#UK stuff

[marbledwings]

It's voting day in the UK!

Use your vote and don't forget your ID 💜💜💜

[lavendersewingcircle]

Anyway this is extremely fucked and being conveniently hidden by the bullshit reshuffle and return of David pig fucker Cameron . This is horrific

[purpleandgreen13]

Good lord

Harvey on University Challenge while he's in med school needs to be added to my prequel fic! :D

[mywingsareonwheels]

PSA for lovely immigrants to the UK on here

My partner just got a scam call with an automated robot voice claiming there was a problem with their visa.

(Specific wording: "hello, immigration bureau. There is a problem with your visa.")

The number called from was 07359830478.

Fortunately for us, neither of us is an immigrant to the UK so we didn't even need to think about taking it seriously. Partner just hung up. But we're both hating the idea of actual immigrants getting that call, especially a refugee, anyone else in a vulnerable position, and/or anyone whose English and/or tech knowledge isn't that confident. :-( But even someone who can work out it's a scam pretty fast might get an unneeded anxiety jolt, and immigrants to here get a rough enough fucking time as it is. :(

We reported the number as spam; looks like we can't report it as a scam as we didn't lose money, it was just very obviously the opening gambit of an attempt to defraud.

I'd be tremendously grateful if some of you could reblog. The more people forewarned that this kind of nonsense is happening the better.

[marlinspirkhall]

UK people: today is the latest you can register to vote in the July 4th 2024 General Election.

You will also need to apply for photo ID if you do not have it, or you can request a postal vote or arrange for a proxy to vote for you (they must have access to photo ID on the day).

[toyboy-molloy]

kate middleton’s missing. a new banksy just appeared. know what I’m saying…

[seaside-werewolf]

I know most ppl on here are probably American but if you want to know a little of what some people are talking about in the UK right now its this Private Eye cover:

(Private Eye is a satirical/current events paper here)

[wjbs-aus]

I really hope the recent events involving A Certain Washed-Up Author result in an actual turnaround in terms of trans healthcare accessibility in this country instead of having to wait literal years just to get your first appointment, like if it only took one year or even two I would already be going through all that but the fact that it takes (from what I've read) five fucking years is really making me wish it was financially and logistically reasonable for me to move to another country where it's easier.

Although I guess that would require the NHS to also work well, which it clearly doesn't, considering the fact that I have had an appointment be rescheduled from a few months after the thing I needed said appointment for to this November, over a year after it happened.

[earhartsease]

seen in a Doctor Who group

[down-therabbithole]

Wrexham s2 ep 1 is secretly a horror as it gives the jump scare of old Charles the third and Boris Johnston

[marbledwings]

General election! General election! General election!

4th July - vote the fuckers out!!!!

[lavendersewingcircle]

I fuckin love seeing two headlines side by side; where scientists remind us that time is running out to fix our broken climate, and politicians remain utterly steadfast in kicking the can further down the road

[wrens-wramblings]

Seeing outdoor cats promotes such a weird mix of feelings because on the hand -

He shouldn't be here!! Sir, where are your parents? :( it is a big scary world and you are so small !!

But on the other

Hello hello hi, little guy!! You're a little guy !!

Look at this guy I saw the other day !! What a baby!! Why is he there !!

[mywingsareonwheels]

A gripe: theatres and other spaces that use how someone's been assessed by the DWP as a guide for how disabled they are and thus what their access needs and entitlement should be.

There are no figures for the proportion of disabled people in the UK who have been under-assessed: either not granted a disability-related "benefit" that they are entitled to at all, or granted it at a lower rate/with less ability to demonstrate the truth of their situation to people like the aforementioned theatres. But we all know it's high; it's happened certainly to a large proportion of the people I know (including both my partner and me).)

So if otherwise sensible organisations would stop regarding the DWP as a good means of proving whether someone e.g. needs a free carer space when they go to the theatre? That Would Be Nice Thanks.

(Huge hat-tip to the circus I went to in the summer that just took our word for it. Seriously, you can believe disabled people over the DWP any day! Just taking it on trust is going to lead to far more accuracy.)

[captaindibbzy]

I wish the sugar tax a very Die.

Anyway, Looking through various websites and forums trying to find drinks that aren't going to reduce me to a biological weapon and for my UK people:

Todd's is an energy drink (high sugar kind, not caffeinated kind) that tastes exactly like lucozade used to taste.

Dalston's does a range of drinks including a ginger beer that's sweetener free (and also sugar free, it is sweetened with fructose). They also have lemon, peach, rhubarb, cherry, and Elderflower. The cherry reportedly tastes like Bakewell tart.

Rocks does a range of cordials. The Blackcurrant tastes just like Ribena used too. Then they have Orange and a new Summer Fruits.

Fever Tree does some full sugar stuff. Lemonade, Cola, Ginger beer and ale (Difference? I do not know), grape & apricot, among others. Lots of tonic waters of various kinds. Most of their range comes with lighter versions, so be careful when buying it.

Belvior does cordials and fizzy drinks with no sweetener.

Old Jamaica Ginger Beer is now available in "Original" which is full sugar, if you can find it.

Irn Bru does a version called 1901 which is full sugar.

London Essence has no sweeteners. And also comes in Roasted Pineapple flavour, and peach & jasmine.

Francis Hartridge does dandelion and burdock in full sugar! Hallelujah! And also other things. (Root Beer, Ginger beer, Raspberry lemonade, Cola, Rose)

Bottle Green does full sugar if it's not light.

Original Coca Cola is, like, the biggest brand you can get.

If you drop in to a foreign supermarket they sometimes sell imported drinks, so you can get things like Pepsi, 7up, Fanta, etc, with full sugar. Turkish, Polish, or Asian.

[toyboy-molloy]

at this point I can’t tell if rishi is delusional or just stupid…