Luke - Something of a dev

He/Him, Butter Sandwich and general nerd. #gamedev behind @shatteredwrlds and #author of the #timelines series. Opinions are my own.

[Luke - Something of a dev @MrLParker]

Right, finally got round to making a linktree page.

It has the places I can be found out.

https://t.co/krNYX8IhXX

More to be added as I remember them.

[Luke - Something of a dev @MrLParker]

@Kyi0040 @AyoCaesar Weird, I read Ash’s comment as the police should do better.

[Luke - Something of a dev @MrLParker]

@mal300_ @myles_premium_ I wouldn’t say embezzlement and corruption (though I would say the bribes and corruption are more ingrained into the political class) as making a profit is the nature of a private company.

[Luke - Something of a dev @MrLParker]

@myles_premium_ Partially true, it’s the mishandling through private contracts, look at HS2 that’s cost a lot to do due to the fact there’s likely a profit factor for the contractors.

All the stuff that isn’t maintained is either private companies or becoming dependant on private.

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@moving_charlie @stuartshakesby @JeffBezos I actually find that shows when you’re talking about housing.

But when it comes to the more business aspects and government etc I feel that goes out the window.

[Luke - Something of a dev @MrLParker]

@moving_charlie @stuartshakesby @JeffBezos For some? Yeah? Not for others though. I’m a fine example of that. I would be more distracted in office than I would be working from home.

You’re missing the human aspect to all this.

[Luke - Something of a dev @MrLParker]

@moving_charlie @stuartshakesby @JeffBezos As even in office you’ll have plenty of people that would just sit around and not do much.

Things need to happen that impact people and their local communities. Some governmental level areas could help take the pressure off of local councils.

[Luke - Something of a dev @MrLParker]

@moving_charlie @stuartshakesby @JeffBezos I’m more suggesting that local communities have been decimated by cuts under the last 15 years.

Could there be some efficiency in the civil service? Yes, would that significantly impact your average person? Not really.

Working from home vs not doesn’t make much of a diff.

[Luke - Something of a dev @MrLParker]

@moving_charlie @JeffBezos You could, but hasn’t that been the whole thing for the last 15 years or so? Cuts in the name of efficiency savings.

[Luke - Something of a dev @MrLParker]

@moving_charlie @JeffBezos Along with a whole host of other changes (council tax etc being some of the bigger ones)

[Luke - Something of a dev @MrLParker]

@moving_charlie @JeffBezos That’s part of it, but if you’re going to reduce tax on workers, you need to be able tax else where to make up for the shortfall.

Now you could likely do a number of changes in areas like centralising social care, more council housing and sorting things like business rates.

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@ValMThatcher @OswinOswald223 @PolitlcsUK @Telegraph Trans folk don’t make these rules, you probably should bring it up with the government and HMRC if you have an issue with it.

Tbh it doesn’t hurt me so if it means others get to the right person who can help them, where’s the problem?

[Luke - Something of a dev @MrLParker]

@BenRamanauskas Personally the main landlord should be the local authority, both for residential and commercial properties.

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@anika_climate @Ross___Mack Is this gonna be another culture war thing? “Culturally it’s summer! No I don’t care that it’s meteorologically Spring.”

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@AuntieBoooog Oh this again… just gonna pop this here for you.

I could understand your outrage if the majority wasn’t staff costs.

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@BlazeMeister78 @moving_charlie Yeah, I’d also say wealth extraction. While MPs have played a part in enabling that, I wouldn’t say we’re skint because of MPs expenses. (I would argue that staffing costs should be handled by the house rather than done as expenses though)

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@BlazeMeister78 @moving_charlie Na, the country’s skint cause of various areas being privatised and the managed decline of over 30 years.

[Luke - Something of a dev @MrLParker]

@BlazeMeister78 @moving_charlie Oh my sweet summer child, you don’t even know the half of it. That is on the lower half of MPs expenses.

Colour me surprised that Sunak is the lowest to claim expenses though.