Jack London
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UK politics obsessive. Pragmatism over idealism. Reduce poverty & inequality. Climate crisis real & very urgent. Stale, white & male.
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Science is real unlike Internet fantasy
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This is not the basis for peace, but a second step after the 2014 theft of Crimea in the total absorption of Ukraine by the depot in the Kremlin - the third & final step is already pencilled in and enabled by restrictions on Ukrainian defence in this "peace" surrender proposed by the Orange Idiot
November 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This is not the basis for peace, but a second step after the 2014 theft of Crimea in the total absorption of Ukraine by the depot in the Kremlin - the third & final step is already pencilled in and enabled by restrictions on Ukrainian defence in this "peace" surrender proposed by the Orange Idiot
It's a Spartacus moment - every single sane member of the US legislature should stand up and repeat the warning that the military must respect the Constitution and not act on illegal orders
November 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
It's a Spartacus moment - every single sane member of the US legislature should stand up and repeat the warning that the military must respect the Constitution and not act on illegal orders
No surprise at all that the bumptious Etonian Liar is a bit of a misogynist - his relationship history was a bit of a clue already....
November 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
No surprise at all that the bumptious Etonian Liar is a bit of a misogynist - his relationship history was a bit of a clue already....
Like the Labour moderates viewing the leadership 2010-2019, the left must reconcile themselves to a long haul that includes Labour losing the next GE
Only then can they influence who is candidate for LOTO (assuming that is not Polanski!) - I hope these choose better then the moderates did!
Only then can they influence who is candidate for LOTO (assuming that is not Polanski!) - I hope these choose better then the moderates did!
November 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Like the Labour moderates viewing the leadership 2010-2019, the left must reconcile themselves to a long haul that includes Labour losing the next GE
Only then can they influence who is candidate for LOTO (assuming that is not Polanski!) - I hope these choose better then the moderates did!
Only then can they influence who is candidate for LOTO (assuming that is not Polanski!) - I hope these choose better then the moderates did!
If you resign as an MP you do not get to choose the replacement candidate
And unless Starmer WANTS to get Burnham elected to take over, he ain't gonna be the candidate
And electors do not like parties that play games and make them vote in unnecessary byelections - he might lose to Reform
And unless Starmer WANTS to get Burnham elected to take over, he ain't gonna be the candidate
And electors do not like parties that play games and make them vote in unnecessary byelections - he might lose to Reform
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
If you resign as an MP you do not get to choose the replacement candidate
And unless Starmer WANTS to get Burnham elected to take over, he ain't gonna be the candidate
And electors do not like parties that play games and make them vote in unnecessary byelections - he might lose to Reform
And unless Starmer WANTS to get Burnham elected to take over, he ain't gonna be the candidate
And electors do not like parties that play games and make them vote in unnecessary byelections - he might lose to Reform
This is of course totally fake and never happened
BTW "Math" is not a word in UK English
BTW "Math" is not a word in UK English
November 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This is of course totally fake and never happened
BTW "Math" is not a word in UK English
BTW "Math" is not a word in UK English
Is that "looming" or "looting"?
The US has no business attacking a sovereign neighbour - if it does it is no better than Russia
Whatever you think about the regime there
The US has no business attacking a sovereign neighbour - if it does it is no better than Russia
Whatever you think about the regime there
November 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Is that "looming" or "looting"?
The US has no business attacking a sovereign neighbour - if it does it is no better than Russia
Whatever you think about the regime there
The US has no business attacking a sovereign neighbour - if it does it is no better than Russia
Whatever you think about the regime there
Bit tricky to "play the victim" when you are circling your opponent's vulnerable assets in their locality....
Much more likely this is preparation for inflicting damage should there be hostilities between us
Was sabotaging a polish railway also to "play the victim"?
Much more likely this is preparation for inflicting damage should there be hostilities between us
Was sabotaging a polish railway also to "play the victim"?
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Bit tricky to "play the victim" when you are circling your opponent's vulnerable assets in their locality....
Much more likely this is preparation for inflicting damage should there be hostilities between us
Was sabotaging a polish railway also to "play the victim"?
Much more likely this is preparation for inflicting damage should there be hostilities between us
Was sabotaging a polish railway also to "play the victim"?
Why compare the UK to the US and not our neighbours?
We have far more in common with them, and the shape of the US graph notably different from the UK one
We have far more in common with them, and the shape of the US graph notably different from the UK one
November 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Why compare the UK to the US and not our neighbours?
We have far more in common with them, and the shape of the US graph notably different from the UK one
We have far more in common with them, and the shape of the US graph notably different from the UK one
So - not really a pandemic effect then looking at the dates
Are they all on screens thinking that is life?
Are they all on screens thinking that is life?
November 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
So - not really a pandemic effect then looking at the dates
Are they all on screens thinking that is life?
Are they all on screens thinking that is life?
Those rich buggers moving abroad - it is not the money motivates them - it is the anger at the sheer cheek of a society that considers wealth resulting from living & working here to be something that should be shared more than merely the amount it costs to empty their bins
Better off without them
Better off without them
November 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Those rich buggers moving abroad - it is not the money motivates them - it is the anger at the sheer cheek of a society that considers wealth resulting from living & working here to be something that should be shared more than merely the amount it costs to empty their bins
Better off without them
Better off without them
We KNOW the danger from the hard Right has been transformed by the internet being weaponised by the global rich
But the Left do not get it...
And nor do those in political office despite them who do not try to rein it in
But the Left do not get it...
And nor do those in political office despite them who do not try to rein it in
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
We KNOW the danger from the hard Right has been transformed by the internet being weaponised by the global rich
But the Left do not get it...
And nor do those in political office despite them who do not try to rein it in
But the Left do not get it...
And nor do those in political office despite them who do not try to rein it in
But I think the left are so bitter at not winning power, they would rather tear the whole liberal establishment down and risk an actual far Right autocracy than cooperate to remove the risk
November 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
But I think the left are so bitter at not winning power, they would rather tear the whole liberal establishment down and risk an actual far Right autocracy than cooperate to remove the risk
BS - BNP never won a single seat in Westminster. Did they win control of any councils? Not sure, but nothing like the threat
In effect, the BNP was little Tommy's boys plus core racists in Reform. These toerags always been about - but not a groundswell of 30% of the electorate conned into support
In effect, the BNP was little Tommy's boys plus core racists in Reform. These toerags always been about - but not a groundswell of 30% of the electorate conned into support
November 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
BS - BNP never won a single seat in Westminster. Did they win control of any councils? Not sure, but nothing like the threat
In effect, the BNP was little Tommy's boys plus core racists in Reform. These toerags always been about - but not a groundswell of 30% of the electorate conned into support
In effect, the BNP was little Tommy's boys plus core racists in Reform. These toerags always been about - but not a groundswell of 30% of the electorate conned into support
The Labour Left actually had ideas and plans that were rejected twice by the electorate...
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The Labour Left actually had ideas and plans that were rejected twice by the electorate...
The SWP "outflanked" Labour before Zack was even a glint in his mother's eye.....
There is nothing Burnham can do from Manchester - it was never on the cards unless (v unlikely) Starmer cooperated in the process of his own replacement - then it would be seen by many as Labour taking the piss anyhow
There is nothing Burnham can do from Manchester - it was never on the cards unless (v unlikely) Starmer cooperated in the process of his own replacement - then it would be seen by many as Labour taking the piss anyhow
November 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The SWP "outflanked" Labour before Zack was even a glint in his mother's eye.....
There is nothing Burnham can do from Manchester - it was never on the cards unless (v unlikely) Starmer cooperated in the process of his own replacement - then it would be seen by many as Labour taking the piss anyhow
There is nothing Burnham can do from Manchester - it was never on the cards unless (v unlikely) Starmer cooperated in the process of his own replacement - then it would be seen by many as Labour taking the piss anyhow
There is no continuity on the Right - it looks novel even if it is not. While the Left frankly is just repeating what it has done ever since George Bernard Shaw was alive
November 20, 2025 at 10:28 AM
There is no continuity on the Right - it looks novel even if it is not. While the Left frankly is just repeating what it has done ever since George Bernard Shaw was alive
Totally miss the point - nobody alive today was around in the 1930s. And this is a very different era - a globalised world of communication where one white Afrikaans immigrant to the USA has more sway over our politics than all the aristocrats in the UK put together
November 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Totally miss the point - nobody alive today was around in the 1930s. And this is a very different era - a globalised world of communication where one white Afrikaans immigrant to the USA has more sway over our politics than all the aristocrats in the UK put together
Crossrail2 is politically impossible until the North of England has a new E-W fast rail link at least under construction
And travel to work in London fell off in the pandemic & has not fully recovered - so there is not really the urgency campaigners assert
And travel to work in London fell off in the pandemic & has not fully recovered - so there is not really the urgency campaigners assert
November 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Crossrail2 is politically impossible until the North of England has a new E-W fast rail link at least under construction
And travel to work in London fell off in the pandemic & has not fully recovered - so there is not really the urgency campaigners assert
And travel to work in London fell off in the pandemic & has not fully recovered - so there is not really the urgency campaigners assert
Sorry - the new, the novel is the politics of cruelty, not Marx re-formatted for the digital age
That is largely the reason why a bunch of grifters espousing Right Populism get support from nigh-on a third of the population
That is largely the reason why a bunch of grifters espousing Right Populism get support from nigh-on a third of the population
November 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Sorry - the new, the novel is the politics of cruelty, not Marx re-formatted for the digital age
That is largely the reason why a bunch of grifters espousing Right Populism get support from nigh-on a third of the population
That is largely the reason why a bunch of grifters espousing Right Populism get support from nigh-on a third of the population