HumanPenguin

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago

They could have. And that would be cool.

But it would only be a false dichotomy if the true positives and negatives were completely ignored and only the reduced discount was considered.

The simple fact is UK bus services have been hugly underfunded and cut under tories since 2010. Many rural areas litrally no longer haveing any public transport at all.

This causes huge issues. As it forces disabled(non working) or elderly retired people to move into the very housing that lower paid working class people need to compete for. Making the cost of transport a greater part of lower income daily costs.

The simple fact is the tories had no plans to continue the £2 discount forever. And had absolutely no plans at all to invest in improving buses. (Or responding the long since closed trainlines).

Yes their are lots of thing that could be done better.

Hell their is a huge huge argument for making all public transport free. Its pretty much what is needed to ensure reduced car use. Amd would hugly help UK High streets etc. But again can only help if we are also spending money on expanding the existing destroyed public transport system we have.

No one with any brains expects this budget to be a left wing give away. No matter how much many of us may feel that would actually be better. That is just never what either party promised.

But to accuse people of being shills and outright refuse to discuse the positives that are being offered is the very definition of being biased and dishonest in comparisons.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

This exactly. If a company is not paying the expected taxes. Goodbye, let a smaller company compete, that has not learned to be a shithead and provide unfair competition through it tax avoidance.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Can I propose Rwanda. Apparently its very safe now so the tories should have a great time.

Ps sorry Rwandans but your government was the ones dealing with them. So you sorta deserve them.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Yeah. Just to let you know. That generic you is the same as saying "you people" and yep we brits have a bad history of that sort of comment. But many of us recognise the error.

Its generally best to say the UK or British government when that is what you mean. Because just like every other nation. Most of the you that are in the UK do not have any control or history over these events.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Lol

I'll go hide my shame

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago

Translation. You have no answers. And are the very tory shill you accused op of being.

Cool don't worry everyone reading can tell.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Honestly, If it is ever made to work. A mobile/robotic 3d printer would be a huge step forward. Solving the issue of levelling on more random surfaces, IE all existing surfaces. Plus the Issue of moving heat stability with different plastics. It all sounds doable in an open design way. But hugely complex and in need of this type of nutcase to start it off.

But the advantages it would give to home-maker like design would be freaking huge once things become well understood. Adding already developing multi mateial heads etc.

As I have said elsewhere. Never underestimate the value of someone insane enough to try and make dumb shit work. Almost everything we depend on started from someone thinking the most insane idea would be fun to try.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I'm going to assume you decided the extra weight may improve vacuuming in some limited situation.

But thanks for leaving the correction to make me wonder for a while. Made your comment almost enjoyable.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago (4 children)

How exactly is a counterterrorism chief doing anything outside UK jurisdiction.

The UK gov may be doing shit. But I see no evidence blaming Neil Basu

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I never said it was a positive.

And claiming the Tory discount was not due to end is dishonest.

I said it was a 50% reduction in discount. I made no claim of positive or negative. And pointed out the positive of the first large scale public investment in buses outside London in over 40 years.

Do not put words in my mouth.

Now to actually claim the positives here. The tories planed to end the £2 cap costing about £225m a year and pay nothing to expand bus services back into the huge number of rural routs they have been ended over their leadership.

The Labour Party instead invested £151 in the £3 discount Plus another £925M in 25-26 to introduce new bus routes, make services more frequent and protect crucial bus routes for local communities.

Now explain how you can claim this is not an overall improovement.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago (8 children)

Only if you are looking for false negatives.

The story is the discount was planned to end. But has instead been reduced by 50%.

You can only claim it is an increase if you claim a discount was not planned to end. And that is just a lie.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Yeah im not an apple fan. (My brother would have a heart attack if I didnt say that. He loves them).

But the fact they controll both hardware and software means they can run on lower specs. They dont use it as well as they could. But android having to allow others to develop hardware. Provides a bit more ability for manufactures to implement less efficient drivers. This is why some higher spec low value stuff seems so slow compared to equal speced cheaper Samsung stuff etc.

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