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I think a change to something like PR would be the worse thing TBH. You’ll end up with more smaller more extreme parties and less compromise moderate positions I’d imagine. Politics is about managing competing rights claims and compromise, I think the system should represent that and PR is a...

Ha! It’s not even really my politics, I just care more about the economics than the social stuff and think democracies should represent the electorate. I also think both parties membership is weird. Labours socially and Tories economically and the first one to find a way to keep their...

Yeah I agree. I think that Cummings has done to the Tories and what Blair did to Labour are the closest we’ve got. Ironically I think both misunderstand why they’re popular. Blair thought it was his right wing “sensible” economics and Cummings the culture war stuff, but really for Blair it was...

The old saying about the “average British voter” is that they want a “hang the pedos and fund the NHS Party”, to break that down it’s basically: immigration controls, tough sentencing on crime with a well funded police force, tough on anti social behaviour, tough on benefit cheats, and probably...

Dunno mate, you’d have to ask them. The vast vast majority of people saying “black lives matter” simply mean “black lives matter” there’s nothing deeper to it. As I say XR had problems when a while supremacist group started using their name to call for immigration and population control. What do...

Oooohhh. I missed that. Not surprising. Labour in 2019 were by far the most socially liberal party in the U.K., even more so than the Lib Dem’s. Fascinating that the major parties each have their own issues with bridging the gap, one socially and one economically. I maintain that a soft left...

That’s what I’m saying though, XR had the same problem being an unstructured organisation anyone could claim to represent. The BLM corp, BLM U.K., the BLM foundation aren’t “BLM” any more than PSB Group are all CCFC fans. When I say I support BLM or footballers put it on their top or whatever...

I weighed myself last night: 101.5 kg, took a massive shit this morning and out of curiosity weighed myself again: 100.5kg Lesson learned, take more shits. I’ve never been able to do a pull up, half my weak ass and half my fat ass. Just started following Convict Conditioning and it starts...

Im not sure the line between message and organisation is as clear cut as you make out: Black Lives Matter - Wikipedia The BLM orgs are not BLM.

Do you think this brought more people into the cause or pushed some away or made no difference?

Well they shat in burger boxes so...

Kick It Out is specifically about racism in football, BLM is about the wider issue. There’s also a difference between the BLM movement and the “official” BLM organisations. Saying “Black Lives Matter” shouldn’t be a statement of support for a particular political group it’s a general statement...

Yeah what the racial justice movement really needs is to embroil itself in one of the worlds longest running conflicts with two clear racial angles to it. It’s terrible politics and activism. Stay focused.

Found this really interesting. Both in terms of how close Labour members and councillors are to each other and MPs to voters. But also how far right Tory MPs are in comparison to the rest of the party and especially the voters. You can’t hold a coalition like that together either the MPs or...

Take it up with the Jewish groups, they argue randomly bringing in Israel is because it’s a Jewish country. Plays into the Israel control the world conspiracy.

Jesus if there’s any way of sending on our condolences please let us know.

I mean there was a not insignificant swing to Remain that carries on to this day, Labour got outflanked by the Lib Dem’s being revoke and not Corbyn, then allowing themselves to be painted as no Brexit because of the People’s Vote option which was chasing the same votes the Lib Dem’s had stolen...

Talking in averages I think this is true, but there are women who don’t fit that stereotype, there’s a lot of overlap in Male and female brains, and those women who do want to enter typically Male professions do face barriers that need addressing.

Gonna put a marker down: Pask will start in a back three first game of the season. Quote this post.

Yeah everyone reads manifestos and doesn’t go on feel at all. Look at the vote change graphs Labour picked up Remainers in 2017. Also soft Brexit was majority Remain opinion in 2017, two and half years later both sides had hardened.