Disagree - someone has to deal with emergencies and investigate crimes, and I'd rather it was someone trained to do so.
But I would like to see them split up into different agencies with different responsibilities, so it's not armed meatheads dealing with every social disturbance
Most conservatives aren't really economically conservative. They too want police, schools, fire dept, infrastructure etc. to be well funded. There's just also a nebulous idea that "government wastes money" and they don't want their taxes taken.
One of the saddest things was a blog by a nanny to a little girl who was born without a face. She had eyes and a mouth, but that was about it other than random folds of skin. The nanny was so sweet, talking about all the operations the girl had had to slowly, over time, build her something resembling a face. The girl herself was apparently really sweet and loving too, but everyone who saw her would react as you might expect.
It just struck me how cruel nature can be sometimes. At least she was born to very wealthy parents, but that was the only perk.
I wonder how she's getting on now. Must be 18 or so I imagine.
"we would like to thank the Doctors and contributors and survivors, and to apologise for not believing them when they said the BBC would never run a film like this."
Odd thing is I don't remember him being awful on camera, I think most of it must've been offscreen. I don't think they've talked about the reasons yet, other than that he cheated on a few rolls
"Just the people they're interested in"
None of those things scream "crank" to me, other than the association with Galloway, but Murray has stated he has very different politics to him, they just agree on some key issues
Life IS an experiment, via evolution, to propagate our DNA. We're doing pretty great! Colonised loads of land, even at extremes of temperature. Sure, we haven't made it to living underwater just yet, and the poles, mountainous regions and deserts are logistically tricky, and there's only a handfulbof us in space at any one time, but we're getting there!
I kind disagree. I admit that e.g. growing your own veg will never be cheaper than buying it at a supermarket - it would make financial sense to spend a few more hours working instead, and just buy the veg, but that kind of misses the point. Gardening, cooking, DIY... they all have a certain satisfaction and self-sufficient pride to them that money can't buy
It's nothing. 1.2m divided by 50 councils is 24000 each, i.e. will buy one high pressure hose and 1 near minimum-wage job per council. Comparably, I think the NHS costs £25m per day or something
"We do not collect your precise location".
So... just like, to the nearest 10 metres then?
Not counting non-fiction. Are there any novels, poems, movies etc. that have realigned or punched holes in your political leanings, rather than reinforced them?
Yes, yes... I think we know.
It occurred to me that, as an adult, I feel I need a reason to invite friends over. My wife thinks this is pitiful. I invited a couple of friends over for a curry and a boardgame night - it was a fine evening - but without that reason of having a shared activity, I'd never have done it.
Jusy wondered if I'm alone in this, and if there's any men out there who DO invite male friends over with no plans or expectations for the evening?
Pic unrelated.
There are some peculiar branches of libertarian thinkers (Stephen Molyneux being a prime example) that think nothing should be government/tax funded, up to and including e.g. roads. He reasons private companies should build them, and make them all toll roads, or find some other way to recoup the costs.