Politics 2024/25 General Election Voting Intention (2022)

[Scouse]

Back onto the Labour Party and it's special status aftrr Starmer's Pogrom's @Gwadien:

Poorly led, strategically inept and shorn of democracy. Now I truly fear for this Labour government | John McDonnell

The welfare bill passed, but it was chaos. A party this dysfunctional and divided cannot escape the wrath of voters at the next election, says John McDonnell, former Labour shadow chancellor

www.theguardian.com

Constituency Labour parties are not permitted to even debate some of the most significant political issues of the day, such as Gaza. Views questioning the leadership line, whether expressed in meetings or on social media, lead easily to disciplinary action.

Broad church, ruled democratically, gutted by Starmer and ruled with an iron fist undemocratically.

 

[Scouse]

So, Levenson made recommendations that undermined the freedom of the 4th estate last time he popped his head up.

This time he's recommending the removal of the right to trial by jury.

I mean, we could just properly fund our legal system rather than just ensure poor people (for that's who this'll affect) get summary justice.

 

[Scouse]

It's not "in my backyard" - but I'm still fundamentally opposed to this:

Locations chosen for three Welsh government-backed wind farms

Wales' new renewable energy developer announces where it will build its first wind farm projects.

www.bbc.co.uk

There's *so* much space at sea. It's cheaper to build these things at sea too.

So why fuck up people's homes and amenities shared by all when we can do it all out at sea. If you look out to sea from the already existing windfarm on the Conwy/Denbighshire border you can see miles and miles of offshore wind. Some of the earliest turbines are tiny compared to the new monsters that they put in. If you stand in Liverpool on a day with an onshore wind you can actually hear them at the edge of your hearing. There's also a net benefit to sea life around these wind farms.

So why is Labour specifically adamant about sticking them next to people's houses, on land?

 

[Raven]

That a lot of seabirds getting turned into red mist, instead of just building more nuclear (which should have started over 20 years ago)

 

[Scouse]

That a lot of seabirds getting turned into red mist

Doesn't actually work like that. But even if it did - that's a lot of land-birds getting turned to red mist, and a load of land ruined.

The economics alone make land wind turbines the least cost-effective turbines. So why fuck everything else up when we get all the additional benefits and none of the downsides in the sea?


And as for this:

just building more nuclear (which should have started over 20 years ago)

Well we didn't though did we. New nuclear is going to be too late to the party, so lets stop pushing it - because as a global warming solution it's useless.

 

[Embattle]

Everything everywhere.