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  • French parliament backs proposal to ban vapes

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  • I just checked. It is illegal to sell nicotine vaping products to anyone under the age of 18 in the UK. Hands up, I am guilty of making assumptions here.

  • Racist abuse will not stop me standing in Bedford - Tory candidate

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  • Precisely why we should spend police budgeting on an investigation. It is not unusual for some people to push their ethnicity and a victimisation claim to garner votes. If there is malice behind it, then she deserves protection. This is a potential MP after all. But if it is a narrative just to gain votes that she would not get, then that also should be known.

    I think it is fair to question it since she is resorting to the BBC media to push a storyline.

  • Racist abuse will not stop me standing in Bedford - Tory candidate

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  • Tory politician or not, anyone caught committing racism against a potential MP should have the book thrown at them. It something that is worth spending police budgets on to get to the bottom of it.

  • Daily Mail events firm is given £500k government contract to run UK COP28 events

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  • You’re literally asserting that an events company is not allowed to work for COP

    BS I am repeating what is stated in the article. They are using public funds to pay a subsidiary of the Daily Mail. Which is an ardent Tory media machine. They are enforcing this payment without public scrutiny. If there is a valid reason for doing this, then be open about it. But like all Tory theft, they like to hide the details.

    It tried to connect two different events (COP 28 and an oil event listed in their annual report) and claim some sort of nefarious link.

    The fact also remains that there has been a lot of unanswered speculation regarding the president Sultan al-Jaber, who has major links to DMG events LLC. DMG events LLC hired Johnson to host a speech Singapore. Failing to allow for scrutiny in the tender process is not absolute proof of wrong doing, but it raises eye brows from anyone with a brain.

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/15/cop28-host-uae-oil-plans-data

    Sultan Al Jaber is the chief executive of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) and president of the Cop28 summit, which begins on 30 November. The researchers behind the new data said Adnoc’s huge planned expansion of oil and gas production was a clear conflict of interest and they said his position was “ridiculous”.

    they have no role in the design of the UK pavilion events programme. The cost of the contract is covered entirely by private sector sponsorship.”

    I never stated that DMG had anything to do with the presentation side of the event. I do not see a point here.

    You’re right to be sceptical with this government. You’re absolutely wrong to not even try to seek the truth.

    Here we both agree. This government is an abomination. There is nothing to be gained from pushing a lie, because once a lie is found out, then all other queries regarding this government can have their validity questioned. I am happy to admit I have made an error if there is one. I am fairly confident that this will be another item that Labour will put under the spotlight after the next GE. Time will tell.

  • Daily Mail events firm is given £500k government contract to run UK COP28 events

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  • Mate what do you think they are doing for £500k. They are supplying a table and a couple of bodies for support. They are not paying for transport, or even hotel room hire. If they were having to pay for the lease of the event office, which is unlikely, how much do you think this is? It is not a great deal. Someone is pocketing a few hundred thousand from this.

    The tender was not allowed to go to any other supplier. That in itself raises questions of why they are refusing to follow accepted guidelines. They have very close links to oil companies, which means the oil companies will have an influence on position and effectiveness of each group. Energy companies do not want an effective COP event.

    All of this and yet you want to throw in inuendo and derision. Defending these scumbags is a pitiful hill to die on.

  • Daily Mail events firm is given £500k government contract to run UK COP28 events

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  • About 15 food banks.

  • Daily Mail events firm is given £500k government contract to run UK COP28 events

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  • Its just half a million quid. I suppose it is a lot less than they have paid in bribes to others.

  • French parliament backs proposal to ban vapes

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  • I cannot understand why there is no law banning the sale of Vape mixture to kids in any shape or form. Prohibition does not work where there is a desire to use a product, and vapes are so easy to manufacture that it will never be effective.

  • Immigration rules are getting stricter including higher min salary for skilled worker visa

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  • FTFY: The Tories want British people in low paid work and no training opportunities.

  • King's tie features Greek flag after Elgin Marbles row

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  • Anti-royal pro-colonial is a angle we don’t often see

    Look at the comment above and stick to the context

    Britain had claimed Greece as a colony

    andthenthreemore see anyone can do that

  • Yeah, very sorry that this app is Windows only, would love to switch to Mac

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  • There is always going to be pros and cons when it comes to UI. Since Mac comes with a set size monitor, I can understand why there is little support for it. Although, as someone who needs PC glasses, it is a big remiss to not cater for disabilities.

  • Rwanda scheme can save billions of pounds, claims Rishi Sunak

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  • It has prob cost 1/2 billion so far with nothing to gain for it, and absolutely no hope of it coming in the future. Dropping out of the ECHR could save companies a few billion pounds, and that will all be at the expense of workers rights. Fighting "illegal" refugees is not in their line of sight. They want to make labour costs as low possible in the UK. This is why no one has any money, but they want you to have much less again.

  • King's tie features Greek flag after Elgin Marbles row

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  • And again - price of fish. The topic at hand has nothing to do with colonialism.

  • King's tie features Greek flag after Elgin Marbles row

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  • What has that got to do with the price of fish?

  • King's tie features Greek flag after Elgin Marbles row

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  • They are heading to Greece. They will be there within the next 10 years. If Starmer doesn't just hand them over, then the Greeks will use their veto to stop the UK joining the EU. Since Starmer wants good relations with the EU without actually committing to join, then the Elgin Marbles will be a good start point, as well as doing the right thing.

  • Weekend PC Game Deals: Freebies from Ubisoft, massive charity bundles, and a lot more

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  • +1 from me there.

  • Digital pound should not be considered until risks addressed, MPs warn

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  • Charge negative interest rates? How do you think that will affect the banking sector.

  • Boris Johnson to apologise to Covid inquiry but say he got big calls right

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  • If he got everything right, why apologise?

  • King's tie features Greek flag after Elgin Marbles row

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  • Give over you clown. Who pays the wages and assigns staffing at the museum.

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    Weekend PC Game Deals: Call of Duty and Battlefield to try, a new demo festival, and more

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    ‘Proportional representation will lead to better politics’, Labour conference told

    leftfootforward.org /2023/10/proportional-representation-will-lead-to-better-politics-labour-conference-told/
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    Bernie Ecclestone pleads guilty to fraud after failing to declare more than £400m

    www.independent.co.uk /news/uk/crime/bernie-ecclestone-fraud-guilty-f1-b2428423.html
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    Labour is right: billions were lost to Covid fraud, and the public deserve a reckoning | Devi Sridhar

    www.theguardian.com /commentisfree/2023/oct/11/labour-billions-covid-fraud-pandemic
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    Lee Anderson ripped apart over claim Labour will ‘put UK up for sale’

    leftfootforward.org /2023/10/lee-anderson-ripped-apart-over-claim-labour-will-put-uk-up-for-sale/
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    Reform of UK democracy needed to tackle climate crisis, Green Party conference hears

    leftfootforward.org /2023/10/reform-of-uk-democracy-needed-to-tackle-climate-crisis-green-party-conference-hears/
  • PC Gaming @lemmy.ca
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    Weekend PC Game Deals: Bundles for multiplayer mayhem, storytelling discounts, and more

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    Petition: Call an immediate general election

    petition.parliament.uk /petitions/641904
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    Sunak's HS2 Act of Madness

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    Sunak reported to police over conference speech comments

    leftfootforward.org /2023/10/sunak-reported-to-police-over-conference-speech-comments/
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    Jacob Rees-Mogg says HS2 money should be used to scrap inheritance tax

    leftfootforward.org /2023/10/jacob-rees-mogg-says-hs2-money-should-be-used-to-scrap-inheritance-tax/
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    The facts have changed, says Rishi Sunak, as he scraps HS2 leg

    www.bbc.co.uk /news/uk-politics-67005544
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    Sunak ‘not sharing’ Covid texts ‘a disgrace direct from Boris playbook’

    www.independent.co.uk /news/uk/home-news/rishi-sunak-whatsapp-texts-covid-inquiry-b2422937.html
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    Honest Rejoin EU Ad

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    Brexit: Government to help with 'Not for EU' label costs

    www.bbc.co.uk /news/uk-northern-ireland-66970085
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    Ashes of Creation - Alpha Two is coming to you in 2024

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    Weekend PC Game Deals: Indie bundles, shoot 'em up festivals, and more

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    Rishi Sunak excludes trade unions and scraps workers’ rights from his India trade deal

    leftfootforward.org /2023/09/rishi-sunak-excludes-trade-unions-and-scraps-workers-rights-from-his-india-trade-deal/
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    Ava Evans - Responding to Laurence Fox's vile misogyny | Pubcast

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    Trump confuses Obama and Biden in speech, warns Biden will lead U.S. into 'World War II'

    www.msnbc.com /morning-joe/watch/trump-confuses-obama-and-biden-in-speech-warns-biden-will-lead-u-s-into-world-war-ii-193178181948