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Over and out?
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Given the recent news about LJ, I'm not sure whether I want to stay here. The fact that I'm not Russian and so therefore not subject to that country's laws is not the point. I don't want to support a platform that is prejudiced against LGBT people. I am one, after all! If anyone reading this has more info about what's happening, please feel ( Read more... ) -
Article 50 Day
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As I type, the Prime Minister's letter formally triggering Article 50 is about to be delivered to the EU. Oddly, Twitter has taken to calling this "Brexit Day", which is a bit silly as the UK won't actually leave the EU for another two years. It's like giving someone a card from the Queen on their 98th birthday! =:P So as far as I'm ( Read more... ) -
London
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All I really want to say about this right now is to say how impressed I am with the London emergency services. There's no doubt at all in my mind that many more people would have been killed and injured had they not responded in the magnificent way they did.
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I am still here, yes
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Thoughts on Bercow, Trump and state visits
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The Speaker of the Commons, John Bercow, has ignited a huge row by saying he will oppose Donald Trump being allowed to address the Houses of Parliament during his State visit later this year. His comments in the chamber were applauded, but noticeably much more by Opposition MPs than by those on the Government benches ( Read more... ) -
And on we go with the Brexit show
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The House of Commons has voted 498-114 to allow Theresa May to trigger Article 50. This vote only happened at all because the Supreme Court decided (8-3) that Parliament had to be consulted; otherwise, the PM would have done it on her own. The result of this vote was never in doubt, but I think it's very important that it happened: you can' ( Read more... ) -
If the visa ban really is about protecting the US from terrorists...
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...then why doesn't it extend to Saudi Arabia? I know, it's a bit of a rhetorical question, but Saudi terrorists have murdered several thousand Americans on US soil, whereas Somali terrorists have murdered zero there.
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A thought about UK attitudes to Trump
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I wonder whether one of the reasons Trump is unpopular in the UK is actually one of the reasons he has more support in the US: his hitting the ground running. He's barely been in office for a week and he's already made a lot of new policy. The fact that most of it was heavily trailed isn't the point: it's that he's actually implementing it ( Read more... ) -
Well, the world is still here
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I suppose that's an advantage on where we could have been, in that Trump hasn't done the "What happens if I do this?" bit with the nuclear button. Unsurprisingly, coverage of his inauguration has been, shall we say, less than adoring on this side of the Atlantic. It's not a case of his being popular with chunks of the working-class ( Read more... ) -
Updatey stuff!
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Note Christmassy userpic: it is not Twelfth Night yet! All those people who take down their festive avatars on Boxing Day are weird. So there. =:P ( Read more... )