He is just a thug, no political pretensions- just a grifting racist thug. Any ‘politician’ meeting with him lowers themselves to the gutter.

Just need everyone to focus on one easily replaceable brand - Preston’s with links to trump. Make them hurt and then move on to another.

Need someone with a platform to identify and promote the one to hit.

Stop chasing reform voters who will never vote for a ‘lefty lawyer’ anyway. It doesn’t just alienate the ‘left’ plenty of centrist and even centre right voters abhor the pandering to racists.

And at the last election the people of his constituency voted conservative - and then got reform when the rat decided the tories aren’t racist enough.

We have always had nasty racist politicians but what has changed is the decline in proper journalism. @itvpeston.bsky.social and the bbc in general being major (but not sole) culprits.

They have allowed the likes of farrage to grow and gain acceptance through their incompetence and / or complicity

Are journalists failing to hold extreme politicians to account racists themselves or simply cynical hacks desperate for attention.

You didn’t have time to cover the proposed mass deportation of legal immigrants who dare to claim a pension that they have been paying into for potentially decades?

Weak / complicit journalism is what has empowered the worst aspects of our politics. I guess you have done your job.

Such shit journalism - lazy, tired and unproductive.

How did this wooden, vacuum of humanity ever get to this position? Not only useless at politics but weak and cowardly as well.

And how long before they decide to revoke citizenship as well as indefinite leave to remain.

Agreed, the media aren’t just reflecting attitudes they are driving them as they are too craven/ ignorant/ desperate for attention to challenge the fash. They are the enemy as much as musk / Yaxley

So perpetuating suffering of those who want assistance to die and pressuring them to live against their will. Sounds about right for her.

Ecology is always the discipline that causes the most problems and ecologists are the hardest specialists to work with.

And how many other outlets (including LBC) will follow? The media in general and the BBC in particular have failed the country so badly.

I think they are more of a problem than the tin pot trumps they promote for clicks.

How can starmer be so bad at politics that people prefer Bad Enoch?