Let non-doms pay £250,000 and avoid UK tax, says Nigel Farage
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They've poisoned and clear-felled and strip-mined this earth
Made a cess pit of the paradise that was ours by birth
They've raped and they've burned and they've plundered our world
Our banner of resistance will now be unfurled
We're nailing our colours right up to the mast
The sands of time are running out fast
To stop the nutters destroying our home
Kidnapped from our children from whom it's on loan
Enough is enough is enough of their greed
Mass eco-defence is what the earth needs
Terra-ist action all over the land
To stop the lunacy the rich have got planned
E.L.F. strike in the dead of night
See the bulldozers are burning bright
Construction area totally trashed
Earth-rape machinery utterly smashed
Some might say that we're too "extreme"
But all we want is air and water that's clean
And a green earth not a desert is what we need Don't let them sacrifice it on their altar of greed
Rise up and conquer your fear
They can be stopped like Jose-Maria
Our world a toxic slag-heap they will make
So take whatever action you feel it's right to take
It's up to you it's up to me to make a stand
Our generation holds it's future in it's hands
Time to fight back let them do their worst
Green anarchy in action - put the earth first!
Lol, claims they're being authoritarian by... upholding their rules, upholding equality, upholding human rights, and preventing transphobia? Okay TERF.
I know who he is. As a teenager I thought he spoke sense, as an adult I realise he's full of shit.
I don't expect he knows what Lemmy is either, but that doesn't stop his talking points from appearing here. Upvotes and downvotes are meaningless, Reddit karma was a stupid thing to care about, and even less so here. But they do determine what gets seen.
If we don't want to spread hatred, intolerance, and bigotry then we need to stop spreading the words of a hateful, intolerant, bigot. That means not posting everything he says, not upvoting what he says. Because in doing so we help spread his message, we help normalise intolerance in our society.
Ignore him.
Fuck Nigel Farage. Don't upvote and normalise whatever shite he's talking.
Blank him from your mind, politically ostracise him. He's not in government, he's not in the official opposition. He has barely more power than the average celebrity. His power comes from talking points. Don't give him any.
When friends and family bring up his latest bonkers outpouring, tell them he's a nutcase that you won't engage with because he doesn't engage in good faith. Don't discuss him.
He was given a platform by the BBC on the likes of HIGNFY and Question Time, his opinions became legitimised. Remove that legitimacy before it takes over any more than it already has.
Abuse of terrorism laws to repress opinions the government disagrees with. Who could have seen this coming when those laws were introduced!
"This is about the threats that shouldn't be made. I won't say too much because there's a court case on, but I don't think that's appropriate," he added.
Then why say anything at all, Keir?
It's not appropriate for him to say anything.
Partially because there's a court case, and partially because which musical acts play at a music festival are so far removed from the remit of the office of Prime Minister it's ridiculous he's commenting on it in the first place.
And the civilian population are just meant to die while that is happening? Pray every night their home, of all the homes bombed each night, isn't one of the ones hit? Hope upon hope that missiles don't rain down upon them?
If Russia is such a threat, and we are currently at peace and have time, would it not make sense to build some defensive capabilities at the same time as offensive ones? While there's peace and time to do so? But there's nothing, no bunkers for civilian populations, no mass education of what to do in x and y scenarios, just extra missiles, drones, and planes.
Does that sound like countries that are preparing for defense or ones that are picking a fight?
Russia is the boogeyman used to justify increasing military spending, and then instead of spending that money protecting our populations from them, it's used to attack somewhere else. Iran this time, Afghanistan and Iraq and countless other places in the past.
This isn't defence spending, we don't need to increase it to 5% of GDP when we already have some of the best funded, equipped, and trained militaries in the world.
Some people just want to justify blowing some shit up.
Yes, of course, it doesn't mean ONLY defensive items. But so far, all of the money is being spent on OFFENSIVE items in the name of DEFENSE. With no defensive items being purchased at all.
And again, without wanting to sound like "my dad can beat up your dad", Russia would not be able to take the EU, let alone NATO, in conventional warfare, and especially if nukes became involved. Ukraine is not comparable.
Whose second hand weaponry is already holding back Russia? What do you think will be the result of the modern stuff being used?
Again, this isn't defence. It's war being dressed up as defence to illicit consent.
We already spend 2% of GDP on defense. And if war broke out do you not think that would increase substantially? Do you not think manufacturing would be forced to change to military manufacturing?
We are not at war. We already have multiple well funded militaries throughout NATO. Why the sudden push to increase funding if not to try and start a war?
If they were genuinely serious about this being DEFENSE spending and not WAR spending it would be spent on bunkers for civilian populations, information for civilians to self sustain themselves when centralised systems no longer can, redundancies added to energy, communications, transport, and food networks.
But instead it's spent on shiny new planes when there's already a stockpile of shiny planes. What does that tell you about this push for extra funding? Does it sound like intelligent, well thought out planning for the defence of a population or does it sound like sabre rattling and a chance to try out some new toys?
The EU, and NATO, already invest in defence. It's not like the 1920s where everything has been left to rot. What's changed is the push from 2% to 5% of GDP, by those who are just begging for war.
That's a huge sum of money.
Ukraine is almost alone, they're getting aid from NATO and the EU but they're having to do the dirty work themselves. And they're still holding their own.
Do you honestly believe a war that brings in France, Germany, the UK, (maybe) the USA, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Poland, etc is one that Russia is going to pick? And if they do, have any chance of winning?
Unless China sides with Russia they haven't a chance, and China doesn't seem to have shown any form of intent in that regard. They sell equipment to Russia because there's money to be made, in the same way they sell equipment to NATO countries.
As you're so keen for war, will you be on the front line sacrificing your life for it? Or will you be leaving that up to others?
This is just scaremongering to normalise the idea of war in people's minds. To push money towards unnecessary military spending instead of healthcare, education, etc.
Russia has less than 140m people. The EU has over 400m.
The EU has a vastly larger economy, more worldwide allies, more advanced technology, blah blah blah.
Russia can't even win in a surprise war against a small neighbour ffs.
It's almost as if Russia is in the midst of a full scale war with conscription and economic sanctions imposed, requiring in-house manufacture of military equipment. Who would have thought that would mean the Russian war machine would be running hotter than the EUs?
It's almost as if these people want us to go to war.
Yeah I was a knob, sorry.
I still don't think it's really relevant to the community but I could have phrased that better, and tbh there's probably not a glamping community of any size worth posting to so I can understand why you posted here.
That's fair. I'll admit I was a bit of a dick. It was 3am and I was dying from allergies so probably shouldn't have been posting whilst cranky.
Apologies OP!
It is shit. That's clear to anyone who has actually used any Microsoft product. You're a sycophant for a corporation that doesn't care about you and never will.
I don't know how long you've used the internet for, but generally THIS IS REGARDED AS SCREAMING, not this, so no, I'm not screaming. You used screeching in a previous comment as well. You're not commenting in good faith, or with an open mind.
You talk about me going on a tangent and yet have somehow diverted the conversation to Lemmy devs, Iran, China, and Russia. Hypocrite much.
Maybe you're human, maybe you're AI, what's obvious though is you lack a soul. The corporates have captured you.
I hope you can find a way over your corporate affliction, but for now, continuing conversation with you is pointless.
I guess we better just lie down and give up against the capitalist machine then.
Why strive for better when our masters and superiors can do everything cheaper than us?
Microsoft is shit, for a myriad of reasons. From the quality of the products they sell, to monopolistic anticompetitive practices, to supporting genocide in Gaza.
Not everything in the world is about money and convenience.
All things back-country camping!
https://sh.itjust.works/c/camping
There's nothing back country about this, or really even camping. It's on a wooden deck ffs, it's a permanent structure.
It's a nice picture and looks to be a nice holiday, but it isn't camping and I don't think in the spirit of the community.
If that's camping then walking to the shops and back is hiking.
That's just renting a lodge but the lodge owners are too cheap to build a proper structure.
5 MPs don't have the power to implement much initiatives and ideas. Look at the Greens, Lib Dems, SNP, Plaid Cymru, etc, for evidence of that.
We know what his ideas generally are, and he makes sure they're plastered all over the place. We don't need to spread them, for him, here too.
His power is in being a celebrity, getting his bullshit spread, not in elected office. Don't spread it for him. That is, unless you agree with his bigotry I guess, but I've seen your name around and you seem sound.