The wonders of Myopic Maggie's myopia.

~35yrs ago, I used to say 'just wait 30 years and you'll see where this leads'. Most thought I was talking rubbish, but ... well here we are.

It's pretty shocking when you read it like this. How much corruption involved in all this?? The doors are always open.

#UKPolitics #UK #Thatcher #MyopicMaggie #Grenfell
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Let's be clear on this: a group of companies, acting illegally, will be rewarded with 36% more money from every household in England and Wales

theguardian.com/money/2024/dec…

#ukPolitics #water

Average water bill in England and Wales to rise by 36% over five years

Firms accused of forcing households to pay for years of underinvestment after Ofwat agrees to increases to help fix sector

^{Jasper Jolly (The Guardian)}

"Labour has pledged to increase deportations, and since taking office, has removed more than 10,000 people"

Ah yes, that well-established left-wing platform of deportation quotas.

theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

#ukpolitics #uklabour

Husband and wife to be forced apart by Home Office deportation flight

Man scheduled to depart for Pakistan on Tuesday, leaving wife in UK, but believes his life will be at risk

^{Diane Taylor (The Guardian)}

The UK exported 8,500 tonnes of pesticides last year that are banned on British farms because of the dangers they pose to human health and nature.

Under British law, when a pesticide is banned, the ban does not extend to its production or export. This leaves companies free to keep manufacturing these products in the UK to be sold in countries with weaker regulations.

#Pesticides #Pollution #PublicHealth #UKPolitics #Brazil #Canada #Mexico

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‘Ultimate hypocrisy’: UK exported 8,500 tonnes of banned pesticides last year

^{Naira Hofmeister (Unearthed)}

We currently have the right not to be subject to a legal or significant decision based solely on automated processing.

The UK Data Bill removes this right n most circumstances. This will exacerbate power imbalances by requiring individuals to scrutinise and assert their rights against decisions made by AI.

Our letter 🔖 openrightsgroup.org/app/upload…

#DUABill #PeopleNotMachines #AI #DataBill #dataprotection #privacy #GDPR #ukpolitics

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

53 experts and civil society groups call on the UK government to scrap proposals that'll remove the right not to be subject to decisions made by AI.

The Data Bill MUST keep the right to human review!

Read our open letter ⬇️

#DUABill #PeopleNotMachines #AI #DataBill #dataprotection #privacy #GDPR #ukpolitics

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Letter to Peter Kyle: Keep our right not to be subjected to decisions based solely on AI

Civil society organisations, trade unions, academics and campaigners have called for the government to scrap proposals to remove the right not to be subject to decisions made by automated or AI systems.

^{Open Rights Group}