Steve Woods / is on Nostr

Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.

Website: https://www.slwoods.co.uk/
Location: /home/wood5y

Last Notes

2024-10-12 13:09:41

'Lord' Walney is right-wing Labour personified.
Just like Starmer and Bliar, he never learned how to distinguish left from right.
https://goodlawproject.org/petition/remove-the-governments-protest-adviser/

2024-07-24 10:46:54

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Who will have the courage to present a motion to parliament to outlaw the magic vagina method for selecting the head of state?

2024-07-10 10:54:55

Cyngor Gwynedd expected to approve measure to limit second homes.
https://nation.cymru/news/council-expected-to-approve-measure-to-limit-second-homes/

2024-07-10 10:13:36

“This is a rightwing populist party cynically stoking up division to garner support.
“The outside world informs classroom discussions every day at schools across the country. Teachers take their responsibilities very seriously when handling topical issues and carry them out with considerable care.”
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/09/reform-uk-mp-accused-of-mounting-witch-hunt-against-local-teachers

2024-07-09 09:45:00

If Starmer and Rayner are serious about devolution, all the devolved assemblies will have the same powers (they don't at the moment), with the same situation obtaining for all the English devolved regions, which they likewise don't.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/08/keir-starmer-and-angela-rayner-to-kickstart-new-era-of-devolution

2024-07-08 09:59:54

All throughout her career, Kuenssberg has been biased against anyone to the left of Genghis Khan.
https://metro.co.uk/2024/07/08/carol-vorderman-calls-bbc-sack-laura-kuenssberg-21183086/

2024-07-05 13:52:18

"Goodbye to seven different Chancellors of the Exchequer since 2010, who all prioritized the cutting of taxes for their millionaire and billionaire donors over lifting the UK’s most vulnerable and marginalized communities out of poverty and squalor."
#ToryDeathParty #GeneralElection
https://zeteo.com/p/uk-elections-labour-conservative-mehdi-hasan?publication_id=2325511&post_id=146297139

2024-07-05 13:31:25

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Farage couldn't be more establishment if he tried: public school; city trader, charlatan, serial liar.

2024-07-05 13:22:52

‘We’ve let a lot of people down’ – Senedd Tory leader.
#ToryDeathParty #GeneralElection
https://nation.cymru/news/weve-let-a-lot-of-people-down-senedd-tory-leader/

2024-06-26 11:13:24

"After what started as an eight-day mission, US astronauts Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore have now spent the better part of a month on their space capsule attached to the International Space Station as engineers work out the problems with Starliner."
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jun/26/boeing-starliner-astronauts

2024-06-25 09:46:51

It's strange that one copper has been arrested in the election betting scandal, but no Tory candidates/officials.
Yet another case of one law for them, another for the rest of us?

2024-06-25 09:24:30

"When the choice came between serving the people and making a fast buck, the modern Tory did not hesitate. Nor should the voters. Out they go, then," concludes Zelo Street.
#GTTO
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2024/06/tories-bent-beyond-redemption.html

2024-06-24 07:02:18

"Seeing Nigel Farage re-emerge as the anti-establishment figure is surreal, to say the least. With some honourable exceptions, most interviewers are not willing to challenge Farage or break the Brexit taboo. Instead, they accept his deceitful narrative that he is (still) an outsider. They do not hold him to account for having used false claims and promises to lead Britain out of the EU. Instead they give him space to rant, again."
#GeneralElection
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/24/mood-among-british-voters-election-europe

2024-06-23 09:54:53

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I'm not worried in the least.
Depending upon which metrics one uses, the country's been in decline on different indices since the late 19th century.

2024-06-23 09:49:56

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While the English Empire was an EU member state it had countless opt-outs.
Now it is a third country it wants an equivalent number of opt-ins.
It's still having major problems with being a middle-ranking European country.

2024-06-20 09:07:05

Zelo Street writes: "Several Reform UK candidates had been called out for wacko, racist or downright fascist views. This, the press release told, was someone else’s fault. “Reform UK has consulted lawyers about suing the company to which it paid £144,000 to vet over 400 of its candidates in April but which failed to return a single piece of research”. Did someone see them coming?"
#GeneralElection
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2024/06/reform-uk-unfit-to-govern-whelk-stall.html

2024-06-18 11:09:09

The quickest way to achieve the 'growth' Labour so needs to provide the funds for its much-vaunted 'change' is to rejoin the EU single market and customs union.
Muppets.
#GeneralElection
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/18/labour-eu-policy-economic-impact-brexit

2024-06-18 10:30:15

Labour and Tory candidate pull out of hustings organised by Extinction Rebellion and Friends of the Earth.
Cowards, the pair of them.
Event cancelled as a result.
#Bristol #GeneralElection
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-labour-candidate-pulls-out-9348875