They mean it would cost more because the problem has become bigger and more complicated because it wasn’t addressed early
They mean it would cost more because the problem has become bigger and more complicated because it wasn’t addressed early
The main alternative would be state funding, proportional to vote share. The big question would be how one establishes a new party
Ah, thanks. I knew it was something like that. I bow to your superior knowledge on 80s sci fi comedies
IIRC it was a character in the movie Spaceballs, and he got into trouble for using the name
Although that photo looks like the old days, when he was Lord Buckethead. He had to change the name for copyright reasons
The oil and gas industry isn’t short of money. If its workers aren’t getting a share of that dirty money, I’m not sure it’s entirely the government at fault
VAT should be going down - it was raised from 17.5% a few years ago as an emergency measure by Cameron and Osborne. How are we even talking about it going up again when it should be the opposite?
They can vote. The article was saying they just can’t use their veteran cards as proof of identity
There’s a difference though. Very few people would care if the government knows they bought some whisky, and very few would care if that information leaks out. But people will care a lot if the government know what porn they’re consuming and WILL care if this information leaks out
They shoot down training drones all the time, so shooting things down isn’t novel. “In anger” is a normal phrase to describe doing something in a conflict situation, in contrast to training
Don’t ask online strangers for medical advice. Go to a doctor if you’re worried
Comparison with current excitement about AI is interesting. Look at the language people use to describe the behaviour of LLMs
Flipboard sounds a lot like what you’re looking for
Because we have a lot of history. If we’re doing an historic festival it would be more specific about the period, not just some homogeneous “past”. But that said, such festivals are quite rare anyway
I’m a professional researcher and we all use Google Scholar. I’ve never seen Captchas on there. Are you on Scholar itself, or standard Google?
Except the UK doesn’t have democracy. It has first past the post voting, which does not reflect the will of the people and leads to millions of votes being wasted
As it’s Microsoft, you can be pretty sure the option to turn off the new look and feel will be removed in 6 months
Another factor to add to these answers: if the water has been treated (if it’s mains water), then a not inconsiderable amount of electricity (and so carbon emissions) will have been used to treat it, and probably quite a lot more electricity will have been used to pump it around the country. So using water is also burning energy
Agreed. although my worry with the closed-list system is that it makes parties, not people, the main thing we vote for. This feels like a barrier to entry for independents, and a way of propping up the power of established parties. It also feels like it removes voters’ ability to reject a politician that happens to be popular within the party, or to support a more maverick politician who doesn’t toe the party line but who resonates with the public.