an MP and would have to in their deal with casework from needy constituents. Quite an illustration of how out of touch those at the top are during a time of...

https://apnews.com/article/europe-germany-constitutions-d7e67cfefbd1f33e2909f9c2fe1a3d3d?

No wonder poorer Britons are struggling with the cost of food… https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cost-of-living-food-candles-b2236712.html https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/dec/01/brexit-added-nearly-6bn-to-uk-food-bills-in-two-years-research-finds

That’s the mostly likely outcome in the medium term, IMO.

Why Brexit was a bad idea for Britain, example number 12 billion.

The Supreme Court has blocked the SNP-led Scottish government from holding another independence referendum. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/nov/23/scottish-independence-supreme-court-scottish-parliament-second-referendum-indyref2

The EU has already told the UK government to bugger off with its “Swiss deal” plan. https://inews.co.uk/news/world/swiss-style-eu-deal-brexit-negotiations-1985456?

So, the UK government is allegedly considering getting a “Swiss style” arrangement with the EU (not in the EU, but with near-full access to the European single market). Which the EU won’t ever realistically countenance, given that the bilateral deals with Switzerland are a constant pain in the...

Labour won’t oppose Brexit, as the party is funded by trade unions who wanted Brexit for “foreigners take our jobs” reasons. The LibDems are quiet on the issue because their current target seats are Tory. The Greens, well, their main topic at the moment is opposing NATO membership and Ukrainian...

Basically, yes. Perfect analogy, really. In other news, the government is introducing ID requirements to vote, and 'coincidentally' most of the IDs accepted are ones held by older people: https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/voter-id-list-gives-few-options-for-younger-voters/

Well, it did help the government that they kept on extending the transition period (where the same rules and regulations were in effect) up until 9-10 months into the pandemic, to help disguise the impacts. And the invasion of Ukraine happened just over a year after that.

Collapsing living standards for the foreseeable future. All due to the B-word.

This is… Not good.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/nov/14/jeremy-corbyn-will-never-stand-for-labour-again-say-senior-figures? Good riddance!