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Davriellelouna@lemmy.worldOPto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•Millionaire homeowners sued the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, arguing a 10 square mile town whose new zoning plan to increase density had no plan to expand the roadsEnglish253·4 days agoBut they are rich homeowners. This isn’t vilification. It’s just a description.
Davriellelouna@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Ted Cruz's plan to punish states that regulate AI shot down in 99-1 voteEnglish29·6 days agoIf you want to see how ignorant some voters can be, there is really no better evidence than Ted Cruz.
I followed his recent Senate race in Texas. In a campaign speech, Cruz said he was fighting the elite.
- His father owns an oil company in Canada.
- He attended a private prep school in Houston. His classmates were Bush family kids.
- He attended Harvard University and Princeton
- His wife Heidi Cruz is a top executive at Goldman Sachs
This guy is fighting the establishment? Are you kidding me? 🤦🤦🤦.
Davriellelouna@lemmy.worldOPto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•Here is the single thing Labour can do to see off Reform and make British politics workEnglish9·10 days agoAs a non-Brit, I watch what’s happening like it’s a slow motion car wreck.
France has 2 round parliamentary elections.
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First round: You vote for someone to represent your constituency. Only 2 candidates remain.
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Second round: Two weeks later, it’s the second round. You vote for one of the 2 candidates that won the first round. The winner becomes an MP.
Throughout France, Marine Lepen candidates won 35% to 40% of the votes in the first round. They qualified for the second round. Luckily, in the second round, citizens rallied against Lepen candidates, voting for whoever was their opponent.
What will happen if Nigel Farage gets 35% or 40% 😲? You don’t have a second round…
If France used the FPTP voting system, Marine Lepen would be ruling the country with a huge majority in Parliament.
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Davriellelouna@lemmy.worldOPto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•Students in England now graduate with average debt of £53,000, data showsEnglish1·17 days agodeleted by creator
Davriellelouna@lemmy.worldto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•Thames Water nationalisation prep 'stepped up', says governmentEnglish5·18 days agoI’m not British, so I should not get involved in British Politics. But privatizing water was a mistake of epic proportions. Keir Starmer needs to have some guts and nationalize it. Enough is enough.
The trash media (The Sun, Daily Hate Mail) talks about poor people stealing welfare, while corporate financiers stole BILLIONS OF POUNDS from you and your families:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw4478wnjdpo
Who privatized water? Margaret Thatcher.
After her time in office, she became a lobbyist for tobacco companies:
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-07-19-mn-4763-story.html
They even paid her birthday party:
Philip Morris’s chief executive, Geoffrey Bible, will chair the dinner. A spokesman for the company said: “Philip Morris is writing the Thatcher Foundation a cheque to cover the cost of the party. That leaves all the money made, like ticket sales, as profit to the foundation.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tobacco-giant-pays-for-1m-thatcher-bash-1576517.html
It says it all, doesn’t it?
Please take your water back!!! Write to your MPs.
They are not Bezos-rich, but for Charlottesville, Virginia, they are rich.