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Armed Forces receive 5% pay rise plus one consolidated payment by PoetryRadiant6278 in britishmilitary

[–]kaioone 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Anyone know if reservists will get any of the consolidated payment? Eg, if mobilised/FTRS

Joining the army with autism? by based_antijoos in britishmilitary

[–]kaioone 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Alright mate, you can join with autism but it’s a bit of a ball ache to the pass the medical.

Have a look through this post on what to do to make your chances higher and apply anyways. Then you will probably have to appeal.

https://www.reddit.com/r/britishmilitary/comments/10emm1j/tips_and_points_for_those_wanting_to_enter_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1

Who's this BBC presenter by rohitrakesh in BBCNEWS

[–]kaioone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Age of consent (16) is a different age to age of pornography, which is 18.

Do officers ever wear parade boots? by kaioone in britishmilitary

[–]kaioone[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m imaging normal wellies, what do they look like?

Do officers ever wear parade boots? by kaioone in britishmilitary

[–]kaioone[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you

Do officers ever wear parade boots? by kaioone in britishmilitary

[–]kaioone[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you

French riots could spread to UK, ex president François Hollande says by fozzie1234567 in ukpolitics

[–]kaioone -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What’s the new one? Ethnic minorities?

French riots could spread to UK, ex president François Hollande says by fozzie1234567 in ukpolitics

[–]kaioone 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I realised you were being sarcastic above now. I think the idea of that it puts more emphasis on person than than the characteristic. Similar to queers -> queer people, autists -> autistic people etc.

French riots could spread to UK, ex president François Hollande says by fozzie1234567 in ukpolitics

[–]kaioone 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I think they mean than the UK acronym normally used in BAME/BME which is more UK applicable and covers more people than POC.

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Do officers ever wear parade boots? (self.britishmilitary)

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Press ups by Millar2004 in RoyalMarines

[–]kaioone 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Nope. Do press ups primarily. Different movement to anything else.

Genocide and Ethnocide: The Suppression of the Cornish Language (Mills, J. 2010) by kitsandkats in CornishLanguage

[–]kaioone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Read this before, honestly not very convincing historically.

I think it's quite politically motivated (and I say that as a nationalist myself), rather than historically, and ignores other context of the Prayer Book rising (eg. Catholicism), as well as the Western rebels escalation. Also the rise of many Devon rebels as well, and the quite liberal use of the term 'genocide' with not really much historical backing. He hasn't quotes many primary sources at all, and there's not really any evidence of deliberate suppression regarding arrests or beatings of Cornish speakers (obviously excluding rebels). Especially considering the number of Devon rebels, it seems ahistorical to say that so 'the English might take part in the festivities, a piece of the Cornishman's torso [who was executed on Plymouth Hoe] was conveyed to Tavistock'.

BBC reissues ‘out of touch’ guidance advising news staff not to attend Pride protests by PinkNews in worldnews

[–]kaioone -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No, and this is the UK not England, and nothing to do with Brexit.

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Photographer stops first kiss as they aren’t ready for the photo (v.redd.it)

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Culture secretary worried unrest in France could ‘feed through’ to the UK - Politics.co.uk by politics_uk in ukpolitics

[–]kaioone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didn’t he also attempt to murder someone with a firearm the day before? Not surprising the police were worried.

Orkney council to look at proposals to become territory of Norway by Pyro-Bird in worldnews

[–]kaioone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, it isn’t. Great Britain dates from 1707, but was not referred to as the UK until 1800/1. The United Kingdom as the official name did not occur in 1707, and was referred to as the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Orkney council to look at proposals to become territory of Norway by Pyro-Bird in worldnews

[–]kaioone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, that’s creation of the country of Great Britain. The UK dates to 1801, which is even less.

Orkney council to look at proposals to become territory of Norway by Pyro-Bird in worldnews

[–]kaioone 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yes, it’s a very unusual case of nationalism. The mythos/narrative/cultural aspects are basically taken from the highlanders/islanders, who were oppressed by the Germanic lowlanders/borders for centuries. Really unusual, almost like reverse cultural assimilation, and also really weird to go from oppression to essentially appropriation in a couple of generations. The definition of Celtic is rather inconsistent anyways, but probably shouldn’t include most of Scotland, and if it did it should probably include large parts of England too - Devon; Cumbria; Welsh Marches etc.

Eighty Afghan civilians may have been summarily killed by SAS, inquiry told by twistedLucidity in ukpolitics

[–]kaioone 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Anyone know their background/funding?

Martyn Day (senior partner) seems to be anti-establishment British, so I assume that's the motivation, but you always wonder whether there's anything else...

Orkney council to look at proposals to become territory of Norway by Pyro-Bird in worldnews

[–]kaioone 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm surprised that there's not more opposition, considering the majority of Scotland is historically non-Gaelic. But definitely an interesting case considering the link to nationalism.

Anti-French German propaganda poster, date unknown by Apart_heib in PropagandaPosters

[–]kaioone 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This is against the rules. Soapboxing or attempting to spread propaganda you agree with.

Orkney council to look at proposals to become territory of Norway by Pyro-Bird in worldnews

[–]kaioone 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Wasn't there uproar a few years back when the Scottish gov tried to put signs in S. Gaelic in the Shetlands? I seem to remember that and thinking it was tone deaf.

Mental disorders by thehEcc741 in RoyalMarines

[–]kaioone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, all personality disorders are a definite no.

Mental disorders by thehEcc741 in RoyalMarines

[–]kaioone 3 points4 points  (0 children)

BPD is a definite no. Multiple self harming also.

I swear to god some of their sublimely idiotic takes on the Crusades make me want to hang myself by shinycube359 in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]kaioone 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Yeah, perhaps not an unpopular opinion amongst historians, but many PIR scholars/academics I've met seem to be very...assertive in their beliefs, and will also basically be the epitome of an anchoring bias when searching for historical interpretations.

I am biased but I think constructivists tend to have a better grasp of many other forms than other IR theorists, eg. sociology etc.

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