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ONS may stop publishing mortality data on homeless people in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

[–] whelks_chance@feddit.uk 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You should. If government level decisions are being made based on this data, we should know that it's sound. Otherwise people resort to using gut feel to solve problems.

Confiscate properties from rogue landlords, says senior Labour MP in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

[–] whelks_chance@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago

They're still there, but tend to be only for 1st years.

Confiscate properties from rogue landlords, says senior Labour MP in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

UK inflation falls sharply to 4.6% in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

[–] whelks_chance@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

The ONS has multiple values depending on which selection of prices you're interested in. EMG. With/without fuel, and one assuming a standard shopping basket which they regularly update to make sure it's what people are currently buying.

How a false claim about wind turbines killing whales is spinning out of control in coastal Australia in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] whelks_chance@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago

The BBC did an April Fools day joke along these lines too. Perhaps one is based upon the other.

xkcd #2849: Under the Stars in c/xkcd@lemmy.world

[–] whelks_chance@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can you remember the name of that 10000 year book? It's been ages since I've read some hard science of the type

xkcd #2849: Under the Stars in c/xkcd@lemmy.world

[–] whelks_chance@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wouldn't the temperature difference and UV (and any other spectra) immediately boil/ kill them?

Supportive rule in c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

[–] whelks_chance@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago

There's no ordering to the ways it's worded. It doesn't say "ready for solutions yet?" Or "are you still having feelings".

BBC News - King Charles III new coin designs revealed in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

[–] whelks_chance@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

Only for taxis where I am. So I may end up with a handful of them as change eventually.

Labour Party conference: Streeting promises tough action on vapes in bid to cure 'sick man of Europe' - BBC News in c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

[–] whelks_chance@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago

They'll have to make the rest of life far more enjoyable before removing alcohol. And even then.

UK welfare budget could be cut to pave way for tax cuts, says Jeremy Hunt in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

[–] whelks_chance@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You don't have an issue with taxes, you have an issue with how they're spending them.

Shoplifting an epidemic, says John Lewis boss in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

[–] whelks_chance@feddit.uk 10 points 2 years ago

There aren't any fires, why do we need firemen?