• Echo Dot@feddit.ukBanned
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      Occasionally I’ll see a back bench MP stand up to the government, and I realize why the conservatives as a political party exist. I would never vote for them, but they could be moderately reasonable when they tried, but lately they’ve just stopped trying and now they’re just going after the ultra-nationalist moron vote.

      Even if you were that way politically inclined, it isn’t the 19th century anymore, isolationism and xenophobia are not viable long-term strategies.

      They don’t need to “Stop The Boats”, they need to encourage immigration of talented people, what the hell are they doing?

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      I do think though that a lot of people are going to be quite disappointed when the next government don’t actually do very much.

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    If we survive this, people will lie and, incredibly, everyone was on the side of taking action on climate change.

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      I think most people are on the side of taking action, it’s just that we either can’t decide upon the action to take, or we’re gaslighted into thinking it’s all already over, and therefore there’s no point in doing anything, or holding anyone to account.

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    The UK government acts in the interests of oil companies and the industries and financial institutions that support and profit off oil, not the interests of its people.