We’re at the point where Labour is using ads I’d expect to see in countries like Hungary or from Reform or the GOP?
I know I might not consume the most balanced news nowadays (I try to keep my despair and doom levels low) but damn, Labour does seem to sink lower on the regular in ways I don’t expect.
I think this is the second article from Novara that I’ve seen on the most recent YouGov poll. I wish they linked to the source. It’s not difficult to find, but it just seems like a basic thing they’re missing.
More on topic though: I do hope this keeps up and they actually overtake Reform overall. It’s a breath of fresh air to see a party actually on the left/progressive side gaining popularity. And right now I actually think they’ll do at least some of what they promise.
It’s right there in the article, first paragraph:
Being overweight or obese causes hormonal changes, which accelerate children’s development. Obese children grow faster, so they tend to be taller than their healthy-weight peers. But obese children have a greater risk of disease in later life, including diabetes and heart disease.
Without further research on my end what this means to me is “poor children are more likely to be obese and reach their, presumably shorter, adult height earlier in their childhood”.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting said: "Weight loss drugs can be a real game changer for those who need them. I’m determined that access should be based on need, not ability to pay.
What a novel idea. I wonder if this could be applied to other drugs and treatments. I don’t know, something else that maybe has to do with not being in the right body for you. Or maybe mental health conditions.
This currently benefitting one company also really doesn’t help me not be cynical.
Not OP, but I’ll answer from my own perspective. Note that Discord terminology can be a bit weird, since a server is just a unique shared group space, but hopefully makes sense.
So you can:
And key thing is: all very easy to get started with, whether you’re just wanting to join a server, or start an entire community.
Big deal for my uses currently is voice chat and screen share in one place, while still being able to organise stuff into separate channels, pin messages in them, etc.
I think right now if I had to replace it, assuming I could get the people I interact with off (which is either 20 or 1500 people, depending on how much I’d want to carry with me), it’d have to be a mix of Matrix/Stoat and probably Steam’s built-in features. Maybe a classic forum. That is, if I wanted to have all the features I use. I could do with less, but it’s frustrating.
I think the alternatives will get there eventually, self-hosted even, but self-hosting also has a hardware cost.
That said, I really don’t know why software stuff was ever moved on discord. My uses are gaming and university community-related.
It sounds like they asked about specific parties being banned. 16% even said Labour…
Without seeing the full survey it’s hard to gauge, but seems like it might’ve been odd phrasing.
Disregarding that, I think I agree with the majority here. Reform are, sadly, a legitimate political party in the UK, who even have seats in Parliament. I don’t feel we should be targeting individual political parties with freedom of speech restrictions, at least not on a national level. Students and staff getting their universities to bar them would be fine. Perhaps an odd distinction, but I think it’s an important one.
Awful. Especially the stats about GPs not providing proper care, and trans people not wanting to go to A&E out of fear of discrimination.
And to be fair I do know people who have/are coming to terms with being trans but not willing to approach their GP.
Recently seeing a (very feminine) trans woman having to use the men’s bathroom was also just an upsetting reminder of the legal and political state of things. It’s very understandable that they’re worried.
The lack of empathy towards trans people is staggering. Honestly, towards people in general too.