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Very much a Project 2025 situation here. Reform are telling us what they will do, but millions will vote for them on the reassurance that Reform are lying about their intentions, with the media cheerfully supporting that notion.

Was the bunker called Keir?

Interesting to consider that blocking Burnham may actually result in Starmer polling even less well as the accusations of cowardice mount.

Record setting achievement in prospect.

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The average Labour MP continues to think more about Corbyn than Farage.

The key is not that I loathe Glasman/McSweeney Labour. The key is that the justification for G/M Labour is that it is popular. Only it isn’t. So it’s time to think again.

It’s a big strange world out there.

If they didn’t want this problem they could have simply not worked so hard at alienating the people who actually voted for them.

Just way, way out there.

The Real Story Behind the Minnesota Welfare Fraud Scandal You don’t have to buy the MAGA narrative to worry about how government failed here.

It's hard to even begin an explanation. Basically there was this: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-real-s...

Which got twisted into an anti-Somali thing by Trump/Vance and they claim billions were involved.

The branch with all the armed men will arrest the other one. That’s how it goes elsewhere. So unless the Dems have a plan, that’s how they lose.

Just arrest a bunch of the winning candidates

On the one hand yes, but on the other hand "with the exception of SCOTUS" is a pretty fatal exception.

every Labour/Green ad should just be footage of the US with "Do you want this here?" overlaid

(unfortunately, i suspect the Home Office under Labour *does* want it there. much like the Home Office under Tories or really, any government)

The only thing that has prevented a total collapse is that most people don't really pay attention to the news. But when you do and realise your hard-saved-for family holiday can be blown up on landing because the border officer doesn't like the look of you... you start looking for other destinations

I could be wrong, but I think he can spin his candidacy as an anti-Starmer moment.

I'm not saying I would put money on it, mind.

1) Who knows?
2) If he runs, he probably will win.
3) No idea on those dynamics
4) I think Starmer is toast after locals, so this is probable.
5) This is the most likely outcome, the guy who knifes the leader almost never wins the following contest.

In lots of ways I don't hate being an outsider, but it's absolutely infuriating how petty and useless the insiders are.

All he can offer is a Northern Powerhouse Pie shop.

It's weird because I think it was dumb to suggest they would try to use party rules to stop him, but I also think it might be dumb of him to run.

The flaw in our Parliamentary democracy is much the same as what has happened in the USA. If the Leader has a serious majority of elected representatives who will support whatever he does, it's very hard to stop them.

And it's just a rule of thumb, depends on where the pipes are etc.

Yes, 20F is a rule of thumb and low water pressure is a sign.

Ok, that confirms my priors.

College football or NFL?

That's to represent when John Gray owns you with his patented "completely misrepresenting what you said" move.

Visual Display of Quantative Information
but I also took a short course with him and so ended up reading his next two books (Envisioning Information and Visual Explanations) - because I'm a sucker for a discount on books.

I think you need to do a little more research about risk management. <shrug>

Cliche - but Tufte was a great read when I encountered it (in 1995)

Ok, faction is the wrong word - but everyone knows the only way there's going to be a change of direction is if you burn the PM's advisory corps to the ground and start again - and no-one thinks that's possible without a change of PM.