Paul Rogers
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Paul Rogers
@paulrogers.bsky.social

Paul Rogers is Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford and Global Security Consultant with Oxford Research Group (ORG). He has worked in the field of international security, arms control and political violence for over 30 years. He lectures at universities and defence colleges in several countries and has written or edited 26 books, including Global Security and the War on Terror: Elite Power and the Illusion of Control and Why We're Losing the War on Terror. Since October 2001 he has written monthly Briefing Papers on international security and the "war on terror" for ORG. He is also a regular commentator on global security issues in both the national and international media, and is openDemocracy’s International Security Editor. .. more

Political science 44%
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I don't really post anymore, but I would like to carry on writing books at some point in the future.

Hate to be annoying, but any chance you could retweet so old twitter followers can find me if they want to? Going to delete my twitter, or at least abandon it on lock and let it die a slow death.

You're conflating a referendum with who advises politicians. They're not the same thing.

So the only 2 options are printing money (I'm not sure if the Greens are suggesting this) or austerity. Right you are.

I don't get it.
We've had 15 years of austerity (and everything is shit) having listened to basically the same economists with the same ideas, none of which have worked out particularly well, have they?

Should we try a different approach? "Ha ha, no" seems to be the answer.

Well, they can start by arresting whoever pressed the button and killed the people. Then work up the chain of command from there.
Punish them all.

I'm going to guess that the "damning report" is written by a shady lobby group (of unknown funding) like the Tax Payers Alliance.

I thought it was your family's boat until I read it a second time 😂

But the leadership challenge is from Streeting. So both terrible options to be honest.

Woah, we (Brits) have been doing that up until now?!?

This episode was broadcast a year ago, wasn't it?
Any reputational damage would have been noticed since then, surely?

What would 'casting up accounts' involve?!?

Na, they're not going to stop selling drugs. Fuck 'em.

According to Starmer, Israeli police are anti-Semitic.

So are Jews the same as Israelis? I thought they were different.

Why not change how energy is priced per kWh? Currently it's set by the cost of producing it by burning gas (the most expensive). If suppliers charged what they liked, below the current cap, it would get cheaper for everyone.

Yup, lots of people here think their lives are rubbish because of foreigners.

They're not correct, but that's what they think.

The son of a tool maker ought to know this 😜

I don't think mass production is really viable in the UK any more unless workers are prepared to work for £1/hr.

But we've also lost so, so many people (retirement) who can make and design tools, prototypes etc. The last cohort of these is nearly finished retiring. When they go, it's finished.

Oh can the Israelis STFU with this nonsense now. We all know they just want to kill all the Palestinians and take their land.

There's no-one in Clacton called "N. Farage"

What if they don't watch BBC news is because of their opinion of it? 😉

And in 5 years time I could be a billionaire.
Neither is very likely though, is it?

Well, I'm not sure how that would 'unite the kingdom'. Maybe this guy thinks these are legitimately concerns.

Or maybe he's an absolute crazy.

Israel's supreme court is about to be called anti-Semitic

If only they'd said this before. Ok, thanks guys. Problem solved, cheers.

Cool, so Labour now just do whatever Reform and the Tories say they're going to do.

All that waffle from Starmer about not all politicians are the same is looking, erm, ironic.

I guess that Rayner was a 'left' influence on Downing St? If so, Starmer & McSweeney might choose to replace her with someone more of their mindset i.e. austerity and more Tory policies.

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I want Keir Starmer to lead - to call out racism, not mutter about bunting.

To offer real refugee policy, not parrot Farage.

To show Britain is better than this.

Instead we’re cowering. We must do better. They must do better.
Enough Platitudes: Starmer Must Confront Racism With Courage, Not Flags
The Far-Right is. Emboldened, Lies Go Unchallenged and Labour Looks Like Deer in Headlights. It's Past Time For Real Leadership
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk

I can't get past "hello darling... wanna feel the growth in my pocket?"

His "country of strangers" speech was dismissed as an unfortunate mistake.

They can't try the same back-pedal this time.