Interesting Links for 12-11-2021

[andrewducker]

Government appoints ex-Tory advisor married to Tory MP to help pick media regulator

(tags:uk government corruption Conservatives regulation media )

Soldiers should not be heroes

(tags:military war society )

The Gradual Extinction of Softness by Pol Pot

(tags:life history Cambodia poverty death )

Nottingham College are embarrassing themselves with completely pointless security theatre

(tags:security_theatre UK academia OhForFucksSake knife )

Remembrance Day: 8 examples of the most unusual merchandise and memorabilia from over the years

(tags:war history wtf viaClare )

A metal guitarist thought Doomscroll would be a great name for a band. Video game developer Id Software had other ideas.

(tags:Doom OhForFucksSake intellectual_property games music )

UK an enabler of corruption, Nigerian anti-sleaze tsar tells Boris Johnson in stinging rebuke

(tags:UK corruption Nigeria )

Scotland to ban most single-use plastic from June 2022

(tags:plastic environment Scotland )

LGBTQ Employees Are Quitting the BBC Because They Say It’s Transphobic

(tags:LGBT BBC bigotry transgender )

Comments

[stormclouds]

One thing I've noticed is that no one has any information on how disabled will be able to access single use straws. I can't get any more in shops at the moment. They are available online but at eight times their normal price! What are we supposed to do? As usual the Powers That Be don't think anything through properly when it comes to disabled peoples' lives.

[andrewducker]

https://www.gov.scot/publications/single-use-plastics-regulations-draft-guidance-document/

Section 43, and 46-53.

But, basically, from pharmacies. And restaurants will be allowed to supply them on demand.

[stormclouds]

Thanks for the information.

Almost everything you buy in a pharmacy is more expensive than if you bought it elsewhere. If you deal with pharmacies by phone and get prescriptions delivered will they be able to deliver straws? How does a disabled person prove their entitlement to single use straws? GPs generally charge £80 for that sort of letter and good luck to anyone with a crappy GP who doesn't believe anything you say. I'm fed up of this and exhausted from fighting for what I need to survive.

[andrewducker]

Section 53: "There is no requirement for customers to provide proof of need when requesting
straws."

I agree that it's liable to be more expensive. Which is a shame.