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I've always called it Sunday lunch, but do use a mush of dinner and tea. Dinner is just the biggest meal of the day, and may or may not be at tea time.

There are a lot of assumptions in this thread so I am going to make another one and assume that these are ULEZ cameras around London.

There was a controversial expansion of the low emissions zone to cover the whole metropolitan area a couple of years ago. After that, groups, mainly from the hard-right factions decided that they wanted to cut them down. This isn't a privacy move as they weren't targeting any of the many other existing cameras that are set up for things like vehicle tax and insurance, but more of a "I want to drive what I want no matter how polluting" type thing. There are also overlaps with the 15-minute city and anti-net-zero gang.

Although it sounds nice to have the whole city be demotorised, I don't think that is quite feasible yet. If you are wanting to be privacy-conscious, using a car is not the way forward.

Sorry to be argumentative, but I think this is a bit of an ignorant take. For hundreds of years the English have been "having a say" in the affairs of the Welsh language, both actively and passively. What's to say that the language shouldn't be taken back and encouraged, however small of a step?

I am not all that well versed with the history compared to some (some things in the past were far more brutal), but from my own personal experience the Welsh language has been wiped from my family within two generations. From being a first language to the current generation knowing almost nothing. This is down to Welsh being portrayed as a peasants language and from this my grandmother refused to pass any of it down, or even speak to her neighbours in it despite them talking to her in Cymraeg.

Comparing Welsh to German I feel is also a poor comparison. Welsh is a native language and has been spoken here longer than English has. This very article is in the 'Wales' section too so aimed at Welsh people. Despite the majority of Wales speaking English today, most people will still understand some words and appreciate it being used.

There will also be a lot of Welsh speakers who would be uncomfortable with the English name being used considering the history of the Welsh language. Ynys Môn is also the official name of the parliamentary constituency so it is pretty commonly used in an English context.

Another argument is that there is conscious effort to increase usage of the Welsh language and place names are a good place to start understanding the alphabet and pronunciation.

In theory they should be, but their voter base is still predominantly middle class. Reform have somehow won over the working class by a pretty considerable margin.

I actually agree with you, but this comment is misleading. The UK Government has said none of those things and has not made any statement on this as referenced by "The Home Office has been contacted for comment."

The first quote was from The Community Security Trust, and the second from The Times.

I feel like the cost of towing and the extra admin involved will quickly surpass the fees.

Also the cost of car parks has risen pretty high which I feel pushes more people towards the risk. In some places if you get caught 1/3 times, you'll still be better off.

The problem is though, if you buy them enough, any other salt and vinegar crisps just taste like ready salted.

I get the feeling you are not a fan?

He would have to give up eating sandwiches in public if he agrees.

To spin things in a positive light, at least there are more councillors representing the "progressive" parties than not.

(I concede that the definition for progressive may be subject to opinion)

I think there were two factors that reduced the Green vote. Firstly the fact that the electorate and media have a two party system ingrained in them, pushing the logic that to stop x party you have to vote y. And secondly Polanski's comments on the recent stabbing in London have definitely put a lot of people off the Greens. Very bad timing and optics on his part.

It'll be interesting to see if Plaid can change the voting system again. They've promised STV in their manifesto, but I do fear this would also be confusing for the non-engaged electorate. At least it should increase support for the smaller parties on the left.