Thanks for saving me the click.

Maybe, but we’d still like them to try.

Damn. He was politically active recently trying to push environmental policy. He was a great spokesperson for that kind of thing given his history.

That’s a bit young to go.

“…and we’ll tax EVs 3p a mile”

The key point here seems to be the because Islam is a religion and not a race then it doesn’t get classed as racism, and that matters because certain laws reference racism.

To me, this points to a problem with our laws where we need a crime to be in the right category of motivation to be treated properly. Why is a racially motivated assault any different to a assault motivated for any other reason? Assault is assault and should be dealt with by the same law.

True, but it’s a step in the right direction.

This government is just a nightmare. They just insist on fuelling the dissatisfaction.

How does compare to Rayner though?

He communicates very well, but I don’t see him as a leader.

The person I see talked about as a replacement is Shabana Mahmood. Two problems.

1. She’s even more Blue Labour than Starmer
2. Most people don’t know who she is

No. Labour are the government now. It’s their position.

How is what you’re saying in your first paragraph any different to what I said?

FFS!

How hard is it ? Nobody needs more reasons not to be a doctor. They are valuable to society. That justifies good pay. Nothing wrong with that. Lawyers are more debatable, but certainly they perform a civil function and often serve a community.

Go after the companies that are robbing you blind.

God forbid they could support the Jewish, and oppose football hooligans (and genocide).

Part of taking on a government role is that you publically back all government positions. Your personal positions are for behind closed doors only. She’s now secretary of state for culture, and so argues the government position.

Why the government have picked this hill to die on… I have no idea.

Won’t somebody think of the children? (/s)

The death of online gaming?

I’m not the only one seeing the 20 or so deals like this in the last few weeks. Right?

Is this because the SEC is shutdown?

On the last one I’m saying that not all pledges are equal. You’re not ⅔ of the way through your list if the ⅓ left is all the difficult stuff (which it will be).

On the others, your perspective is a lot less critical than mine.

Agreed. When I read the manifesto I came away with the impression that they’d identified a number of real issues, but their proposed solutions wouldn’t work / be enough.