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Steve Woods @wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
· 2mo ago
"The reforms require authorities to limit the number of councillors on their planning committee to 13 and only allow planning applications to be decided by the committee if they meet a strict criteria [sic]." A criteria? FFS! #BadEnglish #BadJournalismhttps://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/local-news/stalinist-planning-permission-reforms-condemned-11068728
‘Stalinist’ planning permission reforms condemned
Somerset Live

‘Stalinist’ planning permission reforms condemned

'They are giving us all the powers to make all the decisions we like, as long as we do exactly as we are told'

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Steve Woods @wood5y@mastodonapp.uk
· 8mo ago
"Reform’s by-election candidate has been branded a “snowflake” who is "running scared" after dropping out of a hustings for the Gorton and Denton seat." Hustings is a plural noun. 🤦‍♂️ #BadEnglish #BadJournalismhttps://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/reform-election-candidate-branded-snowflake-36703556
'Snowflake' Reform by-election candidate 'runs scared' from hustings
Daily Mirror

'Snowflake' Reform by-election candidate 'runs scared' from hustings

Labour accused Matt Goodwin of running away from the debate after being unable to pack the venue with his supporters, and claimed he had demanded a private green room

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JdeBP @JdeBP@mastodon.scot
· 10mo ago
Replying to
@cstross@wandering.shop The original source of the image, used as stock art in quite a number of places, a photograph of a museum display taken by Théodore Poncet, is misleadingly labelled "a laptop on a table". M. Poncet's LinkedIn history says that in 2022 when xe took the photograph xe was working as a developer for Apple. So there's that. (-: https://unsplash.com/photos/a-laptop-on-a-table-QZePhoGqD7w #BadJournalism #AppleIIe #StockArt
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