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The rise of the identity politics of the left frustrates me, a lot. The main reason being is that it has caused people to push back against this and assert their whIt’s identity. The result? Gradually increasing the vote shares of Trump in the US, the Front Nationals in France and similarly ugly...

Firstly, what student did Crowder in? I’d like to see that! I’ve only seen a few of his ‘change my mind’ segments. Steveb Crowder is pretty funny, I occasionally watch his show. But, he’s a comedian first and foremost as opposed to a serious political commentator. The original pushback against...

Funnily enough, when you challenge those people on their claims, they get defensive very quickly. Typically with personal insults and/or defamation. ‘You’re a white Male’ is a favoured. I remember a back and forth with a sociology major and Labour councillor in a politics seminar. We were...

I agree the 50% of school students was and arbitrary number and no doubt that the inflation of students has increased the places for these degree programs. But, this has been going on for a while, at least as far back as the 1960-70s in the US.

He has a lot of good content and his comedy stuff isn’t bad either!

Agreed. The irony is that it’s pushing many natural supporters of the left away from left leaning parties. A point I made in the RLB thread. Listening to Douglas Murray’s ‘Madness of Crowds’ on Audible and it’s been a very insightful read. It exposes the complete doublethink at the heart of...

I think those types have got the concepts inverted, heavy bike, lighter person will improve times...

Going forward, would it be worth having a 'memorial garden' on the forum? Something along the lines of 'in memory of: FM and others.

This is the kind of movement needed to open a debate on real police reform. Whilst I think there are some potentially problematic with implementing and/or unintended outcomes of points 2, 3 and 4 specifically, this is a programme that can be debated and compromises made to deliver an end goal...

The predominant objective of the movement is to end ‘systemic injustices’. The precise meaning of this is not clear. There is a subsection If the movement that is neo-Marxist, a co-founder of the movement claim they are ‘trained Marxists’. So the term for them, would be the overthrow of...

If you’re cynical, the vague nature of what any success would like is deliberate. To use an example, dismantling Physical legal structures e.g. discrimination laws (against women, LGBT and POC) was a objective goal that could be achieved. On social media, and even close friends of mine talk...

I’ll potentially be in a position to buy next year, but I’m waiting out Covid-19 and Brexit - which allows me to accumulate more capital anyway. If you’re a first-time buyer, the government’s proposed housing policy is apparently to include a 30% discount for first time buyers on the new builds...

RIP FM! My condolences for his friends and family! I hoped Fernando made a horrible mistake and I'm saddened that this tragedy has been confirmed.

Wokeness, ironically, is destroying parties on the left of the political spectrum. In the UK, the Tories win the working class vote, and Trump secures a 16% swing in favour of the Republicans from the lowest income bracket in 2016. Yet, the same working class voters who swung for Trump viewed...

Agreed. But, the constant threat of an SNP-Labour coalition does have an impact on the electorate, particularly in 2015. The party needs a breakthrough somewhere, at the minute it’s just haemorrhaging votes in its traditional safe seats.

See my last post for Germany. PR worked well when the FDP played king maker. The 2010s seen them lose a lot of votes and have ceased to have enough influence to form a government with the CDU or SDP. Now, with the rise of AfD (Alternative for Deutschland) and Die Linke (an offshoot of the old...

I disagree with proportional representation (PR). With first first past the post (FPTP), the unequal outcomes leads to majoritarian governments. To use 2019 as an example, whilst I’m against Brexit, the electorate voted Conservative and to ‘Get Brexit Done’. The large Tory majority has broke...

Earlier in the thread, I spoke of Blue Labour... These graphs suggest that adopting more socially conservative, Keynesian centre-left economics could really be a vote winner and route back to power for Labour.

Jonathan Pie is a gem. For me, the re-reading Orwell’s ‘1984’ and other text has never felt more relevant, or important at this moment in time.

I agree with this. Thankfully, I’ve been working normal hours, even had extra overtime offered because the company I work at is doing very well. My routine has been messed up a lot working from home. I was waking up at 5:30am, walk the dog and go to the gym before work. Now I roll out of bed...