2026-05-30T11:44:57Z https://njump.me Elaine https://njump.me/npub1ylhsakqlms7hkmju603dx0h79fmqa838uly0nntwsj2dzvw5wlrq5nmm7u https://media.mastodon.scot/accounts/avatars/109/296/866/984/215/082/original/2fe8c178cd94fcb3.jpg https://media.mastodon.scot/accounts/avatars/109/296/866/984/215/082/original/2fe8c178cd94fcb3.jpg https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqwtdacx9k6v5eq0dwvhqkq2mqs8xz86dywwrtqfpv2ywc2n9n0sqzyqn77rkcrlwr67mwtnf795e7lc48vr57ylnu37wdd6zff5f363muvl8cks3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy89dfvaakrwu4du04uk9ft9unpj24rnl5266ed5xrhu7ajedtaesh78zfu'>nevent1q…8zfu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>SGP welcome independent elected members to vote along side (we don&#39;t whip), but anyone who leaves Labour (or the SNP or whoever) stays independent until they&#39;ve been selected by the members and elected as a Scottish Green by their constituency 2026-03-12T20:53:17Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsv0drzvu24k3aqfa8844wr4628fnkn3ky56nqurdzdezng2scu8rgzyqn77rkcrlwr67mwtnf795e7lc48vr57ylnu37wdd6zff5f363muvtqmu0q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9lqt2ycqe5vsmlhpesc2xcvnjh93nck09et5720kpr2p4unva8mgx6qkel'>nevent1q…qkel</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>that&#39;s known as Short Money in the UK, it&#39;s a significant funding boost to both the Greens, who field real candidates and campaigners, and ReformUK Ltd., who scam the system by fielding paper candidates who either all are members of a branch hundreds of miles away or actually don&#39;t exist. 2026-02-14T17:46:53Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsye8ujkc7uml5wvmtmcmh38ajglahgv33u3h2sq7kevf3zd6p39fgzyqn77rkcrlwr67mwtnf795e7lc48vr57ylnu37wdd6zff5f363muvrz0xy3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrk96akazr6x6echh33cx03d4wmm9zfqcrsrlhtsv2n35rfr34usqgk5wg7'>nevent1q…5wg7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;lawfully&#34; is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. Whether or not it is lawful, who&#39;s going to step up to stop him at this point? If there has not so far been a flash point to general civil war (I&#39;d contend that that state exists in Minneapolis) then this might be a major candidate but it would require the General Staff to stand by their oaths and Hegseth has been culling the officers who would be likely to do that. Or else the public would have to. 2026-01-17T20:26:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspk9knz6rs8yl73gzya72lswz7gz6kruggwgwgly8dwp6jkagncfgzyqn77rkcrlwr67mwtnf795e7lc48vr57ylnu37wdd6zff5f363muvxft6vm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd6f4y0msp5pxgcz72j3m4k6gyt48lur0msc8zq3achevn3th3vtqy5dxuh'>nevent1q…dxuh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it&#39;ll depend on organisation, leadership, and stamina. More members means more people to potentially go round doors and talk to voters, which takes organisation. The leadership needs to fire them up to convince voters that voting for them will bring change. And the stamina will come in when it&#39;s time to convince the campaigners that they&#39;re not done with just one day&#39;s outing, it&#39;ll take time and commitment. 2025-10-09T10:04:26Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8yz9z45hhrq3vphr2slplke4yc4ekk5t30epgl0ct5c5rglz97nqzyqn77rkcrlwr67mwtnf795e7lc48vr57ylnu37wdd6zff5f363muv25nyfp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgyc7du44h0kh4ph5pn8vy5vrjeqzgku34e5697dzpc9pgmaqhqqcpws7gf'>nevent1q…s7gf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>just as, to quote Hal Duncan, Andrew Tate is &#34;A wee boy&#39;s idea of a big man.&#34; 2025-09-21T17:28:31Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsd6ze487xd426g2kukzqpz4lvvqe5exfcvsjxshfaq6cgxv8qgdygzyqn77rkcrlwr67mwtnf795e7lc48vr57ylnu37wdd6zff5f363muvq3e8wy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsthf9n33yqr6qq6fzzkkj83auf83rmjxcva6s5d0c68dte9scpwvsd38kqe'>nevent1q…8kqe</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think you&#39;re trying to engineer your terminology into something that it doesn&#39;t support. This &#34;thick norm&#34; is more usually regarded as having a mature and judicial ethical responsibility, i.e. not abdicating judgement and justice to a set of rules which is your &#34;thin norm&#34;. Your &#34;norms&#34; are subject to being played by bad actors and permitted by people who don&#39;t care to take responsibility for the abuses that they let pass. 2025-08-03T23:51:13Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswldjm3hwqqjagaxv7vhx58hpyx7py55hrddv6hj00ecmvu8985jgzyqn77rkcrlwr67mwtnf795e7lc48vr57ylnu37wdd6zff5f363muvlv89r3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswq60v7p4avlm3xx9taygs28hfq3uqttymn24yusm7vmqlul6j2tgykd4xa'>nevent1q…d4xa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the law says that supporting Palestine Action is grounds for imprisonment for up to fourteen years, do you really agree with that? I think it&#39;s a laudable ideal but in practice the law makers and law enforcers are corrupt. Historically there have been peaceful recourses in such cases, more effective even than violent revolution, but they require mass refusal to comply with unjust laws. 2025-08-03T09:27:48Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgxkspgqn3gjeg359cvst2aszh5lzrfm42up8x6d5z8lr7c79lregzyqn77rkcrlwr67mwtnf795e7lc48vr57ylnu37wdd6zff5f363muvn5kkfu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8vz3npjxfn4m85dz9ten48knk8905vvz8vkdnfem2jq85atewqrqlj477h'>nevent1q…477h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>not that Gates can code particularly, he bought DOS and put his name on it. 2024-11-28T19:26:19Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfzt0gqeezqn7aenx5alhq4p586fty84sxsn0whqs03fjrjlufxkszyqn77rkcrlwr67mwtnf795e7lc48vr57ylnu37wdd6zff5f363muvpnve7k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrpqg94pkmdn8mkw2htd95ykeqmc4z3dv2rf9v67str5lm54xphzce9cqa4'>nevent1q…cqa4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>why is raising taxes not a part of this calculation? Historically the world was doing well when corporation tax was ~60%; rather than pay the tax, shareholders re-invested profits in wages, plant and product development. Untaxed capital gains is becoming recognised as a workaround for income tax and capital gains tax is half what income tax is, hence the workaround to not declare income. I know the Beatles wrote a song slagging off the taxman but c&#39;mon 2024-09-29T21:53:01Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9m6pmtcmscdqrm52ph3q8azc0hex9at98w6qmgf4evjqxe0zy6tgzyqn77rkcrlwr67mwtnf795e7lc48vr57ylnu37wdd6zff5f363muvr0qvj5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspy6erulegcz7qkxj54vzztmv97jddah33va5vmtks9mthg7trzcgu7vz0d'>nevent1q…vz0d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this is one of Umberto Eco&#39;s (I think) identifiers for fascism 2024-08-07T08:35:53Z