# In the news thread **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [March 4, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17 "2019-03-04T15:57:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 416
**Author:** ![jimvo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/jimvo/32/336_2.png) [@jimvo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/jimvo)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/9708 "2021-09-24T17:50:44Z")
It’s a nice idea for pootling around a small french village but I bet people will enjoy flipping them over. Like the identical panels idea ---
**Author:** ![Chopper](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/chopper/32/2378_2.png) [@Chopper](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Chopper)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/9709 "2021-09-24T18:00:46Z")
Finally someone has made road legal bumper cars ! ---
**Author:** ![ciaran](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/ciaran/32/42_2.png) [@ciaran](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/ciaran)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/9710 "2021-09-24T20:08:08Z")
FFS. Ride. A. Bike. ---
**Author:** ![Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/mark/32/11_2.png) [@Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mark)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/9711 "2021-09-24T20:09:17Z")
About time > **[One to charge them all: EU demands single plug for phones](https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-technology-europe-business-smartphones-6c5089a53e67e5f4236294e872005e00)** > > The European Union is unveiling plans that would require smartphone makers to adopt a single charging method for mobile devices. ---
**Author:** ![ciaran](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/ciaran/32/42_2.png) [@ciaran](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/ciaran)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/9712 "2021-09-24T20:11:08Z")
> **[‘Eerie silence’ as Evergrande misses payment deadline](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/24/eerie-silence-as-evergrande-misses-payment-deadline)** > > As debt-laden Chinese property giant enters 30-day grace period, officials look to limit unrest and job losses This has the potential to completely fuck the world’s economy for a few years. ---
**Author:** ![Chopper](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/chopper/32/2378_2.png) [@Chopper](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Chopper)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/9713 "2021-09-24T20:19:03Z")
Blimey, welcome China to the inevitable fuck ups of capitalism . ---
**Author:** ![nedertron](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/nedertron/32/28914_2.png) [@nedertron](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nedertron)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 2:26am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/9714 "2021-09-25T02:26:54Z")
Apple won’t put a C port on iPhones. It will be MagSafe. ---
**Author:** ![Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/mark/32/11_2.png) [@Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mark)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 5:45am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/9715 "2021-09-25T05:45:04Z")
Yeah but if it becomes law they won’t be able to sell iPhones without them. Unless they refer to the charging port as some kind of secondary charging interface with wireless charging being the primary one. Or something. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/les_zeppelin/32/26016_2.png) [@Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Les_Zeppelin)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 7:23am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/9716 "2021-09-25T07:23:30Z")
Brexit hard man I don’t know… bragging about what he’s done? Not sure how he sleeps at night. Medical grade Michael Fabricant. [https://twitter.com/SteveBakerHW/status/1441263819511058437?s=20](https://twitter.com/SteveBakerHW/status/1441263819511058437?s=20) ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/les_zeppelin/32/26016_2.png) [@Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Les_Zeppelin)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 9:55am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/9717 "2021-09-25T09:55:40Z")
![FAHzeQBVIA4-WGa](https://uksf-media.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/e/3/e38b091975353f3339ade9d86531c100e43d3946.jpeg) ![CI0C1B3UEAA1IUV](https://uksf-media.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/2/c/2c16e79deb52750bc34d1e79aeae0f86c586ed9f.jpeg) Can I shock you. I like immigrants despite what I said earlier. ---
**Author:** ![anonymity](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/anonymity/32/65_2.png) [@anonymity](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/anonymity)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/9718 "2021-09-26T18:52:51Z")
> [@markg](#): > > Really had to fight the urge not to beep my horn at the massive line of fuel panickers as I drove past in my EV just now. I was getting petrol earlier (actually needed it) and two cars drove past blasting their horns shouting ‘petrol wankers’. Thoroughly enjoyed it ---
**Author:** ![anonymity](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/anonymity/32/65_2.png) [@anonymity](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/anonymity)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 6:56pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/9719 "2021-09-26T18:56:35Z")
55k + care worker vacancies. can’t think why ![Screen Shot 2021-09-26 at 20.05.32](https://uksf-media.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/3/c/3c946b33ab9dcf42174b5969f2d2a0319c6cb99b.png) ---
**Author:** ![markg](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/markg/32/34235_2.png) [@markg](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/markg)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/9720 "2021-09-26T19:05:06Z")
It’s surely a mystery. Fear not, though, the invisible hand will be along any moment now to sort it all out. ---
**Author:** ![nazoreth](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/nazoreth/32/2310_2.png) [@nazoreth](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nazoreth)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 6:54am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/9721 "2021-09-27T06:54:29Z")
Jokes. In a world where fascism and conservatism seem increasingly on the rise, it looks Germany could have a left wing coalition Government Good effort ---
**Author:** ![buildafire](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/buildafire/32/34_2.png) [@buildafire](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/buildafire)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 7:09am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/9722 "2021-09-27T07:09:38Z")
Let’s see what ‘coalition’ means in German anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/les_zeppelin/32/26016_2.png) [@Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Les_Zeppelin)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 7:30am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/9723 "2021-09-27T07:30:20Z")
PROJECT FEAR ---
**Author:** ![niallc](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e19b73/32.png) [@niallc](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/niallc)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 8:42am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/9725 "2021-09-27T08:42:38Z")
It’s really frustrating, this should be the time for Labour to jump on it, rip them to shreds and announce their big plans for getting everything in a better place and they just aren’t doing it. They have been given such an open goal and wont even kick the ball. ---
**Author:** ![buildafire](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/buildafire/32/34_2.png) [@buildafire](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/buildafire)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 8:53am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/9726 "2021-09-27T08:53:11Z")
What’s ‘Labour’? ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/les_zeppelin/32/26016_2.png) [@Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Les_Zeppelin)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 8:53am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/9727 "2021-09-27T08:53:16Z")
It’s either Starmer not saying a word against it or Angela Rayner getting ripped to shreds for calling a spade a spade. I’m sure a competent opposition could mount some sort of opposition in the face of this massive fucking disaster we are now in. So frustrating. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/les_zeppelin/32/26016_2.png) [@Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Les_Zeppelin)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 10:15am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/9729 "2021-09-27T10:15:05Z")
> [@judithpriest](#): > > I also like petrol stations. Has your position on this changed yet? 😄 [Previous page](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17.md?page=415) [Next page](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17.md?page=417)