Richard Wild

Good day, I like to run. Which is something you'd find out within ten seconds of meeting my anyway 😄

“Why aren’t you yelling at republicans?”

Because the Republicans aren't expecting my vote!

(which is a job that can't be done, of course)

Yes, because they are no good at managing the population either.

It goes well with your hair.

This absolutely is what they think their job is. It's not to manage the country, it's to manage us.

I think many people would be prepared to accept the "it will take time" argument and give the government that time, if we saw the government was at least making a start. But it isn't, and manifestly has no intention of doing it, so

Starmer has no opposition from the Tories at all, his only real threat is from a party with currently five MPs, and even so his party looks on course to get annihilated at the next election.

Yeah, Sunak's treatment was pretty mild—I think the lads found him a bit of a relief after Johnson and Truss—but even so I think Starmer would go up in flames instantly were he subjected to the same scrutiny.

By predecessor do you mean Corbyn or Sunak?

Because this time it's not the ordinary rubes who have invested in this bullshit, it's all the big players instead (who frankly should have known better)

It's often said that these people see politics as a game, which is true, but that doesn't mean they think it unimportant. It is the most important thing to them. The problem is that they don't recognise the game has consequences for everybody else, or if they do, they don't care.

They've been saying "you can't get anything done without winning power first" so long they've forgotten that getting things done was the point.

All this "his deft handling of the press" stuff is pure bullshit; they can only say that because he's never been tested yet. If and when he ever does get the top job he will be seen for what he is, and he will collapse like a wet paper towel.

At least they did actually get their biometal bodies though; we won't get whatever Sam is promising

Right.

That's because the right thing by liberal standards is, if you're not part of the in crowd: do as you're told and shut up.

How can you satisfy people who are concerned about problems that aren't real?

"it also means genuine antisemitism flies under the radar" Absolutely, and this is a hugely underremarked aspect. Real antisemitism exists, it is out there, and this abuse of the term is going to be bad for Jewish people in the long run.

Strangely enough none of the others want to admit it though

I don't think any politician deserves your trust, or anyone else's. At best they should hope for our conditional support, which we can withdraw any time we decide. Why should they expect more?

Love it

Tbf I have the same thing with Fleetwood Mac. Like, I know most of their songs, but I'm always surprised to learn they were by Fleetwood Mac.

My strategy has always been to give people the benefit of the doubt until they show you what they are, and when they do, believe it.

1. Draw the "centre" as somewhere perceived between the Tories and Labour's left flank.
2. Drag the Labour party to there.
3. The Tories don't want to be close to Labour, so in response they move further right.
4. Go back to step 1.

I could see even 25 years ago that this is where New Labour's triangulation would take us. It worked like this:

We're not talking about electioneering here? We're talking about crime statistics deliberately whipping up racial hatred.

It won't matter, because the racists will overlook any crimes committed by their own even if they are reported.

US liberals really need to face this. Even *if* a result is permitted to go against Trump, do you think he will accept it? He already showed us in 2020 that he will not. He was only stopped then because Republicans—Mike Pence in particular—refused to play ball. Think they will again? I don't.

Can't fool us, no-one who went to a state school can write proper