Think there is a corollary to the "Nothing is true and everything is possible" nihilism which is rooted in the idea that nothing is serious.
We should reject it. Fight against it. It's inhuman and at the heart of the slide into neo-authoritarianism.
Or Churchill in stripes?
I'm starting to find the number of senior people associated with Brexit who have 'prior commitments' preventing them from speaking at an event slightly suspicious
🚨 WATCH: Labour MP Charlotte Nichols reveals she was raped as an MP as she opposes the jury trial reforms
"I waited 1,088 days to go to court. We've been told [by the Government] that if we have concerns about this Bill, it's because we've not been raped"
At the most basic level of 'have some self-respect', Conservative MPs should not put forward someone who visibly is not intellectually equipped to be prime minister as their candidate to be prime minister.
“That’s not my “catch the archer not the arrows,” its effects on international trade are too tricksy.”
“Look, it’s not quite clear what’s happening, but there is at least some possibility that there are currently mines in the Strait of Hormuz” seems like exactly the sort of thing that’s going to make insurance companies chill out
The situation in Lebanon is truly bleak, Israel effectively occupying the south, regular strikes into civilian areas of Beirut, half a million people displaced and even if the strikes on Iran slow down or cease this is likely to persist. It's horrific the news continues to fail like this.
Staying up at the Joneses
Sequencing to all of this feels very curious indeed. Iran was always on the hitlist but the US was not there when the people took to the streets because of Venuzuela. I first suspected incompetence but oil provides just as coherent an explanation
I'm not usually one for 'it's all about oil' conspiracies but atm all the revenue from Venezuela crude is going into an unmonitored Trump controlled account in Qatar and so it's not just the Russians who are benefiting from higher prices if you know what I mean 😉😉😉😉😉
Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin.
Right when Russia is squeezed…
So Iran now has, perhaps for the first time, information about the location of our most sensitive covert sites in the region.
A completely foreseeable, unnecessary consequence of unnecessary war with Iran.
What?! Where’s it from?
Phew. Those of us who feared that Donald’s Iranscapades was all spectacle and no strategy can sleep easy tonight
Is the odour with you now Sean?
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Sure you could watch Alexander Armstrong hoof his way round India to pay his kids' private school fees, or........ www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkN3...
True dat
If you want to watch a masterclass in judgement, how to defend an imperfect first instance decision and bringing life, humour and humanity to an area of law that can feel like wading through treacle then look no further than Sean’s argument in Element. Matchless stuff
Too kind sir: and right back atya in Element
"There is an alternative way forward: being True – not Blue – Labour. True Labour doesn’t fear those who are different. Instead, it demands everyone contribute their abilities to society – and works to unlock such skills."
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The post mortem of 2024 is a classic in only acknowledging the top line result, rather than thinking what par would have been for the starting position. Hemorrhaging votes in solid Labour areas should have been a massive warning light.
Thank you for speaking out on this Tony. A credit to the Labour movement: and your former profession. Keep fighting the good fight
I agree with the Home Sec that Labour values include fairness, tolerance (inclusion), and patriotism.
But these values don’t mean we should threaten to forcibly remove refugees who have lived here lawfully for 15 or 20 years. That breeds fractured communities.
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And allowing migrants to *work* sooner rather than later is even more popular. The HS is way out of touch with the PLP, Labour members, voters and economic reality. It will not hold
What the regulator really needs is a well placed incisor to leak information. A molar, if you will
