Fair point, but I wouldn't want to be the tallest thing in a field when there's a thunder storm nearby. Maybe it depends on the area you live in as well. Some areas will be very safe, so letting your kids walk to school in those areas wouldn't be so bad, but other areas might not be so safe.
As a Brit, I'm in favour of:
I think you're right that crime rates are lower now. But crime does still happen, so I can understand parents wanting to keep their kids safe.
Low taxes on wealth I expect, and deregulation of crypto in order to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. Something along those lines probably.
I find him funny but maybe his style isn't for everyone. Like when he repeats things a lot. I guess I'm okay with that because maybe the repetition shows how absurd a situation is. But some people might not like that.
I'm not sure it's very democratic if one person is able to give a hugely obscene amount of money to a political party, while ordinary people don't have the ability to do that.
In a democracy, maybe it's best if each person has a roughly equal amount of political influence. Large donations distort that.
I think some Americans seem to be decent people who like Europe, but many Americans, including the current US government and all their supporters, clearly would be completely happy to see Europe invaded or destroyed.
Do you think he's funny? Do you think he's too pretentious?
I think he's pretty good. If you're not familiar with him, here's a short quote which sums up his sort of view on life:
It wasn't just racists that voted to leave Europe... cunts did as well, didn't they?
I'm not saying I agree with people who have "concerns about immigration". I might agree with them on some very limited points, while disagreeing on many points.
I'm just saying that Burnham and Labour need to have broad appeal among different kinds of British voters if they're going to keep Reform out of number 10. So I guess that's why Labour are trying to take a view of "yes we recognise concerns about high immigration, e.g. regarding pressure on public services, and we plan to deal with immigration in a fair and humane manner".
Fair enough. I still think the massive, for-profit social media platforms are harmful to many people though. They push stuff you want to hear so you'll keep watching and engaging, and you end up in an echo chamber. It's not like real life where you might come across someone with a bit of a different view, and you think "okay, I can see where they're coming from", and then your own views become a bit more moderate.
I know it's a cliche to say it, but I think the tech billionaires bear a lot of responsibility for this. A lot of Brits are consuming hateful content on things like Facebook and YouTube, because a profit-maximising algorithm is pushing that content. It radicalises people to the point where they feel it's justified to assault a woman because she voiced opposition to the right-wing.
True yes, but then there are workers much lower down with "email jobs" who spend a lot of time dealing with emails, while also dealing with lots of pressure, and stress, and low pay
Nobody has mentioned this guy yet
This is a poll of the UK public in general, not the people of Clacton, so it doesn't show that Binface is leading in Clacton. But it's interesting that the British public prefer Binface to Farage.
TLDR: Nigel Farage, the UK's equivalent of Donald Trump, is facing an election against a novelty candidate called Count Binface.
Article about this: UK Farage's election gamble could see him face one challenger... Count Binface
To explain: Farage has recently been facing scrutiny, because he has received a lot of money from controversial people.
Farage seemingly didn't like parliament's investigation into the money he received (to see if he broke any rules), so he decided to quit as the member of parliament for Clacton in south-east England. By quitting, a new election is triggered, in which he plans to stand. He thinks that the people of Clacton should judge whether they still support him, after the revelations regarding the money he has received.
Farage does have a lot of genuine support in Clacton, so he thought he could beat the mainstream parties (Labour, Conservatives, etc) in a new election, to show everyone that he is still popular, regardless of his finances.
The mainstream parties are refusing to enter candidates for this election though. They think Farage is just organising a stunt, in order to distract from legitimate questions about his finances.
The only person so far to announce that they will stand against Farage for his seat in Clacton is Count Binface, a novelty candidate who has stood in a few elections, usually against high profile politicians.
What do you think about this?
