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The houses are getting built because less water is going to be abstracted from the river, due to the houses being built to new higher water standards. They have to take measures like recycling rainwater for flushing loos. It was poor housing standards they blocked the development in this case.

The caveats and explanations are gone over on the electoral reform society's website. Also, 45% of the population isn't going to vote for Reform. The UK population just isn't going to vote in that way. There's not any point in repairing anything if the next government can destroy it easily.

An example of the UK 2024 general election results if held under an Additional Member System. Labour 228 Liberal Democrats 73 Greens 71 SNP 16 Plaid Cymru 4 The Speaker 1 Northern Ireland 18 Reform UK 100 Conservative 139

For example, if the 2024 UK general election had been held under an AMS system, it could have resulted in a parliament that looks something like this.

From election2024.electoral-reform.org.uk

17-year-old trans girl's suicide over NHS wait times was preventable says coroner A 17-year-old trans girl's death by suicide over NHS wait times could have been prevented with swift intervention, a coroner has ruled.

Wes Streeting extended the puberty-blocker ban on 6 November 2024.

Leia died by suicide on 11 November 2024.

Without changing the voting system none of this really matters. We are being hobbled by FPTP. We really need to press for electoral reform to a form of PR. If you live in the UK, badger your MP into backing a national commission on electoral reform in the upcoming Elections Bill. 🙏

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In other words AJ Bell don't give a $%^& about funding hate speech. Glad I don't use them.

Parliament’s back – and so is the fight for trans rights “Parliament may be back, but so are those determined to defend equality. If this summer proved anything, it’s that the movement for trans rights never took a break”

"While MPs make their way back to Westminster, many trans people and allies have spent the past few months hard at work, preparing for what could be a crucial moment in the fight for trans equality."

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Oregon general’s testimony that National Guard troops ‘will be protecting any protesters’ gains traction online Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold made the comments to state lawmakers Sept. 30, and they drew notice on social media this week.

I just watched the video of the Portland Cop threatening to arrest an ICE agent if they drive their truck through a crowd. Now I see this where the General of the Oregon National Guard says if they get called up they will protect the protesters. People are fed up.
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For everyone asking about a donation in his memory, you can give to @merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social's hay drive if you'd like. He LOVED food and he loved cozy beds and loved everyone, so he would want all the rescued animals there to be warm and fed this winter. donorbox.org/mmfs-2025-ha...

This is amazing. Every time I think I’m done crying someone does something kind like this and I’m in tears again. A weird mixture of happiness and gratitude and just missing him so bad.

Farage and his allies have a long history of being associated with Russian funding and trying to avoid scrutiny and investigation of it. This from 2015:

A Palestinian woman tends a pan of food atop a small campfire on sandy ground.

The cease fire arrangement is good if it lets some more food get into Gaza, but few people there have confidence in it, and even in the best case scenario they could be living like this for years. Samaa still needs help to take care of her family. gofund.me/db56c7ce3 @mommunism.bsky.social #SkyAid 🍉

My friend Sama'a needs our help to feed and clothe her small children, who depend on her for everything. Please give what you can

Am wondering if all of those suddenly deciding they’re against communities living “parallel lives” might reconsider their support of religious schools? Or indeed private ones?

Pension credit helping thousands of low income older Londoners transform their lives - Harrow Online More than 4,400 older Londoners have claimed up to £21.5million in “vital” Pension Credit in the last year, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS)

I’m proud of our Pension Credit campaign, but too many Londoners are still missing out on vital support.

That's why City Hall is working to reach even more Londoners as we build a better, fairer city for everyone.

Proportional Representation is the radical idea that a party that gets 30% of the vote should never have 100% of the power.

In most stable democracies, this is already obvious. Why not here?

Reform-run Kent council plans £2m school budget raid Leaders say proposals fly in face of pre-election pledges to identify efficiencies from 'DOGE' unit

Vote Reform UK - Destroy your child's education.

"Reform UK-run Kent council plans to raid £2 million from schools’ already-squeezed budgets to pay for vital services it can no longer afford, sparking fears of more classroom cuts."

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Obviously she was doomed in Alba anyway and was never getting back in but now she's really sealed the deal, RIP to the political career of the person who gave us the finest bit of complete gormlessness, never before seen lack of gorm, total absence of gorm, unparalleled non-gorm in history.

Portland is so good at trolling these fascists.

I ❤️ Portland

Hate crime, England and Wales, year ending March 2025

SEEN Police UK state the drop in number of hate crimes against trans people is fraud, as GMP are taken to Judicial Review after a secret policy of refusing to deal with ANY reports of hate crimes against trans people is obtained.

How far does this go? This ‘data’ is shit

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Richard Tice the Hypocrite - who would think such a thing.

Companies he leads extol the virtues of solar energy and emissions reductions and even boast of a net zero building. Tice has been a green champion for 15 years - through business.

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Because nobody at number 10 has actually talked to normal people about it and told them the practical implications of it. Then they would quickly figure out the best way to sell it.

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
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Still on the rails: 200th anniversary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway The Stockton and Darlington turns 200 as we look at the history of locomotion, waggonway, and the new era of privatisation.

The Stockton and Darlington turns 200 as we look at the history of locomotion, waggonway, and the new era of privatisation. | Richard Styles

Hope she doesn't make 1%.

We all know Brexit’s to blame for the crisis facing UK steel – it’s time for politicians to be honest and reverse it | Simon Jenkins With British industry faltering, the excuse that the public wants this is risible. Parliament must force Starmer to act, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Remember when Nigel Farage said, 'If we vote to Remain on June 23rd, it will be the end of the steel industry in this country. It's as simple as that.'

Now we all know Brexit’s to blame for the crisis facing UK steel – it’s time for politicians to be honest and reverse it

If you have any influence with MPs; especially down in the South West; we need to be getting tidal range hydropower the same type of government support as nuclear is getting. This isn't new tech, France commissioned a big one in the 60s. This sort of thing; www.westsomersetlagoon.com