Lol? Also makes no sense as, bizarrely, of the most post political posts I see are on LinkedIn these days

The 'unique strand of weirdness' is one I saw when campaigning for Labour in 2019. I once showed up to training after work, wearing a suit. Someone told me I looked like a Tory because I was wearing a suit.

Yes, they actually thought that wearing a suit was 'un-socialist'. Nobody defended me!

I always hesitate to draw comparisons between the American 'left' and the British left because on one hand, our left is way, way more to the left than theirs.

And on the other, there is a unique strand of weirdness on the British left that doesn't seem to take hold amongst Mamdani supporters.

It's almost as though today's liberals would rather water down their values than fight for them.

Watering down basic principles of fairness is not 'strategic'. It's cowardice.

If Labour and other parties can't find a way to scrutinise, criticise and condemn a policy like this, they give Reform a free ride and make the future less safe & certain for those who come here, work hard and contribute.

alas, only they know! Last time round it was 'hero voters'

I never said the 'country' was the 'client' in the discussion above. In this context, the client is whoever Labour HQ considers the target voter.

it could be argued yes, it could also be argued no.

As a lawyer I can see this. One of core duties is to the client. When you get a brief, the question is not 'who do I think should win', it's 'what is the right thing to do for my client'.

That said, I think Starmer comes across as more of a lawyer than a politician with each passing day.

Think the government need to just act like they're in power because they are in power. Be the loudest voice in the room rather than coming across as though they're scared of saying anything.

Stop treating Farage like some mother in law that needs pleasing. Just belittle the man who belittles!

Not good news for newly graduated aspiring parliamentary researchers is it

(Well, unless the role is ask chat GPT to do your job for you)

I'm sorry the youth club stuff really is over-egged by some people. The socialising happened outside the supermarket, for me at least!

I have Gen Alpha brothers and I am 100% sure the reason they all don't have birthday parties/meetups is because they just talk to their friends online. It's sad!

Trade unions are great and more people should join them! But I just quiver at any suggestion that “net zero” goes against the interests of the working class. Yes environmental groups are largely dominated by middle class people, but it’s just such an unhelpful and weird dividing line to make.