JB

Not you as well. The terrorism legislation here is already some of the broadest around.

You should feel deeply ashamed for such transparent stenography.

Dear Shabana, I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank. You said: “A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to make a perilous crossing on small boats.” I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division. When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney. As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I filled water tanks and picked up litter. What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country. Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it. It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and croissants to refugees and food parcels. When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She said “we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers whilst risking death on the seas.” She said “maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …

Dear Shabana,

Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

An alarming feature of the British polity is how far to the right the establishment parties have moved. The UK Labour govt is now further right than Thatcher & using buzzwords & policies derived from the 1970s British National Front. In England, only the Greens are normal politics*.

What a pitiful excuse for humanity. This alone should see her fired.

Hopefully not tipped off by Labour Together

Is that why you're removing it from thousands in NHS England?

Lefties

Not forcing people into a nightmare in a vain attempt to appease the far right isn't retreating into fairytales.

A majority of people want to bring back the death penalty.

A majority of people voted to trash or economy and diplomatic standing.

The people being damaged by tech are adults.

Is that you promising to jail Andrew MW then or just shameful hatred towards those with nothing?

Maybe it hasn't been but it's still enacted quite a lot of policies that,?by mistake?, lead to more socially liberal outcomes.

They're not really unless, like her, you are in completely the wrong party.

He is though.

(If you want to consign Labour to the dustbin of history.)

I don't think it's ever been exclusively socially liberal or socially conservative. I was obviously more exposed to the liberal side of things but to pretend (as BL does) that things haven't changed in the last generation or three is simply self-defeating.

As the panel sounds like it's unbalanced in a way that Fiona Bruce isn't even allowed to inflict on us (yet), definitely "no".

My parents up were very much lifelong Labour supporters and voters (hosted drinks evenings with party officials back in the 80s) and were/are definitely not socially conservative. At the last election, my dad helped unseat Thangam Debbonaire. The party left them.

My grandparents though...

He was a prof at John Hopkins, Bologna.

I understand their "philosophy" (lol), I just think they're about 30-40 years too late with it.

I will always be (at best) very suspicious of anyone nominally left with their choice of associations. Nothing they've done has made me think I'm being unfair from this perspective.

On the basis of his published ideas, I agree he doesn't think very much.

Quite how he got A-levels, never mind a professorship is a minor miracle for him (and an affliction for us).

No-one can throw away a partnership that has already been broken by said clown.

The breaking was not done with this purpose but it starkly illustrates that we (UK, Europe) should not rely on distant forces to safeguard our security.

It's hardly a conspiracy theory when Blue Labour is run out of a right wing lobby group and whose "guru" openly pals around with notable lefties like Trump and Bannon.

Tis but a snack for teens!

The current faction in control is dazzled by power, no matter how corrupt or malign.

Amen to that

When you're a dead cat, like Labour, a bounce is all they can hope for.

You say friend, I say codefendants in waiting.

Did the guardian pay for your trip?