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Why is the UK struggling more than other countries?
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
Just another attempt to make things personal. You gave the information. If there something there to rebut, that's what he should do. -
Any second thoughts you'd care to share with us?
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Why is the UK struggling more than other countries?
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
So, apparently, it's not the words you use that count, but what you meant. I guess I'm going to have to engage the services of a telepathist to get at the meaning of what you write. -
Trump calls for the termination of the Constitution in Truth Social post
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
Links were given already as HappyExpat pointed out. If you have a problem with the validity of the links, you can either explain what in those articles is questionable or report those links to the mods. The same mods who made the rule that links should be supplied to back up assertions. But if you can't manage to do either, what that means is that you've got nothing. -
Trump calls for the termination of the Constitution in Truth Social post
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
Here are a couple: Partisan Gerrymandering Has Benefited the GOP, Analysis Shows An Associated Press analysis found four times as many states with Republican-skewed state House or Assembly districts than Democratic ones, indicating that gerrymandering has benefited the GOP. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/partisan-gerrymandering-has-benefited-gop-analysis-shows-n776436 GOP gerrymandering creates uphill fight for Dems in the House Republican strategists spent years developing a plan to take advantage of the 2010 census, first by winning state legislatures and then redrawing House districts to tilt the playing field in their favor. Their success was unprecedented. In states like Ohio, Michigan and North Carolina, Republicans were able to shape congressional maps to pack as many Democratic voters as possible into the fewest House districts. The practice is called gerrymandering, and it left fertile ground elsewhere in each state to spread Republican voters among more districts, increasing the GOP’s chances of winning more seats. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/gop-gerrymandering-creates-uphill-fight-dems-house -
Why is the UK struggling more than other countries?
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
You claimed that the increase was due to the pandemic even though usage of food banks had been increasing since 2008 every year. The only way that claim of yours makes any sense is if you meant that food bank usage would either have held steady or declined had covid not occurred. So why would the trend have reversed? -
Why is the UK struggling more than other countries?
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
Maybe the Socratic method only works on Greeks. To reconcile your assertion that the increase in food bank usage only began after the onset of the pandemic with the evidence from the graph I presented, would mean that the pandemic began in 2008 since food bank usage increased every year from that date until 2021-2022. -
Why is the UK struggling more than other countries?
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
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Why is the UK struggling more than other countries?
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
But the claims of bias are used as a reason for people not to trust the guardian even when it's reporting the facts. -
Why is the UK struggling more than other countries?
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
With more worthless anecdotes? -
Why is the UK struggling more than other countries?
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
But the bias isn't the important thing. On the basis of fact reporting and analysis, they were judged to be reliable. So when someone claims the guardian is lying about the facts, it's pretty like that they are right wing cranks. -
You think that loons are underrepresented in the Republican Party? Really?
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Why is the UK struggling more than other countries?
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
Ad Fontes Media rates The Guardian in the Skews Left category of bias and as Reliable, Analysis/Fact Reporting in terms of reliability. Did you miss the part about Reliable, Analysis/Fact Reporting in terms of reliability? Guardian Reliability: 43.42 Bias: -8.39 Fox News Reliability: 35.65 Bias: 13.50 https://adfontesmedia.com/fox-news-bias-and-reliability/ Fox is less reliable and more biased. -
Why is the UK struggling more than other countries?
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
I'm not sure what you mean by numerous, but it's indisputable you've made posts with no links and persisted in defending them without invoking objectively confirmable links to defend them. -
Why is the UK struggling more than other countries?
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
But your alleged experiences have zero probative value. Even if your experiences are scrupulously accurate, still no probative value. It's not like there's a lack of objectively confirmable evidence out there. Instead you prefer to make it personal. -
Why is the UK struggling more than other countries?
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
Well, here's a notice about lorry drivers needing covid tests. But it's for all lorry drivers, not just those from the UK. So since all drivers are required to get a test, the UK is not suffering any more of a burden than any other country's drivers. https://trans.info/en/covid-tests-for-hgv-drivers-border-requirements-and-test-centres-in-europe-223742 -
And if they were polled again, given Musk's lies about banning, they should say the same.
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Why is the UK struggling more than other countries?
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
Which explains the vacuity of comments such as yours above. -
Why is the UK struggling more than other countries?
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
Or, to put it another way: "Any alleged factual claims must be supported by a valid link to an approved credible source."