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Going to keep an eye on this with great interest. Something I've supported for a long time. Interesting that half the firms are new to defense though. Should be entertaining. There's a big difference between making something that goes broom broom and something that goes boom boom. That said, will such a small investment, it would only need one of these companies to know what they're doing to pay for the whole initiative over time.

Southampton would have had a better chance if they'd have immediately come out and sacked the responsible parties and apologised. The reality is with the time constraints the only punishment suitable was to kick them out. If they've admitted to a handful then it's fair to suspect others. Without the time to do an in-depth look into it you've got to take them at face value and punish them based on what they've admitted to. I'd say they are overall lucky to just be booted out of the playoffs. If they've spied on every game this season and were found out before the playoffs, who knows what the punishment could have been.

The Boys pulling a game of thrones final 2 seasons. What a waste.

Genuinely don't get this strike at all. I'd love to be VOLUNTARILY offered a 4 day working week. You know the decision is baffling when the other union is in complete disagreement.

Less than a years work for a few mill? Who wouldn't want it?

Sources tell the BBC that 18 June is the likely date for the anticipated Makerfield by-election. Until now, it had been the earliest conceivable date it could be held. Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC) has, in the last hour, published their timetable for candidate selection, after giving the green light to Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to apply to enter the contest. Labour will select their by-election candidate following a local hustings on Thursday 21 May. --------- Apparently things are running quicker than normal

Nope. Think the US wording over it is they would provide weapons and stuffs for Taiwan to defend itself. Much like what US and Europe have done in Ukraine. Tbh I hope we never have to find out. Taiwan should be allowed to decide their fate for themselves.

Brings us back to the earlier discussion on canvassing too. If you live in Makerfield you are 100% getting some knocks on the door soon.

Don't think it is bulletproof, just seems the best available right now. You'd have to expect with the "our MP is gonna be PM" aspect they'd get enough votes for him there though. No, but it keeps life interesting I guess.

Months. Think it averages around 3 months to get the by election started, few weeks after that for the actual by election. Plenty of time for greens and reform to absolutely pile everything into the by election themselves. Rough seas ahead.

Labour MP Josh Simons has just issued a statement: "Today, I am putting the people I represent and the country I love first and will be resigning as MP for Makerfield. I am standing aside so that Andy Burnham can return to his home." Good banter if they block him again

Got to think he's got the numbers to trigger it but doesn't think he can win it vs Starmer. Trying to get Starmer to step down willingly and hope he beats the next challenger, maybe?

Any excuse to post this again. Sometimes, you get exactly what you expect.

I said before he'll stick his fingers in ears and sing la la la and keep carrying on until someone forces him to stop. Ironically it seems he's gone beyond that today and just actively said he's not gonna talk about the election results or his leadership, at all. Decent tactic all in all I guess.

Honestly whoever takes on British steel will have a huge task on their hands, it's naturally expensive and with certain tariffs around the world it makes it harder. So hard in fact it's hard to see it being successful without government intervention. At least with my idea it could be sold as yup we're throwing money at it, but at least we're getting high quality steel for our projects. And I'd hate to be the geezer trying to reopen a shutdown blast furnace, never mind hard, that shit would be a nightmare.

Actually like this idea, but considering it hemorrhages money daily, it counts for little without a solid commitment to guarantee that government funded projects have to use only British steel imo.

So finally got around to watching star trek academy. Then find out season 2 has finished filming and will be the end of that show. So that makes 5 attempts at a star trek from this "new era of trek" and 2 have been what I'd call at an acceptable level. How the hell can you miss with trek that much? The accidental hit rate should be more than 40% considering the existing fanbase

Tbf, it's exactly the same as at the general election when labour won a majority. More anti-tory vote than pro labour at the time imo.

"I'm not going to walk away and plunge the country into chaos," he says, after the first results in England showed losses for Labour. He points to Labour's landslide victory in the July 2024 general election: "I led our party to that victory, that is a five-year mandate to change the country." Starmer says that "in the coming days", he'll "set out the further steps" that Labour will take to convince the electorate. Asked if he will stand in the next general election, he replies: "Yes. It was a five-year term I was elected to do, I intend to see that through." -------- Literally told by the electorate that he is the issue. Smash fingers in ears, la la la la. Hopeless.

I literally said "on employee wages perhaps" and you post a link talking exclusively about wages. I get that bit, now you get that when you tax everything else too, it's always the generators (for example the workers) that pay it. As for the rest of the rambling, not sure what it has to do with me bringing up taxes but I'll have a bite at it anyways. If the government of the day want British businesses to grow, like the one I work for that does generate goods and income for the British public (and the world at large) maybe taxing them to the point where it is difficult to afford to expand is a bad idea too.

On employees wages perhaps, not the amount of money the government is taking off all of us in general. Stealth taxes are still taxes. The total tax take is expected to reach 37.1p of every pound generated, the highest level in 80 years, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).

Doubt it. Labour will firmly plant heads in sand and tell us all taxing workers to the high heavens is good for us

Clearest pen you'll see all year. What the **** was he thinking?

Got one of them for a partner, never mind a neighbour!