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UK Politics@feddit.uk•Wes Streeting: Britain needs to join customs union with EU
2·8 days agoI support a FTA, possibly by re-joining the EFTA.
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UK Politics@feddit.uk•Wes Streeting: Britain needs to join customs union with EU
28·9 days agoYou’re happy to increase the price of pretty much everything, so a few rich people can buy overpriced German cars slightly cheaper?
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UK Politics@feddit.uk•Wes Streeting: Britain needs to join customs union with EU
73·9 days agoA customs union (as opposed to a free trade area) would require us to allow the EU to control what external tariffs we set, that would effectively make Chinese and American goods a lot more expensive.
18 - the generally accepted age of majority
It’s 16 in Vietnam, Cuba, and Scotland. There’s been repeated attempts to lower it in the rest of the UK so 16 year olds can vote.
4 US states, 7 Canadian provinces, and New Zealand have an age of majority of 19 or higher.
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UK Politics@feddit.uk•Why Do Governments Hate Juries? Because They Have Consciences
20·9 days ago“Trial by jury ever has been, and I trust ever will be, looked upon as the glory of the English law. […] So that the liberties of England cannot but subsist so long as this palladium remains sacred and inviolate; not only from all open attacks (which none will be so hardy as to make), but also from secret machinations, which may sap and undermine it; by introducing new and arbitrary methods of trial; by justices of the peace, commissioners of revenue, and courts of conscience. And however convenient these may appear at first, (as doubtless all arbitrary powers, well executed, are the most convenient) yet let it be again remembered, that delays, and little inconveniences in the forms of justice, are the price that all free nations must pay for their liberty in more substantial matters; that these inroads upon this sacred bulwark of the nation are fundamentally opposite to the spirit of our constitution; and that, though begun in trifles, the precedent may gradually increase and spread, to the utter disuse of juries in questions of the most momentous concern” - Sir William Blackstone
You know it’s going to be bad when it’s almost literally called the “think of the children bill”
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Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Waco man yelling racial slurs accidentally set himself on fire while trying to burn down victim’s home: affidavitEnglish
11·12 days agoThis has to be a case of some kind of mental illness surely?
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Technology@lemmy.world•After viral interview, Palantir launches neurodivergent fellowshipEnglish
341·15 days agoTechnically antisocial personality disorder and narcissistic personality disorder are neurodivergent…
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Casual UK@feddit.uk•I feel the right position is outrageEnglish
24·15 days agoError 418: That’s a teapot
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Technology@lemmy.world•LG Update Installs Unremovable Microsoft Copilot on Smart TVs, Ignites BacklashEnglish
5·17 days agoA coordinated effort to do that on a specific day could be interesting.
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Technology@lemmy.world•LG Update Installs Unremovable Microsoft Copilot on Smart TVs, Ignites BacklashEnglish
4·17 days agobut people outside of China can get on WeChat, though making an account outside of China is impossible.
No it isn’t, I’ve done so.
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UK Politics@feddit.uk•Keir Starmer rejects EU customs union after Lammy comments - BBC News
52·26 days agoFirst sensible thing he’s said.
A customs union (as opposed to a free trade agreement) would basically mean allowing the EU to decide what external tariffs we have
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United Kingdom@feddit.uk•UK issues £1 million fine to adult platform for failing to comply with age verification rulesEnglish
17·26 days agoThe ad for VPNs at the bottom is perfect lol.
Also it’s kind of ofcom to include a list of porn sites in their press release.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Porsche Cars in Russia Shut Down After Satellite System FailureEnglish
6·28 days agoSell them to whom?
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UK Politics@feddit.uk•UK Labour government to massively restrict right to trial by jury
1·28 days agoHe’s walked it back to 3 years, that’s still abhorrent.
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United Kingdom@feddit.uk•Exclusive: jury in anti-genocide activist 'terrorism' trial 'told to ignore international law'English
182·30 days agoA jury’s remit is whatever the jury decides is it’s remit.
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Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•How do some torrent sites manage to stay online for so long? And what services would even dare host such content?English
14·1 month agoFrom what I’ve read, usually “DMCA ignored” hosting in a country like Russia acting as a proxy to the main (cheaper) server.












Animal agriculture only produces 5.8% of greenhouse gasses[0], so even if everyone stopped eating meat tomorrow the effect would be less than 5.8% (not all animal agriculture is for meat).
[0] https://ourworldindata.org/ghg-emissions-by-sector