They've probably just crunched the numbers and determined the cost of a recall in Canada was greater than the cost of law suits when your house does burn down
The only way for Labour to govern under first past the post is to appeal to the center.
Unfortunately our country is disgustingly conservative and the right wing have always been far better organised, it probably helps they have the media on side.
Starmer is actually doing a surprisingly ok job. The austerity he's pushing is tedious as fuck but if he weren't keeping an eye on economics we'd be drowning in hysteria about "magic money trees" and labour dragging the country in to debt.
The employment rights bill will be an incredible improvement for working people. I wish it went a lot further but it's a solid start.
Unless labour support electoral reform we are doomed to an eternity of right wing government. Labour only got into power last year because reform split the vote, and very soon the reform and conservatives will merge together again.
Lemmy is fairly small compared to other social media sites so instead of restricting yourself to a handful of communities I'd recommend browsing the "all" feed and just seeing everything.
Keep an eye on the instance each community is hosted on as there's often a social or political bias.
You can then block communities and instances that you aren't interested in or would rather not see.
It's absolutely intentional. They've chosen to publicly terrorise this one person so that all minorities fear the government.
They're also sending out letters to any minority they can basically saying "leave now or you're next". It's a vile tactic but the right wing base are absolutely loving the cruelty.
It's a good concept but it does feel like a forced gimmick a. I would really prefer some regularity in the pieces possibly that's just a quirk of neurodivergence.
You are completely correct. There are so many exits before becoming a billionaire that any normal person would take.
Once you have millions you can live comfortable. Tens of millions and you're set for life, you can live in luxury without ever doing another day's work.
Hundreds of millions and you can buy anything you ever want or need. The only reason to continue accumulating money is because you get some fucked up pleasure from it.
You can claim you "earned it" through "working hard" but it's a pathetic assertion. The simple fact is money is only gained at the expense of others.
Phrases can hold multiple meanings.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lame_duck