The best thing Labour can do is introduce PR. That would all but assure them a role in UK government long into the future.
And that in turn would finally bring a desperately needed element of long-termism to our woefully short-termist political system.
Roko's Basilisk is taking names.
Not when Labour lose the 2029 election, it won't.
I tried before posting my comment, but it was showing a blank page for me.
The coward deleted it.
TACO, again.
Distance us further from the EU - suicide
Leave things as they are - meh
Get closer to the EU but without a say - feels rather self defeating
Rejoin the EU and become a full participant in every decision - only sensible way forward
At least he didn't post an image of himself as M-
No. He couldn't. He wouldn't.
Would he?
AI image of Trump as Jesus
Trump's latest Truth Social insanity.
Yes, he really did post it. Proof at link below.
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
Not my president. I'm not American. Nor do I live in the USA.
No, that's a great use of AI, because you have the knowledge to phrase a deep and complex prompt so as to maximise the utility of what you'll get back from the AI.
(Of course NEVER rely solely on what it has in its training data. Always grant it web access and get it to verify its statements.)
Thanks, seen it. My list wasn't complete, just based on the last stuff that showed up in my "Watch again?" carousel.
One of the great things about AI is that you can ask it endless potentially stupid questions without it treating you like an idiot for having done so.
And then, if a different mood takes you, you can direct it to treat you like an idiot for a change.
The perfect whim fulfilment machine.
Trump announced that the USA will blockade the Strait of Hormuz, handing yet another card to Iran.
Before, although Iran was provoked into closing the Strait by America's attack, at least the whole world saw that it was Iran doing the blocking.
Now, the USA is a DOUBLE bad guy.
The Old Dog New Tricks - sports management agency
Ishiko and Haneo - legal cases
The Pride of the Temp - office work
Black Swindler - con men
THREAD: Here are some Japanese TV dramas I've enjoyed (all available on Netflix UK). I've noted the broad theme of each one.
Pending Train - time travel
Erased - time travel
Extremely Inappropriate - time travel, outdated attitudes
No Side Manager - company rugby
Riding a Unicorn - tech startup
The mere act of beginning serious negotiations should pay dividends almost immediately by cutting the UK's borrowing costs, reducing the £111 billion a year we currently pay on servicing the national debt.
Starmer should explicitly link rejoining the EU and substantially reinforcing Britain's military strength.
Give voters a big song and dance about how the financial gains from undoing most of the Brexit damage will unlock the funds to defend ourselves much more easily without hurting livelihoods.
Five weeks ago: Epstein Files investigation was so damaging, Donald Trump started a war with Iran and destroyed the global economy as a distraction.
Today: Donald Trump's Iran war is so damaging, Melania Trump calls a press conference about the Epstein Files as a distraction.
Wild whiplash.
Five weeks ago: Epstein Files investigation was so damaging, Donald Trump started a war with Iran and destroyed the global economy as a distraction.
Today: Donald Trump's Iran war is so damaging, Melania Trump calls a press conference about the Epstein Files as a distraction.
Wild whiplash.
TACO FAFO latest.
Tiniest hint of backbone...
That will presumably improve with all the weight loss drugs that have been widely used for too little time for their effect to show up much.
I'm not convinced.
Trump doesn't seem smart enough to keep up the pretence month after month, year after year.
Plus both his rhetoric and his behaviour have become MUCH less rational (albeit from a low starting point) in the last year, which screams "illness".
It isn't.
It's getting close to the average life expectancy AT BIRTH.
That's a very different thing.
Presumably the vast majority of young people will eventually become old.
So they will also benefit from the pension triple lock because the value of the pension they ultimately receive will have been inflated by the triple lock mechanism.
Of course, that may feel very remote and far off to them.
If you have to send a huge bank transfer, eg for a house purchase, why not send one or two tiny random payments first?
By making two different tiny payments (eg £1.22 and £0.77) and asking the recipient to confirm both exact amounts, you know for a fact you've entered their bank details correctly.
Perhaps the most important lesson in tech:
Past failure is no guarantee of future failure.
In other words, just because something hasn't worked so far, that doesn't mean it can't.
The history of technology is littered with things that were once deemed impossible but which now just work.
Really, there should be a "Trump Tax" line on energy bills involving oil and gas transported through the Strait of Hormuz and subjected to a levy by Iran in order to secure safe passage.
That way, people will be reminded daily who made their life more expensive and precarious.
Interesting video of Tesla's new 14.3 full self driving mode.
It's getting very good. Easy to imagine that within a few years nobody will have to drive who doesn't want to; they can let the car do everything for them instead.
youtube.com/watch?v=_e2l...
Ludicrous article, ignores reality.
There's data from hundreds of millions of miles of driving that proves it's almost perfected.