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andrewducker- 1. Microsoft will make Windows use your selected browser for searches. But only in the EU. Because they're dicks.
- (tags:Microsoft OhForFucksSake regulation Europe )
- 2. Voters In Labour-Reform Battleground Seats More Likely To Rely On Disability Benefits
- (tags:welfare inequality disability politics uk )
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Date: 2025-06-04 12:02 pm (UTC)Why do they think that Reform will actually DO anything useful in this area? Farage just mouths off whatever he thinks will get votes. Utterly insincerely.
Same tactics from other far right minor parties everywhere.
The main parties need to ACKNOWLEDGE that for a lot of people, Life Is Shit (the one thing that the far right does pretty well), and that gov needs to have plausible and timely plans to at least TRY to make it actually less shit, not just blame the wrong causes (far right does this blame too) or not have workable solutions.
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Date: 2025-06-04 01:25 pm (UTC)Re: 2.
Date: 2025-06-04 04:03 pm (UTC)Why "Labour" is no longer the party of the people is probably too depressing to discuss.