A customer looks behind a curtain over a refrigerated unit, placed to keep the cold in, at a Sainsbury's store on June 25, 2026 in London, United Kingdom. (2026)
Port Talbot’s blast furnaces are closed. 2,000 workers have paid the price.
The political class calls it climate progress.
But if steel is made in India instead of Britain, emissions haven’t disappeared they’ve just been outsourced.
UK gets poorer. The climate gets no benefit.
In Soviet Britain, there is a “cooling hierarchy” with five tiers that you must demonstrate to your council you have exhausted before you are allowed to install air conditioning; otherwise, it’s taken down.
@nopeNoatHere@PolitlcsUK Yes, pretty much. Every passenger, even those on the same booking, would be seated at random.
Solo passengers often get lumbered into the middle seat too which further helps with the "randomness" of it all.
It's a good way to ensure passengers pay the extra fee next time.
Être parent dans la France socialiste de 2026.
L'État vous vole 60% de vos revenus et laisse vos enfants suffoquer en classe, jusqu'à en faire des malaises.
Face à la situation, vous décidez d'agir. Vous vous cotisez avec les autres parents pour acheter des climatiseurs.
En seulement quelques jours, 2 000 euros sont récoltés et 5 climatiseurs sont achetés.
La ville refuse d'abord de les installer. Elle finit toutefois par accepter.
Le nouveau maire, forcément de gauche, trouve le moyen de se plaindre et dénonce l'inégalité insupportable avec les autres écoles.
Morale de l'histoire : en France socialiste, quand vous décidez de pallier les défaillances des socialistes avec l'argent qu'ils daignent encore vous laisser, ils trouvent quand même le moyen de vous cracher à la figure.
"You know how the UK economy has one super productive global city that is actually doing well? What if we deliberately ruined that as well"
truly remarkable, god I hate populism
The entire Boriswave will be entitled to Pension Credit IF they obtain ILR. Care workers who arrived in their 40s/50s and have never earned a salary >£30k will all be eligible, along with their spouses. This should be a first order concern if you're worried about pension spend.