Random political stuff - old news, or not news

[AuroraSaab]

Exactly so. I suspect Davies never went hungry because her parents either couldn't afford to feed her or because they had a troubled home life.

I think there's a line of thinking that parents should be responsible for feeding their kids breakfast. And that's quite correct, they should. Just like they should make sure their kids are potty trained and can dress themselves before starting school. And in a way the more you do for the parents who won't/don't do that stuff the more you encourage them to do even less.
At the end of the day though you do it because the kids need it. They shouldn't but they do, and you can't make the kids pay for having negligent parents.

If you had parents who were responsible eg fed you and did your reading practise I think you don't always grasp that there are parents who don't/can't. There are some things that cost relatively little, like breakfasts and Surestart, but have long term benefits that make them good value for money.

 

[icowden]

I think there's a line of thinking that parents should be responsible for feeding their kids breakfast. And that's quite correct, they should. Just like they should make sure their kids are potty trained and can dress themselves before starting school. And in a way the more you do for the parents who won't/don't do that stuff the more you encourage them to do even less. At the end of the day though you do it because the kids need it. They shouldn't but they do, and you can't make the kids pay for having negligent parents.

This. Not all parents are good parents. Some of them are permanently drunk or on ketamine benders. Some just won't get up in the mornings. All of this comes under neglect but not necessarily at a level that a level that involves the kids being taken away from their parents. Their education and the school benefit from ensuring that kids are well fed.

 

[Beebo]

Rupert Lowe is triggered by a statue of a woman. Anyone going to guess why he refers to it as filth?
If you want to see filth I can show him plenty of statues with tits and dicks in the British Museum.
He appears to assume it’s a black lady, but hasn’t realised that every statue in London is black or dark brown.
Total fool.

 

[briantrumpet]

This. Not all parents are good parents. Some of them are permanently drunk or on ketamine benders. Some just won't get up in the mornings. All of this comes under neglect but not necessarily at a level that a level that involves the kids being taken away from their parents. Their education and the school benefit from ensuring that kids are well fed.

I did some project work in a school that has the highest rate of free school meals in the whole of the south west, and talking to classroom teachers there, the expectations that one might have from a 'middle class' perspective about home lives has to be put to one side in various respects. The children were absolutely lovely to work with BTW, not least I think because the school was doing a fantastic job with providing them with a fulfilling school experience and having expectations of them that they didn't all get at home.

 

[Stevo 666]

Interesting news re: the Welsh 'experiment' with blanket 20mph speed limits. Some people might even wonder why it was done...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/13/welsh-road-deaths-rise-despite-20mph-speed-limits/

 

[secretsqirrel]

Interesting news re: the Welsh 'experiment' with blanket 20mph speed limits. Some people might even wonder why it was done...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/13/welsh-road-deaths-rise-despite-20mph-speed-limits/

I think it has been explained before, there isn’t a blanket 20mph speed limit in Wales.

This may help……NB it includes all speed limit areas..

 

[Pross]

The way they conflate deaths on all roads in Wales and 20mph limits. Genius stuff.

 

[AuroraSaab]

This news article explains the road accident stats a bit more.

https://swanseabaynews.com/20mph-re...-high-here-is-what-the-figures-actually-show/

 

[C R]

The way they conflate deaths on all roads in Wales and 20mph limits. Genius stuff.

The tory graph misleading their readers? Some mistake, Shirley.

 

[briantrumpet]

Re AI, Marx has entered the chat. A very interesting piece.

https://chrisdillow.substack.com/p/marx-on-ai

 

[C R]

Re AI, Marx has entered the chat. A very interesting piece.

https://chrisdillow.substack.com/p/marx-on-ai

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And to cross threads and arguments, that's the reason why this "what about the unions" canard is pushed every time party funding comes up. Any attempt by society to have a say must be stamped with great urgency by "them".

 

[Rusty Nails]

Interesting news re: the Welsh 'experiment' with blanket 20mph speed limits. Some people might even wonder why it was done...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/13/welsh-road-deaths-rise-despite-20mph-speed-limits/

If you stopped drinking the Telegraph Koolaid to bolster your prejudices you might note that the increase is due to deaths on 60mph and 70mph limit roads and absolutely irrelevant to the 20mph limit.

Deaths in the 20mph limited areas stayed flat after the decrease in the first year after their introduction.

 

[C R]

If you stopped drinking the Telegraph Koolaid to bolster your prejudices you might note that the increase is due to deaths on 60mph and 70mph limit roads and absolutely irrelevant to the 20mph limit.

Deaths in the 20mph limited areas stayed flat after the decrease in the first year after their introduction.

You and your facts.

 

[briantrumpet]

You and your facts.

Hey, that's ©️ @C R

 

[C R]

Hey, that's ©️ @C R

I know, by me.