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I'd expect this one from Reform but it's extra annoying when supposedly sensible politicians like Rachel Reeves keep saying it

We've already had massive increases in productivity over the last few decades (as Keynes predicted) and guess what we didn't fucking do (that Keynes recommended)

Yes. Corbyn's approach was "why should I play the media's game?", Polanski's is "I'm going to beat them at their own game." Which is - so far - proving to be lot more effective, and a lot harder to counter.

An unusual way to frame Russell's letter, which has always - famously - been understood as a politely coded "fuck off, fascist", and if *that* is what James is calling for more of then yes, we do need more of that. The veneer of politeness is arguably the least notable thing about this letter.

No, it's like saying "I'm pro-children. Including the adopted ones."

Sidenote is it King Charleses, or Kings Charles? I can never remember

Things are moving fast. 1 in 3 chance upgraded to 1 in 2. I'd be watching my back if I were him

33.3% of King Charleses have been subjected to regicide, so it's not unthinkable

I think that's the same point as the OP: we can do whatever we want with our books (I enjoy them both as objects and as reading material), but musn't pearl clutch when other people cover theirs in notes or tea stains, or tear them in half to make them easier to travel with. They're not sacred.

It's a trap. Suggest any alternative and you're being "too Utopian" and "pushing away moderate voters". There's no way to win without telling them they are great and brilliant and really quite handsome, actually

All of this but also the collapse of the idea that you and I and all of our neighbours *deserve* good things and to live well and that we should build our politics and economy around that truth instead of around competition and perceived enemies. This has shifted dramatically in the last 20-25 years

Gentlemen, this is justice manifest

From what I've read (admittedly I only read this today and haven't fact checked) she's fairly pro-US, pro-Israel, and anti-socialist - and Trump championed her earlier in the year. Could this be, in part, a quiet concession to him? (I mean he'll still probably flip out)

If the secret material existed surely they could just root out the offenders, prosecute them, and/or ban them from the organisation? If the stated aims of an organisation are legal, and the majority of members are faithful to those stated aims, proscription seems untenable

A picture of Logan Roy from Succession with the caption "NRPI. No real person involved. It's nothing."

Nobody rocks like *checks guitar* Conference!

i put a big sign on my bedroom door: "DEPARTMENT OF WAR
NO GIRLS ALLOWED"

It's alarming how fast we have moved from "people can identify however they wish, we just want to protect women" to "the existence of trans people is an extremist ideology"

"Diverse voices can counter it" no they can't Grok, the platform is designed to drown them out, whatever their numbers. That's one of many reasons why there is no merit to the argument that progressives, journalists, or public bodies should stay on Twitter/X

Yes, I'm sure they haven't been advertising it - or dozens of similar projects - thus far, which raises the interesting question, what's the strategic purpose of making an announcement?

Germany knows: "As we say in Germany, if there's a Nazi at the table and 10 other people sitting there talking to him, you've got a table with 11 Nazis."

They're already on it. Of course.

To put it another way, shootings are almost exclusively a right-wing problem. But there are regular attempts in the media to associate such political violence with the left, a phenomenon which the piece above is contributing to

You've misunderstood what I'm saying. My point was not about her own political affiliation, but the fact that right wingers overwhelmingly agree with her publicly stated views. Therefore if any shooter is rw, as most are, they are unlikely to be targetting JKR next

Plus there's every possibility that the person who "got" Charlie Kirk is the kind of person who aligns with JKR's views, as the person who tried to "get" Trump likely was. This constant attempt to frame a mostly right-wing problem as symptomatic of "the intolerant left" is maddening

Absolutely love Americans thinking that cunt is a nuclear tier insult which will naturally devastate a British person, have they never heard us talk

When I was growing up we had some friends from the wealthiest family we knew, big house, etc. I learned that when they went to private school (which none of the rest of us did), they were known as "the paupers"
Reminds me of Succession's "$5m will make you the poorest rich person in America" bit

Fuuuuuckinell. Surely Starmer can't hang on to him now. Surely?

Authoritarianism: your record company's PR team saying "this might upset your fans"

Not authoritarianism: governments on both sides of the Atlantic shutting down access to healthcare, faciliities, and the freedom to openly exist, of a vulnerable minority group