They should all turn round and give them the old brown-eye.

What common features would there need to be in order for it to work in the US? Seems that being patriarchal, traditionalist, conformist and capitalist would suffice.

It’s been that way for a lot longer than that.

It’s not just the men, it’s the social rituals and expectations that accompany marriage, dating, sex, etc. People internalize those unwritten rules, even when they intellectually know it’s bullshit. It’s the path of least resistance.

Anyway, it’s their choice: some men, all men, whatever. From your (or my) point of view as a man, some women just won’t want to get with you, and they’re not obligated to explain why. That’s autonomy, and whining about it doesn’t change the fact that they don’t have to tell you their reasons. It’s ultimately none of your business. They can opt in if and when they choose, and if they choose not to, get over it.

Nobody should be forced into relationships and customs that don’t suit them. It’s up to them to decide if the downsides are excessive or a price worth paying.

Read Lysistrata and good luck to you.

When the system becomes too odious, non-participation is one way of dealing with it.

Badenoch is such an arrogant lightweight. Even someone as experienced at toadying as Kuenssberg must find it difficult sucking up to her.

Supporting Thatcher didn’t make the Tory membership suddenly stop being sexist, and choosing Badenoch isn’t going to stop them being racist. In both cases “except her, she’s one of the good ones” is all they need to say.

Lib Dem’s back in clegg days when I voted for them were always more left than Labour.

And yet they went into coalition with the Tories.

We should never start anything that doesn’t accomplish 100% of its goal immediately.

Got it.

She she’s either a sociopath, an imbecile, or both?

I’ve been doing 4-long for about five years. If required, I’ll do work on Fridays, and some aspects of my job require occasional unsocial hours. For me, it’s a good arrangement. Ideally, people will have choices and won’t be coerced into a single working pattern.

https://archive.md/Nc857

The Torygraph gets neither payment nor ad impressions from that.

He’s lending it to Tony Blair for wank fodder.

The riots killed any form of honeymoon period.

The riots were put down quickly and the yobs are rapidly being sentenced. And there’s no way the riots strengthened the opposition: the Tories were silent, and Fromage helped provoke them.

I suggest dumping the monarchy and replacing it with a felinocracy. It’ll cost far less, will take up far less space, and is less likely to cause embarrassment by committing gaffes or hanging out with the next Epstein. We can get pawprints on legislation.

LONG LIVE THE CAT!

They’re expecting nonlinearities as climate systems are more destabilised.

There’s even some fat old guy saying he was a WASP

Farage is not an Anglo-Saxon surname, and he has non-English ancestors besides the alleged Huguenot. As for whether he’s Catholic or Protestant, it’s unlikely he attends any religious ceremony any more than he attends the European Parliament or the House of Commons. That would require effort.

By some horribly bad timing, I once saw him in real life, and yes, he’s every bit that gormless.

“My good friend and lackey, Mr Tim Fromage…”