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submitted 3 months ago by GwentLarry@feddit.uk to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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So many across the media saying what Burnham should do or will do as PM. Burnham isn't even an MP yet!!!

Union Jack Flag Flown Upside Down During King Charles and Queen Camilla's Visit to Arlington Cemetery by GwentLarry in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

[-] GwentLarry@feddit.uk 1 points 4 months ago

Plenty in the UK don't know which way up it should be - I got into a lengthy argument with somebody recently who insisted it was a left/right issue and had nothing to do with where the flag pole might be.

Union Jack Flag Flown Upside Down During King Charles and Queen Camilla's Visit to Arlington Cemetery by GwentLarry in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

[-] GwentLarry@feddit.uk 1 points 4 months ago

A common belief but no evidence to support it.

https://www.tastesofhistory.co.uk/post/dispelling-some-myths-upside-down-union-flags

Fuel is so expensive I can't afford the school run — what can I do? by GwentLarry in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

[-] GwentLarry@feddit.uk 1 points 5 months ago

Mostly no, there's a distance requirement. Above, they get free bus travel, below not.

Revealed: Deer management cost public purse at least £135m in a decade by GwentLarry in c/nature@feddit.uk

[-] GwentLarry@feddit.uk 4 points 5 months ago

I do not believe 700 people are killed each year in the UK in collisions with animals, largely because in 2024 the total number of people killed in all road collisions was just 1,602.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-annual-report-2024/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-annual-report-2024#overall-casualties-and-rates