I would say the fiat money system is the biggest con, at least by volume. What with all the quantitative easing and fractional reserve banking.
I read it as a self-censor by The Beeb. Or, more to the point, they censored Miriam. And maybe it was just the BBC that found it shocking.
[Edit] after rereading the article, it appears that listeners forced this action. Thinking about it more something is off about the presentation of facts in this article. How can the BBC pull something from a broadcast that's already been broadcast? Maybe the iPlayer version is changed and any rebroadcasts.
Thanks for this. I never knew about this. In retrospect, Fagin was a pretty shoddy stereotype. But, in general most of Dickens' books deal in such tropes. The real question is, was Miriam wrong to say what she did? And was the BBC wrong in censoring her? While your anecdote was interesting I'm not sure it spoke to those questions specifically.
The whole no tax on tips is a bit of a head fake. You hear that and you think: "aw, that's nice. Wait staff will get more money". You're not thinking about the millions wall street gamblers get in bonuses will now be classified as tips. A better policy is for wait staff to be paid a living wage and paying staff is a cost of doing business.
How powerful a tool X is depends on how much legitimacy it can gain. If politicians are leaving the platform it can't be long before advertisers also leave. I'm old enough to remember Myspace. Even Facebook is a bit pacé nowadays.
I could imagine Labour HQ running their own Lemmy server for their MPs and staff.
It really depends how well maintained the instances are. This extra work may come at a cost. Which may exclude some of the opportunists.
Subtle bit of framing there: "centrist turn". Not: " rightward turn". The author places the frame of reference in the center of politics rather than in the heart of the Labour party.
When you consider the rightward ratchet of Overton Window I'd argue the latter framing is more illuminating.
I think you are discounting how the election itself can bring eyeballs and green backs. He is only to utter an outrageous statement and create a media buzz. Plus, he has won over most of the media, anyway. Or at least they are willing to grade Trump on a curve.
Does this also apply to exit polls?
While I support crypto you gotta pick your asset. And, boy this is a dud.