lemonflavoured

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UK ministers considering banning sale of smartphones to under-16s in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

[–] lemonflavoured@kbin.social 6 points 6 months ago

Not at all enforcable.

So of course they'll do it.

Conservatives set for worst election result yet, research shows in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

[–] lemonflavoured@kbin.social 5 points 6 months ago

I think they'll get somewhere in the region of 160 seats at the least. Maybe even 200 depending on Events.

Labour have got to be seen as doing something in the next 5 years though, else it might well swing back again in 2029.

A minor thing impacting usability in c/kbinMeta@kbin.social

[–] lemonflavoured@kbin.social 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah, that seems an odd UI quirk to me.

Labour 'committed' to assisted dying vote, Sir Keir Starmer tells Dame Esther Rantzen in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

[–] lemonflavoured@kbin.social 1 points 6 months ago

He's hardly the only MP who does that (Tim Farron and Simon Hughes, famously, over same sex marriage for two Lib Dem examples).

Some people have a problem that upvotes and likes even exist. And I would go further. in c/tech@kbin.social

[–] lemonflavoured@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago

Thank you, Elon Musk.

Two charged for pouring porridge and jam on Queen Victoria bust in Glasgow in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

[–] lemonflavoured@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago

Most Scottish

Faith school banning parts of geography lessons, Ofsted finds in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

[–] lemonflavoured@kbin.social 6 points 8 months ago

That could be any number of places!

UK set for eight-day snow event with just two places spared in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

[–] lemonflavoured@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago

No. And forecasts of snow are barely reliable 10 hours out.

UK set for eight-day snow event with just two places spared in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

[–] lemonflavoured@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago

No one can forecast snow in the UK unless it's already snowing.

Disgraced singer Gary Glitter refused jail release in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

[–] lemonflavoured@kbin.social 4 points 8 months ago

This is hardly a surprise, given that the first thing he did when released before was try to circumvent the restrictions placed on him.

Scientology-linked UK drug rehab left vulnerable people ‘traumatised’ in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

[–] lemonflavoured@kbin.social 7 points 8 months ago

Then whoever was overseeing said "rehab" should be arrested. Right?

Brianna Ghey's killers named in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

[–] lemonflavoured@kbin.social 6 points 8 months ago

The girl got life with a minimum of 22 years (and a comment saying it would "take a lot of work" for her to be released), The boy got life with a minimum of 20.