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I know red is the fastest colour, but which is the narrowest?

Vertical stripes

I'm not going to post much about this, as the number of problems will become too overwhelming too quickly, but we're firmly back in the era of extremely bad government. The article below is just one example of how most legislation will be dominated by short-sighted limited interests, and we'll end up having to spend decades fighting the consequences.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/12/these-three-post-brexit-bills-bulldoze-a-hole-through-environmental-protections

we're firmly back in the era of extremely bad government

Which we left when, precisely?

I'm still a fan of the early Blair days when things like Sure Start were launched

That government's first few years probably eclipse anything in years prior and the 20 years since. It's dispiriting that the only bit of optimistic govt. I've lived through was so brief.

Sure Start was a great program, damn Conservatives.

My son was at a Sure Start creche when I was at work. That and childcare vouchers helped me a lot.

i'll probably get torched here, but...

is it only ok if it is donald trump?

Is saying unpleasant things about men backed up by years of government policy in many countries limiting men’s rights? Is saying unpleasant things about men backed up by years of physical, financial and emotional suppression at the hands of the opposite sex?

Historically, have men been socially “valued” on the basis of their physical appearance?

Just to be clear, I know why you’re getting your panties in a twist...

Haha

Javid is out.

Rishi Sunak in.

No, me neither.

It's amazing from the BBC footage from No10. You can't even see Cummings operating his strings.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has resigned

Chalk that down as a win for Cummings.

What someone said on here before, that Rishi Sunak will go far because he is happy and able to tell huge lies eloquently, has been proven today.

From the Guardian:

Sunak’s rise up the ranks has been extraordinary. He has been chief secretary to the Treasury since last summer, but technically he was not even a member of the cabinet; he was just a minister with the right to attend. Being chancellor is his first full cabinet job.

Sounds very much like a puppet to me

^^ This. In this government a complete lack of any morals, ethics, truthfulness and personal integrity is at its peak.

Another scalp for Corbyn. 2 PMs and 3 Chancellors.

The NI Sectretary of State also got booted for not being enough of a yes-man.

Not a huge fan, still a Tory, but he was at least somewhat competent, fecknose what we get now.

I have a hard time imagining Javid having an argument about anything. The man is just a lump of plasticine.

EDIT: Ha, he resigned over a pissing contest, not a matter of personal conviction. Makes it more believable.

he resigned over a pissing contest

I don't think he had much else - he's not had a huge body of work as chancellor has he? Did he even deliver a budget? Or anything apart from the 50p that had to then be melted down.

The NI Sectretary of State also got booted for not being enough of a yes-man.

Not a huge fan, still a Tory, but he was at least somewhat competent, fecknose what we get now

Probably the last NI Secretary.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkekvb/cost-cutting-algorithms-are-making-your-job-search-a-living-hell