Howard Green

Of course you may be right about the differences in quality between pollsters. But why these?

The basis for these numbers? Reference?

In many ways, the money of the rich is just being disappeared. Asset bubbles, buying things to rent, acquiring public property - none of this is useful investment. Fundamentally, people need food, shelter, education, transport and care. We need people to do these things and get paid for them

I am not necessarily opposed to synthetic hydrocarbon fuels from green energy - this also leverages existing infrastructure and is actually less implausible.

Moreover, the GDP measure is poorly correlated with anything that matters. It is not hard to produce a credible quality of life index. Of course, that would be even better for China, and probably Poland too

I hope you are right. I fear that we are normalising hate and the big lie, and this will have endless consequences.

Rich immigrants pulling up the ladder - story of the Tory party. Now we have Shabana Mahmoud turning on her community. Handsworth is a real community in which people look after each other.

I have no real complaint about her education brief. Her deputy leadership bid, however, seems Orwellian. Disagreement is "disrupting the mission". Unity is to be obtained by excluding everyone else.

There is a difference between "rising antisemitism" and understandable rage. Whilst no one should blame UK Jews for the actions of the Israeli government, we are entitled to be hostile to support for those actions. The Jewish Chronicle has a lot to answer for.

Given Gaza, it's hard to believe.

Yourparty's leaders come from decades of trench warfare inside the LP. I wish them well (we need all the left voices we can get) but I fear they have already started to fight each other.

And this is a large part of why the UK left, of which I have been a part since the 1970s, continues to under-achieve. Apart from the silly insults, there is a serious point. To build a lasting project, you need open discussion, internal democracy and inclusiveness.

Because the people of Gaza are being exterminated by a government which purports to speak for Jews.

You plan on being invisible? Zack is doing a good job so far. There's a long way to go. Sadly, the Sultana/Corbyn project seems to be sinking already.

Digital ID plan for UK risks creating ‘an enormous hacking target’, expert warns Cyber security expert offers warning as tech companies prepare to bid for potentially multi-billion pound contracts

And this www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

This deserves *way* more attention than it’s getting

Reform’s former Wales leader admits he received corrupt payments in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament to promote Russia’s interests in #Ukraine.

In principle, yes. But.. it's complicated, and govt needs to consult widely and run trials first. It needs plenty of time. It shouldn't be compulsory, and it should not sell our data to silicon valley. Nor should it be about who can work. And no sensible person can trust the current Home Office.

I think they may have claimed (hard to take seriously) to own the swans

Thing is, you already have a digital trail a mile wide. The real choice is between government ID and Alphabet/Meta ID. I think we have more prospects of influencing gov than tech bros. I don't want my ID based on my purchase history.

The brilliant @georgemonbiot.bsky.social at Stop Trump tears into this government.

‘By bringing the fascist in chief here, they dishonour us, and they dishonour themselves. By rolling out the red carpet for Trump, they roll out the red carpet for Farage.’

Arrests over Windsor video of Trump and Epstein a ‘ridiculous overreaction’ ‘No laws are broken, nobody’s hurt, no property was damaged,’ says Led By Donkeys

Utterly ludicrous arrests - no-one was hurt, it was a completely peaceful, intelligent protest: Windsor video of Trump & Epstein #MetPolice decision was ‘ridiculous overreaction’

#C4News #Newsnight
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No they're not. I have had absolutely enough of Ms Baillie running down every Scottish institution, but sadly there are plenty of worse people in Scotland.

I am potentially supportive as well. There are many practical questions though. The SMR designs I have seen don't seem very small or very modular, and the end of life issues still seem very unresolved. We need a clear solution for nuclear waste. Is it a cost-effective use of public funds?

Eh? Clive is pointing out that all kinds of people can get sucked into the racist narrative if the government doesn't address their actual concerns (inequality and broken public services).

Kemi Badenoch’s ‘Free Speech’ Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Party Conference The ban on covering the party’s annual gathering came despite Badenoch’s repeated commitment to “fight” for free speech and a free press

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This is embarrassingly bad. Surely even Starmer recognises how crass this sounds. He needs to get off his knees and confront the crazy right wing conspirators. Instead we get a new piece of appeasement and performative cruelty to his erstwhile base every day.

I've always been puzzled by the flag of St George. He was a Greek-speaking Roman soldier who never went anywhere near England. I don't have a pressing need for defence against dragons, either.

Of course it does matter what the money gets spent on. The rich mostly "invest" in inflating asset bubbles and creating rents. There is no substitute for public works.

Doris Lessing once said something to the effect that the 90s were a peak time to be alive. 2008 ended that. Resources are finite, and the rich have too much. If the situation is not addressed, the traditional result is war. Waffle does not help.

The stuff about protected spaces is mostly nonsense. Women need space without aggressive patriarchal men, not trans women.