starmer

Looks like he resigned.

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IIRC, there was a time in Italy where they had practically a "government of the month."

I vaguely remember those days.
But a serious question for those who (correctly) believe that less government is often better than more: If a parliamentary system often results in ineffective chaos at the top, wouldn’t the results be better?
(Note that I’m asking about the results, not how and why they result that way; i.e., I’m not suggesting we’d be better off with a parliamentary system.)

I often used to wonder about people complaining that Obama spent too much time on a golf course or some other non-presidential activity. Really, you want him doing more of what he and his cabal do? We like it when it’s our guy who has “a pen and a phone,” but not so much when it’s someone else (as it always is, sooner or later).

I should point out that I’m not in the “get rid of all the bureaucrats” crowd. Like it or not, much of what we enjoy as members of the Nation these days is due to what the “government” does.

I think from time to time about how Ben & Jerry’s used to offer an ice cream confection they called the “Peace Pop.” They claimed that a portion of the profits of its sales would be donated to efforts to promote peace, rather than war and all the other bad stuff the US was doing at the time. It struck me because it made clear that whoever came up with the idea had no conception of what it takes to keep the peace and how the US was (and is) spending huge sums with that goal at least indirectly in mind.

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But a serious question for those who (correctly) believe that less government is often better than more: If a parliamentary system often results in ineffective chaos at the top, wouldn’t the results be better?
(Note that I’m asking about the results, not how and why they result that way; i.e., I’m not suggesting we’d be better off with a parliamentary system.)

I'm not all that familiar with a parliamentary system... but the results don't seem better in the UK.

I was kind of wondering this morning whether Starmer's resignation, and Andy Burnham now being the overwhelming frontrunner to be Britain's next Prime Minister, would make things better or worse?

I really don't know. I do know that they will continue to limit free speech:

UK Government Plans To Force Social Media Giants To Boost BBC Content To 'Fight Disinformation'

Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News,

The UK government, under the apparently outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer, is advancing proposals that would require platforms like Facebook, YouTube and others to make BBC and other public service broadcaster content more prominent in users' feeds.

Officials frame the move as essential to combat 'disinformation,' citing Ofcom data that social media serves as the main news source for 51% of adults and 75% of 16- to 24-year-olds.

Yes, they want to turn social media into a literal Ministry of Truth.

Under plans to further restrict private media firms, news from public service broadcasters would be given priority to fight "disinformation".

The proposals will set Sir Keir Starmer on a collision course with tech giants already frustrated by his under-16s social media ban …

https://www.zerohedge.com/geop...fight-disinformation

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Originally posted by Captain Morgan:
Looks like he resigned.

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The UK government, under the apparently outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer, is advancing proposals that would require platforms like Facebook, YouTube and others to make BBC and other public service broadcaster content more prominent in users' feeds.

I hope Elon gives them the business when they ask him…

...and the two tiered policing beat goes on.

A lack of a constitution may be a bigger deal.

But, also the UK is a weird mix, culturally.

One of the most productive cultures on earth, mixed with some of the most vile degenerates.

It’s a nation of pirates, and the Industrial Revolution.

A migrant can hit the police there and they'll drive them home.

Just keep voting for free shit Britain.

What England Can Teach Us About 'Democratic Socialism'

Authored by Stephen Moore via The Epoch Times,

If you want to see modern-day socialism in action, look no further than to the other side of the pond at not-so-jolly old England. The story of Britain’s decline is a warning signal to those here in the States who are thrilled by the warm embrace of socialism.

Right now, the Brits are having the same debate about the merits of socialism as we are in our major cities and blue states. In England, the Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the Labour Party is out. But instead of turning to the right, it appears the UK will swerve further to the collective ownership of the left. Andy Burnham—the former socialist mayor of Manchester—is next in line. God save the queen.

As Greg Ip of The Wall Street Journal reports, “Burnham’s socialism is the real deal. He wants the state to control more of the means of production. ... (H)e advocates public ownership of water, housing, energy and transportation.”

Burnham calls it “business-friendly socialism.”

Sure.

That will make the trains run on time.

What short memories.

After World War II, the Brits experimented with creeping socialism for more than three decades. The Labour Party handed over to public bureaucrats and unions the means of production: the Bank of England, the coal mines, the airlines, iron, steel, and phone service, to name a few. Prices soared, nothing worked, unemployment lines lengthened, and the Brits got a lot poorer.

Britain’s share of world output fell by half, from more than 10 percent to less than 5 percent. About the only thing Britain had going for it was four lads from Liverpool called the Beatles, who singlehandedly brought deep pride back and caused a mini-stimulus. But in the 1970s, the downturn worsened.

We interrupt this story with the election of Margaret Thatcher in 1979. She saved the kingdom by slashing taxes and privatizing everything she could get her hands on. It was the precursor to Reaganomics.

That didn’t last long. Now it’s Thatcherism in reverse—just as the left in America wants to reverse the Reagan and Trump legacies of deregulation, lower taxes, and sound money.

What seems to be driving this leap toward “democratic socialism” on both sides of the Atlantic is a middle-class fury over inflation. The idea of free food, housing, child care, and health care is alluring.

But prices have risen not because of a failure of capitalism. It was mostly caused by massive money printing, widespread shutdowns of private industry, retail businesses and schools, and stay-at-home orders during COVID-19. Government became the provider, and the leap forward in state expenditures was never entirely extinguished.

In both the United States and in England, the “affordability crisis” is mostly in government-owned, government-operated, or heavily regulated businesses. In the U.S., that’s health care, education, and college tuition. In Britain, it’s those industries plus energy, housing, and child care.

There is an infestation of socialism in Britain that has sucked the dynamic and wealth-producing spirit out of the UK.

We need a socialism vaccine in America.

https://www.zerohedge.com/poli...democratic-socialism

Watch it until the end- The Police deploy backups.

A 4'8" 75lb back up.

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A 4'8" 75lb back up.

Tattoo in drag?

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Originally posted by Graniteguy:
A 4'8" 75lb back up.

Tattoo in drag?

Don't underestimate Yoda.

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Originally posted by Graniteguy:
A 4'8" 75lb back up.

That's being generous.

Actually she’s kinda cute

When I was a kid I was playing street hockey with my friends in northern Virginia not too far from DC. My brother had his front tooth knocked out the week before in a heated game. We were playing a physical (but fair with no fouls) game of street hockey when my friends mom came out and verbally accosted me for “roughing up her son”. This wasn’t revenge, the kid who knocked out my brother’s tooth wasn’t in this game.

She even said “hockey is not a physical sport like you are playing it”. I will never forget this as it was my first heated encounter with a leftist retard.

Now mind you this kid had a full foot size advantage over me and I didn’t do anything wrong per the rules of the sport.

If you cloned that stupid woman a few million times and made them live in the UK I think it would explain the level of mental retardation that exists in the UK.

Mind numbing levels of idiots reside in the UK. I feel bad for the good people who live there.

The little lady officer may not make you feel protected but rest easy knowing inclusivity has been addressed.

I'm sure many would disagree, but I think the effectiveness of an officer is the power and authority of the state, not physical dominance. A LEO that relies mainly on their ability to physically dominate a suspect has already lost much of the encounter. Not that it isn't sometimes necessary given the lack of respect out there these days, but I think it explains much of the public outrage that accompanies needful law enforcement, not to ignore the justifiable outrage over non-compliant offenders.

I wish I could say how to fix it, but it seems that back in the olden days, when the general public respected and obeyed authority, that we had a much more civil society overall.

WRT the tiny UK officer, it certainly doesn't help that everyone knows that, ultimately, the state will not cover her butt thereby making her a target of both those who would abuse the law, and those who would support her actions.

“The idea of free food, housing, child care, and health care is alluring…“

As Margaret Thatcher pointed out ¨Socialism is fine, until you run out of other peoples´ money.¨

We still have Meritocracy in the private sector for the most part, DEI excepted. It is regrettable that DEI permeated government agencies (And education) producing some of the worst managed bureaucracy ever seen.

NYC is on the UK path; however, it cannot print money! I give it less than two years to bankruptcy-any other estimates?