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I seen this shared on FB, rolled my eyes and scrolled passed it before the news broke RLB had been sacked. What’s really pushed me away from Corbyn, RLB and the left of the party is their seeming lack of awareness of politics and power (as a concept) outside of their echo chamber.

Having worked in security at uni, I can tell you that you get taught ‘by the book’ restraints and methods of dealing with conflict. Which, for the large part, work well and are effective. There are times, that this training goes out of the window. Like I said in a prior comment, I’ve seen...

That’s certainly my thinking atm. There isn’t much in life that will give you a guaranteed return of 25%. That said, I’ve got a good amount to play around should I decide to get in the market. However, I’d like to be in a position to buy a house in the next 2-4 years (on my own). Would an...

Ok, assuming that it is the case. US police aren’t learning this from Israeli secret services - they’re being trained by their own police departments. That still doesn’t account for similar instances of police brutality in US that predates these kind of seminars/conferences delivered to US...

It is a direct quote and the original article I shared with you had the excerpt where Maxine Peake made the claim that the move was learnt from Israeli special services. Here is the unedited, original quote, from the original Independent article which RLB shared. I’ve attached a screenshot...

I want to get into stocks and shares, and my disposable income is about to double now I’m out of my overdraft. I’m 25, so looking to get on the property ladder. I have a LISA and I max that every year. The guaranteed government bonus of 25% initially made me stick to a standard cash LISA (1%...

It hasn’t been confirmed whether Derrick Chauvin had attended such a conference. This is besides the fact that there is a history of codified use of neck restraints long before these seminars/conferences happened. Therefore, the claim that these neck restraints being used by the police is the...

The neck restraint policy was in place before any Israeli training was given to Minneapolis police. It is also unclear if the officers involved had even attended such conferences given by Israeli security forces. In short, it’s a red herring. The time and place to bring up such seminars by...

Some polls taken from Labour members showed Corbyn as the most popular Labour leader ever. Predictably, Blair was v unpopular too. It does seem that some sections of the Labour membership view the party was a campaign group rather than a party of Government. This is anecdotal, but on Facebook...

George Thomas should’ve stayed with us when we got relegated. I said this at the time, and despite the nice pay packet, he’s wasted 3 years of his career playing kids football in his 20s.

In the 2019election compared to 2017, Labour offered the worst of both worlds. Ambiguity on Remain pushed a lot of voters to Lib Dem and the Greens, hence their increased vote % at the expense of Labour too. Getting Brexit done was a pertinent issue for those working class voter who voted Tory...

Sign him up!

He was shite, we’ll take him off your hands for cheap, we’ll even come pick him up and take him off your hands. No business being the Championship whatsoever...

Which sums up how politically naive Corbyn was. Pidcock was elected in 2017. How could they have expected anyone to be fit to being the leader of the opposition and perspective PM after 2 years of being an MP.

I wasn’t inspired by either of Burgeon, Pidcock nor RLB. Angela Rayner, in my view, was the best candidate from the ‘left’ of the party. But, I think a Starmer and Rayner partnership is quite good. At least, as good as things can be at this stage!

The priority for an opposition is forming a viable alternative to the current government. If he’s receiving criticism for saying ‘zero tolerance on AS’, then an important frontbencher is accused of RT’ing an ‘AS conspiracy’ and this creates a story, it doesn’t reflect well on Starmer, does it...

RLB refuses to delete the tweet and apologise. In fact, trying to justify herself was possibly the worst thing to do there. As a leader, you’d be foolish not to get rid of her in that circumstance. Starmer gave her way out, and RLB didn’t want to, which is fine. Also, the people who voted for...

Blue Labour does reject the Blairist assumptions of the free market. Combining a generally more ‘left wing’ economic platform with conservative social policies. Which frankly, seems to be the basis of a populist ticket. Broadly speaking, I’m a fan of nationalising some things (Royal Mail...

Worked in security for 3-4 years. Seen and been involved in some grizzly situations (95%+ my career was uneventful). People have restrained people similarly to that who weren’t trained in Krav Maga. Frankly, I find it hard to believe that anyone who is trained properly, could do something like...

That’s a good question, and honestly, I’m doing a bit of soul searching atm, politically. Firstly, the key battle grounds of the next election is not clear. It’s too early in the election cycle for policies. A few things, in my view, the Labour Party needs to address (in no particular order)...