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First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon has suddenly resigned. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-scotland-64648879

I suppose those draconian rules will speed up the inevitable collapse of Twitter into irrelevance and obscurity, so…

I can’t think of anything that possibly could go wrong this approach, nope.

Brexit going well, then.

‘Funny’ how British far-right and far-left politicians have the same position on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Just as they were and are both anti-EU.

Another Tory prime minister gets a criminal record while in office!

Spotted several of these billboards while out at lunch today. Not ominous at all!

The Scottish parliament passed a law giving additional rights to trans people late last year, and the UK government has overturned it – the first time a law has been overridden since the Scottish parliament was formed in 1999.

To nobody’s surprise, the UK National Union of Students (NUS) is revealed to be an antisemitic cesspit.

Noticed this poster in the windows of several local shops – don’t know where to start on this. “Digital programmable currency”, well, that’s basically the regular Pound Sterling these days, given how bank accounts and debit and credit cards work. And the paranoia about state control of money...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rishi-sunak-key-workers-union-ban-b2257926.html Got mixed feelings about the fact that the Tory government is enacting eyewateringly harsh anti-union laws enabled by Brexit, given that the trade unions were mostly in favour of Brexit…

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/croatia-euro-currency-kuna-eu-b2254653.html Croatia is a much more sensible nation than Britain.

Conservatism explained in the simplest terms.

Well yes, he’s being completely, hopelessly un-aware rather than outright malicious. Not a good look though, particularly as the man’s also an MP and would have to in their deal with casework from needy constituents. Quite an illustration of how out of touch those at the top are during a time of...

https://apnews.com/article/europe-germany-constitutions-d7e67cfefbd1f33e2909f9c2fe1a3d3d?

No wonder poorer Britons are struggling with the cost of food… https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cost-of-living-food-candles-b2236712.html https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/dec/01/brexit-added-nearly-6bn-to-uk-food-bills-in-two-years-research-finds

That’s the mostly likely outcome in the medium term, IMO.

Why Brexit was a bad idea for Britain, example number 12 billion.

The Supreme Court has blocked the SNP-led Scottish government from holding another independence referendum. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/nov/23/scottish-independence-supreme-court-scottish-parliament-second-referendum-indyref2