In the UK we have Paxo and I do the exact same around Christmas

When did we try? I seem to recall Tony Blair vigorously supporting Putin in the 90s, ignoring the warnings of many on the left.

Some humble pie would be nice for a change.

Whereas puffing our chests out has done brilliantly for relationships with Russia over the last 2 centuries.

More sabre rattling, please 🥳

Like, I'm sorry the fascists are giving you difficult choices. But that's what fascists fucking do. The only legit answer is "fuck you make me". The only answer that shows you have actual fucking principles not preferences is "fuck you make me". And that sucks. But here we are.

Because it's not a fight against transphobia. It's a fight for who gets to define what being a woman or girl means - something the GG and WI ought to be invested in! (And easily aligns with their charitable purpose)

Yeah, exactly - it's a raw bigotry of Them and Us

Research around right wing beliefs suggests they mostly genuinely believe these things - even under anonymity they cop to all sorts of bigotry so it's not just a peer pressure/network thing

It was a psychology essay though, not a theological one - the student could have, but didn't, responded to, or engaged with, the rich thought around the psychology of religion/religious psychology/liberation psychology

Except the bunch of people who showed up to scream accusations of Zionism at... Jeremy Corbyn

Or the people from the SWP so committed to their own party that they signed up for a 2nd one

Or...

4 of the founding members aren't socialist though & 1 of your MPs is already on record at conference saying they'd vote against a bill to ban landlordism even if it was the party line.

She hasn't changed her mind though - she cut Motability for & froze income tax brackets so it's still austerity-addled Treasury brain

Definitely not! After all, Ed Miliband had to explain the concept of macroeconomics to Starmer *after* KS became leader.

Taxing billionaires isn't about raising money though so it could amount to £20,000pp and it wouldn't matter - the Gov can raise all the money it wants whenever it wants.

Taxing billionaires is about reducing the inflationary effect.

I enjoyed them in the cinema but when I tried to watch them with a friend group, someone paused in the middle of 2 to make food and we just didn't start watching again

David Cameron was not shy about doing this - it was one of the first things they started to do once they no longer needed a coalition

Ah yeah, because that's exactly what the Republicans did when Obama had all 3 branches

And the careless dumping of e-bikes/scooters!

Lucky - the ones I've been in recently are screen/cash only, they don't have registers or ways to take orders. Just feels like a way to keep out unhoused people.