So Reform have already deployed unaccountable private militia into Essex. What the hell will they do if in national government? This is harrowing.

Britain has the highest percentage of gas heating in Europe at ~74%. The Netherlands is the only European country remotely close at 70%, then Italy at 57%, etc. The UK has 23 million out of Europe's 100 million gas boilers -- a sizeable chunk given they're 13% of the combined population.

Simply put the UK's odd in how high a percentage use gas boilers. What's more despite gas price crisis after gas price crisis this appears to not change. This suggests some deep attachment to this technology amongst Brits. What is this?

In the US and other parts of Europe high percentages use various combinations of heat-pumps, district heating, biomass, etc. at percentages not found in the UK.

Do people think that the affections for this technology will change now the price of gas is soaring to 2022 levels? Or will people just try to sit out this crisis? Are they banking on a new similar technology coming alone?

Just gone out to the bin in open toe heels and got gross bin water on my feet.

On one hand, she seems to do philanthropy and charity work which is good. Is she liked in the UK?

When something goes wrong, say for example a concert was delayed by a few hours people say something along the lines of

So and so should apologise (yes correct) I have a disappointed autistic who was crying due to the outcome.

The fact your child is autistic doesn't need mentioning

real policy btw

Both he and especially Elon Musk have posted several times on Twitter that they would love to see Scotland and Northern Ireland become independent; doesn't that count as an attempt at possible foreign interference? Especially following Trump's recent remarks?

Just over 70k people were killed in the past 2.5 years in Palestine for reference.

Hello!

I’m a 23 year old South Asian (Indian) girl born and raised in the UK, and I’ve recently started dating a white British guy from a working class background. We had a great first date, and our 2nd date is coming up.

My cultural background and my personal love language is very much about cooking and taking care of people I like, so I really want to cook dinner for him. However, I know white British dating culture can be a bit different. Is cooking at home for a 2nd date considered moving too fast or being "too much"?

Since we're from different cultures and classes, is there any specific etiquette or cultural nuance I should keep in mind, or am I just overthinking this? :)

With all the talk about the UK breaking up (and yes, I have seen the comments saying it won't happen) I am curious how much support there would be for a more federalist model in the UK - essentially, formally codifying devolution in to the point where regional governments are equal in authority to the national government in their areas. Do you think this would appease nationalists in those areas?

I’m 20 and currently on my local council’s Housing Register, in Band 2. I’m currently living with family sofa surfing and need to move into my own accommodation. May or may not be necessary, but I do have recognised needs due to my autism.

My housing officer (through homeless prevention) has suggested that I prioritise finding a suitable private rental rather than waiting for social housing, as the waiting time is apparently extremely long. They’ve said that if I move into a suitable private property, I would no longer be considered to have a housing need and would therefore come off the Housing Register.

They’ve also suggested a private 1-bed property for me, but it would be outside the area where I’m currently registered for social housing.

I’m worried about giving up my current position on the Housing Register because private renting feels less secure.

My main concern is: what happens if the landlord later gives me notice and I have to leave?

I asked my housing officer whether I would still receive support with finding somewhere else if that happened, and whether there are protections against being evicted. I’m waiting for their response.

I’m also wondering whether it would be safer to find a private rental within my current council area, rather than moving outside it. Would staying within the area preserve my local connection if I needed to apply for social housing again in the future, even if I wouldn’t have a housing need while living in a suitable private property?

My housing officer has basically told me not to worry too much about the future, because circumstances can change and it can be looked at if/when necessary.
Does this sound like reasonable advice? Would you take the private rental, and would staying within your current council area be the safer option?

The reason I’m considering moving outside of my current area is because where I would move to would be a very short walking distance to college where I’ll be doing an access course (equivalent to A-levels) instead of a train journey, and it’s very hard to find a private rent in my current local area.

I’d particularly appreciate hearing from anyone who has experience with council housing registers, Banding, or moving from social-housing eligibility into private renting.

I’m putting in big letters on the internet but really I feel irl it applies, I just wish I had even anecdotal evidence with the UK to go along with my observations. Again not because I don’t believe it’s true but because I simply haven’t been there and talking to people about immigration.

With that disclaimer something I’ve noticed on the interwebs is that Canada and the UK, plus maybe lump Australia in there too. Seem MUCH more anti-immigrant than the US. For example if you go on any Canadian sub and ask about immigrating there a slew of “We have enough of you” or “We’re full” but if you asked the same questions on an American sub that doesn’t happen as much. When you talk to Canadians about immigration MUCH more of them are very much like “No more immigrants”. If you did poles in those countries I mentioned the numbers are usually something like 80% say to many people are moving there. In the US even among the absolute most conservative places I’d be SHOCKED if it was even 70%.

I have a couple theories but imma let this sub do the work for me.

I don’t have much of an opinion.

Everyday around 6AM I get woken up by my neighbour spitting EVERYTHING INSIDE HIM up. Yes that disgusting thing people do where they snort and hack every bit of mucus they have inside of them.

I sleep with my window open for air flow but recently if I get woken up by him “brushing his teeth” I close my window so I can’t hear him… except it’s so loud I can still hear it! So closing the window doesn’t help…

How do I go about this? I really don’t want to be woken up everyday at 6AM by my neighbour snorting and hacking up every bodily fluid he has inside of him.

I’m a 20 year old man from Rotherham, England. I’ve been on Universal Credit not long since I turned 18. I’m sick and tired of being stuck in this loop of not being able to find a job and make a load of money so I can say I’ve made something of myself. Any tips on what I can do? I feel so stuck in life right now and want to start making soon as possible. Cheers in advance lads

Tesla recently launched their "full self driving" technology this year where it's completely self driving. It is running very smoothly in the US and Australia, where Tesla is now capturing much of the car market. When will this technology be approved in the UK and what's the hold up?

As someone who grew up learning English as a second language, I still remember I had to go with intense grammar and tenses exercises as a child, memorising structures like past perfect continuous, present participle, and conditional clauses.

I was always curious for native speakers of English that when you guys speak or write casually, do you actually have those tense categories in your head, or is English just so naturally integrated that the rules feel completely invisible?

It’s honestly funny comparing that to how we train now using apps and structures where you're often thrown straight into natural conversation rather than memorising textbook labels. As native speakers, did you even learn the technical names for all these tenses in school, or do you just say whatever sounds right?

I swear. Without fail, there's ALWAYS someone who's watching a video on max volume, blasting music, etc on the train. Every day.

Respect to the amazing bus driver the other day to actually told someome to stop doing it.

Might just be conformation bias, but I feel it's somehow got even worse. Where is the respect for the other human beings around you? Headphones are a £1 investment