Go read the full thing here: dangroshev.substack.com/p/i-went-to-...

The bait-and-switch for well-meaning activists neglected by the mainstream parties is tragic.

But LFG had to twist itself in so many knots, run into so many contradictions, that I'm not too worried about their game *if* Labour learns from LFG's insights.

It's impossible to do that by accident.

Smart, pro-growth people open to learning lessons from other countries can't just suddenly forget to learn from the last decade *here*.

Thus, I'm pretty sure it's deliberate.

But people speaking on stage weren't as loud as the silence on one particular subject: three hours, and not a single mention of the conservative party or the policies that brought the stagnation that almost every single speaker lamented.

Not once.

More about the speeches in the post below. They ranged from brilliant and inspiring from Matt Clifford, to great policy from Sarah Coombes and Chris Curtis, to xenophobic and vacuous from Liv Boeree, to the sheer brass neck from Katie Lam.

A mixed bag.

It's poetic and reaffirming, a society so inclusive that thought didn't even cross his mind

I hope for at least one NPP getting nuked and EMP exploding everyone's phones

That's from her column arguing that smartphones must be 16+ btw, ending with this completely sane and considered rhetorical question

Unsurprisingly she had a pretty different take back in 2023

The government of the overreach is no longer in power

I'm way more optimistic tbh, seeing how MPs forced the executive's hand on PIP, how the HoL dampened things during Brexit, and the emergence of new viable parties. We still have a functioning and democratic parliament, unlike the US.

Or consider that the current scheme is in line with the express wishes of the Ukrainian government, since the country will still need to rebuild after the war

It's a wicked problem with ugly trade offs, but thanks to the Guardian their readers will know less than before reading the article

Consider this: normally, if you visit the country you fled after being granted asylum, you can lose the status since it indicates that the country is not dangerous to you anymore. Here's the relevant guidance

Do you think this should apply here too, or is this a different situation

That's not an idea that anyone has. The article is just very very bad and actively misleading.

Nothing has changed with regards to the dedicated visa scheme. Most people weren't granted asylum back then and aren't granted asylum now.

Reclaiming/reframing patriotism can be useful I think

It's incredibly refreshing to see the refusal of other countries' agency being called out as orientalist.

That's exactly what it is.

Anyway, track the bills from the King's Speech here: labourreforms.uk

Most Labour reforms haven't even made it through the parliament yet! They couldn't possibly impact the voters!

A chaotic overreaction at this point would be disastrous

There's so much anxiety in political spaces I'm in re: Reform

But here's what Labour should do