Yeah, you Canucks have been getting screwed by the Yanks on this subject long before Trump took the mask off. I'm sorry you live next to a bully. Hopefully Carney will improve things.
However that doesn't mean you can extrapolate North American experience to Europe, they're utterly different markets that have had the phase out of ICE written into law for years and have been actively pursuing it.
I'm sorry but your personal experience isn't relevant to a Canadian Polish example
Edit to correct, left error with strike through 'cos its funny (yes canadian experience is relevant to canada of course lol)
It works exactly the same way ambulance access to pedestrian malls and shared zones works.
They don't drive through at 60mph lights and sirens and "get the hell out of my way" attitude.
This is the UK not the US.
They can drive quickly up to the restricted zone, then they're progressing at 5 to 10mph with the passenger watching for inattentive pedestrians.
Before the howl of outrage this is short distances in a high density city. The difference in travel time by slowing down for the last mile is a minute or two. Time that could just as easily be lost by inattentive drivers not moving out of the way en route.
Lol. Do you really think only govts can track you via your phone ? Both the phone OS providers and the telcos can readily do so, and additionally many apps ask for access that allows them to do so if you're not careful. Refer the jogging app that compromised military security in Afghanistan & the middle east for example.
That doesn't make the flock cameras irrelevant though. It takes an additional step because a) you can't opt out of number plate tracking and b) it's facial recognition as well as anpr into a central tracking database.
It's a good explanation and would be logical if the council were acting in good faith, however the primary driver here is to reduce the number of people who are able to patronise these pubs and thus put them out of business.
A table and 4 chairs takes about the same space as a dozen people standing, and most of these pubs are on comparatively thin margins. Reduce the turnover by that much and they're out of business. Which is what this residents group wants.
They're pushing a lot of other restrictions not just the no standing, closing pubs at 10pm on weekends is clearly intended to make them less attractive to potential patrons for example
The council area is London's biggest night life area, the local residents have elected a council who is determined to kill that. Businesses dont get to vote. So the small number if residents get to kill thousands of businesses.
Farage is the leader of a party with 5 seats in parliament, he's not the leader of the country, although the party did make significant gains at winning many local councils in May.
The changing of Prime Ministers who are failing is a good thing, Starmer is out because he has the worst approval rating ever seen, and Labour lost a huge number of votes in both national elections in Wales (Labour heartland) & Scotland, as well as a huge swing against them in English council elections. Labour MPs worked out they better do something as this strategy is failing.
Is it better to keep doing something that clearly isnt working, or try something else ?
The Reuters article is misleading (disappointing as I perceived them to be reasonably decent).
Farage is under investigation by the Westminster ethical standards committee for failing to declare donations. Millions not pennies.
The normally compliant right wing press are asking him hard questions, including the equivalent of Fox (GB news) who normally spin things positively for him. He's not taking it well.
This by election is a stunt to get himself off the hook: he has attempted to spin the corruption investigation as "the establishment attacking the man of the people"
His logic seems to be when the people of Clacton return him (prob will its a safe Reform seat) he can claim a mandate from the people "see ! The real people dont care about this"
In response all major and minor parties have declared they won't run against him. Delegitimising his spin when he inevitably wins... Unless he doesnt...the only one running against him is joke candidate Count Bin Face. If Bin Face takes out the rubbish Farage will be mercilessly mocked.
Lastly the ploy is stupid because even if he gets back in the corruption enquiry will almost certainly find him guilty (the facts are open & shut) and he'll be forced out, it is just his attempt to control the narrative...which might have worked if the consrrvative press hadnt turned on him
Good, this nimby group and its control of the council has been working to shutdown pubs and make restaurants uneconomical for several years. They moved into the social heart of London then are trying to close it down.
When artillery and troop movements were key then holding an urban environment like that was critical. Now that drones rule, the plains are more defensible than a city, there's a reason the width of the grey zone / contested zone is much wider now. Losing any ground is obviously not ideal but it's not as bad a thing as it once was.
Unlikely, he's been running it a loss for years now, propped up by his money, his billionaire mates' money and some launch contracts in addition to Starlink.
This is the reason he's building in terms into the IPO that prevent him being ousted - public companies making losses are at risk of board shakeups, he's making sure that isn't possible before the float launches.
He doesnt care if twitter or spaceX lose money, they're valuable levers to get what he wants
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Yeah, you Canucks have been getting screwed by the Yanks on this subject long before Trump took the mask off. I'm sorry you live next to a bully. Hopefully Carney will improve things.
However that doesn't mean you can extrapolate North American experience to Europe, they're utterly different markets that have had the phase out of ICE written into law for years and have been actively pursuing it.
I'm sorry but your personal experience isn't relevant to a
CanadianPolish exampleEdit to correct, left error with strike through 'cos its funny (yes canadian experience is relevant to canada of course lol)
The US and UK did not contract to prevent the invasion of Ukraine or protect it from all comers.
They promised not to invade or to negatively economically coerce.
Russia brokethe Budapest memorandum. The US & UK did not.
Full details in the other reply
Only Russia broke that agreement. The US & UK have upheld their end.
Hint, do you actually know what's in it ? I suspect not
It works exactly the same way ambulance access to pedestrian malls and shared zones works.
They don't drive through at 60mph lights and sirens and "get the hell out of my way" attitude.
This is the UK not the US.
They can drive quickly up to the restricted zone, then they're progressing at 5 to 10mph with the passenger watching for inattentive pedestrians.
Before the howl of outrage this is short distances in a high density city. The difference in travel time by slowing down for the last mile is a minute or two. Time that could just as easily be lost by inattentive drivers not moving out of the way en route.
Still have a copy of that, and also its matching Australian version (same war) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Against_Howard
Just searched, there's no "Rock against Blair", disappointing.
Lol. Do you really think only govts can track you via your phone ? Both the phone OS providers and the telcos can readily do so, and additionally many apps ask for access that allows them to do so if you're not careful. Refer the jogging app that compromised military security in Afghanistan & the middle east for example.
That doesn't make the flock cameras irrelevant though. It takes an additional step because a) you can't opt out of number plate tracking and b) it's facial recognition as well as anpr into a central tracking database.
It's a good explanation and would be logical if the council were acting in good faith, however the primary driver here is to reduce the number of people who are able to patronise these pubs and thus put them out of business.
A table and 4 chairs takes about the same space as a dozen people standing, and most of these pubs are on comparatively thin margins. Reduce the turnover by that much and they're out of business. Which is what this residents group wants.
They're pushing a lot of other restrictions not just the no standing, closing pubs at 10pm on weekends is clearly intended to make them less attractive to potential patrons for example
The council area is London's biggest night life area, the local residents have elected a council who is determined to kill that. Businesses dont get to vote. So the small number if residents get to kill thousands of businesses.
It is democracy but not as we know it it Jim
I know that the MAGAts are delusional because mango lets their racism run free, so they'll believe anything they're told.
What is it that makes you tankies so delusional ?
A country at war bombs their invader's infrastructure (in return for the bombing of civilians). On no reasonable definition is that terrorism.
The article is about thefts of vehicles, not thefts from vehicles.
And foreign policy is the one area Starmer was kinda ok-ish.
There's a reason everyone hates him right or left
Farage is the leader of a party with 5 seats in parliament, he's not the leader of the country, although the party did make significant gains at winning many local councils in May.
The changing of Prime Ministers who are failing is a good thing, Starmer is out because he has the worst approval rating ever seen, and Labour lost a huge number of votes in both national elections in Wales (Labour heartland) & Scotland, as well as a huge swing against them in English council elections. Labour MPs worked out they better do something as this strategy is failing.
Is it better to keep doing something that clearly isnt working, or try something else ?
The Reuters article is misleading (disappointing as I perceived them to be reasonably decent).
Farage is under investigation by the Westminster ethical standards committee for failing to declare donations. Millions not pennies.
The normally compliant right wing press are asking him hard questions, including the equivalent of Fox (GB news) who normally spin things positively for him. He's not taking it well.
This by election is a stunt to get himself off the hook: he has attempted to spin the corruption investigation as "the establishment attacking the man of the people"
His logic seems to be when the people of Clacton return him (prob will its a safe Reform seat) he can claim a mandate from the people "see ! The real people dont care about this"
In response all major and minor parties have declared they won't run against him. Delegitimising his spin when he inevitably wins... Unless he doesnt...the only one running against him is joke candidate Count Bin Face. If Bin Face takes out the rubbish Farage will be mercilessly mocked.
Lastly the ploy is stupid because even if he gets back in the corruption enquiry will almost certainly find him guilty (the facts are open & shut) and he'll be forced out, it is just his attempt to control the narrative...which might have worked if the consrrvative press hadnt turned on him
It is curious. Are they protecting him because a fear Israel or the US will drop a missile on him, or is he not alive ? He's not been seen in a month
Good, this nimby group and its control of the council has been working to shutdown pubs and make restaurants uneconomical for several years. They moved into the social heart of London then are trying to close it down.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/06/25/kostyantynivka-falling/
Here's an article that discusses the impact of it falling
When artillery and troop movements were key then holding an urban environment like that was critical. Now that drones rule, the plains are more defensible than a city, there's a reason the width of the grey zone / contested zone is much wider now. Losing any ground is obviously not ideal but it's not as bad a thing as it once was.
It has been a fortnight filled with so much good news. Yes the orcs have landed a few blows but Ukraine definitely has this rounds on points.
Unlikely, he's been running it a loss for years now, propped up by his money, his billionaire mates' money and some launch contracts in addition to Starlink.
This is the reason he's building in terms into the IPO that prevent him being ousted - public companies making losses are at risk of board shakeups, he's making sure that isn't possible before the float launches.
He doesnt care if twitter or spaceX lose money, they're valuable levers to get what he wants