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True but I feel like they had multiple chances to break it in a way that they could sell politically, but now it will come across (correctly) as an admission of failure

Madness: “In scale, these proposals would mean deporting greater numbers and a greater proportion of the population than former Ugandan President Idi Amin’s deportation of Ugandan Asians. This scale of population movement is comparable to that which happened with the partition of India.“

"These proposals would mean deporting greater numbers and a greater proportion of the population than former Ugandan President Idi Amin’s deportation of Ugandan Asians. This scale of population movement is comparable to that which happened with the partition of India and Pakistan."

Tory deportation plan would upend Britain Proposing such a radical bill with little public support is a gift to Nigel Farage

Stephen on top form this morning @stephenkb.bsky.social.

www.ft.com/content/9a1d...

For a second I genuinely read this as dynamic stochastic general equilibrium and got very confused

Worth saying that despite asking for more than 12 hours we’ve had nothing back from Labour on this

Labour seems to be pursuing an even more self-destructive variant of the Rishi Sunak strategy: taking a position that will never win over Reform-leaning voters and simply infuriating and alienating the people who actually elected them to office.

this is obviously appalling - and he should lose his job - but it's also really quite shocking; I first met Calgie when he was a baby reporter in his early twenties and sure, he was always a Tory, but he was....fine and normal? right-wing radicalisation is out of control in SW1

Starmer condemns ‘wrong decision’ to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from Aston Villa game Fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv will not be allowed to attend the Europa League match at Aston Villa on 6 November owing to safety concerns

Starmer's knack for making simple stories worse. Banning away fans from games is pretty common as this story says. Best not politicised, but he has to go there. Badly advised. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

having gone from renting from various random 60-80 something landlords over the years to renting from a faceless property development company at the moment, I know which I prefer lol (it's the faceless property development company)

There is no need for a moral panic about the UK's welfare system.

Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts

Spending is controlled, not spiralling

Worklessness is near record lows

My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...

This is such a good corrective by @chrisgiles.ft.com to the "working-age welfare spending is exploding/out-of-control" narrative that more & more people seem to see as an incontrovertible fact www.ft.com/content/ee67...

Truth is neither main party leadership is operating via a vibrant or living intellectual tradition right now, but rather through vaguely remembered instincts from when they used to have one.

Yeah I didn't think u did (and it's a point Renewal have made lol) but it gets to why people have reacted so strongly - being told that the one leader willing to articulate a left-liberal politics is unserious grates when the labour leadership clearly lacks a project beyond bashing left-liberalism.

I mean you can complain, but that only works because labour has spent a year and a half punching left liberals (i.e. their base) in the face. like no he doesn't have to hold a broad coalition together, but he's only here because labour have proven inept or uninterested in doing so themselves.

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face” – Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

Itamar Ben Gvir is a real monster www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti assaulted by Israeli prison guards, son says Family fears for 66-year-old’s life after assault while he was being transferred between prisons

Palestine’s most popular leader, Marwan Barghouti, was beaten unconscious and has his ribs broken by Israeli prison guards and his family fears for his life, his son has said, citing evidence given by former Palestinian detainees released this week as part of the ceasefire deal.

Two things can be true:
1. Very high marginal rates are bad
2. We shouldn't valorise or romaticise very well off people paying them

It is perfectly possible to redesign tax system so those on over £100k pay more on average, but never face ludicrous marginal rates likely to impact on their choices

Terrific piece this. Continue to find it bizarre how little “food inflation is off the chain” and “core inflation is above target” featured as topics at Labour conference or more broadly as “theories to why the government is unpopular”.

Headlines going to the English requirements but I'd completely missed this part of the plans, yet another act of idiotic self harm. Completely incompatible with the government's stated aims on housebuilding, growth, etc.

An example of the government not having a project: only yesterday the government was trumpeting new measures to make it easier to build things. We'll work out who actually builds stuff later on.

But they are very useful! For example they demonstrate that is no longer true to say that Reform's support is FPTP-inefficient or that Conservative decline is benefiting Labour. They show that losing support to the left is hurting Labour in urban seats. These are very useful things to know!

Make no mistake. Those who spearheaded the Gaza genocide will try to relaunch it in a more ruthless manner, at the earliest opportunity.
They will fail only if there will be an alternative vision, one of recognition, life and equality for everyone.

Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for UK growth Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help the ailing hospitality sector but have attracted criticism from health experts

feels quite Guardian that this piece doesn't present the move as good news or even neutral news but instead spends about two thirds of its copy running through every single possible reason why a maybe fun thing will be TERRIBLE and AWFUL www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Look it might not be better for the productivity numbers but going from Paris cafes being open until 2am as standard back to pubs which close at 11 or 12 was a major downgrade so I'm all for it

I've been trying to switch it up because during ea I got stuck in a pattern of just doing medea skull + blitz + storm ring (when it was bugged) and it did make it feel a bit too easy.

yes but it can work without leaning on blitz which I feel counts for something!

ares-zeus duo with wounds on the attack + zeus and apollo revenge boons can go crazy, but it takes quite a lot of work to get there

the blood drops can also be funny if you really commit to the bit with them tbf