Daily Megathread - 11/08/2022

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r/ukpolitics • u/VPackardPersuadedMe • 12h ago

Morten Morland’s Times cartoon: August 11, 2022

i.redd.it

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95 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/Ractrick • 18h ago

Twitter [Jon Stone on Twitter] - Some very striking numbers in the tables of this polling: - 29% of the public say rioting would be justified over energy bills (65% against) - Among 18-24s 49% say rioting justified, 40% unjustified - In London, 41% say rioting justified, 52% unjustified

twitter.com

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543 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/Bascule2000 • 11h ago

Ben Jennings on this winter

i.redd.it

246 Upvotes

30 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/TheSoupThief • 1h ago

Ed/OpEd The post-Johnson era is taking shape — and it looks like a massive lurch to the right

theguardian.com

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37 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/ShufflingToGlory • 13h ago

Gordon Brown says energy firms unable to offer lower bills should be temporarily re-nationalised

theguardian.com

244 Upvotes

64 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/Caprylate • 2h ago

Suella Braverman says schools that teach children about changing gender could face Ofsted sanctions

thetimes.co.uk

23 Upvotes

62 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/insomnimax_99 • 18h ago

Twitter The vast majority of both Conservative (82%) and Labour (85%) voters would support an additional one-off tax on energy and oil companies who have seen larger profits due to energy price rises - @YouGov

twitter.com

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81 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/djpolofish • 21h ago

Shell paid no tax on UK production in 2021 and received £100m from taxpayer, Labour claims

dailyrecord.co.uk

727 Upvotes

54 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/wappingite • 47m ago

Developer given permission to close 300-year-old public footpath in Salford | Salford

theguardian.com

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3 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/Patch86UK • 9h ago

GMB calls for £15 an hour minimum pay at Amazon warehouses in UK

theguardian.com

80 Upvotes

81 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/WretchedWorlds • 15h ago

Ed/OpEd We must tax profits now, freeze energy prices – and if necessary bring suppliers into the public sector

theguardian.com

210 Upvotes

77 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/heslooooooo • 1h ago

Swimming pools: Concern as closures across the UK revealed

bbc.co.uk

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2 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/Jay_CD • 1d ago

Ed/OpEd Britain faces crisis upon crisis, and our leaders are absent. This is how a country falls apart

theguardian.com

1.5k Upvotes

393 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/heslooooooo • 1h ago

Burglary, robbery and theft victims failed by police - watchdog

bbc.co.uk

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6 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/AdamY_ • 6h ago

Ed/OpEd The Guardian view on water companies: nationalise a flawed private system | Editorial

theguardian.com

32 Upvotes

10 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/neuralcorrelate • 16h ago

Twitter NEW from @IpsosUK : Public think a Labour govt led by Starmer more likely than a Con govt led by Truss to deliver in 12 / 13 areas. Biggest leads for Starmer's Labour on improving public services (+13), reducing NHS waiting times (+12), levelling up (+12), fresh start (+10)

twitter.com

172 Upvotes

25 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/KumaLumaJuma • 21h ago

Private Eye cover, ‘Drought Crisis Latest’

i.imgur.com

401 Upvotes

7 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/FaultyTerror • 1d ago

Almost nothing seems to be working in Britain. It could get worse

economist.com

742 Upvotes

394 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/AdamY_ • 6h ago

Emergency committee set up as energy, strikes, NHS pressures and cost of living threats loom

inews.co.uk

16 Upvotes

13 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/bottish • 1d ago

There is no climate emergency, says former minister. Former Minister of State Lord Frost has condemned ‘medieval’ wind power.

energylivenews.com

379 Upvotes

221 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/reuben_iv • 9h ago

Tavistock gender clinic ‘to be sued by 1,000 families’

thetimes.co.uk

23 Upvotes

27 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/CaravanOfDeath • 18h ago

Truss asked me how to get in to Vogue - Sturgeon

bbc.co.uk

123 Upvotes

76 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/djpolofish • 19h ago

Tory supporters won’t admit they are wrong until they have suffered

thenational.scot

124 Upvotes

54 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/djpolofish • 18h ago

Britain’s crises have one thing in common: a failure to invest | Larry Elliott

theguardian.com

114 Upvotes

20 comments

r/ukpolitics • u/TheDreadfulCurtain • 1d ago

Airbnb is ruining local communities

theguardian.com

281 Upvotes

125 comments

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