HumanPenguin
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- Comment on Every year for the last 40 years, France has built more homes per person than England. 4 hours ago:
I asked what they did to cause it. Not why it happened.
IE How did having the Tories in charge. Directly help building companies not build. That was not possible with labour in charge before 2010
- Comment on ‘Full of excuses’: families condemn Matt Hancock’s testimony to Covid inquiry 5 hours ago:
As much as I hate to give any Tory the benefit of doubt on anything.
His main argument.
“Nobody has yet provided me with an alternative that was available at the time that would have saved more lives,”
Dose sound like a reasonable question to ask.
This was before the availability of fast testing. And before any nightingale hospitals had been build.
Hospitals were overloaded staff wise. Even with all non urgent care stopped.
Their was a well documented lack of PPE. So hardly possible for the gov to do more to help care homes keep residents more separated.
At the time. Their really dose seems like very little else he could have done.
BUT:
The NHS did have plans and resources for pandemics. plans the Tory party removed support for during austerity.
Not to mention the risk of a pandemic has been a well known one since the mid 1990s. Yet still the Tories considered shutting down the minimal support the NHS had. As a tax saving measure. (Because allowing the Tories to keep low corp and capital gains taxes was the real reason).
Yes the report and HandsonCock never considered this as a cause.
- Comment on Every year for the last 40 years, France has built more homes per person than England. 5 hours ago:
Given this is total house building. So basically how willing or able private construction companies are to build.
I’d be interested to know exactly what the Tories did to discourage private building.
Personally I’d rather blame the development companies who have been openly accused of limiting building numbers. To increase profits value of properties they do build.
- Comment on Starmer outlines plan to shift NHS care from hospitals to new health centres 10 hours ago:
Likely town halls and or GP offices.
Or leisure centers where local Auth ownership still applies. But not many of those left outside London.
- Comment on Why, just why? 13 hours ago:
and routinely fucked over Brit
Stop bragging. You will get blamed for your government funded sex life.
- Comment on NHS in England told to slash recruitment of overseas-trained medics 14 hours ago:
Honestly. I think the current gov is significantly to the right of Cameron on immigration, disability rights and equality in general.
- Comment on Starmer outlines plan to shift NHS care from hospitals to new health centres 17 hours ago:
Wow a potentially positive mood. Depending how it’s funded. And how the huge staff shortages (enhanced by new NHS immigration rule). Limit it.
But for 40 year the NHS has had centralisation into big city hospitals. Increasing the cost difficulty and CO2 footprint of mobility limited travelers to get help.
Moving more specialist care into local community centers. Would be a huge positive.
- Comment on NHS in England told to slash recruitment of overseas-trained medics 1 day ago:
This is just insane. Since the Windrush. The NHS has had a high dependency on immigration. Mainly due to our own lower pay of staff. Many qualified British medical staff can get higher paying work elsewhere. Both foreign and non NHS UK jobs. This is why multiple governments from both parties haver always offered NHS training and employment as a way to encourage immigration from lower paying nations.
If the gov does not have the funding (wish to raise taxes). To pay NHS staff and UK care staff a wage that competes with higher paying jobs in the UK or aboard. This will directly lead to a collapse of the NHS.
Exactly like the Tories have been trying for decades.
- Comment on UK to host Donald Trump for full state visit this year, says Buckingham Palace 4 days ago:
Do you have confirmation
Just a news article. Can’t even remember where I saw it. So yeah. You are likely correct.
That said. If the US refused to support the UK. I find it hard to believe we would not quickly have difficulties maintaing f35s. And given how much they really on software to fly. I’d be more surprised if the US did not have a backdoor.
I’d add that to anything the US sells that they would have reason to fear if turned against them.
I really think is the EU and or the UK want to be independent of the US. Arming with modern US weapons is about as safe as. Well issuing Chinese smart phones to all our politicians.
The US has never been entirely trust worthy when it comes to them Vs the world. Less so now.
- Comment on Weight loss jabs study begins after reports of pancreas issues 1 week ago:
Pancreatitis not cancer.
It is inflammation. Can be minor(short term pain and gastric issue), But when acute can lead to death. Mainly as it seriously harm other organs and has a systemic effect on the body when the pancreas fails.
- Comment on Weight loss jabs study begins after reports of pancreas issues 1 week ago:
The side-effects would need to be pretty extreme
Pancreatitis ranges from minor to life threatening.
It can become systemic harming multiple organs.
So idepending on what this study shows when done. A high number of severe cases. Could def be worse for the NHS then obesity. Considering 1 in 4 adults meet the obesity Def now. And 1 in 5 cases of pancreatitis are classed as severe. Mass roll out could be a disaster if the study shows high numbers suffer this effect.
- Comment on UK to host Donald Trump for full state visit this year, says Buckingham Palace 1 week ago:
Unfortunately the new nukes that fit to the f35 we agreed to buy from the US.
Require US permission to use. So we are far from reducing our reliance on them.
- Comment on Sainsburys and Morrisons told to stop tobacco ads 1 week ago:
Both companies question if the 2002 law applies.
Neither give a shit if they morally should be advertising a dangerously product. Let alone in front of children.
Ain’t capitalism great.
- Comment on Injured dog walkers could be costing NHS £23m a year 1 week ago:
according to my neighbours, you can buy kittens, not do any of that and then just let them be feral around your neighbourhood
Ignoreing the not having to care for them. And legally cats must be chipped now. But that is a very very recent rule change.
This is very much a majority opinion in the UK that cats kept inside is cruelty to the cat. You opinion that all cats are required to be inside creatures is the rare one. More common in the younger generation. But not one backed up by evidence.
Bird deaths are the most common sighted evidence. But cats have been in the UK at least since the Romans first arrival. So 2000 years. And have been used as pest control on farms extensively since at least that period. Urbanisation may mean more cats. But the expansion of humanity and removal of habitate is the real issue.
- Comment on Injured dog walkers could be costing NHS £23m a year 1 week ago:
Well it’s sky so I’m not going to disagree with the intent.
But it’s very open to interpretation. Many right wing readers may interpret it that way. But the tittle just questions the cost. Reading the article it seems more like a warning.
“For elderly females that dogs may be a bad pet for them and the NHS.”
I worry more that it makes no effort to compare the huge cost saving regular walking of dogs has on elderly heart and muscle health. And companionship has on mental health.
But that’s less click baity. And really clicks is all they care about.
- Comment on Injured dog walkers could be costing NHS £23m a year 1 week ago:
Nods saw it on social media so tried it with my little dog.
Was stunned how effective and quick it was.
- Comment on Injured dog walkers could be costing NHS £23m a year 1 week ago:
Nods saw it somewhere on social media myself. I have an over eager chihuahua I inherited from an ex.
So gave it a try. Half an hour of doing this he stopped pulling.
I’m far from an expert.
- Comment on UK: Chinese asylum seeker allowed to stay in Britain because he “cannot be expected to lie” about his support for Taiwanese independence 1 week ago:
Moving to a nation you are not a citizen off is not simple. More so when the nation you are a citizen of is consider an agressir to the one you want to visit.
But more to the point. No government can force you to. So even if he could. The UK is required to consider all asylum/refugee claims under his percieved risk at his home nation. It’s part of the Geneva convention.
- Comment on Injured dog walkers could be costing NHS £23m a year 1 week ago:
Or you know. More information shared with the public about the needs of certain pets.
Hamsters are the worst off. Most have no idea how big the cage needs to be for them to be unstressed. There already short lives are way shorter and stressed due to pet shops not advising the need a much much larger cage.
- Comment on Climate change turns warm summer days in England into health threat 1 week ago:
Climate change is man made. Mainly from politicians hot air.
Heck the UK alone has 650 massive methane production plants. Doing nothing useful in Westminster.
Heck if we seal the building. We can either heat London. Or prevent the cuts to disability benefits.
- Comment on Injured dog walkers could be costing NHS £23m a year 1 week ago:
Walks Def. Plus company desire to play. It was known in the 80s that pets reduced blood pressure. Just from spending time.
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- Comment on Senior MP calls for Marilyn Manson concert in Brighton to be cancelled 1 week ago:
If you remembered the 80s. You would recognise how daft it sounds to suggest folks are less caring about sexual assault allegations now.
- Comment on Armed Forces Minister refuses seven times to say whether UK backs US military action in Iran 1 week ago:
He may know it. But it is pretty unlikely the gov has o0ne gioven its trump uncertainty at play.
But no cabinet member is authorised to declare war or not on another nation. Without approval of the whole cabinet. So even if he knows it and one exists.
He is in no way authorised to decare it independent of offoicial channels.
And absolutely any journalist in a position to ask that. Knows full well he cannot answer it.
It is absolutely not reasonable. Unless you are intentionally looking for refusal to answer. Because cabinet policy on attacking a 3rd nation is not and has never been released in such an interview. Such things would be officially announced to parliament first. And be an illegal act of treason for any minister to announce in this way.
- Comment on Majority of children will be overweight or obese in nine areas of England by 2035, study shows 1 week ago:
Since the 80s all public pool and games areas have become for profit orgs. With very questionable business practices.
This has left low income families in urban areas with very limited options to encourage kids to exercise. On a time per pound basis. Games consoles are much cheaper.
Returning to government funded gyms, pitches and courts etc. Added to an effort in schools to introduce children to a wide variety of sports or exercise based on them finding enjoyment rather than meeting some specific gov goal.
Is an infer structure cost that will pay back in multiple way. Not just saving the NHS.
Nothing against video games. But regular exercise should be cheaper or free.
- Comment on Thames Water lenders demand UK government block campaigners from legal action 1 week ago:
And if the gov listens to them.
Time to sharpen pitchforks.
- Comment on Angela Rayner: I’ve taken all sorts — but we won’t legalise cannabis 1 week ago:
fines etc do not go to the police in the UK.
- Comment on Budget-friendly Sovol SV08 Max redefines large-format 3D printing with Insane 700 mm/s speeds 1 week ago:
Get your head out of your arse hole.
Nothing in the thread requires your anal level of analysis. The vast majority of 3d printers are 500mms.
I have no requirement to consider one printer made by the same fucking company when answering if the speed relates to travel or print.
When you are review an academic paper such anal interpretations may matter. Some jo commenting on print vs travel in just fucking pathetic.
- Comment on Budget-friendly Sovol SV08 Max redefines large-format 3D printing with Insane 700 mm/s speeds 1 week ago:
First printer this size and price range. Above 500mm.
- Comment on Budget-friendly Sovol SV08 Max redefines large-format 3D printing with Insane 700 mm/s speeds 1 week ago:
Travelling I assume. Printing very much depends on the fillament etc. not much a printer can do to change that. But a nearly 30% increase in travel speed has a significant effect on the over all time.