Discussion platform takes fifth place in rankings and is the fastest growing large social media platform in the UK
Give it some time and maybe Lemmy will enter the top 10...
I don't think age makes people conservative, I think power makes people conservative. If you accumulate wealth and power then you may become conservative in order to protect your wealth from taxes.
Just as others in this thread have said, it's the "fuck you, I got mine" attitude.
The government plans include overhauling job centres, but reforms to benefits are delayed until next year.
What do you think the solution is for the growing number of people who aren't in work?
I suppose that BBC report could be wrong, but I think the BBC are usually pretty accurate, so it could well be an accurate report. It looks like the US, UK, and Australian governments believed that the report was accurate.
Taiwan’s former president urges US to prioritise aiding Ukraine over Taiwan for now
Tsai Ing-wen says Kyiv needs weapons more urgently than Taipei and says Ukrainian victory will be ‘effective deterrent to future aggression’
>Tsai, who left office in January, added: “A Ukrainian victory will serve as the most effective deterrent to future aggression.” This suggests Tsai believes that US military support for Kyiv... would help deter China from a cross-strait attack.
And there's the soldered RAM and storage, and glued-in or screwed-in battery...
I've never banned anybody for saying their view, and I don't think I'd support someone being banned for saying their view, as long as they're being respectful, and as long as they're not advocating anything criminal.
Personally I would like to be able to talk to people with different views, in a civil manner. But Lemmy.ml doesn't seem to want that. If you post something that they don't like (even if it's a very moderate view and is expressed in a completely civil way) then they ban you. They seem to really hate moderate people.
Former German chancellor’s book tells how she tried to help David Cameron win over Britain’s Eurosceptics
Do you agree with Merkel that Brexit was a "humiliation" for the EU?
I'm not sure if I would use that word, but I wonder what other people think.
Asked 'is Europe or the US more important to the UK' in 'terms of trade', 58 per cent chose Europe and just 34 per cent the States
Archive of article is here:
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/CgjxA
https://web.archive.org/web/20241124021745/https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/turn-away-from-trtrump-eu-trade-uk-voters-pollump-and-look-to-eu-for-trade-say-voters-3388992
Apparently, over 50% of voters think Europe is more important for trade than the US:
>Asked 'is Europe or the US more important to the UK' in 'terms of trade', 58 per cent chose Europe and just 34 per cent the States